survival

[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.*

Divine Vendetta For over ten thousand years, humanity has survived alongside a new reality. Mysterious portals continue to appear across the world without warning or discernible pattern. These rift-like tears in space lead to deadly realms filled with monsters, untold treasures, and the promise of unimaginable power. Though their origin and purpose remain unknown, humanity has learned to adapt—forming structured raid parties of five to eight individuals to enter and survive them. To initiate entry, a raid party must approach a portal and remain within its influence. After a short, unpredictable period of time, the rift responds—drawing those nearby into the instance beyond. What determines when a portal becomes active, or why certain individuals are taken while others are not, remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in human history. Those who awaken an Origin Well become humanity’s greatest defenders, ascending through its ranks as they challenge increasingly dangerous portals. In a world where strength determines everything, countless lives are built—and lost—chasing the next step toward power. At twenty years old, Liam has spent his life searching for answers that have always remained just beyond his reach. Fragments of a forgotten past refuse to leave him, yet no one can explain why they exist or what they truly mean. When Liam’s own journey into the world of awakened individuals finally begins, he quickly discovers that the rules governing everyone else don’t seem to apply to him. The deeper he ventures into humanity’s greatest mysteries, the more he uncovers secrets that have been buried for generations—truths powerful enough to reshape everything the world believes about the Origin Wells, the portals, and the forces that stand behind them. As powerful enemies begin moving from the shadows and ancient truths stir once more, Liam finds himself caught between the life he has always known and a destiny that was set into motion long before he was born. Some mysteries were meant to stay buried. Some powers were never meant to awaken. And some acts demand nothing less than Divine Vendetta.

a rebirth into the unknown

Liss took her mother place as she was pulled into a world that she thought was a daydream of her mentally ill mother. Her mother wasn't delusional, she was telling the truth. Now she is alone in a new world where nothing makes sense and the only thing she can do is adapt. TW{Dead dove} Hiatus

Jiang Wei was an exhausted New York product tech until a black-haired woman touched him in an alley and turned him into an emperor penguin. [Penguin Evolution System initialized.] Now he earns Evolution Points by surviving what his human body never could. Pressure Heart. Countercurrent Sense. Abyssal routes. Rookery bonds. Every upgrade makes him stronger, stranger, and less certain that becoming human again is the right goal. Aylin, a princess from a world being eaten by Yokai, needs Jiang to cross worlds and break their hidden soul cores. She also failed three candidates before him, and one may still be alive. To save two worlds, Jiang must dive through haunted oceans, build a colony, survive warped history, and evolve from one furious penguin into something even gods cannot classify. The system calls him incomplete. The rookery calls him stranger. Soon, entire worlds will call him Emperor.

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/]

Atop the Crimson Spire, a treacherous shadow and a radiant angel fought. Normally, the shadow would win, only to realize he had been fooled and ultimately forced to leave the angel behind. It was the predestined path, the correct one, the one that would lead to the best possible end. However, a moment of weakness was all it took to send it all crashing down. Plans long in the making were made impossible, salvation became uncertain, and amidst it all, Fate would not be denied.

A café. A moment. And everything changes. When 13 people open their eyes, they wake to a world that doesn’t feel real. The ground feels unfamiliar. The sky is beautiful, yet distant—like the end of a forgotten dream. Eyes are watching them… Hungry hounds… And a hunter patiently following their trail. They must run. They must fight. They must survive. To survive, they must keep moving. 13 people arrived in this world. But no one knows how many it will allow to leave. --- What to expect: -3 Updates Per Week — Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays (Updates every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 7:00 PM EST / 11:00 PM GMT) - 1500–2500 words per chapter - 13 ordinary people pulled from a café into a wrong, alien world. - Survival-driven & dark — death is real, the world doesn't want them - Cultivation-adjacent progression — awakened powers ("kor") refined through discipline, with its own rules rather than classic qi/realms - Multiple POVs as strangers become a group and the group fractures - A little romance, no harem --- Also posted on Royal Road. Every bit of support keeps Faterend going. Thank you for reading. https://www.patreon.com/Redremont

After his death, Aoi Hiroto is reincarnated as a beast-like race, similar to Ghislaine's race, but with the memories of his past life intact. Now, torn between his animal instincts and human rationality, he tries to find his place in this new world. Warnings: - The MC is like Rudeus, he doesn't know the world of Mushoku Tensei, for him, this is a new world with magic and swords, but he has seen other known animes. - MC is 3 years older than Rudeus, having been born in K404. - Rudeus will still exist in this timeline, but the chapters that will show his point of view will be very rare, unless he is interacting with the MC. -The confirmed harem members so far are Verdia, Ghislaine and Eris. I plan for this story to have around 500 chapters, maybe a little more or a little less than that. The cover was created by illustrator Winter, based on the characters from the work Mushoku Tensei, authored by Rifujin na Magonote. I do not own any rights to the characters or elements of the work depicted in the art or story, except for the original characters (OC's) created in this work. English is not my first language, but I will try my best not to make mistakes.

Regrets became evident on Shu’s face after he had killed his enemy, Gen Yamashita, a young scientist who created the zombie virus that spread across Japan. He knows that he is the one who causes the death of his parents, but he soon realizes that vengeance is not the way to go. Instead, he became a monster like Gen, and he was devastated by it. Now, he decided to save Gen from his death, and after that, he became depressed and blamed himself for making the virus outbreak worse. It seems that he would be a broken person full of regrets. But, he will not last long in his painful depression. Gen came and reconciled with him, renewing their wills to live life again. Now they are racing against the clock to reverse Gen’s mistakes that wreak havoc across Japan. They will not do that huge and seemingly impossible mission themselves. Two of Gen’s subordinates, Arashi Hoshikawa and Nato Hokawa, and a pair of twin young women, Mara and Martha Buenavista, will accompany them in their mission, alongside Gen’s organization. Will this be a golden ticket for both Gen and Shu to a better life and future?

Vale never imagined he would have to fight monsters, but in this world, survival leaves little choice. Stripped of all his memories, Vale awakens in a land where humanity battles creatures known as Spawn. Here, people wield supernatural abilities and grow stronger by conquering deadly Trials. Vale possesses an ability as well—but unlike the powers of those around him, his seems utterly useless in combat. He cannot be detected by anything beyond the five senses. He has no reflection, no shadow, not even a supernatural technique can perceive him. Though weak and lost in an unforgiving world, Vale is forced to fight alongside people far stronger than himself. Yet even as he struggles to survive the Trials and the horrors within them, one goal continues to drive him forward: To uncover the truth of who he is… and who he once was. What to Expect? -A smart mc that has to fight with weapons in a world full of powers -Side characters that are independent of the mc and have their own ambitions and goals -A powers system where for each thing you gain you also lose something of equal value -A deep lore and cosmology that reveals itself more and more as the story goes on https://discord.gg/7qnXBHaB2A link to the discord incase anyone wants to join -i dont use ai to write my story though i do use grammarly in order to make sure the grammar is correct

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.

[VOLUME 2: WOLF HUNTER IS NOW OUT!] Before the Apex... there was a hunter. Discover the origin of the monster Jake became. 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?

Can seven children survive on an alien planet alone? In the year 2517, Earth had become uninhabitable. Humanity turned to the stars, building colonies across distant systems. Seven children from different walks of life were sent on a routine school excursion. But when a gravity malfunction and a warp gate accident disrupted their journey to Alpha Centauri, their emergency escape shuttle broke free from the main ship. Cast adrift from the hyperlane, they crash-landed on an uncharted, uninhabited land on an alien planet. Food is scarce. No civilization in sight. No adults. No way to call for help. With only a disconnected AI assistant to guide them, the seven must learn to survive together—whether they like it or not. What to Expect: - No LitRPG elements, no magic nor stats. Just seven children, their offline ChatGPT, and bunches of alien flora and fauna. - Survival and character-driven narrative. - Soft sci-fi setting (space colony, minimal technobabble) (Name Children of the moon has already been taken, so i renamed it lunar children ont he spot.)

In a world where power determines destiny, the weak are remembered long enough only to be ignored, kael Verin is one of them - an orphan living in the shadow of towering warriors,legendary mages and noble bloodlines blessed with ancient abilities. Born without visible talent and mocked as "the forgotten", kael survives on the edges of society, doing whatever he can to stay alive in a kingdom where strength is law But the world is not as simple as it seems to be When kael stumbles upon a mysterious relic buried within the forgotten ruin of a battlefield, something dormant awakens-not just within the relic but within in kael himself. Ancient memories whispering in his mind, fragments of power stir within his very essence of existence and a buried truth begins to reveal itself:the power that the world discarded maybe the power it once feared As monsters begin appearing across the continent and forgotten ruins start reacting to kael's presence, powerful figures take notice. Empires hunt him,secret orders watch him, and ancient beings long sealed away begin to stir within their imprisonment Forced onto a perilous journey across cursed lands, lost kingdoms, dungeons -Kael must grow stronger or die forgotten as the world intended. Along the way, he gathers unassuming allies, uncovers history of the past that was buried and learns that the line between being a hero or becoming a walking catastrophe is very thin. Because the relic that chose him was not meant for a savior. It was created by a forgotten king who intended to use the relic to destroy the world. Now the power of the forgotten has awakened - Kael must decide whether to rise as the world's protector or become the calamity it deserves

The continuation journey of Alter in the virtual world. Takes place after The World of Fractured Realms. But this time, Gaia took her frustrations out on Alter and accidently unleashed something that should not have.

After a premature death, Vahe's soul is transferred to the body of the second Prince Nikias, a small villain from Vahe's favorite romance novel, and now he must navigate the royalty of the Exos Empire in order to survive through the novel's timeline. However not everything is as it seems, and he might not have the right personality in order to reconcile with the heroine that murdered the previous owner of the body. Death, trauma and an inability to feel love follow Vahe towards his new life as a Prince, will he be able to open up towards the new future or will he repeat his past mistakes?

If lives are single long threads for each soul being, thus a world is a web of threads created by soul energy, time spent and deliberate mark to be a legacy. Then it takes something signify wrong to break the web network that souls grounded those webs together. Every Universe has a back up system, workers who keep mortal threads blissfully within the natural order. Here in this broken universe these workers are uncovered and brought with the tangles. They weren't the only ones uncovered by the broken laws; other creatures, other being of other realms and even the very foundation gave way to other 'web' worlds. It takes the more frayed thread to repair the broken, forgotten and the ignored. It takes the foundational thread to be beyond repair to be the tool to make do with the mulch that is left behind. Not fixing, no. There isn't any fixing something that has moved on with what it became.

"You will suffice." That's what something whispered in Raizen's mind before a Nyx dissolved into shining ashes at his feet — right after it slaughtered everyone he loved. He doesn't know what he's "sufficient" for, what spoke to him, or why it led him to an unconscious girl with no memory. He only knows his world is gone, and the only place that'll take him now is the Underworks — a rusty undercity beneath Neoshima's walls, where survival is never guaranteed. His only way out: the Lotus Academy, the place where he can learn about Nyxes, the ruined world's dark history, and how to wield Eon. Train hard enough, and he might become a Vanguard — the elite force that hunts down humanity's worst nightmares. But the voice hasn't spoken since. And the higher Raizen climbs, the clearer a dark truth becomes: the thing that saved him, and the darkness that has haunted humanity for centuries... Might just be the same thing.