

Alexander makes a deal with the commander to protect Jessica's family, trading a severe injury that leaves him with an amputation,shrapnel in his brain, and little time to live for their safety. Six years later, he runs into his daughter Alice, who doesn't know he's her father, and shares his past with her. When he saves Jessica at a lion dance event, his identity is exposed. Jessica presses him for the truth about the past, but Alexander, aware his days are numbered, resolves to hide it, breaking her heart. To end their bond, Jessica forces him to perform the lion dance again. Alexander pushes through to take the stage, but his prosthetic limb malfunctions, shrapnel shifts, and he is on the brink of death.

Ash Lane accidentally transmigrates into a mech-combat world and awakens the Mech Sacrifice System. Sacrifice five Level 1 mechs and he can crush a Level 2 with his bare hands. He enrolls at Valen Academy hoping to make his mark, but his fiancee dumps him, his family turns on him, and his mother gets caught in the crossfire and publicly humiliated. To protect her, Ash reveals his hidden strength, dominates Finn Lane in a crushing showdown, and launches his unstoppable rise, rewriting the rules of the mech world one fight at a time.
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Ash Lane accidentally transmigrates into a mech-combat world and awakens the Mech Sacrifice System. Sacrifice five Level 1 mechs and he can crush a Level 2 with his bare hands. He enrolls at Valen Academy hoping to make his mark, but his fiancee dumps him, his family turns on him, and his mother gets caught in the crossfire and publicly humiliated. To protect her, Ash reveals his hidden strength, dominates Finn Lane in a crushing showdown, and launches his unstoppable rise, rewriting the rules of the mech world one fight at a time.

Carl, chief research supervisor at Ark Base, was exiled for developing a zombie cure against Kevin's orders. Now surviving with his eight-year-old daughter Nancy, tragedy strikes when she's bitten protecting him during a horde attack. As his daughter turns into a zombie, Carl becomes the most unlikely father in the apocalypse—determined to protect her at all costs.