Transcendent Gene - Chapter 270: Connection [6]

Betrayed and forgotten by those he trusted most.Edmond Dantès had everything, a bright future, the love of his life, and the loyalty of his friends, or so he thought. Until the day it was all ripped away. Branded a criminal for a crime he never committed, he’s locked away in prison where the world forgets him. Years pass, but his fire doesn’t die.Then fate delivers him an impossible key: knowledge, power, and the means to carve his way back into the world. Edmond is reborn, not as the broken man who once begged for justice, but as a phantom cloaked in wealth, influence, and secrets.With every whispered deal, every calculated strike, he tears apart the empire of those who destroyed him.But vengeance is never clean. As the line blurs between justice and obsession, the questions remain: is he reclaiming his stolen life… or becoming something darker than the men he hunts?A saga of betrayal, rebirth, and ruthless revenge. Perfect for fans of psychological drama, sharp intrigue, and slow-burn retribution.

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride.Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

If you had amazing intellect and memory you'd think that you'd be revered and worshipped by many right?Wrong!That was the case for Levi who was born with astronomically insane mental abilities but fate played a cruel game on him by giving him a frail and weak body to house his mind.Thus, in this world of Arcane Energy, brute strength and destructive magical abilities are what is valued thereby making Levi's gift a curse rather than a gift.But a mysterious event turns Levi's fate for the better when a gate suddenly opens right when he was about to perform the Awakening ritual and he wakes up with a mysterious system that allows him to use his mental strength to build his physical strength and magic.From the weak, Arcane-less boy who couldn't live up to his parents reputation, Levi with this new found talent is able turn dungeon bosses into his personal summons.He embarks on a journey to get stronger and rescue his family, but what happens when gods, monsters, and otherworldly civilizations all stake their claim on Earth?When faced with endless dimensions and infinite trial, what truly matters? Power? Talent? Or the unyielding human spirit?

In professional baseball games, pitchers and batters are often seen as the greatest rivals. In the more than one hundred years of baseball history, only the 'God of Baseball' Babe Ruth has ever briefly taken on both roles simultaneously.When Lin Guanglai, a talented young man in baseball games, decides to master both pitching and hitting, who knows what kind of waves he will create in this sport?“Strike!”“Oh my god, a speed of 135 km/h! That's already on par with the ace pitchers of typical high school teams!”“Ahhh! Such a handsome boy!!! Does anyone know him? What's his name? How old is he? Does he have a girlfriend? Ahhh!”