Three years after the Fracture shattered Earth into fragmented realms, humanity clings to survival against monsters and chaos unleashed by the Core's descent. The System offers shards, crystalline fragments of power, but salvation comes at a cost. Among the ruins, an abandoned boy discovers a rare Crypted Shard that grants him immortality at a brutal price. Transformed into something more than human, he is forced to confront a world that gave him nothing but pain. Driven by anger and an insatiable hunger for vengeance, his journey will unravel the secrets of the Core, challenge the remnants of humanity, and determine whether he becomes a savior or the ultimate harbinger of destruction. In a world built on ruin, power is everything, and the boy must decide how far he’s willing to go. Written by: Verrinen Readable on: Webnovel and Royal Road