Destroying the World for Fun
When The Pulse sweeps over Earth, it rewrites biology and society. About tenth of the population is granted superpowers, and the country Sain descends into conflict.
In the South of Sain, Rory survives the new age the same way he survived the old one: by refusing to be human about it. Scarred, underfed, and already hollowed out by abuse, he awakens time manipulation.
Power does not make him a hero; it was a weapon that lets him turn his twisted mind into reality. Gangs take control of parts of Rory's city, prisons empty into the streets, and “law” lose all meaning.
In the North, the collapse wears holy symbols. Churches and mosques harden into armies. Prophets appear. Miracles become tactics. A religious war ignites as extremists save souls by hunting infidels.
And admist that holy war is Loria, an abandoned orphan who stopped believing in gods long before they started murdering nonbelievers. She awakens space manipulation and sees the world in black and white. She's playful, violent, and brutally selective about who deserves mercy.
Two broken narrators. Two regions collapsing in different ways - one into gang rule, one into theocracy, all while the government tries to retake the country and bring order back.
A dark web novel about ruthless survival, escalating abilities, faction wars, twisted romance, and protagonists who aren’t here to save the world - only to outlive it.
P.S. - I made the decision after chapter 20 to not use any AI in the storytelling at all, and I will only use it for refining specific sentences that I'm not sure how to phrase correctly.
