survival

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/]

All Aiden wanted was peace and quiet to finish his novel. Instead, a drop of blood on a forgotten painting awakens Kaelan—an ancient naga prince bound by centuries of silence. Beautiful, arrogant, and demanding worship, Kaelan turns Aiden’s secluded retreat into something far stranger. Now myth walks his halls, and Aiden can’t decide if he’s living a dream… or falling into a trap he can’t escape.

In a universe where power costs pieces of your soul, Eric Heisenberg awakens reborn with fragments of a past life spent climbing to the top, only to die beneath its crushing weight. He knows exactly where this road leads. Absolute power demands absolute selfishness. So he wears masks, becomes whoever the moment requires, and calls it survival. But the deeper he goes, the less certain he is that anyone is left underneath. Thirty Pathways. Thirty royal families. A world teetering on the edge of the Cataclysmic Era, calm on the surface, yet already shifting violently beneath. Eric climbs anyway through betrayal, forgotten promises, and the slow erosion of everything that once made him human, chasing a dream he can no longer clearly remember. Will he carry the world again? Or will he finally choose himself… and break fate in the process?

Lin Yue has never been afraid of being alone. At twenty-four, he has already lived through more than most people ever will—not in grand, tragic ways, but in quiet, suffocating ones. Growing up as an orphan passed between cold institutions and indifferent guardians, he learned early that attachment leads to pain. By adulthood, he lives a detached, monotonous life, working night shifts and avoiding unnecessary human connections. To him, living is simply continuing. Everything changes on a rain-soaked night when he returns to his apartment. The hallway feels wrong—too long, too silent. Then, a voice calls his name from behind. Calmly, without hesitation, Lin Yue ignores it and keeps walking. That single decision triggers something unseen. When he reaches his door, the number has changed to “404.” The moment he steps inside, reality fractures. Lin Yue is pulled into a game called the Flow, a system of endless horror instances where players must survive deadly scenarios governed by obscure and shifting rules. Failure means erasure. Survival means being dragged into the next nightmare. Unlike other players, Lin Yue adapts quickly, relying on observation, emotional detachment, and his ability to remain calm under pressure. But something is wrong. Despite breaking rules and defying logic, Lin Yue is never punished by the System. Instead, he is marked—singled out by an unknown force. His actions begin to distort the behavior of instances, as if the world itself cannot fully process him. That is when he notices him. Gu Yanchen, known as the Arbiter, is a being feared by all players—an enforcer of the System who exists to maintain order and eliminate anomalies. Cold, precise, and seemingly inhuman, he should have killed Lin Yue the moment he deviated from the rules. Yet he doesn’t. Instead, Gu Yanchen watches. As their paths intertwine, Lin Yue is forced to confront something more terrifying than death—connection. Gu Yanchen, who should be nothing more than a mechanism of judgment, begins to act with intention, even obsession. Faced with this impossible choice, the Arbiter hesitates—for the first time. That hesitation fractures the system itself. Rules collapse, instances distort, and the Flow begins to unravel. In a world where everything is designed to erase humanity… What happens when two people refuse to let go? “The System wants me dead. But its Arbiter won’t allow it.”

My Synopsis: Players join the Warhammer 40k verse , basically Helldivers 2 Book synopsis: A man is unluckily lucky to find himself transported to the Warp of Warhammer 40,000. He immediately achieves what countless mortals dream of—godhood and eternal life—naming himself Terrabyte, the God of Information and Data. The catch? He's trapped in a nightmare dimension where a single, more powerful entity could crush him into cosmic dust at any second. To survive the perils of the Warp and empower himself, Terrabyte begins summoning "players" from his original world, inciting conflict to harvest the energy of information and data generated by war. Centuries later, Terrabyte observes his growing "Player Cursed Legion," which has expanded its destructive influence far beyond its starting planet. A new, audacious idea takes hold: perhaps it is time to replace the incumbent Patron Saint of Mankind. Meanwhile, far away on Holy Terra, the Emperor hears this proposal. A surge of joy courses through the Golden Throne, and the long-suffering Master of Mankind attempts to rise. TL: I'm Calling the Fourth Natural Disaster at Warhammer 我在战锤召唤第四天灾

Once in the world of Naruto, I established the Kingdom of Qin, standing alongside the Five Great Nations and pioneering a civilization of ninjutsu. Once in the world of One Piece, I conquered the Grand Line, challenged the Four Emperors, and founded a civilization of Devil Fruits. Once in the world of Chinese Paladin, I ruled over Shushan, wielding a sword with the South Mountain as its hilt and the North Sea as its blade, slashing through all beings and establishing a civilization of Sword Immortals. Once in the world of Bleach, I crossed the boundaries of life and death, transforming into the King of the Underworld and forging an eternal divine kingdom. Once in the world of Journey to the West, I overturned the Five Elements Mountain, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Great Sage, and led armies of millions to claim dominion in the West. Once in a world of science fiction, I piloted spacecraft through the cosmos, witnessing the splendor of countless worlds. Once in Perfect World, Tomb of the Gods, and Coiling Dragon, I sat among the kings of various realms, coldly dividing resources and clashing for supremacy. Gathering the myriad worlds, fusing their civilizations, and creating the ultimate divine kingdom. This kingdom spans infinite worlds. Billions of beings serve as the king's soldiers, infinite domains form the king's garden, and countless civilizations become the foundation of the king's strength! This is The King’s World!

[A depressed boy clings to a game and its demon slayer protagonist for his life until the game's world becomes reality and he embarks a determined journey to change protagonist's ending that should have never happened.] Johann had already given up on reality long before it began to collapse. The only thing that kept him going was a game, The Mayhem, and its silent, unstoppable protagonist: the Hellraider. Then the game became real. Monsters, death, and destruction—everything unfolded exactly as he remembered. But Johann didn’t enter this world to survive. He came for one reason: to follow Hellraider… and change the ending that should have never happened. Yet the more he walks that path, the more the world begins to break away from what he knows. Events shift. Truths contradict. And the figure he once believed he understood refuses to be defined by anything, not even the story itself. In a world where even fate is unstable, Johann continues forward, even when he no longer knows what he is chasing. *The entire story is completed. New chapter will be published regularly every two days.*

Monsters descend upon the world. Cities fall. Humanity retreats. And fear gives every creature a single name—monster. After transmigrating into this chaotic era, small-time streamer Chen Mo discovers a terrifying truth: the so-called monsters are actually Pokémon. The fire-breathing dragon that wiped out an armed squad? Charizard. The iron-biting rat demon invading homes? Rattata. The deadly butterfly spreading poison powder? Butterfree. While the world prepares for extermination, Chen Mo does the unthinkable— he turns on a livestream. Armed with a Pokémon knowledge system, Chen Mo ventures into monster-infested zones, explaining their names, abilities, evolution, and behavior in real time. From harmless Metapod to electric Pichu, he proves that Pokémon are not mindless beasts—but intelligent creatures capable of trust, growth, and partnership. As viewership explodes, so does controversy. Can humans and Pokémon really coexist? Or is total war inevitable? From mocked streamer to global authority, Chen Mo sparks a revolution of understanding—one Pokémon at a time. Years later, history will remember him as the Father of Pokémon, the Founder of Pokémon Battles, and the man who changed the fate of two species forever. This is the story of how humanity stopped fearing monsters—and started calling them Pokémon.

Li Wei accidentally obtained a simulator that allowed him to manage a family of cultivators. He discovered that the descendants in the game would offer him strange and unique sacrifices. "Thanks to the ancestor for the gift, our family has become the most powerful family!" "Hurry up and offer a sacrifice to the ancestor. Please accept this spiritual weapon!" "Ancestor, we have already conquered the immortal world!" Then, one day, the descendants of the Li family, who had been in the game, appeared on Earth in grand flying boats. Under the astonished eyes of the entire world, these descendants paid homage to Li Wei in great numbers. "Welcome our ancestor home!"

“Only Haki can stand above everything else.” This was the supreme creed of the Great Route’s gold-medal lecturer, “Hundred Beasts” Kaido, a truth worshipped by countless people. But Roy did not agree. “Then let me ask you this... If there were an ability user who could analyze and collect all Devil Fruit powers, and who was unaffected by Seastone or seawater… couldn’t he rely on Devil Fruits alone to reach the pinnacle of this sea?” To prove his belief, Roy took action. Many years later. The Red Line, the Holy Land Mary Geoise, was engulfed in raging flames. Above Pangaea Castle, the one responsible stood calmly in the sky. A pristine white Marine cloak fluttered violently in the wind. “Are you going to make an enemy of the world?” The World Nobles demanded. Roy only bared his teeth in a grin. “Wasn’t I already an enemy of the world?” He smiled. Those who followed him stepped forward from behind. The figures at the front caused the entire scene to fall into dead silence. Everyone recognized them. They were the terrifying powerhouses who had risen suddenly to fame across the seas in recent years. Among them were assassins, revolutionaries, pirates, merchants, doctors… Without exception, they were all top-tier ability users, and all belonged to the same organization. It was said that this organization had a mysterious leader, the most dangerous criminal on the seas today. And now, the truth was obvious. “Y-You are…” The new legend of the Marines. The most dangerous criminal on the sea. From the very beginning, the two had always been the same person. His name was... Roy·Amos.

After dying in the apocalypse, betrayed by her boyfriend and best friend, Roanna “Rory” Smith wakes up in an Interstellar Beast World—a place where females are scarce and paired with multiple beast mates. But the quality of her mates depends on her rank. After five years of diligent work across the stars, Rory is blessed with incredible luck: she matches with nine extraordinary beasts. There’s just one problem—these nine male beasts either want to dissolve the match, ignore her, or try to swindle her wealth. Fed up, Rory decides to break all the matches and wait for a better batch. Then, suddenly, her mates come groveling for her attention, offering her all the power, riches, and status they possess. What kind of beastly magic is this?!

Luther believes that the ultimate goal of dreams is to take it easy. All the effort and hardships are for the day when he can rightfully relax without worries. His goals shift throughout his journey, but in the end, he realizes that this is what he truly desires deep in his heart. This is a story set when Ash has just stepped onto the Sinnoh stage. A tale of someone emerging from confusion, gradually strengthening his resolve, and continuously growing. Image Credit to - ItsDone2000

“My name… is Kairo. Kairo D. Arashi.” I woke up in the world of pirates… and got bound to a Traveler System. No grinding. No killing. No desperate battles for power. As long as I travel, I grow stronger. Visit islands → Gain abilities Complete journeys → Earn rewards Witness legends → Unlock power While others chase the One Piece… I’m just here to see the world. From Windmill Village to the far ends of the Grand Line— every step I take makes me stronger than the last. So tell me… when I finally reach Laugh Tale, just how powerful will I be?

Lu Chen had a dream, an incredibly long dream... The dream world was familiar yet at the same time unfamiliar. Singer, actor, and freelance writer, he actually went through three sections of different lives in a dream world! When he woke up, Lu Chen thus embarked on a bright road to becoming a Perfect Superstar!

During one of his forbidden experiments, Orochimaru accidentally creates a strange lamp-like vessel. Instead of granting wishes, it feeds him knowledge and techniques from other worlds. With it, he learns powers like the Breathing Methods from Kimetsu no Yaiba, merging them with ninjutsu. Fascinated by endless possibilities, Orochimaru begins experimenting further, seeking to remake himself into the ultimate being, armed not just with shinobi arts, but the skills of countless universes.

After dying in an accident, I woke up in the world of John Wick. No cheat system, no female lead, no mainstream plot—only a rusty Proficiency Panel that barely shows anything. Rent overdue, girlfriend gone, memories sealed, and a creepy landlady knocking at midnight… my life was already a mess. Until I rescued a beagle wearing a tag that said Daisy. That night, John Wick himself told me: “The Continental Hotel will be waiting for you at 8.” From that moment on, my bloody journey as a killer began. Bullets, blades, and legends—if I want to survive in this stitched universe of assassins and spies, I have only one choice: Train like hell, and kill like the best. 【Various Films + Stitched Universe + Proficiency Panel + High-Energy Gunfight + Famous Scenes + Official Rant + No Mainstream System + No Female Lead + Tribute to Classics】 [Stories already started: John Wick 1-2 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | The Assassin's Creed | 007 Prequel | The Hitman's Bodyguard 1-2 | The Fate of the Furious | Fable Prequel | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Red 1 | The Expendables 1 | Waistband | Three Days to Die | Mission: Impossible 4] [Stories to be started: Fast & Furious 5 | Prequel to The New World | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Prequel to Twin Wolves | Prequel to Agent 47 | Prequel to Special Forces | Fury Rescue | Fury | The Mechanic | etc. etc. etc. etc. ... Too many to list.] -------------------------------- 70 advanced chapters are now available on Patreon!

At first, the world was dark and cold. There was no day — only half-light, like before dawn. The people, the First Ones, lived in a twilight world. They hunted by feeling and listened for footsteps instead of seeing shapes...

In the Multiverse, the Best Partner. Written by Lord God. One Soul, Two Bodies. Infinite flow. Roleplaying characters from games like honkai: star rail and Genshin Impact, with anime characters added as appropriate.

To be reborn is to awaken in hell. One moment, he was Arden, a normal person living a normal life. The next, he was a ghost in a shell of steel and synthetic sinew, standing under a sky choked with the ash of a six-thousand-year apocalypse. This was the world of No Game No Life: Zero a crucible where gods and monsters tore creation asunder, and he had been cast into it as one of the Ex-Machina, a living weapon cut off from the hive mind that gave his kind purpose. Survival was not a game; it was an equation with no positive solution. But in the ruins of a forgotten battlefield, he stumbled upon a grim miracle: the body of another fallen traveler from another Earth. And within the corpse, a whisper of impossible technology lingered. [Viable Host Detected. Binding to Dimensional Travel Unit...] 
[Welcome, User. Initializing System.] In a world ruled by genocidal deities and cosmic law, this was an alien power. A loophole. A glitch in reality's code. It was his only chance.

A lot seemed off about him, his hair color had changed from the usual dark brown to white. It was really confusing, early at school his hair was dark brown, so what happened between the few minutes they were apart. "Dean",Audrey hurried towards him but he raised his left hand up to stop her in her tracks. "Don't come any closer", he whispered underneath his breath, with all that his gaze was on the ground "But-", Audrey tried stepping forward. "Don't", he said raising his head to look at her directly,she could see his face clearly now. At school his iris held a little bit of color but right now,it had non. His eyes were so clear he looked blind. "Dean what's happening to you",Audrey cried in panic. She didn't know what was going on with Dean, what hurt her the most was he didn't want her next to him. How can she help him if she can't get close, but even with that she was still stubborn. Dean was at the far end of his room, bit by bit Audrey covered the gap."It's Time",Dean said trying to play down his emotion, but it could'nt be hidden. "What is Time?", Audrey asked confused walking to him slowly. "Dean you're scaring me". As she tried walking towards him, she felt as tho she was being pushed back, the closer the distance between them,the harder it was for her to come close. "Time for me to go-ah",Dean groan holding his side. “Dean!”, Audrey exclaimed, she increased her pace but the force was strong and the injury she had under her feet didn't make it any better. "He has come", he said letting out a dry cough. "Who has come?",Audrey asked. What is time?who has come?, she asked herself. "Mortem", Dean said with short of breath. . Life has never been good to Audrey, after loosing her parents at a tender age. she works extra and hard to make ends meet, she made a friend. Not long after he to was taken. luck hasn't always been on her side, will she pick herself up and keep pushing, or will she succumb to the bad luck holding her down. note: The cover isn't mine,it was gotten from Pinterest. so I give credit to the artist. Disclaimer: everything written here is based on pure imagination The schools, characters and places are not real