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Chapter 165: Sing, Gamuza

Wade's voice snapped the audience out of their trance.

"He survived that!?" someone shouted, half-rising from their seat.

"Does that mean Wade's going to win?"

The question rippled through the crowd like a shockwave. To be honest, after seeing that golden light cannon—that absolute monster of an attack that had melted the ground itself—most people had started rooting for Russell. Everyone loved watching the plucky underdog slay the dragon, right? The scrappy new...

Chapter 79: Mandatory Networking ( PLAT )

As Alex walked the team through the Mark series evolution—the design philosophy, the technological progression, the various specialized suits—he watched their expressions gradually transform.

When he revealed War Machine, there were some nods of approval. Darker color scheme, exposed weaponry, more angular plating. It captured some of that military aesthetic they understood.

Then he showed them the Hulkbuster.

That got their attention.

The Hulkbuste...

Chapter 78: A Radical Design ( PLAT )

A massive shadow fell across the base. Alex glanced up and saw the United Government fleet making its entrance—over a dozen hovering battleships cruising majestically through the sky, their hulls gleaming in the sunlight. The enormous United Government emblems blazed brilliantly, impossible to miss.

General Starwind was definitely on one of those ships. Nobody else got that kind of escort.

Alex knew the player well—hard not to recognize someone who literally traveled wi...

Chapter 164: Falling Short?

"Where the hell did she go!?"

Wade's head whipped around frantically, his eyes scanning every inch of the battlefield. Unohana was down, submerged in cursed water. Fubuki stood in the back looking calm. Neliel cowered uselessly. But Artoria—the most dangerous piece on Russell's board—was just gone. Vanished.

He tried to push his mental power outward, to sweep the battlefield and find her, but it was like slamming face-first into a brick wall. Russell's mental...

CHAPTER 177 : Magician ( PLAT )

The command center had gone silent in the worst possible way—the kind of silence that comes when everyone's already writing the eulogy.

On the main tactical display, the water from Crimson Typhoon's impact was still falling in sheets, curtains of spray backlit by the city's neon glow. When visibility cleared, the view was nightmare fuel.

Crimson Typhoon lay on its back in the shallows, headless, the ragged stump of its neck trailing cables and hydraulic lines like exposed...

Chapter 21: Musica Universalis

The market of the Crystarium, known as the Musica Universalis, was said to be the largest trading hub left on the First. Shops lined the grand promenade, their signs advertising everything from daily necessities to adventurer’s gear and rare materials. In a thriving world, this place would have been a chaotic, vibrant river of people.

But this world was dying.

Even as the largest market, the foot traffic was sparse. A handful of merchants tended their lonely stalls, and t...

CHAPTER 176 : Fall of the Titans ( PLAT )

The EMP pulse from Scunner's shell hit like a tidal wave of electromagnetic death. Every digital system on the Seawall died instantly—screens went black, targeting computers flatlined, communication arrays dissolved into static.

But the Jaegers kept moving.

Aidan had seen this coming. After his time in the Transformers world, dealing with Decepticons whose mere presence could crash military satellites and scramble base-wide communications, he'd made damn sure the Jaegers ...

Chapter 163: The Bloodthirsty Berserker

"Holy shit, Russell's defense is insane!"

The thought rippled through the crowd like a shockwave. Murmurs turned to excited chatter as people leaned forward in their seats, hands gripping armrests. These weren't casual spectators—they knew their stuff, could recognize quality when they saw it.

And Meng Po? Everyone knew Meng Po. The old woman with her bowl of forgetting soup was legendary, a household name in cardmaking circles. But right now, watching her blood-yellow ...

Chapter 77: Pay-to-Win Paradise ( PLAT )

Infinite Realms' decision to restart competitive racing with a ten-million-dollar prize pool wasn't purely altruistic. Sure, they wanted to capitalize on Fast & Furious's success and stimulate the racing content market. But the real motivation?

Money. Always money.

Fast & Furious had proven players would spend insane amounts on racing content. The paid chapter's success, combined with the prize competition model, had shown Infinite Realms corporate exactly how profi...

Chapter 76: The Perfect Fit

The callback came through the next morning.

Susan had submitted Robert's headshots and resume around midnight. By 9 AM, her phone was ringing with an interview request from Morrison Entertainment.

"That was too easy," Robert said, staring at the email on Susan's laptop. "This has to be a scam, right? They want me to fly to... wait, where the hell is Morrison Entertainment headquartered?"

"New York," Susan said, scrolling through the company information. "And it's not ...

Chapter 20: The Hundred-Year Ghost

Ashem’s sudden, sharp intake of breath did not go unnoticed. Leo immediately turned to Mordo, putting on a calm façade he did not feel.

"There's no danger," he said, his voice steady. "But this is… a private matter we need to handle." He gestured towards the door. "The market is just across from this building. You should go on ahead and find the Crystal Exarch. We'll be right behind you." He quickly added, "Oh, and if anyone asks where you're from, just say you're with the E...

Chapter 162: The Disciple

Russell's eyes swept across the viewing platform, taking in the sheer scale of it all. Row upon row of seats stretched back into the darkness, every single one occupied. Faces everywhere—excited, curious, skeptical, hungry for drama. The air practically vibrated with anticipation, thousands of people holding their collective breath.

He'd known it would be big. Blake had asked him three days ago if he was okay with making this public, really public. Russell could have said no,...

CHAPTER 175 : The Double Event ( PLAT )

Four signatures.

The computer spat out displacement calculations that made everyone's blood run cold. Based on the water volume displaced at the breach, two of the contacts were Category-5.

Category-5.

The first humanity had ever encountered. And there were two of them.

Every screen in the PPDC network showed the same data. Across the world, in command centers and government bunkers, people stared at those numbers with expressions that ranged f...

Chapter 75: Simultaneous Launch

Beyond the immediate money-printing potential, Alex had another reason for choosing the Avengers as his next project: timing.

Infinite Realms had just dropped its fifth major expansion—"Interstellar Expedition.

The expansion's foundation came from content created three years ago by Storm Entertainment , a major American studio. Their "Starbound" and "Cosmic Frontier" dungeons had built the narrative framework that Infinite Realms corporate adapted into the main storyline....

Chapter 74: Building an Empire

The insane sales numbers for Fast & Furious sent shockwaves through the gaming industry.

Industry analysts dissected the success from every angle. Sure, the free version had built massive brand loyalty and user retention. And yeah, the whole Brandon Sterling scandal had inadvertently given the game unprecedented exposure—the kind of publicity you literally can't buy.

But the real genius move? Alex had integrated competitive challenges with actual cash prizes directly ...

Chapter 161: An Audience of One

Russell wasn’t surprised when the ball landed in his court. It always did.

He let the silence hang in the air for a beat, enjoying the tension, then gave a slight, almost imperceptible nod. "Okay," he said, his voice calm. "I agree."

He honestly didn't give a damn about the Wu family's money. He had enough materials and cash to get by, and whatever they offered was just a bonus. What he really wanted was another shot at Wade. He wanted to see him try, really try, to bre...

Chapter 19: The Exarch's Plea

The moment they stepped out of the portal and back into the serene courtyard of Kamar-Taj, the calm was shattered. Standing in the center of the training grounds with the Ancient One was the Crystal Exarch, and the air around him was thick with a suffocating, anxious energy.

"Exarch?" Leo and Ashem said in unison, surprise overriding their post-battle adrenaline.

"You're back. Thank the stars, you're back." The Exarch rushed forward to meet them, his usual composed demeanor...

Chapter 160: Negotiation

The air itself seemed to scream.

Russell's breath caught in his throat as the massive figure behind Blake Whitmore solidified, its form blotting out the rising sun. Ghosts—actual, horrifying ghosts—swirled around the giant hand descending from the sky, their wails piercing through the morning air like nails on glass. The hand was wreathed in black energy that seemed to devour light, and Russell could feel it in his bones—the palpable, suffocating presenc...

CHAPTER 174 : The Deep

January 20, 2025.

Seven days since Sydney. Seven days since Mutavore tore through the so-called "Wall of Life" like it was made of cardboard, proving what everyone in the Jaeger program had known all along—you can't wall out the apocalypse.

The four remaining Jaegers had assembled at the Hong Kong Shatterdome. Gipsy Danger, Crimson Typhoon, Cherno Alpha, and Striker Eureka—humanity's last line of defense, gathered in one place. Which was either strategic brilliance or p...

Chapter 73: Breaking Every Record

In the courtyard, Stormwind employees were definitely busy—just not with work.

They were setting up sun umbrellas, arranging tables and chairs, hauling out coolers packed with beer. A couple guys fired up the industrial-sized grills, getting the charcoal going. Others carried out platters of fruit, skewers, and enough raw meat to feed a small army.

The scene looked less like a game studio the day before a major launch and more like someone's backyard cookout.

Tyler'...

Chapter 18: A Battle in a Broken Mirror

Inside the Mirror Dimension, the terrorists stared in panicked disbelief at the fiery portal. On the other side was the familiar, dusty cave of their own base—an escape route. They were about to make a desperate charge for it when the figures on the other side came into view, and they froze.

First was the woman with the cat ears. The demon who had trapped them in this hellscape.

Then came a man in a black robe, followed by a hulking, clanking monster of scrap metal. Liste...

Chapter 72: Wait... Something's Off Here

The next morning, when markets opened, Sterling Industries stock crashed again. Another limit-down day by noon.

Brandon Sterling, now the internet's most hated man, had only one option left: run. He fled the country to escape the relentless public crucifixion, tail between his legs.

But the fallout didn't stop there. The whole scandal had kicked over a hornet's nest of corruption.

The traffic cop who'd handled Steven "accident"? Suspended pending investigation for falsifyin...

Chapter 159: Reunion After a Long Absence

The sharp knock cut through Russell's meditation . He jerked upright in bed, his heart hammering against his ribs. What the hell? Who shows up at—he squinted at the pale morning light seeping through his curtains—barely dawn?

He rubbed his eyes and released a thread of mental power toward the front door, ready to give whoever it was a piece of his mind. The moment his awareness touched the figure waiting outside, every complaint died in his throat.

Teacher?

Russell scram...

Chapter 17: The Clean-Up Crew

"Okay, kid, you really… you really threw me for a loop there."

Tony Stark, now fully encased in the hulking Mark I armor, began to mutter to himself. It was a coping mechanism, a way for his hyper-rational brain to process the impossible things it had just witnessed.

"I mean, come on. Hell? That's… that's not scientific," he said, the words echoing inside his metal helmet. "That violates, like, twelve laws of thermodynamics right there. And beer that tastes like horse p...

CHAPTER 173 : The Test ( PLAT )

"With all due respect, Marshal, no one's going to be my primary pilot," Aidan said flatly, shaking his head.

Before Pentecost could respond, Raleigh jumped in. "If Dr. Ryan's compatible enough, I'd take co-pilot. No problem."

"And no one's going to be my co-pilot either," Aidan added, wondering how this situation had spiraled so far out of his control.

Mako stepped forward, tablet still in hand. "Dr. Ryan has a record in our files. He completed the simulation...