Interstellar pirates raid, alliances crumble, and a dark matter called black gold suddenly appears. Its highly radioactive and destructive power threatens all of humanity. Simultaneously, alien species frequently create crises, and large-scale mutations occur in humans, with black gold becoming the first suspect. Evolution or purification? Humanity faces its greatest existential crisis and dilemma since entering the interstellar age...

On an seemingly ordinary day, a driverless bus carrying Kong Linzhang, Wei Zhiyuan, and a group of cursed individuals arrives at the Black Haunted House. Every so often, a blood-red portal within the house forcibly pulls the group into a terrifying world to carry out horrific events. Kong Linzhang and Wei Zhiyuan, as witnesses, are filled with intense regret and resentment, and unexpectedly gain the ability to travel through time. During their travels, they foresee crucial clues using information asymmetry, but their lack of understanding of the rules of time travel hinders their actions. Meanwhile, a mysterious villainous organization, determined to prevent the truth from being revealed, constantly sabotages the protagonists' search for clues. The protagonists must not only contend with the harsh environment and unknown threats beyond the Haunted House and the blood-red portal, but also break the curse within a limited time. In the process, they are forced to choose sides with some of the cursed individuals due to ideological differences, creating a conflict between factions. The protagonists are also misled by the villains, leading to misunderstandings and misguided actions. Even after successfully breaking the curse, they discover that the "butterfly effect" has caused irreversible consequences, and the victory comes at a heavy price.

The Moon holds crucial strategic significance for Earth and serves as humanity's gateway to the deeper reaches of the universe. As a regular soldier stationed at China's Guanghan Station on the Moon, Cauchy is fully aware of the weight of his responsibility. Witnessing the warm lives of lunar residents and the continuous breakthroughs made by scientific research, Cauchy's vision for humanity's future grows ever more profound. The successful development of helium-3 has completely solved humanity's electricity needs, but it has also stirred the wrath of those with ulterior motives. He is forced to ponder whether technological advancement is designed to perpetuate war or to forge a brighter future for humanity...

Thick fog hangs over the airport, international flights are delayed, and an ace agent from the Space Survey Agency navigates a polar vortex. Enduring severe turbulence, his passport expires, and his luggage is lost, he finds his own body on the baggage carousel, clutching the pendant of his ex-girlfriend, whom he had just met thousands of miles away in New York City. On the tarmac, at the airport control tower, in the cockpit, in the first-class cabin, even on communications satellites... Mysteries unfold in every corner of the sky and on the ground. Who is behind this? Under the vast sky, when will the mystery lift?

Seek your own path, keep searching, and you'll find the way of humanity. Water and mountains may be crossed, but the path remains. May Heaven never grow old, and may my hometown forever be well. I see only green mountains, yet everywhere they are pierced by rain and wind. The road to my hometown seems endless. The Way of the Taoist, the Way of the Gods—I seek the way of humanity myself. Demons and monsters all claim to be good, but the winds howl and thunder roars, heaven and earth waile and ghosts cry. Why has the once beautiful land become a sea of ​​blood? The road to my hometown seems like a road of no return. I ask humanity, where can I find the Way? (Although this has been used before, I'll still use it to feel appropriate.)

[This novel will be available for purchase on April 14th (this Sunday), with a 10,000-word update!] [Recommended completed novel in my column] [My new novel, "Meeting My Childhood Friend at the Winery," is now available; please check it out!] The following is the synopsis: After several cycles of time travel, Matsuda discovers that, for some reason, his former colleagues always seem to call him before they die. Matsuda remembers that in his first cycle, his childhood friend died in an explosion while calling him. He himself died in an explosion four years later. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself back to the moment before his childhood friend's accident, kicking away his friend's lunchbox with a flying kick. Four years later, his lunchbox doesn't arrive as promised, but another dear colleague calls him: "Matsuta, I have something I need to give to Zero, but my current situation is rather complicated, and I don't dare contact Zero directly. I don't have anyone else I can trust. Could you please pass it on to Zero in a few days?" Matsuda: "?" And so he hears the entire story of his good colleague's death. In the blink of an eye, it was a new loop. Morofushi called him. Matsuda: "Don't speak yet, let me speak." Morofushi: "?" Matsuda: "Hiro-danna, you've been exposed. Do you need me to save you?" Morofushi: "???" How did you know that?? In another loop, Date called, and he indeed heard about a car accident. Opening his eyes again, it was another new loop. "Class Boss," Matsuda said with practiced ease, "Wait for me to come save you." Date: "...?" What happened to him? How come he didn't know? Matsuda: "Don't worry, I'm good at saving people."... After receiving numerous deathbed calls, Matsuda thought he would develop PTSD. However, in reality, Matsuda went from initial shock to gradual numbness. After all, watching those people live and die before his eyes, even coming back to life after death, he didn't find it so terrifying anymore. After all, receiving a death call meant he could restart and save people—why not? Of the five of them, excluding himself, three had called him before they died. Matsuda was just one police academy top student away from getting a death sentence, and he figured that if nothing unexpected happened, that guy would make him a last-minute call. So, one day, after receiving a call from that blond jerk, Matsuda's first words were: "Are you going to die? If you're not dead yet, then I'm hanging up." Furuya: "???" This guy is hoping for his death, isn't he?? Warning: The plot mainly focuses on Matsuda and the other members of the police academy group. Everyone else is equal and doesn't have much screen time; it's not that any particular group is being neglected. Qi Zai is just a background character; only Qi Shen appears. This story is a [loop] [reincarnation] [multiple cycles] type of story, and there will be multiple instances where people can't be saved. The characters' intelligence is limited by the author's intelligence, so please don't criticize the characters. I will revise the story irregularly. If there are any bugs or retconnings, please point them out, and I will make corrections (I won't care if it's intentional). —The following is the synopsis of the new story— Hagiwara died, and Hagiwara was resurrected. But when Hagiwara woke up, he found himself on November 8th—the day after his childhood friend died. The news replays on TV and the piles of unread text messages on his phone nearly overwhelmed him. Even worse, several of his other close friends subsequently died. Hagiwara gritted his teeth and signed another contract with System 996, who had resurrected him, sending him back to the past. Unfortunately, the earliest possible return time was November 8th, the day he woke up; he couldn't save his childhood friend. But to save his remaining friends, Hagiwara made a decision—in this life, he would go undercover at the distillery. = Matsuda died, and then Matsuda was resurrected. He not only lost all his memories but also became a high school student! System 007, who was joking with him, declared righteously: Only a high school student can save the world! So, go save the world, my host! 007 also identified the source of everything as an extra bottle of whiskey in the distillery and hoped Matsuda would approach him to uncover the truth. With 007's assistance, Matsuda successfully infiltrated the distillery and met the extra bottle of whiskey. —But why does this bottle of whiskey give him a strange sense of familiarity? And 007 tells him that this bottle of whiskey represents his childhood friend who should have died. = After encountering his childhood friend at the distillery, Hagiwara and Matsuda are very puzzled as to why the other is alive and present at the distillery, and they consult with their system. 996: It must be an evil organization that took Matsuda away on the Ferris wheel, creating the illusion of his death and erasing his memory, causing you, host, to be widowed for three years! 007: It must be an evil organization that took Hagiwara away before the explosion, creating the illusion of his death and erasing his memory, causing you, host, to be a widow for four years! Hagiwara and Matsuda think this makes a lot of sense, so they secretly vow: I will definitely take my childhood friend away from this damned organization! Theme: There will be times when you ride the waves, and you must save your true friend yourself.