apocalypse

Soren Valmere, unawakened and treated as family garbage, is forced into an arranged marriage with Ethea Morvain, the once-legendary Ice Empress now completely paralyzed after a catastrophic Gate incident. Both families exile them to a modest house in a working-class neighborhood, washing their hands of two "problems" they no longer want to deal with. But on their wedding night, Soren awakens a hidden power: the Investment Authority. Whatever he invests in Ethea—time, money, care, emotion—returns to him amplified by 10,000 times when she achieves breakthroughs. Buy her medicine with his last credits? Receive a hundred million in return. Spend sleepless nights helping her move a single finger? Gain decades of martial experience instantly. Risk his life to save hers? Unlock abilities that shatter the heavens. As he pours everything into the wife everyone abandoned, Ethea slowly transforms from a broken doll into something that surpasses even her legendary past. And Soren? The "worthless" unawakened trash becomes the most dangerous investor the world has ever seen. Their families wanted to forget them. The world dismissed them as failures. They're about to learn that the greatest returns come from investing in someone everyone else deemed worthless. "You threw us away. Now watch us rise." _______ _____ _ Author's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first time writing in this genre, so please go easy on me. Furthermore, this is purely a work of imagination. Any similarities to real persons or events are coincidental. I'm just here to have fun and hopefully entertain you along the way. If you enjoy the story, please add it to your library and throw some power stones my way. Comments and feedback are always welcome (the good kind and the constructive kind). I'll try to update regularly, but life happens, so bear with me. Now sit back, relax, and watch Soren make the worst investment of his life. Spoiler: It turns out to be the best one. Extra Tags: #ArrangedMarriage #ContractMarriage #HiddenPower #Awakening #IceEmpress #CrippledFemaleLead #MaleLeadGrowth #PowerCouple #SlowBurnRomance #HealingTogether #Investing #Cultivation #AbandonedByFamilies #FromZeroToHero #EmotionalInvestment #WholesomeEndgame

​The world, Earth, was devastated by the Great Incursion, an apocalyptic invasion by dimension-hopping monsters. Humanity's only hope now lies in Galaxy Fall, a newly accessible parallel world where they can gain strength through a System of quests and missions. ​Five hours after the Invasion, the betrayed survivor Mirabella is mysteriously reborn and gains a unique power: the [Master Account System]. Her initial skill is the deceptively simple but devastating 'Multiplier x100', which applies a 100 times buff to all her offensive capabilities, including physical attacks, spirit energy skills, and damage-over-time effects. ​Mirabella must now transform from a silent survivor into the world's most feared warrior, who was only scared of one thing, which is? "I Hope I don't run out of opponents in Both worlds."

Transmigrating into a high-martial world, Lin Ye unexpectedly discovered he had acquired a system— But the problem was, this system didn’t seem to work quite right. [Basic Attack Lv.1] [Thick Hide Lv.1] [Charged Smash Lv.1]… “Hold on, System, I’m obviously a human! Why are the skills you’re giving me so damn weird?” “Negative, Host. You are a goblin. Please abandon your delusions and prepare for battle! This System will absolutely make you the ultimate Boss, never to be raided by adventurers!” It wasn’t until the invasion of the myriad races, when the Demon God flashed a hideous grin and ripped Lin Ye’s head clean off, that the deity finally realized— Wait… was that just this human’s first health bar?!

The Sun disappears, an Alien Insect Swarm attacks, and humanity falls into a dark age. "Shoddy Pistol Lv. 1/9, Damage 3, Effective Range 15 meters" After dealing effective damage ten times, it can be upgraded to: "Normal Pistol Lv. 2/9, Damage 4, Effective Range 30 meters, activates Extra Attributes: Bullet Recovery 1/1h" Facing the overwhelming and sky-filling Swarm, Lin Feng obtains an Item Upgrade System that allows his bound equipment to accumulate Upgrade Points by killing enemies, achieving infinite equipment upgrades. Pistol → Blast Gun → Nuclear Cannon... → Star-Annihilating Cannon Upgrading can also grant Extra Attributes: Bullet Recovery, Spatial Magazine RV → Armored Vehicle → Mobile Fortress... → Cosmic Battleship While others are still struggling to survive, Lin Feng is already driving an armored vehicle, holding a Blast Gun with infinite bullets, and enjoying the fun of grinding monsters to upgrade.

Sierra Sullivan is reborn before the sandstorm apocalypse! In her past life, her interdimensional space was stolen by her cousin, and she died at her cousin's hands. In this life, Sierra Sullivan activates her Spirit Spring Space in advance and stockpiles a large amount of supplies. The apocalypse arrives, and a massive sandstorm sweeps across the globe. What's even more terrifying is that the sandstorm brings with it a large swarm of Aberrant Beasts never before seen by humanity. They travel in packs, and anyone they ensnare is turned into a pile of bones in an instant. Her cousin, Autumn Lynch, still wants to steal her space, just like in the previous life. Sierra Sullivan smirks, and with a swift strike of her blade, she directly takes down her enemy! Originally, Sierra Sullivan wanted to be a lone wolf, carving a path of destruction through the apocalypse. But she unexpectedly runs into her sworn enemy, Jayce. Just as she is about to raise her blade, she discovers that Jayce is here to save her. Aren't they sworn enemies? That night, Sierra Sullivan has a dream. In the dream, Jayce came looking for her after her death, killed Autumn Lynch's family of three, and finally committed suicide by her side. It turns out Jayce has been secretly in love with her all along! Sierra Sullivan wraps her arms around Jayce's neck, "Since you like me so much, then in this life, let's, as a couple, slaughter our way through this apocalypse!"

In her previous life, Stella Sterling struggled bitterly in the apocalypse for seven years. When she opened her eyes again, she was back one month before the apocalypse, being cornered and beaten up by people hired by her adopted sister. Given a second chance, how could she still let others beat and curse her? You want my life? Heh heh, you'll have to pay with your own life first! Rolling up her sleeves, she charged forward, grabbing a club and smashing it at them. Of course, the most important thing was still to hoard supplies. No money, what to do? Win the lottery, sell jewelry, sell, sell, sell everything useless, and then buy, buy, buy. If that's still not enough, it's time for some "zero-dollar shopping." In this life, she wouldn't have an empty dimensional space with no supplies; she wanted to be the wealthiest person in the apocalypse, and the most ferocious blade! What, those thugs still want to sue her? It's the apocalypse, so I'm going to be lawless, so what!!! Everyone said the young lady of the Sterling Family had gone mad overnight, selling off gifts from her elders to frantically amass wealth, disrespecting her elders, and becoming despised by all. Stella Sterling laughed loudly, "That's right, I'm mad. I don't just want to be despised by all, I want to be feared by all!"

He likes his tea at the correct temperature, his socks properly paired, and his mornings arranged in a way that suggests the universe still has standards. When the rain starts melting streets, the dead begin walking, and something the size of an office block starts treating the city like a snack drawer, Arthur does what any sensible man would do. He complains about infrastructure. Unknown to Arthur, the world ended three years ago. Also unknown to Arthur, an ancient reality-warping entity has bonded itself to him and now lives inside his shadow. It can erase monsters, bend perception, fold space, and turn threats into neat little cubes before Arthur has time to notice anything impolite happening nearby. Unfortunately, its host has the survival instincts of a tax form and the emotional range of a man mildly inconvenienced by poor customer service. So while Arthur walks through the apocalypse looking for socks, groceries, functioning public transport, and someone to accept his complaint letters, the thing inside his shadow works itself half to death keeping him alive. It destroys horrors before he sees them. It edits reality when he notices too much. It silently curses every monster stupid enough to approach him. And Arthur, somehow, still thinks the city just needs better maintenance. A/N: I was discovering my writing style for a few months while writing this (My first book) so the atmosphere and ambience change a lil

The tide of transmigration flows on endlessly, And Paige Summers, born into a declining Artificer House, has actually caught the trend! She transmigrated! Into a high-end female side character in an apocalypse novel, no less! From then on, Paige Summers began her long and arduous journey to become the most venomous female side character... As if! Paige Summers indignantly exclaims: "The title is so unreliable! I'm actually a good person, really!"

On a storm-soaked night, the Unezugawa District is consumed by devils born from humanity’s deepest fears. Seventeen-year-old Haruto watches helplessly as the Abandonment Devil—an entity forged from the terror of being left alone—slaughters his parents before his eyes. Yet when the monster corners him, something is wrong. Haruto does not tremble. He does not beg. He feels… nothing. His emptiness draws the attention of something far worse. In a flash of crimson, the legendary Crimson Devil appears—an ancient entity once believed to have nearly triggered the apocalypse centuries ago before being sealed by exorcists. Fascinated by the boy who cannot fear, it offers Haruto a contract: Power beyond human limits… In exchange for a precious memory each time he uses it. Haruto accepts. But there is a truth no one knows. The Crimson Devil dwelling inside him was once meant to begin the end of the world. Instead of destroying humanity, it chooses something unthinkable—it spares the brave and forms a covenant with one. To prevent future catastrophes and hunt the very devils born from mankind’s fear, Haruto joins the Exorcists—the same organization that once fought against the Crimson Devil itself. Now feared by devils… Suspected by humans… And slowly losing the memories that make him who he is… Haruto walks the thin line between salvation and annihilation. Because if the devil inside him ever changes its mind— The apocalypse will not be stopped.

Zhang Su, an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, wakes up one day to the sudden outbreak of zombies. He and his girlfriend are stuck in their room and as food and water run out, they need to find a way to survive. "Wake-up rush actually made me see cannibalism, I'll go nap a bit more!"

In the autumn of the 28th year of the apocalypse, Gu Xi and her companions finally eliminated the last Zombie Emperor in the world. That night, at the celebration banquet held at the base, Gu Xi took the fine wine handed to her by a companion, and then... she collapsed headfirst. When she woke up again, it was already the 58th year of the apocalypse. 30 years had passed, and the beautiful world that Gu Xi had once yearned for and for which she had fought tooth and nail did not appear. Although human society had restored order, a new food crisis arose—after plants and animals underwent a second mutation, a bizarre energy that the human body could not digest, absorb, or excrete through metabolism suddenly appeared within them. And she, Gu Xiaoxi, also had a brand-new identity—a refugee girl picked up from the ruins by a group of pioneers. The newly-minted undocumented girl, Gu Xiaoxi: No more fighting and killing, no more shouldering the future of all humanity; just needing to cultivate one hundred acres of wasteland to achieve the simple dream of eating well, drinking well, and getting a peaceful night's sleep is pretty good. Later, she discovered that her former companions had all become powerful figures, while she, the former apocalyptic hero, had become a person who was never recorded in history. Gu Xiaoxi: ?

Zheng Yi transmigrated to the Cultivation World, living an unremarkable life and becoming a Loose Cultivator at the bottom of the Cultivation world. Occasionally, he crossed over to the Doomsday World, where millions of zombies are waiting to be materials for his cultivation.

Strange occurrences arrive, the terrifying world merges with the Real World. Humans fall from the top of the food chain to the bottom. In a single night, humans become the blood food of these evil spirits. In times of desperation, those with tattoos gain power beyond imagination from their patterns. They are called Life Pattern Masters. Some have inscribed Buddha, using Buddha's Radiance to protect a city. Some have inscribed executioners, cutting down countless Evil Spirits. Lin Yuan, once struggled for three years in the world after the doomsday arrived, suddenly traverses back to before the apocalypse. In this lifetime, he is determined not to be an ordinary person. Thus, he inscribes the entire Underworld onto his life. Black and White Impermanence. Ox Head and Horse Face. Four Great Judges. Ten Yama Kings. Ksitigarbha, Ghost Catcher Zhong Kui. Emperor Fengdu. Lord of Mount Tai. ........

As demons invade, humans gain the ability to awaken professions, struggling to survive in blood and fire. Fang Zhou awakens the profession of Undead Mage, with almost no path forward, but fortunately, he still has a skeleton clone equipped with an attribute panel.

This is a world of universal players, where only advanced players who clear countless instances and slay various monsters are the rulers of the world. Wang Zhifan traverses into this world as a novice player but miraculously possesses the ability to choose his own rewards upon clearing instances and killing monsters, setting him on the path to the peak of his life! [Please choose your dungeon rewards (You may select up to 3 items)] [Normal Grade (98% probability drop)] [Long Sword (Normal) X0~3, Handgun (Normal) X0~3, Dagger (Normal) X0~3...] [Rare Layer (0.01% probability drop):] [Wolf-Slaying Blade (Rare) X0~1]

Bai Xiqin only survived for three years in the apocalypse before dying. Returning to the time before the apocalypse, she unexpectedly unlocked a Personal Space, which even came with an ancient Mountain and Sea Exotic Beast. To her surprise, this time around, her whole family became elites. Before the apocalypse—— Bai Yifan asked his sister, "Did you dream the apocalypse is coming? What happened to me?" "You didn’t run as fast as mom and dad, but it's alright – better to keep it in the family!" Bai Xiqin responded calmly. Bai Yifan: ??? After the apocalypse—— Funeral Master Bai Mother waved her hand casually, and the Zombie was roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside by the Thunder Ability. Bai Mother frowned instinctively, "I really want to give them a makeup touch-up!" The forensic doctor Bai Family Grandma calmly dug out a Crystal Core, "Its lower jaw protrudes, clearly an underbite, even with makeup it wouldn't look good." Bai Yifan shook while holding a sack to collect Crystal Cores, bravely holding back tears. The teacher Bai Family Grandpa and top lawyer Bai Father heated oil in the pan, using the strongest Superpower to withstand the harshest blows, to make the most delicious meals. The Mountain and Sea Monsters with extraordinary skills—— Qin Yuan, being rubbed against the ground by Bai Xiqin: "Master, today you seem as gentle and kind as ever!" Taowu: "Move aside, you are blocking me from hanging clothes for the master." Water Python: "Someone, tie me to the tree as a clothesline." Leng Yebai's Chapter—— Recently, Leng Yebai keeps dreaming, dreaming that he is being experimented on and sliced, along with an elegant girl. He always thought it was just a dream until one day, the person from his dreams appeared right in front of him.

In the midst of the apocalypse, Chen Feng's ability is to communicate with the Abyss, and by means of power or some special sacrifices, he can summon demons from the Abyss to serve him. By chance, he travels back to the day when the apocalypse began...

The original Feng Mu was a hopeless wreck, pushed to the brink and driven to take his own life. After his death, a transmigrator takes over his body—and awakens a game-like system: [Ghost Shadow]: They are born from your shadow, yet they are not content with just being a shadow. [Nirvana Breath]: The enemies you kill will rise as zombies to fight for you. [Iron Eater]: The steel civilization is your menu, devour it freely, and then evolve. [Eternal Feast]: The flesh and blood of all beings are the fuel for your immortality.

Ma Ran has a special ability [Roleplay]. He could create a persona and once there are enough people believing it, he could obtain the role's ability. A while ago, he convinced a large part of humans that he can restart the timeline at the moment Earth was destroyed.

[Congratulations, Host! You have defeated the 777th Hero Party!] [Eternal Quest has been completed!] [Final scenario is unfolding!] “Even… if I can’t kill you… I will rid this world of your existence!“ Maximus, the hero teetering at the edge of death, yelled. In contrast, the Demon Lord just waved his hands dismissively. He had been bored out of his mind either way. Even if the hero succeeded, he would do his enemy the greatest favor. As a bright flash enveloped the Demon King, he just closed his eyes and smiled. “Time to go home.” Aiden was already planning what he would do once he got home. Getting a new console was a must, and premium snacks. Oh, and he would get his parents a condo. However, as the flash faded away, the sight that greeted him wasn’t of the Earth he remembered. The place was ruined! Monsters lurked everywhere. Buildings were crumbled and turned to dust. All buildings but one. The very same one he was standing on. “What the hell is going on here?“ [Congratulations, Host! As a reward for your excellent performance, you have inherited the Apocalypse Landlord system!] “Eh? I went from a demon lord to a property manager!?“ discord server for character arts and more: https://discord.gg/vJdu2DqnwR