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An interesting trend has been seen in Korean media like Korean web novels and [[Korean Webtoons|webtoons]]. A common occurrence is having dungeons filled with monsters, but unique individuals can conquer them. [[Differently-Powered Individual|These people with powers]] counter these changes, thus giving way to stability. They are often connected to [[RPG Mechanics Verse|a system that functions like RPGs that can grant them these abilities]] and may be related to the society-changing catalyst. These people bring temporary peace by defeating them, including treasures, equipment, and mystical resources. Magic always plays a part as the cause or another tool for people to use.

* In ''Ookami Nante Kowakunai!!'''s ''Tonda Birthday Present'', the [[Ordinary High School Student|high-school student]] Tetsu has a grandfather who is an inventor, but the machines usually blow up in his face. So, for his grandson's birthday, he makes a virtual reality machine to play '[[Dragon Quest|Dragon Chest]]' for his birthday, but it malfunctions. This event causes the game to become real where people turn into NPCs and monsters while Tetsu becomes the hero and saves the princess (his crush) from the Dragon King.

* The ''[[New World]]'' series by James Khan, consisting of ''[[World Enough, and Time]]'' (1980), ''[[Time's Dark Laughter]]'' (1982), and ''[[Timefall]]'' (1987), is set in a world where magic came back and technology abruptly stopped working, and the creatures of myth reappeared.

* ''[[The Earth is Online]]'': Myriads of black towers begin to float above cities, ominously but harmlessly. Then one day, a voice announces, “Ding dong! November 15th, 2017. The Earth is online.” NextThe next thing people know, the towers are issuing deadly survival games, and humans are suddenly gaining unusual powers.

** Due to the often colorful and esoteric language of the text in question, it's enough to say [[La Resistance|those who believe in Christ]] and [[Religion of Evil|those who support his enemy, called the Beast]] both acquire some limited supernatural abilities during this period, the formerly mostly immunity from certain kinds of supernatural harm that the other side has no defense against. The opposing side gains mostly offensive powers and the ability to deceive the undecided into being swayed to their side.

* ''[[Welcome to Nightvale]]'' has host Cecil ''try'' to combat this with his radio broadcasts. Keyword "try" because Nightvale is too weird and chaotic even on a normal level. You may be able to live a semi-normal life if you find out thea new definition for migraines, avoid touching plastic flamingoes, or going to the park after sundown.

* Ten years ago, in ''[[I am the Sorcerer King]]'', Rifts appeared worldwide, wherecausing countless monsters to pass through and cause chaos. People called the Awakened become connected to the Ahkasha System under the Director of Ahkash, which allows them to access notification windows, acquire a job, level up, grind stats, and gain skills.

* ''I'm the Max-Level Newbie'': A game known as Tower of Trails was an online game known for its difficulty, which caused its popularity to decline. On the day it was shut down, the tower appeared in reality, andwith a message that humanity would die unless players cleared each floor in 90 days.

* ''Seoul Station's Necromancer'' has people summoned to different worlds where they gain jobs with magic and skills until they are sent home. The problem is that dungeons and monsters related to these worlds have been summoned on Earth. These people are employed to hunt these monsters for peace and also commission.

* ''My S-Class Hunters'': Gates are global portals where monsters pass through from dimensions known as Dungeons. This led to the event known as the Dungeon Shock, where monsters populatedemerged, wreaking havoc across cities where thousands of people were injured or killed. At the same time, people known as Awakened gained certain powers that could fight the monsters and clear dungeons. Later on, Awakened are later called Hunters and became the most important form of employment globally.

* ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' has this happen during Weirdmageddon. Bill Cipher {{spoiler|opens the rift to his dimension and brings all his friends, stopping time and sending Eye Bats to hunt down humans. After three days of this, society has completely broken down to the point where Wendy is shooting bats for meat and uses dollar bills to wipe the sweat off her brow}}.

* In the ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode "Future Tense", Goliath ends up in a bad future where his clan has broken, along with society, while trying to return to Manhattan. Elisa and Angela are also with him, as they see that Xanatos in this timeline has successfully waged war against the Gargoyles while naming himself sovereign, and has killed Hudson. {{spoiler|Turns out it was an illusion made by Puck, in an attempt to take back the Phoenix Gate and use it to bribe his way back into Oberon's good wishes. A wounded Goliath figures it out when Elisa demands the Phoenix Gate to fix the past and for Goliath to hand it to her, rather than taking it from the ground where it fell from his pouch; he knows Elisa is not that forceful. Goliath resists, the illusion breaks, and the ''real'' Elisa begs Goliath to wake up from his nightmare. He uses the Phoenix Gate's power to make sure it's lost in the timestream forever and tells Elisa that while what he saw was a nightmare, they need to make sure it never comes true in their Manhattan}}.