Lightning Degree

Ares Valen was an ordinary man—until a lightning storm tore reality apart and hurled him into another world. He wakes up inside the dying body of a forgotten prince on a collapsing frontier: a barren desert, starving civilians, half-orc raiders, berserk tribes, and warlords fighting over the last scraps of land. Death closes in from every direction. Then a familiar voice echoes in his mind: “Rome: Total War system initialized.” The world changes. With this strange power, Ares can summon Roman legions, build ancient cities, unlock divine blessings, and command armies that grow stronger after every victory. As the chosen War Priest of Jupiter, he gains divine skills, awakens legendary commanders, and turns a dying settlement into a rising force feared across the frontier. But enemies are everywhere— dark mages, barbarian clans, forgotten gods, and kingdoms long fallen into ruin. In the shadows, something ancient begins to stir again… the same force that once destroyed this land. Aretian has only one path left: Rise. Conquer. Survive. And forge a new Rome in a world that has never known its might. War. Strategy. Divine power. A legend begins at the edge of the desert.

The apocalypse didn't come with an instruction manual. Good thing Riccardo downloaded the ultimate cheat code. ​Riccardo Gonzales was just a regular college student stressing over a midterm. But when he wakes up to find the streets of Manila burning, mutated horrors tearing through the sky, and his neighbor trying to eat him, his poli-sci degree is officially useless. Trapped on the fourteenth floor, he has only one goal: cross a city of the undead to save his fifteen-year-old sister. ​Then his phone buzzes with an ad for a zombie survival game. One mistaken click changes his reality forever. ​Bound to the Military Survival System, Riccardo is no longer a defenseless civilian. He can track stats, earn gold from kills, and summon an elite squad of heavily armed, fiercely loyal soldiers directly into his living room. When a lucky spin on the daily Fortune Wheel drops a five-million gold jackpot into his lap, Riccardo stops running and starts buying. ​The undead might have the numbers, but Riccardo has the firepower. And he’s about to turn this apocalypse into a tactical warzone.

My name is Joe Mzalendo. Mine country is Credonia, a third-world country. Born and raised here, I loved my country just like every other patriotic citizen. As I grew up, all I ever wanted was a good degree and a good job with the government. All that I looked forward to so that I could help others and see to it that things went the right way. I had a dream of transforming my country through fighting and nipping Corruption by the roots. I thought getting in was the right move and the only way to make a change. In the end, I was all wrong. I found myself imprisoned by powers I couldn't control and forces I could not break. Without options, I watched people suffer as I did nothing. It was a stab through my heart. I had to live with the knife through my heart and in pain. It was either that and try to help those I could or die. I not only walked with death but saw it most of the time. It was then that I learned; some things are better done from a distance. I learnt never to put out a conflagration from inside a blazing house.

Ever wished you could read minds? Raditya did—until a freak lightning bolt actually gave him the power. Overnight, he transforms from Liberty High's resident invisible nerd into its most drooled-over guy. But there’s a catch: his new "thought-radio" is stuck at max volume, and he can't turn it off. Imagine trying to survive a date while listening to a girl's hyper-explicit fantasies about you, or attempting to pass AP Physics when your classmates’ brains are broadcasting nothing but panic attacks, TikTok trends, and petty grudges. It’s an absolute, hilarious, and nauseating nightmare. But beneath the hormonal chaos and fake smiles of high school, a real mystery is brewing. Raditya discovers a girl whose mind is a completely silent sanctuary, gets roped into a sketchy underground paranormal club that wants to use him as a radar, and crosses paths with a dangerous new guy who can forcefully shut his powers down. Is Raditya losing his mind? Is he some kind of psychic superhero? Or is he just a ridiculously hot teenager trapped in the loudest, filthiest frequency on earth? Brace yourself for a hilarious, edgy dive into one guy’s chaotic quest to find a mute button for the human race.

"I must be losing my mind," Min Suhyun muttered, struggling to grasp the unsettling reality that unfolded before her. How had she ended up here? In the realm of clichéd stories, such a trope typically befell the deceased, not someone who had merely skimmed through old drafts. And yet, here she was, trapped in the body of an insignificant extra named Serein Rowe. The realization hit her like a bolt of lightning, raising questions she couldn't easily dismiss. ‘This can't be another one of my lucid dreams... Is this some twisted cosmic joke?’ she pondered, her mind reeling with the absurdity of her situation. Nevertheless, given that she could barely do anything to return to her world, she might as well seize this opportunity to finally finish what she had started, right? Living here and continuing until the end of this draft, she could create a good ending, '—though maybe it won't be as easy…?' Surviving as a side character suffering from a curse-like chronic illness? That would undoubtedly be a struggle. Now, that would undoubtedly pose a challenge, although it’s still a better fate than dying early, serving only as a trigger for the story's advancement. Min Suhyun contemplated for a moment before firmly resolving to a single objective: To survive until the very end.

After studying for five hours, Darwin went to sleep—and woke up in a cultivation world as the Azure Clan’s greatest failure. Born with damaged meridians and a broken spirit root, he’s spent sixteen years as “trash,” beaten by his siblings and mocked by servants. But everything changes when the Upgrading System activates, giving him the power to transform anything with upgrade points. Damaged meridians? Upgraded to Elite. Broken spirit root? Now an Earth-Linked Storm Root. Trash cultivation manual? Now a Grade 5 legendary technique. While others cultivate for months to advance a single stage, Darwin breaks through overnight. While others debate whether to focus on Body or Qi cultivation, Darwin does both. While others master one element, Darwin commands wind and lightning as one. But in a world where strength determines everything, rising too fast draws deadly attention. His genius sister watches him with suspicious eyes. His twin brother burns with hatred. And in ten days, the Crimson Vale Trial will force him into a death ground alongside Foundation Establishment monsters. Darwin has the system. He has the talent. Now he just needs to survive long enough to use them. The cultivation world is about to learn what happens when trash becomes treasure.

"Welcome to CosmoMart. We are technically closed, but for you, we’ll make a painful exception." Elian just wanted a quiet shift, a meager paycheck, and some sleep. But the universe had other plans: dropping a Zombie Apocalypse right when he clocked in four minutes late. Trapped inside a Jakarta convenience store with a micromanaging boss and a wise-cracking parking attendant, Elian accidentally triggers a mysterious System after a freak lightning accident. Now, he is a living generator, and his store is the only lit beacon in a city of darkness. But surviving the end of the world is complicated when your teammates fear a Stock Audit more than the flesh-eating monsters outside. Mr. Hendra (The Manager): "Don't kill the zombie in Aisle 3! You’ll get blood on the premium diapers! Think of the inventory value!" Rico (The Parking Guy): "Boss, do I charge these zombies an hourly rate or a flat fee for parking their carcasses on the asphalt?" *The System: [WARNING: Instant Noodle Stock Critical. Riot Probability: 99%.] This isn't a story about a hero saving the world. This is the story of a night-shift clerk forced into "mandatory overtime" to slaughter monsters, manage logistics, and climb the corporate ladder from Intern Cashier to the CEO of the Apocalypse. Read now before the stock runs out!

"How dare you to raise your voice? You are nothing but a leftover food person," Cole spat the wine on his face violently. Stella relished the taunts of her husband. Aside from that, to make it more enjoyable for her. She add the fuel in it, and asked everyone attention in the party. She asked the audience with a mocking chuckle, "My darling husband, has told me to behave like a wife. Do you all think I should follow my poor husband?" The audience laughed with her, underestimated him. The insults was unbearable for him. But the concealed truth was more essential to him than continual humiliation. Aiden was pushed out of the house to beg and eat meals from trash by his parents at age 10. He was taken to the jail to murder his uncle. Fortunately, he was adopted by a mysterious old man, who taught him all types of wisdom. At the age of 16, he became the best killer on Dark Web. At 17 he received his PhD degree in the greatest university. At the age of 20, he rose to become the rich men' most renowned physician and covert Mafia boss. But he yearned for solutions to all of his existential queries.And the only person knows about it, Lord Osric. To know his childhood hidden truth, he became son in law of Osric's family.

EARTH ONLINE The black towers hung silent over every city for six months. Then, one November morning, a child's bright voice rang out in every head at once — Earth has gone online — and gave the world three days to eliminate a stranger, or be erased. Half the planet didn't make it. Cole Mercer is a librarian. Quiet, exact, ruthlessly calm — the kind of man who reads the room while everyone else is screaming. When the games begin he finds he's been handed no fire, no lightning, no gift worth the name: only a snide little book that collects the powers of the people he kills, and a mind that has never once lost a game that had rules. The Spire has a great many games. Every one is a trap dressed as a fairy tale, and every one can be solved — if you're cold enough, and fast enough, and willing to do the math while the monster is still smiling. But there's a voice on the other end of a cracked artifact, two hundred miles away: the strongest player on the server, a man Cole has never seen, who already seems to know exactly how he thinks. The tower wants them to climb. It should never have let them meet first. A slow-burn M/M apocalypse where the deadliest thing in any room is two minds that refuse to lose — and the one mistake the end of the world ever made was growing them a partner.

“We can kill him now, he is of no use to us anymore” these were the words Nick Furgesson heard as he wanted to open the door to his father’s room….. fuck, an eye opener. He thought he was the favorite son of the world richest man, Gregory Furgesson. What he heard next almost made him puke blood, he was adopted?he wasn’t the hair to the large conglomerate his father has?and he was about to be killed because he had done all the dirty work his supposed father wanted him to do? “Run away nick or you won’t be able to take revenge on him for what he has done” he heard his sister’s voice from behind him. Like lightning he ran out of the house into the dark streets of London where he was knocked down by a black Bentley and the story changed. Five years later, Nick is back to take revenge on his deadly father and household for wanting to kill him but he says to his foster sister, “ Don’t worry Fedora, I will not let anyone in the world touch you, you saved my life five years back. Let me repay the debt” and he also says to his wife,” the world i plan to give Fedora, you are also at liberty to do whatever you want with it, I will back you ladies up and no one will be able to hurt you no matter where you are on planet earth.