Pain.
That was the last thing he remembered before everything went dark. A blinding flash… a truck horn… then nothingness.
But when his consciousness returned, there was no body.
No arms. No legs.
Only weight. Immense, indescribable weight… as if he were holding up mountains.
Where am I? What happened?
He tried to open his eyes—only to realize he didn't have eyes.
Yet somehow, he could see.
He floated in the void of space.
Below him stretched a massive sphere of molten rock—oceans of lava surging, volcanoes erupting like fountains, continents not yet formed… and he felt every quiver, every eruption, every drop of heat as if it were part of him.
Because it was.
He was the planet.
"…What?"
Before he could even process the absurdity, a faint progress bar appeared across his consciousness:
[Loading… 73%]
[Loading… 92%]
[Loading… 100%]
A loud chime rang inside his mind.
[System upload complete.]
His heart—if he still had one—leapt.
A system?! If this is transmigration, maybe I got a cheat?
He shouted instinctively, "Status!"
Everything froze for a moment… then:
ERROR
ERROR ERROR ERROR
ERROR [Host is dead]
ERROR [Host is alive as host is conscious and has body]
ERROR ERROR [Host is dead]
ERROR [Host is alive but body is non-organic]
ERROR ERROR ERROR—
His mind almost overheated faster than his magma oceans.
"Wh–what?! System, are you corrupted?!"
The errors kept flickering like a broken bulb:
ERROR [Host is dead]
ERROR [Host is alive as host is conscious and has a body but the body is not organic]
ERROR [Host is dead]
ERROR [Host is alive—]
"STOP! STOP! You're making me dizzy and I don't even have a brain!"
The flashing halted.
A moment later, a calm notification appeared:
[Host species recalibrated.]
[Host species changed to: GOLEM.]
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully activating the System.]
"…Golem? I am a planet-sized golem now?!"
The planet quaked as his thoughts spiraled. Lava geysers erupted in sync with his panic.
He quickly steadied his consciousness.
"Okay… okay… system. What do you do?"
A new window formed with perfect clarity:
[System Function: Recording System]
[Description: Every action the Host performs, every event the Host experiences, will be recorded.]
[When enough similar recordings accumulate, they will merge and form a new Skill.]
[Skills can be further improved by gathering more relevant records.]
He blinked—mentally.
"So… you mean if I erupt volcanoes a lot, I get a volcano skill? If I rotate, I get a spinning skill? If I survive asteroid impacts, I get a defense skill?"
[Affirmative.]
A thrill passed through him.
A newborn planet… with a system that evolves through every natural phenomenon he experiences.
He looked at his blazing surface.
Volcanoes erupted. Continents shifted. Lava rolled like waves on an ocean of fire.
He wasn't just transmigrated into a world.
He was the world.
And every tremor in his crust was one step toward power.
"Fine," he thought, excitement blooming like a supernova.
"If this is my life now… then let's evolve."
The planet rumbled in approval.