when the dam breaks

You're a struggling young doctor, barely making ends meet with a measly $2000 monthly income. Life's pressures and trials weigh heavily upon you! But lo and behold! One fine morning, you wake up to find yourself equipped with some sort of cheat codes... You're scheduled for an appendectomy, so you roll up your sleeves and get ready to explore the abdominal terrain: You touch the cecum: "Cecum: Healthy!" You palpate the colon: "Colon: All clear!" You reach the appendix: "Appendix: It's an inflamed, pus-filled appendix monster, level 15, rare creature. Recommendation: Perform an appendectomy!" With a decisive hand, you wield your scalpel and skillfully remove the troublesome appendix. "Ding! Rare appendix monster eliminated! Rewards: +100 experience in appendectomy, +$100, and a shiny white suture needle!" And thus, your journey begins as an emergency surgeon. But remember, with great healing powers comes great responsibility!

During the demon-summoning ceremony, Aiwass finally recalled his past life's memories. This should be an online game that his family's company had released and operated for six years. Now, his foster father was the leader of the latest version's antagonist organization. He would expose his identity six years later, hesitate and then defect from the protagonist's side. Ultimately, because he decided to take a fatal strike meant for the player character, he was killed by his upright older brother in a transitional CG without even a chance to enter the main content. ——But the problem was not too significant. Aiwass also knew many secret advancement routes exclusive to the player character, as well as the Nurturing Secret Sequel regulations of the various Paths. He believed he could reverse his unfortunate fate…… So now there was only one issue left. "According to the original plot, shouldn't I have been rescued by the protagonist before this lousy ceremony even began?" Tied to the ceremonial altar as a sacrifice, Aiwass fell into contemplation. —————— Keywords: Victorian Fantasy, Amber Flow

The daughter of the Chi family has been living in the mountains for sixteen years. Suddenly, she returns to the White City. However, it's soon found out that this missy’s image is a little off. On the first day, the paparazzi catches her having a meal with one of the best actors. The photographs quickly top the hot searches. Best Actor: Don’t make wild guesses. She is my boss and I am her underling. Netizens: As if we would believe you! The next day, the paparazzi catches a financial tycoon tying her shoelaces in the middle of the street. This goes onto the hot searches once again. Some financial tycoon: Don’t make wild guesses. She is my boss and I am her underling. Netizens: (⊙…⊙) On the third day, the Chi family’s missy dominates the hot searches again with paparazzi photos of a big shot in the medical field sending her to school. Big shot in the medical field: I’m sorry, but she is my boss. Netizens: Where is the pretty-face Jiaojiao we were promised? Her image is collapsing. Just as the netizens are gradually getting used to Chi Jiao’s antics, the paparazzi catches her walking into the Civil Affairs Bureau with the head of the Quan family, Quan Jue. Many say that the strategies employed by Quan Jue are brilliant, sly in nature, and brutal. He's an extremely ruthless figure. Quan Jue: I would like to introduce you all to my wife, Chi Jiao. Jiaojiao has been weak and sickly since young. Do not bully her. Netizens: Master Quan, I think you have some misunderstandings about your wife. Chi Jiao suffered a violent death in her previous life. Her soul witnessed that man kiss her remains and perish together with the person who killed her. Only then did she realize that the illegitimate son living in her household had humbled himself because of his love for her. The reincarnated Chi Jiao’s main mission this lifetime is to woo Quan Jue, and become the Little Jiajiao in his heart.

"Master, I'm sorry... It's all my fault that you could not break through before your last moments." "Don't worry, my disciple. I will not die," said Xu Fan as he smiled at his disciple, whose face was covered with tears. “If only… If only I could get you a few more Foundation Establishment Pills..." The genius of the sect knelt on the floor while crying like a baby. Xu Fan looked at his oldest disciple and sighed. He then took out a Foundation Establishment Pill and nonchalantly threw it into his mouth. The next second, divine lights of five different colors filled the world.

Scholar System, Business System, Confucian Saint System, Oracle System, Bald System, Ancestor System, Myriad Realms System… This is a world overflowing with systems! In this world, everyone can awaken a system of their own! Everyone can cheat their way to the peak of life! However, Xiang Beifei was utterly confused, “Why do all you locals have system cheats while I, as a transmigrator, don’t have one?” Soon, he realized— Not having a system cheat was actually the biggest cheat of all!

Holy Pope, golden scepter. Knight King, silver embroidered bed. The one who sows wheat eats chaff, the one who weaves has no clothes. When Eve and Adam toiled, the nobles and gentlemen sat in high halls? Occupy my wife, seize my house, kill my pair of good parents! Countless heads roll, blood debts must be repaid with blood! Behead the Priests! Behead the Pope! Behead the Knights! Behead the King! Slash away all injustice, balance all the debts of grievances. We common folks are mere pigs and sheep, welcoming the Saintess to start a massacre. When the Saintess arrives, there will be no Priests! When the Saintess arrives, there will be no Kings! When the Saintess arrives, there will be no forced labor! When the Saintess arrives, there will be no taxes!

In the Cube Card Universe, a universe where card games are revered, people travel through various dungeons in order to obtain powerful cards. Others pray, "Oh, spirits of heaven and earth, bless me with good cards!" Ree Shil says, "Sorry, but I never try to draw the card I want. I select it." Others curse, "Damn it, I've already lost 100 fusion cards in a row!" Ree Shil says, "Sorry, but my fusion success rate is 100%." There's a person who never relies on luck, only on strength. Card Game + Adventure (Not fanfiction. Not Yu-Gi-Oh) (Cube Card, an original turn-based card game)

Having crossed into the Immortal Cultivation World and finding himself at the very bottom, struggling to survive, Xu Yang discovered he possessed a special golden finger. As long as he persisted in any single activity, he could gain the power to transform the decayed into the miraculous. Eating: Stabilize the Foundation and Cultivate Essence, strengthen the body, extend lifespan… Sleeping: Nourish and accumulate energy, be as vigorous as a dragon or a tiger, Eternal Youth… Breathing: Turtle breathing technique, a tide of vitality, Qi Moves Mountains and Rivers… Walking: Travel a thousand miles in a day, shrink the land beneath you, rival mountains in your speed… No matter if it was the common myriad activities or the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, as long as one was persistent, they could reach the pinnacle of refinement. With this, Xu Yang evolved from a humble fisherman into the strongest ever known, revered as the Ten Mile Sword God!

Tang Yanxi never expected her life to take such a dramatic turn. In a twist of fate, she found herself married to Sheng Jianan, the enigmatic and aloof heir to a powerful business empire. On their wedding night, he presented her with three strict rules, setting the tone for their unconventional union. Initially, Tang Yanxi viewed their marriage as a ridiculous charade, assuming their relationship would be nothing more than two strangers living under the same roof. However, she soon discovered that her mysterious husband had other plans. "Darling, we should contribute to the continuation of humanity," he whispered, his eyes gleaming with mischief. "Sweetheart, regular exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle," he insisted, his tone playful yet persuasive. Where was the promised distant and cold-hearted man? What happened to the three rules he had so firmly established? Tang Yanxi's frustration reached its peak as she demanded, "Will you please just be quiet?!"

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players. This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost… Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.