The Nexus Games: A litRPG Thriller Adventure by Shami Stovall

Author:Shami Stovall [Stovall, Shami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Capital Station Books
Published: 2022-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

Kellan stumbled forward, his breath returning to him like a wave hitting a beach. He gulped down air and steadied himself. Then he opened his eyes, surprised to see he was standing in an urban jungle of skyscrapers and mismatched technology.

Large pipelines were jutting out of the streets—huge metal tubes, as if the sewer had gone haywire and decided it wanted to be above ground.

Trains—all kinds of trains—were scattered about the roads. Coal-powered trains. Bullet trains. Trains Kellan had never seen in his life. Steam powered? The engines were tipped over and the boxcars were wide open.

The shadows of the skyscrapers stretched over the roads, creating a dark shadow of civilization. But the sky… It wasn’t blue. It was red. A web had been “thrown” over the city, creating a dome with a checker-like pattern of webbing. The dome had to be more than a mile above them, arching down to the ground, creating a playing arena.

The Net.

Kellan stared at the red sky, his eyes wide with disbelief. Bitso had explained everything. Any living thing that touched the Net would die. And it would start closing.

“Kellan?”

He glanced around, surprised to see the rest of his team on the same devastated street.

No one else was around, just Sen, in his long robes, Husker in a coat and pants, Mavis in her new jeans and jacket, and Xiang…

She wore something different. A white pantsuit with all the authority and legal flair of a high-powered attorney. Her black button-up shirt matched her shiny heels. Her long hair had been tied in a bun, secured in place with decorative butterfly pins.

The 101 on her left hand was prominently displayed.

“Sister,” Sen said as he approached her. “The Arbiter was fair with you?”

“He was.” Xiang glanced to her side. A shop with a broken window display had several TVs facing the street. They flickered to life, seemingly for no reason, only to display Bitso’s messed-up news program. “The Arbiter has given me his blessing.”

“It’s 9am,” Bitso said with a laugh, his voice haunting and echoing with so many TVs playing the same thing. “And the first games have begun. Of the one hundred and one teams participating this year, fifty-one of them have decided to play it safe and go with PvE Seek and Destroy.”

Bitso motioned to the screens behind him. Several videos were cutting in and out of all the teams in the same bizarre city-train-sewer playground as Kellan.

“Forty-three of them decided to take the risky path and play the PvP version.” Bitso smiled wide. “I like these ones. They’re already my favorite.” Then he snapped his fingers. “And seven teams decided to go the fast route. They get to open doors. Who will get lucky? Who won’t? It’ll be fun to see!”

Gunshots rang throughout the broken city.

Kellan glanced around. He didn’t see anyone. He could see several blocks in each cardinal direction, but the trains and sewer tunnels were everywhere. He saw no signs of people, just the war-torn cityscape.

“The first game has officially begun,” Bitso said over the many TVs.

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