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Twenty days before the world freezes to death, Zane wakes up again. In his previous life, the temperature plunged to minus 200°C, turning Earth into a frozen hell. Civilization collapsed. Warmth became currency, and betrayal came from those he trusted most — his fiancée, his family, and the neighbors he once helped. They left him to die in the snow like a fool. Now, granted a second chance by Hades, Zane returns with cold fury and zero mercy. This time, he will hoard every resource, build an unbreakable fortress, and become the Ice-bound Overlord. When the snowpocalypse hits… he will watch them freeze and beg. **Grab your coat. The ice age is closer than you think.😜**

"You miserable lowlife! Just get the hell out of my house!" Angela screamed. She dragged an overstuffed duffle bag out into the living room. "Please, Angie," Andre said. "We can work this out..." He pleaded in a docile tone, trying to calm his girlfriend down. She had never been this furious with him before. "Work out what? Your bankruptcy? How do you plan on doing that when your bank balance is zero?" Nathan, a deliveryman was betrayed, and kicked out of his house by his girlfriend. Was bullied by people around him. When he thought everything was over, he suddenly got a multitalented, and sudden wealth system. Now, he got the skills, and he's going to show them.

Tony Cross, a broken ex-soldier, wakes up to a system interface flashing before his eyes: [ System Activated ] [ Reality is now under your control. ] What starts as a gift quickly turns into a curse. Every use of the system rewrites his past, altering memories and erasing parts of his existence. Hunted by black ops forces and a shadowy organization known as The Overseers, Tony discovers the system was never meant to empower—only to control. To survive, he must outmaneuver Zero, a ruthless assassin who has mastered the system, and find Dr. Valeria Kane, the rogue scientist who knows its secrets. But as reality fractures around him, Tony faces an impossible truth: He is no longer just a man. He is becoming something else.

For over a decade, Axel lived like a ghost- hidden in the shadows of Outer Bank X, cut off from a world that had moved on without him. But when Axel finally reaches for the power that stole everything from him, the System breaks. Instead of a normal pool of energy, his status screen shows a single, impossible symbol: "—". To the Empire, Axel is nothing—a zero, a bottom-feeder with a faulty awakening. They don’t realize the dash isn’t empty. It’s infinite. While the "Hero" elite ration their mana just to survive, Axel is a glitch in the machine, able to cast the highest-tier spells as easily as a heartbeat. He never wanted the spotlight. He never asked to be a savior. But as the corrupt Citadels tighten their grip on the weak, the boy who spent his life in hiding discovers something no tyrant can control: limitless potential.

In the distant future, Virtual Reality Multi Massive Online Role Playing Games or VRMMORPGs have taken center stage on earth's mainstream form of entertainment. The hottest game Level 0 touts the greatest rating and popularity for its realism and in-depth features that keeps the players guessing on what the next surprise will be. One day one player returns 10 years to the past and find that his family is alive. He is further confused and wondered if this was a dream, but realization violently came upon him. Plagued by a mind splitting headache, future memories of his path from today showed him the grim fate that awaited him. Armed with the knowledge of the future, he pushes forward to a brighter future where his family is still besides him. Start from Zero and Rise, as a new AGE is about to begin.

Kim Baekho has zero mana in a world where magic is everything. But he hides a terrifying secret: he can absorb death itself to become stronger. Two years ago, an incident killed 300 people and left him cursed with a seal that makes everyone forget he exists. Now, to save his dying sister Ha Chaewon, he must enter the deadliest Gates for money while hiding his true nature. When top student Choi Iseul discovers his secret and offers him a chance at redemption, Baekho must choose between becoming the government's weapon or joining a secret organization fighting against corruption. But as his seal weakens and memories return, everyone will remember the Death Walker. And when they do, he must prove he is not the monster they fear.

Marco Deluca died a nobody. He woke up in a world of awakeners, mana cores, and noble families who treat commoners like insects. His body? Unawakened. His future? Garbage destined for the gutter. But he brought something back with him. The Infinity Money System. Now every gold coin he spends becomes power. Every luxury purchase accelerates his growth. And when the coldest ice princess in the empire—Isabella Moretti, the A-rank prodigy who makes S-rankers tremble—calls him worthless trash? Marco drops one hundred thousand gold coins at her feet. "I can't fight you. But I can buy you." One man. Unlimited wealth. Zero cultivation. And he just made a deal with the most dangerous woman in the world.

Lucien was born in a strong magic family, but he couldn’t use magic at all. Because of that, his family didn’t want him and sent him away to a scary place full of old bones and dead monsters. Discarded by his family and stripped of his name, he is exiled to the Eternal Ossuary, a forbidden wasteland where the corpses of fallen gods, ancient demons, and primordial monsters are dumped to rot. To enter is a death sentence; to live there is a curse. But as Lucien steps onto the hallowed, ash-covered ground, a voice resonates in his soul: [Ding! Detected location: The Tomb of the Solar Archangel. Sign in here?] From that day on, Lucien becomes the silent janitor of the gods. While the world’s "geniuses" struggle for crumbs of power, Lucien signs in at the Pit of the Demon King to receive the Abyssal Heart, and at the Throne of the Frost Queen to obtain Absolute Zero Magic.

Jay was the shadow behind the world’s brightest stars. Armed with a psychological framework known as the "Vulnerability and Value System," he could turn a nobody into a god, and a king into a beggar. Betrayed by his mentor and erased from the world, Jay was left with zero dollars and a burning thirst for vengeance. Now, starting from the literal gutter, Jay is building a new empire. His first asset? A janitor with a golden voice and a dark past. His first soldier? A disgraced journalist with a vendetta. But as Jay claws his way back to the top of the entertainment industry, he discovers his former agency is just the bottom rung of a terrifying global cabal that treats human beings as literal stocks. To win, Jay must become the most ruthless architect the world has ever seen. The market is open. And Jay is about to short-sell the world.

When the world ended, it wasn’t with fire or ice—it was with a game notification. One night, humanity wakes up to find reality rewritten into a deadly survival game. Monsters roam the streets, dungeons tear open from the skies, and every human is forced into a player’s role. Except for Ethan Cross, a failed gamer who spent his life mocked for being weak and useless. But when the system awakens, Ethan isn’t just another player— he receives the hidden [Game Master System], giving him the power to set rules, break limits, and bend reality. In this brutal new world where survival is everything, the weak are slaughtered, and betrayal hides behind every smile, Ethan must rise from zero to the ultimate Game Master—or die trying. Level up. Rule the game. Rewrite fate. Because in the apocalypse, the only law is survival.