Museum Core
Jakob H. Greif
When magic floods Earth and London's Natural History Museum becomes ground zero, visitor Thomas is entombed there as a Dungeon Core with only the creatures on display as minions. As transformation zones replace patches of the globe with monster-filled alien environments, Thomas must turn the museum into an escalating deathtrap - harvesting prehistoric beasts, fending off dragons, hostile nations and awakening titans - growing stronger with each stage of the merge in this ongoing dungeon-core LitRPG apocalypse series by Apocalypse Redux author Jakob H. Greif.
Progression: Dungeon-core LitRPG apocalypse progression, verified from Goodreads volume synopses: protagonist Thomas is entombed in London's Natural History Museum as a Dungeon Core and must grow his dungeon's power floor by floor - starting with only museum exhibits as minions, then expanding to prehistoric horses, dinosaurs, a WWII warship mobile base, and unholy hybrid abominations. Each volume escalates the core's minion roster, defensive deathtraps, and harvested monster parts in lockstep with the apocalypse's 'transformation zones' and 'next stage of the merge' - an explicit staged world-threat ladder the core must out-scale. Delver/adversary pressure (dragons, hostile nations, awakening titans) forces each tier of growth.
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