penquin highway

[Roadside survival + closed beta + leveling-up system + game + dungeons + imaginative concept + romantic pairing (male rebirth)] Pei Hening thought her boyfriend had gone crazy. They dragged her out of bed in the middle of the night to play a survival game, saying they'd be pulled into it in six hours— Since they're already here, they might as well make the best of it. The game has begun, and they still have to survive. But can someone tell her why her starting vehicle is roller skates?! —— In the second year of the road survival game, Chu Xuange located his girlfriend's location and used a server-switching card to reunite with her. He thought that no one could separate them anymore, but unexpectedly, his girlfriend was killed in a large-scale dungeon, and he embarked on a path of revenge for her. In the fifth year of his road survival journey, Chu Xuange slaughtered all his enemies and committed suicide in despair. When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn back to before the game's closed beta! Warning: This is not a female-centric novel. This novel is not mine.

In an apocalyptic world, Wei Huan is reborn 11 years in the past, brimming with determination to participate in the [Highway Survival Challenge] to gain extraordinary abilities and confront the supernatural monsters descending upon the present world. In his previous life, bound by conventional rules, he missed the chance to enter the forest and open the god-tier treasure chest that was within reach. This time, he won’t let it slip by. Romance Arc: On the eve of entering the challenge, Wei Huan is blindsided by an arranged engagement. His nearly bankrupt father, swayed by his stepmother’s suggestion, plans to marry him off to a disabled man. Upon meeting, Wei Huan discovers his betrothed is none other than Mu Zhong. Mu Zhong: the heartthrob of Challenger University, born with supernatural talent, and a prospective member of the Dragon Team’s Sixth Squad. He was set to officially join after acquiring a second extraordinary ability in the [Highway Survival Challenge] . However, in a recent mission, Mu Zhong was unexpectedly crippled, losing even his supernatural abilities. His final value lies in a commercial marriage alliance with the legitimate heir of a second-tier family, stripped of his inheritance rights. The day after their wedding, Wei Huan enters the [Highway Survival Challenge] and successfully obtains a god-tier extraordinary ability. But then… [Ding!] [Family member requests to join: Mu Zhong wishes to board. Do you accept?] #This novel is not mine

(Roadside survival + revenge and scumbag treatment + cheat code + female lead with no romantic partner + supernatural dungeons + slight horror) Shen Muyu has awakened to the fact that she was just a cannon fodder female supporting character in a domineering CEO novel, whose intelligence was forcibly reduced, a tool for giving money, power and resources to the male and female leads. However, she awakened too late. The story was already coming to an end, she had nothing left, and no matter what efforts she made, she would be unable to succeed because she was rejected by the world. Fortunately, at this time, Blue Star was invaded by a high-dimensional galaxy, and all people of the right age on Blue Star were transported to a survival game called Highway Survival. Here, she was no longer suppressed, and even had her own unique cheat code, contrary to the norm. Dark tunnels, waterside cliffs, zombie worlds... While people are still struggling to survive in different dungeons, Shen Muyu is already living a comfortable life of crushing the scum and lying flat. (The female lead has humanity but isn't a saint.) #This novel is not mine

[No-CP road survival + game-themed time travel + fun farming + Plants vs. monsters + top-ranked on the charts + decisive female lead + team] Her deceased sister called to remind her, and Yu Qi was immediately pulled into a highway survival game. However, she soon discovered that the game she had been playing before had also been transported here. She could happily plant vegetables in the game's home every day and harvest them with one click! While everyone else was still struggling to survive, she had already used these special crops to build relationships with the Monster Restaurant and various merchants, selling them to players and monster merchants struggling to survive on the road, making a fortune. Not only that, Yu Qi also discovered that she was the only one who could see the health bars of all the monsters, and she was also given special treatment by the system, often receiving hints from a proud little system that revealed hidden rules. What is the reason for all of this? To figure out what was going on, and to survive, she upgraded her vehicle to the highest level step by step, leading her team to the end of the road... But the truth was... #Thia novel is not mine

[Sci-fi post-apocalyptic + road trip survival] [No romantic pairing] On an ordinary day, people all over the world entered a game called Highway Survival. This game is fair; no one can bring anything into the game. Upon entering the game, each player only receives basic clothing provided by the system. Survival in the game depends on each player's individual skills. Zheng Wudi opened the system interface and saw only one electric scooter. The items in the newbie gift pack are all pretty good. But why is there this "good luck" item in my personal information...? Vest cards, anonymous cards... Zheng Wudi relied on good luck and deliberately played the field, slowly changing... #This novel is not mine

The secret to feeding a crew of hungry alien pirates? A contract with a demon. Lusac is just a lowly member of a space pirate crew in the civil war-plagued Cinder Rock Galaxy. But everything changes for him one day when the Demon in his fridge offers him a system. Finally, Lusac can level up and unlock new [skills]. The only catch? It’s a cooking system. And [Chef] Lusac has no experience in the kitchen. As Lusac and his crewmates travel along The Astral Highway (a messy network of wormholes connecting the entire galaxy) plundering rich planets and taking on jobs from wealthy clients, will he be able to use his new system to become more than just a decent cook? What To Expect: -Weak to strong MC -Secondary FMC with intersecting storylines -Action interspersed with cozy cooking chapters -A vast, unique galaxy where Humans are NOT the dominant species "Cooking" designates a cooking chapter [V] designates a Varyna chapter Release Schedule: Daily by 13:15 EST For the 10 latest chapters, please visit the official TAH Patreon! patreon.com/Raine3 **This is story is a joint project by Currer, Acton, and Elis Raine. It is also available on Royal Road.**

Aaron (MC) sells his soul to Lucifer (ML) to be his friend. And Satan just rolls with it until he realizes he genuinely likes him. Since he can't renege on the contract he takes them to Hell and puts them in a high position of power. Demons hardened by millennia of torture now have to answer to a shy, self-conscious, quiet, depressed, lonely person who has unintentionally become Satan's #1 ------ The main character here is Aaron and thanks to the support of family and the devil himself, he will get better. He has currently depression and. this story will be about how he overcomes it. So while the first chapter is a bit angsty, there will be enough fluff and romance afterward. Though it's not a love-cures-it-all type of story, I assure you. This is a character that will face hurdles and will grow stronger thanks to it. Character development will be the main topic along with romance. Then we have the politics of demon and angel society. ------ - Character development - BL Romance - Angel and demon society - Goodish!Lucifer ------ Excerpt: "So, how work went?” Lucifer snorted. “I like how you want to make it sound as if I just came from some normal human job and not from trying to organize which souls go for each demon to torture.” “You’re lucky I’m not eating, right now,” Sam said as he put the food inside the microwave. “Besides, a guy can dream, right? Someday maybe you would do some office work for a change.” “I’m hurt, Sam. Why try to make me more human? I’m just an archangel, standing in front of a guy, asking him to love him. With all and his ruling Hell and damning-souls side. It’s not much.” Sam slowly turned towards Lucifer. “First, you’re not standing in front of me. Second, stop quoting romantic movies.” “You love it.” ----- I wrote this story when I was on the road to recovery with my own depression so while I've never been in a mental hospital, I've had the experience of dealing with it. ------ Want to talk to me? jorieds-fof.tumblr.com/ Discord: JorieDS#4193

Five years ago, Rowan “Rowe” Callahan was ripped from everything she loved when her father was murdered and her mother vanished. Shipped away by the club’s ruthless president—the man she secretly desired—Rowe built a new life far from the roar of engines and the weight of secrets. Now she’s back. Her brother is dead, ruled a suicide she refuses to believe. The man who once protected her as his ward, Reaper—cold, deadly, and untouchable—holds dangerous truths behind his steel-gray eyes. Determined to uncover what really happened to her family, Rowe forces her way into the club as a prospect, igniting old flames and deadly new enemies. As rival clubs close in and traitors bleed from within the Reapers, Rowe and Reaper’s forbidden passion explodes into something raw, possessive, and impossible to deny. But every answer she unearths brings her closer to a devastating truth: the man she’s falling for may be the one who destroyed her family. In a world where blood ties are lies and the road only leads to ashes, Rowe must decide how far she’ll ride for justice… and whether love is worth the ultimate betrayal.

On the endless roads of America’s heartland, trucker Rook Dalton lives a life of silence and asphalt. But when a mysterious government container bursts open during a storm, he’s drenched in living silver — the Baptism of the Road. His veins glow like molten fuel, his heart roars like a diesel engine, and reality itself bends to his will. Now hunted by the inhuman Freight Hunters — black rigs that drive themselves, piloted by the Road’s shadow — Rook discovers he’s part of something larger than the highways he’s driven all his life. There are others like him, the Baptized, outcasts gifted and cursed by the living power beneath the asphalt. To survive, Rook must keep driving, mastering powers that twist physics and metal itself. Every mile takes him deeper into a hidden war stretching across America’s forgotten highways — a war between man, machine, and the living Road that demands loyalty or blood. But the more he taps the Road’s power, the more it consumes him. And if he can’t learn why the Road chose him, he’ll become just another engine in its endless, hungry machine. The highway never ends. The Freight Hunters never stop. And Rook Dalton must keep driving… or die

Stella Sterling, born into wealth, had always followed the rules. Jaded by the hypocrisy of high society, she suddenly had a whim one day to have an ordinary romance. Thus, a fabricated rumor that Stella Sterling had spent a fortune to hire a Matchmaker from a dating site to find her a partner quickly spread through her circles. Those on good terms with her teased and watched the fun. Those on bad terms with her waited to see her become a joke. Later, an employee from the dating website revealed, "The company was acquired with an investment from a Vicenzan tycoon, and the profile of a certain female member with the surname Sterling was hidden overnight." The public speculated wildly about the identities of the Vicenzan tycoon and the female member with the surname Sterling. - Later on, a candid street photo that was accidentally captured went viral. In the dense night of The Spire on Vesper Island— Beside a Benz, a handsome, composed, and dignified man lifted a striking beauty in a red dress with one arm, pressing her against the car door and lowering his head for a deep kiss. In the faint light and shadow, the woman's flowing hair was swept by the wind, wrapping around the man's finger, which wore a pinky ring. Like a footnote to a romance, and even more like a vintage film frame etched into the axis of time. Someone immediately dug up the man's identity based on clues from the photo. The eldest son of Vicenza's Rhodes Family—low-profile and inscrutable, cold and untamable, and also the powerful contemporary authority of The Vesper Circle. And the alluring, glamorous belle by his side was none other than Stella Sterling. When the street photo spread to the mainland, everyone excitedly exclaimed: "The case is solved, the case is solved—"