Hard Boiled Noir

Zhou Yu was ordered to enter the city and get married. Even though my wife didn't like me, my father-in-law disapproved of me, my colleagues always wanted to bully me, and the bad guys were always looking to take me down, but touch me, that's fine, touch my wife, that's not. Whoever lays a hand on her, I'll take down. I fought until the whole world bowed down, then returned to the village with my wife in glory!

Après la Catastrophe, chaque règle du monde fut réécrite. À l'Ère du Fer Noir, l'acier, le fer, les moteurs à vapeur et la force de combat sont devenus le pivot sur lequel les êtres humains devaient s'appuyer pour survivre. Un garçon du peuple nommé Zhang Tie a été choisi par les dieux de la fortune et s'est vu offrir un petit arbre capable de produire constamment divers fruits merveilleux. En même temps, Zhang Tie fut jeté dans les flammes de la guerre, une guerre de trois cents ans entre les humains et les démons sur le continent désert. Utilisant des cristaux pour exploiter les potentiels du corps humain, il faut cultiver pour devenir plus fort. Les légendes palpitantes de clans mystérieux, les secrets des fantasmes Orientaux, d'innombrables trésors et héritages dans le monde souterrain — Tout cela au Château de Fer Noir ! Écrit par Tigre Ivre, ce roman est un exemple parfait de fantasy steampunk. Laissons-nous voyager à travers le monde des possibilités et des inventions illimitées ensemble ! ------ **Attention : Ce roman contient du contenu pour adultes**

Xue Xi est contrainte de tomber amoureuse au premier regard de cet homme dangereux lors de leur première rencontre. La mort étant la seule autre option, elle fait le premier pas : « Je suis riche et je sais me battre. » « Sois mon petit ami et je te protégerai. » Dès lors, la nouvelle que la fille aînée de la famille Xue et première étudiante entretenait un gigolo commence lentement à se répandre. Hélas, c'est quelqu'un qui protège férocement les personnes qu'elle considère comme siennes, jusqu'à ce jour fatidique—protégeant l'homme derrière elle des voyous présumés, elle proclame froidement : « Mon petit ami est timide, donc si vous avez un problème, venez plutôt à moi. » Les voyous frissonnent de peur en regardant vers un certain grand patron qui est protégé. Ainsi, le fameux « Yama Noir » a en fait ce genre de passe-temps ?

An unnamed scout, sacrificed on the battlefield of the Southern Border, is miraculously reborn in an alternate universe. Unexpectedly, he becomes a shaman of the Orc Kingdom, even more, a rare Dragon Shaman that appears once in a millennium. What's more, he is cursed with the Blood Sacrifice of the vilest magic pet! What lies behind this curse? A charming beauty of the Fox Tribe, a Mermaid Princess from the Abyss Kingdom, a mysterious Clam Girl from the East, a Swan Warrior maiden, who is the very embodiment of an angel, all these arrive at his side one by one. Mysterious Panda Warriors from the Eastern Panta Clan, powerful Elephant Warriors of the Orephin Clan, the invincible Whale Knights of the Banilou Tribe, from the deep sea, to the formidable warriors of Summer Palace will follow our protagonist on the stage of a grand war, carving their own path to glory. Witness how our protagonist confronts his new identity, challenges the formidable human magic and invincible legions with the heroic Orc war-song. Witness how our protagonist take on the identity of the Double Dragon Shaman to defeat the Dragon Knights, leading the Bimon warriors, whose brilliance is gradually fading, and penning a saga of zero mortality amidst the battle with foreign invaders!

Krimson awakens in a desolate, nightmarish realm, his mind shattered by pain and confusion. Stripped of all memory of how he got there, he quickly realizes that this hellish environment is not just a place of torment—it's a tutorial. But unlike any tutorial he’s ever encountered, this one is impossibly hard and seemingly designed to break him. Forced to face gruesome and mind-bending trials, Krimson's only hope for survival lies in mastering a mysterious power known as Mentakinte. With this ability, he gains control over both his body and mind, pushing himself to new limits. However, even this power comes at a cost, as it drains him physically and mentally with each use. As Krimson navigates this twisted world, he must confront deadly creatures, including a shape-shifting mimic and an ancient, malevolent demon who wields unimaginable power. With each challenge, the tutorial grows harder, and Krimson begins to wonder if escape is even possible—or if this place was always meant to be his end. But Krimson isn’t one to give up. He fights not only for his survival but for answers. What is the purpose of this tutorial? Who—or what—is behind it? And why was he chosen? One thing is certain: in this world, there are no second chances, and failure means a fate worse than death.

The Main Character transmigrate into an Immortal Cultivation World, but because the Spirit Root is really poor, the Main Character who has been practicing for twenty years, is still at the second level of Qi Refining. After learning from the painful experience, the Main Character came to the mortal city and prepared to marry a wife and live a free life. However, he unexpectedly obtained the system of having many children and many blessings. The higher the wife's cultivation level, the more experience points he will gain. The better the Spirit Root of the children, the more attribute points he will receive, as well as surprise gift packs. A few years later, the Main Character would stand on the top of the universe, overlooking the world with the help of his system and his family!

The World of Relisquae had long see a the great kingdom of Volantis. Whoever found the kingdom would meet the princess, and be granted one wish. Thus, a group of adventurers join together to find this mysterious kingdom as well as fight a great evil.

in a world where everything flows in a river, Noir Neo stands at the top. a calm, rebellious Mortal Made God. a boy who ate from the forbidden tree, inside the Garden Of Eden. he was banished, locked out of heaven. but he came back, hungry for finding a worthy opponent, but first he had to gain strength. so he decided to become the strongest Mortal Being of a god, to become a Man-Made God. so he started his journey, eating from The Garden Of Immortality. a garden filled with vegetables, fruits, water and other things that grant pure immortality. and he ate the whole garden, he was banished from the human world; into the depths of hell. where he met his mentor, a beautiful woman. a Nine-Tailed Fox, this Woman trained him to her absolute best, even giving him her blood. making Noir even more immortal, eventually Noir grew 2 fox ears and 19 tails. he crawled out of the depths of hell, emerging from reality. into the land of in-between, Limbo, a land that reaps souls. But Noir earned a mark of the dead on his forehead, meaning he's dead. He can't die; he's achieved another level of immortality. How peculiar-but he still wanted more, so he climbed to heaven; using only wood. Until he finally reached the clouds of heaven, once he broke in he met with Hephaestus; asking for a weapon. Hephaestus agreed, creating Noir's weapon. The horrifying but beautiful "Měilì zhī lián". A scythe made from the souls of the damned; Aura of Limbo, and the wood of The World Tree. surprisingly The World Tree exists beyond normal concepts.  But as Noir's weapon finished, he was ambushed by multiple gods-because of his Divine Rule breaking, he was sealed into the 30th Dimensional Square Plane. A clock that can't be affected by anything. Inside or out. Even Buddha can't destroy it, they even impaled his stomach with his own weapon to ensure his seal. So Noir decided to meditate, the river of everything emerged in his mind. That's it... he achieved what he wanted. TRUE POWER. He escaped the 30th Dimensional plane, fighting every god in his path. Defeating every one, he is UNBEATABLE. He even beat the Buddha.

Falling in love with a senpai is really difficult (really easy). But I just don’t want to, eh, just play~ Because of the excitement.

A noir story, to discover who took the life of his wife, but it seems the noir knows who it is all along.

She wakes up to a ceiling. The smell of earth and wood, the sounds of nature, and the comfort of a bed. And to a color she had never seen before. Not to nothing... She isn't supposed to be alive. "What..." (This novel is very confused on whether it is a fantasy, or a sci-fi... But it sure does love film noir and it's sub genres.) ♤

In a monster infested world where the worst of monsters are humans, a long dead zombies awakens a system. The battle-thirsty, power craving zombie begins its journey to rule the world... with only two goals in sight! First, to gain as much power as possible and second, to kill all of mankind and exact his revenge!

Life is hard. It is hard on the homeless, the tired and the wealthy. It is hard on Azra, the King's only son and heir to the Alfonsi throne. A child of unknown talent with the weight of his people on his shoulders. Holding the ability to control so much yet do so little is a frustration that can lead to madness. Life is hard, but when Azra is sucked into a hole and spit out into an entirely new realm... life just gets harder. ...and you thought there was a rock bottom.

Dans un monde où magie et nature dépérissent sous les assauts des machines humaines, Lyria, princesse des elfes, se voit contrainte de sceller une alliance interdite avec Kaelen, un prince vampire. Entre rage et sacrifice, leur union improbable pourrait être le dernier espoir de leurs peuples — ou précipiter leur extinction. Traversant ruines et prophéties sombres, Lyria doit décider jusqu’où elle est prête à aller pour sauver ce qui reste de son monde.

Jihwan Ryu's life in Seoul's high society is nothing but a beautiful lie. Behind the luxury and wealth lies a boy crushed under the weight of relentless bullying, his parents oblivious to the torment he faces daily. His only wish? To escape his powerless existence. But when Jihwan awakens in the mysterious Murim World, everything changes. Trapped in the body of a bruised and scarred five-year-old, Jihwan must navigate a realm where ancient martial arts and powerful sects reign supreme. With no qi and no understanding of his surroundings, he’s taken under the wing of a grizzled old man who offers to teach him the ways of Murim. What happened to the once-great Ryu family, now only a myth? Can Jihwan uncover the secrets of his bloodline and rise to reclaim the honor of his ancestors, or will the dangerous factions vying for control of Murim crush him before he can find his place? Blending action, supernatural intrigue, and the humor of an out-of-place modern boy in a world of warriors, Beyond the Break is an epic journey through a world where survival means mastering not just the body but the soul.

At Shimakaze Academy, she’s the new girl who’s caught everyone’s attention—clever enough to skip a grade and now sharing classes with her older brother. Charming, mysterious, and with admirers aplenty, she seems like the ideal girl… but there’s one secret. She’s actually a he. Will he be able to keep his cover? And with admirers falling left and right, can he find love without revealing his true self? Find out in this funny, heartfelt tale of hidden identity, unexpected romance, and a touch of drama.

Reincarnated into the ruthless cultivation realm where the strong thrive and the weak are forgotten, Si Tai Yang is reborn as Si Tie, the 8th son of the prestigious Si clan. Despite his lowly position within the family, Si Tie's ultimate goal is to ascend to immortality. Born with one of the rarest and powerful True Golden Fragment Body, Si Tie possesses untapped potential, but it comes with a price—it requires immense resources to cultivate. NOTE - NO SYSTEM

"LA ERA DEL DESTINO Y LOS SUEÑOS DE LA GENTE ESAS SON COSAS QUE NUNCA SERAN DETENIDAS SIEMPRE Y CUANDO LA GENTE SIGA BUSCANDO EL SIGNIFICADO DE LA LIBERTAD" Quieres poner el mundo patas arriba "SI NO ERES LIBRE DE HACER LO QUE QUIERES QUE SENTIDO TIENE SER UN PIRATA"

A world where extraordinary people exist! People with superhuman abilities... Is it magic? A science? Mix? Who knows? But, they call it ExSkill. Fire, Gravity, Petrification, Solar, Float... and more extraordinary skills that Extraordinary Human Beings possess. ALVAACAD is an existing school in Alvarez Empire. It accepts exceptional talents. Not just a school but it also serves as an archive of memories. Hate, Love, Hope, Grudge, Despair, Misery, Persistence, Regrets, all of it is being stored as memories inside the campus. It's a setting where the adventure starts. The school where the prologue resides. ~eventualromance ~romcom ~violence ~read at your own risk

The CIA conducts an experiment that goes wildly wrong, trapping Flat Flanagan, a 1920s Private Eye, age of 29, in the 21st Century. With no way back, Flat takes up Director Gresson’s offer and becomes the CIA’s last Private Eye. However, things aren’t all tulips & roses as there's the boiling-hot election making hell look like a paradise in comparison. Mr. Beckdette, the Mob Boss running for President, has been holding hidden cards up his sleeve and it soon becomes clear to Director Gresson that it’s up to Private Eye Flat to “hit on all sixes” to keep this Mob Boss from turning a game of “Political Blackjack” into a game of “Nuclear Craps”. With odds stacked against him, can Flat Flanagan stop this modern Mob Boss with old-school gumshoeing, noir justice, and a large glass of egg creams? Or will Mr. Beckdette win the pot and send the Private Eye spinning out into his thirties with a crash harder than the stock market of the 1930s?

A/N: Please read the auxiliary if you want to know about a bit of the 'system' of the world. -------------- After being separated from her brother at a young age, Scarlet Noir set out on a quest to get stronger and find her brother. But over the years, she forgot the purpose of her quest, and soon she soon came across a place that would change her life. -------------- Azure Noir, after being separated from his sister in an attack on their village, was lost and hoping to be saved. He never was, but he did find something that would help him save others. -------------- A/N: just warning ya'll now, I do not update very often, and may occasionally go on hiatus without warning, that's all bye!

Almost every man has a dream of venturing in the fantasy world, wielding a sword, and traveling to different places to witness the splendor of the world. After working in a factory for several years, Wang An, who was not yet old, received an unfavorable medical report. At that moment, the system activated. "Mission: Healthy Body—Restore your body to a healthy state (a healthy body is the foundation of everything)." So, he started jogging in the morning, swimming, practicing Tai Chi... Soon, he discovered that he had acquired a cheat that allowed him to gain experience points. The improvement in his skills brought him unexpected surprises. It turned out that those legends were real! Lightness skills could truly allow someone to walk on snow without leaving a trace and leap from roof to roof. The indestructible body could indeed make one's body as hard as a diamond, making one impervious to blades and spears. Innate Qi could give one terrifying strength that was able to crush iron into pieces. From then on, Wang An embarked on the cultivation path of gaining experience points like crazy.

Aurelia, a land divided into five empires—Carthage, Sunaria, Winteris, Skotos, and Verdantia—is oppressed with tension and history. Once ravaged by wolves, the land endured a devastating conflict known as the Great War, resulting in the defeat of the wolf threat and a fragile peace. In the aftermath, the five empires were established, each with its own sovereign ruler. The laws were overseen by the Council, ensuring the establishment and preservation of unity. However, lingering fear and superstition cloaked the land, particularly regarding Erythro – a Greek word meaning RED. The color that associated with curses and dark magic. According to an ancient prophecy, the appearance of a red-hooded girl heralds impending catastrophe and the rise of the Wolf King, the sworn enemy of humanity. This belief has instilled paranoia and mistrust among the people of the land, leading to the execution of individuals suspected of witchcraft. In Carthage, one of the empires, resides a girl adorned in a crimson robe—a figure of intrigue and suspicion. As rumors spread of her alleged connection to the Wolf King, the inhabitants of Carthage view her with suspicion and fear. Is she truly a witch conspiring with their enemies, or is she merely a pawn in a larger, more sinister game? The mystery surrounding the red-cloaked girl deepens as the empire wrestles with questions of power, loyalty, and the true nature of evil.

A remake of another novel I created. Kazuki Takumi Amagiri was always a kid with a troubling life, abusive parents, poverty, being bullied at school you know the usual sob story that probably goes in a documentary for the early life of a serial killer or something. Throughout his life he's always wondered if maybe the reason world hates him was because he had the audacity to exist. But through a series of events he met his best friend and was introduced to a series of games where he found his spark of resilience to carry on in life in a character named Markus one of the main antagonists of the book. And ten years later he's a university student, dormmates with his best friend and is just about to finish getting his degrees. He'd also just finished playing the third installment in a his favorite video game franchise All was going well in life, things were looking up until in one cruel twist it was over, no fanfare, no "going out with a bang", Kazuki's life just fizzled out like a candle in the wind. Curiously though, Kazuki's story was not over as he found himself in the body of "Markus" at the start of his story. How will this strangely ironic twist of fate change the world at large? And more importantly how will it change our main character?

Aiden is your everyday sort of merman. He is smart, handsome (the works) and totally in love with one human guy. Aiden finally gets the courage to pursue his growing crush after the pod finally reaches the tipping point of a crisis. Unfortunately, rules and reality have it out for him. His secret and very forbidding inter-species relationship could get him cast out of the pod. As Aiden chases his fading chances at love and romance , his tiny world gets so much bigger. He discovers the excitement and pain you get when you put your heart and life on the line. Xander is a (devilishly handsome) human. With his good looks, girls and boys are just waiting to get in bed for a one night stand with him. None of them are really interested in him, none of his partners had ever tried to get to know him. With his family problems at home escalating, he tries to find ways to protect himself and his sister from the aftermath. When he meets Aiden he is one step away reaching his breaking point, he just hopes he doesn’t have to add Aiden to his list of regrets.

[Ding! You have killed the Great Outer God, Azathoth.] [Ding! Do you want to resurrect the dead Outer God and turn him into your puppet?] … After being killed by a ‘stray’ bullet, James wakes up only to find himself reincarnated as a young man with incomplete memories, ‘abandoned’ in a cave with his little sister, Minji. He soon discovers he’s in a world that combines the elements of Beast Master, Eastern Fantasy, and Magical Realism. In this new fantasy realm where the strong are respected and the weak are trampled, James awakens an OP system that can upgrade his rank as long as he has money. Thus, James is determined to become a successful businessman once more, since he also recognizes the potential of leveraging the system’s functions to amass wealth. [Ding! Do you want to refine your pet’s Evolution Pill?] [Ding! Do you want to refine the breakthrough Martial God pill?] [Ding! Do you want to refine the Heavenly Dragon Sword?] …. Later, James also discovers that the ‘earth’ has evolved after dungeons started to appear and towers that rose from the ground, where these connect the earth and the world where James is currently in through space teleportation. Upon returning to ‘earth’ to check the situation there, he finds out that his death wasn’t caused by a ‘stray’ bullet but rather was orchestrated by someone James trusts the most. Follow James on his journey, where he takes revenge on his killer in his first life, and uncovers the mystery of ‘why was he reincarnated into this world and why his family in this life abandoned him and Minji’ while pursuing his new goal of becoming the strongest. ----------------------------------------------------- [WPC August Entry] ALL SUPPORT is appreciated. Don’t hesitate to add it to your library and give Power Stone!!

A path of survival, intertwined with the doctrine of both Immortal and Martial Arts, every punch strikes true. In the chaotic world of Martial Arts, power reigns supreme. To survive, Chen Yi exhausted all of his family savings on learning martial arts, only to startlingly discover that the Broken Jade in his mind was also accumulating energy, enabling him to possess the ability to cross into the Immortal Cultivation World. The moment he crossed over, merely inhaling the spiritual energy accelerated his martial arts progression at an astonishing rate. Not to mention the dazzling array of martial methods, pill talismans, arrays, and various cultivation oddities inside, all of them significantly boosted his strength! Since then, Chen Yi, who held sway over two worlds, began his days of striving for upgrades and growth, unknowingly becoming a top-tier existence in both worlds. And later, he found even more astonishingly, that there was such a mysterious connection between these two worlds.

Noir's preparation plan to face the apocalypse was utterly crushed after finding out that what came at the end of the world wasn't the event he had expected but a strange phenomenon that made everyone disappear. He and the other six survivors had to live in the abandoned world for 11 months until a second phenomenon appeared again and eliminated the rest of the living. Surprisingly, instead of being sent to oblivion, he was awakened in the body of a boy with the same name as him. In this new life, Noir decided to become an observer instead of a leader since everyone here had superpowers. Surely, nothing could happen to this world if everyone was that strong, right?

The lives of Nemo Farid and Ovia Afternoon "Noon" Encarnacion are forever changed when they meet Akio Hisashi and Emica Kana, the spirits of ancient ninja warriors from over 600 years ago. Now, the four of them are tasked with a mission; to defend their hometown and defeat a powerful dark sorcerer, capable of turning people into dangerous magical beings. Can the past and present come together to complete this near-impossible mission, or is there just too much of a time difference? *Inspired by Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir*

In a world where destiny is inescapable, two immortal beings, Karin and Kelvin—also known as Nicholas—find themselves cast out and betrayed by those they once held dear. Their paths cross on Earth, setting into motion a series of events that could alter the very fabric of their existence. Exiled from their mystical realm, they stand as the last beacon of hope for their people. Yet, the choices before them are fraught with peril. Will they join forces to exact vengeance upon those who wronged them? Or will they embrace the tranquility of their earthly lives, abandoning the relentless pursuit of power? But the most pressing question remains: What happens when these formidable immortals, bound by a forbidden attraction, fall irrevocably in love? Will they succumb to the cruel twists of fate, rendered powerless by the very destiny they seek to defy? Or will they shatter the chains of obligation, heeding the call of their hearts for the first time in eternity? Embark on a journey through the tumultuous tides of sorrow, betrayal, and the struggle against an unyielding fate. Dive deep into a tale that promises to captivate your senses and leave you yearning for more.