Skillassimilation Stories

Bent on Humankind's extermination, a powerful tide of mechanical abominations known as the Aestus is wiping out Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. You and the oth//NO//er sur//ONLY//viving def//YOU//enders of a drifting mass of colony ships make a desperate attempt to sur//LIES//vive against endless waves of bio-mechanical monsters. Shoot down and maroo//GET A CLEAR//ned on Anchorage, you beg//STAY FOCUSED// in defensive forti//AND YOU WILL RESPAWN. Book I in the Restart Universe. Temporary Cover Image Jack Haeger's "Four-Byte Burger" on Amiga 1000 Re-digitized by Stuart Brown https://xboxahoy.com/images/four-byte-burger.png https://xboxahoy.com/ Will take down if requested

Black Spider Of Calamity A renowned name in Musutafu Japan that was feared by all criminals due to the fact that he's hunting them. And he...will be entering highschool next year?!

In a world where magic, technology, and cultivation coexist in a fragile balance, a tiny, weak, cracked dungeon core awakens beneath the earth. Small, vulnerable, and utterly defenseless, it begins life as a mere F-Rank Core, incapable of moving, fighting, or even surviving without danger. But hidden within its fragile form lies the seed of ultimate evolution. Through death, absorption, and adaptation, this Chimera Core grows-its Core Nucleus storing traits, memories, and abilities of every living being it encounters. From rats and goblins to adventurers, beasts, elementals, dragons, undead, demons, and even humans, every interaction fuels its evolution. Over time, the Core develops adaptive flesh, modular forms, and a dominion field that stretches across kilometers, turning its body into a living ecosystem and a battlefield-altering presence. Every form, skill, and adaptation is integrated into one living being-the Chimera Core, a constantly evolving lifeform whose biology itself is its system. It starts small, weak, and killable, but every death, every fight, and every absorbed trait permanently strengthens it. Over centuries, it can transform from a humble proto-chimera into a world-shaping organism, merging territory, minions, and ecosystems into its body, and becoming the ultimate predator, creator, and ruler without being "a god" or "a hero."