A Beta Before An Alpha

​When the world merged with the underworld, the rules of reality shattered. Our cities became Ghost Cities, haunted by the dead. ​In this new world, money is paper. The real currency is the "Joss Paper" you burn for spirits. ​Survival depends on one item: a "Soul Lock" to protect your home. ​No money? You're not a person. You are food. ​Alex, a Warrior who died as a rat in this new hell, is suddenly Reborn one month before the end. This is his Second chance. ​While the world prepares for a holiday, he uses his Hidden identify as a man from the future to be Decisive. He will hoard the world's new gold. He will secure the first Soul Lock. ​He isn't just surviving this apocalypse. He's building an empire.

What would you do if you woke up and decided to look out at the dawning morning only to see yourself still lying in bed? What would you do if your 21st birthday was the last time you would ever age? What would you do if you were being chased by the NSA? How would you feel if you were hunted by a creature that could take any form it wished? That is Michael’s life. From the time he was fifteen he knew he was much different from everyone else. He had his own successful technology company and was at school at MIT. This is as far back as he can remember any true memory. He had always known things, whether it was about people or just events, and went with his feelings about whatever split in the road was set in front of him. Staring out the window of his bedroom, he turned around to find he was still in bed. Was it a dream? Before figuring out what was going on, the government was trying to catch him. Running from the NSA and trying to figure out how to control his new powers, he runs into something very evil that wants nothing less than to kill him. His new enemy can take on any form he wants at any time. Using his power to split himself in two, he spends his time trying to find out one other mystery. How did the government know about him before he did? Learning to split his body, trying to find his purpose in life, searching for the woman he lost and trying not to get killed, Michael comes to find out one truth to his reality. The only thing he has to fear in this word is himself.

Max stepped forward, his heart racing as he searched the man’s face, looking for some resemblance, some hint of familiarity. “Who… who are you?” he managed to ask, his voice barely above a whisper. The man studied him for a moment before responding, his voice thick with emotion. “I am Reginald Reid, your grandfather.” The words hit Max like a thunderbolt. “Grandfather?” he echoed, his mind racing. He had never imagined he had a family, much less one of such prominence. Reginald nodded, his gaze filled with a mixture of pride and regret. “Yes, Max. You are my grandson, and the last direct heir of the Reid family.” Max stepped forward, his heart racing as he searched the man’s face, looking for some resemblance, some hint of familiarity. “Who… who are you?” he managed to ask, his voice barely above a whisper. The man studied him for a moment before responding, his voice thick with emotion. “I am Reginald Reid, your grandfather.” The words hit Max like a thunderbolt. “Grandfather?” he echoed, his mind racing. He had never imagined he had a family, much less one of such prominence. Reginald nodded, his gaze filled with a mixture of pride and regret. “Yes, Max. You are my grandson, and the last direct heir of the Reid family.” Max’s mind swirled with confusion. “But… why didn’t I know? Why didn’t anyone tell me?” A flicker of pain crossed Reginald’s face. “There were… complicated reasons. When your parents passed away under tragic circumstances, it was decided that you should be raised away from the family, for your own safety. It was not an easy choice, but it was necessary.” Max’s heart twisted at the mention of his parents. He’d spent his end of the year

A 10th Standard boy, Aldwin Chartered, started to understand the rules of the society from an early age. At first, Aldwin did not understand why he did not have friends of all his peers, but he did not. But as time went on, he found out why he didn't have any friends. Why did everyone avoid Aldwin also his parents considered him as a burden and also beat him? He tried 767 times to commit suicide, but he never had the courage. Then one day he went to commit suicide 768 times and if he wanted to come back from there, he could return. He lost balance in seconds and fell down from the roof. At last, just 1 foot above falling to the ground with great force, he felt that the time of the whole world had stopped. At that time, a system appeared from a white smoke that he couldn't understand. Said Aldwin, " You are chosen by the system. Be happy, Aldwin. Because your wish will be fulfilled. I'll give you a chance to start your life again. But this time you do not have to bear the suffering of this world in this situation. You will get a new body and handsomeness. But that's not now. I give you 24 hours before I send you to another world. By this time tomorrow, you will die and be born into a new body in a new world. You can do whatever you want in these 24 hours. You can take revenge from whom you want to take revenge. After 24 hours of your death, I will come again before you again to the new world. What will Aldwin do? Will he really take revenge in these 24 hours from those for whom his path has become very difficult? What will happen in his new life?

Synopsis: Edward was adopted when he was five years old—a dream come true for orphans. However, his life was anything but happy. His adoptive father was a scoundrel, always cheating, drinking, gambling, and abusing his spouse and Edward. After years of gambling and drinking, there was nothing left but countless debts and four pale walls in the house. Though weak and sometimes neurotic because of her husband, his adoptive mother always showed great love and affection to Edward. However, good things could never last long. Unfortunately, his adoptive mother soon fell ill when Edward was seventeen. His scoundrel father shunned the responsibility by deserting them and ran away. Edward had no other choice but to drop out of school and toil himself day and night in restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores. Yet, he could merely earn a little money that could not even support him to keep his head above water, not to mention pay his mother’s expensive medical expenses. One day, a chance came. One of his boss’s good friends offered him a better job as a salesman. Things seemed to go well for Edward. He got a girlfriend named Rebecca in his new company. He also had made a good friend, James, there. And above all, he got a better salary. However, something went wrong on the day he demonstrated the slide before his customers. Would he lose his job and come into the same plight again? Would his girlfriend be nice to him like before? Would Edward stay at the bottom rung of the social ladder forever? Read on to unravel Edward’s journey in this mundane world to become the extremely wealthy Supreme Trader with the help of his Super Trading System.

"If you've any conscience left in you, you'll understand that you deserve this." The prison doors closed behind him with those final words. Ethan Carvendish was the true heir of the Carvendish family, yet his existence was treated as nothing more than a stain that needed to be erased. "You're nothing but a criminal!" His father discarded him without hesitation. "I regret giving birth to you. I wish Charlie was my biological son!" His mother chose an adopted son over her own flesh and blood. "Charlie is my only brother, not a disgusting parasite like you." His sister looked at him with nothing but disgust. "It's just three years in prison. Charlie is delicate, unlike you." The woman he loved stood beside his adopted brother, forged evidence, framed him, and watched silently as he was condemned for a crime he never committed. For three years, he rotted in prison for someone's crime, while they celebrated his fall. The prison did not break him, it awakened him. Now Ethan has returned, not as the discarded heir… But as the Shadow Tyrant. A name whispered in fear. A power no one can control. A ruler the elite world cannot defy. "Son… We were wrong." The parents who abandoned him now kneel before him. "Ethan, sister regrets everything… please come back…" The sister who once saw him as nothing but a disgrace now begging for his attention. "Ethan… please give me another chance…" The woman who once sent him to prison crawls to his feet. But the Ethan Carvendish they betrayed died behind those prison walls, the one who returned is coldhearted. As the world trembles before the Shadow Tyrant, only one question remains. Will Ethan Carvendish reclaim everything that was stolen from him… or will shadow tyrant destroy them all without mercy?

A young boy named Robin Molth is normally living his life in the poorest places of Piterbern City when one day, he accidentally sets foot on a big, dirty drainage hole. There is nothing but garbage when out of nowhere, he hears small voices around. He walks farther into the darkness and surprisingly comes across an old trainwreck. Young Robin, who has never ridden a train before, is evidently mesmerized. But by the moment he gets on the train, the place suddenly lights up and a rumbling under the ground is heard. The train sets off on a new voyage, transporting the young boy to somewhere he can only imagine in his dreams before. What do you think will the otherworld bring him? A TRAIN TO KOKOSHI novel by Giona Lebraco Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

After losing his family to an accident, Derrick commits suicide a few years later. By great luck he revives to the time right before his family dies by the accident. However, Fate plays a trick on him and he is only able to watch his family die again despite his efforts to save them. His anger and sorrow make him swear an oath to remain eternal enemies with Fate. Later on, he finds out that his present world is a little different. It was a world of fantasy. Martial artists ruled the world and a lot of magical things became possible. Derrick sees a path he can trudge on to unravel the workings of Fate. However, he does not realize that Fate is not done with him just yet. _"You saw the end but you did not relent. My return shall mark your doom."_

Levi just wanted to survive his senior year. Now, he has to survive the end of the world. Orphaned, isolated, and tormented by bullies, Levi’s life was a daily struggle for invisibility. But his personal hell in the classroom is interrupted by a global cataclysm: The Collision. In an instant, the sky tears open, bleeding swirling vortexes of darkness that rain down nightmares—grotesque, blade-limbed monsters that defy logic and crave destruction. Thrown from a building and critically injured in the chaos, Levi watches the city burn from the hood of a crushed car. One arm severed and bleeding out, he faces one of the monstrosities destroying their world. Death seems inevitable until a blue screen flickers into existence before his eyes. [System Warning] [New Quest Available – Slay the Void Reaper.] [Reward: A Breath of Life.] [Penalty: Death.]

She doesn't know this yet, but he is the richest man in the entire world.Marcus Coleman is the matrilocal live-in husband of Vivian Lorimer, the belle of Cromford City and a member of one of Cromford City's upper-middle-class families. However, he is also the Pantheon's Drakon—a position that enables him to shower anyone with luxuries unimaginable to humankind.As Marcus and Vivian's wedding anniversary draws closer, the taunts directed toward them are vicious as ever. However, unlike all the previous disappointing years, this year, Vivian is in for a surprise. A mysterious supreme billionaire appears, showering her with gifts one could only gaze at in envy. As the tensions in the Lorimer family reach an all-time high, can Vivian simultaneously save her family and find out the identity of the billionaire before her world comes crashing down around her?