Survival Game

"You think you can stop me, Aiden? You're nothing but a pawn in this game." Malrik's voice echoed through the cold, sterile darkness of the virtual world, laced with malice. "In The Abyss, I am the ruler. And you will fall, just like everyone else." Aiden Cross never wanted to return to The Abyss. But when his sister’s mysterious death resurfaces in the form of a cryptic message, he’s pulled back into the deadly virtual world he tried to escape. Now, he must navigate shifting alliances, face dangerous enemies, and confront a hidden AI that holds the key to everything. But with every step, the line between reality and illusion blurs—each move he makes seems to play into the hands of the malevolent forces that control it all. In the fight to uncover the truth and save humanity, Aiden will have to decide: is he a hero, or is he just another pawn in a game he doesn’t understand? But when the virtual world begins to merge with reality... Will Aiden be able to stop Malrik before it’s too late? Or will the game consume him entirely? The countdown has begun. The question is... who will survive the game?

The moment the little tyrant of the nobles, Zephyr Calypso, saw his stepsister, he recalled his memories. He realized that he was in the world of a game he played in his previous life. To make things worse, he was the greatest villain in the common route of the game! "I'll be killed by the main character and the four capture targets ten years from now. Is there still any hope for me?" Just thinking about the fearsome glints of those sharp swords those beautiful capture targets held in their hands, Zephyr couldn't help but tremble in fear. Till a voice finally sounded in his head. 【Welcome to the Reincarnated Villain System】

Mike Carson, a twenty-three-year-old man, and the proud owner of a gaming corporation. He launches the first ever VR game named, “Nexus Online”. He was an ordinary man, living a normal life until in a twist of fate he loses the people he loved. Sometime later, he was floating, watching his own funeral, and in the next moment, he was standing at the court of Lord Yama. Bored and in need of entertainment, Lord Yama gives him another life. Mike is now reborn in a new world, quite similar to the game he once created. Now, all he has to do is climb up the ladder of power and survive. Easy right?

"Please provide the third unit with these apples for consumption." "Apples?" "These are enchanted golden apples; it will make them invisible for an hour. It is going to help with the mission. Oh, I almost forgot the luminous carrots that will enhance their night vision as well." Circus, an abandoned teenager, had no idea that he would one day dominate and save the world through farming, which he began for survival purposes. "I started by growing simple, ordinary vegetables. Hmm! The journey has been long and arduous."

When orphaned cadet Kael Ardyn is humiliated by the academy’s star student, he buys a mysterious ring—only to awaken the long-lost War God System within him. Cursed with power he can’t control, Kael is exiled to the deadly frontlines of the Voidspawn War, where monsters rule and survival means evolution. Guided by a sarcastic AI and a monstrous ally, Kael must fight through blood, betrayal, and cosmic horror to rise from a broken soldier… to the universe’s next Super War God.

Classmates brought together by a random game of Summoning the dead. This is a true story either you believe it or not. Let this serve as a warning to other's in the future instead because Curiousity indeed killed the cat.

On his twenty first birthday, David Hart’s life changes forever. In the span of a single night, a bizarre event throws him into a world unlike anything he’s ever known…a digital realm that is akin to a game, complete with stats, skills, and level-ups. At first, he believes that leveling up is the key to escaping. That with enough power, he can beat the system and return to the real world. But outside the code, time is running out. A mysterious virus is corrupting the game’s structure, threatening to erase it and David from existence. Trapped in a collapsing simulation, David must fight his way through monsters, mysterious realms, myths, and his own doubts. The rules are cruel. The enemies ever vicious. Can he master the system before it consumes him? Or will he be deleted with the rest?

Jared, who was plugged in and had just entered the Virtual Reality (VR) game, was sucked into another world一 assumingly, the game world that held a strong resemblance to his original world aside from several differences. Similar to the original world, there was a deadly flu-like virus that was being spread. The pandemic resulted in many deaths and after months, several types of vaccines were finally cultivated. However, in the new world, one of those vaccines was corrupted which led to the creation of a mutation in the human body一 a zombie virus. Fighting to survive against many odds, Jared who is an average college student that loves playing games, will need to also find a way back to his world or he may just not survive for long.

Adrian Evans, a 12-year-old boy battling terminal cancer, closes his eyes in a hospital bed, expecting the end—but wakes up in a breathtaking world of pastel skies, magical swords, and towering giants. Thrust into a realm where survival is a constant battle, Adrian must navigate dangers alongside Ally, a fiery young warrior determined to prove herself. As he uncovers the mysteries of this strange new land, Adrian discovers that his journey might hold the key to his destiny—and a chance to rewrite his story.

🏆 ["Sliver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 ‘Perhaps being stuck in a game isn’t so bad!’, Kyle thought moments before he was mistaken for a hidden boss by a rather dim, but quite powerful knight. That was the moment he learned what immediate regret meant. Kyle was an ordinary student at an insignificant university. Being the pinnacle of ‘average’, his life was as mundane as it could get, that is, until he found himself unable to log out of the full dive game that had recently released. Life in a game wasn’t too bad, that is if one’s not hunted day and night by the players, who mistook him for a special hidden boss with near human level A.I. And no amount of trying to convince them that he was, in fact, human helped. He survived a while until a knight kicked him though a boss door in a dungeon. Usually, facing a lich at such a low level would be a death sentence. By all means, it should have been. But lady luck smiled on him for once in his absolutely mundane life, and he found himself in the possession of said lich. About as confused as he can get, Kyle’s new life took a rather awkward and bizarre turn. And as such, his life of adventure fille with colourful and quirky characters, ferocious monsters and downright terrifying encounters began!