"Ye Chuan, they agreed—three billion to develop this transformation device." After hearing Ye Chuan's request, Wang Yanran relayed the message to the other party.
Soon, she received a reply.
"Oh? They really are loaded." Ye Chuan was surprised. He’d casually thrown out the figure of three billion, and they’d actually agreed.
Was this armor meant for some non-Super Martial big shot?
Well, if the client was willing, Ye Chuan had no objections. After spending just 300,000 in costs to unlock the "monster theft" trait, he’d immediately pocket three billion.
A 100,000% return.
Profits so high they were practically overflowing.
"Not bad, I guess." Just as Ye Chuan was marveling at how easy it was to make money these days, the entire house suddenly shook, followed by continuous tremors.
"Earthquake?!" Lan Xiaoke shrieked, immediately ducking into the safety corner with her arms over her head.
Since when do ghosts fear earthquakes?
"Huh?!"
"We’re not even on a fault line—how could there be an earthquake?" Ye Chuan immediately released his spiritual sense, his gaze piercing through the window. Outside, the azure sky had split open, a massive fissure tearing through it like shattered glass.
"You’ve got to be kidding me. The rift spawned right outside our door… If the house collapses, none of you monsters are getting out alive." Muttering under his breath, Ye Chuan immediately stood and headed for the door.
He never expected a spatial rift to open right on his doorstep.
If the house collapsed, where would he take in tenants? That would be a disaster.
"Let’s go check it out." Bai Qianshuang turned to Lan Xiaoke, then seemed to remember something. "Xiaoke, go see how Miss Luo is doing."
With that, Bai Qianshuang followed Ye Chuan out, and Wang Yanran quickly trailed behind.
"Luo Xi?" Lan Xiaoke floated mid-air. "Uh… I don’t even know where she lives."
……
"Woo—" The alarm blared across the entire city, and the emergency broadcast crackled to life. "Warning, warning. A spatial rift has appeared in Jinwan District, Haizhu City. All nearby citizens must seek shelter immediately."
"Warning—"
The sirens wailed relentlessly. A rift appearing directly in the city was the worst-case scenario—no one could predict the scale of destruction it might bring.
The military and the Super Martial Alliance mobilized at once.
"Wait, seriously? Another rift in the city? Didn’t the last one just disappear?"
"Oh god, it’s right outside my balcony! Should we evacuate?"
"Hide, quick! The monsters are coming!"
Pedestrians scattered in panic. The trauma from the last monster attack was still fresh, and even with preliminary countermeasures in place, no one wanted a rift opening right where they lived.
Meanwhile, at the Super Martial Alliance headquarters, Minister Shen received the alert in the command center.
"What? A rift in Haizhu City?" Though nominally still a branch director, Minister Shen had largely ceded authority to the Wang family. Now serving as the rift warfare commander, he coordinated Super Martial artists and military forces against rift monsters.
Upon learning of the rift’s appearance, he immediately pulled up surveillance footage. On the screen, an enormous tear split the sky, dark and foreboding, exuding an aura of dread.
"Exact coordinates," Minister Shen demanded.
"Sir, the location is…" The staff relayed the position, and Minister Shen paused. "That location."
"Minister, nearby Super Martial artists are already moving. Should we deploy the military?"
"…" Minister Shen shook his head. "Hold the military for now. Have the nearby Super Martial artists assess the situation first. That area… seems to be that man’s home."
That man?
The staff exchanged confused glances. Before they could ask, the surveillance feed showed a figure hovering mid-air above the rift, standing atop a flying sword with arms crossed, silently observing the fissure’s formation.
"Just as I thought…" Minister Shen wasn’t surprised. He’d heard Ye Chuan hadn’t left Haizhu City recently. Now, the rift had spawned right outside his doorstep.
Minister Shen almost felt bad for the monsters.
If this were a game dungeon, they’d just walked into an S-rank hell mode.
At that moment—
"Why aren’t they coming out?" Ye Chuan stood on his sword, expressionless as he stared at the eerie blue rift.
He was undeniably pissed. Not only had the monster spawn point appeared right outside his home, but the tremors had shaken his house.
His presence also drew the attention of nearby residents, who peeked through their windows in awe.
"Whoa, since when can people fly?"
"Hey, doesn’t that guy look familiar? Isn’t that the kid who used to mooch steamed buns from my stall?"
"Times have changed. Now we’ve got flying humans."
"Is he really going to fight alone? The monsters are coming!"
"Oh no, he’s trying to buy time to protect us. This is dangerous!"
……
"First one to stick its head out gets obliterated." Flames erupted from Ye Chuan’s hand, coalescing into a massive fireball.
Finally, the rift stirred—like a calm lake disturbed by a ripple—and a gigantic claw emerged.
"Boom!" The fireball exploded against the claw in a burst of flames and smoke.
A furious roar echoed from the rift. The monster seemed to experience the equivalent of getting its fingers slammed in a door—injured the moment it stepped out.
Soon, the creature’s full form came into view: a towering, Godzilla-like beast over ten meters tall.
"…" Ye Chuan’s spiritual sense assessed it—roughly Foundation Establishment level.
Eyeing the charred claw, Ye Chuan smirked. "Interesting. A rift this big, and only one of you shows up?"
Just as he was about to dismiss it as weak, the beast roared and unleashed a blue laser from its maw.
Ye Chuan didn’t flinch. The laser struck him but was absorbed by an invisible force.
"Pathetic." With a mere pulse of his aura, the laser shattered into nothingness.
He raised a hand and fired a dark energy beam.
"Boom!" The monster’s body exploded.
"Too easy." Just as Ye Chuan was writing it off as laughably weak, an eerie presence surged from the rift.
The fissure suddenly turned crimson, and an even larger, more terrifying beast began to emerge—several times the size of the last.
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
