《Passive Creation》 stats and strength system hello readers before any real story happens I will be going over the stats system so to say (str) strength-how much one can physically hit and lift average person Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. (agl) agility- how fast you can move and react (int) intelligence- how smart one is and how fast they can think may also have to do with memory and recall (vit) vitality- one''s life force and how much they can take damage wise, how healthy one is, and when it''s of greater numbers lifespan the strength system will be updated in the future. now if you get past this hopefully there''s a story after it. thank you, may you enjoy Prologue The year is 2080, 60 years have gone by since covid-19. In the beginning it was nothing more than a global sickness akin to a plague. Vaccines were made and they did their job for the most part. However, what people did not see coming came 10 years later. It was found that certain people who were immune to covid in the first place their children had bodies stronger than normal. They also were smarter and faster. Some more so than others. As these children grew up abilities were introduced, some relatively normal and others akin to comics and fantasy. However, this also led to a war. In 2050, a war ensued which dropped the global population to about 1 billion and the Earth could no longer take it. In such a war many nuclear weapons were employed and many countries were destroyed. The survivors would have to go outside with respirators while only those that were already empowered actually showed any real resistance to the radiation in the air. A nuclear winter had come. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. All the radiation in the air has also allowed many creatures to start mutating. And it was found that many of these creatures were infected with remnants of a virus very similar to covid. Which has led to grotesque appearances and larger sizes. Here in 2080 in the slums of what was formerly known as Milwaukee we come across a lazy man by the name of Malorn. It is with him as he stares out the window at a snowstorm that our story begins. The Beginning "Snow, such a wonderful cold and yet unique temporary weather. Especially here in Wisconsin. But why is it does it have to be so blasted cold!" Stated Malorn. This here is Malorn, 21 years old and still lives at home. He has also been unemployed for too long. (DING) "Who the hell is at the door now? Mother shouldn''t be home yet." grumbled Malorn as he trudged up the stairs from the room in the basement to the door. Upon opening the door and looking outside he saw there was nobody there and promptly shut the door. "Fucking little shits ding dong ditching, does nobody have better things to do, ugh disturbing my reading." He then went back to his room in the basement and took out his phone by which he was reading. Malorn is a fan of web novels as he''s alone most the time and would rather read anyways. Among the things he would like in life besides a job or to move out would be the system that most stories have. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. (DING) (DING) (DING) "Did one of those kids awaken a bell for an ability?" Malorn just really wanted to sit in peace and watch the snow outside the window fall. "sigh" Malorn turned to look at a picture that was on the shelf. The picture showed a man that looked quite similar to himself. "Grandfather, I will inherit your dream and hopefully attempt to help the family rise above." Malorn studied the picture I looked at the things that were similar. He inherited his grandfather''s black hair and hazel eyes. He also obtained a similar height at 6 ft 5 in. Unfortunately he also got his grandfather''s figure at being husky with a noticeable amount of fat. Not actually fat but pretty chubby, which has made for him dating pretty difficult as well as his own self-image. "Immortality I shall obtain and then go further and see if I can obtain the universe. If I can at the peak I wonder if I could bring you back as the only one that understood me." (DING)(DING)(DING)(DING) "AHHHHH" The noise of a bell kept getting louder and louder. Ringing in his head until Malorn finally collapsed unconscious. In that moment a brief golden light flashed on his body and disappeared. Awakening (ding) (Host awakens) "The fuck happened to me? And who spoke to me?" (Passive Creation System is active) ( [Race: Human] [Str. 3] [agl. 3] [Vit. 5] [int. 5] The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. [xp: 0] [skills: ] ) "Uh ok, so I have a system and what''s the catch?" "Hello?" "No questions? No answers?" ''Great how the hell do I even get skills'' (Ding- Create your own passive skills using a cost of XP proportional to the power of the skills or later on use a raffle) ''How do i gain XP?'' (Kill stuff) Looking around Malorn spotted a spider crawling on the floor, he quickly stepped on it and squished it. (+1 xp) "WOOO! I get reward for killing those disgusting shits!," yell Malorn in excitement. ''lets see i wish to create a passive of immortality'' (cost-¡Þ) "The Fuck?" (to be able to survive anything and exist forever requires too much xp) ''radiation resistance?'' (cost 2000xp) ''strengthened skin'' (cost 25xp) ''works for me!'' And away Malorn goes searching for spiders and insects to squish. Tough Skin? "Finally got the requirement, time to get this and see how it goes." [Ding: spent 25xp tough skin skill added] [skill: tough skin-protected against small insect bites] "The hell does small insect bites do for me?" [Race: Human] [Str. 3] [agl. 3] [Vit. 5.1] [int. 5] [xp: 0] [skills: tough skin ] "Oh! My Vit. went up, so it''s not completely useless." ''According to many novels and games the stronger the creature the more xp I should get, so i should try to kill anything i can.'' If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. The area Malorn lives in is relatively safe as many soldiers and powered people commonly come through. Although many supers come to poke fun at the less fortunate, usually young adult supers. The government still exists, but the world has become a world of might makes right. ''Wait a sec, I remember a racial part of the status, can I become inhuman?'' [Host can indeed become inhuman, but choice is permanent] ''Hmmm, time to start testing prices and thinking of the best route'' ''demigod'' [1 Nonillion] ''cross that off, ghost'' [1xp and loss of system] ''big fat nope, undead'' [basic tier undead(can evolve) 2000xp] ''I can become an undead eh, perfect'' Malorn, as a gamer tends to play RPGs and loves playing as a necromancer, especially if it''s a lich or similar undead. ''The only problem is how to get it'' At that moment.... Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark Bark "Will that fucking dog ever SHUT UP!? It''s bad enough it sometimes attacks people." At that moment Malorn had a brilliant idea. "Hehehehe, I''ll solve both issues and remove a local menace. Only issue is making sure Bill doesn''t know it was me." Bill, his neighbor is a powered person, albeit a weak one. His power is sensing malice directed at himself and will even know from which direction. ''Time to plan and hunt more bugs and spiders for xp too.'' Killing the mutt The next day... "Who would have thought that I would have so many critters in and around my house. But I finally earned 30xp!" ''Lets see what kind of helpful to my plan skill I can create.'' Malorn instantly starts racking his brain for a weak but helpful passive that could cost very little. Thinking for awhile he comes up with one. ''System, I would like a skill that can let me tame ordinary spiders within 1 foot of myself'' [Skill creation in progress...skill created] [Basic Spider taming:30xp] [make?] ''YES!'' [Ding, Congrats for your first taming skill] ''status'' [Race: Human] This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. [Str. 3] [agl. 3] [Vit. 5.1] [int. 5.5] [xp: 30] [skills: tough skin, spider taming(basic) ] [Spider taming(basic): all ordinary spiders within 1 yard are tamed and can be commanded: spiders nearby will be attracted: race evolution may affect skill] Many may ask themselves how this is a helpful skill in a world where monstrous creature exist. But the key is that does 1 know really know how many spiders are near them? ''I can feel so many near me. Why are there so many? Is that attraction that strong?'' Looking out the window he can see the dog is still outside, but laying down resting. "Alright my critters, attack that mutt and slaughter it!" With that a small army of spider all at most an inch big start crawling. On the outside it looks like a wave of black crawling out of the house and towards the neighbor''s backyard. ''Cool they follow the direction my thoughts pointed.'' But at that moment Malorn discovered a problem. ''I can''t connect with that little army anymore'' The commands are absolute but his skill has a small range. He watches as the black wave moves towards the dog. 5min later.... The spider army begins the assault, crawling on the dog while the dog doesn''t give a shit. But that changes as within 10 seconds the dog yelps while submerged in over 300 spiders. As it rolls around, the spiders are swarming it biting it, crawling up it''s nose, ass, and mouth biting. 3min after the assault begins Malorn hears a [ding] [congrats for killing your first ordinary dog] [+200xp] Eternity [+200xp] "Sweet! More xp and the damn dog is dead and quiet. Although I do wonder when Bill will figure it out, kind of surprised he didn''t hear it going on." At that moment... snore At that very moment the Bill in question was asleep on the couch. Sleeping so deeply he hadn''t heard his dog yelping and dying. Turning over though fell off the couch and on the floor. "Oof, where''s Bessie at? He usually sleeps with me. Is he outside?" Standing up Bill walks over to the back door and opens it. And instantly freezes in shock. He can see a large black bulge on the ground that appears to be moving all over. "BESSIE!!!" Bill screams immediately running over where he sees that it is indeed his dog. It''s covered in a monstrous amount of spiders and webbing and there''s even holes in it''s skin where spiders are going in and out of. "WHO DARES TO KILL MY DOG!" Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Less than 20ft away in the next door house Malorn is peeping his head through the window watching. "Ha, hope that jackass enjoys his dogless life." Malorn cackles in glee at the misery he caused. "Now to put this xp to good use to generate more xp. System skill creation please." [what would you like to create?] "Ordinary Insects killing aura, within 1 foot of myself, ordinary insects take constant damage till they die." [cost 150xp] [create?] "Yes" [Pesticide aura(basic) created] ''status'' [Race: Human] [Str. 3] [agl. 3] [Vit. 5.1] [int. 5.6] [xp: 50] [skills: tough skin, spider taming(basic), Pesticide aura(basic) ] ''That reminds me, system can skills be upgraded?'' [no] ''Can they be fused?'' [Yes, skills can be fused provided you have a skill that allows other skills to be fused] "Well that settles it, time to start the plan to grow to the top of this world and then go beyond. To slaughter all and gain the skills I want. To have everybody else look up to me. Eternity I shall have! Investigation "Hmm, seems there may be a arachnomancer or a mutated stage 1 spider in the area," pondered officer Danse. It was unnerving to get a call from Bill about a spider army eating his dog. Usually it was people calling the police about Bill and his dog. "Bill are you sure you didn''t mess with a Rank C class powered?" "Yes I am sure! At most there should only be E ranks and I myself am an E rank." Bill becoming more noticeably upset and angry as time goes by. "When I find out who did this I will rip them limb from limb!" Danse however responded sternly, "You will do no such thing, do I make myself clear? This is something my higher ups are interested in. This type of power is uncommon and extremely rare when it comes to arachnids." "Then you better make sure I don''t find them first. I may not be a well liked member of my family but I''m still blood and they will help me." Bill coming from a powered family with the last name, Diamond, was booted out for having a weak ability. The Diamond family prefers those with body strengthening powers and those without are cast out. However they are fiercely protective of their blood and an affront to even one of them is an insult to them all. Hmm, looks like Bill isn''t backing down. Well isn''t that just great, but I wonder who did this. It was slaughtered and devoured quite nicely. They even had the spiders start nesting in the body. However the spiders are extremely aggressive to any that touch the body, even chasing them down like a small tide. The ones we''ve caught in jars are even worse. Trying to bite the jar and run through it, not even trying to escape through the top. Thankfully we had a few fire powered here to burn the rest along with the corpse. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Turning around to look at the street he''s on he sees many poking their heads out of their windows watching the excitement. "I hope we find whoever did this before Bill or their life will be in extreme danger." A week has passed since the incident with the dog and since then Bill has called the police on almost everybody around him for the blame. This led to him being pretty much ignored. However, our dear protagonist Malorn was about to put a new plan into action, to evolve and go beyond human limits. "Almost ready to gain the basic undead evolution, although will i keep my passives?" Malorn was quite unsure of this to he asked the system. [After you choose evolution, any previous passive skills will be removed/upgraded and replaced with the passives of the new/upgraded race. Also the tutorial creation of new skills will be temporarily locked till tier 10 evolution is finished, however the raffle will be unlocked.] ''What kind of raffle is it?'' [Prizes are xp/random skill, draws also cost xp to use.] [System also reminds you that while skill creation will be locked, item/building creation is not.] Reading the last line Malorn''s eyes opened wide. "THAT WAS AN OPTION!" exclaiming out loud, Malorn, reading it again is pretty shocked. "How the hell was I supposed to know, but at least I do know now. "XP Amount" [xp: 1563] After a week of walking around the neighborhood and visiting the store he finally gained a hefty chunk of xp. Unfortunately it was becoming difficult to find normal insects that would die to his aura. He pretty much exterminated most of the normal ones within 3 square miles. "Guess it''s finally time to kill that bastard next door." _________________________________________________________________________ "That bastard shit next door is having some bad ideas about me huh? Good, soon as he makes himself known publicly I''ll beat the shit out of him then call the police. A normal little imp wants to take on a powered better be bringing something more than fists." Bill having sensed malicious thoughts originating from next door cackled in delight as he thought of a cruel plan on the spot.