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Imagine a time without death. Perhaps it's a utopia where noone dies at all. Or perhaps it's a wasteland filled with nothing. But what if I told you you had to die for the first option to come true. Would you believe me? Let me tell you this. I am dead. Yet I couldn't be more alive.

A cosmic court has condemned humanity. Seven immortal witnesses return to the dawn of civilization to prove — or disprove — its worth. Most fall. Power twists them into tyrants, idols, and architects of sterile utopias. Only one chooses another path. Across centuries, Enki walks among mortals unseen, planting knowledge instead of monuments, nurturing fragile lives instead of controlling them. He learns that meaning is not found in eternal empires, but in fleeting acts of grace — a hand lifted from mud, a garden built from flood-ruins, a child taught to listen to water. His defense is not glory. It is tenderness. It is persistence. It is humanity’s quiet refusal to stop loving, even knowing all things end. A mythic tale about time, loss, and choosing to build anyway. [Beneath the myth and the science fiction lies a simple, stubborn claim: this is not just a story. Enki was born in 2850 BC and has been carrying the memory ever since. The names are changed, the years shifted, the moons given new orbits, yet the resurrection happened, the desert temptation was real, the stone rolled away, and the Judge has been reigning ever since. Everything else — the Scrapbook, the 0.3%, the blind spot in the machine — is simply the record of those who kept looking up while the world looked down. Most have forgotten there is a sky vaster than any mind can hold, that Earth is a gift, not a possession, that God drew no borders and the birds still fly free without passports. Read it as fiction if you like. Some books are written so the truth can reach the few who still have ears to hear. This is one of them.] 2025 Mark Casa Nova (Original) You may share, translate, adapt, illustrate, animate, film, or perform this work freely — even commercially — on one unbreakable condition: Do not change the lesson. The resurrection happened. The stone was rolled away. Grace is real, borders are not, and the birds still fly free. Everything else — style, medium, language — is yours to play with. The core is not. That’s all I ask. [Mark K. Carlos]

“What is this?” Rose said, staring at a reflection of her own face, only more aged and weathered. “Now listen to me carefully. The Earth's fate hangs in the balance.” Her future self said, tone grim. “There wasn't anyone else I'd trust my Luyten V with. Use it to fight, defend the world. Or else, everyone is doomed!” That dire message thrusts Rosemary Brahe into a desperate battle against the Altair, a parasitic monstrosity from the outer reaches of reality. In the far-flung future, they all but destroyed the earth and the rest of humanity. But her future self offers a second chance, an opportunity to make things right. Only Rose and her Luyten V stand any chance to break the chains of this bleak fate. Fight Rose! Fight Luyten V! Gain victory for all our sakes! Coverart: Luyten V was created by RiceDeclined. Check them out on Etsy for great commissions. Background was photo by Andre Benz Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/busy-street-lIa03ti94ec?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash

I time-traveled. Not to the present-day Teyvat I knew so well… but to more than 2,600 years before the story even begins. The Seven are still unformed. Legends have yet to be born. History hasn’t been written— and somehow, I’m standing in the middle of it. I thought knowing the future would make everything easier. Yet the Teyvat before me is nothing like the one I remember. My choices ripple across centuries. Is the future of this world really the one I once admired… or a tragedy I accidentally helped create? Time erodes memories, but I refuse to forget where I came from. Even if the world forgets me. Even if the person I care for most has to disappear with it. Hello… little one. We meet for the first time— and maybe, the last.

The Hook: The Code and the Furnace The Sky City of Olympus floats above the ruined Earth, treating the Wasteland below as a vast, toxic scrapyard. In the slums, Li Yunzhou, the last inheritor of a forgotten Cultivation lineage, survives by a single, desperate law: the All-Material Furnace Constitution. He consumes technological scrap—discarded chips, broken circuits, and volatile batteries—to forge them into powerful True Qi. When a life-threatening cultivation accident nearly kills him, he is saved by a chaotic sequence of alien code that embeds itself into his very soul. The Core Conflict: Queen vs. System This code belongs to Aria, a rogue Aether Administrator and one of Olympus’s most powerful architects, who was erased and hunted for discovering the Senate's darkest secret. Now reduced to a fragmented consciousness within Li Yunzhou’s mind, she is forced into a life-saving pact: she will teach him the Matrix Refining Divine Art—the art of seeing True Qi as flawless, executable code—and turn him into a supreme hacker-cultivator. In exchange, he must become her furnace, her eyes, and her physical anchor in a world trying to delete her from existence. The Stakes: Against the Law Itself Their unique alliance is immediately tested by Executive Zero, who seeks to retrieve Aria's "Defunct Code" and annihilate the Wasteland to protect the Senate’s control over the fabled Gate of Immortality. As Li Yunzhou ascends the ranks of cultivation, armed with code logic and pure Furnace power, the pair must fight their way through mechanical legions and higher-authority Executives who can rewrite the fundamental laws of physics. Their destiny is clear: breach the Sky City, reclaim Aria's identity, and expose the terrifying truth behind Olympus's false godhood.

In a future where Earth has been shattered and world had been rewritten by a single mistake. Aetheria was once a place where the flow of Aether shimmered across the skies like river streams, where people drew energy from the currents as easily as water from a well. But centuries ago, an ancient order nameless now, lost in burned records tampered with the deepest layers of reality. This fusion gave birth to Aether Force, an unstable and evolving energy that reshapes everything it touches. Aether Force manifests uniquely in each individual. Some gain elemental powers or enhanced physical traits, while others are granted unpredictable, dangerous abilities. At the heart of this fractured world is Kael Veyrn, an outcast with an unstable Aether Force that shifts violently, making him a danger to himself and those around him. Kael harbors a terrifying secret: his power is tied to the Void Nexus, an anomaly that could rewrite and erase reality itself. Rescued by the rebel group known as The Forgotten, Kael embarks on a journey to uncover his origins and the true nature of Aetherial Force. As he delves deeper into his power, Kael uncovers a chilling truth the Dominion isn’t the true enemy. The real threat lies within Kael himself. Aetherial Force is an energy system that evolves based on the user’s emotions, beliefs, and mental state, and it is classified into three types: 1. Harmonic Aether: Stable abilities, such as elemental manipulation, enhanced senses, or healing. 2. Chaotic Aether: Unpredictable powers like reality manipulation and time anomalies. 3. Void Aether: Forbidden energy that can erase or reshape reality itself. Wielders of Void Aether risk losing their identity as they become consumed by the Aetherium. Kael’s power, the Void Nexus, is the rarest and most dangerous form of Aether Force. If fully awakened, it could erase all of reality, including himself. As Kael learns more about his power, he must choose: fight to save the world that fears him, or embrace his full power and become something beyond human. The Origin of Aether is a story of survival, self-discovery, and the dangers of wielding a power that could rewrite reality. Will Kael control the force within him, or become the very thing the world fears? As he uncovers the secrets of Aether Force, the fate of the world rests in his hands.

On a cold winter night in 2025, urban youth Lin Xiao is consumed by profound emptiness and exhaustion after the anticlimactic end of his two-year long-distance relationship. At his emotional lowest, a bizarre bolt of lightning rips across the sky, dragging the ordinary Earth youth into a sudden temporal and spatial rupture. Lin Xiao is instantaneously transported to a strange and highly developed intergalactic civilization. The familiarities of Earth are gone, replaced by cities composed of massive metallic structures, hovercrafts zipping through the sky, and an environment teeming with diverse and intelligent alien races. He quickly realizes this is no dream, but an encounter of life-or-death magnitude. Trapped in this grand yet perilous alien world, where the history that is taught is vastly different from Earth's own timeline, Lin Xiao must rely on his unique knowledge of human history and science fiction concepts to navigate and survive the complex social structure of this interstellar society. As the story unfolds, Lin Xiao’s goal shifts beyond merely returning to Earth. He begins to uncover a cosmic truth hidden behind human history—that the history he cherished is merely a fragmented remnant of a much larger, forgotten civilization. He will encounter true historical figures (who may be ancient Earth heroes or key figures in the star civilization) and join them, becoming entangled in a major crisis that threatens the survival of both civilizations. Lin Xiao’s journey will be an epic tale of personal redemption and civilizational reconstruction. Can he overcome his own loneliness and confusion, find the strength within, and become the crucial "First Spark" to bridge two lost civilizations, saving not just himself, but the future of all?

Every time someone in Bangkok listens to an extremely rare 1989 cassette tape labeled only "アナタノコエ" (Anata no Koe - "Your Voice"), they become trapped in a 72-hour time loop that resets every time to exactly December 2nd, 2023. The only way to break the loop is for the listener to make the person whose voice is secretly recorded on Side B fall in love with them-without ever revealing the existence of the loop. If they fail by the 33rd loop, the tape burns, the listener forgets everything, and the person on Side B dies in an accident that very night.

In the year 2069, humanity discovers Quantum Energy — power faster than light — and with it, a stone that unlocks the universe. But the first mission beyond Earth ends in disaster: an unknown race annihilates the crew, and soon monstrous beings called NC begin invading Earth, immune to bullets and unstoppable except by destroying the hidden “Core” inside their bodies. Years later, an orphan boy named Julian—weak, ignored, and constantly plagued by strange dreams—awakens a power no one has ever seen: Cosmic Magic. When his hidden KI is revealed to be nearly maxed out, his fate changes forever. As Julian trains, battles NC, and forms an unlikely bond with the royal warrior Luna, he begins uncovering a terrifying truth: The NC are not the real enemy… and Julian himself is the last heir of something far greater. A journey of power, mystery, betrayal, and destiny begins.

R18 Many sex scenes The earth is turned into a black hole; Ray's life is full of regrets, but when he reaches the center of it, he gets a second chance; he travels back in time to his childhood. This time making sure that world doesn't look down upon him. The lust system awakens. Character: Ray Kurosawa Rank: SSS Level: 1 Experience: 0/1000 Kinks: Milfs, feet, harem Magic: blood magic To gain abilities, you need to level up. I will upload two chapters a day.

When a software developer from our world dies, he doesn't meet an end—he wakes up on a cold metal table in the Mass Effect universe. He's no hero; he's a Cerberus test subject trapped on the criminal station Omega, and his only hope for survival is a cryptic AI in his head: the IDA System. This System doesn't just give quests and track levels. It allows him to absorb, equip, and even synthesize the DNA of the aliens he encounters. To survive, he must evolve, slotting in everything from Vorcha Regeneration to Krogan Blood Rage. But as he becomes a powerful alien hybrid, he faces a far greater problem: he knows the Reapers are coming, and a mysterious curse turns his every warning into absurd, harmless nonsense.

--- “Black Hole” was a boy with exceptional intelligence. But that was not all; when he was ten years old, he discovered that whenever he looked into someone’s eyes, he could see the most impactful memory that person had… and even stranger, he could feel the emotions that person experienced at that moment. This ability did not make Black happy; instead, it increased his suffering. His lack of answers caused a deep pain in his soul. And the hardest question for him was: Why was he created as a human who stands above everything else in this world? Black no longer felt comfortable making eye contact, so he began to limit his interactions with people. Even so, he continued searching for answers. His research had surpassed the scientific level of the planet by decades, but he still suffered from his ignorance about the secret of his eyes. Feeling frustrated, he reduced the time he spent on research and turned to a bit of entertainment. While switching between games… he came across something that might be the true key to what he was searching for. ---

In times of war… What is a Battle Mecha engineer expected to do? Are they expected to do research and realize their imagination? How about a Battle Mecha pilot? Are they expected to enter battle with their mechas as they display their exquisite control through bizarre and bewildering techniques? What about a member of the special scouts? Are they expected to infiltrate deep into the enemy lines as they use stellar unarmed fighting skills to suppress the enemy with a single move? Or are they expected to make use of disguises and stealth techniques to take out the enemy? And what about a military officer? Are they expected to analyze the outcome of a battle? Or are they expected to create brilliant strategies to triumph over the enemy through a miraculous move? For someone who excels in human psychology, deceit, assassination, and disguise, what happens when that person is merged with all those professions? This is the story of a cowardly, wretched, and despicable fatty.

The abyss invades, leading to the digitization of the world. This isn't a game, but a confrontation between the world and the abyss. Losing means losing our homes, and the defeat of human civilization means its end. There are no winners...at least there never have been before. Lu Heng once again stands at the starting point of the abyss' arrival, resolutely picking up the crystal core, embarking on a path strewn with blood and thorns... The abyss battlefield countdown begins: 3 hours... [Battlefield mode: Desert Escape Killing] [Main Quest: Survive three days] [Awakened initial talent 'Divine Evolution', breaking the skill level limits and elevating skills to a higher form.] The abyss invades various celestial civilizations, with cyber civilization, dark iron dwarf civilization, elves civilization... appearing in turn.

This was the great era of vast warships and the Star River, a time when the multi-universe was shattered and countless Cosmic Fragments were scattered across the void, forming the boundless Shattered Starry Sea. Immortal Domain Dao soldiers, mechanical gods, golden giants, wizard Dominators... An endless array of strange civilizations. Starry Sea Oddity, Genetic Potions, exoskeletal armors, Floating Land Origin... Treasures that could be found everywhere. Spectral Shuttle, Spectral Airship, Spectral Warship, Escort Ships, Battleships, Star-Annihilating Starships, hyperdimensional mother ships... The clearly stratified Xinhuo warships. Song Chi held a Zhu Tian Ruins Market in his hand and engaged in interstellar trade with the countless peoples of the Starry Sea. What? Titanium Crystals are worthless in your Star Domain? I'll take them all, damn it, this is a strategic resource! You call this a chunk of iron? This is Mixed Elemental Copper, the ultimate Enhancement resource! Ordinary ship cannon? Isn't this a golden Star-Annihilating Cannon? Quick... I'll buy it! ... Stretching across the stars, starting from the flame of human civilization.

A quietly intense story about two people who stumble into something that feels strangely right… long before they understand why. It starts in a quiet hospital room—where a tired son meets the nurse who brightens his mother’s fading days, and something unspoken begins to shift between them. A single dinner leads to a flurry of feelings neither of them are ready for. A misunderstanding turns into distance. A late-afternoon conversation reveals more than either meant to say. As family pressures, lingering fears, and unexpected declarations pull them closer—and sometimes push them apart—they both begin to realize that some connections feel as though they were always meant to happen. But neither of them knows what to call it yet. This story was inspired by an IG post.

In the post-apocalyptic era, amidst the wasteland and chaos, the great path reaches the heavens. Mad Outer Gods, uncontrollable cursed cultivation methods, extraordinary martial artists facing ominous old age... Above the starry sky, deities circle, and below, ghosts roam at night! In this doomsday scenario, Xu Shu carries the "Primordial Scroll" and transmigrates. Through a simulation game, he achieves one exclusive accomplishment after another, seeking a sliver of hope for survival. The ten-day apocalypse, the Dragon King returns, resurrects his lover, and saves the world; With a passionate and generous heart, he fights and conquers while carrying the burden of a grieving father whose child was stillborn... As more and more accomplishments are achieved, he gradually lets himself go within the simulation game. Until... A true disciple of the Female Void Palace is pregnant overnight, announcing an emergency lockdown; The long-extinct master of the White Jade Capital rises from the grave, destroys enemies with a wave and proves his Dao as a Great Emperor; A shepherd boy arrives at the gates of the Holy Temple, claiming to be Ye Su; Moreover, a young man riding a cow attains enlightenment, leaving Hangu Pass and preaching with a scroll: - The human race must strengthen itself. You may admire me, but there's no need to worship me; - Together, we punish those who claim to be gods! ... Dreams reflect reality, and more and more people begin to spread his name and words across the land. Only then does Xu Shu realize that the life he simulated has far-reaching effects, like a butterfly flapping its wings! And those rampant Outer Gods finally recall the fear that once dominated them... He dies thousands of times on the path to ascension, and another night passes in the Primordial Scroll. Suddenly looking back, he has shattered both heaven and earth. "I, Xu Shu, am a crude person. My apologies, fairy!" ---

A new work from the author of 'My Senior Brother is Too Steady', welcome to enjoy it! ------------------ In the instant the Earth exploded, the fear of death finally transformed into physical torment, the agony of being scorched seared into the deepest recesses of Yang Ming's memory. "The universe is the abyss." Yang Ming murmured softly among the stars. [PS: Not a game narrative; early game settings will have a complete logical explanation later in the plot. Starting anew on a different track, this isn't in the style of previous works so don't promote it in the old way, treat me as a newcomer. Just entering the domain of interstellar sci-fi, corrections on details are welcome. ]

At the opening ceremony of Sea Blue Star Basic Military Academy, as the representative of the incoming freshmen, Guding proclaimed his grand ambition in front of all the teachers and students: "I'm Guding! I'm gonna become the Man with the Highest Bounty in the entire Cosmic Sea!" -------------------------------------------- It is an era of artificial superintelligences, interstellar travel, gene medicine, and virtual reality worlds. Far into Earth's future, 15-year-old Gu Ding is a student of Cerulean Military Academy by day, and tavern waiter by night. His ambition: Become the space pirate with the highest bounty offered by the Universal Federation Government. With the help of Neptune, a neonate super-intelligence, Guding finds himself thrust into a galaxy of shadowy organizations, political under dealings, and otherworldly forces that lie beyond human comprehension…

The Supernatural era descended, the rules changed, mystery arrived, and the world altered. Countless ruins of civilization emerged, and an abundance of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures lay at everyone's fingertips. Radical faction, "This is the best of times, entering a new world, excavating relics, mass evolution!" Conservative, "This is the worst of times, with countless monsters outside, once you leave the Safe Zone, extinction awaits humanity!" … Meanwhile, at a remote ruin, Lu Yuan successfully discovered new treasures and sought after the mysterious wealth, desperately trying to contact his fellow Earthlings. "Found a communicator, can it get through?" "Hey, humans—I'm almost becoming a god, and you're still hiding in the Safe Zone?" …… (Original title: "A Thousand Years Ahead of Humanity") (Also known as "Picking Up Trash in the New World," "Even Wealthier Than All Humans," "One Person Is a Civilization," "Please Call Me the Human Pioneer," "I Am the Strongest Pioneer," and more!)