System Lost: My Own Best Friend

Allison’s college life shatters when she wakes in a labyrinthine underground complex, surrounded by flickering candles and monstrous creatures. With no combat skills, no survival instincts, and no memory of how she arrived, she’s utterly unprepared—until she discovers an ally within her own mind. A second Allison, armed with knowledge and abilities she lacks, emerges to guide her. But survival demands cooperation, and the two versions of herself couldn’t be more different. One is reckless, the other calculating; one clings to humanity, the other embraces the strange System flooding their vision with cryptic prompts. Sharing a body means every choice is a battle of wills, every step forward a compromise. As they navigate the dungeon’s horrors, Allison must confront the truth: escaping this nightmare means reconciling who she was with what she’s becoming. The real enemy isn’t the monsters—it’s the war inside her own mind.