Rise of Mankind
Jez Cajiao
LitRPG Dungeon Core Adventure. In all the games Matt has played, Dungeons are places of danger and adventure — and in Rise of Mankind, a dungeon core's evolution drives the progression. The series follows a dungeon core as it grows, evolves, and expands its domain through explicit LitRPG levels, core ranks, and territorial advancement, embodying the dungeon/core progression pillar.
Progression: Dungeon Core progression: The protagonist is a dungeon core that advances through explicit core levels/ranks, unlocking new floors, monster types, traps, and magical abilities as it grows. Advancement is quantified via LitRPG mechanics — core level, dungeon size, mana, and hierarchical evolution tiers — with each book representing a discrete Age (Stone, Bronze, Iron, Steel, Forged Steel, Glass, Expansion, Conquest) marking a power threshold and expansion phase. This is textbook dungeon/core structured advancement, verified via series subtitle 'LitRPG Dungeon Core Adventure' and per-book 'Age of X' tiering.
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