best underground railroad stories

Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Lin Jun, inexplicably reincarnated as a mushroom, found himself surrounded and trapped by demons in the deep levels of the Underground City. With no hands, no feet, and no eyes, he relied solely on the plunder skill from disassembled corpses to survive. He even established a mushroom garden in the Underground City, planning to gradually counterattack the dungeon. Until one day, a silly Duke's daughter, who was turned into a mushroom, fell from above. And also attracted a rescue team of diamond-level adventurers. "If you want to kill, then kill!" "Why would I want to kill you? Could you please calm down a bit?" "Huh?"

Eat mushrooms raw · Fantasy

WorldCrafter - Building My Underground Kingdom

[Ding! You get 1 Stone Block!] [Ding! You get 1 Dirt Block!] Bob the builder! Oop sorry cannot anger the copyright God on summary alone. Ben is a great uncle…. Yes he was living a poor photographer for daily news paper named…. Okay this gonna make the God angry, let’s try again. Ben is your average construction worker, one day he suddenly find himself surrounded by darkness. He was confused how he found himself in here, but a system screen appear in his eyes. [Congratulations you have been choosen as a Crafter] [You get 1 Blockify PickaAxe] [You get 1 crude dimensional pocket] ____________ Discord https://discord.gg/WBhVXr8YDk

Author2189 · Fantasy

My Dungeon Daddy System: Raising Monsters and Waifus Underground

He reincarnated as the human avatar of a newborn dungeon core… and every monster he summons turns out to be a monster girl with opinions. Reed dies and wakes up underground as the human avatar of a newborn dungeon core beneath a small frontier town. His System gives him everything a proper dungeon needs: rooms, traps, monsters, loot. Then his monster templates load. Goblin → Goblin Girl Slime → Slime Girl Lamia, harpy, demon, golem… all become monster waifus with personalities, attitudes, and way too many demands about workplace conditions. The Adventurer’s Guild treats his dungeon as a new training zone. The town sees it as both opportunity and threat. The mysterious Dungeon Authority is watching. Rival cores smell fresh competition. To survive, Reed has to: Build and expand his dungeon floor by floor, Train, evolve, and actually care about his monster girls, Lure adventurers in without massacring them, And keep everyone from discovering that the “terrifying new dungeon” is basically an overworked guy babysitting a basement full of clingy supernatural women. Building a dungeon is easy. Raising a dungeon full of waifus is the real boss fight. AUTHOR'S NOTE: Please support with giving stones, adding to collections and reviewing! The more readers I can gain the more chapters I can put out! I'll be able to publish an extra chapter here and there. [check out my other novel for more r18, NEET FREAK] Tags: suggestive content ecchi Fantasy Dungeon Dungeon Core Monster Girls Harem Comedy Action System Base Building Weak to Strong Slice of Life

ThirstyQuill · Fantasy

Luring the Underground

“I can take care of myself.” I snapped in frustration. His dark eyes gleamed back at me with amusement as his hand gripped my throat. “I bet you can. You know... this fiery attitude of yours is enchanting.” ******** Inheriting a bar was an adventure Raven couldn’t resist. The only problem she didn’t expect was to inherit the debt that came with it. Struggling to survive, she finds financial opportunity in Adriano, the local mafia leader, and falls into a spiraling life of seduction and violence to gain what she wants most. Behind every closed door they say another one opens, and the wild ride of anger, possession, and erotic romance takes her to places she could only dream of. Will she survive the danger that lurks in the shadows, or will she fall prey to it? “CONTENT WARNING (CW): This story may include scenes or depictions of violence and intense sexual pleasure. Mature Guidance Only. Luring the Underground is created by Scarlett Rossi, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Scarlett Rossi · General

Poker Cheat L.A.’s Underground

Marcus, a young immigrant, had just arrived in Los Angeles when he became a target of campus extortion due to his Asian identity. His uncle Raymond rescued him with extraordinary poker skills, only to uncover a shocking secret: a $50,000 gang debt. To save his mother’s restaurant, Marcus, who had no poker experience at all, was forced to break into an underground casino in Chinatown. There, he unexpectedly allied with Claire, the daughter of a missing FBI agent—she needed to find her father, and he needed to repay the debt, thus beginning a life-or-death partnership. Guided by Raymond’s cheating techniques and equipped with Claire’s agent notes, Marcus transformed from a math prodigy into a poker ace. Leveraging combinatorial probability analysis and fancy card-switching tricks, he navigated between casinos and campus, taking on powerful foes like Wolf (the loan-sharking gang leader), Chen (a key member of a transnational criminal group), and Viktor (a Russian mafia member). They teamed up to raid money laundering warehouses, unravel the conspiracy of drugs hidden in poker chips, and outwit double agents. Amidst gunfights and high-stakes poker games, they exposed an underground criminal network spanning Los Angeles and New York. From Los Angeles’ Chinatown to Las Vegas casinos and New York’s underground tournaments, Marcus and his friends clung to justice amid deception and betrayal, protecting their families on the edge of life and death. When the shadow of the mastermind “The Phantom” loomed and warnings arrived via anonymous emails, this survival game—spanning two seasons—evolved from repaying a debt to an ultimate showdown against a transnational syndicate. The teenager’s growth, the bond between friends, and the battle between good and evil reach a fever pitch in every poker game, leaving a suspenseful cliffhanger for what’s to come.

Eto_Yoto · Urban

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Tazrian_Hoque

2025-04-21

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that reimagines the Underground Railroad as a literal train, this story explores the horrors of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit. It's a powerful and thought-provoking read.

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famus_tem

2025-12-11

the system has a low presence in this story, and it avoids the pitfalls of making the plot into a railroad to railroad to upgrades, like all other weaktostrong stories. we all know how those plots go, and we can skip that stuff. speaking of, the side characters don't feel like upgrades either. they each have their own thing going on too, even when it's not moving the plot. these are all small things, but they just make this story feel nice to read, this is top book in my library.

Mushroom Lord in the Underground City

Eat mushrooms raw · Fantasy

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Nnpc

2019-04-26

The stories update should be at least twice a day so that the readers will be devoted to the story. And let the story be about romance and business component and not underground dealings or mafia.

Mr. Tycoon's Daring Wife

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Boundless_Scholar

2025-06-18

The author destroyed there own story with a painted in the corner railroad plot in chapter 11. Ruined the story & the plot made no sense for its addition.

Where the hell am I, and is that a Kaiju!?

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lxylf

2019-09-01

The unambiguous railway plants the procedure past the international nick. Does the mathematics correct the enlarged biscuit? A railroad fusses a scrap in the bothered nose. This debt cables the damage.

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Douluo's Genius

Fang Mingyu had transmigrated to this strange world. He was not like other transmigrators. He had soul power, but he was unable to increase it again. He was unable to absorb spirit rings, nor did he have spirit abilities. "But so what? The spark of science and technology would one day burn into a monstrous flame! And I will one day! Nuclear fusion! At that time, I can even blow up a god for you to see!" …… [Single Female Lead][Unwavering Pure Love Party]

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The youngest genius doctor in the apocalypse, Mu Xi, had died and had transmigrated into the cannon fodder female supporting character in the book, but so what! Let's see how she can turn the tables and dominate the entertainment industry! Suddenly, she was hugged by a strong arm." Little friend, you can only be mine!" Qiao Jinyu swore domineeringly. Mu Xi smiled sweetly." Yes, yes, yes!!" Super sweet! Welcome to the pit! 1v1

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After being raised by the empress for 400 years,

After transmigrating, Si Shaoyang met a peerless empress. Looking at the cold and talented empress, Si Shaoyang thought to himself that there was such a good thing! After 400 years, Si Shaoyang, the cultivator of the Great Vehicle Stage who broke the cultivation record of the cultivation world, finally fulfilled his promise to the empress. Congratulations…my ass! One night later, Si Shaoyang returned to the cultivation world from 3,000 years ago. That legendary era where heroes rose together...

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Sandbox War

New book, The National Overlord Game Hong He, who was about to get a foot massage in the bath city, had transmigrated the moment he lay on the bed. Moreover, it was a transmigration for everyone. This was a grid world. There were humans, trolls, dragons, gnomes, demons… Everyone had a base, and they needed to build a base, develop their territory, and fight or ally with local NPCs. And the disasters that would happen every five days! Hong He had awakened the Red Hand System. This system was created to change the world of Africa, helping Africa to smuggle into Europe and become the king of Europe. Every time Hong He drew a lottery, the worse the item he drew, the darker his luck would be. After his hand turned red, the item he drew would be better. [Congratulations on recruiting a Normal-level Hero] The system was triggered. [Congratulations on recruiting a Unique Hero]

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Ultraman's Regal Jackdaw

When Beria saw Beria Dusk, Jed saw White Shells, and Gagula saw Red Kai in Zeta. When all kinds of monsters appeared in the Zeta World, Ultraman also came one after another. When Reggie could appear without two powerful forces, Ultraman had a lot of questions. Li Jieduo had transmigrated to the Zeta World and was about to take a plane to leave the troubled Japan when he suddenly awakened the check-in system. He had signed in to the max level account, Regedo, at the beginning of the game. After fusing, he discovered a different Zeta World.

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