《Gene Seeker(a litrpg adventure)》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 As Jordan awoke to the screeching of his alarm clock he sighed to the realisation that it was Wednesday, the worst day of the week in his opinion. But it was a necessity to go to work to get money to get food. That didn¡¯t mean he didn''t like his job, it was just a bit monotonous at times, not a true challenge. But it couldn''t be helped so ploughed through and did it. The commute to work was a slow one due to traffic but it gave him plenty of time to think about his sister and her engagement.The wedding was scheduled to happen at the same time of a business trip of his so he couldn''t go, especially if he wanted that promotion. Eventually he pulled up at the whitewashed building that was his workplace. After going through the sterilisation process, he walked into the lab and greeted some of his co workers, he didn''t really know all of them but he had worked with them all in one form or another. He sat down at his desk and logged into his computer to see what the nightshifters had done. It was a bit of a surprise when at lunch no one was there, which was weird because he has always seen at least a few people there. But alas he just got his usual tuna salad and sat down. It was nice but it seemed that they had gotten a new brand of tuna, still he would survive (somehow), after that he delayed going to the lab for some coffee which was when he saw it he almost gave his lunch the pleasure of being on the floor, but before he could the grotesque long limbed creature with a smushed up ¡°raisin¡± face attacked with a grace that was so surprising all jordan did was stumble on the floor. He somehow managed to pick himself up and run as fast as his feet could take him, which was fast, he had never been an athlete but he had liked to go running once in a while. HIs train of thought was quickly disrupted when a hand grasped his ankle, looking behind him he saw a ridiculously stretched arm connected to a strange twenty digit hand coming from beneath a door on his right, but he managed get it off him by stamping on it and continued running, the adrenaline coursing through him. After he had ran for a while he looked back and saw it wasn''t chasing him anymore which was good but what wasn''t good was the screen that appeared in front of him that threatened to break down his currently frail mental faculties . This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. Congratulations your world has been integrated Prepare for transportation to tutorial ¡°what the hell¡± he practically shouted in the hallway before he blinked and was in a ¡°void¡± which was the only way to describe nothing. No smells, no sights, no noises hell no temperature. Hello Jordan linx you are currently being Transported to the tutorial in the meantime Please pick a class Option 1 : ERROR Option 2 : ERROR Option 3 : ERROR Option 4 : ERROR Option 5 : ERROR CAN''T GIVE CLASS DUE TO ¡°?????¡± CLASS AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED CLASS NAME ¡°Gene Seeker¡± What is going on? He thought, first he sees a monster now he¡¯s in the void and then something is going on with this ¡°system¡±. Class skills: Gene harvest Genetic identify Craft monster Genetic storage Still wanting answers he mentally clicks on Gene harvest Gene harvest Allows the user of this skill to harvest the genetic material from a deceased entity As crazy as it sounded he was beginning to think this was real, he quickly clicked on Genetic identify to stop himself from pondering further. Genetic identify Allows the user of this skill to identify the properties of genetic material and beast crystals stored in genetic storage Beast crystals were new but it was quite similar to the first one in many ways when it came to the description, he clicked on the one he was most excited about, Craft monster. Craft monster Allows the wielder of this skill to craft a monster to fight by them using beast crystals and genetic material He always loved to make builds in video games that focused on summoning and buffing monsters to fight with him, so to think he could do that in real life was kinda amazing. Teleportation to tutorial commencing ¡°Wait wh-¡± but before he could finish a blinding flash that threatened to sear his retinas emanated from the void, when it faded he found himself in a metal plated room with blue glowing energy veins running across the room. Tutorial variant : Survival Goal : survive for three months Chapter 2 Chapter 2 After being there for what felt like hours, but could have only been a handful of minutes, a person appeared in a pop then another one and another one until there were about fifty people in the strange room, which was a lot considering that a few minutes ago there was no one so it was quite crowded. Tutorial variant : Survival Goal : Survive three months on the starfire but what happened to the crew? ¡°Is this just a video game!¡± he heard someone say and he couldn''t fault them for thinking that but he had seen the monsters and they were not digital in any way, shape or form Classes amongst contenders Technomancer-20 Gene seeker-1 Artificier-19 Cyberhack-5 Glitch-5 So there are twenty technomancers, fourteen artificers, five cyberhacks and another five glitches, but only one gene seeker he pondered. He really hoped that that didn''t mean people would be against him. Tutorial commencing Do you wish to travel to: Lab The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Storage Garden Hull Bridge It wasn''t even a question that he was heading to the lab. Are you sure you wish to travel to the lab Y/N Yes, because the other spots could have a lot of people going while this one won''t, also I might be able to find some stuff related to my class he mused. But then, for a split second he was back in the void then he blinked and was in a scientist''s dream lab. It had everything from gene splicers to centrifuge, it was amazing but of course in this new place nothing could last because he felt a tug deep in his ¡°core¡± and it compelled him to open the drawer to his right and there was nothing he could do to stop it so he went over opened the draw and inside was darkness and a strange noise. But that clicking stopped after a few seconds and foul smelling liquid was sprayed across him getting into his mouth and left eye. Clicker venom negated Cause : ?????? ¡°What the hell¡± he exclaimed, for the second time that day. He quickly felt adrenaline pump through his body and without thinking of the consequences, reached his hand in before quickly pulling back out due to the sharp pain emanating from his hand and a small lizard with two tails and a horn biting his hand. Jordan quickly pulled it off his hand and slammed into the counter repeatedly until a notification appeared. Clicker slain XP earned Level up Level 1¡ªLevel 2 ¡°Is this a video game because that hurt like hell¡± he said while nurturing his bleeding hand, he would need to find a bandage or something so he quickly looked around the lab and found some anti-sceptic. He ripped his shirt up to make some makeshift bandages. After he had tended to his hand, he held an inspection on the clicker body and something clicked inside him, something that wanted power and it saw that power inside this body so gently tapped the corpse and willed his genetic storage skill into effect, and the body turned into an amorphous soup that was quickly absorbed by the skill, leaving behind a small grey crystal he then saw a screen. You have absorbed clicker genetic material traits : petty psychic pull,clicker poison (tier 1) He quickly figured out that this was how he crafted monsters so he used identify on the crystal already having a faint idea on what it was. Clicker beast crystal(rank 1) Jordan knew that this place would be unsafe so he needed some protection.he mentally tugged on that core again and used craft monster. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Jordan was greeted by a screen What genetic material do you wish to use Clicker Y/N He picked clicker as that was the only one available. Which Beast crystal in a 10 foot radius do you wish to use Clicker beast crystal(rank 1) Y/N Again he chose that one as it was the only one available. Possible outcomes Clicker(40%) Fleshling(60%) Do you wish to continue Y/N He didn''t like what that fleshling was but he needed to do this so he clicked yes and something strange happened. He felt a part of his core deplete and then a flash came and a new creature was born. It was ugly that''s all he could say, well he could say it was just a blob of flesh which would be correct, he used identify on it and well it wasn''t promising. Name : Fleshling Description : Even the eldritch horrors of the abyss retch at the sight of this creature. It struggles to breath and the only thing that keeps it going is constant love and affection and that is the reason why most die very quickly, but if it can live long enough it has the ability to absorb the flesh of other creatures growing in strength extremely quickly. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. Abilities : flesh absorption,frequent evolution,rapid adaptability Wow! Was all he could think about because this creature was what his life goal would have accumulated to. The ultimate life form this creature has the potential to become the most powerful being ever and he would command it. To form a bond with the fleshling you must name it Ok how about fleshbert he mused Name chosen ¡°fleshbert¡± Status Name : fleshbert Species : Fleshling Level : 1 Requirements for level up : 1 pound of flesh Abilities : flesh absorption,frequent evolution,rapid adaptability Wait he has a status he thought do i have a status Status Name : Jordan Linx Race : Human Class : Gene seeker Soulbound creatures : Fleshbert(Fleshling) Stats : STR-10 DEX-10 AGI-10 CHA-10 INT-10 WIS-10 END-10 CON-10 PER-10 Unused stat points : 10 Skills : Gene harvest Genetic identify Genetic storage Craft monster Wait, I have stats,this is just a video game! He mentally exclaimed, but if this is a game then he can use stat points and level up and become extraordinarily powerful, he quickly used all ten in CON because if he can make more damaging monsters, then all he would have to do is survive but first he might have to kill some more monsters as he really wanted to see how powerful Fleshbert could get, so he got to looking around for a weapon. After a while of wincing whenever he used his hand to open a drawer, he found something that seemed to emanate a strange aura, an aura that linked to his core. He quickly used identify and was not disappointed. Plague doctor''s scalpel Cuts made with this scalpel will begin to fester and rot soon becoming untreatable Quality : mastercraft Grade : Experimental Properties : Necrotic poison Requirements : scientific class This is perfect because he matches the requirements and it seems extremely powerful so now he''s just got to level up, find some food, water and he should be good for the tutorial. Well it''s easier said than done. Chapter 4 He had grown quite attached to fleshbert, but he was also attached in another sense to the point where he was able to feel felshbert¡¯s emotions in the short time they had been together, and quickly knew he was getting distressed, he hurried over and began to soothe him, ¡°shhh my little ultimate lifeform shhh¡±, beginning to feel ludicrous about his situation. I wonder how im supposed to open this thing he pondered whilst clutching fleshbert in his arms he peered at the wall willing it to unveil its secrets, and when he steps closer fleshbert reaches out a small tendril and pokes the wall making it flash blue and unlock. You have claimed ¡°lab¡± You may use a teleportation circle to teleport to this spot Right as he read that, a circle full of purple runes appeared beneath him reminding him of one of his favourite Nintendo games. He quickly left the room after that wanting to level and become stronger. After about 10 minutes of exploring the starfire, he encountered his first enemies and they were strange.The first one was an octopus creature with green skin and acid dripping from the beak in the centre, leaving a sizzling sound in its wake and a crab with a silver sheen across its shell with armoured eye stems, which quickly swivelled round and found a man with a bloody bandaged hand wielding a scalpel, with the other hand clutching an amorphous blob of flesh, which if you saw that in the street would make you run away and scream. But what this guy did was, he clicked his claws together and charged. What jordan did was charge towards the octopus and get around 6 slashes before retreating he got a notification but dismissed suddenly flesh bert began wriggling out of his grasp. When he escaped he pulled himself towards the corpse and began ¡°absorbing¡± it but jordan couldn''t afford to study the process as a metal crab had just taken hold of his wrist and this was a big crab, so he couldn''t just lift it. So he switched the scalpel to his other hand and that one got clamped but luckily it couldn''t do anything either. Fleshbert has absorbed the flesh of an acid blood octopi Traits gained : acid beak As jordan looked at fleshbert he noticed a beak protrude from the folds of flesh and it looked like it was coming from its front but he couldn''t tell. Then as he thought the crab was gonna rip his hands off, a splattering of acid came from Fleshberts beak and landing on the crabs metallic shell making it cry out in pain, momentarily releasing him and allowing to stab down through the now flimsy shell and killing it This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Acid blood octopi slain XP earned Metallicrab slain XP earned Level up Level 2 - level 3 Level 3 - level 4 I quickly absorbed the metallicrab¡¯s corpse because it was rotting by the second. You have absorbed Metallicrab genetic material Traits : metallic shell He quickly identified the crystal left behind. Metallicrab beast crystal (grade 1) He immediately put the 20 stat points into END and CON as this was the kind of build he wanted and putting points into those stats would be the most direct path to it. Since you have reached level 30 in a stat you have received a CON based skill Skill : overdrive Overdrive Allows the wielder of this skill to surpass there regular physical limits by 50% But leaves a time of weakness when deactivated Wow this is amazing he thought wondering at the implications the only bad part was the time of weakness but he imagined he could probably negate that if he put more in CON & END. Bounty initiated on Jordan linx who is the highest levelled contender Warning : he will have double to all stats Reward : double XP you would normally get from killing him Bounty time : 24.00.00 Wait, he thought whilst grabbing fleshbert marvelling at the new beak. He knew the way back to the lab and was just about to open it when he heard a ¡°I found you¡± coming from the hallway to his right making him jump in shock, but before he could comprehend what just happened, the man charged, the edges of his body strangely ¡°glitching¡± whenever he moved, and wielding a glowing blue cutlass he aimed straight for the heart and it bounced off his skin, leaving a gash in his tattered shirt he immediately began feeling those double stats and felt a strength rising from inside him, his vision and his mind sharpened and he gripped the man¡¯s right wrist and squeezing using all his strength crushing the man''s hand and making him release a guttural scream and making Jordan instantly regret it, but before he could see how he''s doing that glitch effect covered his body and when it subsided he was gone. Congratulations you have defeated your first sentient being Name : UNKNOWN Species : Human Class : Glitch Glitch defeated XP earned No level up is a first but I must get less for not killing him, he thought while going in the lab and closing the door with a mental thought.