“Hidden classes? Hidden exploits? Scrap the whole lot.”

Kim Changseon has inherited the worst job in gaming: director of Ark, the world's only full-dive VR MMO, a notoriously broken game on the verge of shutting down.

He was supposed to announce its closure. Instead, he starts fixing things. Broken classes get nerfed, starting stats are equalized, the pain settings are turned down, and players finally get a proper tutorial. Even the season pass gets a price people can live with.

Somehow, the changes work. The company starts climbing back from the brink, disgruntled players find new reasons to log in, and a notorious gold-farming hamster is staging protests outside customer support.

There's just one small problem: Noah, the AI running the server, doesn't believe Ark is a game.

Between suspicious leaks, corporate power struggles, raids, unexpected collaborations, and a former novel protagonist who can turn gold farming into a spectacle, Changseon has plenty to keep him busy.

He's trying to save a game. Noah may have something else in mind.