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World-Tree Online's time dilation lets players live months in an afternoon — until an update stretches it to years and severs the exits, trapping millions inside. Aging gamer Vincent starts climbing the World-Tree with decades of virtual time on the clock and an exploit nobody else noticed.
Progression: VRMMO leveling across virtual lifetimes; time itself is the resource being min-maxed.
Reader fit: you want trapped-in-the-game fiction that takes its premise's scale seriously.
Texture: contemplative under the adventure — time, memory, and what a life in there is worth; completed trilogy.
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