Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl - Chapter 355 - 353: You’re Telling Me This Is a Cub?

The ascension pill tribulation descended, and when Zhu Fei woke up, he found himself reborn into the body of a wasteful illegitimate son from a prominent family.Facing the bullying and provocation of others, will he still remain timid and weak like before?Faced with his frailty, what changes will he make?See how a useless person counters all odds, and step by step, with an arrogant and domineering posture, ultimately reaches the pinnacle!

Deep below the earth's surface, a mystifying subterranean seascape lurks, an archipelago bathed in inky blackness where suspense and horror hold court. Here lie strange islands and even stranger monsters, far beyond the realms of human imagination. In this domain, mankind is far from dominant; instead, madness and death rule supreme.

Pleading for mercy from the unknown creatures of the deep only leads to a slow, tortured existence. The trapped survivors gradually distort, losing what made them human, both physically and mentally, to the gloom as they remain trapped in this eternal obscurity. Their only hope? A perilous expedition into uncharted sea territories.

Fueled by determination, Charles embark on this daunting voyage aboard his steamship, aiming to reclaim humanity's past glory. Together with his crew, they sought a way out of this hidden sea world, a path back to the sunlit world above, where humans once stood tall.

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I read a few comments from Chinese readers that compared this novel with Lord of Mysteries because of similar elements: Lovecraftian, western fantasy, first industrial revolution, and steampunk. However, I have yet to finish reading Lord of Mysteries to do any actual comparison, but I do think those who have enjoyed that novel would enjoy this as well. Also, the author of LotM, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, also did a shout-out for this novel, so I guess he approves of it too?

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In a world of Mana Awakened powerhouses, Damian Bloodbane awakened into the Legendary, never-seen-before and utterly shameful E-Rank.E-rank.Before Damian Bloodbane, D-rank was the lowest Grade among all of the Mana Awakened in the entire world.After Damian Bloodbane, the world had its first and only E-rank Mana Awakened.It was worse than being Unawakened.The scorn, the ridicule, the mockery, the sarcasm and the utter humiliation he had to go through nearly drove him mad.Until one day…[Death Energy Detected… Absorbed][Necromancer King System Activated][Welcome, Damian Bloodbane, Sovereign of Death][You may select your class][Available Classes:][Death Necromancer][Death Knight][Death Assassin]Witness the rise of Damian Bloodbane from the Legendary E-Rank Trash to be the World-Strongest King of Necromancers! Or… will he?

Some say he is the bad apple in a basket, that he’s rotting everything around him with disgrace and corruption.

Some say he is the biggest scum of the South Zhanbu Continent, that he’s colluding with the dark sects to cheat, steal, and commit all manner of atrocities.

Some say he is the most wanted playboy. “Lock your daughters at home to keep Fang Xing away!”

To all of those people, “That’s right, I am that big rotten apple. Any problem with that?”

This brand of anti-hero is a young orphan with poor prospects and nothing more than the keepsakes of his uncles. He plots, schemes, and orchestrates all manner of villainy in his quest for power and revenge, unafraid to live precariously and make enemies out of those he really should not.

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