AJPaturde

Humanity was finally recovering from the wave of an unknown Mana Apocalypse that had turned the world upside down.
A world where Science had married Magic. Advanced technology had mixed with magic spells.
Monsters took over the world and remarked earth's cities and countries as their kingdom. Half of humanity took the path of magic to survive, and half of humanity took the help of their advanced technology to survive. But what if humanity turns against humanity? The world split into two groups- The Science Users and The Mana Users
Hitori, who happens to be in the Mana Users group hates magic and spells. Saibai Hitori's passion, pleasure, and happiness lie in gaming. He unlocks the solo Cultivation System and the ability to cultivate in and outside the most popular game. 
[The Emperor of the Apocalypse] is currently the best VRMMORGP open-world, kingdom-building survival game in the world. In this apocalyptic world, players try to clear dungeons marked on the map to mark that as their territory and eventually become the one and only Emperor of the Apocalypse.
In times of destruction, trusting someone will only destroy you. Players and guilds started attacking each other in the game. Guild Vs. Guild, Player Vs. Player, Player Vs. Environment, Realm vs. Realm. Everything is on, everything is going down. 
Hitori's goal is to unravel the secret behind his parents' death and become the Emperor of the Apocalypse. 
In a world where humans evolve and survive, only I cultivate and conquer. 
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Whenever you start reading a book, it becomes your responsibility to finish reading the book. But, the book is equally responsible to hold our attention. 
So, at any point, if you think that the book is unable to hold your attention anymore, drop it. Seriously, drop it. Maybe come back later to read the book. 
Probably the time is not good to read the novel. Or maybe your mind frame does not want to or is unable to absorb the book's content.
Whatever the reason may be, drop the book. At some point in your life, you may come back to read the book, but for now, stop reading this book. 
--Author, AJPaturde,
1st March 2022.

Thanks to my readers and my writing skills we have won WPC #264. This novel has acquired the third position in the contest, thanks.
WPC #264- https://activity.webnovel.com/noah/202203019?nestedTab=tab2&tabIndex=1

Solo Cultivation in The Apocalypse

Hitori glanced over his shoulder. Eya and Kakashi were busy talking and Senso was holding his head low. Hitori took that chance and went to the left, a little more, and a little more.

He was now standing past the flowers. Hitori placed his flowers by everybody's flowers and glanced around again. No one was paying attention to him. They were talking to others.

Hitori turned his head to the left. He saw the dark stairs that took a turn, not after twenty blocks. He ignored the people and soft murmurs around him, he forgot about his mates and walked towards the stairs.

He hoped no one had noticed him. He took hurried steps but tried not to run, if he ran, anyone could spot him. He kept a steady pace and tried to climb the stairs like a person climbing his house's stairs.

His heart was beating. Has Kakashi noticed him, has Eya seen him climb the stairs? The relatives behind would spot him and stop him at the instant.

A Squashed Spider