Survival: Darkness in the Light

Where there is light, there is darkness, for everything under the sun casts a shadow. But the darkness has depths to it that few know. A world made of shadows, where your wildest dreams come true... as do your nightmares. This is the world where The Mind dwells. Heroes and monsters gather in death, and none come out unbroken. For The Mind controls everything. But even in the darkest darkness, sometimes the light shine. Will it endure, or be snuffed like so many stars gone from the sky? Only by falling into darkness can the answer be found. ------------------- Hey, everyone, and welcome to another project! I went very ethereal and prosaic with this synopsis, so here is the short of it, in a very less vague faction: MC enters a place called The Mind, where he is thrown inside famous fictional worlds (from books, movies, games, and so on). I'm talking Star Wars, Avatar, Indiana Jones, Doctor Who, Matrix, Dune, and many, many others (PS: I'm very open for suggestions in this reggard). If this sounds familiar to you, it's probably because I took a lot of inspiration from the Chinese novel The Ultimate Evolution for the basic premise. TUE is, in my personal opinion, a pretty great story, which becomes average about two-thirds of the way through, and really crashes and burns in the last ten or so chapters (I mean it, those were painful to read). I've kept that opinion for the last decade or so, which was the last time I read TUE, so, although I do admit, again, that I took inspiration from it for the premise, any other similarities are coincidences or some deeply buried memory my subconscious unearthed and convinced me it was my idea. This came to me in a moment of inspiration a year or so ago, and I wrote about 3 chapters then before turning back to my main project. Then, about a month ago, I hit a writer's block with Shattered, and decided to revisit this story to see if it could help overcome it. I have 30 chapters written for it already, so yeah, my muse kinda fixated on this one. I do think it's turning out really good and want to share it with you, tho. Massive shout-out to my Shattered readers for their support. That being said, since this is just a side project, updates will be sporadic after my stockpile is finished, and I can't promise I will finish it. Shattered is still my main focus. But I do hope you enjoy it, and, as always, I'm thankful for all comments, power stones, likes and whatever else depending on which platform you are reading this. The more people show their interest for the story, the more inspiration I get for writing it, so don't be shy! For the warnings/tags: a decent amount of swearing and gore. There will be romance, though, as of when I'm writing this, I don't know with who. Probably not harem, but maybe a couple one-night stands and some casual sex? We will see. No smut because I can't write it for the life of me. MC is smart, but not a genius. He will make mistakes, and it will take a long time for him to become strong enough to just steamroll everyone else, but I'm writing it in a way that doesn't feel forced. It will all make sense once you are about 3 chapters into the story. With all of the above having been said, enjoy! Disclaimer: I obviously don't own anything.