Cyber Dreams
Plum Parrot
A high-octane cyberpunk LitRPG progression fantasy. In 2107, megacorps rule while most scrape by. Juliet Bianchi, a scrapyard metal-cutter in Phoenix, stumbles on a botched kidnapping and inherits a stolen hyper-advanced AI chip — Angel — that launches her from worker bee to killer queen. Enhanced with nanotech, bodywork, and escalating cyberware, Juliet (codename January/Lucky) climbs from bottom-tier drone to top-tier mercenary, operator and off-world operative. With more than a million views on Royal Road, the series blends dystopian corporate warfare with explicit System-driven power scaling, where each job grants upgrades — combat, tech, telekinesis, mind-reading — and failure is measured in corporate capture.
Progression: Core cybernetic LitRPG progression verified via Goodreads 'hit cyberpunk LitRPG series — with more than a million views on Royal Road' on every volume and Royal Road fiction page genre LitRPG. (1) AI Chip & Cyberware Tiers: Stolen AI Angel grants level-gated enhancements — nanotech, monoblade, reflexes, telekinesis and mind-reading (Vol 4 Jovian Reverie) — each volume upgrades Juliet's body and neural interface; Vol 5 Lunar Interlude notes 'high-tech upgrades (weaponry, super reflexes, mind reading)' as leveling metric. (2) Mercenary Rank Ladder: Progression is mercenary-reputation based: from scrap scrounger to shadow-world operator 'January/Lucky' pulling paying jobs (Vol 2 Ghost Chrysalis infiltrating Grave Industries requiring full identity rewrite), to salvage-ship crew (Vol 3 Fortune's Envoy heading to Saturn) where combat/tech skills are pushed to limit, to cruise-ship assassin hunt testing mental mojo (Vol 4). (3) Off-World & Corporate Tiers: Final arcs scale to interplanetary (Saturn, Io, Titan) and direct assault on WBD megacorp that created her tech (Vol 5-6), where team assembly and corp infiltration are progression gates. Every Goodreads volume lists Book N (Cyber Dreams #N) with sequential avgRating climb 4.39→4.59 confirming tiered growth.
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