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Three years ago, he traded his freedom to save Bayhaven’s most beautiful CEO. His reward? The moment he steps out of federal prison, she tosses him a bank card and tears their marriage contract to shreds. "Take the five million," she sneers. "We are no longer from the same world." She thinks she just dumped a pathetic, penniless ex-convict. She has no idea she just rejected the supreme sovereign of the global underworld and the most terrifying medical genius alive.

[Kill. Plunder. Evolve. Dominate.] ​Alex Vane was a nobody—just another delivery driver trying to survive the daily grind. That was until he woke up on Dead Man’s Isle, a secret testing ground for the sinister Sterling Genetics Corporation. ​Surrounded by cybernetic horrors and prehistoric beasts, Alex should have died within the hour. Instead, he awakened the System. ​Defeat Enemies: Loot their stats. ​Survive Trauma: Unlock hidden skills. ​Inject the Serum: Become the Juggernaut. ​From the blood-soaked jungles of Sector C to the neon-lit slums of Sector B, Alex clawed his way to the top, only to be betrayed and cast into the deepest hell: Sector Zero. ​But the Abyss didn't kill him. It forged him into something else. Something... unstoppable. ​Now, he returns to the surface with a Gravity Warhammer in his hand and an army of the damned at his back. The scientists wanted to create the ultimate weapon? They succeeded. ​And now, the weapon is coming for them. ​"System Status: JUGGERNAUT. Strength: ERROR."

Adams’ life took a dramatic turn for the worse when his fiancée, whom he had been engaged to for five years, cheated on him days before he could announce the surprise wedding that he had planned for her. If that was not bad enough, his ex-fiancee's current boyfriend is hell-bent on ruining his life and the career he has worked so hard to build but has yet to see progress in. Adams had no chance of fighting back because he was the sole heir to one of the country's richest billionaires. At that point, a system appeared, and his life changed drastically for the better. Not only did he become eye candy for mere mortals, but he also made history as the first person to unlock the three magical systems without causing any backlash. Join Adams on his crazy journey through the system. An urban system saga novel with supernatural elements. Cast your vote for your favorite character. (Warning: This is a slow-burn urban level-up novel.)

In a world devoured by monstrous hordes every fifty years, Zhilak Marston, heir to Eryndor’s ruling family, is brutally betrayed when his system test fails, stripped of everything by his wicked kin and lover. From the brink of death, the unstable Omnixir awakens—a chaotic power lost for centuries, starting weak and demanding perilous trials to unlock its godlike might. Hunted by sadistic antagonists like the cult leader Veyra and treacherous Riven, Zhilak, allied with the fierce Elysia, battles invaders and wraiths while antagonists steal his victories. Each level's strength comes at a cost—will Zhilak overcome his frailty to claim vengeance, or will wicked foes shatter him forever? A gripping saga of dark betrayal, sensual peril, and a weak hero's desperate rise.

Elias Cross was only nineteen when his life was stolen. Recruited for a robbery rigged to fail, he was abandoned at the scene as police swarmed, left to take the fall for a crime he didn’t plan. He was served thirty years but Elias refused to settle. Outside, Marcus the man who destroyed his life thrived, convinced his control was absolute but Elias escaped after five years and he returned not as a pawn, but as a storm waiting to strike. A high-stakes hijacking presents the perfect opportunity for the reckoning he’s been planning for years. What Marcus never realized is that the loyalty he demanded could be turned into a weapon. And this time, the one he thought he controlled holds all the cards.

Noah Vale was framed, erased, and killed by the people he loved and trusted the most. He wakes up ten years earlier with his memories intact and a system that exposes future betrayals. Every trap he avoids creates new enemies, and every choice tightens the net. This time, survival is not enough. The system that killed him is watching, and the next betrayal will be fatal.

Axel is a trained demon hunter who came to Jakarta with one single mission: to wipe out every creature that strays beyond the bounds of humanity. Rules drilled into him since childhood have taught him to see the world in nothing but black and white—until he meets Rena, the shadow mage who was supposed to be his target. Their first encounter ends in a deadly fight that Axel fails to finish, and what follows becomes a long chase that leads him to an unexpected truth. Rena is nothing like the threat he was told she is. She is just another survivor fighting to stay alive and protect those around her. As understanding slowly grows between them, the organization that raised Axel learns what he has found. He is branded a traitor, Rena is labeled a dangerous instigator, and both are now hunted by the very people Axel once called comrades. Their only chance to survive is to cross into the shadow realm, a place with no guarantee of ever returning. Now Axel must choose: cling to the rules he has always followed, rules built on lies, or stand beside the only person who never asked him to be just a weapon.

When Earth is marked for deletion during an unscheduled System Update, Jace should have died with everyone else. Instead, the system fails to classify him. Branded an Error-Born anomaly and assigned the impossible designation of Level 999, Jace becomes the one existence the universe’s ruling protocols were never built to contain. But a forbidden level means nothing when his access is locked, his authority is restricted, and every celestial enforcer in the system wants him erased before he can fully awaken. As cities fall, sectors open, and reality reveals its artificial design, Jace must unlock the broken permissions buried inside his Glitch Protocol. Every battle increases his access. Every breach brings him closer to the truth. And every enemy he destroys proves the same terrifying fact: the system did not choose him. It failed to stop him.

A brilliant computer scientist, desperate to secure funding for her family, is recruited to fix a malfunctioning game world that has evolved beyond its original programming. But when a glitch traps her inside the game, she finds herself unable to escape. As she navigates this strange digital realm, she encounters the game’s Hidden Boss, an NPC whose existence defies the system’s rules. The more time she spends in the game, the more her consciousness begins to morph into an avatar, erasing her memories and sense of identity. Now, she must find a way to break free before she loses everything, her past, her family, and her very humanity.

Keenan is trapped in a game created by a father who has a grudge against his son's death. Keenan must win the game in order to save everyone in his city.