At the centre of a thousand disappearances, urban legends, and mysteries is the Underlay - a warped, unnatural labyrinth filled with dangers and monsters. However, in an age of immense geopolitical tension, its mysteries are too useful be left alone. The Underlay can be studied, it can be used, and it can be manipulated - that is all that matters.

Enter cripple and death-row convict UR-016652, AKA Cole [REDACTED], the Underlay's newest inhabitant. Equipped with the Gyve - a device capable of channelling exotic energy to alter his very being - Cole will have to navigate both aberrations and fellow humans in order to survive. But if he endures long enough, Cole might find answers to the questions that have haunted him his whole life.

If he survives.

(A LitRPG inspired by the SCP Wiki, the Backrooms, Golden Light, and Saltworld)