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Sean expected an island trip to be a chance to bond, make memories - an ordinary orientation retreat. Instead, he and his peers find a dead body. As they struggle to uncover the killer, Sean realizes the murder is only the surface of something deeper: a hidden world of extremist ideology, buried conspiracies, and truths that may destroy them before they escape.

【Global Game Begins】 【Round 1, Low-Level Zombie Apocalypse】 【Deploying all humans to the target world】 【Mission: Survive for thirty days and accumulate one thousand Points】 ······ Su Changxing suddenly finds himself in a ruined city with darkness clouding his vision, a zombie threatening to break in through the door, and facing a terminal illness, he is in an extremely perilous situation and unexpectedly discovers a Points discount store on his phone.

This is a story about Tanng Xiaoquan, an ordinary person who tries to survive in this apocalypse without any golden fingers and systems. It's all about human nature.

She was the scatterbrained journalist Xia Yanxin, who infiltrated the Heaven-Earth Gala to interview for an exclusive story and inadvertently provoked the Supreme dark young master. Amidst the dark cruise and a twisted hunting game, she turned his world upside down. From then on, she became his private pet of the night, trapped in a fate from which she could not escape. He was the Prince of the night, the mischievous Long Yutian. He was used to controlling everything, scheming tirelessly for her, but in the end, he lost his heart... Perhaps in that hunting game, he was the real loser!

Fu Qian gracefully removed his skull, as if a gentleman were taking off his hat to pay respects. … Everything began with a transcended-dimension invitation. It's a story of a high-quality Thug turning the impossible into the possible. Of course, on that day, the great being behind the invitation was still unaware of what it had done.

Ryujin Furukawa was just a normal Aquarius-born boy from a coastal town. One day, he finds a ring and uses it. Knowing the responsibilities and consequences of having the authentic and ancient ring, will he be able to control his powers and to protect it?

THE MEMORY THEY FEAR Before the universe was born, he was the god who created all gods… then vanished without a trace. Reborn as a forgotten soul named Mirshad, he lived quietly—fighting battles no one saw, loving deeply, losing painfully, searching for answers he didn’t know existed. But now, as darkness rises across the stars, the one who was lost… begins to awaken. He is not here to seek power. He is not here to be worshipped. He is here to remember. And when he does— the universe will remember him. This is not just a story. It is a prophecy whispered through blood and lightning. A tale of a broken man rediscovering that he was never just a man… He was always everything. **Once you read his journey, you won't follow him— you'll believe in him.

Mumin suffers from deep psychological struggles, haunted by nightmares and overthinking, yet he hides a secret that refuses to leave him. Born from a traumatic childhood incident, a dark personality emerges—Musa, his opposite, mysterious and dangerous. Both share a common desire: to live peacefully with the one they love. But Musa’s past, intertwined with global politics, corruption, and power, drags them into a deadly game, where failure could plunge the world into oppression, tyranny, and bloodshed. And with it comes a thirst for revenge.

A scientist who had never believed in the supernatural had encountered an unusual experience that has begun to make him question reality. However, through an unnatural encounter he unravels strange ideas and hidden secrets of the universe that spiral him down into madness. With his mind and ideas, he paves his way to unravel such mysteries and learns more about the world that he had previously seen as insignificant. Will he be able to accomplish what he set out for? Or will the madness take over him before it is too late?

In a world where time has withered and silence clings to every corner, Eddie wanders the ruins of his crumbling home-haunted by shadows of the past. But beneath the layers of grief and decay, something drives him forward: the search for his missing sister. As Eddie navigates the suffocating emptiness, peeling back memories both tender and tragic, he begins to unravel a chilling mystery buried within the world, within himself. A dark and emotional journey of loss, memory, and the desperate hope that even in a dying world, someone might still be out there... someone good, maybe someone evil...

The novel is based on a trip of five friends.five friends studying in a high school get informed that the school was going on a trip. They made a bucket list and planned various things. But this trip changed their life. Due to some direction issues they reached an unknown place. A very dead silent jungle, nothing was working not phones, vehicle all machineries were malfunctioned. The main plot begins when they decided to get separate to search for help but due to some reasons many people started to disappear in that place ..

Ghost Temple's lost souls, embroidery tower's female corpse, evil spirits massacre the village, A series of mysterious cases in the countryside; Pulling the strings of judgment, forming factions, too powerful to control, Crisis looms in the imperial court; In the previous life, top forensic doctor Zhu Yu struggled in her career, Only to die young from overwork. In this life, as Princess Xiaoyao bestowed by the Holy Emperor, she only wants to lie flat and enjoy a comfortable life. However, on the wedding night, the feast that heaven chased her to eat was delivered right to her lips. Exploring mysteries, adventuring, seeking the truth, Examining corpses, bones, and human hearts. Using leverage and countering every move. Striving to lie flat, Zhu Yu is serious about it!

Calamity strikes the Five Lands of Ylbunish. The Darkness quietly slipped between the cracks of hierarchy, bowing the entire continent to its will silently. Kings stringed like puppets, guards turning their blades against their brothers... Chaos is a certainty promised by tomorrow. Or is it? Hope, no matter how diminished it seems, still subsides. For The Spear, the ancestral foes of The Darkness, has not fallen fully yet. Talj Horsh, the last Spearman known alive, will do anything in his power to prevent the impending doom looming over the Five Lands. No matter the cost. A/N: These chapters are a semi-polished draft of the upcoming official TSC story. The actual official and final product will bring modifications to some aspects of it. If you're interested in the story and enjoy reading it so far, you may find more information about its lore in the discord server: https://discord.gg/96pw5G9tDw

Cha Eunha is broke. Not "skip dessert" broke. Not "wear last year's uniform" broke. She's 'applying to be a janitor at a corporate building' broke. But when a fire breaks out before her interview even begins, Eunha does something impossible—she bends flames away from two trapped children. A burst of light. A moment of power she didn't know she had. Which leads to a woman in pastel dresses handing her a black-and-gold envelope. Haeuri Academy. A prestigious school hidden in the mountains. A place for students with abilities that exist between light and dark. A place where Eunha—who has no control, no training, and no clue—is suddenly enrolled. There's just one problem. She's not supposed to be here. Her first day leads to her accidentally offering a prank candy to the scariest teacher on campus. Then a supposedly normal trip to the principal's office leads to her overhearing a conversation she shouldn't. Two voices. Two brothers. One secret. Haesol—the cold, untouchable principal who rules Haeuri with frozen precision. Han Yul—the quiet back-row sleeper who is coincidentally in the same class as Eunha. They are the Twilight Sovereigns. The school founder's sons. The most powerful beings in Haeuri. And no one knows the powers they wield. Not the students. Not the teachers. Only each other. Until Eunha appeared. When Han Yul catches Eunha eavesdropping, he doesn't threaten her. He doesn't erase her memory. He just... smiles. Amused. Curious. Warm. But there's something he's not telling her. At Haeuri Academy, the sun and moon don't fight. They balance. But Eunha? She's a spark in a world of twilight. And sparks have a habit of burning everything down.

In a technologically advanced future where elite academies compete for prestige, eleven exceptional students receive a mysterious invitation to participate in The Chrysalis Initiative, a secretive tournament reputed to challenge the world’s most brilliant minds. Within an advanced simulation, the participants are assigned concealed roles as Hunters or Survivors. With no certainty of who stands on which side—and with roles capable of shifting between rounds—alliances begin to form even as doubt quietly takes root. As the tournament progresses, every interaction becomes a test of perception and every decision a calculated risk. Trust begins to erode, and the students find themselves questioning not only those around them, but their own judgment, instincts, and sense of self. In a system built upon deception and survival, the question is no longer who will win, but how far someone can be pushed before losing the very humanity they are trying to protect.

In a nation divided between the wealthy Spires and the struggling Sinks, one hundred citizens are sent to Blackwake to compete in the Red Hunt, a televised game where only the strongest are expected to win a prize and residency in the Spires. The hunters are divided into teams of four called Quadrangles. Each Quadrangle is made up of four classes: the Tactician, who leads the team through strategy and decision-making; the Scout, who moves ahead to gather information and navigate danger; the Fighter, who handles combat and protects the team; and the Lifeline, who keeps injured teammates alive and provides medical support. Among them is Elowen Bradshaw, a teenage girl from the Sinks who enters the Hunt expecting nothing more than a way to help her dying aunt. But Blackwake is not the arena the government claims it to be. As mysteries pile up and the island reveals secrets buried beneath its surface, Elowen begins to realize that someone has been watching and manipulating the game from the shadows. The deeper Elowen goes, the more the Red Hunt stops looking like a competition and starts looking like something far more terrifying. Because the Hunters were never chosen at random. The Red Hunt was never about finding a winner. It was about deciding who deserved to be erased, then convincing an entire nation to watch. ~•~ "May the worthy endure. May the Spires remain eternal. Let the Red Hunt commence." ~•~ This novel contains some graphic content including violence & blood. Reader discretion is advised. Copyright © 2026 Eugene John Lubaton All Rights Reserved.