Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

There were men and women, old and young.


Girls in school uniforms, office workers in formal attire, children merely six or seven years old, elderly faces creased with wrinkles.


There was no yellowish glow in their eyes, and their walking was not uniform.


Their steps, quick or slow, seemed like the people who had been waiting to board a plane and had suddenly rushed over with their luggage.


They naturally converged towards this side as if they were out for a stroll.


The only anomaly… was that there were too many people.


The crowd, several to tens of times larger than the usual street traffic, approached in a sparse formation from both sides simultaneously.


"So many people… there are so many people!"


Lin Qin was somewhat panicked, "There are hundreds of people… at least four to five hundred. There are too many… they seem like civilians! They're about to surround us!"


Chapter 63: I Will Kill You Over and Over Again