survival

In an age of blood, steel, and freezing spray, a Viking’s worth is measured by the swing of his axe. They are raiders. They are conquerors. They are the terror of the North. Ragnar, the eighteen-year-old bastard son of a starving chieftain, is none of these things. Just a month ago, he was a Senior Naval Architect in Seattle, designing high-efficiency cargo vessels. Now, he stands on a frozen fjord in 865 AD, facing a suicide mission to England that threatens to wipe out his village. Mocked for his refusal to raid and his obsession with "wizard words" like logistics and drag coefficients, Ragnar is dismissed as a coward. But they are all wrong. Where they see a longship, he sees a displacement curve waiting to be optimized. Where they see a storm, he sees wind energy waiting to be harnessed. They say his methods are madness. Soon, they will realize that while they are playing at war, he is engineering an empire. -------- Disclaimer: *Kingdom Building & Tech-Uplift: MC uses modern engineering to revolutionize the Viking Age. *Weak-to-Strong: Starts as a despised bastard, progresses to a wealthy tycoon/warlord. *High Detail: Detailed descriptions of ship-building and primitive industrialization.

Lin Yu transmigrated into the Douluo Continent, and at first, he could only sigh in frustration for not having a golden cheat. But unexpectedly, his cheat finally appeared—dragging everyone in the Douluo Continent into its grasp! On that day, every single person was pulled into a livestream Q&A room with rewards. From then on, they were forced to watch the stream regularly and answer questions. 【Ah Yin】: What? My son is already dead? And now another soul is occupying his body? 【Bibi Dong】: Yu Xiaogang, I never thought you approached me with ulterior motives… You disgusting, hypocritical man! 【Qian Renxue】: Don’t you dare broadcast anything about me! 【Deep Sea Demon Whale King】: Hah! The Sea God is nothing but an ungrateful fool who loves labeling others. 【Meng Shu】: Lin Yu, as long as you give me the Dragon Essence, I’ll marry my granddaughter to you! 【Yu Yuanzhen】: Don’t fight me for it! Give me the Dragon Essence, and I’ll have my second son marry Erlong to you! …… Watching everyone in the livestream room going crazy, bribing and scheming for rewards, Lin Yu sneered with disdain. Thank you for the support, friends. If you want to read more chapters in advance, go to my Patreon. Read 40 Chapters In Advance: patreon.com/Canserbero10

I woke up as an extra in a famous novel. Before I could even panic, a system window appeared. [Mission: Confess to Myles Cortez.] [Favorability: -10] [Time Remaining: 30 minutes] [Penalty: Death] Myles Cortez, the final villain of the story. Apparently, if I want to live, I have to seduce him. Easy, right? ... Wrong. "You think you can back out now?" His fingers tightened behind my head, eyes dark. "Blake, you confessed to me every day with that smile." ...I may have seduced him a little too well.

Fifteen years. That’s how long Dex Williams survived in the world’s most brutal high-security prison, a place where hope goes to die and only the ruthless prevail. He thought his story ended with a cold blade between his ribs during a prison riot. He was wrong. Dex wakes up not in hell, but in a world of sprawling magic and soaring dragons, inhabiting the body of a young noble who has just been assassinated. But this isn't just any world, it’s the setting of a fantasy novel he once read to kill time in his prison cell. Now, Dex is no longer a scarred convict; he is a noble in a powerful family. There’s just one problem: in the original story, the character he now inhabits was a minor "extra" destined to be murdered in the first arc. And so, Dex Williams begins his journey within the Falus Forest, one of the most dangerous and bloodiest places in this world. Armed only with his sharp intelligence and his prior knowledge of this world’s secrets and his experience of living inside the world's most dangerous prison for fifteen years. "I am also publishing this story on Royal Road under the name: Just_mE10

In Dwarkam, people are not born equal. Some are born Halocrats, wrapped in power and worship. Some are born Gutterborn, taught to keep their heads down and their mouths shut. Zane Atlas was a Gutterborn. Eighteen years old. Hungry. Beaten. Invisible. The world taught him one rule early: Filth shouldn’t look up. When the Golden Slab descended from the sky, it gave power to those who caressed it. Most gained skills. Some gained status. Many gained hope. Zane gained something else. Something that was never meant to awaken. Something that watches before it judges. Something that acts only when survival is at stake. [ Conflux System ] It does not reward obedience. It grows through choices. And it can merge anything Zane owns… including his body, his instincts, and his will to survive. Now Zane walks a thin line between staying alive and being discovered. Between obeying a world that hates him and becoming something it must erase. The churches are watching. The crowns are stirring. The monsters are waking. And Zane is learning one terrifying truth: Sometimes, being chosen is worse than being powerless. ——— ——— ——— Support Me - ko-fi.com/khyaal Join My Discord For Reference Arts and much more - https://discord.gg/zmUcswM2N5

Saul, a man tired from work the day before, was walking reading his favorite light novel that was in the last chapter. After passing by a fruit stand and leaving, he ends up being ambushed by someone he knew and they both end up dying. One last time he reads the end of his favorite story before closing his eyes, finding the ending horrible. When he opens his eyes, he realizes that they had been reincarnated in the novel and that he was now screwed because he had been reincarnated in one of the three stooges from the beginning of the story and that he would be defeated by the protagonist and to make matters worse, the ending of the story was that everyone died...

Jake Blackwell thought his life was ordinary, until his father remarried a mysterious woman named Sarah. But Sarah isn't just anyone. She's a werewolf, part of a secret supernatural world that's been hidden in plain sight. When Jake discovers he's a werewolf too, everything he believed about himself shatters. Feared by others for a power they don't understand, Jake may be the APEX. The Alpha of all Alphas, destined to rule or destroy. As family secrets unravel, and the shadow of David's missing first wife haunts them, Jake and Sarah's connection grows deeper, tangled in danger, desire, and betrayal. In a world where loyalty is rare and power comes at a deadly cost, can Jake control the beast within - or will he lose everything to the darkness waiting to consume him?

What do we all seek after a long day? Some may say wealth, others comfort… perhaps the embrace of a lover or the warmth of laughter among friends. Yet when everything is stripped away, there is one thing every living being longs for: Rest. To lie upon a soft bed, wrap ourselves in warmth, close our eyes, and surrender to the tranquility of sleep, hoping for blissful dreams to carry us away from the cruelty of reality. But what if sleep was the crueler reality? What if every time your eyes closed, you were dragged into another world? A world not of wonder, but of nightmares. A place where monsters hunt you endlessly and even rest itself becomes impossible. At first, it may sound like fantasy. Another world? An adventure? The dream of every reader. But think deeper. If you spend the day surviving one harsh world, only to spend the night surviving another… then when do you truly rest? When do you heal? When do you live? Such is the fate of Prince Idel . A frail, exhausted royal who wanders the Dream Realm every night for eternity. In one world, he is misunderstood. In the other, he is hated. Author note; - This novel, seniors, is a progression fantasy as well as LitRPG. with the latter being attributed to three major characters( Mc not included) -to get more info about the world, power systems and the like, hit my Tic tok( Kairos Caelin) https://vm.tiktok.com/ZS92ku3TGugtN-2aGQj/

He was in his early twenties when the world decided to end for him. A computing prodigy, educated at MIT, someone who understood systems, patterns, and limits better than most. In his previous life, power didn’t come from fists, but from the mind — lines of code capable of shaping digital realities. Then he died. And was born again. Reincarnated into the DC Universe as a helpless baby, he grew up in a world where gods walk among humans, where vigilantes defy the impossible, and where power is rarely fair — or free. While others trusted destiny, chance, or inherited gifts, he trusted only one thing: process. Memory intact. Intellect intact. Ambition intact. From an early age, he understood a simple and cruel truth: in that world, those who do not grow are crushed. And so, far from the spotlight of the League, he began to build something forbidden — his own Artificial Intelligence, created not to save the world, but to optimize it. To make him stronger. More efficient. More prepared to survive among monsters, aliens, and symbols. While heroes were born from tragedy, he forged himself in silence. While villains sought external power, he engineered it from within. This is not the story of a chosen one. It is the story of someone who decided to become inevitable. Between code and chaos, science and superhumans, begins the rise of a man who does not believe in miracles — only in evolution. This story was inspired by a fanfiction I read years ago — a work I deeply admire and still reread to this day. Unfortunately, that story was never continued. This project is not a continuation, rewrite, or replacement of that original work. It is an independent story, created with its own plot, characters, and direction, merely inspired by the ideas and feelings that the original story left with me. Out of respect, I want to properly credit the source of my inspiration below: Original Story Title: Pyroclasm (Young Justice SI) Original Author: Fulcon Original Story Link: https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/pyroclasm-young-justice-si.664558/ If you enjoyed this story, I highly recommend checking out the original work and supporting its author. Reader Notice If you like the story but don’t like harem: fuck off. This story has harem. If you like the story but don’t like gore: fuck off too. This story has gore. The tags are there. If you don’t like it, read the tags and don’t read the story. Simple as that. I’m not changing the story to please everyone. It was written this way from the start. If you want to read early chapters, they will be available on my Patreon. I’m not promising 10 or 20 chapters ahead — maybe just a few, maybe more later — but there will be early content there. I’m taking my time with this story because I want it to be good, not rushed. That takes time, revision, and proper development. If this kind of story is for you, welcome. If not, just move on. Simple. Criticism and comments are always welcome. Thank you, and enjoy your reading! If you'd like to support me and, as a bonus, read some chapters in advance, just become a member of my Patreon: https:/./www.patreon.com/cw/pararaio. Want to read the next chapters before everyone else? Now you can follow advanced chapters for free on my official website! In addition to accessing new content first-hand, you'll also find my other stories and future projects. Access here: [https://parallelworldverse.com/]

Some people perform joy so completely that nobody notices they’re drowning until the water is already over their head—and Riyura Shiko has turned that performance into an art form. Fifteen years old, purple-haired, red bow-tied, and explosively cheerful in the specific way of someone who learned early that being cheerful was safer than being honest, Riyura arrives at Jeremy High not as a normal transfer student—but as a walking thunderclap in a school uniform. Officially, he’s there for a “fresh start” after an incident involving pudding, a ferret, and one tragically heroic trampoline. Unofficially, he’s there because wherever Riyura goes, normality quietly packs its bags and leaves. Jeremy High is no ordinary school. Founded in 1876 under impossible circumstances—three suicidal teenagers, letters from a descendant who wouldn’t exist for a century, and a foundation built as much on suffering as it is on survival—it attracts the broken, the chaotic, and the unexplainable. Riyura fits in immediately… and completely disrupts everything anyway. From shouting greetings at trees to challenging athletes to dribble pineapples, from staging lunchtime operas about dumplings to turning every hallway into a stage, he floods the school with a kind of absurd, relentless energy that feels almost supernatural on its own. But beneath the chaos is something quieter. Something fragile. Because Riyura isn’t just trying to be seen—he’s trying not to disappear. Over the next four years, what unfolds is everything. Not just the ridiculous, high-energy nonsense of flying fruit and social disasters, but corruption networks, government conspiracies, psychic abilities tied to Edo-period bloodlines, time manipulation, preserved souls, and a brother who dies… and comes back? Government agents become allies. Truths unravel. The very sanctuary that saved them reveals the cost of its existence. And still—beneath all of that—the people matter most. Yakamira, sharp and analytical, alive against all odds. Miyaka, opening her pencil case every morning as an act of quiet defiance. Subarashī, scars catching the light as he declares himself to the world. Jisatsu, holding steady, fourteen months without a crisis. Pan, baking at 4 AM not because he has to—but because he chooses to. None of them are whole. All of them are trying. And together, they form something stubborn and unbreakable: a family built not from perfection, but from the refusal to let each other drown alone. Then comes graduation. Osaka. Cherry University. Cherry blossom seasons that feel too soft for everything they’ve survived. And the slow, difficult realization that surviving and living are entirely different skills. And many more characters in the main stage at that as per-usual. Riyura Shiko isn’t just the loudest person in the room. He’s the one most afraid of silence. His absurdity isn’t there to make you laugh—it’s there to overwhelm you, to push past the limits of what “normal” even means, to prove that being alive isn’t about fitting in, but about refusing to disappear. The humor isn’t clean, or even traditionally funny—it’s chaotic, excessive, and sometimes deliberately irritating. Because this story doesn’t aim to be funny. It aims to feel. Loudly. Uncomfortably. Honestly. This is the complete story of Riyura Shiko. From a teenager hiding behind a crooked bow tie and a perfectly rehearsed smile… to someone who slowly, painfully learns what genuine laughter actually feels like. From impossible walls to open skies. It costs something. It leaves something behind. Neither cancels the other out. THE NAMES… RIYURA SHIKO! - RATED MA26+. Still here. That’s always been enough. Because this series has the worst humor you could ever wish for. >;)

A Cage of Diamond A Cage of Diamond follows Amara, a young woman whose life is shattered when she unknowingly awakens a buried force tied to ancient seals known as the Seven Locks. What begins as a mysterious pull within her quickly escalates into a reality-breaking conflict involving forgotten kingdoms, imprisoned cosmic entities, and a prison that is not just a structure—but a living system holding back something far older than history itself. Amara discovers she is not an ordinary girl, but the central “Key” and potential “Warden” of the Seventh Lock, the final seal holding together a collapsing multidimensional prison. As she is pulled deeper into this hidden world, she is guided—and sometimes manipulated—by Kael, a secretive man who has long been entangled with the seals, and Elias, a reluctant protector whose role is tied to an ancient order. They are soon confronted by the truth that the prison contains not one being, but three: The Hollow King, a powerful entity once thought to be the ultimate threat The prison itself, revealed to be semi-sentient and bound And a forgotten third prisoner, whose existence was erased from history As the seals begin breaking across the world, reality fractures in multiple locations, and an ancient fortress known as the First Ruin awakens. Within it lies the Seventh Lock and the First Root, a living structure tied to Amara’s forgotten past. Amara begins to experience fragmented visions revealing that she once lived in a lost silver civilization connected to Orion, a mysterious figure who is eventually revealed to be one of the most dangerous and important beings tied to the prison’s origin. Her forgotten identity suggests she was not only part of that ancient world—but possibly someone central to its collapse. Meanwhile, a catastrophic force known as the Empty One begins awakening. It is revealed to be an existence capable of erasing reality itself, not by destruction, but by removing things from existence entirely. It is the true hidden force behind the prison’s creation and the reason the Seven Locks were built. As the Seventh Lock awakens, Amara is forced into a final, impossible decision: to bind the prison again—or release what it contains. But with the arrival of armies, cosmic Executioners, collapsing seals, and the awakening of the Empty One, it becomes clear that the choice may not only decide the fate of the imprisoned beings—but the existence of reality itself. At its core, A Cage of Diamond is a story about forgotten identity, ancient guilt, and the terrifying burden of being the one person who can either preserve or undo the structure holding existence together.

【A false Necromancer lacks troops and is hunted down by others.】 【A true Necromancer commands countless skeletons and becomes a ruler in their own right.】 After obtaining the Dual-Portal, Wu Heng discovered that the original world was overrun with zombies. When the plan to become a profiteer failed, a new plan for survival began. Wu Heng chose to become a 'Necromancer.' Can't summon the undead in another world? The entire apocalyptic planet is a source of troops. Can't survive in the zombie world? Then I'll live and learn skills in another world. From that point on, the world witnessed an undead army equipped with modern weapons. Natural disaster looms, with millions of skeletons. Undying bone dragons, undead kings. (Dual-Portal + Necromancer + Magic + Fantasy World + Undead Plague.) Patreon link for those interested: https://www.patreon.com/FALCON_N

Reiji Kurozuma was just 15 when his parents died of illness, and his older brother left to chase a life of his own. With no one to guide him, Reiji wandered-stealing, hunting, surviving. Now 24, he lives alone in the cold silence of the mountains, with no human contact. There he met a certain nobleman. What surprised Reiji was that the noble knew about the creatures lurking in the darkness.

In this world, people are not killed by monsters… but by what they fear. After his sudden death in his previous world, **Kaito Soren** awakens in a world where fear turns into living creatures that destroy everything. Here, there are not just mythical monsters… but real human nightmares. Every buried fear births a monster. A simple phobia can burn an entire city. A broken heart can summon creatures that feed on despair, darkness, and memory. Recruited by the enigmatic "Lilith Domina" — the mysterious hot woman with absolute authority and a chilling presence — Kaito becomes the organization's deadliest weapon against the nightmares devouring the world. But soon, Kaito discovers that there is a **hidden hand** controlling everything from the shadows: "The Instigator" — an unseen entity who plants fear in human hearts then leaves them to transform into monsters, all for the sake of enjoying the chaos. "The Clown" — a terrifying jester who turns death into a bloody theatrical game, and knows Kaito’s secrets more than he should. "The Grand President" — the highest figure in the organization, who seems to know everything… and hides far more than they reveal. With every monster Kaito cuts down, fragments of his lost memories begin to surface. He gradually realizes that his power is not a blessing… but a cosmic curse. And that this world — and Lilith herself — might not be as foreign to him as he thinks. In the end, Kaito realizes that the greatest enemy he faces is not the monsters born from others’ fears… But the fear he cannot separate from himself: "The fear of attachment. The fear of belonging. The fear of trusting anyone… even himself." "Fear is the only enemy I cannot defeat… Because it might be me."

This is a world drowning in filth and chaos. To attain glory, opulence, luxury, and true freedom, one must become a noble Madman of Zaun – someone who stands above the rules.

Neva and Rhett, two young souls find their heartstrings woven in love. But just as passion and peace begin to bloom, fate intervenes. Bleak, haunting circumstances scatter blades across their romance, threatening to tear them apart. Ishmael, a man with a heart of thorns, yearns to mend the wound of losing Neva. And in the end, rays of love and joy filter through the clouds of horror that darken his world, as Neva appears before him once more. Twisted fate entangles them all, revealing the Game of Sphere, as misery scorches their souls. A concealed life beyond turns its pages, one after another, gathering a tale where faith and love and grace wins against the doubt and hatred and sin. --- The girl who once vowed to be his forever Now forbids him to ever appear. She refuses to recognize him, Disregarding all he ever was. He vows to protect her. Yet he is the terrifying truth she prays is a lie. He trips her, rips her apart— He's the living tragedy looming over her life. He once was her Elayne, now her hiraeth. He is the villain, pretending to be the hero.

Why did you become a hunter? Why put on armor, take up a heavy weapon, and begin this hunt? Is it to prove yourself, to pursue the tender dreams of childhood, to seek vengeance born of blood and tears, to embrace this cruel yet beautiful world? Or perhaps you simply yearn for that endless wilderness... ------------ What to expect: - No superpowers or cheat abilities - An extremely talented protagonist - No isekai/reincarnation elements - Living, breathing characters with depth - Sharp, engaging dialogue It’s okay if you’re not familiar with the Monster Hunter world but I recommend keeping a wiki open so you can quickly see what each monster looks like.

Everything in life has a price that must be paid, but it cost Sakura Haruno her entire world. Now having no one to rely on but herself, Sakura must face this new world dominated with heroes, villains, and quirks. She also discovers that what she's paid for, has the potential to be worthwhile. Sakura Haruno ends up in My hero Academia world thanks to Kaguya, and she's going to reign hell!

Sakura just wanted this war to end, for her teammates to be able to smile together again. Instead, she wakes up in another dimension, loses her ability to swim, and becomes shrouded in more mystery than she cared for. Now she aims to travel the Grand Line, with the oddest crew mates and their eccentric straw-hat captain, in hopes of uncovering answers. But there are forces that conspire at every turn. Will the kunoichi be able to handle the life of a pirate?

Fate was cruel yes, but Sakura hadn't realized how much until the universe decided to teach her by kicking her out of her world and into another. One with magical vessel possessing beings known as djinns; dangerous treasure filled buildings called dungeons and an infuriating yet interesting boy named Sinbad.