Excellent beginning - interesting worldbuilding, immediate ten.sio.n, a race against time! A VR game used to invade other countries. Do I hear echoes of Ender's Game? I'd like to hear how a VR game invasion managed to make it into RL.
The MC is racing to get strong enough to beat an invasion of VR players on his country. But then, things get more complicated, and matters appear that are greater than the fate of a single country or a single person.
This novel has layered mysteries, and the MC traveling back in time to participate in a VR game that destroyed countries is just the beginning. I read the brain journey thing and went ah, is this going to be like Knowhere? Unfortunately it wasn't and I stopped reading. I wrote this review instead, haha!
As for the MC, Ibrahim is the determined sort of person. He's definitely the kind hero type, not a trash MC. There's not a lot of character development at first; it is the plot that keeps the story moving forward in the first several volumes.
Minor problems in formatting - capitalization and punctuation mostly. Could be ignored, and it gets better, but there's a lot in the beginning.
Still, I definitely recommend this novel. Great read!
