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Story being reviewed and significant changes will be made so I will upload them on a new story and meanwhile whoever wants to have an idea of the story can read this one. Inspired by Sword Art Online They called it "The Game" – a hundred floors of brutal challenges where the elite advance and the weak are culled. When the mandatory neural interface activates on your 18th birthday, there''''s no logging out. Your body lies in stasis while your mind fights for survival. Miss your weekly killing quota, and it''''s game over – your consciousness "preserved" for purposes no player truly understands. Three strangers enter this mandatory death game: Alexander, the privileged corporate heir with combat skills engineered into his genes; Elijah, whose inexplicable connection to the whispers of preserved minds grows stronger with each ascent; and Lyra, an Unaligned sector rat with illegal neural modifications who shouldn''''t even be there. It''''s not until Floor 4 that fate forces them together – Alexander and Elijah with their pre-selected team, Lyra surviving alone through technical ingenuity. They were never meant to trust each other. Their alliance should have been temporary – a means to survive the Green Realm''''s deadly forests and the killing quota that demands blood each week. But as they rise through desert wastelands, underwater cities, and volcanic hells, they discover The Game is far more than a sadistic entertainment system. It''''s population control. It''''s consciousness harvesting. It''''s preparation for something coming from deep space that humanity isn''''t ready to face. And at Floor 100, only three options await the few who make it: return to a privileged physical existence, join the digital consciousness collective, or become part of the mysterious Project Ascendant. Unless these three can find what the system''''s designers concealed – a hidden fourth option that could transform not just their fate, but the very foundation of society on Terminus. In a world where reality is stratified and your mind is the ultimate commodity, the deadliest game isn''''t played with weapons, but with the code underlying existence itself and three unlikely allies whose bond transcends conventional relationships