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In this latest work by Lord of the Mysteries author, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, be prepared for a well-thought out and detailed apocalyptic, cyberpunk world with a setting superseding Lord of the Mysteries! Our protagonist, Shang Jianyao, is crazy—literally crazy, at least that's what the doctors said. Living in a huge, underground building of Pangu Biology, one of the few remaining factions in this apocalyptic wasteland known as the Ashlands, he acts in unfathomable ways that's head-scratching, comical, and shrewd. So is he really crazy? Probably. He has a grand dream: to save all of humanity. Intricately tied to this dream is something everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door. There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely. The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away. The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers. There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be. Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: That's the New World.4.2
While a certain young man hides in a certain Ruins City, wanting to become a tanky mage through passive farming. Mages should focus on learning more spells and magic? There is no time to invest in body strengthening? Mages are defenseless when they run out of mana? None of these are a problem for Gurney and his Passive Farming System. Through the system, Gurney trains both his body and mind at the same time, he goes beyond the limits and logic of an ordinary mage. This is a mage who casts spells while tanking hits, his recovery speed surpasses even warriors and knights. This is the journey of a vigilant and careful mage who grows tankier and tankier. … With the rising waves of darkness, the steampunk steel ship sets sail on a journey and adventure. Whales sink to the depths of the sea, sirens sing with beautiful voices, calling out to the Transcendent sailors who hunt for mermaids. The mysterious Time Hunters who obey the ancient rules search for their prey. He who bears the title of “Hero” carries the burden of fate as he steps on the road to write a new page of history. Ancient “Sealed Ones” rush to break out of their imprisonment, wanting to create and release new “Supernatural Memetics”. The combination of steam technology and supernatural powers bring forth the era of “Transcendent Genetic Warriors”. Infant dragons who have just hatched watch as the Dragon Slayer digs out their mother’s heart from her body. Calamity level lifeforms sharpen their blades, stepping into the stage of this extraordinary era. The tides of the era surge and swirl, bringing along the mysterious fog of darkness… The indescribable existence nurtures and grows… Along with the stare of the Abyss… … Welcome to the Supernatural Steampunk Era!4.6
Once a police academy graduate—Xu Qian, woke up and found himself in jail. He was to be banished to the borderlands in three days... Stuck in this inhumane society, his initial goal was just to be a rich man and pass his days in relative safety. … Many years later, Xu Qian recalled the events of the past. His enemies and friends were dead, there was nothing of them left but bones. The rolling Yangtze River flows east as the waves wash away the heroes. Success or failure, wrong or right; matters little, it might? The lush mountains remain while the sun sets every night.4.1
"Legend had it that in the deepest part of the oldest galaxy, there was a door as red as blood and fire. Legends and myths, darkness and light, countless stories passed through this old door. The Door of Constellation that overlooked everything would warn the sky and earth, sending darkness back to where it belonged."4.4
After the battle, the beautiful senior sister shyly raised her face in front of you and slowly closed her eyes. At this time, you… [Choice 1: Kiss her lips gently. Reward for completion: Thousand Leaves Wonder (Earth Grade, High Tier)] [Choice 2: Kiss her on the forehead. Reward: Sword of Yin Yang (Earth Grade, Low Tier)] [Choice 3: Hug her. Reward: Netherworld Treasure Scales (Black Grade, High Tier)] [Choice 4: Say it as fast as you can: Senior Sister, what are you doing? Are you trying to seduce me? You've only fought with me once and want to be my girlfriend? Are you sure? Ah, do I go too far? But actually, I've always treated you as my sister. I'm sorry. Completion reward: Randomly basic attribute points+1] Eh? The choice this time was too simple. Of course, it was four.4.1
“Old Tang, you activated speed-related Genetic Base Points. What’s the direction of those Base Points?” This question caused Tang Ting to have a melancholic expression. “It’s… Hand speed…” “And the right hand at that!” Xu Tui slipped onto a daze. Hand speed and the right hand. This image… Didn’t the teacher say that it was easier to activate the Base Points of the areas you use the most? “Old Tang, just what do you use your hands for?” “According to that explanation, did I activate the Genetic Base Points in my stomach because I’ve eaten 18 year’s worth of meals?” Cheng Mo, who was on his way to becoming a glutton, looked up and sighed. Xu Tui stroked his head, “Could it be because I’ve used my brain for 18 years?”4.3
After dying, Chen Heng finds that he has transmigrated to an alternate reality: everything is the same, except the world is now a Wuxia world heavily influenced by martial arts! Not only this, he discovers that he has a Fantasy Simulator, from which he obtains rewards that make him incredibly powerful in his new reality as well. Martial arts, immortal cultivation, and overpowered abilities--all of this begins from a single simulation!3.7
Other people earn points, gain skills and attributes after transmigration, while I end up planting trees? What's the use of planting trees? I don't want to be a gardener! Wait a minute, there seem to be a lot of special tree species in this world. There is the Bodhi Tree that brings enlightenment, the Big Locust Tree that controls life and death, the Mandala Flower that lures people to death, the Nine-World Tree that is the foundation of Nordic Mythology, the Kabbalah Tree of Life that describes the so-called path of man to God… The tree is me, and I am the tree. With the uncovering of increasingly new abilities, I would say it’s pretty amazing to plant trees!4
This was a world ruled by summoners. In this world, summoners were the most remarkable existences that took center stage. When the mysterious, higher world was within reach, when the recollection of the glorious Huaxia civilization overlapped with reality, the story of the summoners in Great Flame Republic unfolds...4.2
Invincible, Sword God, Nonsensical. … Li Chu transmigrates to Ten Li Slope and becomes a junior Daoist. In this world where gods and ghosts rampage and demons wreak havoc, the weak and helpless he wants to live the rest of his life on Ten Li Slope. Until one day, when he has no choice but to step into the pugilistic world, only to realize… It turns out that there's nothing in this world that a single sword strike cannot resolve. If there was such a situation—two strikes, then.3.6
John, who had been framed and wrongly imprisoned, was finally released. His five-year jail time had fostered his hatred toward the son of the Waters Conglomerate, Niel. However, John, who had no connections, could not do anything about it. When he had almost lost all hope while accompanying his girlfriend who was in a vegetative state thanks to Niel, he suddenly realized that there was a search bar right before his eyes! This search bar was just like the search bar in Google Chrome! After a long silence, John tried to type a line into the search bar. "How to accomplish a perfect crime without leaving any mishaps that will cause the death of Neil Waters?" Immediately after that, a line of words appeared on the search bar: "On March 19, 2021, at 3:29:19 PM, on the trash can at the intersection of Louis Street, place a Lincoln brand pencil that is 3.5 cm in length, with a 1 cm³ base area, and weighs 2.8 g. There will be a series of accidents that will result in Neil's death in a car accident!"4.3
It’s the 3rd of March of the Immortal Martial era. Under the Sect Leader’s unremitting efforts, the Qingyun Dao Sect finally welcomes its eighth disciple, Ye Ping. In order to make Ye Ping stay and to earn his respect, everyone in the sect resorts to all sorts of tricks to deceive him. They boast and pretend to be peerless Sword Dao experts, geniuses in cultivation, alchemy, refinement, divination, alchemy arrays, treasure appraising, and sons of destiny. For the sake of maintaining the image of geniuses, they teach Ye Ping all sorts of nonsensical things. They make Ye Ping try to gain an epiphany out of a random sword mark. They take out a random big pot and make Ye Ping refine supreme-grade pills with it. They take out a random copper coin and make Ye Ping deduce the ultimate heavenly secret. They initially hope to just delay the time that Ye Ping discovers the truth so that he would stay in the sect for a while longer. However, to their surprise, their new little Junior Brother… manages to learn everything.4.1
Layn's life was relatively simple. Married to a princess, working as the top archmage of the country... Everything would be great if he never learned that his wife was actually cheating on him! Instead of getting his revenge, he put up with the humiliation. For three long years. Three long years he needed to prepare for what would go down in the annals of history as the greatest revenge ever! That is if his actions didn't aim at rewriting the history in the first place...4.6
Growing up with eccentric materialistic parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.4.6
# CALM # DECISIVEKILLS After “Renegade Immortal”, “Pursuit of the Truth”, “I Shall Seal the Heavens”, “A Will Eternal”, and “A World Worth Protecting”, this is Ergen’s sixth long-length novel, “Outside of Time”. Xu Qing’s world sank into deathly silence after the descendence of “God”. Master cultivators brought the human race and escaped the continent, and the remaining people struggled to survive. Every place that was met by “God’s” gaze had nearly all life forms wiped out. Young Xu Qing was lucky enough to survive. But in a world where ferocious beasts roamed and infighting was rampant within the human race, it was difficult to survive. “If cultivation doesn’t give me the power to fight against God, then I shall become God myself!” This is a story of how a human teenager became a god, step by step, to survive.4
By accident, Lin Ke joins the ranks of Qidian transmigrators and returns to half a year before the virtual reality online game ‘Destiny’ officially launches their servers to become an unknown NPC in the game. With his 1-point Luck, danger befalls Lin Ke the moment he enters the game. While surrounded by peril, he surprisingly activates an amazing in-game device that can synthesize animals and other materials into monsters. With that, his Monster Security Company rises to the top and towers above the rest! Lin Ke eliminates villains with one hand and players with the other, happily culling them down. Six years later… As Lin Ke drives his super-fortress about and looks at his Starlight Devourer, Magic Phoenix, and Zerg Queen… Close to tears, he wails, “How things have changed. Paul the Great Emperor, if you still refuse to show up, the players are gonna take me as the final boss and take me out!”4.2
Wei Huo has been ignored and overlooked by almost everyone his entire life, including God. In a bid to transform the world into a more game-like one, God halted time for all humanity except for Wei Huo, leaving him to fend for himself. The teenager has no choice but to strive for survival whilst waiting for the day humanity’s clock to start ticking again. But wait a minute! What if that wait is longer than a person’s lifespan? Follow Wei Huo on his survival journey in a world infested with mutated beasts and carnivorous plants.4.3
As the owner of an ordinary bookstore, Ling PingAn’s biggest wish was to muddle through life and do absolutely nothing. However, customers that were right in the middle of their pubescent crisis kept visiting his store in the dead of night. For the sake of his business, Ling PingAn had to mimic their childish tones, sparing no effort to promote the books in his store. When he finally managed to sell his books after going through a great verbal tug-o-war, each and every one of them said that they don’t have money, and that they wish to use various tools that were seemingly divine artifacts as pledge. Looking at these customers, Ling PingAn could only agree to them resignedly. But little did he know that every single book that these customers purchased from him had altered in appearance. “Secrets of Cosplay” became “Lower Abyss Research Report” “Stellaris: Settings for Synth Ascension” was in fact “Gospel for Synthetic Beings” What’s more, in the eyes of these customers, he was actually a horrifying ruler of Diablos, an indefinable entity that held the reins of all realms. In this regard, Ling PingAn said, “I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense.4.3
Su Bai wakes up and finds that the world has changed drastically. He realizes he has come to a world of pets. After accepting the new setting, he is determined to become a powerful Pet Tamer. One day, Su Bai’s pet releases a beginner skill spark. Flames flutter and the sky turns to ashes… A water attribute beginner skill causes the boundless sea to fall from the sky, flooding thousands of miles of mountains and rivers… One blow rips apart the claw, and endless sharp bursts explodes. One after another, worlds fall apart… A passerby: (゚Д゚≡゚д゚)!? This is a world of pets and monsters. Every teenager will develop a soul stone in the middle of their eyebrows. After placing the soul stones into stones, branches, water, and any other thing, a spirit egg unique to the owner would be born. Once the spirit is hatched, the owner will receive his own beginner spirit contract book. Then, he can embark on the road of contracting and training various spirits and monsters. However, Su Bai seems to be doing things a little differently… [Tags]: Beginner spirit, pets, monsters, spirits, cultivation, evolution, daily ease, adventure