stronghold 2 chapter 8

This book was also called “I’m Really An Upright Man”. I am Qin Shujian. I’ve achieved nothing in both the way of the book and the sword in these prosperous 30 years. This is the growth journey of an honorable, compassionate, and upright man!

The world is facing an incoming Apocalypse, as Earth is under going another Evolution. Mankind will face its greatest crisis in the face of the Destructive Apocalypse with Zombies, Mutated Beast and many more. Follow Leo, as he became the last hope of Mankind, using the most awesome cheat System given to him by Gaia. Will he fall or survive and rise to the top? -------------------------------------------------- Send me some milk and cookies: paypal.me/StrongholdApocalypse +Join Patreon using my link: https://patreon.com/invite/xvllnj +Discord - https://discord.gg/VM97495 Artwork by jbrown67

Risále Celine Manon can’t remember anything. Leon Minhyuk Song remembers, but not enough to stop the inevitable events that will come to the world he and the ones he loves are in. Hidden in the shadows, in the back of the mind, there is a third person that remembers everything, but cannot say anything to save them. Join Risále, Leon, and their friends as they try to find the Relic of the Stronghold to try and save their world, and find out a dark truth that changes their aim along the way. (TW: Violence, gore, suicide/suicide attempt, death, sexual assault) (CW: Implied sex, mental health issues) I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS STORY TO BE REPOSTED ANYWHERE ELSE WITHOUT MY CONSENT. IF IT IS REPOSTED WITHOUT MY CONSENT THEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED A STOLEN WORK AND I WILL TAKE ACTION. IT WILL BE CONSIDERED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.

The buisness failed ! You are left with a huge debt ! Everyone left you , including your partner ! The prideful you decided to end your life ! But a sudden disaster made your life more upheaval ! A chance for you to shine finally arrived . One more gamble , one more time ! In this apocalypse world , let me gamble once again ! They : You don't have ability at all ! Me : I'm a potion master ! They : You are weak ! Me : I will prove you wrong ! They : You are alone ! Me : Sorry but I am the owner of the strongest stronghold ! One more time ! One more chance !! One more gamble !!! Either I win or die wining !!!!

When a voice from the sky suddenly announces, "Well, your planet has reached Life Level 1. It's time to prove your worth! Fight or die, there are no other options! Hahahaha, this is going to be fun—at least for me! Hahahaha, good luck!" —an unimaginable nightmare begins. Extreme natural disasters, wild mutations in plants and animals, and humanity pushed to the brink of extinction. Amid the chaos, Rob—a civil engineer and devoted father—survives for ten long years, fighting tirelessly to protect his wife and children. But even after unlocking his SSS-rank ability World Devourer in the final years, it was too late. Rob became the most powerful human… only to fall defending his family from the continent’s most feared monster: the dreaded Puma of the Andes. In his final moments, a cosmic entity offers him a second chance: to return one year before the apocalypse, with all his memories intact. Now, armed with experience, strategy, and determination, Rob won’t just try to change the future—he’ll build a stronghold of hope from scratch for his family, his friends, and all of humanity. He begins rigorous physical training, smart financial moves, and the construction of a fortified base in central Chile—one of the few regions that will endure the world's end. But this new beginning won’t be easy. Past decisions, family ties, and new threats will soon come to light. Can Rob defy fate, or is he doomed to relive the same tragedy? Find out in this extraordinary story!

I woke up to the end of the world. Everyone else's story began with god-like abilities or a second chance at revenge. Me? I got a dilapidated, drafty warehouse and half a stale biscuit. Just as I was about to discuss the meaning of life with my new neighbor—a corpse—the [Wasteland's Premier Safe House] system came online! [Beep! 'First Defense' mission cleared! Safe House level up! 'Basement Storage' unlocked!] [Beep! 'Protect the Farmland' mission cleared! Safe House level up! 'Starter Seed Vault' unlocked!] [Beep! 'Aid a Survivor' mission cleared! Safe House level up! 'Basic Infirmary' unlocked!] And just like that, while everyone else was fighting tooth and nail for their next meal, my gardens were overflowing. While they were huddled in flimsy tents, my safe house had become a steel bastion, armed with electric fences and auto-turrets. Oh? A group of moronic bandits thinks they can shake me down for protection fees? Seal the doors. Unleash the dogs... scratch that, unleash the turrets! And for good measure, let's blast some ridiculously cheesy pop music to see them off. I'm Chen Shou-zhuo, the number one landlord in this wasteland. I'm a simple man who just wants to farm in peace and crack a few terrible jokes. But don't get on my bad side. My tenants—a silent doctor, a computer nerd, a troublemaking kid, two dogs, and a cat—have a way of making people wish they'd never been born.

When the apocalypse struck, Earth’s vegetation withered into dust and rivers vanished into cracked earth. Panic devoured civilizations as order and humanity shattered. In this new era, survival narrowed to one primal obsession: food. Wheat and rice became luxuries only gracing the tables of the ultra-rich. Fresh vegetables? Their prices skyrocketed ten-thousand-fold—now priceless treasures beyond reach. Then… a scavenger found a smartphone. Its cracked screen flickered to life— and the footage within shook the world. • Vegetables, glistening with dew, tumbling into boiling hotpot broth. • A sizzling leg of lamb, skin crackling with each turn, dusted with sesame-like cumin. • Fish soup simmered pure white as milk, crowned with emerald scallions. A feast from a lost paradise— taunting a starving hellscape.

The Stronghold Cycle Valencia Strong was never meant to survive—much less rise. Orphaned at five, abandoned by a father she never knew, and raised in an institution that hid cruelty behind polished walls, she learned early that the world wasn’t built for girls like her. But Valencia wasn’t like anyone else. Some days she was a once‑in‑a‑generation genius; other days, she slipped into strange episodes where her brilliance vanished as quickly as it came. No one understood it. No one tried. Except the six other children who became her family long before they escaped the place that tried to break them. Tiffany. Jonathan. Wanda. Stacey. Troy. Quinton. Each one discarded. Each one dangerous in their own way. Together, they became unstoppable. After fleeing the orphanage, the seven of them built a life from nothing—hacking, coding, inventing, designing, researching, and outsmarting every system that tried to keep them small. By ten, they’d finished high school. By twelve, they’d conquered college. By sixteen, several held PhDs. And by nineteen, they had quietly constructed a multi‑industry empire known only to those powerful enough to fear it: The Stronghold Corporation. Security. Cyber intelligence. Microchips. Fashion. Scientific innovation. Investments. Every field they touched, they dominated. But Valencia—brilliant, unpredictable, and haunted by the mother she lost and the father she never knew—remains the mystery at the center of it all. The ring she wears. The necklace she never takes off. The strange episodes that strike without warning. The secrets her mother died with. And the past that refuses to stay buried. When an older couple stops her on the street—drawn to the strange heirlooms she carries—Valencia thinks nothing of it. She doesn’t know they’ve taken her picture. She doesn’t know they’ve sent it to someone who has been searching for her for nineteen years. She doesn’t know that everything she built—her family, her empire, her identity—is about to be shaken by a truth powerful enough to destroy or redefine her. As old enemies stir, hidden bloodlines awaken, and the world begins to take notice of the young geniuses who should never have existed, Valencia and her team must confront the one thing they’ve never been able to outsmart: their past. The Stronghold Cycle is a high‑octane blend of found family, cyber brilliance, mystery, and unstoppable ambition. It’s the story of seven prodigies who refuse to be victims, a girl whose mind could change the world, and the dangerous truth waiting to claim her. Fast‑paced, emotional, and electrifying, this is the beginning of a saga where power is earned, loyalty is everything, and destiny is a code waiting to be cracked.

John - a multi elemental magic and martial warrior is from one and half century in the future, he returns back to our current time as his 12-year-old self. He re-started as he prepares for the future world conflict, he selected his friends and comrade that will become a great people in the future. Some of them was in our folklore and computer game heroes now. The place he came from, the Earth higher realm, there is a system, human power is a seamless fusion of Technology and Magical Prowess. Normal human life expectancy is 400 years old, after a human's body is destroyed or killed, their soul will only reinstate into a new vessel as a new body with the help of technology. This allows humans to live for a thousand of years, almost achieving immortality. Then the twists are the re-instating the soul of the legendary people in our history into a new vessel as it revives them, integrates with current time and help the MC and his friends to fight enemies that would bring the humanity to doom. *********** Author Note: I am greatly fascinated in Fantasy, History and Religion, so in this book I incorporate this three into Magical Realism with a blend of Sci-Fi and Action Adventure. With the following settings: • Weak to Strong Protagonist • Setting, is “Harry Potter type with Asian” touch, then it develops into “European Magic type with a blend of Martial Arts concept” and then into “Futuristic and Apocalyptic War” as the finale. • No harem, I am more on romance but with several love interests as the story progress. • Legendary human included in this book is based on historical accounts and folklore. • Small Science branches also included like Quantum Physics and Law of Relativity (but not in dept, so no need to worry.) I tried not to include too much explanation. Final note: English is my 3rd language, and I am used in using formal and informal words, so there are some shortcomings in slangs, but reading other books and research, will help improve it so it could fit into newer generation readers as the story progress. I hope this will arouse readers curiosity as I include research on science, history and Asian folklores to make this a logically plausible fantasy book. Enjoy reading!

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