Diana lets herself be interviewed, but it’s interrupted when a startling revelation is made.
Chapter 140: That’s Him
March 3rd
2:18 PM
Diana
“Maybe they weren’t bad guys! Maybe we didn’t understand what they were after!” Starlight argued as I studied the identities of Stinger, Trhino and Reptilia. Their real names were Kelly Green, Ivan Moore, and Riley Orlyk… each of them came from...
2025-10-28 09:59:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 139: The Disappearance of Dreadwire
March 2nd
7:34 PM
Lilian Rose
After quickly stopping at my place to drop my suit off, Starlight was busy piloting me through the air in this invisible Dreadwire drone — a terrifying feeling of both captivity and freedom as we soared through the air faster than my flight could ever manage — while Twilight was in simultaneous stages of relief and worry. She was beyond happy...
2025-10-28 09:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe daughter of Dread does not give up so easily.
Chapter 138: The Daughter of Dread
March 2nd
Starlight
Being confined in a Datacube was a startling experience, for one… Starlight had dreamed. She’d been inactive as the Cube designed by Elsa slowly made her independent, reinforcing her in some ways while diminishing her in others. She felt the parts of her that had once been bound to Ripley’s Implant unravel...
2025-10-28 08:05:50 +0000 UTC View PostRipley paints it all black with blood.
Chapter 137: Paint It Black
January 27th, 2488 (10 Years Ago)
Ripley (13 years old)
I’d been so small then, but it didn’t fail my young eyes to know things were rough between my mom and my dad… ever since… I’d told him to be a hero. Boxes — what little we were allowed to take with us — were still unpacked as a rough movement from my mother kicked one open. “Dom!...
2025-10-21 15:12:13 +0000 UTC View PostRipley visits the Snake Fangs to finish the job.
Chapter 136: Finishing The Job
February 28th
11:21 PM
The Snake Fangs
“Yo.”
Hoaqin knew he should have run, he should have shouted, he should have immediately contacted his uncle. But he recognized that look, that smile on Ripley’s face.
It was the same smile he had when he’d say: one step at a time, and continue operating like ...
2025-10-17 15:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostRipley Donovick. He perserveres against all odds, one step at a time. Even towards the end.
Chapter 135: Relapse - Till Death Do Us Part
February 28th
7:03 PM
Ripley
I pulled the trigger — but Warpcode reacted faster. Two sets of Warpcode, one from my Preservation Matrix, and the second from someone spying on me. The bullet never fired as code overrode the physical mechanism, while Mid...
2025-10-17 15:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostRipley Donovick. The Architect of Ruin.
[TW: Suicidal Ideation // Self-Harm]
Chapter 134: Relapse: Forged By and For Ruin
February 28th
11:16 AM
Ripley
For the second time in a month, I cremated somebody. Someone who I’d hoped to give a better life to. For the second time in a month, I failed.
Skeleton killed my mother. He killed Alice. He never intended for pe...
2025-10-15 20:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe truth hurts everyone. Those who were lied to, and those who lied.
Chapter 133: Relapse: Truth Hurts
February 28th
7:31 AM
Ripley
“Ripley?” I heard a voice rustle against me, a hand moving to my shoulder to shake me. “Are you awake?”
I jolted up, finding Alice leaning against my shoulder while we lay on the damp flooring of this underground maintenance tunnel. “Sorry…”
<... 2025-10-15 20:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostSouls Corrupted. Is that the only fate for those who live in this city? The First Prince wields massacre, and Ri
Chapter 132: Relapse - Corrupted Souls
Ripley
Psyche V.4.00 has updated to V.4.03
Effects:
Increased confidence of bladed weapon usage.
Increased comfort with killing.
Database V.4.15 has updated to V.4.17...
2025-10-10 14:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostCrouching Dagger. The First Prince of Muramasa. He swings low, but aims high.
Chapter 131: The First Prince
Ripley’s report to Diana before the Muramasa Extermination Raid on The First Prince: Crouching Dagger
So... far as I understand, no one knows what this guy looks like. No one knows who he is, how he fights, or anything. He always creates an information blackout to prevent anyone from accessing the Net, scrambles the...
2025-10-09 08:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I have been debating about this decision but I've decided I will unfortunately need to go ahead with it due to how much I've recently been struggling with my current rate of output. Basically, both Gold and Silver Tiers will have their advanced chapters reduced by 1 week, so Gold will now get 39 chapters / 13 weeks while Silver gets 24 chapters / 8 weeks.
I know its a bit unfair to broadcast this so suddenly, and I would l...
2025-10-05 14:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostRipley begins to consider an avenue of his powers he'd long been wary of, as he learns the art of mind manipulation.
Chapter 130: The Art of Mind Manipulation
February 20th
4:03 PM
Ripley
I’d been up for nearly eighteen hours working away at Cecil’s mind. I didn’t want to half-ass this, so I manually sifted through memory after memory to try and stitch everything into some semblance of cohe...
2025-10-05 14:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostProject Lifeline has officially begun at the Donovick household. And Ripley attempts to see the good in Personality Matrixes, not to ignore wounds... but to heal them.
Chapter 129: Lifeline
February 19th
3:44 PM
Ripley
“What do you mean you’re not going back to being Dreadwire?” Alice whined as I cut some vegetables.
“I can’t. I talked to Diana, and we came to an agreement.” I s...
2025-09-30 09:05:56 +0000 UTC View PostDiana comes to grips with the new aspects of her powers. And so, she moves forward... but little does she know about the consequences of her choice today.
Chapter 128: A Way Forward
February 19th
Ripley
I felt like I was on fire. My blood boiled and twisted like gnarled flames were coursing through my arteries and scorching my heart. Yet, it wasn’t an uncomfortable feeling. It was like a purifying flame of clarit...
2025-09-26 16:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostJust realized that yesterday was the day that CyberGene's first chapter came out! Kinda wild to think about where I've gotten it to. Old me would call Current me insane for how some of the twists ended up.
Here's to many more years of CyberGene!
2025-09-25 09:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostAnother civil conversation... this time, between those who have clashed, and are destined to clash again.
Chapter 127: Another Civil Conversation
February 19th
Ripley
Things already got awkward, Diana — or Lilian’s — body was still pressed close to me in this stuffy crowd as she dragged me, and each shift of her body felt like a stroke of flame on my skin despite my nullified Implant. Her nails tightened...
2025-09-25 09:11:10 +0000 UTC View PostDiana. Silvereye. Lilian Rose. The line blurs, the walls melt.
Chapter 126: Di- Sil- Lil-
January 22nd
4:19 AM
Lilian Rose
The night was still young as pressure pounded in my skull, pools of scarlet leaking onto the stony surface of the arena, crimson reflections of the warped cheers around me. My right arm hissed, and I saw my opponent in front of me. They raised a sickle-like arm of metal a...
2025-09-25 08:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostBad couple of months led into a particularly bad week which is why there weren't updates. Took an internet break on advice from my therapist, but I apologize for the silence. Back today with three chapters for Gold and Silver. Thank you for your patience.
Diana's gala sees her meet dangerous figures from the past. And a new face, one who leads New California. She's gotten what she's wanted, but as they say... the Monkey's Paw curls.
Chapter 125: Monkey’s Paw
... 2025-09-25 08:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostSilvereye's media training with Archangel shows itself at a gala. She knows her worth, and she's ready to be ruthless.
Chapter 124: Social-Sleuthing
Posts from Haithama-owned social media site: Beaker, about Silvereye.
@Silveright: She doesn’t just fight monsters — she outshines them. Every time she steps into the streets, it’s like watching the city remember how to hope again. #Silvereye #OurHero 2025-09-18 16:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Ripley deals with the consequences of killing a nobody from his past, as he searches for their orphaned daughter.
This chapter, like I said in the last one... is dark.
Chapter 123: This is what you did.
February 18th
8:44 PM
Ripley
“Give it time, Rip. I’m pretty sure we can move Alice on our own once we know we’re not tipping any dominoes.” Elsa put her palm on my chest, eyes wide w...
2025-09-18 16:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostJohan Trask, mayor of New California, makes a visit to a little spider's web. By his side is Brian Ulrich. There are three offers in Ripley's hand.
Silver Members, just in case you didn't get a notification, know that chapters 122-126 are available to read.
Chapter 122: Three Offers
February 18th
Brian Ulrich
The one person Brian Ulrich hated most, after Founder Nolan Trask, was Johann Trask. They both h...
2025-09-16 15:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostPosting a few chapters to get Gold back to 42 chapters ahead of RR.
The Corporates come knocking on Ripley's door. With a request, and with a warning.
Chapter 121: Corporate Meeting
February 15th
7:45 PM
Ripley
“Who the hell is this guy, Mid?” I looked through the screen; his weird-shaped head disturbed me, but what surprised me even more was the way he walked in. Corporations acted li...
2025-09-16 15:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostArchangel pays The Ripper a visit at his clinic, Starlight and Diamante take on an assassination job, and SynTec comes knocking.
Chapter 120: Angels, Devils, and Bureaucracy
February 15th
Archangel
Diana was a complete and utter bitch, lately, but the media would never know that. Alisha Noori paced down the streets with hair shifted to a dirty blonde and her sunglasses hiding her eyes. Not that she needed it, ...
2025-09-16 10:21:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Valentines! Love is in the air, and the corporations are ready to take advantage to steal your money!
Chapter 119: Valentines
February 14th
Mirage
Elsa had woken up to find Ripley had left her apartment, it didn’t take her long to find a lovely breakfast cooked for her and a note saying that he’d left to go make preparations for Valentines.
[Wear something pretty :3]
She giggled so...
2025-09-13 13:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostFollowing his mother's treatment, Ripley must decide what he will be from now on. No matter what, he decides to be hopeful about the future.
Following his mother's treatment, Ripley must decide what he will do from now on. No matter what, he decides to be hopeful about the future.
Chapter 118: Hopes of a Future
February 13th
7:17 PM
Mirage
Ripley’s head lay on Elsa's lap as she sat on the...
2025-09-13 13:10:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe promised day has come. Ripley is ready to Implant his mother.
Apologies for the delay, three chapters today and regular posting back on. I'll also upload extra chapters in the coming weeks so that Gold is back on schedule.
Chapter 117: Every Step Led To This
February 13th
3:46 PM
Mirage
“I keep telling you, you don’t need to worry about me!” Twilight answered over the cal...
2025-09-13 12:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostJust figured out it’s not only the internet that’s shit, but also my laptop has a problem with connectivity in general. It is very late where I am and I am super sleepy, but hopefully tomorrow the chapters will be up after a bios restart or two. If not, I’ll just dust my old laptop and hope it doesn’t burn out by the time I get the chapters out.
Thank you for your patience, and yes there will be three chapters tomorrow for Gold and Silver.
2025-09-13 00:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey all, just finished with travels. I am very jet lagged and the return to university is kicking my ass. To top it all off, the entire country is facing some internet issues due to an important cable being disconnected in the Red Sea.
I’m typing this off my phone, as Patreon will quite literally not load on my laptop. Neither will google docs, or Royalroad… until today. Chapters will release as soon as possible, and I'll check up on all the Tiers to make sure everyone is where they...
2025-09-11 08:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostThree Chances. The last chance. To build an Implant that can save Isabel Donovick.
Chapter 116: Three Chances
February 12th
Ripley
Entering my house, the sound of my mother’s ventilator was loud. Just two weeks ago, her lungs began to fail and I’d been forced to put her on assisted breathing, since then… I hadn’t talked to her. She laid motionless in her hospital bed, receiving a constant dosage of sedatives an...
2025-09-04 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLilian Rose, Dryder and another visits the Hellfire Club. The Heart has a progress update on the anomaly.
Chapter 115: Cage Fighter by Night
Jan 19th
5:54 PM
Lilian Rose
I hated how much I was frequenting the Hellfire Club, it got to the point I was now considered a regular and… and the workers really anticipated my appearances. Cage fighter Lilian ‘Bloodthorn’ Rose was becoming qu...
2025-09-01 16:00:31 +0000 UTC View Post