CyberGene · Volume 1
CyberGene: Volume 1 - Blood and Steel
- Progression
- LitRPG
- Series status
- Ongoing
Volume 1 (Blood and Steel, all three acts complete, 500k+ words) of the Royal Road serial, ongoing in Volume 2 (258 chapters total, first chapter 2024-09-23, M-W-F updates): every century the MALswarm invades and humanity seizes leftover Warp Energy, transforming into beings of mutated flesh and cybernetic might. Ripley, a cybernetics savant, reinvents himself from the wreckage of his enemies' cybernetics as a mercenary; Diana, engineered for perfection, purges corruption with mutated lightning blood. Both steal a monster's infinite potential to warp their futures in a dystopian New California of aliens, rogue AIs, corporations and organized crime (volume span from verified Royal Road chapter list; plot from verified series synopsis).