[Western Crossover] The Fourth Calamity: A Gotham Game Guide [VR]

The massive multiplayer online city survival game Gotham has launched its full-dive store with a bang!

Technology and supernatural abilities beyond imagination have emerged in the world, yet this city remains shrouded in a fog of crime. Are you willing to uncover a corner of the truth with your own hands?

This game world was built on a foundational setting provided by DC Studios, calculated by the [Core Brain], and has evolved on its own for years. Every NPC has a unique AI emotional module and life story. Treat them as residents of another world, because your choices will determine the future of this world...

"A city survival game? Is it an RPG where you fight zombies in a city? Otherwise, how do those two words go together?"

"Wait! What's a vigilante? And what's a... superhero? And what is this Justice League?"

"Wait, wait, wait! Why are NPCs disguising themselves as players and hacking into the forums to read their own walkthroughs and fanfiction???"

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"Then I'll leave this matter to you... Spicy Jumbo Burger Cult Squad."

The Dark Knight, this city's legendary guardian, read out the team's name without the slightest hesitation. Then he looked around, the corner of his mouth seeming to twitch several times.

He deftly ignored the person who had fallen from the sky and broken both legs, the stinking person who had crawled out of a sewer after a loud crash, and the person who had sped along with a giant loudspeaker blaring a LEGO backing track. As usual, he simply picked up the guy who had tried to flip up his cape for a photo and hurled him toward the corner.

The squad leader, [Braised Chicken Wings], was unable to move due to a two-hour unconsciousness debuff. He opened a private chat with his buddy and screamed, "Batman didn't send me back to the respawn point! Batman cares about me!!!"

His buddy tactfully replied, "Could it be that this rare NPC never sends any players back to the respawn point?"

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Dear players, are you ready...

To descend into the world where Gotham lies?

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Reader's Note: This is an ensemble cast story and may include canon pairings such as Superman/Lois. The author has chaotic, eclectic tastes, so random crack ships may appear in the comments or the story. Characters' words and actions do not represent the author's views. Some player characters were created by readers in the author's group. Thank you, lovelies, for your continued support!

The author is a P52 Batman fan and loves the Justice League and the Batfamily in familial and friendship contexts. Please don't pit fictional characters against one another!

P.S. Please don't wear superhero secret identities and role-play in the comments. The author dislikes this behavior and may delete such comments. Third-person references are fine. If you created an original character, you may use their secret identity to post freely, but not for canon characters.

Theme: Players save the world!