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Just to clarify. You system is not bricked. Bricked means that it can't boot anything. It sounds like the update is not working correctly (eg the kernel is not fully loading).
You have two options:
Both options require a live USB with your distro on it (preferably the new version).
Good clarification and advice.
There are so many considerations when "repairing" an installation, that I would definitely suggest a reinstall here.
It wont be a problem because from the Live USB you can mount the encrypted drive in the file explorer app (Dolphin on KDE) after supplying the encryption password.
I'm not a Kubuntu expert or even user, so I will just list op the general steps.
Boot into the live USB and unlock the encrypted drive. Make sure you have an internet connection too. Then chroot (change root) into the OS drive you decrypted and look at the logs from last update or even boot logs if posisble to determine what went wrong during the update. If possible fix the issue and complete a full update again (apt update & apt upgrade). Hopefully that should fix it.
Does your PC have any known hardware that requires proprietary drivers, like Nvidia or Broadcom?
Unless they're referring to different logs, "journalctl" is the command you want to use. Maybe read the man page on it first though as you may want to use "-b" or "-x" or some other option to make it easier to parse.