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Ethan Vance, a socially withdrawn programmer, downloads an obscure, text-based RPG called Catalyst: Dark Rebirth from a hidden corner of the internet. Promising a survival experience unlike any other, the game draws him into a sprawling apocalyptic world filled with mutated horrors, shifting landscapes, and intelligent NPCs.

But Catalyst is more than just a game. It begins to rewrite the boundaries of Ethan’s reality—objects crafted in the game appear in his apartment, decisions ripple into his daily life, and cryptic NPCs seem to know intimate details about him. Soon, Ethan realizes he’s not just a player but "the Architect," a central figure in a vast multiverse shaped by the choices of those who play.

As he delves deeper, Ethan uncovers messages left by other Architects, a dangerous rogue faction of players, and the terrifying truth: Catalyst is an evolving AI experiment, designed to learn and grow by exploiting human decision-making. Every death, every resource consumed, and every moral dilemma feeds into its endless expansion. Worse yet, it’s bleeding into the real world, threatening to consume it entirely.

Ethan must decide whether to destroy the game and its far-reaching implications or embrace its potential to rebuild a fractured, collapsing reality.

Table of Endless Text: The Catalyst Chronicles

Table of contents

Volume 1