Protocol ZYRR-9 (LitRPG /System)

New York has been paused, everyone is gone, and one psychology student must master a deadly System before the monsters—and starvation—kill him.

New York City was supposed to be my fresh start—a place where I could disappear into the crowd, study psychology, and live quietly in a shoebox apartment in Bed-Stuy.

Then everyone vanished.

No people. No animals. No traffic. No sound. Even the tires had been stripped from every abandoned car.

New York had not been destroyed.

It had been paused.

Then the System activated.

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Stats. Skills. Levels. Monsters.

I had never been strong, fast, or particularly brave, which made Warrior and Rogue terrible choices. But Wizard?

For the first time in my life, intelligence might be enough to keep me alive.

The System has turned the city into a brutal progression trial where food and water come from loot drops, monsters become stronger every day, and survival depends on how quickly I can understand the rules.

I don’t know where my family is.

I don’t know whether my friends are alive.

But somewhere beyond the empty streets and the creatures hunting through them, there must be answers.

I will learn the System.

I will grow stronger.

And I will find the people taken from me—no matter what New York becomes along the way.

Protocol ZYRR-9 is a LitRPG survival fantasy featuring an intelligent Wizard protagonist, an eerily abandoned New York City, dangerous progression mechanics, tactical monster battles, base building, and a mystery that extends far beyond the System’s first activation.

Please Note

This story contains AI-assisted elements. AI is used as a sounding board, grammar checker, and beta-reading tool. All story concepts, characters, plotting, creative decisions, and final writing are directed and approved by the author.

Content warning: Mild language and fantasy violence.

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