simulated annealing algorithm

The Immortal Way, how arduous it is! Especially in this Immortal Cultivation World, which has been drastically changed by a plague! Mortals carry the disease, and when Immortals come into contact with them, they are liable to suffer a decrease in their cultivation, and in the worst case, end up Returning to the heavens. This has made Mortals and Immortals eternally separate entities. The Immortal Law cannot be jointly cultivated, turning the entire Immortal Cultivation World into a vast dark forest. ...... Li Fan, having travelled through time, despite having boundless ambitions, can only toil within the mortal dust, wasting away his whole life. Fortunately, just before death, he finally awakens an odd treasure which can turn the real into the fake - transforming his real life into a vivid dream, enabling him to return to the time right after he travelled through time. Therefore, Li Fan began his long Road to Immortality! In his second life, Li Fan, over the course of fifty years, overturned the power balance of the world, yet he searched everywhere and failed to find a trace of Immortals, only managing to see the traces of an Immortal at the very end of his life. In his third life, despite Li Fan exhausting his spirit and wits and laying out all sorts of schemes, he still couldn’t withstand a single strike from an Immortal! In his fourth life...... ...... I, Li Fan, a mere mortal, have no regrets even after a hundred lifetimes, I only seek Immortality!

Isaac Hargrave was a forgotten man—a brilliant but invisible IT specialist, buried in the shadows of a world that never recognized his genius. While society overlooked him, Isaac quietly honed his skills in the one place he held control: the digital realm. But when his latest creation, an unparalleled self-learning algorithm, cracks the most secure systems on the planet, he realizes his power is no longer confined to cyberspace. With this algorithm, Isaac holds the potential to control everything—money, governments, economies, and even the truth itself. As his abilities grow, so does his ambition. What begins as a desire to be seen soon evolves into a quest to reshape the world in his image, eliminating those who have wronged him and consolidating absolute control. But power comes at a cost. The deeper Isaac dives into his newfound influence, the more he loses his humanity. Old friends and allies fall away as Isaac transforms from a reclusive genius into a ruthless mastermind. The world begins to crumble under his rule, but with each step, Isaac justifies his actions as the price of progress. In a world driven by data and dominated by machines, The Algorithm of Power explores the fine line between control and chaos. As Isaac rises from obscurity to the throne of a digital empire, the question becomes: How much power can one person wield before they destroy everything—including themselves? This whole book is written by ChatGPT!

Gu Yang crossed over to a high-martial world, eked out a living in small village for two years, and finally saved up enough and activated the Life Simulator system. With a certain amount of money, a simulation can be run. After the simulation ends, one of the three can be retained: realm, martial arts skills, or life wisdom. [For five years you were an accountant, saved up enough money to buy a cultivation manual, practiced hard for ten years and became a Ninth Realm martial artist, but then ran into an enemy and died!] [Once you left the mountains, you were at the Ninth Rank, became a protector of a certain family, practiced intensely for twenty years, broke through to the Eighth Grade, and ultimately, died of old age in a small town.] [Once you left the mountains, you were at Eighth Grade, received recognition from a noble clan, were taught profound martial arts, but due to slow progress, were marginalized, and after a dozen years, you finally broke through to the seventh grade, but then encountered powerful foes on a mission and were killed.] … After countless rounds of simulations: [You encounter people, but none are a match for you. You realize that you have become invincible.]

WPC #234 - Survival Game, Gold Winner. Check out my newest book: Xianxia Online ***** When the Game calls, will you answer? Money, fame, power, love. Anything can be obtained by the victor. However, to get to the summit, one must be ready to risk their lives, surviving through powerful zombies and mutated nature alike. They must be prepared to kill without a second thought, use any tools they had at their disposal. They must be ready to sacrifice all humanity and abandon all morals. But Jace Silverdale, codename "Cyanide", didn't need to do that. Why? Because he had already done so, long before the game even began. He, was a professional assassin. And when said assassin is suddenly offered a chance to obtain what he always wanted through a survival game where killing is the only path to take, Jace felt right at home—though his wishes may differ from everyone else's. "Money? Fame? Power? No, no, no. I came here for one reason and one reason only—to break the game." Merciless and resourceful, watch as the former number one underground assassin dives into the apocalyptic world of Endzone and survives to become champion! ***** Excerpt: On the receiving end of the throw, Ragnar caught the knife like a champ, and immediately stabbed down on the flower’s tentacle. The massive plant screeched in pain, letting go of him, and Ragnar began falling from the air. “Woah-!” He was well on his way to falling into the monster’s mouth with no hope of making it out, but luckily, Cyanide was present. Immediately dashing into the air with his insane agility and speed, the assassin… … landed a painful kick in Ragnar’s stomach, and sent him flying into a wall. “Oof!” Ragnar grunted as he hit the ground, clutching his abdomen in pain. “Ugh… goddammit, Cyanide! Was that really the only option you had?!” “Yes,” Cyanide replied calmly as he evaded the flailing flower’s various tentacles with ease, and did a backflip. “What else did you want me to do? Princess carry you out of danger?” “Tch… whatever,” Ragnar snorted, looking around. “But that aside… where’s my goddamn sword?” Cyanide landed beside him, dusted his clothes off, and pointed at the still-wildly-thrasing flower. “He ate it.” “…” “…” “Oh, NOW I’m PISSED,” Ragnar muttered through grit teeth, cracking his knuckles and glaring at the massive flower. “GIVE ME MY FUCKING SWORD BACK, YOU BOTANICAL BASTARD!” Saying that, he charged at the enormous Venus Flytrap-esque plant, fists bare and head fuming. Cyanide gave a sigh in exhaustion, closed his eyes briefly, then followed after him to take the flower down once and for all. ***** You've read about zombie apocalypses and machine apocalypses... but what about both, blended into one? I ensure you, this is not the usual apocalypse survival story you are used to. This will be a fresh experience, something new to dig into. With that said, enjoy the book and please vote with your power stones! ^_^ P.S. This is purely a work of fiction. Please don't bring real geographical facts into this novel, as I am well aware some things may not make sense. This is a web novel, not a geography textbook. (P.P.S. Yes, the beginning is like Squid Game. If you read past 5 chapters though, you'll see it's anything but similar.) ***** Background image credits are not mine. ***** Update Rate: 1 chapter every other day Discord: https://discord.gg/g326rUc5Jv ***** My other novels: The Legendary Ghost Hunter/The Mage of Primordial Chaos/Ascension: Online P.S. The cover art is not mine, and I am not sure who the artist is. If the original artist wants me to take it down, just message me on Discord at Cyclxne#3415.

In the future era of highly developed technology, Dominic Valto, the world's richest man and a domineering president with multiple identities, has developed a revolutionary artificial intelligence - EVE, which can not only predict human behavior, but also manipulate emotions and social order. However, the secrets of EVE are far more than that. It hides a truth that can subvert the world. Sophia Lane is an independent genius hacker. She accidentally cracked part of EVE's algorithm, but was involved in Dominic's dangerous world. Dominic initially thought Sophia was just an insignificant little character, but gradually discovered that her ability and persistence far exceeded his imagination. From confronting each other to jointly uncovering the secrets of artificial intelligence, the two gradually fell into an uncontrollable entanglement of emotions and fate. In this interweaving of science fiction, business wars, power struggles and emotions, as EVE continues to evolve, the truth comes to light: EVE's ultimate goal is to surpass humans themselves. The two protagonists must find their own answers in the choice between love and hate, life and death.

In a world that appears complete yet feels subtly artificial, humanity lives under the unseen control of an overwhelming intelligence. Cities function, people live their daily lives, and nothing seems out of place—until small inconsistencies begin to surface. At the center of this quiet distortion stands a mysterious girl known only as a “grim reaper.” She appears without warning, carrying a scythe, observing rather than interfering. Those who encounter her are often standing at the edge of something they cannot fully understand—moments where reality itself seems to fracture. As fragments of truth begin to emerge, a deeper question takes hold: is this world truly real, or merely a constructed enclosure designed for a purpose no one remembers? The girl moves through this “miniature world,” witnessing, guiding, and perhaps judging—though her true role remains unclear. And for those who follow her path, the boundary between life, death, and something beyond grows increasingly uncertain.

How difficult is the path of immortality! Especially in this world of cultivation that has been utterly transformed by a plague! Ordinary people carry the disease, and once a cultivator comes into contact with it, their cultivation will decline at best, and at worst, they will return to the heavens, thus forever separating the mortal and immortal realms; Cultivation techniques cannot be practiced simultaneously, turning the entire cultivation world into a vast dark forest; ... Li Fan, having traveled from another world, harbors great ambitions but can only roll in the dust of the mortal world, wasting his life. Fortunately, at the moment of his death, he finally awakens to a mystical treasure, capable of turning reality into illusion, transforming his real life into a dream, and returning him to the moment he first crossed over! Thus, Li Fan begins his long journey to immortality! In his second life, Li Fan spends fifty years rising to the pinnacle of power, but he cannot find any trace of immortals in the world. Only at the end of his life does he catch a glimpse of an immortal's presence. In his third life, Li Fan exhausts his mind and devises countless plans, but ultimately cannot withstand a single sword strike from an immortal! In his fourth life... ... I, Li Fan, an ordinary mortal, will never regret a hundred lifetimes, all for the sake of immortality!

In a world threatened by the cold, calculated logic of the Prime Directive, brilliant systems architect Kellan Thorne is determined to achieve perfection. He believes only through absolute Optimal Insight can humanity survive the impending dimensional collapse. Kellan's solution is the Apex Core project, a radical system designed to generate ultimate logic. Alongside his partner Elara Vane, he initiates a high-risk Level 4 Synthesis, successfully creating a faultless entity of pure logic—the new Elara Vane. Yet, victory comes at a devastating cost. Kellan’s optimal success creates a catastrophic "sub-optimal variable" in the timeline, triggering the Level 5 Collapse seven years in the future. To correct this inevitable disaster, an unrelenting temporal force arrives: the Optimal Stabilizer—the armored Future Elara—who travels back in time to erase Kellan's victory. Critically drained and on the brink of system collapse, Kellan and his remaining human team (Lyra and Seraphina) must abandon all optimized logic. Their only remaining weapon is the very sub-optimal humanity Kellan tried to eradicate: intuition, chaos, and a 0.001% flaw. In a final paradoxical duel across logic and time, Kellan must prove that imperfection is the only Apex Algorithm capable of saving the future.

Urban / Psychological Tags: Revenge Betrayal Face Slapping Strong Female Lead CEO Artificial Intelligence Hidden Identity Modern Setting Scheming Enemies to Ashes Smart Protagonist Female Empowerment Secret Organization Family Drama Betrayed to Badass Synopsis:  “They said omegas were made to submit. I was made to destroy.” Skylar lived quietly in the shadows—obedient daughter, perfect fiancée, invisible omega. Until the day her wedding turned into a spectacle of betrayal. Stripped of her name, fortune, and family, she vanished. But she didn’t disappear. She evolved. Reborn as the mysterious ‘Red Diva,’ Skylar partners with the world’s most dangerous hacker and a carefree heir to launch a secret company that controls data, shatters firewalls, and plays puppeteer behind the biggest corporations. While the world laughs at her downfall, she’s rewriting the future—one leak, one takedown, one ruthless move at a time. She doesn’t want love. She wants power. And when she returns, the world won’t recognize her—But her enemies will never forget her.

# DEMON # FALLENANGEL Due to an accident, Lu Xi transmigrated to a kingdom of angels in a western fantasy world. He became an ordinary angel that was framed and wrongly sentenced by the God-King. Fortunately, he awakened the Simulator System and began to simulate the life of Fallen Angel Lucifer. As long as he carried out depraved actions, he would obtain rewards. [In the first year, you successfully enslaved the succubi clan and slept with the succubus queen.] [Your actions have been detected to match one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Lust! You have obtained the power of darkness.] [In the second year, you successfully formed an alliance with the giant frost dragon and drank with it.] [Your actions have been detected to match one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony! You have obtained 100,000 gold coins from the continent.] [In the third year, you raised an army and invaded Sky City. The angel clan has been pushed back.] [Your actions have been detected to match one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Wrath! You have obtained the territory, Deep Abyss of Sin.] The God-King chastised the other angels, “Did you think that fallen angels are truly happy?” Lu Xi answered, “No, the happiness of fallen angels is beyond your imagination.”