MTL - Virtual Evolution - Chapter 18 Mission Settlement

Facing extinction, humanity seeks salvation in the Astral Verge, a dangerous dimension accessed via portals that threatened to wipe out the entire planet.Few years later, aspiring recruit Daniel Vance enters the Verge for his final assessment, hoping to Awaken a Talent and secure his future. While others gain common abilities, Daniel secretly Awakens the mythical SSS-Grade Talent: [Soul Assimilation]. This allows him to absorb essence, enhancing gear, gaining stats and EXP from slain creatures, and crucially, absorbing attributes and skills from fallen Awakened.Witnessing the swift death of the arrogant Jaxon Rex, Daniel makes a grim choice: he assimilates Jaxon, gaining his first skill, [Kinetic Pulse]. This sets his path: scavenging the aftermath of others’ battles. He enhances gear and, after achieving his first kill on an injured beast, waits patiently to assimilate two more fallen recruits, acquiring [Quick Step] and the invaluable passive [Aura Sense].Starting as average, Daniel rapidly gains power in secret, enhanced gear, multiple skills, and boosted stats , far exceeding his peers while remaining outwardly unremarkable. He navigates the lethal Verge alone, using its inherent dangers to fuel his growth, wrestling with the moral cost of his unique, overwhelming power.

Her voice cracked. “The picture. My picture… it’s all over Instagram. It’s everywhere, Liam!”Silence.Then a careless sniff. “Yeah. Saw it.”“‘Saw it’?” she repeated. “You’re the only one I sent it to last night! Now it’s EVERYWHERE. What the hell did you do?!”Liam let out a sharp breath. “Jesus, Bella. Relax.”“Relax?” she whispered. Her voice rose, raw and hysterical. “My naked body is trending and you want me to relax?!”Bella Rivers didn’t come to Whitethorn Academy looking for a second chance.She came to disappear in a new world, somewhere no one knew her name. Not the boy who leaked her nudes, and especially not her best friend who gave nothing but pure evil in return for her love.Fresh in a new school in the heart of the forest she blends in like a chameleon.Sensing the energy from the last living descendant of the cursed Moonblood line, four boys powerful and untouchable, the Greek gods, start circling around her like they’ve picked up a scent.“Did I become this beautiful overnight?”Luca Damaris, a power-intoxicating werewolf would tear to pieces anyone who so much as touches the sand she walked on.But he dies in a wrong bonding with Bella.Or not?

Parents dead, clan exterminated, body burned, hands mutilated, inflicted with innumerable diseases, tossed into the dump, and even the magic ring with the ghostly grandpa in it has been sabotaged. A reasonable person would roll over and die. Tian isn't that reasonable. And as it happens, neither is Grandpa Jun. A very tough kid meets a very cunning old man. And together, they will shake the heavens. What to expect:-1 chapter a day M-F. Volume 1 is already complete.-2k words per chapter (aprox, some run long) with a longer first chapter.-No Harem-Earned power growth-An MC who isn't a goodie two shoes OR an edge-lord psychopath-A power system based on actual Daoism -Sects, giant monsters, natural treasures, flying swords, spells, talismans, secret arts, and a gentle sprinkling of young masters whose face need rearranging.