Echoes of the Tenth Thousand Fist

In the shadow of the monolithic Zorya Institute, Kazimir Volkov is a nobody, publicly shamed and deemed worthless. His only goal is to surpass Dmitri Volkov, the prodigy who broke him. His chance arrives as a whisper in his mind: the [Resonance System], a power that grants a 10,000x return on the training of his fists. Each punch thrown in training is worth ten thousand. Now, what took others a lifetime to master, Kazimir achieves in a day. As his power grows at an exponential, terrifying rate, he begins to see the world's hidden truths: the city is infested with spectral entities called 'The Silent', wraiths that feed on ambition and despair. The more power he accumulates, the more these eerie beings are drawn to him, and the more the world seems to decay around him. He is on a path to surpass his rival, but his journey into godlike power seems to be paving the way for a silent apocalypse. Is his system a gift for his revenge, or is he simply the chosen vessel for the world's end?