a while back I used to read a web fiction about a young man who lives in a community of elderly who enters a game/virtual world to make a living or/and search for answers.......he starts in place with little or no people as it not a place for newbies..... later he gets super equipment or skill and starts mining ⛏ a mountain ⛰........there’s a dragon I think ......oh there is a girl with I believe a crazy father .....at some point I think he purchase gaming equipment for the elderly to share in the community......I think the author name starts with “P”. Please help I would normally have a list of the story I read but my pc was fried by electrical storm ⛈!!!
Dam That sucks, I know how that Feels, my PC also got shorted by falling lighting. Hopefully someone will know the name of this novel. It sounds quite interesting.
Lightning strikes power or telecomms equipment (including a building with an improperly grounded lightning rod) in your vicinity & shoves several thousand/million extra volts into the circuit your computer gear is on. Surge Protectors & UPS systems will mitigate the risk somewhat (theoretically by blowing out/up before your actual computer gets the surge) but are not 100% reliable.
Is it the one with retired veteran, disabled elderly? They ended up using the VR as a second chance in life and teach the boy's people in VR? He also has a pet fox(?) who ended up going online with him? If it is, then I forgot too~