Nathan Hawke arrives in the Marvel Universe. The Goldfinger appears, and he discovers he can summon all sorts of villains from movies, TV, and anime. So that's it, then let's get started! Wesker, Andrew, and...? The light fades, but no one is visible. "Where are they?" "Uh, I'm here." The Invisible Man raises his hand. "..."

Lin En, a dying nobleman in a barren frontier territory, was betrayed, hunted, and surrounded by rioting knights and insane subjects, leaving him trapped. Awakening his system, he fled into the wilderness, slaying monsters and leveling up. Lin En gained the ability to summon "players" from Earth, who treated this other world like a "hyper-realistic holographic game"! They were fearless, for they could resurrect endlessly; they were incredibly creative, their imaginations reaching far beyond the bounds of reality; they were incredibly destructive, driven by a lack of moral compass, driven only by quests and experience! From barren lord to king of a nation, from the continent of Aria to the vast starry sea. Under Lin En's meticulous guidance, these idiot players from Earth toiled, leveling up, conquering cities, slaying gods and demons, and turning the entire other world upside down! As the alien natives shuddered and exclaimed, "This group..."

In the blizzard-ravaged northern reaches of the Empire, the Lord's Mansion of Theros Patterston stands tall upon the icy plains. Rebellion, poverty, endless blizzards, and the impending tide of beasts await. Just as the future seemed bleak, the cheat code for the Lord System activated. The Lord's Intelligence Panel granted him the ability to exploit information gaps and foresight; the Lord's Data Panel allowed him to clearly visualize his own progress; and the Lord's Summoning Panel allowed him to summon players, granting them the power of the fourth Scourge—the player army—a fearless force capable of infinite resurrection and possessing astonishing creative and destructive power! ... "Your waves of beasts are endless, while my players cost 30 energy points each and have built-in resurrection." While the Imperial family that exiled him continued to vie for power, Theros's cavalry and the player army had already crushed...