Survival Game

Ethan Cole vanished from the city eight years ago, leaving only the stories of a man who had run the streets from the shadows. Now thirty-two, he lives in a lonely street, keeping his younger brother Noah safe from a world he no longer trusted. But when Noah is kidnapped by thesame people he once trusted his life with, Ethan is dragged back into the underworld he swore he’d left behind. Every betrayal is a test of his lethal precision and to save his brother, Ethan must outwit syndicates, assassins, and old allies who had now turned into enemies.

In the first apocalypse timeline, he trusted the wrong people, gave away what little he had, and was betrayed when food became more valuable than human life. Death came quietly—without heroism, without meaning. Then time rewound. Kyle wakes minutes before the world collapses, reborn with all his memories intact—and a system no one else possesses: the Infinite Supplies System. Food. Water. Weapons. A private Paradise Space untouched by ruin. But abundance comes with a rule carved in cold logic: nothing is free. Supplies can only be unlocked through Emotional Function Points. As cities fall and boys’ survivor zones are wiped out, a sealed girls’ campus becomes an island of desperation. Kyle alone can move freely through the apocalypse. He doesn’t force obedience. He waits. Hunger does the work. Cleaning earns meals. Labor earns water. Emotion—fear, shame, gratitude, desire—determines how much. Six girls stand at the center of this fragile balance: a campus beauty hiding terror behind smiles, an ice-cold strategist who refuses to beg, a fallen heiress desperate to reclaim control, an arrogant provocateur who thrives on chaos, a kind healer who sacrifices herself too easily, and a hardened survivor who refuses to be owned. Between them, alliances form and fracture. Submission becomes strategy. Strategy becomes betrayal. Kyle’s relationships with them are never simple. He is their provider, their ruler, their shield—and, increasingly, their moral problem. As the system rewards cruelty more efficiently than kindness, Kyle begins to realize a terrifying truth: the system doesn’t care about survival. It cares about consumption. When outside survivor factions finally make contact and the system escalates beyond Kyle’s control, he is forced to choose—declare himself sovereign over a starving world, or challenge the very system that keeps everyone alive. And the system is already watching how he decides.

Kang Min-joon's life is measured in debt. Forty-two million won inherited from a dead father, growing larger every day despite his endless work. When a strange app appears on his phone, it offers an impossible deal: complete deadly tasks in a nightmare dimension, or watch his younger brother suffer the same fate. But the app comes with a twisted gift that makes every conversation a minefield. His lies reshape reality itself, while speaking truth tears him apart from the inside. In a world where honesty can kill and deception becomes law, Min-joon must learn to weaponize his words, survive creatures that shouldn't exist, and discover why he was chosen before the next task claims his life.

Bella is a retired assassin who is kidnapped by a secret organization responsible for creating a dangerous role playing simulation video-game called OutLive. A game that she finds herself playing alongside a few others who she must work together with to complete a series of savage missions in order to make it to the very end and not only walk away with the grand prize of $10 million but also with her life that is greatly threatened because should she die in the game then she dies in real life as well.

Come to know a game, where you battle new, unknown beasts, struggle in fights against New opponents, work on your character like oneself and see who shall reach the top level, your favorite fighter or your opponents, unknown to all. Apart from this a game that professional has to value. Top player level-100? No Top player level 1! And what is it to be beyond that! Players will realize the true worth of being higher level, above 1 the power of Minus Zero will soon lay in our hands.

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.

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.

'Life is never fair for everyone' Lee Seung Tsu works part-time in an internet café and is responsible for taking care of his little sister and grandmother. Lee Seung Tsu was born into a poor family, so he has to work hard for his family. Nevertheless, Lee Seung Tsu never abandoned life and always tried for his family. He simply wanted to ensure that his younger sister could attend school without worrying about their financial situation. The opportunity presented itself with the launch of a game that uses virtual reality called Authority. A game which is called a new era of fusion of the real world with the digital world. Through virtual reality technology, the gaming authority provides absolute richness for players who can master the game. Through the game Authority, Lee Seung Tsu tries to make his dream of being the best in the game come true. Lee Seung Tsu wants to raise a lot of money from the Authority game to support his family's needs.

Ryan Carter has always been ordinary—weak, overlooked, and struggling to find his place. But when a near-fatal attack awakens the strange pendant his late mother left behind, Ryan unlocks a hidden power that shatters his ordinary life forever. In a world where mystic energy is returning after centuries of silence, ancient clans and secret families are waging war in the shadows. To them, Ryan is no longer invisible—he’s a threat, and his pendant is the prize they all seek. As Ryan learns to harness his abilities, he uncovers dangerous truths: his mother once belonged to a powerful mystic bloodline, his sister Olivia carries a rare gift that could reshape the future, and betrayal waits even among those who claim to guide him. From a bullied student to a rising mystic, Ryan must fight, grow, and endure. But with every battle, the line between friend and enemy blurs, and one question haunts him— Is he destined to save this world… or destroy it?

The novel begins on the last day of 2022 when an information flood enters the minds of everyone, revealing that the world will not remain the same. It is later revealed that the God of Machines, Robert, has merged three universes together after a clash between the God of Magic Nebula and the God of Sword Shiva destroyed their worlds. Robert created a planet named Gor and a system to help people grow and adapt to the new world. However, he died after doing all these things, and people learned that the planet and system are based on the popular MMORPG game "Trials of Fate."