Customized System Novels & Stories

“Sign this agreement. It extends your probation by three months and cuts your pay by forty percent.” Adeline Lancaster, the HR manager, casually filed her nails. She didn’t bother looking up as she rolled her eyes. “Don’t think this company can’t run without you just because you wrote the core architecture. “Tristan Rothwell has taken over all your code. You can pack your things and get out whenever you want.” I stared at her arrogant face and let out a cold chuckle. I had been with the company for three months and written every single line of the core codebase. Yet she had stalled my permanent position approval for over twenty days. She wanted to steal my hard work, cut my hard-earned

“I do if saying it at the wrong time makes you react instead of think.” That holds him. Not because I’m challenging him. Because I’m right. Another silence follows, shorter this time, tighter. Then he shifts slightly, just enough to signal he’s not pushing that line further. Not now. “Continue,” he says. So I do. “The system wasn’t just created,” I say. “It was designed to operate beyond standard control structures. Layered authority, indirect influence, long-term positioning. It wasn’t built for visibility.” “That part I’m aware of,” he replies.

"An AI that cannot be bought, cannot be threatened, and cannot talk." "Precisely," Lukas said, leaning back as the foundational architecture of the teaching system locked into place. "We call the core interface AURA - Adaptive Unified Resonance Academy. It will manage the subterranean classrooms, oversee their daily instruction, and simulate every single nuance of the human world safely behind an impenetrable digital firewall."

Or else, no more third life awaited for him/her. After Yman whispered the word "resonance", a full display of window interface appeared on his vision. The truth was, any magician that was in contract with the System Deity was able to summon their Window Interface even not in their resonance mode. This window interface was also known as... "Cyber Screen," Yman spoke softly. It was followed by... A lovely female voice tickled his ears, which followed by pop up notifications. Since this was his first time, he chose the choices. System Deity was a super-intelligent system and could converse to humans like a normal person.

A single stutter, the kind that was not a technical fault but the specific signature of a feed that had been interrupted and resumed. Forty-seven seconds. Eleven forty-three to eleven forty-four forty-seven. Gone. "Professional," Adrian said. "Someone who knew the system architecture," Darius confirmed. "Not a domestic security system. This is a custom installation. The gap is surgical. They knew which camera, which interval, how to cut the feed and restore it without triggering the tamper alert." "How many people know this system," I said. "Outside of the installation company, three people," Darius said. "Myself. Adrian. And the person I briefed when the system was upgraded eight months ago

I guess that's a new talent~ "As for gift ability, it's a system gift. You might not know but I am one of the 3 rare systems. Unlike the normal system, I give boosts. Whatever abilities or powers you have in another world as a different person, you can copy its ability and use it in another world! Though, as a lower rank, you'll get random for now." Wow, he's boasting about himself but I'm still bothered with his voice... I guess I'll just ignore that and focus on his face... "Also, unlike normal system, you can't have stats points to add-in your original points. You have to earn it by yourself such as reading books to gain knowledge and add points to your intelligence..." V scratched his he

No more running around in person. The base's security just got another major upgrade! While browsing through the catalog, Hayley's eyes lit up when she spotted something new: a full electronic registration system. Essentially, it functioned like the card systems used in cafeterias or fitness centers before the apocalypse. The system labeled it as an "essential base product", priced at just 100 points. Each member card cost one point. Without hesitation, Hayley placed an order and bought 100 cards. It was exactly what she needed. From now on, every resident of her base would have their own ID and point card. It would make earning and spending points effortless. No more manual record-keeping w

Xiao Yao said mocking the user a bit, after all, achieving a perfect ranking is only possible in the tutorial. "Tutorial? I didn't have a tutorial, when I woke up in the middle of the war of some ancient empire with the sword stuck in my belly the system I was given announced the mistake of being sent there... Well, it's a long story, I did it win and the lord god apparently to apologize let me have the maximum score. I'm the only SSS rank user, of course, I stole the core of that world, and I was going to destroy... Cough... Cough... well, that's it”

This time I would finish him. "Shaurya Agnihotri starts counting your days in reverse manner. I am coming." The room heard my growling and frustration with my utmost hateful statement.

“It’s also a tool.” Zara raised an eyebrow. “That almost sounds optimistic.” “It’s realistic,” Melissa replied. “The system evolves through what it learns. We just taught it restraint.” Jamal crossed his arms. “And it learned centralization is an option.” Melissa didn’t deny it. “No,” she said. “It learned everything is an option.” That wasn’t comforting, that was worse because it meant the system wasn’t choosing a path. It was keeping all of them open. Balance, expansion and prediction.