My Hollow System
The enhancement serum was meant to create superhumans—faster, smarter, stronger. Instead, it wiped out most of civilization and turned the rest into Hollowed: vicious, mutated monsters. Elias Mercer should’ve been dead. Instead, he became something new—immune, stronger than a Hollowed, and guided by a mysterious (possibly digital) voice in his head. He’s the first successful mutation—and now, everyone wants him.
Hunted by Viratech, the shady corporation that created the virus, Black Sun, a ruthless cult with dark motives, and other mutated survivors who’ve lost their humanity, Elias is stuck in a crumbling world ruled by chaos. His body keeps changing, the System in his head grants strange abilities with dangerous side effects, and his forgotten past might hold the key to everything.
To survive, Elias must uncover the truth behind the virus, his own identity, and whether saving the world means losing what’s left of himself.
Monsters. Mutations. Mystery. And a war on the horizon.
Read
Chapter: Chapter Twenty Nine – Reckoning of the Hollow KingFor days or what passed for days in this fractured pocket dimension I played the obedient pawn.I studied. I observed. I waited.The Outer Council believed I was preparing to lead Earth’s conversion into a Hollow-integrated hive. They handed me command codes, fleet schematics, and Hollow deployment protocols. I memorized every byte.Because knowledge was my weapon now.The more I learned, the more monstrous their true plan became. This wasn't about balance or evolution. They weren't just harvesting Earth. They were preparing a universal template, using my world as the final calibration. Once perfected, every world across countless dimensions would be forcibly integrated, their populations erased or remade into obedient Hollow constructs.And they wanted me to be their spearhead.Not happening.During one of my scheduled interface sessions, Arbiter Vex appeared."The time nears," he said smoothly. "Your world awaits rebirth.""And what about dissenters?" I asked. "Those who resist conv
Last Updated: 2026-04-13
Chapter: Chapter Twenty Eight– The Fractured ThroneI never expected to wake up in a throne room.Especially not one floating inside a hollowed-out dimensional pocket where physics bent like spaghetti noodles, and giant swirling black holes dotted the sky like moonless stars.The Arbiter Prime stood before me, his obsidian armor gleaming with a strange coldness, his mask expressionless. Around us, massive translucent rings floated in slow rotations, etched with complex sigils and shifting constellations. They weren’t just decorations—they were reality stabilizers, holding this impossible place together."Where am I?" My voice echoed unnaturally, distorted as though I were speaking underwater."The Tribunal Spire," Arbiter Prime said calmly. "A segment of the Outer Council’s interdimensional network. Beyond the grasp of your limited realm.""So... not Kansas. Got it."He didn't react. Figures. Humor was probably lost on sentient war-AIs."You said there's more. The Hollow God was just an appendage?" I demanded."Correct. That entity was
Last Updated: 2026-04-13
Chapter: Chapter Twenty Seven – The Hollow King's AwakeningWaking up as a monster isn’t as cool as it sounds.For one thing, the pain was unbearable. My bones twisted and snapped as my half-Hollow form stabilized. Wings of dark sinew unfurled behind me, pulsing with unstable energy. My claws elongated, my senses sharpened, and my vision shifted into something beyond human. Every sound, every heartbeat, every breath in the Spire echoed like a living orchestra inside my skull.The beast inside me—no, not just inside me. Me.I was no longer borrowing its power. I was becoming it.I hovered in the Nexus Chamber’s upper void, staring down at the swirling rift where the Hollow God’s tendrils still writhed. The Crown of Ruin floated nearby, watching me with eerie calm."THE AWAKENING BEGINS," it whispered, voice like splitting glass. "YOUR SYSTEM EVOLVES, HOLLOW KING."The words burned into my mind.SYSTEM UPDATE: PHASE TWO INITIATED.HOLLOWBORN ADAPTIVE CORE STABILIZED.NEW SYSTEM PATH UNLOCKED: HOLLOW KING PROTOCOL.I convulsed as data streamed di
Last Updated: 2025-08-31
Chapter: Chapter Twenty Six – The Hollow SpireIf you ever get the bright idea to storm a living tower crawling with evolving nightmare fuel while carrying the fate of humanity on your back, let me offer you some advice: don’t.Unfortunately, nobody gave me that advice.The Hollow Spire loomed before us like some eldritch finger stabbing the heavens, wrapped in oily clouds that churned like boiling ink. Pulses of red lightning flashed inside the storm, and the ground beneath our boots vibrated with an unsettling heartbeat, as if the tower itself was alive.We stood at the edge of a ruined ridge overlooking what used to be the city’s central district, now transformed into a writhing biomechanical landscape. Twisting bone-like structures jutted from the ground. Hollow creatures slithered between them, their shapes grotesque parodies of life.Adrian adjusted his scope. “I count at least four guardian packs. Multiple Hollow variants. And that’s just the perimeter.”“Good odds,” Kai said with a humorless smile. “We’ve faced worse.”Zar
Last Updated: 2025-08-31
Chapter: Chapter Twenty Five– Shadows That Breathe FireIf you’ve ever seen your nightmares get up, stretch, and ask for a latte, that’s pretty much how my next few seconds felt. The bone-faced creep with the floating crown didn’t look like someone you invited to a tea party unless you liked your tea spiked with pure existential dread.Adrian stepped in front of me, gun raised, but I grabbed his arm.“No,” I said. “Bullets won’t do squat against that.”“How do you know?”I nodded toward the creature’s feet. “Because it’s standing on scorched stone and the fire’s not even touching its robes. That’s either a really good laundry spell or”“Demon-class Hollow.”The thing grinned. “Clever boy.”It raised a hand, and the shadows around it writhed like snakes in oil. Before either of us could blink, they shot out like tendrils. Adrian dove left. I dove right. The spot where we’d been standing turned into a miniature sinkhole.I landed hard and rolled, coming up with my dagger Hollow-forged, humming with latent heat. My skin prickled. The beast in
Last Updated: 2025-08-30
Chapter: Chapter Twenty four– The Eye of the StormIf you’ve ever had one of those dreams where you’re falling through endless darkness, then multiply that by a thousand, add lightning, a screaming banshee, and a hint of burning metal, and you’d get a vague idea of what I was experiencing.I wasn’t dreaming, though.The ground slammed into me like a pissed-off titan. My shoulder cracked against rubble, and I tumbled through a haze of smoke and fire, every nerve in my body shrieking in protest. The last thing I remembered was the explosion, that deafening roar as the Scourge blew through the city’s last defensive barrier.Now? Now I was lying face-first in a crater, half-buried in ash, trying to figure out whether my lungs still worked and if I still had all my limbs.Spoiler alert: barely.I groaned and rolled onto my back, blinking against the red sky. Flames danced along the broken skyline. Buildings groaned under their own weight, collapsing like dying giants. Somewhere in the distance, someone screamed—short, sharp, then nothing.
Last Updated: 2025-08-30
