My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible

The moment the horde of undead saw Liam One, they screeched even louder and rushed at him with incredible speed, their pale forms moving through the dim passage like a wave of corruption made flesh.

But before they could reach him, he’d already made his move. He took a single step forward and appeared behind them instantly, his movement so fast it registered as a blur even to his own enhanced perception.

The next moment, all the undead fell to the ground, their heads separating from their necks with surgical precision and rolling in the opposite direction.

Then gravity reasserted itself, and the headless corpses collapsed in a chorus of meaty thuds that echoed through the passage.

Liam One turned back, curious to see if his theory was correct or if they would regenerate from this level of damage. He watched the bodies carefully, monitoring for any sign of the writhing flesh-reconnection he’d witnessed earlier.

But they didn’t regenerate. They all lay there on the ground, headless and genuinely dead, whatever animating force had driven them apparently unable to function without the head intact.

He noted this to himself with satisfaction. Beheading worked on them. Complete separation of the head from the body exceeded whatever regenerative threshold they possessed.

That was useful information. It suggested these creatures, whatever they were, still required some connection between brain and body to function. The regeneration could repair damage, reconnect severed tissue, but total separation apparently broke whatever magical or biological process sustained them.

Liam One continued walking deeper into the dungeon, stepping over the scattered corpses without breaking stride. As he walked, he encountered more of the creatures, but they appeared in smaller groups now—twos and threes rather than the coordinated horde that had rushed him initially.

He took care of them as easily as he’d handled the others, casually waving his hand to send invisible blades of compressed Primordial Essence through their necks. The creatures fell in pieces, their screeches cut short mid-note, and Liam One didn’t bother to stop or even slow his pace as he continued his advance.

The passage descended further, the walls becoming rougher, less finished, as though whoever or whatever had created this dungeon had spent more effort on the entrance and less on the deeper sections. The luminescent moss grew sparser here, creating pools of deeper shadow between patches of faint green-blue light.

After several minutes of walking, the passage finally opened into a small chamber, perhaps five meters across, with a low ceiling that pressed down claustrophobically. And at the far end of that cramped space, emanating a pulsing crimson glow that painted the stone walls in shades of blood, stood a portal.

Liam One frowned and walked closer to it. The portal was roughly circular, about two meters in diameter, its surface rippling with energy that suggested active connection to somewhere else. The red glow wasn’t purely visual—it carried heat, making the air around the portal noticeably warmer than the rest of the chamber.

As he approached, he caught the scent. Faint but unmistakable—the copper tang of blood. Fresh blood, probably. His frown deepened at this discovery. A portal that smelled of blood suggested nothing pleasant on the other end.

He stopped directly in front of the construct, close enough that the heat radiating from it warmed his skin, and studied the rippling surface carefully. The portal’s energy signature was stable but strange.

Liam One reached out slowly and extended his hand through the portal’s surface.

The sensation was immediate and disorienting, as his hand disappeared into the red glow, and he felt it emerge on the other side, pushing through into cooler air that carried stronger blood scent. The connection was solid and real. This portal genuinely connected to another location.

He pulled his hand back, watching as it re-emerged from the crimson surface, and began considering what this meant.

A dungeon in monster territory, populated by unknown undead variants that regenerated from normal damage, terminating in a blood-scented portal that led somewhere else. The pieces suggested a larger structure—this wasn’t a natural cave that happened to contain monsters. This was something deliberately constructed to serve some unknown purpose.

His adventurous spirit urged him forward. The portal was right there. He could simply walk through, discover what lay on the other side, investigate whatever operation was using this dungeon as an access point.

But caution held him back. He thought about the undead he’d just killed, trying to categorize them more precisely. The regeneration speed, the pale skin, the predatory characteristics—all of it suggested something specific, some variant he should be able to identify if he just had more information.

Were they guarding something? Or were they the product of whatever existed on the portal’s other end? The distinction mattered. If they were guards, the portal led to something valuable enough to protect. If they were products, the portal led to whatever was creating them, which suggested an entirely different level of threat.

Liam One was still processing these thoughts when he noticed the portal’s surface beginning to ripple more violently. The steady pulse of energy became erratic, fluctuations spreading across the crimson surface like waves on disturbed water.

He immediately shifted into a defensive stance, his muscles tensing, his senses expanding to maximum range. Whatever was coming through, he’d be ready for it.

But instead of something emerging, the portal began shrinking.

The process was rapid, as the two-meter circle contracted to one meter, then half a meter, the crimson glow dimming as the aperture reduced. Within perhaps five seconds, the portal had collapsed completely, its energy signature dissipating like smoke, leaving nothing behind except bare stone wall and the lingering scent of blood that faded quickly in the dungeon’s stale air.

Liam One watched it close, unable to intervene even if he’d wanted to. He’d had no intention of interfering in the first place, but the portal’s sudden collapse raised new questions. Had it been on a timer? Had someone on the other end detected his presence and closed it deliberately? Or had it simply exhausted whatever energy sustained it?

He muttered to himself, the word echoing softly in the now-empty chamber. "Strange."

He looked around the small space one final time, searching for any other features or clues he might have missed. But there was nothing—just bare stone walls, the scattered remains of undead creatures in the passage behind him, and the spot where a portal had existed moments before.

Seeing that there was nothing else to discover here, Liam One turned back the way he’d come and began walking toward the dungeon’s entrance.

The disappointment was mild but present. The dungeon hadn’t offered more than the undead encounters, which had been interesting from a combat perspective but provided limited useful information.

Still, he’d learned something. The undead could be killed through complete decapitation. The dungeon had been connected to somewhere else via portal magic. And based on the blood scent and the nature of the creatures, whatever existed on the other end was probably involved in necromancy or blood magic of some kind.

Not immediately useful for locating dragons, but information nonetheless.

He emerged from the cave entrance into the forest’s perpetual twilight, pushing aside the hanging vines that concealed the dungeon’s mouth. The fresh air—or at least, the less stale air of the forest proper—was a welcome change from the mineral dampness of the underground passage.

Liam One oriented himself, checking the sun’s position through the thick canopy, and began walking in a new direction. He still needed to locate Rikilda and Bethan, and that would probably take considerable time given how vast this world apparently was and how little concrete information he currently possessed about dragon territories.

But he had time. And patience. And the resources to conduct an exhaustive search if necessary.

The search would continue. Just perhaps with a different methodology than aimless forest wandering.

***

Back on Earth, it was still the morning after Nova Night, and the world remained in the grip of processing two civilization-altering announcements that had fundamentally reshaped humanity’s expectations about the immediate future.

And then Nova Technologies dropped another announcement.

This one wasn’t shocking in the way the previous two had been. But for certain categories of people, this announcement was intensely relevant in ways the general public might not immediately appreciate.

📢 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Nova Technologies is pleased to announce the official onboarding of Institutional Accounts on LucidNet.

Beginning immediately, organizations, corporations, media houses, studios, agencies, educational institutions, and other recognized entities can apply for Institutional Verification on LucidNet.

This step is part of Nova Technologies’ broader effort to build a trusted, transparent, and professionally structured ecosystem on LucidNet as the platform expands its creator economy, digital media infrastructure, and global distribution network.

Verified Institutional Accounts will receive enhanced platform privileges, identity authentication, and access to future enterprise-level features designed specifically for organizations operating at scale.

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Institutional Verification

All organizations intending to operate officially on LucidNet are encouraged to submit an Institutional Verification Application.

Verification ensures that:

• Audiences can clearly identify authentic institutional accounts

• Brands and organizations can operate securely within the LucidNet ecosystem

• Creators and partners can confidently collaborate with verified entities

Once approved, the account will receive a **Verified Institutional Badge**.

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Required Information for Institutional Verification

Organizations applying for verification may be asked to submit the following information:

1. Legal Organization Information

• Registered organization name

• Organization type (corporation, studio, agency, institution, etc.)

• Country of registration

• Official registration number or incorporation ID

2. Official Documentation

• Certificate of incorporation or business registration

• Government-issued business identification where applicable

• Tax identification number (if applicable)

3. Authorized Representative

• Full name of the representative submitting the application

• Position within the organization

• Government-issued identification

• Proof of authorization to manage the account

4. Official Contact Channels

• Verified business email domain

• Official website

• Official phone contact (if applicable)

5. LucidNet Account Details

• Institutional LucidNet username

• Intended category of operation on the platform:

- Media / Film Studio

- Brand / Corporate

- Educational Institution

- Production Company

- Technology Company

- Agency / Talent Management

- Other

6. Brand Identity Confirmation

• Official logo

• Brand description or organization profile

• Links to existing verified social or digital presence (if available)

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Institutional Account Benefits

Verified institutions on LucidNet will gain access to:

• Institutional identity verification badge

• Enhanced brand trust and visibility

• Official future partnership eligibility

• Priority support channels

• Advanced content management tools

• Access to enterprise-level platform infrastructure

Additional features and privileges will be introduced as LucidNet continues expanding its ecosystem.

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Application Process

Institutional verification applications are now open.

Organizations can submit their verification request through the LucidNet Institutional Portal within their account settings.

Applications will be reviewed by Nova Technologies’ verification team, and approved accounts will receive confirmation once verification is complete.

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The announcement was professional, straightforward, and almost boring compared to the previous night’s revelations about technology that would cure cancer and democratize filmmaking.

Yes, it was almost boring, but not quite, and it gained quite a bit of reactions.