Lord of the Eternal Bloom & Decay
For an entire year, Scott was addicted to playing Sporos, a survival game notorious for its 0% survival rate he found online.
He died thousands of times under the onslaught of mutated poisonous spores and predatory Sporebeasts, until he finally wrote a cheat code to balance the odds.
Then Scott woke up trapped in the body of a "Critically Weakened" Shelter Lord, with a remaining lifespan of only 17 years.
He is now a Sporeborn, a mutated human living in the canopy of a dying Heartwood Tree, surrounded by a world of acid mists and zombie-like horrors.
But he didn't come empty-handed. Scott discovers he brought his interface with him. A translucent blue screen, displaying the Shelter Core functions: Reader and Upgrader.
[ First Ordered Foundation Gene: Lvl 0 Mycelial Heart]
[ Effect (Lvl 0): Improves Hosts cultivation of Life energy by 0.05 per day. Life energy storage and recovery rate +20%. One fixed point of upgrade experience is gained daily, with additional, random experience points earned through continuous exercise.]
[ Upgrade Path: Each level will significantly increase the efficiency and speed of Life Energy absorption by an additional 50% each level by expanding the body's capacity for storing Life Energy, directly improving recovery rate and stamina.]
[ First Ordered Foundation Gene: Lvl 5 Mycelial Heart ]
[ Effect (Lvl 5): Improves Host's cultivation of Life energy by 0.51 per day. Life energy storage and recovery rate +202% and gains 10 fixed points of upgrade experience daily, with additional, random experience points earned through continuous exercise. ]
[ Minor Energy Siphon (Unlocked at Lvl 5): Allows the user to actively draw a small amount of life energy from direct contact with living flora (plants, fungi) to accelerate personal stamina recovery outside of combat. ]
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[ First Ordered Foundation Gene: Lvl 0 Bull's Frame]
[ Effect (Lvl 0): Physical attributes +100%, One fixed point of upgrade experience is gained daily, with additional, random experience points earned through continuous exercise. ]
[ Upgrade Path: Each level will directly repair and enhance the user's physical body by an additional 50% each level by restoring bone density, rebuild atrophied muscle, and increase overall physical strength, durability, and resilience.]
[ First Ordered Foundation Gene: Lvl 5 Bull's Frame ]
[ Effect (Lvl 5): Physical attributes +1,012%, 10 fixed points of upgrade experience is gained daily, with additional, random experience points earned through continuous exercise. ]
[ Impact Bracing (Unlocked at Lvl 5): The user's body will instinctively tense and redistribute kinetic force upon detecting an imminent heavy impact, significantly reducing damage and knockback from blunt force trauma. ]