The One Who Holds The World
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Last published Mon, Jul 14, 2025
The arrival of the alien vessel wasn't an auspicious occasion. Instead, it triggered a cataclysmic shift in reality, imbuing a segment of humanity with extraordinary, often volatile, powers.
The familiar world fractured, becoming a perilous landscape where the laws of nature buckled and twisted. Colossal, mutated creatures now stalked the ruined urban centers, while super-powered factions battled for dominance, preying on the vulnerable and fighting for peace.
Lars Valeria, a 27-year-old demolition specialist with the Global Peacekeeping Organization, witnessed this transformation firsthand. His role was hazardous: dismantling sections of the alien ship-a task fraught with peril in this unstable reality.
Then, a surge of unfamiliar energy, radiating from the vessel, plunged him into a coma. He awakens months later to a world that has become his permanent reality.
But the incident has irrevocably altered him as well. He feels a nascent power within, a connection to the warped reality that surrounds him-an ability to manipulate it.
As he cautiously explores these newfound capabilities, a stark realization emerges within him.
In this fractured world where raw power dictates survival, Lars now possesses the ultimate power. He stands at a precipice, faced with the profound question of how he will wield it.
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