Systema Delenda Est

When the System invades Earth, technology collapses, monsters emerge, and billions perish under its game-like rules. But humanity’s remnants—postbiological beings forged in the fires of advanced science—refuse to submit. Among them is Cato, an ordinary citizen turned saboteur, who infiltrates the System’s vast network just as Earth is liberated. Though stripped of magic and bound by the System’s constraints, he wields the knowledge of a near-Kardashev-II civilization—and a refusal to play by its rules. Expanding across thousands of worlds, Cato faces planet-killing entities and draconian tech restrictions, relying on exponential growth and elusive allies. The System’s gods hunt him, branding him a monster while he dismantles their dominion from within. The final battle looms as Cato closes in on the System’s Core—but ancient, vengeful deities stand ready to burn entire worlds to stop him. One posthuman must outthink gods to ensure the System’s destruction—before it claims another Earth.