Season One- A zombie apocalypse happens out of thin air. A group of people try to find what is happening and how to stop it. Will they find out how? Or will everyone die while trying? Find out!

Season Two- Now that everyone knows about the zombies its time to figure out where they came from and how to put this to an end. Will they succeed or fail?

I've been working on this book for five years now. Its been so long that it's going to make me cry when I finish it. This is my first book that I've ever wrote and I know it won't be my last. So please enjoy the book and my advice to anyone who wants to write know that it takes time to finish something and it feels so good when you do because you wrote what you wanted to write!

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Hello Reader/Viewer Webnovel.




First, about the title of this Auxiliary Chapters, I want to write Novel instead Book, but after repeatedly voicing out, the word 'Book' seem better as the title for this Chapters.




This Book/Novel is originally created by me, but of course not purely everything is original, since I'm using some of other Novel/Book Concept, but the story is pure from my imagination and idea. the Concept like Cultivator, Qi, Zombie, Transmigration, OP MC, Shameless MC and other similar thing to other Novel/Book just merely about the concept, and I will try as much as I can to create Original Story around with it.






How came I'm run into this kind of Story?
I'm usually reading other Novel like Wuxia and other similar genre at first time I got into Online Novel World, and it's spread to other genre. And that lead to where I'm thinking to write about Cultivator and Zombie combination that I'm sure the Concept it's already exist out there, but what if the MC is Overpowered but not Overpowered? Maybe there already one exist, maybe not, but I will make sure the story is really different than other. This is where the Idea lead me to try writing/creating this story.






Why you Create/Write a Novel at Webnovel?
firstly, of course because Money, who didn't like about money? but after observing Webnovel for a long time, I'm not confidence that my story can be good enough to earn a little bit money from it, but still I wanna try first. I'm really have many Idea about story that I want to write/create. So, this will be my first story here on Webnovel and in the future if chance is coming I will try write more with, of course different genre, different story and different concept. [to the truth is, this is the Second novel that I wrote, the first one already here on Inkstone but I got stuck since the novel need more research and knowledge, it's only exist on my physical book first]






What this Auxiliary Chapters?
I'm really confused too, how to use this chapter. But I decided to make auxiliary chapters as Introduction, not just about the Novel itself. so the 'Author Thought' on Chapter will only be used for more explanation about the chapter itself or other notice.






About Author?
Since this is the first novel I wrote, and I'm not Native English speaker so there will be some grammar that wrong, word that not supposed to be there and here and I hope you all can help me with it, to correct me if I made a mistake so that I can improve my writing and grammar. And to still read it with my lack of ability, I'm only can say Thank You!


A little bit information about the background world of this novel/story. the World still have the same size like Earth, but with different topography map. for basic thing everything is the same like we usually encounter in our real life. I'm just try to change a few thing so that it will be slightly different.
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I WANT ENTER WRITING CONTEST WITH THIS NOVEL. SO I WILL RE UPLOAD ALL THE CHAPTER AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT/FIXING TO THE STORY.
THANK YOU, HOPE YOU CAN STILL FOLLOW THIS NOVEL LATER ON.
KINDLY ASKING YOU FOR SUPPORT.

PS: Before we start this, do note that this author's thoughts is my longest yet. There's a lot to explain and I tried to be concise, but it still ended up being this long. If you don't have time, I'm sure you could skip it, but there are a tonne of important points I wrote here. So yeah, read at your own discretion. Oh, and I'll be taking a break for one week. I'll resume posting on the 8th of July!

WHATSUP!!! Linodo here! 

Did you enjoy the end of ACT TWO?! Yeap! The end of book 8 marks the end of Act II. Wow, how fast did time fly? I had begun writing Spirit Immortal over a year ago and I would have never imagined that we would have reached this stage. I'd always thought that I would drop the novel since I had other obligations and I would be lying if I didn't say I was tempted to for many parts of my short author life. But here we all are! One year since I first wrote my first word for Spirit Immortal. Round of applause for me!!! Hehe~

Before I get into the theme of Act II and whatever, there's something I want to ask all of you… HOW WAS THE CLIFFHANGER?! Hehe, were you shocked? Remember at the end of Book 7 I said something about the ending of Book 8 being something I planned long ago? Even before I came to write down Shin or Ariel? 

Yeah, so what I was referring to was the ULTIMATE CLIFFHANGER that I had planned. Latina's father is actually STAR FACE! The same Star Face that was Shin's first official kill!!! I wanted to write an arc where the main character, who had been broken down so many times throughout the story, finally picks himself up, becomes a monster with his skills, gets the girl and is almost 'invincible' in the story. Only to be destroyed by a little girl, who was weaker than paper, just by a simple sentence. Not an enemy stronger than himself, not by someone smarter than himself. The person that would cause Shin the most pain, would be a simple girl, who had no power, money, intelligence whatsoever. And all with one line.

I actually read the comments that people had speculated about Latina being Star Face's daughter which honestly shocked me. I didn't expect some of you guys to catch on that early on. I had even purposely written Latina's age to switch between twelve in the early book and thirteen in the later parts of the book to mess with your heads. Since Star Face disappeared four years ago when Latina was nine, she would be thirteen when Shin met her. Nonetheless, kudos to you smartlings for figuring it out. You deserve a cookie!

Rewind the clock a few years, back when I still read dozens of Wuxia novels a day from Wuxiaworld, Volarenovels and Gravitytales. No, you could even go further back to when I read exclusively Japanese web novels using Novelupdates. The days of Baka-Tsuki, Japtem and Yoraikun. Whenever I saw a protagonist kill off a random 'cannon fodder,' I had always kept this thought in the back of my mind:

'Hey, doesn't that guy/gal have a family? How could you just kill him off so easily like that?'

You see, humans are complex. Yes, there are evil people and many of them deserve death, but for the most part, not everyone should be killed off with a snap of someone else's finger. They had an entire backstory, maybe a wife or two, and most importantly, killing someone is quite a tall deed to ask from a normal human being. Of course, as I continued down the path of an author, I've learnt that no one cares about a random nobody's that only served to show how strong the protagonist is. So I tried to add my own form of cannon fodder in this book. Remember Winfred at the start of the book? His motivations were so paper thin that I nearly wanted to write him as a lustful pampered noble boy. However, Shin needed someone retarded to help show the audience, you guys, how much he had grown since the time skip. So I created him and killed him. At the snap of my fingers. 

But I really hated it. When I read Winfred back to myself, I thought to myself: 'Fuck, is there really someone that stupid to think with their crotch and go against two well-known geniuses? Could I add something more? Should I create a tragic backstory? Maybe he didn't want to **** Kanari really and was serving someone higher?' 

However, as many of you have read the comments in earlier chapters, people were telling me not to go in depth in writing side-characters or cannon fodder that no one would remember. Some have even accused me of using it to lengthen the novel. In certain aspects, writing more about the world surrounding Shin does help me with the word count, but that's not the main draw. I write more about the side characters, I write more about the world, to hopefully make the Spirit Immortal universe a more vibrant place. 

Take Gawil Jefferson, the Watkin Murderer in Book 2 for example. His purpose was to help an innocent ten-year-old Shin learn more about the world outside of Frie Mountain and to understand that the world isn't always black or white. Danroy, Suji and even Kanari to a certain extent in Book 5. They were there to help show that the universe around Shin doesn't revolve solely around him. Danroy, though privileged by any measure of the word, has been dealing with his own set of issues. Suji and Kanari were no exception. Kanari's arc begun as her being this perfect superhuman that everyone likes. However, as the world begins to thicken, you'll peek behind the curtains only to see a flawed human being, just like how every person in this world is.

And thus, it leads me to the theme of Act II. 

Growth.

Or to be more precise, how growth affects someone and what lengths would one go for growth?

Let me ask you this question. I just want you to pause whatever you're doing and think long and hard about this… Shin in chapter one and Shin now... Is he the same Shin? Of course, he isn't! Shin in chapter one is a lazy slob that doesn't even wake up in the mornings. He hates working out, he never takes initiative… Wow, he really sounds like the current me… Anyway, that's not the point!

When I wrote him that way, I'm sure many hated how lazy and weak he was. Shin always was the damsel in distress and he wasn't really 'likeable.' However, there's a reason why I wrote him that way. One word. Growth.

I got bored of reading reincarnated geniuses who were perfect from day one. I wanted to write a main character that was flawed, lazy and idiotic. However, over the books, Shin's power as well as his character, has grown tremendously. Of course, I had to add potential in him so that the readers, you guys, would be interested to see his future, so I added hints of his talents all throughout the early books.

In Book 1, Shin was first introduced. He was lazy with a little character. Sometimes he was whiny, sometimes he was stupid. Most importantly of all, he lacked imagination. Learning about his own ability, Shin could only think of making water spheres with it. No direction in life with no clue on how he was to progress.

In Book 2, Shin became a healer. His character back then was non-confrontational and he would never stand up for himself, needing Ariel or the Instructor to pick up in his stead. So his early relationships with Lady Seph were rather one-sided and a healer was the best route for him back then.

In Book 3, Shin continued on one the healing path and was brought to Aldrich's Keep. There, he failed to save his very first patient, Ronlen. That taught him that life was fragile and he learned to love his immediate family even more. 

In Book 4, this was where his character makes the most growth. Shin learns of Junius' disappearance and goes ballistic. After learning the value of life, he despised the Elders in the Frie Clan for ignoring Junius and cuts off contact, searching for Junius all by himself. Later in the book, he learns about the truth of the Frie and Awter Clan and his mind is sent in a disarray. Shin now hates the Frie Clan, but he doesn't know where to direct his hate to because of how detached he was to the Awter Clan. Then, of course, the dreaded Ariel's death. Shin became devastated by the death and it changed the course of his life, quite literally like nothing that happened before. 

In Book 5, Shin attended the academy while leaving behind Frie Mountain with two new objectives. Bringing Junius to justice, and becoming a Spirit Immortal. The now lazy Shin had turned into a hard-working monster that would bleed from all of his pores if it meant improving himself. And he also met the new characters that would help shape him in future arcs. 

In Book 6, Shin goes to the Land of Dreams in pursuit of Junius and killed his first person, Star Face. That placed him on a trajectory of no return. Now, to pursue his dreams and to grow, Shin was willing to claim another soul. 

In Book 7, Shin was brought to the Summit. There he learnt to be confident in himself and it could be seen where he stood up to the Spirit Saints and fought ardently in the battle with Lukman. 

Finally, in Book 8, I finally get to write the 'perfect Shin' that everyone has been asking for. His abilities have now matured and he would dominate almost anyone that dared to step in the ring with him. He's now nothing like the Book 1 Shin. Shin would kill if need be and has done so multiple times, shown when he killed Winfred, Craig and Susan without thinking about the blood being shed. Book 8 Shin would do everything 'perfectly.' He would fight for what he wants to protect and isn't stupid enough to fight Junius when he was outnumbered and outmatched. But then… Even though Shin was so overpowered, even though he was perfect… He couldn't escape his own mistakes.

Now that he learnt that he killed Latina's father, how would Shin continue to grow in the next book? Would he be discouraged to kill to grow anymore? He wanted to execute Junius with his own hands, but is that the case anymore? There are so many more points where Shin can grow and I'm not done developing this character. Heck, I'm not even done developing this world and it has been over 800,000 words! 

I said the theme of Act II is growth, and that's a partial lie. Growth has happened and will continue to happen throughout this entire novel. To keep it as short as I possibly could, I had skimmed through a lot of details so I hope that you'll interpret it for yourselves. Things like Kanari's love arc, Junius' yandere arc, the introduction of the Payirci… There are so many things that I would love to discuss but this post is really getting too long. It's already at the length of my average chapter!

Oh, but before I leave, I will give you the title of the next book, to add on to the ultimate cliffhanger that I made. The next book would be titled, 'The Celestial River.' So take that as you will.

Thank you for supporting Spirit Immortal! I love ya faces! And I'll see you next week!

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Over a million years ago, the first human contracted with the first Spirit. Ever since then, Spirit use has become commonplace. Humans used Spirits to carry items and start fires. Eventually, even start wars. Thousands upon thousands of years past and one day, one human did the impossible. He transcended his mortality and ascended to the realm above.  

In the present day, the Frie Clan was once a great clan of the Himmel empire. However, a devastating battle ten years ago crippled the clan and their numbers dwindled. To make up for their loss, the upper echelons decided to adopt young orphans and nurture them to become a future pillar of the weakened clan. Shin was one of those orphans. 

Although picked up by the Frie Clan, not all is smooth sailing for Shin and the other orphans...
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Tags: Action, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Male Lead, Tragedy.

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Thanks if you ended up getting this far! I wasn't expecting so many views when I posted the first chapter, so if you made it to the end thank you so much! the last time I posted it somewhere it didn't do nearly as well. 

But I'm not here to talk about how well this is doing, though it is a big plus. 

I have a book two planned, and I'm in the process of writing a first draft. I tend to write a first draft, then a finalised second draft, which is what you just read. The first draft tends to be me putting words on a page and not really caring what happens, just a start, an end and a few basic ideas (like the Alys plot twist, and in the first edition Elaria going by Tyria and being a maid until the end). The only problem with this book two is I'm only on the first draft, and a couple chapters in. Doesn't sound like a big deal, does it? well, I take ages to write. For a few weeks I haven't touched it with a ten foot pole, so daily updates won't be a thing at all, it'll be monthly, or a few months depending on the length, my exams (I'm in highschool), and my motivation, which almost never shows up really. So since it will take me a long time to actually get anything done, I decided to give you guys a choice. 

Draft one of this book, a literal train wreck of words forming a somewhat book, which will be released weekly to give me time to write or the first train wreck draft (all first drafts are train wrecks let's admit it) of book two, which will be released as and when I actually write, but starting with weekly. 

Just comment and let me know and I'll supply!

Thanks for your support from your reads, it's really helped me with my confidence lately, which I have none of, so it's really helped. And my confidence with my writing too, I never knew so many people could enjoy my writing. So really, this is all thanks to you, loyal reader, for reaching the end. I could fill this page notes section with thank yous, but I think I've said enough. 

Happy reading!

When I was six, a nurse called out to my mother and asked to sign a book. That year, I came to realise that my mother is a famous literary author. 

"I want to read your books." I whined. 

"It's not as exciting as the stories you tell me." My mother smiled. 

When I was eight, I 'borrowed' my mother's books from nurse to read. That year, I came to realise that my mother is an amazing author. 

"Where did you get that?" My mother asked in surprise, recognising the book I borrowed. 

"I borrowed it from a nurse. Do you have anymore books I can read?" I asked using my all powerful superpower, sad puppy eyes.

"I do. But promise me that you will return that 'borrowed' book and apologise to the nurse?" My mother sighed helplessly. 

"Okay." I happily agreed despite being seen through. 

When I was nine, I finished reading all of my mother's works. That year, I came to realise how important I was in her heart. 

"That's because the female protagonists you write are always so brave and incredible! They're the best." I said when she found me hugging a romance novel she first published under a pen name. 

"Silly child. You're wrong. No matter how brave and incredible my characters are, they are only fictional. You are real. Remember. You are the bravest and most incredible person there is. To me, you are the best." My mother said as she began playing with my cheeks. 

When I was ten, I asked my mother if I could be the female protagonist in her next book. That year, my mother said she is retiring as an author to become an editor due to writers block.

"It's only for a little while. I'll write again soon." My mother comforted the crying me. 

"Really?" I asked.

"Really. I want to write the best book I can and have you read it first." She said with a sparkle of certainty in her eyes. 

On my 20th birthday, my mother published her newest work after a ten year hiatus. After being given a very special reading by the author herself, I realised why my mother took ten years to write this novel. 

"I want to read it." I said, surrounded by my family. 

"How about this, I'll read it to you. It's been a long time since I've told you a story." My mother pretended, not knowing I could see the obvious tear stain on her face. 

My mother then read it to me. She was by my side everyday, reading 'There Is Sweetness Within Bitterness, That Is Happiness'. When she couldn't read anymore, my father came. When he couldn't read, my brother came. Then on the last day, my mother finished the last page. 

But unfortunately. I was too tired to hear the ending.

“Lan’er. Didn’t you already read that?” Her mother asked, pointing to her newest novel in her hands. 

“That’s because the female protagonists you write are always so brave and incredible! They’re the best.” Huang Yue Lan proudly spoke.

Her mother reached towards her and lightly pinched her cheeks before shaking her head. “Silly child. You’re wrong. No matter how brave and incredible my characters are, they are only fictional. You are real. Remember. You are the bravest and most incredible person there is. To me, you are the best.”

Years later, surrounded by her family on her deathbed Yue Lan pointed at a book by her bedside. 

“Is that your newest book?” She asked softly. 

Her mother nodded and grabbed the book, ‘There Is Sweetness Within Bitterness, That Is Happiness’. 

“I want to read it.” She declared.

“How about this, I’ll read it to you. It’s been a long time since I’ve told you a story.” Her mother said with a forced smile. 

Yue Lan was too tired to argue so she simply nodded. She listened as her mother told her the story until the very end. Leaving with a smile on her face. 

In death, she received her second chance at life. In the world her mother created. In the world of ‘There Is Sweetness Within Bitterness, That Is Happiness’.

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Note: Author's thoughts so you don't have to unlock this chapter if you don't want to.
Three years of perseverance, the weight of 4.6 million words and thus, it is over.
The Soul of Searing Steel concluded smoothly and steadily without any turmoil or signs of going to be banned. The one chapter blocked was my leave application when I grumbled about being ill (I have no idea why either), and it seems that I was right in choosing to write about a fictional universe with no female main character, the story of a pure warrior without involving political elements (not really).
The Soul of Searing Steel is too a heavy story, and you might not believe me, but I am basically not such a heavy person. It must have been due to my last book failing spectator that I had been feeling down and instinctively wrote this book so that I could cheer myself up. But as the book ends, I have indeed cheered up, but the tone of the book had basically been set.
The last part was certainly rushed, I would admit.
Naturally, it is not because I did not want to write it, but because I ran out of 'gas'.
In the drafted synopsis, Joshua would have entered the memories of every Wise One, from Psi to the Sage. In other words, the chapter 'Meeting the Wise Ones' would have been split into seven more chapters, where he would personally witness how three Wise Ones had been defeated and how the other four were caught in a stalemate, and therefore unable to interfere with Future.
And in the end, Joshua would break the shackles over the many Wise Ones, and as they urged him on 'don't mind us, stop Future right away' as well as the pressure of Future's rising progress bar, he would save everyone and obtain the key to reversal and the final victory in that last battle.
I had the confidence to write well; I definitely can write well… that is beyond doubt.
Still, I felt that it was dreary, and Joshua was no such person.
One spurt comes energy, the second spurt comes withering and the third spur was exhausting. Near the ending, the first burst of the strength I accumulated over writing the entire book was used on Joshua's sacrifice, the second puff on Joshua's resurrection, while the third and final one was the ending exclamation of the Soul of Searing Steel.
If that much ink was to be spent on Meeting the Wise Ones, it would drain the drive for me to type out the words 'Soul of Searing Steel' at the very end… (I am unsure If that is safe)
Most importantly, I am very pleased with how I wrote the ending.
Really, I felt as if I have finished the book under a single breath, and not only was I not feeling melancholy when I wrote the conclusion, I was instead exclaiming in exhilaration—there certainly had been regrets since my prowess had not reached the stage where I could share my own joy with ever reader, but to tell the truth, I do not believe that it is too weak either. My original intent had been to maintain the feeling that it had yet to end, but now it appears that it might have been a little too much.
Either way, thank you. Truly, I am very grateful that I have company who could share this three-year journey and see this story to its end.
Whether it was the synopsis or setting, my last book was more or less as complete as Soul of Searing Steel had been since both initial synopsis for both books were written at the same time. Still, my experience and technique might have been sufficient to give it a smooth flow—there is novelty, but it definitely would not count as good writing what with the lack of an overall perspective, draggy pacing and everything was over the place.
As for the Soul of Searing Steel, I definitely felt that I had surpassed myself. It was my feeling that whether it was the fights, the characters, the plot arrangement, explorations and adventuring or the struggles between ideals, everything had fully surpassed who I had been in the first place. Even so, I would also have to acknowledge that the fights in the latter half had become monotonous and often scatter, concluded with punching a hole in the brain or leaving some sick one-liner. Such is the common feeling when the fighting power had bloated to stellar or even individual cosmic class, and with myself remaining a mortal and that I really hate the oral sparring in the midst of a fight, I had therefore really failed, and barely forced myself to write something I think would pass.
Moreover, the tone of this book comes from the feeling you get from Dark Souls… I am not about to debate the philosophy of Dark Souls here with anyone as it is a matter of perspective, but what myself saw in Dark Souls is war, sacrifice, salvation, legacies and the fire that burns amidst the darkness.
I wanted to write this feeling, and it was heavy. Things are cool in the design phase, but when pen is put to paper, there is the understanding that those questions affects an entire book significantly. Interesting plots would have to be held back because of the incompatibility with the book's tone, while I am a person who prefers having a start and an ending, and would only ever maintain my initial intentions in writing. Furthermore, the somber style would definitely repel some readers who were attracted by the sense of invincibility depicted in early chapters, and all of that is an outcome caused by not thinking things through.
There were many problems and I still have much lacking to make up for and resolve.
Nonetheless, it is with luck that I gave myself and the book an ending I myself find satisfactory after 4.6 million words. At least I saw that I have improved, and I could only hope that I could keep getting better with the next book, such as writing better parts for the side characters so that the main character would not be the sun and the rest stars in the background.
They should at least be the planets forming a solar system.
In the end, the three-year long serialization definitely left errors and mismatching setting details between the early chapters and the later chapters. Well, one way or the other, the later chapters could be used as the standard since there is no adjusting from now onwards.
With my afterword out of the way, thank you, readers.
Thank you, friends who believe that it had been good writing. It shows that I have shared my joy and emotions with you. 
Thank you, friends who believe that it had not been good writing. Your opinion is evidence of another opportunity I could try to pursue so that I would improve.
Thank you, friends who have not read my book. Although you would not see this, I am aware that you are proof that I am still lacking, and far from the goal I want to achieve.
Thank you, friends who have read my book and this chapter. I love all of you, and our chance meeting needs no reason just like Miracles, and like Miracles, there are countless cushions.
Finally, it is about the new book.
The subject of the new book is rather complicated: it is a combination of urban spirits being revived added with superpowers, western fantasy, science fiction, Cthulhu, aliens and all kinds of mythologies, tabletop modules or novel games. To tell the truth, you just need to take a look at this very book's contents and genre to know: such things could never hold me back. I could only assure you that this is indeed a story I believe to be interesting and had prepared for a very long time.
I would never write about things that I am never able to reach.
The new book would probably be published on the first of November—around those few days, I did discuss it with my editor so I would not be standing anyone up. The month had been spent on TI as well as resting and recharging because the three-year serialization was really a little tiring. During my break, I could also take a look at the good reads by other authors, and all of you do know about the latest happenings… but, well, I should not stand out too much.
Three years, and a part of my life had hence past, and I trust that it had been the same for everyone else too… anyway, it is almost time to say goodbye for the time being, and I shall leave everyone with some final words.
The poet Bei Dao once wrote:
We had dreams then. Writing, love, journeys across the land.
Now, deep into the night we drink, with the clattering sound of glasses and that of shattered dreams.
But now, I am still young. I had yet to reach the age for recollections.
My dream is not yet broken.
I am still writing.
I am Gloomy Sky Hidden God. I am writing—and I would write a tale for all of you.
Let us meet in the new book!


Joshua woke up in the middle of a battlefield one day only to discover that he has been transmigrated into a popular MMORPG, Continental War. Discovering that he has not only been displaced in space but also in time, Joshua realizes he has knowledge of the events unfolding around the world as he had played through them as game events. Read on to discover how Joshua forges his path toward becoming a legendary warrior embroiled in the struggle of Order and Chaos!

[Disclaimer: This chapter was written by the Author Zehel2218]

6:30 a.m

"Mn..." Zehell woke up slowly as she opened her eyes. Her body was so damn tired and heavy. 

What time is it now? 

That was the question that always floated around this girl's mind. She was always afraid she would wake up late and thus would also be late to begin writing for the day. 

"It's 6:30 a.m..." With her sleepy eyes, Zehell reached out for her phone and saw a small number on the top left of her phone screen. 

It's still early! She usually woke up at 7...So she could sleep again, right? Hurray! Let's sleep and dream about handsome men... 

Zehell was just about to go back to sleep and dream about her non-existent boyfriend when suddenly a voice sounded right next to her bed. 

"Hey Zehell! If you have woken up, let's take a bath." Zehell's sister suddenly appeared in front of her with a glare. 

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ don't scare her, sis! 

Zehell was really afraid of her sister even though the girl was quiet and calm; once she got angry, ugh it would be bad. So afraid of making her sister angry and... scared she wouldn't make the book cover for her, she could only crawl out of the bed. 

That morning, Zehell's sister had to go to university at 7 a.m for a project so Zehell could only take a bath at that time. Feeling the cold of the morning, she cursed her sister inside her heart. 

7 a.m

"Now, let's check webnovel" Zehell picked up her phone as she clicked upon one APP she was very familiar with. 

This had been a daily habit for Zehell—to open up the webnovel APP every time she woke up, or after she took a bath. 

Let's see...today is Monday...the most chaotic day for the rank in Webnovel. Wonder what rank she was now... 

SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL.... 

Hm? It's not in top 30 as usual...wait...its 57?! 😱 

Let's check the other book she had...maybe the readers voted more to that book. It's okay, it's okay... 

... it's rank 199. Almost out of 200.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ HOW COULD THIS BE?! 

Seeing the rank written on her book status, Zehell had the urge to bang her head against the bed. 

It's the same as last week! Every Monday, her dragon book would only reach rank 57 in the morning which always gave her heart attack. As for her new book? 

Don't mention that. She always had the urge to cry seeing the three-digit number of that book rank. Is that CEO book a failure??

Why? (இ﹏இ`｡) Why did the rank drop so much? Is her story become boring? Or did the readers stop voting? What's wrong with her book...

Indeed, on Monday the rank would be chaotic. Her sister always said to keep calm since the votes would rise by the afternoon and by the next day, usually, it would be back to rank 30-35. 

Still, who wouldn't get shocked when their rank dropped so much until it was out of the top 50? 

Zehell checked her other fellow authors' rank and couldn't help but sigh. One was in top 15. One was in top 30, others were in 31, 37, 40.

Almost all of them were in top 50.

C-calm down Zehell, calm down! This is just temporary...the readers will vote soon after you release a chapter at 10 a.m... they will! 

(｡•́︿•̀｡) would they? 

Even though Zehell had experienced this many times already, there was always this anxiety that one day the reader would stop voting and vote for a new novel with a similar story to hers instead. 

This little anxiety would ruin her mood to write that day. 

"No no, don't think like this. For now, let's hijack my family phone to vote!" Zehell did feel down but she knew the rank wouldn't rise up by itself if she didn't do anything. 

The least she could do was hijack her family phone to vote and keep writing, writing, and writing until the rank rose little by little. 

8 a.m

The rank was at 38-ish now and even though she wanted to get into the top 30 as usual, she stopped worrying. Or not. She still worried, God dammit! 😫

But she wouldn't let this mood made her stop writing for the day. She had to keep writing even though the rank dropped or else the readers would decrease, even though she wasn't in top 100 best seller ranking anymore. 

Since...she had a dream. 

Her dream wasn't big because she knew she didn't have ability for that. She only wished for her book to stay in top 20 one day. One day. Any of her books would do. It didn't need to be this dragon book. 

"Hhh...it's impossible isn't it?" Zehell sighed as she looked at her phone screen and the tools she always used to type her story every single day.

She began writing out of boredom with a spark of ideas since all the FL cultivation novels she read were the same. She began writing only because of that. 

At first, she thought her book wouldn't be popular. Her first book which she had dropped by now was also not popular, so she couldn't help thinking like that. 

But who knew that after a few months passed, she managed to squeeze her tiny little body to top 30.

Of course, many people thought she had it easy—that she was a prodigy with a brilliant mind and talent, but the truth wasn't that sweet. 

She began writing her dragon book on the 30th January. It took her 80 chapters to gain her first 10 reviews—so her rating would appear. 

It took her 150 chapters to squeeze into top 150 when the other authors who started at the same time as her, already entered top 100 or maybe top 50.

Her first comment was at chapter 20 when she updated 4 chapters a day. Every single day. Next, it took her 3 months straight to get her to top 55.

At that time, she wasn't contracted yet. It took her a complete 250 chapters just to grab that rank 55 spot. She still remembered that. 

Then... somehow, she got contracted after waiting for the contract for so long. Since she was contracted, her rank shot up but not too quickly. It was steady, until it stopped at 30.

"Well I'm not a genius after all." Laughing to herself, Zehell saw a newly contracted novel shoot up to top 20, even entering top 15 in just a few months. 

The reader of that new novel might also be the same reader of her book. She had a feeling it was like this. 

"Hhhh... okay stop complaining... it won't get me anywhere." Zehell saw the other novel she considered as her rival stayed at 20 whereas she was only at 38.

It's okay. She wasn't sad. She knew her writing skill sucked even though she tried to improve it by writing 3.5 k words every single day.

Before her hand got hurt, she wrote 7k words a day, but it damaged her wrist badly until she could only settle for writing 4 chapters a day.

"Ugh...how I wish I can write more." Zehell would occasionally scroll up the reviews section and would always read every single comment the readers left in her chapters. 

She often saw readers demanding for a 100-chapter mass release or wanting to have more but sadly, this was her limit. If only her readers would understand....

"Okay, what's the last scene I wrote..." Zehell muttered to herself as she went to the pen symbol in APP. Of course, to write. 

It was 9 a.m already—she had to write. That was the schedule she obeyed every single day when she had no class in college. 

"Hmm... what should I write..." And so, Zehell began her morning with writing in the hopes she would one day make one of her novels enter the top 20.

A dream she knew wouldn't be possible without the support of her readers, who by now may still be sleeping or voting diligently.

That was how the little baby dragon spent her day.

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Epilogue
In the monitor room, Dr. Hans is closely watching Sakuya's movement.
"So, how is it going Dr. Hans?"
"Oh, Mr. Rainer. It's all proceeding smoothly. Just like what we have predicted, she takes on the bait."
"Ooh... Splendid... now, we just have to wait for her to come."
"She seemed to make a significant progress every time. That's pleasing for me."
"With this, I'm getting closer to my goal. Hahaha..."
Mr. Rainer then left the room. When he left, he didn't see the expression that is shown by Dr. Hans.
"Hehehe... there are three of them, yet not single one realized my true motives. Hahaha. They're all brilliant yet stupid."
But, he didn't realize someone hears all of that.
From the small gap between the doors, a pair of eyes is taking a peek. That eye is somehow familiar.
"Just like what Mr. Aaron said. He seemed to have something hidden. I don't know what that is, so I can only keep an eye on him for the time being."
The pair of eyes then disappears in the dark hallway leaving a faint echo. 
Now that's left is for me to find out about where they keep Yuki.








Extra Login
I don't know if you guys really read the extra login, but I'm spending a lot of time to write it up. I want to make you guys understand about the system and the plot. But, it seemed like nobody is reading it... and it gets me into a pretty bad mood... So, for this book extra login how about we open some Q & A corner..?
Q: is this going to be an action based novel?
A: hmm... I don't know... I'm bad at writing the battle scene. I also want to put a lot of romance in here. What do I know is it's going to be somewhat psychological?
Q: where do you get the idea to write about the novel?
A: I'm getting a lot of source for this. Sword art online, log horizon, yureka, the moonlight sculptor, and a bunch of MMORPG game.
Q: when are you going to write more about the other character beside from Kuro and Sakuya?
A: I'm planning to write and tell you about some of the character, but for now I'm focusing at Kuro and Sakuya's arc.
Q: how do you know about the brain stuff and so on? Do you do some research?
A: yes, I'm taking a lot of time to search some information online about the fact. Like the impulse speed, the brain limit, and much more. I want to make it realistic. I want to get you guys thinking... whoa... it's really are possible... Hehehe...
Q: did this game is mainly about farming? Player reaches high level from just killing regular monster. Any quest or something like that?
A: this is what most people asked me... worry not. In this book, they've encountered some quest and some back story.
Q: what about the game customizations? A game where I have to use my real face is so lame. Isn't the selling point to play a game is that you could be someone different?
A: this is an old question from when I wrote the first book. I've taken in the comments and made revision.
Q: how can Kuro be so powerful?
A: it's because he's able to push brain to his limit. As for his high level, he struggle for that. He always determined to be a strong person.
Q: what exactly is Sakuya?
A: Sakuya is an AI that is someday going to be an ultimate AI. That's what Rainer thinks though.

Q: who's snow that's talking to Sakuya?
A: probably most of you can guess it already... snow is an English word for yuki...
Q: why is your grammar and spelling mistakes is a lot? Aren't you proof reading it?
A: this is one of the most common questions... I'm sorry about this but English is not my mother tongue language. I also did the editing myself, so... please give me some consideration... I'll do some revision if it's really that bad. In fact the first book 1st revision is finished...
Q: how long is the story going to be?
A: probably it's going to be around 5 to 8 books. I don't want to spend more time on it because it's only a hobby of mine. I have to move on in my life and face the reality.
Q: what is going attract the reader? The story?
A: yes, it's definitely the story. Because some people are really giving me a harsh comments about the game aspect. They call it boring, and so on... I couldn't argue though...
Q: who is Dr. Hans?
A: he's just some weird person. A lunatic if I should tell you. Sometimes he's calm, sometimes he's crazy... I still have some surprise about his story.
Q: how fast can you write?
A: I write about 10.000 words a day maximum... taking it into consideration one book should be finished in four to five days, but it's impossible... Hahaha...
Q: what RPG game do you play?
A: I played RO, Dota, RF, FLYFF, Dragonica, and a lot more.
Q: who's your favorite's character?
A: Kuro... I'm just a weakling like him... he resembles me a lot... he's someone that I would like to be... I want to be strong like him...
Q: who's Sakuya if you have to compare it to an actress?
A: I haven't even thought about it... I'm always think of her as a yamato nadeshiko... a princess... so, if you could find an Asian girl with a long hair, white skin, and pretty... that's her... Hahaha...
Q: you said that English is not your mother tongue language. So, where do you come from? What language do you use? What's your nationality?
A: I came from Indonesia... I use Indonesian language... my nationality is Indonesian.
Q: why is the story so short for a novel?
A: I was trying to write a light novel, but I don't think I'm doing it right... because of that, I'm just ending each book whenever I fell I have write enough.. Hahaha...
Q: what's your favorite anime?
A: I really like to watched a lot...but if I have to say, the one with a romance in it and less ecchi... for instance, sakurasou no pet no kanojo... hyouka... the highschool boys life something... angel beats... guilty crown.. lelouch the rebellion.. And much more...
Q: what kind of manga do you read?
A: I read all kinds of manga... I usually spent more than 8 hours a day to read manga.
Q: why are you using Japan as the setting?
A: hmm... because I like it... I love their culture... I hope that someday I'll be able to visit the country...
Q: based on the personality, who's the easiest to write about?
A: Hikaru... he's the second main character in this story... he has a bright personality, straight forward... and have a lot of place to grow...
Q: what kind of girl is your dream girl? You write a lot about pretty girl in the book, so which one do you prefer? Sakuya or someone else?
A: as for description only, I like Sakuya the best. Long hair, red eyes, white skin, further more she's wearing a shrine maiden clothes...but for the personality, I like Leona the best... a little bit tsundere... Hahaha...
Q: do you have target that you want to achieve by writing this novel?
A: I don't have anything in particular... it would be great if it could get an anime, manga, and figurines, but most of the time I'm just writing it as a hobby. You could say that it's one of my aspirations.
Q: when you think about the game system, what do you have in your mind?
A: I want it to be a game with medieval setting, like ragnarok... that's one of my favorites game. I'm thinking a lot about the PK system too... sometimes you just want to chop another player head don't you? To make the law, I created the prison... I don't want to have some weird scene in the novel about "H" stuff... although that one scene from Lime is pretty bad... other than that, I want it to be a game with a fun hunting system. But people who read it don't think so...


Q: if you get to play the game in the real life, what class are you going to choose?
A: there's a lot of class that I want to try... I can't decided it... but if I really have to choose one, I'll be a wizard... one of favourite character, se7en is making its debut in the story..
Q: if someone creates the Syder and the game, would you like to play?
A: no... I don't want to... I'll wait until a new version is out... I don't know if it's going to be safe.
Q: how many hours you spend every day to write?
A: it's about three to four hours in total.
Q: what's your hope for the future?
A: I hope I can finish the whole story as fast as I can... Hahaha
Q: do you have any words for your reader?
A: dear reader... I'm sorry for my poor English proficiency... I'm just hoping that you will enjoy my story... please tell your friends about it okay? Hahaha... and thank you for all of your comments... it really helped me a lot... as for the question I've answered some of it in here... see you guys on the next volume...

The story is 5-6 years old and it was written when I first start writing, there will be some mistakes here and there but it might show you an idea on how much I've improved XD~
The story is completed since it was a short 100k words novel~ and it was done in a week~ yeay!

Don’t you think that life in this world is a little bit boring? People talks to someone they know every day, pretending that they are friends. In reality they are doing such things just for their own convenience. Tell to each other that they are friends.  Just for a sole reason, so they can take advantage from the other party.
 
I realized these things since I entered high school. It is true that I was an introvert. I was not an outgoing person, but I can survive in the community. I prefer reading book and playing games, rather than exercising or doing outdoor sports. I didn’t talk much, only when I needed to. But maybe that’s why they decided to pick on me.

One day I was bullied by my upperclassmen. My best friend was at the scene. I called out to him, asking for help. But he just passes by like I was some stranger that he met at the road. The next day at school he said that he was sorry, because there is nothing that he can do. 

We have been spending times together since middle school. Hanging out together, doing homework, cheat our way out trough exams, and playing games together. We are close. Or so I thought. So this is how the community works. 

People in this world, they are reeks of evil. They only care about their self. Money and power is what they seek. They are a hypocrite if they said they are doing charity because of love. They are doing it so people will have better opinion about them. This world has rotten too much. I don’t have the power to change this world. I never even dream about changing this world.

So what should I do? I don’t have any other place to go. I wander around aimlessly until I stop by a large screen TV in front of a shopping mall.

 “Behold the new era of gaming. With Syder (synapse reader) implemented on the system, Rebirth Online will be the first VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) in the world. The pre-order sales have gone through 500,000 units and will be shipped all around the world tomorrow, along with the first launch of the server. People who don’t apply for the pre-order can buy them tomorrow at FFAID Corporation building in Akihabara at 7:00am. Luckily, we have Dr. Hans Schneider here with us; please let us welcome the person that invented the Syder, as our guest for the interview tonight.” Said the beautiful newswoman on the TV enthusiastically.

“Dr. Hans, tell me about the Syder. Isn’t it just recently invented and haven’t been properly accepted by various medical organization around the world? Even the rumor says that it possess a threat to the brain.” the newswoman asking with full of curiosity.

“The WHO (World Health Organization) already acknowledges it as a safe and usable product. Otherwise we may not be able to sell it. The Syder itself doesn’t do anything to the brain so it couldn’t damage it. As the name implies, Syder is a synapse reader. Our five senses, touch, sight, hearing, taste, smell even our sense to temperature, pain, balance, time, and kinesthetic is controlled by the brain. This starts when a neuron receives an impulse and they transmitted it to the brain. They transmitted it in a form of electricity trough a connective tissue named synapse which connects one neuron to the other neuron. When this electricity processed in the brain, we often read it as a brain wave. So Syder makes it possible for us to read and send images to the brain of the virtual world. ” explain Dr. Hans who seemed can’t stop talking.

This is it. This is the answer to my entire question. I just have to run away to another world. I just have to run away to that world.

Five years have passed ever since Alexandra woke up in this world as a newborn baby. She can already walk and talk. She learned that this world's language and system of writing and reading was the same as the previous world she lived in, however, it was hard to learn and when Alexandra tried to write (Her handwriting was messy and she held the pencil the wrong way) and read, the maids were shocked especially, Diana. An average kid would learn how to write and read at the age of 7-8 but Alexandra already learned how to without someone teaching her.



"Who taught you how to write and read, young miss?" Hannah, one of the maids asked out of curiosity as she stared at the paper with Alexandra's messy handwriting on it. Diana stared at her, waiting for her to answer as well as the other maids. Alexandra panicked and screamed inside her mind as the palm of her hands' sweat and only thought of one thing that could be the only acceptable reason, "Books!" She wished that she didn't t do that.



"Well, that's true. I would sometimes read her a book while showing her pictures. I would sometimes leave my book in this room and maybe Alexandra learned through it." Diana stated and nodded repeatedly while she held her chin with the use of her thumb and index finger. Therese, another maid who was close with Alexandra replied while thinking, "Well that's true that she can learn through books but Diana, the books you read are confusing and have these words which I can't understand. An average kid needs someone to teach him or her" Diana just giggled and pinched Alexandra's cheeks as she looked at her and smiled sweetly.



"Well, she's no average kid. She's the daughter of an emperor, she comes from a powerful bloodline and even though she can't inherit their powerful abilities and magic, she can inherit their intelligence." Diana said which all the maids agreed in. That's where they decided to teach Alexandra some things she might need when growing up. And that's where the discussion end.



"Young Miss" A familiar voice called out to her name interrupting her while she was reading a book. Alexandra turned her head, her platinum-white hair (which was a common trait for the Everlys) swaying at the process, and met Diana's green eyes. "What are you doing here all alone?" Diana asked as she walked towards Alexandra sitting on a white chair with a round glass table and an empty chair in front of her underneath a tree which protected her from the sun's heat and UV rays. "I was reading a book!" Alexandra answered in a cheerful tone as she smiled widely at the approaching maid. "Really? What kind of book?" Diana said and stood beside her, slightly bending down to see the content of the book.



"Frederick Lowell's Ques Memorios!" Diana almost chocked when she heard that book's title. "B-But that's in Griyel language! We've only taught you Wistelia and Leenaria and besides that is a book for teens and adults" Diana, with a shocked and confused face, said. Alexandra just giggled, "Hannah and Daisy taught me how to and they recommended me to read this book to understand the language more." Alexandra was like an adult in a child's body, well that's true. Alexandra was just 18 years old when she died from that crash. (Note: Those languages and words are invented by me)



Diana just sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I see…" Was the only thing Diana could say. Diana thought that Alexandra was an amazing child, she was no doubt an Everly. Alexandra was a well-behaved and cheerful child from the start, how dare someone called her a curse when she was an angel. "You can leave me here, you still have many things to do," Alexandra said in a sweet tone and glanced up at Diana with a cute smile on her face. Diana felt a pang on her chest, it feels like an arrow just went straight to her heart. Alexandra's cuteness and smile was the maids' favorite.



"Blessings for the Queenilia Empire." Diana bowed and turned her heel around and walked away heading back towards the palace. Alexandra looked back at her book and heaved a sigh before she read once again.



For she sought for true love,
even when he was at her side,
shattered his heart into million pieces,
never to be fixed again.



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Alexandra was in her room, sitting on the couch while she thought of some things. For the past years, she slowly learned what kind of world she lived in and is slowly accepting the reality she is in now. This world is filled with magic and unexpected things. People are born with magic either weak or strong. However, she doesn't know how to use magic just like others, even Diana can do it. She heaved a sigh and leaned her body sideways which caused her head to fall on the soft pillow. The only thing she did was to read history books and gain knowledge about this world while she learned some things from the maids. She doesn't even know what to do and she's bored reading all of those books from the palace's library. She was still a child, a 5-year-old child, why must she go through all this.



A sudden knock at the door interrupted her train of thoughts. "It's me, Diana. I'm coming in!" And the door was gently swung open revealing Diana with a tray of food for her dinner. Alexandra met eyes with Diana who smiled sweetly at her as she placed the bowl of food down. "I made your favorite soup," Diana said and stood still while hugging the tray against her chest. "Thank you," Alexandra said and took the spoon and tasted the soup. "Delicious!" Alexandra said making Diana giggle, "I'm glad you liked it, Alexandra." The sudden call of her first name by Diana shocked her. Diana always called her 'Young Miss' but she called her this time using her first name. Diana was also shocked and she immediately blushed because of embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry, young miss! It suddenly slipped off my tongue, I just had the urge to call you by your first name!" Diana stuttered and blushed more. How could she call someone with a higher status than hers with the use of her first name?




Alexandra shook her head and replied in a sweet and happy tone, "It's fine, it's fine. You don't need to apologize and besides it's not bad to call me by my name. You can call me Alexandra if you want!" Alexandra showed her a cute smile after saying those and Diana can't help but smile. "Yes!" She answered.

When Alexandra opened her eyes, she suddenly became a princess?!


She was hit by a truck and born once again as a baby, aside from that, she can remember her previous life.


But she wasn't like the other princess who gets to be with their family. She was a princess yet to be announced and being observed. She was born in a supposedly all-males only bloodline and they think she was a curse or bad luck. Her brothers and father hated her.


Out of all things in her life, she never expected this to happen.


Watch Alexandra as she conquers the heart of her brothers and softens the stone heart of the emperor with her charm and go through the journey of her new life as she slowly uncovered and revealed everything.

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"What did I ever do wrong in my past life?!"


"Everything." He answered.


"..."


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This is a slow-paced story and I will update once every day. I hope you will enjoy and love the story. Have fun reading!

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