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The Laughter System: LitRPG Survival Stories of Power, Progression, and Deadly Humor
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 17 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Laughter System LitRPG Survival Stories of Power, Progression, and Deadly Humor
Knock knock. Who's there? Your worst nightmare. And it thinks you're hilarious.
Five survivors. One terrifying truth: Laughter is lethal.
In worlds where reality cracked open, a new System emerged - one that runs on comedy, devours sanity, and turns every punchline into a potential death sentence.
This is not a joke book. This is survival horror with stat bars.
Inside you'll find:
- The Punchline's Apprentice - Leo Vargas bombed his only open mic. Now a dungeon demands performances, and silence means death. His weapon? Knock-knock jokes. His armor? Brutal honesty.
- The Smile Tax - Ren Kessler is three months sober when a corpse winks at him. The Grinning Plague turns sanity into strength - and teeth into currency. His shadow is starting to talk back.
- The Carnival of Teeth - Mira Kessler used to fly. Now she performs in a nightmare circus where memories are currency, applause is a warm gun, and the crowd always demands more.
- Punchline Armor - Eli Voss's skin crystallizes into armor when he lands a joke - and flakes off when he bombs. In a war against emotion-eating monsters, the only way to survive is to keep talking.
- The Last Joke - Kael watched his mother arrested for telling a joke at dinner. Now he carries a sentient joke book that's slowly consuming him. One final punchline could topple the regime... or erase him.
Readers who enjoy grimdark LitRPG, dark progression fantasy, horror-comedy, and the chaotic energy of Dungeon Crawler Carl, John Dies at the End, and the SCP Foundation universe may find plenty to love here.
This book doesn't just want you to laugh. It wants to see what happens when you can't stop.
The System is watching. The audience is hungry. And the punchline is coming.
Scroll up and click Buy Now.
The joke's on you.
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