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 felt like throwing up on her, but his stomach was empty, and he would not vomit blood, that was for sure. He grabbed the girl's hand and ran into the hallway. The guard chasing Hitori shouted, "Hitori, stop!"

But he ran. The girl resisted his grip and tried to stop running, but he knew if she stopped she would trip and he would drag her if he has to. "I am sorry," he said, "just keep up with me."

She gulped and tried to calm her heart, she somehow found her voice and said, "Are you a thief? Why are you running? Are you taking me as a hostage?"

Hitori saw a turn. Left and right. Should he ask her the way to the exit? What if she sets him up by telling him the wrong way? So he trusted his guts instead of the girl.

Hitori took the left turn, thinking it might be the closest way to the back door.

I Did It My Way