MTL - The Great Voyage: the Prop Master on the Straw Hat Ship - Chapter 503

The apocalypse descends, zombies and monsters appear, followed by System Leveling, which grants skills to all survivors.With the collapse of law and order, some become powerful while others remain weak, and so the dark ages begin.

A thousand-year dynasty would inevitably face decay, and a hundred-year noble family would eventually return to dust.What in this world could last forever?Was it an Immortal Body, tempered a thousand times, or the Martial Arts will, in Heart Unity with heaven and earth?Chen Mu came to this world, his sword in hand, and when he turned back at dusk, countless heroes and millennium-old Demons had all turned to dust, leaving only one person on the road paved with yellow sand.

Xiao Chen transmigrated to a crisis-ridden, demon-infested cultivation world.With ordinary aptitude and no background, he could only become the lowest-level Servant Disciple of the Li Huo Sect, his path to immortality hopeless in this life.Fortunately, at this moment, he activated Augment system.From then on, every time he broke through a bottleneck, he could trigger a Augment Choice.【Opting out: For the next three years, you cannot perform any cultivation. After this period, you will advance three Minor Realms and obtain two hundred Spirit Stones.】【Buy One Get One Free: For every batch of elixirs you refine, you will receive an additional, identical batch of elixirs.】

Far in the eastern corner of the world lies a city covered in chaos, Aetherpolis. A city that is far more different than any other, a ruin where law and order are mere fantasies. This place isn’t governed by the government nor military powers. This city….. belongs to the gangs.And at the top of the food chain stand those with terrifying strength. The Awakened Users.These are individuals who have unlocked their Drive Core, a latent force within every human that responds not just to strength or talent, but to pain, trauma, and intense emotions. Only by facing these can the Drive Core bloom.Into this brutal world steps Ren Asakura, a quiet teenage swordsman with his Tempest Drive. On a quest to find his lost brother, he joins the well known gang ZEAL, determined to dismantle the corrupt and violent gangs that rule Aetherpolis.But every turf war brings him closer to a chilling realization, the true enemy has yet to reveal themselves, and the battle for the soul of the city is only just beginning.In a world where power is earned through suffering and only the ruthless survive…You either DRIVE forward or you BREAK.