Jayke Cipher

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Description

Jayke Cipher was, to his limited knowledge, one of the last people alive.

The apocalypse was not one that came slowly. When it struck Earth, it came swiftly. The monstrosities that roamed the outside world became an unavoidable hobby of Jayke's. Working from within a heavily defended compound, surveillance cameras and a plethora of subject material only cultivated an interest in strange creatures.

Survival became lonely. Sanity was kept by indulging offhand desires, fulfilling flights of fancy when reasonable.

When the compound is breached and all other options exhausted his only option becomes the pod. A mysterious capsule intended for virtual reality. Its producer, in light of the apocalypse, had released early. Months back he had ignored the last news broadcast regarding the pod and its promises.

He knew it only as suicide. But better that than being eaten alive.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2020
Author
StaffMage

Tags

LITRPGACTIONFANTASYADVENTUREMAGIC

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.5/ 5.0
Followers
3,803
Views
702,827

Chapters(35 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • awesomedude2215Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Starts off strong with the apocalypse set-up, and although it isnt shown much, it has a huge impact on the characters personality.
    One thing that almost detracted me from this story is that I thought it was virtual reality. It isn't. It is as fantasy as it goes, but with a smart and logic-minded MC.
    When I say this I mean he tries to puzzle out his circumnstances and powers, because while he is rational, he has a very serious streak of rashness. Some may like some may not, I'm on the fence but either way I love his adventures.
    His powers are some favorites of mine. I won't say much, but I love his second "strongest" power the most actually, so practical and gives me a feeling of coziness, and the rest are shown in the later chapters to be oh so useful and flexible.
    Updates are very frequent for chapter size, and honestly have nothing bad to say. This should go straight to the top in every ranking and if it doesn't... I will be sad :(
  • dayadayaRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    👍👍
    Good stroy so far... It introduces the concept of system well, along with the details without making it look like an infodump..
    The main character is relatable, no obvious flaws on him, that means I can follow his story without being angry/pissed off at him
  • stone13Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I really enjoyed reading this! I just wish that the author would possibly pick it back up. There's a lot of really good world building and I was really hooked. If the author is reading this, consider picking it back up since there was a lot of interesting stuff that didn't really get concluded. I would love to see Jayke's character get more developed and for him to actually explore his magic in depth.
  • kaoRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I liked this.
    I really did. It had the strong beginning that made you go 'woh' for a bit as you digested the opening chapter.
    Then when the MC appeared in an alien world you realized it was ALIEN because of the language barrier. Nothing annoyed me more than anything, was the fact in other isekai stories the MC met people who just naturally spoke the same language. Or were human. And the cultures he encountered were different enough to make me go : 'wowsers. different. but good.'
    Atleast the writer is trying a bit harder to make it known that this 'new' world is different, and exotic and well, dangerous.
    The MC is well rounded. I can understand him. The world is well founded, I can see myself NOT liking it if I was ever transfered there. Dangerous. Yes. Very. But cool too.
    The Litrpg elements were there. So if you hate that part, be warned.
    No Harems. YET!
    Overall. A good 5/5 stars in my view. Give it a read. You may like it too.
  • Minat0Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    The Story is interresting, the writing is really good and the magics Jayke gets are some of the most unique i've ever read about on Royalroad.
    The worldbuilding is just fantastic and the myriad of different races in this novel are so diverse, you can't imagine all that yourself.
    Give it a try, i was hooked already on the Prolouge and how well it was written!
  • visigothRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Im not one for a long winded breakdown so ill just vent on my single greatest gripe with the story so far; and that is the actions and thoughts of the irrational rational portag.
    The amount of frustration i felt when reading about a protagonist that just refused to truly explore his magical abilities was honestly infuriating.
    I had so many ideas through the course of the story about how he could use his coding magic to devestating effect but the best ideas he has is just to make meanial mental programs and giving simple instructions to inanimate objects. I at first thought that the coding magic would be extremely over powered but be limited by his mana well, which would have been reasonable.
    To then find out that the mc really needs to code in an increase to his cognitive abilities because what hes done so far with it is honestly pathetic and an insult to anyone with any true coding expertise. The amount of variables you can mess around with in code even in his early stages should give any godly being some pause but at best hes made himself an amature puppetmaster with a barebones hud.
  • Mr.WhiteCalciumRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Yes, you read that correctly. The world building in this novel is quite unique and refreshing. The premise is intersting and it keeps you coming back for more. The reason I said "world-building at its worst" is because from a reader's perspective everything seems novel and interesting. You just can't help wanting to know more. This is where things seem to go wrong. The MC seems wholly uninterested in life. He struggled to survive in the apocalypse, gets transported and has somewhat of an excuse to explore the world and find answers. The problem with that is, it seems like he has no real motivation to do things and there is a vague over-arching plot that leaves much to assumption. I wish the author the best of luck and will follow his work closely because I belive that in time this will be a story worth reading.
  • GeneralFoxIronwoodRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Interesting concept overall but the author dropped it from RR at least. Lots of room for character development but otherwise did not get to that point. Needed to complete a full arc honestly for that to happen, but life happens. Planning on keeping this on my "read later" tab in case it gets picked up again.
  • S_k_yRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    What the hell did I read? Like wtf, logic and the plot went downhill real fast, real quick.
    Hear me out here.
    Our story starts, and within the first 2 chapters, all of this happens.
    We find out our MC is an atheist, quote:"Jayke was never a religious man, he knew too much of the world to buy into any of that crap."
    Ok, ok fair enough. Nothing unbelievable about that.
    EXCEPT for the fact he is being attacked on mass by DEMONIC creaturs that seemingly brake known laws of physics. And it has been happening for more than a month, or so. Like it is literally apocalypse and the world is coming to an end. (One of those demons even manages to break into a bunker which is supposed to be impervious to direct nuclear attack), just to give you the scale of things here.
    Alright, alright, but maybe those are just some super-advanced aliens or something, right?
    Yeah, yeah, that might be it. He just calls them Demons for namesake. I can dig that, still believable character, though somewhat over competent. But realistically, you have to be if you are the last man left standing on the Earth and it wasn't due to sheer luck.
    Cool, cool. Let's move forward.
    Or not... as it turns out his master plan, his final contingency is a...drum rolls please ----> a machine which transports your soul to an afterlife
    Yo author, you serious man?
    I will try to go through a few more chapters tomorrow and see if there maybe is some kind of explanation that will make sense for what I just read. But I doubt it.
    Too bad, really, because the writing is half-decent. It is only the plot and MC characterization that seem to have holes you can drive the train through.
  • GeraldRoyal Road
    ★★★ 2.5
    The MC is stupid and reckless. What's the point of moving to a new world if you don't have a common sense and rationale. Wew, he knows he's in a different world, not earth of course but still acts as a teenage brat that's full of curiosity.
    Even though I'm not a native speaker but the grammar's awkward and always make me confuse. 2/5
    The style is ok. 2.5/5
    Story was good 3/5
    Character was bad. 1.5/5
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    A pack of wolves fighting lion scenarios:
    Well, the MC adores the lions bravery that's why he do the rescue and killed the pack of wolve. Wait.... What? Did you know that both sides are canine? That a lion will not hesitate to kill an entire families of chickens? It would be reasonable if the lion is a hervebore one. But the MC jumps to conclusion without knowing the hidden truth about the situation. The wolf hunt in group to feed his youngs and families while the lion hunt for only himself because of selfishness.