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[MA] 362. Not Doable

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/2Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎The rest of the Brigade was as unenthusiastic about the mission update as Shen.It was bad enough that they couldn't hunt Bounty targets while babysitting newcomers, but more importan...

[MA] 361. I'll Change

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/2Late chapters: 3Next chapter: Tuesday (maybe Monday)]‎ ‎Vinamour was furious at what Shen was doing to him.Any of his subordinates could tell the Brigade Commander what had happened, and it would be bad for Vinam...

[MA] 360. Return Command

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎The Forges were about the same as Shen had left them, with crafters doing their thing regardless of whatever happened in the rest of the mobile fortress. The glaring exception was the ab...

[MA] 359. Silent Brother

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/2Late chapters: 2Next chapter: Tuesday]‎ ‎A female voice pierced the absolute silence of the Void. "The levisnic just sent word. The human-drow survived and got rid of the Void Miasma Container."An androgynous ...

[MA] 358. The Collective

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry I'm late. I thought I was done with moving. I was wrong. Still putting stuff in place to this day.So, another chapter to the late list. Still planning on releasing late chapters in February.Chapters this week: 1/2Late chapters: 2...

[LitF] 57. Progress on all Fronts

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry for the delay.Notice: There will be no chapters from 12/26 to 01/08. In other words, I'll take two weeks off. I was initially compelled to do so by my wife, but I'm feeling more tired each passing day and believe it's the rig...

[MA] 357. Final Foe

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: My sinusitis is improving, and I've successfully moved to another city. The house is still a mess, but I should be able to release the late chapter next week.Chapters this week: 3/3Late chapters: 1Next chapter: Tuesday]‎ ‎The dagge...

[MA] 356. A Marvelous Tool

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Delayed chapters: 1Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎Unlike the other "high elves," Voided Time released a sliver of its existence upon death. It was too close to the mist, and Shen couldn't reach it in time. Fort...

[MA] 355. Simple and Wrong

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: This is last Saturday's chapter.To sum things up: I'm moving and lost a lot of time doing stuff I didn't predict. The worst sinusitis ever didn't help, either (yup, still recovering, it's been a week already). I'll ...

[MA] 354. Surrounded by Nothingness

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎Liya had limited how much information she shared with Shen about domains. She had been constrained by military rules on what she could reveal. As she had stated, a domain was technically...

[MA] 353. Assistance

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday]‎ ‎Knowing the trick around souls didn't matter against Void Spawn, which rejected Laws regardless of where they came from. Regrettably, Voided Guardians were no different.Shen had kill...

[LitF] 56. Submission and Culture

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: A chapter released on schedule! \o/This chapter was challenging to write and even more so to review. It's also about 50% longer than the goal of 5k words/chapter.The content is pretty dense, but I liked how it turned out in the end.]‎ �...

[MA] 352. Boundaries

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Tuesday's chapter might be late next week. It's unlikely but possible.Chapters this week: 3/3Next chapter: Almost certainly Tuesday]‎ ‎One Voided Guardian had long become a literal needle, a form Shen had never encountered amon...

[MA] 351. A Strange Experience

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎Similar to what happened to the fog, Reality's Laws and Shen's aura couldn't occupy the same space as the Voided Guardians. That meant his Aura-Material Suppression was useless he...

[LitF] 55. Of Messages and Wars

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Sorry about the one-week delay. This latest chapter was challenging to write, and then I got caught in other things (wife got surgery, preparing to move out of this house, ADD-related stuff).I'm terribly sorry, but I won't be making up...

[MA] 350. It Worked

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: I'm moving to another city and took an 8-hour-long trip on a truck (16 hours for the round trip). That comes with lots of loading and unloading the truck. That was Monday/Tuesday, and I slept less than 8 hours total on those two nights...

[MA] 349. The Forges

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 3/3Next chapter: Probably Wednesday, maybe Tuesday]‎ ‎The Healing Ward was a special place in every mobile fortress. It occupied a relatively small area compared to the whole fort but still had a few hundred rooms and co...

[MA] 348. The Obvious

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎When it came to Laws, Reality was an entangled mess of different Axioms that defined everything. They looked like infinite tentacles perfectly locked together in a perpetual tug of war with n...

[LitF] 54. The Chaos Before the Storm

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: Happy New Year!\o/Ensuring this chapter came out this year was tough, but here it is, as promised!As stated in the author's notes for the previous chapter, this is the last chapter I owe you.Vacations, here I come!Notice: The next Lost in ...

[MA] 347. Not Braindead

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday]‎ ‎Despite Shen's words, he didn't dare to take things slowly. He deployed his aura, his Aural Realm, and his Aura-Material Suppression. He also saturated the air with his qi, hopin...

[MA] 346. Snitching

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 3/3Next chapter: Tuesday]‎ ‎There were many Bounties in Samir. Samir-7 currently hosted over one and a half million Guardians. The Bounty Window showed over fifty thousand targets, and the number kept fluctuating as...

[MA] 345. Bounty Targets

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Chapters this week: 2/3Next chapter: Saturday]‎ ‎The three red notifications Shen got made him bittersweet. He wasn't sure if he would rather be right or wrong about the impending Void attack.‎ ‎| VOID TIDE ALERT!| ALL SYSTEM F...

[LitF] 53. War in the Dawn, War at Night

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: I considered taking a break on Lost in the Future because this arc involves some matters pertaining to war.I decided to go ahead, but I want to make it clear that this is not a commentary on any past or ongoing conflicts on Earth. This is fict...

[MA] 344. For Them

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N://We're back! \o/Chapters this week: 1/3Next chapter: Thursday]‎ ‎The Immortal Emperor, meditating in a forest, frowned as he received a stream of red notifications.‎ ‎| VOID TIDE ALERT!| ALL SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ARE NOW FUNNELED TO...

[MA] 343. Alert!

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[A/N: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!As stated in the previous chapters' author notes, this is the last chapter of the year.Time to rest! \o/Thank you kindly for all the support this year. You rock. If it weren't for you, I couldn&#3...

[LitF] 52. Healing and Planning

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter[A/N: This is last Saturday's chapter.To make up for the delay, this chapter is 40% longer than usual.This is chapter 52 because I consider the four interludes to be chapter 51 (for organization purposes). This chapter happens right after chapte...

[MA] 342. Shaming the Brigade

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter[Notice: There will be no chapters from 12/26 to 01/06. In other words, I'll take two weeks off. I feel more tired each day and believe it's the right thing to do. It's been forever since I took a real vacation to decompress.If you w...

[MA] 341. Filled With Water

Previous Chapter — Table of Contents — Next Chapter.[Notice: There will be no chapters from 12/26 to 01/06. In other words, I'll take two weeks off. I feel more tired each day and believe it's the right thing to do. It's been forever since I took a real vacation to decompress.If you ...

[LitF] 51.4. Interlude 4 - For Freedom

Previous Chapter - Table of Contents - Next Chapter‎ ‎"We lost them, sir," said one of the dozens of military operators in the big situation room.The back wall was filled with screens displaying the images received from four human satellites, which the people controlled through computers...