Mind Reading

The story commences with the M.C, Nathan, a trained martial artist--who was taught in the mountains --being hired by the man who saved him 18 years ago. The man is Mr.Swack. A successful businessman and father. Realizing his life and that of his daughter might be endangered due to how successful he is, he hires Nathan to protect and guard his daughter, who is a fiesty girl and a free-bird who doesn't like to be controlled. Her Name is Rose. But as corresponds with her character, she doesn't like the idea of a bodyguard and disapproves of Nathan. She wants her life to be completely independent and free of privacy-intrusions. The day Nathan comes to Mr.Swacks house, she confronts her dad about it but her dad ends up enrolling Nathan in the same college as her, so he could secretly guard her. Nathan begins college with one goal in mind, to guard Rose, the daughter of Mr.Swack. Even though it irks him, because she gets more resentful of him and a pain in the ass as the days go by, but things start to change in an interesting way for Nathan. As a surprising, and shocking event puts him in the limelight and center of attention, where Rose is unavoidably drawn in, to witness the cruelty of attraction, of Love, a shield they both wield in their quest for safety from bad forces.

From Erwin Wickison I never asked to be here. One moment I was living my life, and the next I was dragged—along with millions of others—into a place ruled by a system that treats us like pieces on a board. Every Game is built to break something, whether it’s a body, a mind, or the small parts of myself I keep pretending are “good.” I’ve watched people die. I’ve watched people change. And I know I’m changing too. I just hope there’s something human left in me by the end… if there’s even an end. WARNING. This book contains smut, psychological decay, moral collapse, human intimacy twisted into survival, and a variety of horrors that do not wait for your permission before sinking into your mind. It will not hold your hand. It will not apologize. And it will not stop once you open it. If you continue, you’re choosing to step into a sequence of events designed to peel apart the comfortable assumptions you rely on to feel “safe.” Some of you will be fascinated. Some of you will be disturbed. Most of you will not remain the same. I’m not here to reassure you. I’m only here to tell you one thing: Whatever you think this is, whatever you think you know… you don’t. And once you begin, you can’t go back. — Welcome to the Games

Ethan Hawthorn was the man everyone loved to despise. As the worthless son-in-law of the modest Hawthorn family, he had spent three miserable years being mocked, humiliated, and treated like a parasite. He worked as a garbage collector, lived in poverty, and watched helplessly as his own wife openly betrayed him with another man. He endured it all for the sake of his aging parents. Until the night he met an old stranger at a grocery store. Ethan had barely enough money to feed his own family, yet he still gave up half of his groceries to help an elderly man who could not pay his bill. That simple act of kindness led him somewhere he never expected. A mysterious house. A cup of coffee. And a deck of ancient cards said to contain the fortunes of those who dared to draw them. Some cards granted wealth. Others brought disease, disaster, or even death. With nothing left to lose, Ethan accepted the challenge. He drew three cards. The first granted him limitless wealth. The second awakened divine wisdom, filling his mind with knowledge beyond anything a human should possess. But the third card was something far more terrifying. It granted him an eternal divine guardian, a being from beyond the mortal world who would serve Ethan for eternity.

The entire Carmichael family looked on in curiosity as the convoy of Fords rolled into the mansion's grounds. It looked like a King was making his entrance. The cars came to a stop and a driver ran over to pull the passenger door open. Luke stepped down from the car and shocked silence swept through the Humsworth family. He looked at them, a smug smirk curving his lips. "L-luke?" His wife, Fiona, stuttered. "In the flesh. Hello, in-laws, your wretched son-in-law is finally home…" *** What would you do if you were insulted and shamed by your wife's family for being poor, but one day, you discover that you're the heir to a lost fortune? Luke Bradford is the average, wretched son-in-law of the rich Carmichael family. He is shamed, disgraced and abused by his wife's family until one day, he finds out that he's the heir to a Diamond empire running into trillions of dollars. Luke returns with one thing on his mind…to take revenge on every single person who dared to hurt him in the past, but the Humsworth family have also vowed that a low class peasant like him will never lord over them. Taking a path through drug money, lies, deceit, treachery…and even the deadly mafia, will he succeed, or will the sneaky Humsworth family clip his feathers before he can even fly?

Mu Qiu jolted awake, the stench of decay filling his nostrils. He wasn't in his old apartment; he was sprawled on cracked asphalt, surrounded by the moans of the undead. He was reborn in the apocalypse. Worse, his body, dormant for two years, had mutated. He was a Corpse King, an apex predator with the power to devour and assimilate. Then, a voice echoed in his mind, clear and precise. [Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the Supreme World Sign-In System!] [You have arrived at your first sign-in location: Ravaged City Center. Reward: Holy Lord's Demonic Energy.] Mu Qiu stared at his clawed hands, the flesh pale and cold. A system? In this hellhole? [Next sign-in location: Mutated Zombie Hive. Estimated time: 12 hours.] [Daily Quest: Devour 100 Lesser Undead. Reward: Evolution Points.] [Status: Corpse King - Level 1. Evolution Points: 0. Demonic Energy: Acquired.] [Inventory: Empty.] He could see the information floating in his vision, like a translucent screen. The world was a nightmare, and survival as a human was impossible. But as a Corpse King with a system? That was a different story. [Would you like to absorb the Holy Lord's Demonic Energy?] Mu Qiu's jaw clenched. Yes. [Absorption commencing...]

"Just leave him. He’s a scavenger—his life is worth less than the loot he carries." Those were the last words Lucian heard before his teammates slammed the dungeon’s iron doors, leaving him broken and bleeding in the dark. To the world’s elite Hunters, Lucian was just a "human trash bag," a Rank-F nobody meant to clean up their messes. But as the monsters closed in to feast on his flesh, a cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind: [Ding! Life Force at 1%. Survival Instinct Detected.] [The God-Level Scavenger System is initializing...] [Target Detected: Corpse of a High-Rank Demon.] [Would you like to 'Recycle' it? (Y/N)] With nothing left to lose, Lucian reached out. [Recycle Successful! You have gained: 1,000+ Strength and the SSS-Rank Skill: Abyssal Devourer!] While others fight for glory, Lucian grows stronger by picking up what they throw away. Broken legendary swords? Recycle into Divine Artifacts. Trash-tier mana stones? Synthesize into Origin Cores. The corpses of gods? Extract their immortality. Now, Lucian is returning from the abyss. He isn't just coming back to survive—he's coming back to recycle every Hunter who ever looked down on him. "You called me trash? Fine. Let me show you how a scavenger cleans up the world."

Title: The Ultimate Tycoon's System Audit Genre: Urban / Drama / System Synopsis For five years, Jin was a loyal "live-in boyfriend," working eighty-hour weeks as a low-level clerk and scrubbing floors to pay off his girlfriend Min-ah’s family debts. But the night he bought an engagement ring, his world shattered. After discovering a secret $3 Billion money-laundering scheme at work, he caught Min-ah in the arms of the billionaire director and boss, Kang Tae-sung. Discarded like trash by the woman he loved, Jin was framed for theft and left to bleed out on a rainy bridge by corporate thugs sent by his boss to silent him. Instead of dying, a freak electrical surge wakes a cold, mechanical power in his mind: The Sovereign Auditor System. With a glowing crimson clock counting down his final 24 hours of life, Jin must audit his betrayers to survive. The rules are simple: the more arrogant his enemies act, the greater the wealth and lifespan Jin gets when he exposes them. Armed with the unstoppable Eye of Truth, Jin launches an absolute counter-strike—climbing from a left-for-dead clerk to a global tycoon who bankrups international shipping syndicates and trillion-dollar shadow banking cartels. Yesterday, they treated him like a dog and left him to die in the rain. Today, he owns their entire lives.

The whole kingdoms of O-E have lived together in harmony, but everything changed— why? Centuries ago the whole kingdom all formed an alliance to battle the gods (Aliens)from the sky. Even with the gods powerful weapons they won the battle, defeating the gods and driving them out of their world. Many lives were lost and sacrificed, after the demise of the gods they left behind 6 crystals: Red, Blue, Gold, Purple, green, and the last Black crystal. Which is known to be the most powerful weapon to be possessed by any creature, it is known to be able to corrupt the mind of things around. So it was buried deep into the earth and the remaining crystals were shared and given to the biggest kingdoms ever. After countless of year's, an assassin is appointed to steal all the crystals. But he faces challenges from strong fighter and warriors, Prince Altair and princess Alita and a young apprentice Mage tries to stop him. After spilled upon the ground the black crystal is buried, the crystal storms a wave across the kingdom manipulating everyone's mind. Unleashing hunger for power, domination and war!. This led to to the war between Kingdoms, and Legendary creatures all emerged from a dimensional portal created by the surge from the black crystal. Every kingdom battle for power, but not all will remain. All kingdom will fall, only one will remain..... Grab your swords, armour...its the Age of WAR!

Julian Miller, the devoted adopted son who saved Miller Group from bankruptcy, is publicly discarded and humiliated when Arthur Miller introduces his 'long-lost' biological son, Christian. Left with nothing but the clothes on his back, Julian’s life shifts irrevocably when he is revealed to be the secret, legitimate heir to the world’s most powerful conglomerate, the Vance Group. Armed with limitless resources and a cold, calculating mind, Julian returns to systematically dismantle the lives of those who betrayed him. As the facade of the Miller family crumbles, a darker truth emerges: Julian was not merely adopted; he was a pawn stolen in a calculated child-swapping scheme three decades ago. With every financial hit, exposed lie, and public downfall, Julian orchestrates the destruction of the Miller family's legacy. However, his enemies are cornered and increasingly desperate, forming dangerous, shadowy alliances that threaten to draw the conflict into a much larger, global-scale corporate war. As the power balance in San Francisco tilts toward total annihilation of the old elite, Julian must navigate a treacherous path where personal redemption and cold revenge collide. Unbeknownst to him, his true heritage holds burdens he hasn't yet conceived, and the forces aligned against him are already preparing to rewrite the history he has spent so much time uncovering.

Deep in my heart I yearned to be a player in tales of adventure, but I have buried this selfish desire with the obligation I have put upon myself to my fellow man. So, I decided to dedicate my time, my effort, my LIFE to my work in the hopes that I would be of help to my fellow man. But in a twist of fate the people I wished to help have turned on me. This left me broken with a hole in my mind and heart, but my resolve would not waver. Like every failure from before, I began to pick up the shattered pieces of myself and attempted to put myself back together, but suddenly I am reminded of what I truly wanted. ADVENTURE. To see the world and experience all that I could. Be it through fear, cold, or even nightmarish hardships. I WILL HAVE AN ADVENTURE. These 5 words rang out in my subconscious and with-it fate had turned, and I now find myself in an unknown place, my memories fractured, and my body changed? "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!" Now in an unknown world and with very few memories. Our protagonist will venture forth to find himself. The time it will take, what will occur, and even how will he be changed are all questions that run behind every tale. But interestingly, other tales run in parallel with him. They will cross paths and sparks will fly as numerous as the stars.