A Step into the Past - Volume 21 Chapter 8

Ryo Tanaka, a struggling college student, works tirelessly at multiple part-time jobs to make ends meet. In a bid to earn some extra cash, he volunteers for a paid drug research study, unaware that it will alter the course of his life forever.The experiment takes a disastrous turn, leaving Ryo bedridden with a high fever for several days. But when he finally awakens, he finds himself in a world plunged into chaos. A deadly virus has ravaged the city, turning its inhabitants into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies. Streets once bustling with life now lay desolate, the remnants of civilization crumbling under the weight of the apocalypse.

In the year 2090, technology has advanced to the point where Simulation Boxes, (Sim Box for short) are common place, allowing for the user to link up their brain's neural network to a full dive Simulation. While initially used for educational purposes, recently a large gaming company, Averon, released a fully fledged immersive MMORPG simulation where users can become anyone they desire, level up, choose their class, and become a hero or a villain. The name of this simulation is The Shattered World Online.

Eli Winters had no interest in playing it. His father, a jobless bum who spent his entire life playing games in the hope of becoming a famous player or streamer, was able to use the release of The Shattered World Online to gain wealth and fame, quickly becoming the number one player and a household name as the game took the world by storm. He immediately abandoned Eli and his mother in favor of being with someone from his guild, despite his mother having worked two jobs to support them and raise Eli by herself. Eli had nothing but spite for his father and the game.

When Eli's best friend convinces him to try out the game, his father's fame begins to interfere, culminating in him being singled out and shunned by his peers, and his father offering to pay for his university tuition in return for Eli hiding their relationship and quitting the game. Instead of complying with his father's wishes, Eli decides to prove to everyone how useless a guy his father is by challenging him that if Eli is able to surpass him in the game world he must delete his account and quit his streaming career. His father accepts the challenge believing his son to be useless at games - but Eli will soon show him just how ambitious a spiteful person can be.

The end of the world is coming, the world has undergone great changes, and everything has changed. Plants, animals, and even insects, as long as there are living things, have mutated.
Become more powerful, and even evolved supernatural abilities, such as chickens and ducks that can fly to the sky, such as cats and dogs that can breathe fire.
But only humans, without any obvious changes, seem to have fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom of the food chain overnight.
Any creature that can open its mouth to eat can treat humans as food.
But fortunately, this world has not completely killed humans. Gradually, humans discovered that they had the ability to cultivate compatibility with other creatures.
As long as it has a high degree of compatibility with some powerful mutant creatures, it can be used for its own use to achieve the purpose of protecting itself.
Fang He is a person who is very compatible with mutant animals, but it is also because of his ability that he has changed from the strongest to the stupidest.
Fang He, who was reborn, said, “Hmph, this time…”

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#no-harem #no SmutIn a world where magic is not inherited but torn from the heart, human worth is measured by coins extracted from their very Hearts.Mythical stones choose those deemed worthy of power, while stolen coins quietly feed on human fate.When a forbidden force chooses a demon named Lilithia as the heir to a legendary stone, the system that claims to maintain justice begins to crumble.Mages thrive on blood, and the Drakhaen, descendants of dragons, enforce a fragile balance built on lies.As ancient seals break and the Ravagers of the Vein rise once more, Lilithia’s existence proves to be more than a chance for salvation…She is the door that will force the world to face the truth it has buried for centuries.Featuring a dual LitRPG system of Living Stones and Heart Coins, where power grows through synchronization, stolen fate, and dangerous progression. ( Original System LitRPG )[Gender : Male Lead][ This story is carefully crafted, with a rich and well-built world. Nothing happens without a reason. Every event and detail has a purpose that becomes clearer as the chapters progress. Even the small moments at the beginning contain hints of larger events later on. The power system branches out more over time, and new abilities and secrets stronger than before begin to appear. And once you reach Chapter 47, the true lore of the world begins to unfold, and you’ll start to see how everything is connected..]Other Tags :#ANTIHERO #DRAGONS #STRATEGICBATTLES #DARK #VILLAIN #ForbiddenMagic #AncientPowers #Overpowered #StrongMaleLead #StrongFemaleLead