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

Sometimes, the reason why two sides become enemies, locked in a death struggle, is because they cannot understand each other.


—But at other times, they stand on opposite sides, not for lack of understanding,


but because they understand each other all too well.


They understand too well the other's position, their reason for existence, the benefits they seek... to the extent that they are inwardly certain the two sides can never coexist.


The more thoroughly this is understood, the sooner one will step forward and decisively snuff out the flickering candle of hope called "luck" within their heart.


Watching the immobile boy beside her, the girl with tea-colored long curly hair, dressed in a tight latex suit, lit up with a pinkish glow, fully activating the capabilities of her war clothes.


She swept in with the ferocity of a hurricane—


Chapter 62 Lin Qin's Knight Kick