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At the stroke of midnight, the very world itself splits, and people with no special traits get involved in a difficult trial, which is only referred to as the 'Descent'—a realm in which one can live by the right of money, and fear and power are inextricably tied, while every gift has to be paid for. "Kuro Ayanagi", a man who has always been unnoticed, comes to life with a cursed gift: a blackened figure that remembers all the things he has been trying to forget. Every success day by day increases his strength—heaps up the past memories which he wants to keep hidden. In the Descent, might is never free, and he has lost forgetting as a luxury. Kuro, who has already been forced to make doubtful partners out of the other competitors—who each bear a crazy Burden of their own—has to find his way among the beasts, the altering tests, and the ruthless regulations where the power of life and death depends on trust being right or wrong. When things get tougher and the distinction between a man and a beast becomes fuzzy, there is one question that keeps coming up: "How much will he give up of himself before the shadow dictates who he actually is?" This is a gloomy development fantasy packed with emotional tension, lethal tests, and complicated ethical dilemmas. Besides that, the novel delves into themes of endurance, self hood, and the dreadful price that comes with power—all through the metaphor of taking a step forward that extracts something dear from the past.

Based upon my original comic series running from 2012-2019. For centuries, humanity looked into the sky, dreaming to walk amongst them. However, when first contact with an alien species goes horribly wrong, humanity is faced with an impossible set of choices... Remain Silent & Obedient... or Torch the Heavens they so wished to walk...

Gu Yue Fang Yuan — the Eternal, the Gu world’s most cunning and ruthless cultivator — has already defeated fate itself. Immortal, unchallenged, and above all, eternal… yet he grows restless. When a god offers him the Samsara Adaptation Core, a tool to traverse multiple worlds with Mahoraga-level adaptation, he accepts—not for morality, not for glory, but to destroy stagnation itself. Two souls fuse: the modern mind of an Earth human, naive and fragile, and the ancient, calculating mind of Fang Yuan. The result is perfect: Fang Yuan gains knowledge of worlds beyond his own, while the mortal soul’s memories serve as a map of what is to come. His journey begins in the world of demons, swords, and cursed blood — but soon he will leave footprints in the oceans of pirates, the schemes of devil fruits, and finally the cursed energy-soaked battlefield of sorcerers. Mortals, immortals, demons, and gods — none can stand against him for long. In a multiverse of peril, power, and ruthless ambition, one immortal will bend every world to his will.

Post WW2. Following a runaway scientist by the name of John Redrack, After betraying the military and being hunted by the government, John sets his journey to live in Hawaii all the way from London in hopes of passing peacefully, hoping to finally end his cycle of regret

Kagen is a reincarnated soul born into the Nara clan of Konohagakure, a clan famous for sharp minds, shadow techniques, and a love for doing the bare minimum. Unlike his clan mates, Kagen hates laziness. With memories of a past life and the danger of the ninja world always looming, he knows talent alone is not enough to survive. Starting weak, he trains hard, studies harder, and pushes the Nara shadow techniques far beyond how they are normally used. This is a slow but clear journey from weakness to strength. -Self-insert Nara -MC will have Crystal Release (in future chapters, not at the start) -No harem -Clear character progression from weak to strong - First Person Point of View with occasional other characters Point of View

His name is Chen Yang. Before his rebirth, he was a spoiled brat from the Fang family, one of the top aristocratic families in China. His private tutors included the principal pianist of the Central Conservatory of Music, a master of calligraphy and painting, a 9-dan Go player, the president of the Chinese Martial Arts Association, the British Royal Family's etiquette instructor, and the chief instructor of the Central Security Bureau. He once personally piloted his private jet, taking aristocratic heiresses, top-tier flight attendants, stunning models, and popular movie stars soaring through the skies.

Seven years ago, a world-shaking show captivated the entire globe, an unforgettable experience and a chance to become rich overnight. But all good things come to an end… and this game did, in a pool of blood, leaving only one scarred winner behind. Now, it's back, reborn under a new face, ready to change the world’s very perception of reality. Who are the shadowy investors behind it? Why bring the game back at all? Human nature is fragile. For the right price, we forget yesterday’s brother and sell our souls for survival. Are you ready to join a survival game where every nation is a contender… and only the strongest live to tell the tale?

Chu Feng transmigrates to the vast and mysterious Xuantian Continent, a world where strength determines everything. But unlike others, he can’t cultivate at all. Just when it seems like he’s destined to remain weak and irrelevant, he suddenly awakens a strange system—one that allows him to grow stronger by accepting disciples. Lacking any real knowledge of cultivation techniques, Chu Feng does the only thing he can: he bluffs. He starts recruiting disciples using made-up martial arts and nonsense teachings, hoping to trick the system into making him stronger. What he never expected was that his disciples would take his nonsense seriously—and actually master the techniques he invented. Not just that, they go on to become terrifyingly powerful, shaking the world with their strength. A hundred years later, as his disciples stand at the peak of the cultivation world, one by one becoming legendary Emperors, Chu Feng can only look on in disbelief and mutter: “I made up those techniques… how did you all become Emperors?” ================================================================ Why You Should Read This: The main character doesn’t become overpowered overnight. This isn’t one of those stories where the protagonist takes in one disciple and instantly starts dominating everyone. Chu Feng has to build his strength gradually, and his progress feels earned. It avoids the usual face-slapping, power-trip routine. In the early chapters, you won’t find constant revenge arcs or exaggerated drama. The story takes its time and lets the world—and characters—develop naturally. There’s a subtle layer of humor. The contrast between Chu Feng’s nonsense teachings and the dead-serious disciples who actually succeed with them adds a light, clever touch that keeps the story fun without turning into full comedy. It plays with familiar cultivation tropes while adding a twist. If you’re used to reading xianxia or progression fantasy, you’ll recognize the structure—but this novel bends the formula in some refreshing ways.

When he finishes fighting to make his country a better place, a mysterious mind organizes a worldwide attack for an evil purpose and in search of saving his family and avenging his dead wife who was expecting a daughter, he will face this mind reaching the end of his life only seeing a light.

Daichi thought his life was perfect. As a demolition household heir with eight properties generating passive income, he was living the dream of every modern person—collecting rent without lifting a finger. But fate had other plans. After a attempt to save someone from drowning, he transmigrates into the brutal world of One Piece as a low-ranking member of the Beast Pirates. But Daichi isn't your typical protagonist seeking adventure and friendship. He has one goal: rebuild his real estate empire and return to his comfortable landlord lifestyle! With the power of Groudon and a cheat that more property = more haki, Daichi begins his rise through the pirate world. Why fight for treasure when you can buy houses and collect rent? Daichi: "My dream is to collect rent from the world" ------ Image from pinterest Has powers of Groudon

This story will not follow the plot, and our mc will also not be a blood bag for class D. -------- Shimizu Akira accidentally transmigrated into the world of "Classroom of the Elite" and became an ordinary student in Class D. "Ding! Daily intelligence has been updated." "1: Class A's Kamuro Masumi will attempt to steal beer from a convenience store today." "2: Karuizawa Kei is looking for a 'fake boyfriend' to act as her shield." "3: If you need to satisfy your physiological needs, knock on Chie Hoshinomiya's door three times at exactly 2:00 AM." "4: Tonight at 22:00, Kushida Kikyo will visit your dorm room under the pretense of 'asking for help with homework,' but in reality..." "Is this information... reliable?" With the advantage of foresight and intelligence, Shimizu Akira navigated between various factions: He provided crucial clues to Horikita Suzune when she needed them most. He became the ideal candidate for Karuizawa Kei's "fake relationship." He enjoyed a battle of wits and romance with Sakayanagi Arisu. "Why is the intelligence getting stranger and stranger?"

They call it glory. I call it bad math." The songs say Robert Baratheon won the throne with his hammer. They lie. He won it because he was the only man in Westeros who understood that dysentery kills more men than swords. Thrust into the body of the Rebel Leader, a man with a modern mind must navigate a medieval nightmare. He has the body of a giant and the mind of an engineer, aided by an interface that reveals the brutal truth of the world around him.

Evan Eisenberg is reborn as the son of the village chief of Einsburg. He finds himself in a fantasy world where magic and civilization are developing rapidly. It's like the industrial revolution, but in the fantasy world. Unfortunately, magic is expensive, so these changes don't affect regular people. Wizards enjoy prosperity while ordinary people live in misery. Evan spent eight years at magic school. Then he went back to his village as a wizard. He used Earth technology and magic to help his village grow quickly. This is the story of a wizard who led his village to become an empire. He took advantage of the changes of the times to start a new era.

[WSA 2026] _______ ____ _ All Ryn wants is to spend a peaceful, ordinary life with his family. However, things go wrong when he finds himself surrounded by classmates who seem convinced they are living inside a novel. "I am a villain destined to die, so I must change the script!" "I came back from the future to save everyone!" "I will protect him at all costs!" At first, Ryn thought they were mentally ill. He dismissed their mutterings as delusions and tried his best to ignore them. But as he accidentally overhears more of their "spoilers" and watches disasters unfold exactly as they predicted, even he starts to doubt. The world really was trying to turn itself into a cliché story. So, to protect the quiet life he loves, Ryn must secretly manage their chaotic "plot" without ever revealing the truth. But is it even possible?

**The Problem with Neutrality? Eventually, Everyone Makes You Pick a Side.** James "Jimmy" Cartwright built his reputation on two things: solving problems that violence can't fix, and never taking sides in Birmingham's brutal gang wars. As the city's premiere fixer, he forges documents, arranges blackmail, and makes the impossible possible—for anyone who can meet his price and pass his moral code. But in the winter of 1922, neutrality becomes a luxury he can no longer afford. When Thomas Shelby arrives at Jimmy's office with an impossible deadline—save Arthur from the gallows in 72 hours—the offer comes with strings attached. Work exclusively for the Peaky Blinders, and Tommy will reveal the truth about Mary Cartwright's death, the sister Jimmy lost five years ago in a suspicious factory "accident." Desperate for answers and unable to refuse, Jimmy enters the violent world of the Shelby family. His weapons aren't fists or guns, but leverage and forgery, intelligence and manipulation. While Arthur, John, and the other Blinders solve problems with violence, Jimmy dismantles enemies with nothing but a pen and his brilliant, strategic mind. But the deeper Jimmy digs into his sister's past, the more dangerous his position becomes: **A traitor lurks within the Shelby organization**, feeding information to their enemies—and that traitor has evidence that could destroy Jimmy's reputation forever. **His sister's killer isn't some factory foreman**, but a powerful Birmingham councilman who's positioned himself as untouchable, using his political influence to wage war on the Shelbys from behind closed doors. **And Jimmy's one unbreakable rule—never kill—is about to be tested** when Tommy offers the simplest solution: a bullet in the dark, and all Jimmy's problems disappear. Caught between his principles and his thirst for justice, Jimmy must orchestrate his most elaborate con yet. He'll need to outthink corrupt police, ambitious politicians, and even the Peaky Blinders themselves. Because in a world where everyone settles disputes with violence, the man who refuses to kill must be twice as clever—and three times as ruthless. They say the pen is mightier than the sword. Jimmy's about to prove it can be far more cruel. **In Small Heath, blood is cheap. Information is expensive. And loyalty costs everything.** --- Schedule: 7 chapters/week Chapter Lenght: 3000 - 4000 words

WHAT IF EVERYONE AROUND YOU COULD BE SYNTHETIC—AND YOU HAD NO WAY TO TELL? I decoded my father's final transmission. I wish I hadn't. Synthetic humans are real. An AI facility beneath Colorado is producing perfect infiltrators. They've been placed across the wasteland for years. Anyone could be one. Your commanding officer. Your best friend. The person sleeping in the bunk next to you. My father—Ranger Marcus Chen—discovered this fifteen years ago. He tried to expose it. They killed him. His final transmission was corrupted, classified, buried. The one part that mattered—how to identify synths—was destroyed. Now I'm being deployed to the same place that killed him. With no way to tell who's human. I'm Kai Chen. Here's what I have: - A gift for languages (fluent in six, learning languages in days instead of months) - Rapid learning ability (I acquire skills 5-10x faster than normal) - Trust issues (everyone is a potential threat) - My father's encrypted letters (still can't fully decode them) - A burning need for answers (and maybe revenge) Here's what I'm facing: - Brutal Ranger training designed to break me - A conspiracy that goes to the top of command - Synthetic infiltrators who might already be in the Citadel - A mission to Colorado that's obviously a trap - The frozen wasteland that took my father's life Here's what I know: - The Patriarch is inviting Rangers to Colorado for a reason - People who investigate the synth conspiracy end up dead - I'm walking the same path that killed my father - Some truths are more dangerous than the lies that cover them My father's last words: "Tell Kai I'm sorry." I'm not sorry. I'm finishing what he started. Even if it kills me too. ---

The Immortal stroked the top of my head, and as my hair was tied up, I was bestowed with eternal life. IBM z15, 190 CPUs, 40T of memory, 12.2 billion transistors Arriving in the Cultivation World with a portable data center space, a tale of cultivation aided by the IBM z15. All for the sake of immortality!

When humanity faces extinction, what breaks first? our bodies, or our humanity? How much of ourselves are we willing to lose to stay alive? In 2104, The world has already ended, but its consequences haven’t. In the OctaCore: the last of humanity's shelters, resources are limited and the radiation is rising fast. Within two years, the surface will become unlivable. Long before that, the food will run out. The monsters that destroyed the world are still out there, but they’re no longer the worst threat. With the shelters on the brink, the council faces an impossible choice: Cull 80% of the population to preserve the remaining 20%, or Launch a suicidal mission into the wasteland to retrieve a supply shipment that could sustain humanity long enough to rebuild. A small team is chosen for the Hail Mary attempt. Memory-scarred survivors, soldiers who’ve already lost too much, and civilians carrying secrets they’d kill to protect—bound together by the thin hope that something out there might still be worth saving. Outside, they will face the world that once was: a ruined city haunted by monsters, nazis and the aftermath of choices no one wants to admit they made. What to Expect: 1. Morally questionable characters 2. No clear good or evil—only survival 3. Character-driven beginning → escalating high-stakes plot 4. Brutal worldbuilding 5. Mature themes (genocide, moral collapse, societal failure) 6. Gore, violent imagery, disturbing psychological content DISCLAIMERS: This story is officially published on multiple platforms under the pen name Zachelodeon. If you encounter it elsewhere under a different name, it has been stolen or reposted without authorization No audio adaptations, translations, derivative works, or commercial uses are permitted without written permission from the author. For adaptation inquiries, please contact the author directly. For professional or rights-related communication, please email: [email protected] Copyright: 2025 Zachelodeon. All rights reserved. This work is an original creation by the author. No part of it may be reproduced, reposted, mirrored, translated, or adapted without explicit written permission.

When natural disasters rage, extreme cold and storms spread infinitely... When global mutations occur, zombies flood like tides, and horrific anomalies appear... When the apocalypse arrives, massive devouring abysses with diameters of hundreds of kilometers begin to appear around the world... When people look up to the atmospheric clouds and see the slowly emerging giant corpses of evil gods... From that day on, people started to notice that the time of sunrise became later and later, until the sun no longer rose, and what awaited was an endless polar night. To survive, on that day, the doomsday broadcast announced to the world for the last time: Everyone, head east, escape the dawn! ... Lin Xian awakens the "Mechanical Heart" ability, allowing him to devour machines to gain various mysterious skills, scan machines for blueprints to create new machinery, and even use his mind to synchronously drive various machines. Thus, he finds a 200-ton heavy gas locomotive, pulling specially modified storage, planting, production, medical, and living carriages, embarking on a 320,000-kilometer journey along the star orbit, charging eastward!

"Welcome aboard the Dimensional Rift game exclusive train. This train will depart from the Level E Departure Station and head to Level D stations. Please ensure your safety while boarding in an orderly manner and abide by the train rules." "The train rules are as follows:" "1. Do not bring non-game items onto the train. (Underwear is the exception)" "2. Consumption is mandatory. (All train staff are unpaid volunteers)" "3. Do not turn on the lights after they are out. (Except for those who are exceptionally talented and courageous)" "Additionally, the train encourages various leisure activities such as sneak attacks, brawling, and predation. Players are free to choose." "We wish you a pleasant journey."