The Heiress's Comeback - Chapter 427: [Volume 1] - 426 - Artifact or scientific sacrifice

I became a staff officer of an empire whose defeat was certain.The only way to escape from the empire with an 8-year mandatory service was through dishonorable discharge.But then…“You can be glad, Lieutenant. Thanks to your accurate instinct, our military could prevent damage in advance.”The more I struggled to be discharged, the higher my performance evaluation became.

Li Yun transmigrated into a cultivation world with one thing others could never possess.An EXP System.Every mission grants experience. Every kill sharpens his strength. Every life-and-death battle rewards him with techniques, comprehension, and instant breakthroughs.While cultivators struggle for years to advance a single realm, Li Yun grows stronger by completing tasks the world throws at him.Sect missions become stepping stones.Geniuses become experience points.Heaven itself becomes an obstacle to grind through.When cultivation laws fail to contain him, Li Yun does not submit.He levels up.This is the story of someone who is leveling up invincibly in the cultivation world.

Fate, a gatekeeper who had been working for the castle, is beset by a few burdens.

Jack Wilson spent his life in a hospital bed — betrayed by his family, forgotten by the world, and kept alive only by the one person he trusted.Then that person put a knife in his chest.He wakes up somewhere else entirely. In a body that can stand. That can fight. That hasn't seen daylight in years.He's inside Savage Awakening, a fantasy VR world he escaped into during every waking hour of his illness.Except it isn't a game anymore.Jack reawakens in the body of a third-rate villain.A Noble Vampire with magic powerful enough to reshape kingdoms — and a hidden curse called A Villain's Fate that guarantees he dies before the story ends.But Jack isn't the Vampire.... He wouldn't die because of some measly 'Villains Fate'Jack knows this world better than anyone alive. He knows every death flag, every hidden mechanic, every secret the game's creators buried in the lore.He also knows the true villain isn't him.The question is whether a man who never had a future can survive long enough to steal one.