Four Wives, One Scorch King
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A future system forces a scavenger to rescue four women in a water-starved world, granting him escalating powers.
Episode 1–14English
After a solar flare evaporates Earth's oceans, water becomes the sole currency and women are legally classified as property. Scavenger Evan Cross survives on the margins of this brutal hierarchy until a cryptic system transmitted from the future activates inside him.
The system issues an ultimatum: locate and extract four specific women or face incineration. Each successful rescue unlocks new abilities, transforming Cross from a powerless drifter into a contender capable of seizing authority over the scorched wastes.
Key points
- Solar flare makes water the only currency
- System from future compels rescue of four women
- Each rescue grants Cross new abilities
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