survival

Wondered if a cryptomining app would make you a Superhero..or villain? Damen Dark is an unfortunate orphan trapped in a cruel household, forced to endure the abuse of his uncle, his family, and a world that seems determined to break him. One ordinary day, he receives a mysterious link on his phone advertising a new app—DemCoin, a cryptocurrency mining program. Damen knows it’s probably a scam. But curiosity gets the better of him. At first, the app seems harmless. It “mines” coins by targeting living beings—stray animals… and people. With little expectation, Damen uses it as a private outlet for his bottled-up anger, siphoning coins from those who torment him: his family, his classmates, the bullies who rule the streets. It feels like justice. It feels good. But DemCoin is far more than a mining app. As Damen accumulates enough coins, hidden features unlock—features that allow him to target individuals and steal their powers. What begins as survival turns into temptation, and temptation into transformation. With every stolen ability, Damen grows stronger… and more dangerous. Now faced with unimaginable power, Damen must choose who he will become. Will he take revenge on a world that never showed him mercy, or rise as a hero to protect it? The truth lies somewhere in between. In a cruel twist of fate, Damen soon realizes the irony of power: the stronger he becomes, the greater the threats that hunt him. And worse still, DemCoin is not just a tool—it is a force, subtly guiding his path. Whether he knows it or not, the app isn’t shaping him into a savior. It is forging a supervillain. And Damen Dark may have no choice but to become exactly that.

The year 2055. The world completely changed. Everything is corrupted and The Company Dive is responsible for all of this. With the deal with Beings from another planet also known as "The Architect," they plan something worse. Two Siblings Xin and Kaila survive in this world together to live happily. They do not have any specific goals but they try their best to survive in this madness. The story is not your typical fantasy story but a slice of life in a new world. This story covers romance, action, adult scenes, survival, and horror. What is coming for them?

Ren is a shy, insecure, and lonely young man who has spent much of his life hiding from the world. He keeps himself distant from others, convinced that he deserves nothing more than solitude. One day, driven by an old promise, he decides to step out of his comfort zone. With a boy who will help him make friends, he meets up at a café. What he does not know is that this was his first mistake. Along the way, he meets Miya, a girl as beautiful as she is unsettling. From the very first moment, something about Ren sparks her curiosity, a curiosity that quickly turns into obsession. To Miya, Ren is not just someone special. He is hers. She will do everything possible to become his girlfriend. And when Ren finally accepts her, there will be no turning back. Love, jealousy, manipulation, and emotional dependence intertwine in a relationship as intense as it is dangerous. Beneath sweet smiles and affectionate words, Miya hides a broken mind—possessive and obsessively devoted. She does not want to share. She does not want to lose. She does not know how to love without destroying. "You are mine. No one else’s. Everything about you belongs to me… your words, your time, your thoughts, your lips, your body… everything, everything!"

[Retrieving soul Imprint...] [You are worthy of challenging the path of the Primal] [...] [The shadows accept you as their kin] Rain was the one who had suffered the most in this world where power is seized through blood, contracts, and buried sins. And with a system that propagates conflict, disfavouring inaction and rewarding proactivity. Rain survives by staying unseen, wrathfully strikes back against his oppressors when least expected. All the misery will be paid hundredfold and vengeance will be his to mete out--- if he survives mistakes made along his vindictive path. Yet, survival requires sacrifice, and the line between hunter and monster grows thinner with every forward step he takes. As factions move in secret, contractors trade lives for leverage, and enemies twist corruption into currency, He must decide what he is willing to become. The cult of the pale king pursues...Darkness stirs. Join him as he strikes back, journeying through the shadows, uncovering his true origins, learning profound lessons and unveiling conspiracies bound to shake his world. ..... Rogue MC, cunning, calm yet cold- blooded with his humorous beast companion Kai, who has an incurable taste for debauchery. Game-like/ system elements:

On the night the stars fell, the markings of fate began to shine. A sect annihilated in a single night. A truth sealed deep within the soul. He—only sixteen, bearer of the rare Ten Seals—lives hidden among the crowd. But one trial shatters the restraints of his soul-mark, altering his destiny forever. The final will of the Star scar Sect. The Palace of Star seizing’s secret plot. The clash of Four Great Sects, the turmoil of Five Elite Academies. Even gods and demons blur at the edges of reality. And the girl who haunts his dreams—who is she? What unimaginable truth lies behind the thread of reincarnation? Cycle of Soul and Stars—Fate awakens. It all begins with him. This saga has some serious star power 【Do you believe you can choose your fate? Or is your choice… the very thing fate has chosen for you?】 The novel has now reached Chapter 30. From this point on, the update schedule will be: New chapters released every Wednesday and Friday 2–3 fixed updates each week Occasional surprise bonus releases Please follow along and stay tuned for upcoming chapters. Thank you sincerely for your support!

Magic is dead. The Progenitor is a mortal man named Adam. Kael Light is a crippled slave in the Iron Sultanate. The world runs on coal, steam, and blood. To survive, the "Cursed Healer" must become the "Cursed Engineer" and lead a revolution against an empire of machines.

Lin Chen was the clan's trash—meridians clogged, parents executed, future nonexistent. On the day he's forced to consume poison meant to kill him, the last gift from his father cracks open: a black stone containing the compressed consciousness of Omnidao Sovereign Tianyuan, a god betrayed and murdered by his own disciples. But this is no gentle inheritance. The stone doesn't grant power. It dumps ten thousand years of divine memory directly into Lin Chen's mind—all at once. He now remembers lives he never lived: mastering every Dao, loving disciples who would later betray him, dying with nine swords in his back. These memories don't unlock gradually; they compete with his own, threatening to overwrite the boy he was with the god he now remembers being.

Two reflections of one great shadow, created in the deathly silence of Kyudai Garaki's secret laboratories. Taiko believed the Ant Arena had left him the last one standing—the only survivor who had managed to shed the stigma of the Grimm killer and find the light thanks to Kuinn. UA's hero department was supposed to be his chance at redemption, a place where the past no longer held sway. But Kyudai Garaki always had a backup plan. The mad doctor outdid himself by creating perfect clones of All For One. But when the threads of fate become entangled and bodies replace each other, the line between creator and creation blurs. Taiko finds himself drawn into a game where his new appearance is just the tip of the iceberg, while behind him stand the figures of Director Nezu and Kyudai Garaki, the AFO, and Madam President, spinning their own web. Each with their own interests. In Defective: -Path to the Top: A story about becoming a God of Quirks without losing your humanity. -Tough Development: A systematic and detailed hero development, where strength is not given freely, and personal qualities are forged through pain and trials. -Complex Bonds: A story of love and redemption in a world that sees you only as a monster or a tool. -No Harems: Focus on plot, psychology, and large-scale battles. Who are you if the blood of the greatest villain flows through your veins, and your appearance is the result of a global deception?

Eighteen years after a forbidden ritual meant to forge a living embodiment of the Sin of Greed by the king, Kael awakens in a world he no longer recognizes. Once an ordinary boy, he has become something far more dangerous, a vessel infused with ancient magic that can twist desire, bend will, and consume the very essence of life. His creators vanished, the empire that sanctioned the ritual has fallen, and legends of “the Greedborn” have spread across kingdoms like wildfire. Now every faction, mages, monarchs, mercenaries, and the seven heavenly virtues hunts Kael, each seeking to claim or destroy the power sealed within him. With no memory of his past and no control over the hunger that stirs beneath his skin, Kael flees across enchanted forests, ruined citadels, and realms where magic has its own will. As he pieces together the truth of what he has become, Kael faces an impossible choice: resist the growing force that threatens to devour him from within, or embrace the Sin of Greed and reshape the world in his image. His fate will decide whether the age of magic is reborn, or consumed.

A simple person with decent background transmigrated in a world of cultivation with his bad luck. His life was miserable. But with his common knowledge, his hardship paid off. Magic and spirit, beast man, multiple race lived together in here. His life make an impossible journey to the shadow...

Waking up in the Arrowverse, a new soul takes over the life of Winn Schott, but he isn't just an IT guy anymore. Armed with Vector Manipulation, Winn can mentally calculate and redirect the force, velocity, and direction of any attack—turning a kryptonian punch back on its owner. Combined with Lightning Logic, which allows him to absorb massive electrical charges and interface directly with technology, Winn steps out of the van and into the fight as National City’s newest heavy hitter.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be known that this book wouldn't have made it this far without the support my dear writing buddy Rachel E. Canton who is a great writer of SINS OF THE SERAPHIM - https://www.webnovel.com/book/sins-of-the-seraphim_26438336605116805 and Derek J. Perna To Rachel & Derek, Thank you for everything! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the last heir of Ardel lost everything, fate would bring her to her rightful protector. Anna Adhemar, the forgotten princess, found herself betrayed by the Regent. Hunted by the Bargesians and the ruthless slave traders, she desperately fled for her life. Rescued by a mysterious man, her newfound safety was short-lived as she succumbed to a potent aphrodisiac. Then, she awoke in the arms of the fearsome Knight Commander of Gerhard, stripped bare, in a foreign kingdom. Fear, confusion, and a sense of profound devastation enveloped her. But the man before her declared, "I am your husband. I married you last night." Then, with unwavering determination, he vowed, " You're my woman now. No one can hurt my woman." --- Kyren Raychard, the Crown Prince who had chosen to forsake the throne and become celibate, led the Knights of Gerhard to safeguard his kingdom’s border from slave trading activities. Outside his camp, he found Anna poisoned and delirious. The healer informed him of the only cure, of which he must race against time to give and honour her. For the first time, he felt an overwhelming instinct to protect and claim her as his own. Unaware of his deepening affection, he belatedly realised his feelings as he stood on the brink of losing her. Bound by a soul-binding spell, their fates intertwined…

For twenty-year-old Liam, reality has always been a fragile concept. Diagnosed with severe dissociative schizophrenia, he has spent years tormented by a singular, terrifying delusion: the existence of the "Hollow Earth"—a mirror dimension layered directly atop our own, inhabited by malevolent entities that wear human skin. After a catastrophic breakdown leaves Liam in a catatonic state, bedridden and withering away in his room for weeks, the darkness finally swallows him whole. But when he opens his eyes, he hasn’t woken up in a hospital. The room is the same, yet the geometry is wrong. The shadows stretch too far. The air tastes of copper and rot. He is in the Hollow Earth. Standing at the foot of his bed is a vision of haunting beauty: a woman with cascading white hair and skin like polished porcelain, dressed in an intricate, Victorian-era nightgown. She doesn’t attack. She doesn't scream. Instead, she strokes his cheek with an ice-cold hand and whispers, "Welcome home, Husband." Now, Liam must navigate a nightmare where the laws of physics are broken and shadows have teeth. But his greatest danger isn’t the monsters roaming the gray streets outside—it is his "bride." Beneath her captivating face and doting affection lies a possessive, ancient hunger. Liam must discover if he has truly slipped into another dimension or if his mind has finally shattered completely—before the woman in white consumes what’s left of his soul.

When archivist Elena Vance returns to her secluded hometown of Blackwater Falls to settle the estate of her estranged younger sister Maya—whose death was ruled a suicide—she expects grief, quiet, and paperwork. Instead, she finds a house steeped in dread, a town paralyzed by fear, and a single, ominous artifact hidden in the attic: a 19th-century wax phonograph cylinder labeled "DO NOT PLAY." Against her better judgment, Elena plays the recording. What pours out isn’t music or speech—but a distorted, layered scream that ends with Maya’s voice, begging for help. From that moment, reality begins to unravel. Whispers seep from walls. Radios hiss with voices of the dead. Neighbors vanish, only to reappear as hollow-eyed drones repeating fragments of their own last words. Elena soon learns that Maya had uncovered the truth about The Whisperer—an ancient entity that feeds on human voices, preserving them in a grotesque symphony of stolen sound. It doesn’t kill its victims… it erases them by imitation, wearing their voices like skins until nothing of the original remains. With the help of a skeptical local sheriff and a reclusive historian guarding dark family secrets, Elena races to reconstruct a forgotten Resonance Cage—a device designed in 1893 to trap the entity. But time is running out. The Whisperer is growing stronger, spreading through phone lines and emergency broadcasts, and it has set its sights on Elena’s voice—the last, perfect instrument it needs to break free from Blackwater Falls and echo across the world. As her own speech begins to glitch and strangers start speaking with her voice, Elena must confront a terrifying truth: to silence the echo, she may have to silence herself forever. Blending psychological dread with supernatural horror, The Hollow Echo is a chilling exploration of grief, identity, and the terror of being unheard—until all that’s left of you is a whisper in the static.

Twenty years after Earth was invaded through dimensional gates. Humanity survived by awakening random professions and leveling up like characters in a game. The strongest fighters became legends, but the weak continued to suffer. I am Ben, the weakest human on Earth. Having no potential whatsoever, I can't level up in a world where your level decides everything. I lost everything because of my innate weakness, and I was about to lose my life too. Then, by accident, I killed a monster and awakened a profession no one had ever seen before. And with it, I unlocked the secrets to growing strong without leveling. [Killed Firewyrm. Trait triggered. Gained +100 Strength and Fire Spraying Dragon Arm.] [Killed Shadow Monarch. Trait triggered. Gained Necromancy and Shadow Manipulation skills.] [Killed Crystal Golem. Trait triggered. Obtained Armor: Crystal Shell Plate.] [Killed Nine-Headed Hydra. Trait triggered. Gained Nine Headed Hydra Transformation!]

Annie was never meant to fall in love. Born into silence, shaped by loss, and condemned by a world that mistook her gentleness for weakness, Annie’s life ends too early—only to begin again in a realm where judgment is eternal and mercy is rare. The Afterlife is ruled by ancient laws, rigid hierarchies, and kings who have forgotten what it means to feel. Lucien is one of them. Once crowned the Ash King, Lucien is power incarnate—feared, revered, and bound to a throne forged from fire, obedience, and sacrifice. He does not love. He does not hesitate. He does not break rules. Until Annie arrives. Their meeting is a violation of everything the Afterlife stands for. She is mortal. He is immortal. She is empathy. He is dominion. Every step closer they take pulls the world tighter around them, awakening forces that were never meant to be challenged. What begins as resistance turns into longing. What becomes longing turns into a bond so dangerous it threatens to unravel the system itself. As trials rise and truths are exposed, Annie discovers she is more than a soul lost between realms—she is a choice the Afterlife never accounted for. And Lucien must confront the question no king should ever face: is power worth more than love? Bound by fate, tested by cruelty, and hunted by laws older than time, their relationship becomes the ultimate rebellion. Not against each other—but against a universe that believes love is a weakness. My Naughty Enticement is a slow-burning, emotionally charged tale of forbidden love, sacrifice, and transformation—where attachment becomes defiance, and choosing each other may cost them everything… including eternity itself.

Clarke is a master thief, charming, clever, and always one step ahead. Detective Connor is relentless, brilliant, and just as sharp—determined to catch her at any cost. When a rare artifact surfaces, both are after it—but fate forces them into an uneasy partnership. Each is hiding secrets, each is testing the other, and neither knows who they can truly trust. As danger escalates, so does the attraction between them. In a game of wit, deception, and desire, hearts are at stake—and the greatest heist may not be the artifact, but each other.

Born in the frozen and lawless North, far from the orthodox and unorthodox powers of the continent, a nameless boy dreams of building a sect for the poor and discarded. To achieve it, he creates a cultivation manual that evolves through battle, turning suffering into power and turning the weak into demons capable of defying Heaven itself. By sixteen he steps into the Master realm; by eighteen he becomes Grandmaster; by twenty-one he shatters the continental ceiling to become the youngest Heavenly Master in recorded history. His sudden ascension terrifies both orthodox and unorthodox factions, forcing them to unite as the Murim Alliance to crush him. But war does not begin when he ascends—it begins after he builds his Demon Sect into a nation, turns merchants into allies, and commoners into disciples. When the Murim Alliance finally declares war, they find not a sect, but a continental faith already rooted in the hearts of the powerless. In a world without immortals, where Heavenly Master is the apex of martial authority, he becomes the First Heavenly Demon—founder of the Demon Nation, destroyer of the old world order, and origin of the Demon Religion that reshapes the continent for generations to come.