survival

Arin Vale is a twenty-seven-year-old man haunted by the mistakes of his past. Having wasted opportunities, lost meaningful friendships, and abandoned his dreams, he wishes for nothing more than a chance to live his life again. When a mysterious old watch grants him an impossible second chance, Arin awakens in his seventeen-year-old body, ten years in the past. Armed with memories of a future that may no longer exist, Arin resolves to correct his mistakes, rebuild broken relationships, and become someone he can finally respect. However, changing the past proves far more complicated than he imagined. As unexpected events unfold and familiar people begin behaving differently, Arin discovers that his second life holds secrets he never anticipated. Can a man who has always considered himself a loser rewrite his destiny, or will his past catch up with him once again?

In a dystopian world where human emotions manifest as monsters, young assassins are recruited to hunt them, only to discover that the people who control those monsters may be even more dangerous than the creatures themselves. Check out the official website for chapter soundtracks and more: https://markyeug.github.io/argus/

Lucas Elliott, the formidable CEO of ZigLan Corp. is known to the boardroom as "The Ice King" and to the underworld as the lethal Elian. Behind his iron mask, he battles with Cystic Agnosia, a rare neurological disorder that leaves him suffering from cold-induced seizures and psychological isolation . He has built his life on absolute control, until one night of drug-induced passion with a stranger shatters his icy resolve. Beatrice Kingston, a talented designer from the humble streets of Oakhills, is the victim of her sister’s cruel envy. Orchestrated into a high-stakes betrayal, she finds herself pregnant with the heir to an empire she doesn't understand. When Lucas discovers her, he whisks her away, to hide her from the vipers in his own family and his ruthless rival, Damien. As the "Ice King" begins to melt under the warmth of Beatrice’s presence, the war turns deadly. With Damien tightening his grip on the government and the underworld, Lucas must navigate a minefield of sabotage and secrets. In a world where love is a liability and power is a death sentence, Lucas and Beatrice must decide if their fragile bond is a sanctuary or a target.

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.

Abhimanyu lived an ordinary life—a successful career, loyal friends, and a future he believed was secure. Everything changes when he and his friends are suddenly transported to a mysterious world where monsters, ancient powers, and ruthless survivors rule. Struggling to stay alive, the group slowly falls apart as fear turns into greed and trust gives way to betrayal. During a desperate battle, Abhimanyu is pushed from a cliff by the very people he risked his life to protect. Left for dead, he survives against impossible odds. Broken but unyielding, he swears never to trust blindly again. As he uncovers the hidden truths of this strange world and grows stronger with every battle, Abhimanyu must decide whether revenge is worth more than the humanity he has left. In a world where power decides everything, betrayal is only the beginning.

Reborn in a world shattered by infection, Ethan Winters holds memories of a past life and skills beyond his years. After discovering his immunity in a QZ outbreak, he sets out to uncover the truth of his origins. His path collides with Joel and Ellie at a chaotic Firefly outpost, forcing an uneasy alliance. Can this enigmatic young survivor find answers, or will this brutal journey simply forge new bonds in the fire of survival? Author note : So the mc in this fanfic is just somebody who reincarnated to the last of us world, and because im bad with naming people i just took it from somewhere so its not really The Ethan Winters lol. The Last of Us AU (So its up to me what i do here). Mc doesn't have a system but has talent which i took inspiration from Leon s. Kennedy and he has photographic memory. No Harem (I don't even know how to make a good romance and if it harem im gonna butcher it for sure )

#BoyLove #DanMei #Painful #Tragic #Mature #SliceOfLife #DarkFantasy Genre: Danmei, Boylove, Palace Intrigue, Male Courtesan, Angst, Hurt Author: HuaLuoShenYang Synopsis Is there truly a parent in this world cold-hearted enough to abandon their own flesh and blood? The answer is a resounding yes. Shi Yan Si was neither an exception nor the only one, but he stood as a testament to those whose childhood scars lingered like a lifelong shadow, drifting like a ghost on the fringes of humanity. Abandoned since birth, he was like a fledgling bird crawling through a desolate forest before its wings could even sprout. His only choice: to plunge into the abyss or to struggle for survival, waiting for his wings to grow so he could teach himself to fly. Tragically, those wings grew twisted and frail. Driven by a desperate hunger for affection, he lost himself in the labyrinth of desire. His obsessive love for his sworn brother led them both down a path of betrayal and sin, culminating in the ultimate agony—his eyes were gouged out by the very man he adored. With his own hands, he cast himself straight into a hell of carnal suffering. From the moment of his first breath to the flickering remains of his last, cold neglect and brutal torment followed him like a curse. Only when his spirit was a mere wisp of smoke did he finally stumble upon a fragment of peace called eternity. Love had become a distant, fading mirage—no longer a dream, no longer a hope. Au'Note: Should you discover any grammatical mistakes in any chapter of the story, I would be grateful if you could assist me in making the corrections. Many thanks.

Horror stories written by Joseph Kohtz The Spooky Halloween Sleepover in The Haunted Woods: After a few of their friends go missing, a group of kids investigates The Dead Woods to find them. While there, they run into monsters and ghosts that pick them off. Since their friends are disappearing, they decide to have a sleepover in the haunted woods until they find them, but they soon all go missing after the hauntings intensify. Fear Itself: After being told a ghost story around the campfire, a group of kids attending the camp becomes terrified as ghosts and monsters haunt the camp and the surrounding forest. They become afraid of it, but some initially think it's all a prank by one of the counselors, even when the campers and counselors start to get picked off one by one. Even though things look bad, some campers still think it's a fraud, at least until things get worse. The longer they stay and ignore the ghosts' warnings, the worse the hauntings become. Then they become convinced and start to get scared out of their wits. The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On Halloween, a group of kids decides to venture inside an old, abandoned mansion to see if it's haunted, only to be scared out of their wits by all sorts of monsters and ghosts. While inside, the kids meet a talking cat and a jack-o-lantern who try to protect them from the spirits and convince one of them to read a spell from a book to banish the ghosts. Return to The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On a field trip, Susan Piper takes her class to The Wellington Mansion and tells how it was haunted before she banished the ghosts a decade ago on Halloween, with the help of her friends. She also told her class how to re-haunt the house and warned them not to do so. The next day, on Halloween, six of Susan's students enter the mansion, bring the ghosts and monsters back, and get scared out of their wits. Jack, the jack-o-lantern who knew their teacher, protects them with help from Alvin, the ghost puppy, and tries to convince Victoria to read the same spell Susan read when she was in the mansion to get rid of the ghosts.

Transported to Naruto, starting with Zanka No Tachi. Looking at Uchiha Itachi, who might become his brother-in-law, Yusuki grinned as he sharpened his knife, "If Izumi and Sasuke fell into a river, who would you save first?" Uchiha Itachi: "..."

Kai woke up in the Naruto world, but he wasn't a hero. He was just a regular Uchiha, stuck in the middle of a huge war. The Fourth Hokage was about to arrive, and things were getting dangerous. Suddenly, a voice boomed in his head, "Ding! One-Click Max Level System activated!" Kai was confused, but then he realized he could learn any jutsu he wanted, instantly! "Great Fireball Technique? Done! Max level!" He blasted a giant fireball with ease. "Shadow Clones? Done! Max level!" He was surrounded by dozens of his own copies. "Sharingan? Done! Max level!" He could see everything in slow motion, and his eyes glowed with power. "Sage Mode? Only one in ten thousand can learn it? Done! Max level!" Kai was unstoppable. He could learn any jutsu, no matter how difficult. The war was about to get a whole lot more interesting.

Ryuji a normal guy from Earth, traveled in the world of Demon Slayer, equipped with Hyper-Dimensional System. In his first day he was given a contract with a demon spirit. [Starting Bonus Issued: Demon Slayer Sword x1; Demon Spirit Contract Signed, Obtaining Demon Spirit Devourer] His abilities allow him to consume demons, opening up the path filled with possibilities and challenges for him.

Uchiha Kaoru!!! After transmigrating into a member of the Uchiha clan, I discovered that my Sharingan could use skills from League of Legends. For medical ninjutsu, I have Soraka's skills! For genjutsu, I have Shaco's fear! For taijutsu, I have Lee Sin's "Iku"! Ninjutsu is even easier; with over a hundred heroes, I will have over a hundred kinds of hero-based ninjutsu!

Gate Vladimir has a unique ability: The Fantasy Gene. Fueled by mysterious energy, he can transform into iconic characters from various fictional works, such as Bleach's Sosuke Aizen, the Lich King, Madara Uchiha, Artoria Pendragon, Archangel, Ainz Ooal Gown, and Deathwing. This power allows him to become the ultimate one-man pirate crew, that even Whitebeard declares, "This era is called 'Gate'!"

Reborn...The first world is Hunter x Hunter.What Oboro didn't expect was that the first character he encountered was the one with various famous names like madman, fruit farmer... Hisoka! Fortunately, he has an AI system as his intelligent artificial assistant. Oboro says: "No matter who it is, as an omniscient transmigrator, I will show you what it's like to develop Nen to the extreme...

Thank you for the invitation, I'm in the ninja world, just got out of bed! Surrounding me is a group of black-robed people with fanatic and crazy eyes, and a gray-haired man named Hidan is laughing wildly at him. Akagi Shinji is a little numb... And what makes him even more depressed is that after the modification, his body has chakra, but he can no longer learn any ninjutsu. This means he will become the first immortal waste ninja! But the activation of a bizarre system has brought new changes to his life. Can't learn ninjutsu? Small problem! There are various magical spells for you to choose from! Blood Manipulation, Straw Doll Technique, Ten Shadows Technique... everything is available. Wait a minute! How come there's also [Cursed Wind Hole]? ! Is this also considered a curse technique? ! ! Forget it, whatever, Domain Expansion, Unlimited Void!

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!

Do you know what the concept “Eternal Recurrance” is? Have you ever wondered what the life of being a regressor is? Read this story to discover the answers to your questions that you may be confused at first to find out. Reality isn't often kind and can very much be cruel, some people want advice or support but can never know what to do. My purpose of writing this is to show readers that they are not alone and they can have hope even in the darkest times. This is an autobiographical book; the stories are inspired by real and actual events in the author's life. This story is also created to save that one reader in this world.

"Lost in Flames, Found in Dark" Some love stories don’t begin with hello. They begin after the end. She was once the light in someone’s storm — wild, warm, unforgettable. Then, in a single moment, Shruti vanished. No note. No clues. Only a silence that shattered the hearts left behind. He searched for her like a man possessed. Burned down every lie, bled for every truth — until all that remained was rage... and a love too deep to bury. Years passed. And somewhere far from the wreckage of the life she once knew, a girl opened her eyes in a hospital bed. Her name was different. Her reflection — unfamiliar. But the ache in her soul? The flashes of another life? All too real. A scar she doesn’t remember getting. A voice she still hears in her dreams. And eyes — cold, broken, beautiful — that feel like home. He doesn't know her. Not anymore. But something in him stirs when she’s near. A storm. A memory. A promise not yet fulfilled. As their worlds collide once more, past and present bleed into one. The girl who shouldn't exist remembers a life no one believes. And the boy who lost everything now stands at the edge of rediscovery… and ruin. This isn’t just a second chance. It’s fate demanding what death tried to steal. Love. Longing. Pain. Fire. And a mystery that binds their souls beyond lifetimes. Because some hearts never stop searching. Some memories refuse to fade. And some love stories are written in scars. --- SNEAK PEEK The night air was sharper than she'd expected, and the thin fabric of her top did nothing to help—but she’d already refused his jacket with full drama ten minutes ago. Pride came before comfort, apparently. From the couch behind her, Dhruv watched in silence. Head slightly tilted, fingers resting near his lips. He didn’t comment. Yet. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” she muttered. “A little,” he admitted. She rolled her eyes, still facing the balcony. “This is where a gentleman offers warmth. Maybe a hot drink. Or, you know... human decency.” “You rejected the jacket and the blanket. Can’t save you from yourself.” She opened her mouth to sass back, “Unbelievable.” Before she could finish being annoyed, she felt him. He was behind her—close. His body heat rolled into her back like a slow, deliberate wave. She gasped softly, more out of surprise than cold. His hands slid into hers with quiet certainty, wrapping them up gently. Then, his arms circled around her waist, pulling her lightly against him. Her breath caught as his chest pressed warmly against her back, the thin fabric of her top doing nothing to shield her from the way his warmth spread over her skin. “Dhruv!” she gasped, her voice half protest, half flustered mess. Her words scrambled as he leaned a little closer, breath grazing the side of her neck. “Better?” he asked, low and completely unaffected.

They're all loyal when you talk about it, but when you ask, they won't go! Now, the Emperor's favor has still descended upon this 21st-century fragile bull 'Sith,' who has been conscripted by the God-Emperor into a local PDF (Plane Defense Force). Fortunately, our protagonist awakening system allows Sith to receive a hundredfold positive feedback no matter what he does, as long as he personally participates. I thought this system was just so-so, but I never expected it to be a TM concept technology! Therefore, when the Sith led his soldiers in one battle, it was equivalent to fighting a hundred battles, and fighting a hundred battles was equivalent to fighting ten thousand battles. After an apocalypse, a group of veterans of countless battles were directly acquired, and various conceptual types emerged one after another. So much so that in the end, not only did God-Emperor snatch him away, but the Four Gods also snatched him away, and even Goma insisted that the protagonist was their most Waaagh kid, and that the Sith should lead the green-skinned Waaagh, renamed 'Sith Kid,' to overturn the entire galaxy. But as the Sith, blessed by the Seven Gods, continued to fight across this messed-up galaxy, it wasn't until many years later that the Sith suddenly realized he had a hundredfold positive feedback loop... Why were the Four Symbols also corrected?