MTL - The Road Turns White Tonight - Chapter 197 Chapter 44: Master the Black Belt

A 21st-century tech manager, accidentally thrust into the body of Emperor Commodus—yes, the infamous villain played by Joaquin Phoenix—has one goal: not to die like him.Armed with his wits and a hyper-intelligent AI on a solar-powered laptop, he must navigate the treacherous politics of ancient Rome. Everyone, including his own sister, expects the arrogant, decadent tyrant. Instead, they find a calculating reformer. But as he tries to avert the fall of the empire, he discovers that being a “good” emperor might be even more dangerous than being the monster everyone is waiting for.

A young man from modern-day Earth, Lin Fan, is transported to another world after a freak accident—bringing with him a basic Zerg unit from StarCraft: a Drone.To his shock,the world he lands in is none other than—Douluo Continent!In an instant, Lin Fan becomes the Zerg Overmind. Starting with a single egg, he grows stronger through hatching, devouring, and evolving.Beginning his development in the Star Dou Forest, he lurks in the shadows, absorbing every usable resource and converting it into bio-energy.Soul Beasts?They’re nothing more than gene samples for the Zerg. Whatever they have—I have too!Soul Bones?Perfect. I’ll melt them down to enhance the Swarm!Soul Rings?Sorry, I can mass-produce those. You want a ten-thousand-year one? I’ve got plenty!Ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts?I have billions of Zerg soldiers!Hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts?I still have billions of Zerg soldiers!Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament?When so-called geniuses of the younger generation face off against Zerg-engineered gene warriors, how will they not despair?And when the newly transformed Xiao Wu encounters the Zerg Swarm under Lin Fan’s command, a ruthless and decisive Blade Queen is born!Soul Masters will be implanted with Mind Control Parasites and reduced to mere slaves of the Swarm. Female leads? One by one, they’ll be upgraded into Blade Queens, loyal to their Overlord, and conquer the world in his name!I am the supreme Overlord!And I shall lead the Zerg to devour all life!

Orphaned at the mere age of seven and thrown out on the streets with no place to go. Kana lived the life of a street rat. She did what she could to survive from digging through the trash and stealing what she could. But even after almost ten years of surviving, her life still ended short.

I don’t want to die. I want to be free. To that end, I shall….reconcile myself to the fate of becoming a “monster”.

A strange disease that racks one’s entire body with intense never-ending pain, until the person slowly withers away and eventually dies. After a few years of braving through the pain, the boy is in no luxury to even feel despair. With nary a soul to tend to him, he breathes his last.

The next time he opened his eyes, the boy had become an “Undead” of the lowest rank through the power of an evil Necromancer.

The boy rejoices at having his earnest desire fulfilled, which is a body that will never feel pain. However, he realizes that he is still under someone’s control and how it was no different from when he was cooped up in the hospital ward.

But the world would not leave alone the boy who only wished for peace.

The Necromancer who revives the boy from the dead, names him “End” and attempts to gain control over him.

The Undead Knights, lay their lives on the line to persistently chase after and annihilate the beings of the darkness.

With countless monsters under their command, the Demon Lords rule over their own lands while they all contend for ultimate supremacy.

The motivation being survival and freedom. The requirements being caution and power.

This is the tale of the cowardly King of the Undead. In his pursuit for freedom, he heads into battle and turns tail at times. He knows when to fear his opponents and when to waver in his decisions.