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The Cost of Air

The Cost of Air By Ajani Musa In a city where even breathing has a price, one man dares to make it free. Lagos — restless, loud, unrepentant — is a place where the powerful thrive on chaos, and the poor choke on what’s left. Amid the noise and greed stands Bayo Adeniran, a principled engineer determined to build clean projects in a dirty system. But when he saves a gasping child from dying in traffic, the act of mercy shatters his carefully controlled world. That single moment pulls him into a storm of corruption, secrets, and power — where air itself has become currency. The government’s grand “Air Renewal Project” promises progress, but Bayo soon discovers the truth: it’s a front to profit from pollution, a silent weapon designed to suffocate the city’s poor. As he digs deeper, allies turn to threats, and silence becomes survival. Beside him stands Tope Adegoke, a fearless journalist haunted by her brother’s death in a factory explosion the system buried. Together, they expose a network of elites who control the very air Nigerians breathe. When Lagos is plunged into darkness and fear, their resistance becomes the city’s last breath of hope. But defiance has a cost — and every truth uncovered demands payment in blood, faith, or freedom. The Cost of Air is a powerful socio-political thriller — raw, emotional, and urgent. It asks one question that echoes through every page: If air is life, what happens when life itself becomes a luxury?
Ajani_Musa · 27.1k Views

The Stardust Pact Code of the Immortals

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.
KHChing · 156 Views

Kryptonian God Among Supernaturals

When Matthew comes to himself, he finds himself in his past self. As he contemplates the advantages of traveling back in time and how rich he'll become by copying future novels, songs, and business ventures, he realizes from the conversations of those around him that this world isn't his old one, and that instead of going back in time, he's transmigrated to another. A world where people have the opportunity to gain superpowers and devour devil fruits upon becoming adults. Matthew manages to obtain the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit from the Holly Land, where people gain their superpowers. However, after obtaining the Devil Fruit while he was observing others entering and exiting the Sacred Realm, he encountered a strange sight. Someone got Kryptonian Bloodline! "Why does everyone treat the Kryptonian Bloodline like a useless power? Oh, in this world, sunlight doesn't reach Earth. So, doesn't anyone know how the Kryptonian body is strengthened?" At that moment, Matthew makes a decision that will change the fate of the world he finds himself in. "Hey, can you exchange your Kryptonian Bloodline for my Flame Flame Fruit?" No one could understand why Mathew did that, but Matthew had a completely different thought. "So what if the sun's rays don't reach this world? I'm the only one who knows how to strengthen the Kryptonian body. As long as I know what I need, it won't be too hard to find. And then humanity will meet SUPERMAN." ---------- I do not own Superman or any of the other mentioned creations. This is a fanfiction. ---------- This is a translated story. Original Author: Ma La Liu Lian / 麻辣榴莲 Original Story Name: You don’t want god-level superpowers, so you choose the worst talent? / 神级异能你不要,你选最差天赋?
Vanguard_V · 286.2k Views

THE PRESENCE

His name was Nathaniel Emberworth Wyndham, a simple nineteen-year-old with unruly dark hair that often fell over his deep, shadowed eyes. Of average height and quiet demeanor, he moved unnoticed through the bustling streets of the city he reluctantly called home—a world too loud for someone who preferred silence. But one day, everything changed. Nathaniel found himself in another world—Infipousdefinity Despous Ta-Neter Mundus—a place of endless mysteries, strange beings, and creatures unlike anything known to man. **The reason i created this novel** Sometimes, we find ourselves in new places—new environments, new cultures, surrounded by new people. And in those unfamiliar worlds, some will take advantage of your ignorance. They will trick you, deceive you, or try to manipulate you for their own gain. In such an environment, where there’s no one to rely on but yourself, you must observe carefully and stay cautious. Don’t give your trust easily. Learn to survive and live on your own without depending too much on others. We dream new dreams. We grow cautious because of people. We crave things like status and wealth, knowing how hard life can be without them. We miss the ones we used to laugh with, miss our families—even just a little. We feel the distance, the separation, and fear we might not overcome the challenges ahead. As our surroundings change, we experience new things. Some people abandon us, while others change on their own—maturing, evolving. Yet even as we grow, we remain the same person behind that mature facade. We stumble and cry, we feel pain and keep it buried inside. But in time, we learn to fight back, realizing that pain fades once we learn to shield and defend ourselves.
UnknownAuthor010_1 · 11.4k Views