Deep below the earth's surface, a mystifying subterranean seascape lurks, an archipelago bathed in inky blackness where suspense and horror hold court. Here lie strange islands and even stranger monsters, far beyond the realms of human imagination. In this domain, mankind is far from dominant; instead, madness and death rule supreme.
Pleading for mercy from the unknown creatures of the deep only leads to a slow, tortured existence. The trapped survivors gradually distort, losing what made them human, both physically and mentally, to the gloom as they remain trapped in this eternal obscurity. Their only hope? A perilous expedition into uncharted sea territories.
Fueled by determination, Charles embark on this daunting voyage aboard his steamship, aiming to reclaim humanity's past glory. Together with his crew, they sought a way out of this hidden sea world, a path back to the sunlit world above, where humans once stood tall.
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I read a few comments from Chinese readers that compared this novel with Lord of Mysteries because of similar elements: Lovecraftian, western fantasy, first industrial revolution, and steampunk. However, I have yet to finish reading Lord of Mysteries to do any actual comparison, but I do think those who have enjoyed that novel would enjoy this as well. Also, the author of LotM, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, also did a shout-out for this novel, so I guess he approves of it too?

aWhatas it like becoming a vampire?a
When Xiang Kun first sees this question on Quora, he treats the answers as nothing more than fantasy stories. Back then, he naturally never expected that it didnat take long before he had the qualifications to truly answer this question.
After he recently losing his job, Xiang Kun experiences a series of inexplicable physical and mental changesaunable to eat or drink anything other than plain water, craving for blood, shedding a layer of his skin like a snake, staying awake for days before falling fast asleep for 30 hours, feeling uncomfortable staying in the suna| He has definitely transformed into a different person, or, is he even still a human?
Driven by his determination to seek the truth, Xiang Kun embarks on a dangerous yet exciting journey to understand his identity and powers. Nevertheless, to his surprise, he seems to be the first person ever who has undergone those transformationsa| Is it his destiny? Why is he the chosen one? At the start, Xiang Kun doesnat have the answers. But he refuses to give up searching.
During his self-exploration, Xiang Kun is taken by surprise by the positive effects of the changes to his body. Realizing that he can train certain parts of his body to carry out extraordinary functions, he continuously pushes his limits from building his muscle mass to enhancing his sense of smell and hearing. These aspecial powersa enable him to solve crimes and assist others in need. Until one day, he discovers something that gives him a lead to the cause of the changes in his bodya|
Can Xiang Kun uncover the truth and figure out what exactly happened to him? Will he trust anyone with his secret, or face all the challenges alone? Many mysteries and uncertainties await him.

After transmigrating into a fantasy game world, Ye Anping became an unknown cannon fodder with low qualifications who was destined to die tragically at the hands of a villain at the age of fifteen. So, he was a little desperate. Fortunately, he was only four years old now, and there was an cannon fodder younger sister with excellent aptitude by his side. Ten years later, the junior sister had grown up, becoming not only beautiful but also stronger. She caught the attention of the protagonist. And then Ye Anping became fed up with the whole situation.Ye Anping: \

In a world of constant competition, one man aims for the top. In this new genre VRMMORPG, he plans on becoming the strongest at all costs.
The classes, the races, the starting zones, everything is a mystery in 'New Eden'. This game is coming out without a shred of details. The only thing that was promoted was the freedom of skill choosing.
Our protagonist Alexander, gamer tag Astaroth, has always dreamt of becoming an E-Sports athlete. His parents supported his dream, but they are no longer of this world. He fully intends on making it in this new game, if not for him, then at least to honor their memory.
With no idea how he wants to play his character, Alexander chooses the most mysterious starting race. Will this be his road to success or his downfall? The game assistant certainly thought the latter.
aDo as you wish, young adventurer. I only wish to add this. Do not come back with complaints when you realize you have made the wrong choice. a The elf said, looking at him with clear hatred.
aWe will see about that.a Alexander flatly replied. aI love challenges.a He added.
aVery well!a The elf harrumphed. aHave the adventure of your lifetime, as short as it will last.a He sarcastically added.
Ahead of him lies an uncertain path, filled with trials and hardships.
But one thing is clear in his eyes. He will become the strongest player in the game, even if he must step over mountains of corpses to do so.
Over are his days of working hard for nothing, it's make or break now!

Starting over once more, he has entered this \

In The Kingdom of Elves, the War of Gods 1000 years ago caused the fall of the World Tree. In a world where true gods rule, the fall of the elven civilization came soon after.
A 1000 years has passed, the new World Tree is now reborn.
Eve Euktrahill, the Mother of Nature, the Goddess of Life, the Great Ruler of Elves. Armed with the ability to connect to the Internet on the blue planet, She(cY=, a pronoun used for god) now must rely on players from the blue planet to help her goal of reviving the past glory of the elves and the World Tree.

This legend tells the tale of the protagonist, Kuroki summoned to protect the demon king from the hero.Kuroki, unbeknownst to him, suddenly came to another world. He was summoned by the demon king, Modes. The territory which the demon king overrules was in the midst of being destroyed because of the hero. He had no choice but to bow before Kuroki.aPlease save us, Savior Dono!aKuroki nodded, deciding to save the demon king due to an unexpected turn of event.

Jiang Changsheng was reincarnated as the crown prince of the Jing Kingdom. However, he was switched at birth and was sent to grow up in a temple. He was raised as a Taoist.
The change in his fate was devastating. Fortunately, he was able to awaken the Survival System and gained the power to not die from aging. Every time he survived a dangerous event, he could receive rewards.
His senior brother almost killed him by accident. He was lucky enough to survive that and was rewarded with the Divine Shadow Kick.
He almost got crushed when the ceiling fell on top of him during an earthquake. He was able to obtain the Nine Seeking Divine Dragon Step.
After surviving the demon invasion, he was rewarded with the magic treasure, Demon Subduing Mace.
This was a world where kingdoms stood tall, demons rampaged in the wild, martial arts ruled the street, and where Gods did not exist.
300 years had passed.
The Jing Kingdom was starting to fall. The dukes came together and made the emperor their puppet. The kingdom was divided. After decades of internal conflicts, the kingdom was on the verge of being invaded. The citizens were pretty much living in hell.
The puppet king, Jiang Xuanzhen, arrived at the temple and begged, aAncestor, I apologize for being weak! Please! Help us regain our glory!a

[NO. 4212: aHumanitya has failed the Demotion Match.] [NO. 4212: aHumanitya has been deemed useless. Beginning deletion.] As Earth was being erased after their final game ended in failure, Martial Saint Sung JiHan managed to resist deletion and saw messages pop up in front of him. [To think someone would be able to resist being erased.] [Letas give him an opportunity to re-challenge.] [Player aSung JiHana is returning to the time of initial entry in The League.] When he woke back up, he had regressed back in time. Given a second chance, he swore to himself to stop the fall of Korea and humanity and take flawless vengeance against those that ruined things in his original timeline.Follow the journey of Koreaas Martial Saint, Sung Jihan, as he struggles to prevent a future of destruction and ascends as the Martial God!Show More

Katherine Zara, a single middle aged office worker, went about her day as she always had; wake up, go to work, come home and read or play games. However, today would be different. Before she left for work, her ex broke into her apartment and killed her.
When she woke up, she was given many choices. She could pick her new world, pick her starting point, and pick her system among many other things. And so Katherine decided to become a servant to a villainess.
Follow Katherine as she serves her petty, demanding mistress in a world of swords and magic.
Additional: The Female Lead (Katherine) will be submissive to her mistress, but will be cold towards others. I plan on having some action, but mainly this will be a story about Katherine serving her mistress and leveling up her system.

One day, a mysterious tower suddenly appeared in the city. The people decided to call it a dungeon, and while it was full of rugged terrain and dangerous monsters, it was also a land of opportunity, where countless treasures awaited. When Sejun, a young man living an ordinary life, is invited to the dungeon by chance, he is thrilled at the prospect of becoming rich, but he is stranded in a hidden area of the mysterious tower. All he has is a few seeds and his body. Now Sejun must farm, collect resources, and figure out his own survival strategy!

Argon got Isekaid to another world, and also got a system that can help him build a dungeon in a cultivation world, where people can get amazing treasures inside.
And for our mc to get enough resources for upgrading the dungeon he also needs to kill the people that will enter his dungeon to get soul coins that will help him upgrade the dungeon.
In a world where cultivation is the key to power and strength. Argon has the power to create dungeons - underground labyrinths filled with powerful monsters and valuable treasures.
Using his unique abilities, Argon creates a dungeon in the heart of an unknown forest, hoping to attract powerful cultivators and increase his own strength. But as his dungeon grows in size and power, the top powerhouses in the world realized the danger of the dungeon, since the dungeon would pour out unknown monsters that will wreak havoc in the world.
To survive in this new world, Argon must use all his cunning and strength to navigate the treacherous world of cultivation and defend his dungeon from those who seek to destroy it.

It is said that you shouldn't meet your heroes. Gehaldirah, a high elf of royal bloodline didn't have to meet the realm lord of High Heaven before he became disillusioned.
His admiration for the paragon of the high elf race turned into hatred when he got some damning knowledge about why demons kept attacking his home and looting the sacred tree of life. His hatred for the realm lord turned to self-hatred for his weakness and mediocrity.
Gehaldirah had a moment of introspection. He isn't at the bottom of the ladder in this strength-based hierarchy. He is a king of law, but that apparently isn't enough to guarantee your fate. His strength is also mediocre because it was granted to him because of his bloodline.
He determined he had to change himself. He has to become better. He concocted a plan that is one part genius and one part greed. His plan for reincarnation led him to the trial of heaven that occurs every origin cycle. He needed Origin essence so he participated in the trial.
He got more than he wanted from the trial. His plan for reincarnation would be a success after some adjustments. But now he has a different aim. He won't aim for just the realm lord. The realm lord has control of the High Heaven Realm. That isn't enough for Geraldirah anymore.
He became greedier. He has his sight set on the movers and shakers of the Void Universe. Only the power to subvert the will of World Gods will do. The plan to create LEGION, the ultimate organism was then hatched. If one person cannot achieve something, what about a multitude of them?
His journey will not be easy. He will have to overcome Celestials and their Celestial Supreme, Gods and their GodKings, Demon kings and their Demon gods. The Void Universe is full of obstacles that will like nothing more than to put an end to his path. It is not that they hate him. They will oppose him simply because the era of conquest is coming. There are no friends in the era of conquest. It is everyone for themselves.

People flock into the holographic virtual lord game aLord of Glorya, only to find that they couldnat get offline.
All players became lords and fought for survival and honor.
Ji Chen found himself loaded with a troop talent tree, able to strengthen the skills of the troop types and even upgrade their ranks.
Dragon Blood Fishman, Tidal Naga, Death Squid, Pure Blood Sea Elf, Deep Sea Goblin, Cang Dragon Knight, Death Leviathan, Northern Sea Giant Demon, and other powerful troop types arrived one after another.
From then on, a lord and the aboriginal fear of the sea lord was born!
In the boundless ocean, an ocean island became that bright pearl of the ocean.
Players: This ocean lord is a bit unusual!

Su Yu grew up in a single-parent family with his father. He lived a relatively simple life and was not someone with grand ambitions. He only aspired to join a research academy and get a job as a researcher, staying far away from the dangerous battlefield. His peaceful life was shattered one day when his father, a retired veteran, decided to return to the battlefield.
Worried about his father, Su Yu embarked on a journey to gain enough strength to join his father on the battlefield. What was the fastest way to gain strength? Joining a war academy. Or was that really the case? Su Yu soon learned that the path of a researcher was not as it seemed. Unlike the war academies that focused on physical cultivation, the research academies walked a different path: mental cultivation. Which path would Su Yu choose?
Join Su Yu in his adventures as he walks a unique path of cultivation and rises to the apex of cultivation.

A price is always exacted for what fate bestowsaadapted from Zweigas Mary Queen of Scots.
aIam a nobody, with no time to notice the brightness of the sun.
aMy parents couldnat help me, and I wasnat highly educated. I had no choice but to make it on my own in the city.
aIad applied to many jobs, but no one ever hired me. Maybe itas because Iam not good at expressing myself, and Iam not the best communicator. I guess I just havenat shown enough ability.
aOnce, Iad eaten two loaves of bread over a three-day period. Hunger kept me up at night. At least I paid a monthas rent in advance, so I didnat have to face the cold winter wind outside.
aFinally, I found a job at the hospitalas morgue, keeping vigil over the dead.

Carter Williams was your typical twenty year old loser. After a fight in the street leaves him unconscious he wakes up in the body of a young dragon in an entirely new world.
Armed with a system to assist him and two beautiful wives to support him, Carter vows never to live his life hiding in the dark again as he seeks the title of dragon king.

aWhatas it like becoming a vampire?a
When Xiang Kun first sees this question on Quora, he treats the answers as nothing more than fantasy stories. Back then, he naturally never expected that it didnat take long before he had the qualifications to truly answer this question.
After he recently losing his job, Xiang Kun experiences a series of inexplicable physical and mental changesaunable to eat or drink anything other than plain water, craving for blood, shedding a layer of his skin like a snake, staying awake for days before falling fast asleep for 30 hours, feeling uncomfortable staying in the suna| He has definitely transformed into a different person, or, is he even still a human?
Driven by his determination to seek the truth, Xiang Kun embarks on a dangerous yet exciting journey to understand his identity and powers. Nevertheless, to his surprise, he seems to be the first person ever who has undergone those transformationsa| Is it his destiny? Why is he the chosen one? At the start, Xiang Kun doesnat have the answers. But he refuses to give up searching.
During his self-exploration, Xiang Kun is taken by surprise by the positive effects of the changes to his body. Realizing that he can train certain parts of his body to carry out extraordinary functions, he continuously pushes his limits from building his muscle mass to enhancing his sense of smell and hearing. These aspecial powersa enable him to solve crimes and assist others in need. Until one day, he discovers something that gives him a lead to the cause of the changes in his bodya|
Can Xiang Kun uncover the truth and figure out what exactly happened to him? Will he trust anyone with his secret, or face all the challenges alone? Many mysteries and uncertainties await him.

aWhatas it like becoming a vampire?a
When Xiang Kun first sees this question on Quora, he treats the answers as nothing more than fantasy stories. Back then, he naturally never expected that it didnat take long before he had the qualifications to truly answer this question.
After he recently losing his job, Xiang Kun experiences a series of inexplicable physical and mental changesaunable to eat or drink anything other than plain water, craving for blood, shedding a layer of his skin like a snake, staying awake for days before falling fast asleep for 30 hours, feeling uncomfortable staying in the suna| He has definitely transformed into a different person, or, is he even still a human?
Driven by his determination to seek the truth, Xiang Kun embarks on a dangerous yet exciting journey to understand his identity and powers. Nevertheless, to his surprise, he seems to be the first person ever who has undergone those transformationsa| Is it his destiny? Why is he the chosen one? At the start, Xiang Kun doesnat have the answers. But he refuses to give up searching.
During his self-exploration, Xiang Kun is taken by surprise by the positive effects of the changes to his body. Realizing that he can train certain parts of his body to carry out extraordinary functions, he continuously pushes his limits from building his muscle mass to enhancing his sense of smell and hearing. These aspecial powersa enable him to solve crimes and assist others in need. Until one day, he discovers something that gives him a lead to the cause of the changes in his bodya|
Can Xiang Kun uncover the truth and figure out what exactly happened to him? Will he trust anyone with his secret, or face all the challenges alone? Many mysteries and uncertainties await him.