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THE ASCENSION SYSTEM
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Tony Cross, a broken ex-soldier, wakes up to a system interface flashing before his eyes: [ System Activated ] [ Reality is now under your control. ] What starts as a gift quickly turns into a curse. Every use of the system rewrites his past, altering memories and erasing parts of his existence. Hunted by black ops forces and a shadowy organization known as The Overseers, Tony discovers the system was never meant to empower—only to control. To survive, he must outmaneuver Zero, a ruthless assassin who has mastered the system, and find Dr. Valeria Kane, the rogue scientist who knows its secrets. But as reality fractures around him, Tony faces an impossible truth: He is no longer just a man. He is becoming something else.
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CHAPTER 1
: System ActivatedThe world spun. My vision blurred as I stumbled against the cold, damp alley wall, gasping for breath. Blood dripped from the cut above my eye, mixing with the rain pooling beneath me. Every muscle ached, and every nerve felt like it was on fire. The debt collectors hadn't gone easy on me.Not that I expected them to."You had your chance, Cross," one of them had sneered before driving his boot into my ribs. Another punch. Another kick. And now, here I was—left to rot in the shadows of the same city I once fought to protect. The sharp, metallic taste of blood filled my mouth as I tried to move. I failed.A broken ex-soldier, drowning in debt, haunted by war, and discarded by the country I once bled for.Poetic. In the sickest way possible.My pulse slowed. The cold crept deeper into my bones.So this is how it ends.A shaky breath escaped my lips as my body surrendered. My eyes fluttered shut. The distant hum of the city faded into nothingness.And then—A soft ding
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Trapped Between RealitiesThe street shimmered.For a moment, everything—the asphalt, the neon signs, the people moving past—blurred, as if the city had exhaled and forgotten how to hold itself together. Then, just as quickly, it snapped back, like a rubber band pulled too far and released.I blinked hard, my pulse thrumming. No one around me reacted. No one even paused.Was I the only one seeing this?I clenched my fists, forcing my breathing to steady. I needed answers, and I needed them now.---The apartment was a mess of papers, half-empty coffee cups, and the faint hum of Kane’s research board—an ancient thing covered in tacked-up notes and tangled red string. Elias was pacing, his expression tight.The woman from yesterday—the one who had looked at me like she knew something—had vanished before I could get a single answer.Now, Kane was investigating.She barely glanced up when I walked in. “It’s getting worse, isn’t it?”I stopped. “You knew?”She sighed, running a hand throug
Last Updated : 2025-04-08THE ASCENSION SYSTEM CHAPTER 154
Unstable GroundI woke up gasping for air.For a second, I didn’t know where I was. The ceiling above me swayed, blurring at the edges before snapping back into focus. My body felt wrong, like my limbs weren’t entirely mine, like I was occupying space I wasn’t meant to.I pushed myself up, wincing as a wave of nausea rolled over me. The room was spinning, or maybe I was. My hand reached for the nightstand, gripping it hard enough that my knuckles ached. The wood felt solid under my fingers, but something about it felt temporary, like it might vanish if I let go.I needed air.Stumbling to my feet, I pulled on a jacket and left the apartment. The hallway was dim, the flickering lightbulb overhead buzzing faintly. My steps echoed too loudly as I moved, like the world wasn’t sure if I was really here.By the time I reached the street, the morning sun was cutting through the cold air, sharp and golden. The city moved around me as if nothing had changed—cars honked, people hurried past, co
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The Overseer’s AbsenceSomething was wrong.I felt it before I even opened my eyes. The air had weight to it, thick and pressing, like the world itself was holding its breath. My fingers curled against the fabric of the couch, the cheap upholstery scratching against my palm.The apartment was dim, the only light coming from the neon flicker of a sign outside. The city hummed beyond the windows, a quiet, living thing. But it wasn’t the same. Nothing was the same.I pushed myself upright, rubbing at my face before dragging a hand through my hair. The memories of the old world clashed with this one, fighting for dominance. I wasn’t sure which version of reality was winning.The Overseers were gone.The ones who pulled the strings, who dictated fate, who made the world operate under their silent, unseen rule—they had vanished.And yet, the world kept going.It was supposed to fall apart. People should have noticed. But instead, life continued, reshaping itself like the absence of power ha
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A Fractured MindI was breathing.It was such a simple thing—automatic, instinctive. And yet, for the first time, I felt it. The air filled my lungs. The slow exhale. The steady rise and fall of my chest.I was breathing, and it was mine.I stood in the middle of an unfamiliar street, the neon glow of the city stretching in all directions. Cars passed, people moved, and life continued. It should have felt normal. Instead, it felt like I was watching from the outside, disconnected from everything around me.A woman brushed past me, mumbling an apology, and I flinched. The urge to reach for a weapon—something, anything—came sharp and fast, but there was nothing there. No blade, no gun. No orders ringing in my ears.I was free.So why did I feel like I was falling apart?I clenched my fists, grounding myself in the sensation of my own skin, my own body. It was mine, wasn’t it? The thought unsettled me. I had lived as a tool, a machine built for a single purpose.But now?Now I was someth
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Echoes of the Old WorldI woke up gasping. The air felt thick, pressing against my skin like an unseen force. My body ached as if I had been running for days, yet I couldn’t remember why. My mind swam through fragments of memories that didn’t fit together.The ceiling above me was wrong. It was my apartment—wasn’t it? The familiar crack near the window, the faint scent of old coffee lingering in the air—but the walls were a shade too dark, the window frame a little too sleek. My breath hitched.I sat up, my hands trembling as I rubbed my temples, willing the dizziness to subside. The moment my feet touched the cold floor, a wave of something unexplainable surged through me—like stepping into a past that wasn’t mine.Outside, the city hummed with life, but the rhythm was off. I stepped onto my balcony, eyes scanning the streets below. People bustled about, but their faces blurred at the edges, like unfinished sketches. The skyline—God, the skyline. Some buildings stood where there shou
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The New godThe void stretches before me, an endless horizon of shifting dark. It isn’t empty. It never was.I hear the voice before I see him. A whisper threaded through the emptiness, calling my name. It tugs at something deep inside me, a sensation I can’t quite explain—like remembering a dream just before it slips away.And then—I see him.Darren.But not the Darren I know.He stands at the precipice, his body half-formed, flickering between what he was and something more. His edges blur like static, shifting between his usual self and something vast and unknowable. His eyes—once sharp and grounded—hold an unnatural glow now, like something ancient is staring through them.A shiver crawls down my spine.I hesitate.“Darren?”He turns.And smiles.It’s small. Sad.“Tony,” he says quietly. “What have we become?”The weight of his words settles over me like a stone.I don’t know how to answer.Kane's voice crackles through my earpiece. “Tony, I don’t like this. His vitals are—” She s
Last Updated : 2025-04-04THE ASCENSION SYSTEM CHAPTER 149
The Shadow at the Edge of RealityWe don’t waste time.Kane’s fingers blur over the screen, calibrating the system with a precision that borders on desperation. The hum of the stabilizer builds as Elias mutters to himself, pacing near the controls. His eyes flick between us, sharp with unspoken frustration.“This is a terrible idea,” he says, for the third time in as many minutes.Darren sits on the edge of the cot, rolling his shoulders as if testing the limits of a body that still isn’t fully his. He’s pale. Tense. But there’s no hesitation in his movements.“If I go back in,” I say, keeping my voice even, “I might not make it out.”Darren shakes his head before I even finish the sentence. “Then I guess we’re both not making it out.”His fingers twitch at his sides, but his eyes are locked onto mine with an intensity that makes my throat go tight. I know that look. It’s the same one I’ve seen when he throws himself into danger without a second thought—when he’s already made up his m
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The System Still WhispersThe voice shouldn’t exist. But it does.It lingers in the air, fractured, stretched thin, but unmistakably real.Darren grips the side of the bed, his knuckles white. His breath comes in shallow bursts.Elias shifts beside me, his stance tense, like a man waiting for the next hit in a fight he doesn’t understand. “Someone explain what the hell is happening.”Darren’s eyes flick to mine, and the look in them—fear, disbelief, something deeper—makes my stomach turn.“It’s him,” he breathes.I frown. “Who?”Darren swallows hard. His voice barely carries.“The other me.”Silence.I feel the words before I process them. They sink into my skin, cold and wrong.“The part that never made it back.”Kane hesitates, fingers hovering over her device. “That’s impossible.”Darren lets out a breath that’s almost a laugh but lacks any humor. “Yeah. Well. So I survived.”The air crackles.And then—The whisper again.“Tony… help…”My spine locks.The voice isn’t just a whisper
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Whispers from the VoidThe lights flicker again. Just for a second. Just long enough to send a shiver down my spine.Darren’s grip tightens around my wrist, his skin clammy, his breath uneven. His wide, glassy eyes aren’t just looking at me—they’re looking through me. Past me.“You hear it too,” he murmurs.I do.It’s not a voice, not at first. Just a whisper at the edge of my perception, like wind slipping through cracks in a door. A sensation more than a sound, raising the hairs on the back of my neck.Kane stiffens, scanning the room with sharp eyes. “Electromagnetic interference?”Her fingers fly over the device in her hands, recalibrating. The screen glitches, lines of static crawling across it like fractured veins.“This isn’t interference,” she mutters. “Something’s bleeding through.”Darren flinches. His nails dig into the bedsheet. “It’s not supposed to be here.”Elias, silent until now, steps forward. His usual cool confidence is fraying at the edges. “Define ‘it.’”Darren e
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