Intelligent Romance 웹소설 & Apocalypse 스토리

The first time the world froze, Anwen Hale died because she trusted the wrong people. When the Ice Age Apocalypse destroyed civilization, Anwen believed her boyfriend, Lucan, and her best friend, Mireya, would stand by her. Instead, they betrayed her, threw her out of her own house, and left her to freeze to death. With her last breath, she swore that if she ever got another chance, she would make them pay. Miraculously, Anwen wakes up on July 3, 2021, just two days before the apocalypse begins. She remembers everything, including the people who betrayed her and the terrible death she suffered. This time, she will not make the same mistakes. With only forty-eight hours to prepare, Anwen rushes to gather food, water, medicine, and everything she needs to survive the coming catastrophe. She will protect herself, trust no one blindly, and ensure that Lucan and Mireya never get the chance to destroy her again. But her plans take an unexpected turn when she encounters Vaelric Thorne, a mysterious man who secretly follows her home. Anwen has no idea what he wants or whether he can be trusted. As the world descends into freezing chaos, their lives become connected in ways neither of them expected. Anwen believes her memories give her the advantage. She believes she knows exactly what will happen. But what if she isn’t the only one who remembers? As hidden secrets emerge and her revenge plan begins to fall apart, Anwen must fight to survive a future more dangerous than the one she remembers. In a world of ice, betrayal, and desperate choices, will her second chance finally bring justice, or will revenge become her undoing?

For six years, Nora’s in-laws called her fat and barren. Three times she got pregnant. Three times she lost the baby. The last was a little girl she held for an hour before they took her away. Every time, her mother-in-law hugged her, cried with her, and brewed her a special “fertility tea.” When the Endless Winter came, her husband took her money, her food, and her house, then traded her grandmother’s ring for a shelter spot for his pregnant mistress. Nora was left outside in the snow. Through the glass, her mother-in-law finally told her the truth: the tea killed her babies. If Nora died married and childless, her grandmother’s fortune would go to her husband. Then Nora opens her eyes. It is 50 days before the first snow. This time, she claims her grandmother’s abandoned cold-storage empire and wakes up with a secret of her own. So she stockpiles in silence, while the whole city laughs at the fat woman buying heaters in summer. Only one person isn’t laughing: Commander Rhys Calder, an arctic rescue officer who has survived winters that killed everyone around him. He knows she’s hiding something. He just can’t figure out why she prepares like a woman who has already died before. When the temperature hits −60°C, her ex and his family come crawling to her door. But Nora has a bigger problem. In her last life, she died in the first winter. She knows exactly how the Freeze begins. She has no idea what comes after it.

Shantali Jackson awakens from cryostasis to discover she's been asleep for over 600 years. A working-class woman from the pre-collapse era, she finds herself in a sterile medical facility, where staff address her as royalty and claim she's the beloved of Prince Costa—a man she barely remembers meeting at Le Glow Club one fateful night. As fragmented memories surface, Shantali learns the devastating truth: she and Costa were never willing participants in the preservation program. After publicly defying their arranged marriages to choose each other, they were declared enemies of the state and forcibly preserved by the Emergency Preservation Committee. They've been awakened seventeen times for six centuries, only to have their memories wiped when they refused to comply with the Council's genetic breeding program. This time is different—the memory suppression technology is failing, and ghostly echowisps (manifestations of psychic trauma) guide them through their escape. With the help of Marcus, a resistance member, they flee to the underground networks where Shantali discovers shocking truths: her half-brother Elliot became a resistance leader, Costa's parents have been working to undermine the Council for centuries, and the outside world has been habitable for generations. The couple escapes to Haven's Gate, one of seven thriving Eastern Sanctuaries where humanity has rebuilt naturally. But freedom is short-lived when they learn Dr. Thorne and other preservation specialists are using extracted consciousness data to create a new form of control—artificial minds programmed for obedience. Refusing to remain passive victims, Shantali and Costa make a bold choice: they'll pose as desperate refugees seeking re-preservation, walking willingly into Dr. Thorne's trap to stop his plans once and for all. Their love story becomes humanity's last hope against a system that would sacrifice free will for genetic perfection. A tale of choice, resistance, and the power of love.

Six months before the zombie apocalypse, Felicity wakes up with full memories of her past life. In that timeline, she chose a sturdy house while her twin took a van. But her sister and boyfriend betrayed her, stealing the house, kicking her out, and laughing as they sold her to an enemy base for supplies. Reborn six months before the outbreak, Felicity willingly gives her sister the house and takes the van for herself. Unlocking its hidden system, she transforms her ride into an upgraded mobile fortress, builds an elite team, and prepares to dominate the apocalypse.

They pushed me to my death. This time, I'll make them kneel. “My own sister… you really killed me?” I still remember Camila's smile as she shoved me from a forty-story building into a swarm of monsters. My husband, Alejandro, watched without lifting a finger. But death wasn't the end. I woke up years before the apocalypse, back in the mansion where everyone treated me like garbage. This time, I wouldn't beg for love. I wouldn't sacrifice myself for family. And I certainly wouldn't die for a man who wanted me gone. Then my grandfather's mysterious pendant awakened a Soul Sync Farming System, binding me to Xiomara—a ruthless ancient warrior who could turn my body into a weapon. “Move aside, little flower. Let me show these fools what fear tastes like.” With rare seeds, a secret farming dimension, and knowledge of the coming apocalypse, I began building an empire while my enemies were still living in luxury. A dying billionaire heir, a dangerously charming survival expert, and a brilliant scientist soon entered my life. Each wanted a place beside me. But after betrayal, I wasn't ready to give anyone my heart. When the monsters finally arrived, I would be prepared. My sister wanted my life. My husband wanted my obedience. This time, they'll get neither. I'll become the Queen of the New World—and make every traitor regret letting me live.

The world ended in blood, screams, and the dead refusing to stay dead. Violet should have been just another survivor. Instead, the infected hesitate when they see her. They stop. They watch. And sometimes… they let her live. Violet doesn’t know why, and she’s not sure she wants the answer. All she knows is that survival means staying close to the people she has left—and keeping the impossible things happening around her from becoming one more reason for someone to fear her. Then she meets Kaden. Quiet, capable, and carrying secrets of his own, Kaden doesn’t look at Violet like she’s a monster. He looks at her like she’s a mystery worth understanding. As the two are pushed closer together by a world determined to tear them apart, survival begins to mean something neither of them expected. But the dead aren’t the only things hunting in the ruins. Something else is watching. Something that heals. Something that remembers Violet. And the closer she gets to discovering why the infected won’t kill her, the more dangerous the truth becomes. In a world where everyone is fighting to survive, Violet may be carrying the one secret capable of changing what survival means.