[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem":3,"chapter-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1033":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Evil MC's NTR Harem",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1832182,2438,"Chapter 1033 Champion","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1033",1033,"\u003Cp>\"You bend time again,\" Althea murmured softly when he passed near her, her lips curving into a knowing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ross only smiled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the least I can do,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, no amount of power means anything if I can’t spend it on those I care for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart warmed at his words, and for a brief moment, she reached out to touch his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always say the right things,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only because they’re true,\" he said simply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so the night continued, a night that stretched far beyond the limits of ordinary time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the sanctuary, the hours moved like a gentle current—slow, calm, and eternal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the stars still shone over a quiet world, unaware that deep below, a man who had conquered heaven and earth was choosing, once again, to conquer something even greater—love, devotion, and the fragile beauty of human connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ross Oakley, master of time, savior of his people, and ruler of realms and the multiverse, was at peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for that one long, endless night, the world stood still just for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One week had passed, and the world was unrecognizable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cities that had once thrived with life now lay in ruin, streets littered with abandoned cars, overturned debris, and the unmistakable signs of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Millions of people had already fallen to the plague, their deaths only marking the beginning of the nightmare, for they rose again as mindless, ravenous zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no real defense against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary citizens did not go about their daily lives armed with guns or combat training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they tried to fight, one scratch or bite was enough to seal their fate, spreading the infection almost instantaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entire neighborhoods could fall in hours, and the few who survived lived in constant terror, always moving, always hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart stones had granted some people extraordinary abilities, creating what could be called superhumans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these gifts were far from a universal solution. Not every power was suited to the chaos of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some could see through walls or sense danger from miles away, while others could emit light from their hands like a walking lantern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of this helped when a horde of zombies swarmed through a narrow alley, teeth bared and claws ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many abilities were clever but impractical in direct confrontation, leaving their wielders exposed to the relentless threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the military, the police forces, and elite squads of soldiers found themselves stretched impossibly thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single battalion could hold one street, one city block, at most—but there were countless others under siege at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commanders were forced to make impossible choices, prioritizing areas that could be defended while abandoning zones that were already lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rescue missions became near-constant operations, teams running themselves ragged to pull civilians from doomed zones before they fell prey to the horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of these rescue teams had consumed heart stones themselves, gaining enhanced abilities to increase their chances of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could leap over burning cars, track enemies by heat signatures, or even manipulate small amounts of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even with such powers, the hordes seemed infinite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For every zombie they killed, dozens more emerged from shadows, from buildings, from underground tunnels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground itself seemed to pulse with death, and every victory was temporary, fleeting, and far too small against the scale of the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death toll continued to rise, day after day, the numbers climbing into the millions with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Families were torn apart, entire cities emptied, and despair settled over the living like a thick, suffocating fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had become a battlefield unlike any other, a test not of strength or skill but of endurance, wit, and sheer willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity was no longer the dominant force on Earth—it was prey, struggling against an enemy that seemed to multiply faster than it could be contained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who survived the first week knew the days ahead would only grow more desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food and clean water were becoming scarce. Shelters were falling to relentless attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Communications were breaking down, and the once-cohesive response of governments was now fractured and chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the midst of this, rumors of pockets of resistance and secret safe zones circulated, but they were few and far between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had changed, and the survivors were forced to confront a harsh truth: civilization as they had known it was gone, replaced by a new, brutal reality where survival alone was the only law that mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, that was not Ross’s concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always took care of his own, and the fate of the rest of humanity was a problem for them, not him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no desire to involve himself in every struggle, every disaster that befell the masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans were resilient creatures, he reminded himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how dire the situation, they always found ways to survive, to push forward through storms that would crush lesser beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were always a few who would give up too quickly, surrendering to despair, letting fear or exhaustion swallow them whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most—most clung stubbornly to life, even when every circumstance seemed stacked against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a trait etched deep into their DNA, a mark left by countless generations of ancestors who had survived famine, war, disease, and every other calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans survived—or they died trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ross observed quietly from his vantage point, detached yet calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to worry about the general survival of humanity; he had other priorities, matters far closer to him and far more pressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze settled on a figure that had caught his attention—a woman of extraordinary beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her features were soft yet striking, framed by dark hair that fell loosely over her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her composure, there was a flicker of distress in her eyes, a weight of worry she could not entirely mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, she continued typing on her phone, absorbed in some private world of messages and distractions, as though the excitement surrounding her could never touch her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1004,"2026-06-09T06:19:05.005Z",1,"novelbin.me","52262bc2a48ff62551f5d4c4284704c12e94e09c286cdfa473f6404363f9b990","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1034","evil-mc-s-ntr-harem-chapter-1032",1212,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fevil-mc-s-ntr-harem-cover.jpg"]