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“YOU DISGUST ME! I no longer want to see your face again! EVER.” Elena declared, her voice firm, loud and clear. __________ For five years, Alexander Thorne gave up his medical career, his dreams, and nearly his life for Elena Max. Then he learned the truth: his CEO wife had never loved him. She had only kept him as a substitute for the man she truly wanted. So Alex did the one thing she never believed he could do. He signed the divorce papers, walked away from her empire, and returned to the life he had abandoned. This time, he’s going to make every single one who looked down on him bend their knees before him. No matter what.

Thirty days before the world freezes, Ethan Cole is murdered by the two people he trusted most. His girlfriend. His best friend. As blood drains from his body during humanity's final days, Ethan swears revenge. Then he wakes up. Thirty days before the apocalypse. Armed with memories of the future and an Infinite Storage Space capable of storing endless supplies, Ethan begins a ruthless preparation plan. While others waste their final days partying, working, and dreaming of tomorrow, Ethan stockpiles enough resources to survive for decades. Food. Fuel. Weapons. Medicine. Luxury goods. Everything. When the Great Freeze finally arrives and civilization collapses, the people who once mocked him will beg at his door. Including the woman who betrayed him. But this time... Ethan Cole won't be the victim.

Dimitri Apollo, the illegitimate son of the influential Levan Apollo, was never destined to claim the throne of the Apollo Empire. But when his stepbrother Quinn...a reckless, pleasure-seeking heir...ignites a scandal that shakes their dynasty to its core, chaos takes hold. Framed for their father's brutal murder, Dimitri becomes the perfect scapegoat in a scheme orchestrated by his calculating stepmother. Condemned to seven years in prison, Dimitri loses everything he held dear. Behind bars, however, Dimitri discovers allies in the most unexpected places...a brilliant tech expert, a master thief, a fearless tracker, an incisive data analyst, a charismatic salesman, and a former dancer with lethal precision. Together, they forge a pact: to reclaim the Apollo Empire and bring justice to those who ruined Dimitri’s life. Seven years of meticulous planning. Seven years of unyielding resolve. Now a free man, Dimitri steps into a world that has moved forward without him. The empire he once knew lies in ruins, and his adversaries have only grown stronger. But Dimitri is no longer the marginalized son. With his loyal team by his side, he is determined to seize what was stolen...by any means necessary. The throne was never his birthright. Now, it’s his for the taking.

Eric Brown was just an ordinary college student—until he acquired a mysterious artificial intelligence. Armed with knowledge far ahead of its time, Eric believed his life was finally about to change for the better. Instead, the AI drew him ever deeper into a world rife with conflict—a world that transformed him into someone both respected and feared, even as it slowly destroyed him.

Marcus Chen is a failed building inspector with a dangerous secret. He can read the "structural memories" of any building he touches. When a luxury high-rise collapses, Marcus uncovers a fifteen-year-old murder buried in the foundation, and the killer is the city’s most powerful developer. Framed for the crime and hunted by corrupt police, Marcus must race to find the bodies hidden in the city’s skyline before the trauma of his visions breaks his mind.

When the media exposed that I was the true heir, they dragged me back from the countryside—not to welcome me, but to shut me up. My mother called me an embarrassment. My three sisters begged my father to keep the fake brother instead. My ex-girlfriend? She laughed and said, "He's everything you'll never be." They don't know that the real heir died years ago. I'm just a transmigrator who woke up in his body and I've already read the novel about this family's downfall. I know the fake brother is planning to bankrupt my father. I know the lottery jackpot he's about to win. I even know the exact moment my mother will kneel and cry for my forgiveness. They want a scapegoat? Fine. I'll play the fool. But by the time they realize I'm not the victim, I'll own everything they love.

Ethan Cole was an ordinary young man until the night his world ended. On his way home, a strange blue screen appeared before his eyes and gave him an impossible mission. Survive. Protect his mother. Become stronger. When monsters begin appearing across Blackridge City, Ethan discovers that the world has entered the first stage of an apocalypse. People are dying, creatures are hunting humans, and a mysterious System is choosing ordinary people to become Players. But Ethan is not an ordinary Player. The System calls him Player Zero. As Ethan fights to survive, he begins gaining experience, growing stronger, and discovering abilities that could change his fate. However, the monsters are not his only enemies. A dangerous group known as the Hunters is searching for him, and they will do anything to capture him before he discovers the truth about his past. Then Ethan learns something even more frightening. Twenty years ago, he was taken to a secret facility and given a name he cannot remember. Subject Zero. His mother has spent years hiding the truth to protect him, while someone from his past has been waiting for him to remember. Now the apocalypse has begun, the Hunters are closing in, and a powerful enemy has entered the city. Ethan must become strong enough to protect the people he loves and uncover why the System chose him. Because if he fails, Blackridge City will fall. And Ethan may discover that the greatest danger in this new world is not the monsters. It is what he was created to become.

Adrian Azuma has spent his entire life believing he was destined to remain powerless. In a world where summoned creatures determine a person's strength, status, and future, Adrian had and with no family to support him, he works multiple jobs while dedicating everything he has to supporting his Girlfriend Ruby sending her to school to become a powerful summoner. But when Ruby abandons him for a more influential summoner, Adrian's fragile life collapses. Adrian gets killed by Debt collectors and miraculously comes back to life and awakens a mysterious system and gains his first summon. For the first time, Adrian gains the power to change his fate. Determined never to be powerless again, he enters the Aegis Summoners Academy, where strength determines status and he is surrounded by powerful students, influential families, and ruthless summoners, Adrian refuses to accept the hierarchy that once defined his life. As he rises through the academy, he forms unexpected bonds, unlock more Summons, encounters Lirielle, a powerful heiress who changes his life. But Adrian's growing power attracts enemies far beyond the academy. When the government attempts to take his newly discovered blood sister, Nyla, he refuses to surrender her. His decision triggers a confrontation that turns him into one of the world's most wanted criminals. Forced to flee, Adrian is rescued by the mysterious Black Cross, a hidden society populated by people hunted by the very governments that claim to protect humanity. Yet Black Cross holds secrets of its own. And as Adrian's connection with the mysterious System deepens, he begins uncovering the truth behind the ancient humanoid summons, the legendary ruler who once conquered Earth, and the forgotten civilization of the Night Vanguard. A civilization that may hold the key to understanding who or what the System truly is.

Despised by his wife she asked for a divorce after bringing another man home into their bed. The heavens seem to roar in fury and when thunder struck his phone, a new app was installed. *Infinite Wealth App: Congratulations New User, let's begin your rise to glory!* *Ding! New car has been awarded!* *Ding! User's bank account has been credited!* *Ding! Property awarded to user!* *Ding! Complete tasks and receive massive rewards!* When his ex wife sees him rise, she falls to her knees in regret. Those who put him down wish they could turn back the hands of time.

The residents of BB City judge Max Bladeheart based on his lack of strength because they use power as their social status marker. The Xeon System governs the abilities of all individuals, but Max’s awakening was deemed "defective," leaving him at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Max activates a concealed Xeon System ability that reveals extraordinary powers when he faces life-threatening situations. The XAO (Xeon Agents Organization) lacks any record of such power which enables him to transcend normal boundaries. Max starts a demanding path of training and combat expertise development to escape his position of average status. The higher Max reaches in his organization he discovers the existence of a secret war which directly connects to the origins of the Xeon System. Since his birth Max faces enemies in every direction and powerful factions attempt to control him while he fights to create his own destiny. His power will he shatter the global power system or will somebody break him because of their fear of his future strength?