There was no risk, no tension and no drama. With monsters spawning throughout the town, everyday animals being mutated into dangerous creatures, and a System that desperately needs English language lessons, they'll do their best to save as many of the local residents as they can. Along the way they discover that the new System can award classes that resemble those of the games the group has played, as well as magic for those capable of grasping it.

Once the change begins, the small group races to create a Safe Zone, an area where monsters will not spawn and where they can gather other survivors in an attempt to rescue as much of the town as possible. After sharing his discovery with a few friends, they all start to prepare together. Despite the atrocious lack of skill the System has with the English language, he manages to work his way through enough help files to get a clue of what's coming. The message warns that the world has been in a variant Natural Laws beta test for millennia and that it's about to revert to the norms.ĭeciding that even if he is insane, it's not going to hurt anything to try to prepare, he settles in to do so. When a message appears in his line of sight, blocking out absolutely everything else, he nearly freaks out. With the possibility of a technology upgrade for his Safe Zone, what appears to be a community of some sort of elves a few miles south of the Safe Zone, and the sneaking suspicion that the System itself is merely a tool for someone, or something, else, Marc isn't quite as free to just do what he wants.Marc's home from college on break, spending his time laughing about some of the crazy news stories he's found online, and gaming. What occurs is not what he intended or expected. What he intends is to salvage the ruins of a destroyed Safe Zone his father spotted and offer trade and cordial relations to the surviving one that's closer by.

His father reported passing other Safe Zones on his way back to town so Marc decides some investigation is in order. With the number of survivors they're finding in the immediate area rapidly dwindling, they choose to go farther afield, working on gaining additional resources for the Safe Zone while searching out any remaining survivors they can find. The addition of an administrator for the Safe Zone as well as someone to coordinate its defenses finally allows Marc to feel like he can go out and do other things. After the discovery that the encampment outside of his Safe Zone is full of friendlies, Marc and his group finally have a chance to try to grow stronger again.

Enter System by Tom Larcombe