A new story is here. Please feel free to critique it.
Ten years after the open beta of Godsfall, the game descends upon reality.
Abyssal legions flood into cities, alien beasts take over the streets, and humanity becomes "newbie-zone refugees" overnight. Countries hurriedly establish Awakened agencies and treat the disaster like a new zone to explore. Modern weapons are useless, levels determine who has the upper hand, and ordinary people struggle just to survive.
My name is Gu Chen. I'm the legendary NPC who topped the rankings in Godsfall for ten years. On the day the servers shut down, I fell out of the game and landed in the ruins of Jiangnan City. My max-level stats are still there, and my skills still work. I've even gained a ridiculously powerful ability: [Reverse Summoning].
So I summoned the players I'd led back then into reality, one by one.
The iron-fisted commander thinks it's a new expansion and gives rousing orders. The hardcore grinder thinks he can climb the rankings again and swings a steel pipe with gusto. The prankster streamer broadcasts the whole thing, calling it an exclusive, real-world exploration stream.
The players think they're playing a game. The monsters think the apocalypse has arrived.
Only I know this game can get you killed.
And I'm the only GM.