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Normal people awaken their superpowers in their teenage years. At thirty-two, an ordinary man gets his — along with a draft notice from the Department of Defense and ninety days before deployment to a dungeon. His class is [Trainer], with zero available familiars. But the System made a critical mistake: it allowed him to assign a familiar to himself. Now every cell in his body is a pet that can be trained. He can issue special commands to his own biology — fall asleep instantly, ignore pain limits, evolve faster than any young genius. He is his own trainer, and he will not stop until he turns this old body into the perfect weapon.

They called him Sven, the Shatterfist. A legend. A hero. And he's finally returned home after a decade of battle. It's time to start over. Settle down. Retire. But for someone like Sven, life isn't what it used to be — adventuring isn't what it used to be. Things have changed. He's changed. The world has changed. A cozy, character-driven story about found family, personal growth, and what comes after the adventure is over.

A loving father of three, Albert lived a life of few regrets — he served his country far from home, outlived his soulmate, and died alone. His assumptions about a peaceful eternity reunited with his wife are thrown out the window when a meddling god intervenes. The positive: he'll have a chance to see her again. The negative: he has to survive the dangers of the legendary World Tree for the next three hundred years, reincarnated into a world full of magical evolutions, monstrous deer, sassy elves, and untold hidden dangers. If life taught Albert anything, it's that if something is worth having, it's worth fighting for.

Angus Bjornson only ever wanted to craft exquisite weapons and armor. After an accident leaves him completely disabled, his children offer him a virtual rig connected to a fantasy world called Alterwelt. Playing on Manual mode rather than Auto, Angus — now known as Hephaestus — can use his lifetime of real smithing experience to create unique items that beat anything on the market. But he soon learns there's a reason the market is flooded with crappy goods: a greedy guild enforces a monopoly on crafting, and they'll do anything to shut down a lone blacksmith cutting into their profits.

Rodric Vale spent sixty years as the world's greatest hero. He answered every summons, fought every war, saved every kingdom that asked. He reached Level 100 — the only person ever to do so — and became a legend. On his deathbed, surrounded by kings and nobles, he realized he'd wasted his entire life serving other people's causes. He never explored the places he wanted to see. He was everyone's sword, and he died tired. Then he wakes up at the summoning circle. Young again. Level 1 again. This time, he's not being anyone's hero.

As the years start running out, you often find that life has left you completely alone. This is what has happened to one military veteran who has lived through many of history's flash points. In order to inject some color into his final days, the former soldier signs a contract with a company that has developed a fully immersive virtual world. Project Alpha Rome is a multi-level city plagued by endless wars between humans and mutants. Under the nickname Volper, the veteran sets out on his path alone — and thanks to his attentive, reflective approach, he begins spotting things other players have missed, raising deeper questions about the true purpose of the project.

Divorced and working as a security guard in Portland, 73-year-old Carl is attacked by an unknown creature before managing to taser it to death. After being released from the hospital, he discovers by accident that he is unwittingly acquiring DNA samples from the people he touches — and a blue box appears in his right eye. The blue boxes reveal that his health is nowhere near what he assumed. Can he reverse the negative aspects using this strange system? And can he turn around his poor financial situation after his wife took half his pension just before retirement? A LitRPG slice-of-life following Carl as he discovers new ways of living life when he's nearing the end of his own.

The Connected System arrives on Earth without warning, bringing earthquakes, unconsciousness, and Adapted bodies in its wake. Lochlan Brady and his family were heading home from a camping trip when the Connection appears. He wakes to find his wife missing and his two teenage daughters counting on him. Loch just wants to protect his daughters and find his wife. But growing power brings growing responsibility — and the attention of some of the most powerful beings in the Connected System.

Sect Elder Liu Wei is one of the most prominent figures of the Lunar Peaks Sect — feared and respected across its countless members. As a breakthrough elevates him to the same cultivation level as the sect patriarch, what should be his greatest triumph instead becomes a moment of doubt: for the first time in over four hundred years of cultivation, he has hit a complete roadblock. Without family, close friends, or deep loyalty to his sect, Liu Wei must contemplate what to do with the vast power he has spent his life accumulating. As old ambition meets a rediscovered sense of compassion, a new goal takes shape: to bring as much justice and fairness as he can into this ancient system of oppression. Liu Wei shall walk a path of defiance.

He wanted nothing more than an ordinary life — free from crushing debt and the endless corporate grind. Instead, he died. And when he opened his eyes, he was in ancient Rome, son of Gaius Julius Caesar. History is written in blood. If he does nothing, his new family will be swept away by the coming political firestorm. Power is survival in Rome, and he intends to survive — armed with modern knowledge, reshaping the Roman Republic through banking, insurance, industry, and new political strategies.

Seven million players were inside the VRMMO Realms of the Veiled Paths when an unexplained power surge sealed them in. Then they began to die. Caleb Stone's teenage son was among those trapped. A son he had lost once before — a son he refuses to lose again. When he logs in to find him, months have passed inside: empires have fallen, monsters roam freely, and surviving players have carved out warlord kingdoms and murderous factions. As Caleb gathers allies and searches for answers, he realizes that salvation might lie in his Tamer class — a joke class, incomplete and not ready to level, hiding developer code that nobody knew existed. Now that code is unleashed.

Sanjay King is a brewer. On a hike in the Pacific Northwest, he finds himself transported to another world — one filled with old magic, monsters from the Void, and ancient grudges. It is a world of Levels and Power, but the cost to gain both is great and terrible. The great Empire is falling and monsters are summoned to devour the world. And for Sanjay, it is a world where morality is constantly tested and hard decisions can't be avoided.

Edward Hill was an old man, content with his lot in life as a godfather and preparing for retirement when an unexpected ambush ruined his plans. Stepping through a portal of light was dangerous and foolhardy; stealing the destiny of a young man was tasteless. But when the choice was between that and death, he was willing to take the deal. Now stranded in a new world, alone and without support, surrounded by people treating him like a commodity, he must choose: toe the line, or once again create his own path. And then there is this mysterious system calling him a hero — what a ridiculous idea.

A massive wormhole rips open above Earth and aliens arrive — not conquerors, but merchant traders called the Iglax, who offer advanced technology in exchange for cheap labor in the asteroid belt. The aliens test humans individually for miner rentals, and a skilled pilot can earn a spaceship and a contract. When one puddle-jumper pilot tests above and beyond all expectations, he is offered something better than a mining ship: Earth's First StarFighter.

After an unexpected death, John wakes in another world where a system guides him. Known as a Sider — someone reincarnated from Earth — his initial aim is simply to survive. But his journey unfolds into something larger: a goal with a hard deadline, a royal family with designs on using him for their own ends, and forces larger than any of them at play. If John fails to reach his new goal in time, his one chance at a new life will be over.

They stole his empire, his cultivation, even his name. Their mistake was leaving him alive. Now going by Shen Taros, he carries seven hundred years of experience in an eighteen-year-old body with the spiritual capacity of wet parchment. A god-like cultivator will hunt him within the year. In the meantime, he is opening meridians one painful breath at a time, learning alchemy from a terrifying mistress, and picking entirely avoidable fights with powerful people who consider themselves beyond justice. Between all of that, working in a decrepit fish warehouse, and dodging loan sharks, he is making remarkable progress. They wanted this Emperor permanently retired. He intends to disappoint them.

Business magnate Willem dies at age 87, entirely alone — and is reincarnated into a world of sword and sorcery, grand adventure, and life-threatening monsters. He stands poised to enjoy a life of splendor. Only, he doesn't care one whit about any of that. To him, there's only one magic: correcting an inefficient market. He mastered that sorcery long ago, and he's certainly not about to learn another when the old tricks work just as well in a new world. No matter how fantastical the setting, one thing never changes — money makes the world go round.

Noah didn't expect much from entering the VR world of Asgard's Fall. Even the experimental full-immersion technology didn't deter him — it beat living in a nursing home and offered a chance to feel young again. But something is wrong with the game. The gods running it don't behave like AIs, and some players act as though they know secrets Noah doesn't. Forced to use skills abandoned a lifetime ago alongside new digital abilities that resemble ancient magic, Noah must unravel the mysteries of Asgard's Fall — and confront an ancient threat that has forced a hidden world into the light.

Sabina lived to 104 — manufacturing weapons during the war, running bakery and clothing chains, teaching teenagers — and by the end, boredom was doing her in more than her failing body. Then she is transmigrated into a Xianxia cultivation world, inhabiting the body of a 13-year-old commoner named Sa Bina. The problem: nobody believes she's a commoner given how she speaks and carries herself, and she winds up enrolled in a school for nobles. All she wants is to have fun in her new life, but everyone keeps expecting her to grow up and take responsibility.

At the end of his life, retired veteran Charles has spent his twilight years watching old movies and waiting for his grandkids to call. When his old friend introduces him to Crossroads, a groundbreaking VR world, Charles discovers he can move without pain and — most importantly — spend time with his family again. His solution: build something in the game worth visiting. Armed with a magic staff of inexplicable power, Charles sets off to find a place to call his own, accidentally becoming an NPC quest-giver, the villain of epic storylines, and an unlikely patriarch in a virtual world that might fill the emptiness of his real one.