Lord of the Eternal Bloom & Decay
For an entire year, Scott was addicted to playing Sporos, a survival game notorious for its extreme survival rate he found online.
He died thousands of times under the onslaught of mutated poisonous spores storms 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 on Sporos, with a remaining lifespan of only 17 years.
He is now a Sporeborn, a mutated human living in the canopy of a Source tree called Heartwood Tree, surrounded by a world of acidic spore mists and zombie/ghost-like horrors.
Scott soon discovers that he transmigrated with his Shelter Core cheat code interface with him.
A translucent blue screen, displaying the initial 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. ]