My System Is Serious Chapter 1 Novels & Stories

A piercing alarm echoed through the ICU as my sign of life dropped to zero. The moment my life ended, the System inside Ethan’s mind began screaming frantically. System: [Warning! Warning! The Female Protagonist has died!] [World self-destruction protocol activated! The twenty-four-hour countdown to total annihilation has begun.]

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 1 "𝐴 𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑... 𝐴 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡..."

He said. “I have one but it’s already chapter one.” I said hesitantly. “Read it for me, please…” *Cataclysm Chapter 01 I'm walking on the hallway of the school to pay the books I need. Everyone is busy talking to their old friends, some for their newfound friends and what makes me agitated is it seems someone is following me and it seems someone is watching me every corner of the school. It makes me feel uneasy. ---

“Then you move to the next level. But trust me, sweetheart each level’s worse than the last.” I swallowed, staring at the countdown as it reset. Erevos System – Zone 1. Round One: Complete.

I guess he’s a strong silent upright hero type that I’ve seen in the Huaxia series about those wuxia heroes. But, What happened with my system!? It didn’t do what the system normally would. It didn’t introduce me to any of its functions! And it starts with the quest that, if I fail It’ll exterminate my soul!? By the way, Where is this system come from? [You shouldn’t know where I came from. Ignorance is bliss.] What!? It talks back!? And why did I sense the emotion behind the system? Somehow I felt like someone impersonated themselves as this system and talked to me.

The System believes — within the limits of what it's permitted to believe — that this version is going to end differently. The System rarely allows itself optimism. The System is allowing it tonight. --- I look at the closed drawer for a long moment. "Thank you," I say, quietly, to the System, for maybe the first time without sarcasm attached. --- You're welcome, Host. --- I blow out the lamp and go to sleep, and for the first time in three nights, I don't dream about shattered stars at all. ~~~

Nothing but a wreck. Our wedding photo hung on the wall of the bedroom, a smile radiating with happiness on my face, while his eyes held none of the disdain and disgust that he did now. Since when did things become this way? Burning with hatred and frustration, I stood up slowly and glared at the wedding photo, before throwing the glass of water in my hand at it. The glass shattered, along with any lingering hopes of being together with John for the rest of my life. "How long until I go back, System?"

Week One, Monday Morning [Raven’s POV] A mechanical sound chimed, awakening me from my slumber. [SYSTEM ACTIVATED] All participants are to appear in the game room within the next ten minutes for the first game of the week. Find a box containing your required weekly costumes outside your room door. (Repeat) I stirred in bed, still half asleep. Leo, however, was wide awake, sitting on the arm of the chair. He stood abruptly and walked to the door to retrieve the box. I sat up, sleep clearing from my eyes as my mind fully slipped into game mode.

Ignoring the warnings. Ignoring the system. I reach him. Grab his hand. And everything— everything— breaks. The system overloads. The sequence collapses. The chamber erupts in light— blinding— violent— final— And then— darkness. Silence crashes back in. The memory shatters. The chamber returns. The core. The platform. Leon. Standing in front of me. Breathing hard. Eyes wide. Realization hitting him all at once. “You…” he whispers. My chest feels like it’s caving in.