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Thane Ashworth's heart stopped in the cell— thief, embezzler, everyone said. It began to beat again four years earlier — pen in hand, the very contract that caused his downfall waiting for his signature. This time, he doesn't sign it. Desmond Kane has no knowledge that his protégé is back from a future that Thane has only seen. He is not aware that the numbers are already being monitored. But neither of them knows that Desmond wasn't the one pulling every string: someone higher than him has been conspiring to make Halcyon fall for much longer than 4 years — and Thane's second chance has just brought him into their cross hairs as well. He'll lose everything again before this is done. And he will raise it up with his own eyes again. Some debts aren't paid in money. Some have been paid in ruins.

It's been around 4 centuries since Gimmindiot struck it rich… You'll ask how? That's quite simple. At that time, Gimmin Diot, the founder of the company, was a noble. Not a rich one, but not a poor one too. He was just… ordinary. His daughter was a mage, studying alchemy, while he had his eldest son being a genius in magic, studying in a school in a faraway country, and his youngest son being a little vigorous guy, who'll surely become a great fighter. His wife was beautiful and gentle. The peasants in his territory were cultivating potatoes. Everything seemed to go well. And it WAS going well. Until something happened. It wasn't a long tragedy. It wasn't short too. It was just… ordinary. [...] - Arc 1. This novel revolves around constant change. Each narrative arc is in a different world, written differently, with different characters, at different times and places. The content of the first few chapters of each narrative arc is determined using the keywords given by the audience.

Abandoned by their father and left alone when their mother died, Chase Locke and his sister Lily fended for themselves. Now he works as a waiter to pay for her stage 4 treatment, while his girlfriend cheats on him, his boss treats him like dirt, and his landlord throws him off the fourteenth floor. As he dies, the Kickback System awakens. The more he loses unfairly, the more he gains, and every sacrifice returns as a fortune! Reborn on the same day, Chase vows to punishes everyone who ever wronged him, saves his sister, and turns a dying company into an empire. But money brings enemies, and each victory drags him deeper into a war he never chose. Then a secret from his past comes knocking, and the one person who could explain it has been watching him all along. [Ding! Mandatory Mission Triggered] [Mission Objective: Voluntarily liquidate all acquired assets and return your bank balance to zero.] [Reward: Unknown / Locked until completion] [Refuse, and the host loses the one person he swore to protect.]

Los Angeles, the City of Angels... fallen. Beneath the glow of Hollywood lights and the eternal gridlock of the I-405, there is a world that moves in silence. Raymond Vance is not an ordinary rideshare driver. He is a Ghost Driver, available only through the RideShare app’s Dark Mode between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The rules are simple and absolute: Don’t ask. Don’t look back. Change of plan equals ten times the fare. That night should have been easy. Pick up a passenger in Downtown LA, drop them off in Santa Monica. Instead, the passenger who gets in is Leo, a ten-year-old boy with autism, clutching a military-grade encrypted tablet. Seconds later, an armored SUV owned by a Private Military Contractor slams into the side of Raymond’s car. Leo is not just a child. He is the Master Key sought by Mexican cartels and corrupt California senators. Dragged into a lethal conspiracy, Raymond is forced to push his Dodge Charger through the streets of California. There is no government support, no law. Only asphalt, gasoline, and bullets. Tonight, there is only one choice: a five-star rating, or die on the streets of LA.

Every day at 3:00 p.m., gravity stops. For sixty minutes, Calder City floats. Children bounce off ceiling nets. Office workers tether themselves to desks. Thrill-seekers pay to drift through the air like gods. It is strange. It is dangerous. It is normal. At 4:00 p.m., gravity returns. Until today. When the hour ends and the fall never comes, Calder City realizes the anomaly is not a phenomenon. It is a message. And something beneath the city is waking up. Denzel Kade built the anchor grid that keeps the city from drifting into the sky. Now his technology is failing, his city is fracturing, and the only person who knows the truth is a dying mentor with blood on his hands. As the zone expands and factions rise, Denzel must choose between controlling the anomaly — or understanding it. But he is not the only one listening. A corporation wants to own it. A cult wants to worship it. A warlord wants to weaponize it. And a fourteen-year-old girl can hear it speaking. The Lift was never a phenomenon. It was a breath. And the city is about to learn what happens when the sky stops letting go. We rise together. We land together. Until we don't. The Calder Cycle begins.

Imagine catching your father sleeping with your 'faithful’ girlfriend. That was the fate of Ethan, a poor scholarship student of the prestigious Westley Academy after sacrificing his health, his time, his sleep, and his dignity for the woman he loved, believing her love was the only pure thing in his world full of bully rich and influential students. He was at the verge of exposing this act only to be accused of defamation and examination malpractice, and he was expelled from the university, just 4 days away from making his dead mother’s dream come true. With absolutely nothing else in life, Ethan decided to end it all by jumping off a ten-story building. Just as he closed his eyes and was about to jump off the building, his phone suddenly buzzed violently in his pocket. It was a notification from an abandoned, long-forgotten cryptocurrency wallet and tech startup venture he had coded during his freshman nights—one that had just exploded on the global market overnight following a massive acquisition. His account balance refreshed, displaying a staggering fortune of $100 Million in capital. Ethan stepped back from the ledge immediately. Overnight, Ethan went from the person everyone looked down on to the person they could no longer afford to offend.

Roland Anderson is a young tycoon worth billions of dollars at the age of 18, he's the richest guy in London, his both parents where assassinated by an unknown enemy when he was nine years old leaving him behind with his aunt who raised him up.. Afraid of him getting hurt or killed by this unknown enemies of theirs his aunt lied about his studying in abroad without disclosing the actual country, Roland grow just like other kid, handsome, brilliant, intelligent, smart, talented and rich. He's a guy who loves minding his business and never gets involved in any crime but all this ended when Roland falls in love at first site with a girl he met at the mall who later attended the same school as him. Who is this girl and what impact will she make on Roland life, what will happen when the leader of the 4 SQUAD Fall in love with the same girl. Will Roland ever get a chance to be with her?. Will she feels the same way for him knowing fully well Many female students also loves him?. Who will she choose between the two of them?. Will he stand a chance against the squad leader?. Will he continue keeping his identity a secret?. What will happen when his true identity is revealed to the public?. Grab your popcorn and see for yourself, you don't want to miss this intriguing struggle for love.

A thousand years ago, the world was consumed by an apocalyptic catastrophe. A thousand feet tall Sword came from above and setttled on earth. The earth itself twisted under the weight of its power, and from the fallout emerged monstrous creatures born from radiation and chaos it brought. In the centuries that followed, humanity clawed its way back from the brink of extinction. Massive fortress cities now stand as bastions of survival, shielding the remnants of mankind from the horrors that lurk beyond their walls. Over time, a new power system emerged — one that allowed humans to awaken unique abilities at the age of sixteen. Some gained bloodline powers, inheriting ancient strengths. Others awakened elemental affinities, commanding fire, water, or lightning as extensions of their will. But when Aren Hunter faced his awakening ceremony, he awakened… nothing. No bloodline. No element. Instead, something entirely different stirred within him — a mysterious interface that called itself the Creation System. “You can create any technique you desire — as long as you have the points to pay for it.” It also granted him the ability to cultivate any technique placed within its slots. Now, armed with this strange and limitless power, Aren must forge his own path. Will he rise to protect his family and defend humanity against the darkness — or fade away as another forgotten name lost to time? --- System Interface: [Host: Aren Hunter] [Tier: Non-Awakened] [Slot 1: Inactive (0/100)] [Slot 2: Locked] [Slot 3: Locked] [Slot 4: Locked] [Slot 5: Locked] [Points: 0]