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Smoke Ascension: The Rise of Kai Ashen

In the year 2087, the asteroid Chimera crashed into Earth, unleashing a mysterious particle that fused human DNA with insect traits, creating a new breed of superhumans known as Hybrids. To control this sudden evolution, the world established Vertex Academy, a prestigious institution where gifted hybrids train to harness their abilities and protect humanity from the monstrous creatures born from the same catastrophe. Enter Kai Ashen, an unremarkable eighteen-year-old dismissed as a “Level Zero” hybrid. His ability? The power to produce smoke—a seemingly useless trait in a world of warriors with exoskeletons, venom, and devastating physical abilities. Ridiculed and overlooked, Kai is assigned to the academy’s lowest-ranked class, where failure means expulsion. But what no one realizes—including Kai himself—is that his ability is far more than it appears. As he trains under the enigmatic Professor Mantis, Kai discovers he can manipulate his smoke’s density, temperature, and chemical composition, leading to explosive reactions, sensory manipulation, and even short bursts of flight. When the academy is attacked by rogue hybrids, Kai’s unique talents prove invaluable, thrusting him into a deadly game of espionage, underground conflicts, and a looming war between Earth and forces beyond the stars. From a weak outcast to a legend, Kai’s journey is one of intelligence over raw strength, strategy over brute force. As he ascends through the Evolution Protocol, unlocking unimaginable power, he must navigate the deadly politics of hybrid society, the shadows of the Vespari Mafia, and an intergalactic conspiracy that threatens to consume the planet. In a world where only the strong survive, one overlooked underdog will rise—shrouded in smoke and destined to ignite a revolution.
King_kongking · 1.4K Views

Vertex : the outcast child of the universe

There is a legend among the different civilization. A legend which was integrated into the mind of all existence . At the beginning, when the universe was still young, many species fought to get dominance against each other. Among them, there was one single race which managed to conquer them all. A race so old and ancient that people have lost any records of their presence and influence over the world. They are only referred as the Apex Predator. Little knowledge is left about their way of life. Some believes they had traveled across the entire universe, gifting their genes to near extinct races so that they could rapidly evolve for survival and others fought they were the abomination of reality itself. They defied the law of physics as their evolution, which normally takes millions of years, hapenned in just a few months Billions of years after the mysterious disappearance of the Apex Predator, A 17 years old human boy living alone with his mother on a monster-filled planet where he learned to survive and hunt for bigger creature around him. He never saw any other members of his race nor any other civilized species. He always wished to one leave this planet but his mother will never think about letting go explore around the galaxy. "My child, I did not forbid you to leave this planet because I'm afraid of your safety. In fact, it's the opposite, I fear you will bring the destruction of the cosmos if I left you unsupervised"
acunity123 · 18.1K Views
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