Chapter 1

It's cold, again.

Have I mentioned that I hate the cold? No? Then let me make a statement.

I fucking despise it, being lost in this freezing hell. It's almost as bad as the hunger, but never worse.

Nothing is worse than the hunger.

So, I continue searching, but have no luck, I guess being stuck in this endless plane of snow and ice counts as no luck, right?

What am I searching for, you may ask? well my good sir, or miss, the answer is really simple.

It's life, life seems perfect for my needs, for it provides warmth and quells the hunger.

Well at least, I hope.

But searching is too big of a word, too elaborate. It's more like randomly going in a direction and praying to whatever gods, dead or alive, that I find something, anything really.

Except more snow and more fucking ice, have I mentioned that I hated the snow? Well let me tell you, it's like the cold, as in unbearably painful, but as an added bonus it is wet! Making me freeze faster.

'If only I could see more than one meter in front of me'

But alas, being a gelatinous blob comes with its own uses. While I may not be able to see far way, I can sense all that is close to me, well, like really close to me, one meter close to be precise.

That's all I hear, see, smell, and feel. And right now, in the middle of my own mental monologue I hit jackpot.

A small cute little rodent, white as the snow around me, would not have been able to see it if not for my thermal vision, but it is there, and its destiny, sadly for him, has already been decided the moment I had my 'eyes' on him.

With a quick movement I lounged, and in the next second he was consumed by my tendrils, becoming a part of me.

It felt amazing, the hunger finally stopped, instinctively I knew that it would come back, but that didn't demoralize me, if anything it filled me with a sense of anticipation...

Of the next hunt, of feasting on new prey.

Of gaining more, becoming more

Becoming more than some tendrils at least.

[Kills:1/5]

Reward: Random Genetic Construct.

'Genetic construct? Interesting'

Well, those runes that I saw earlier aren't completely useless at least.

'Telling me that I can devour, as if it is not engraved in my being and psyche already'

What runes you may ask? Well....

Name: None

Species: Primeval Predator

Description: [As a husk of your former self, you have found yourself lost in a strange and different world, a dangerous world. But don't worry, the possibilities here are endless, the hunts are endless. So, do what your instinct tells you. Keep growing, keep devouring and most importantly, keep Killing.]

Lvl:0[1/5 kills needed for level 1]

Innate Characteristic: Devour

Description: [Nothing stands tall in front you, Great Hunter, the most fearsome predators become the weakest prey, as they should, after all, it is simply your nature to consume them. So, hunt, hunt them all, leave none out of your reach, prey on them, devour them and make their strength belong where it should, make it yours.]

Flaw: Honest Heart

Description: [Being the flesh devouring, mind consuming monster that you are, strangely you are not heartless. You have a heart, albeit a really honest and cold one.]

Effect: [You are compelled to tell the truth]

'It almost makes up for that stupid flaw, but even then, the construct is random, so I could be getting another fuckin rat whilst being the most honest …?'

...

'What am I'

{Well, dummy, it says right here-}

Species: Primeval Predator

'No! I know that but ... was I something else? Where did I know what a rat was, or what genetic construct meant, I can also understand the runes a bit better now-… no way.'

Consuming that rat did not only give me its body at the theoretical apex of what it could be, it also gave me enough intelligence so I could have an existential crisis.

But it's not like I was stupid before and a rat was so much more Inteligent, it's almost like...

Oh...oh

It stacks

It fucking stacks.

Now that I move my newly formed limbs a bit better, I am certain that I am much stronger than the strongest theoretical rat.

As if the strength of a certain blob was added to it

So, my physicality checks out aswell.

Tacking a quick sniff, I seem to be able to smell as much as one rat can.

'But the range of the dome, it increased'

By one meter precisely.

'So, I can see in all directions for 2 meters, and also through my body at the same time'

This is a bit disorienting ... and extremely fucking overpowered

'But hey! You won't find me complaining any time soon, in fact now that I can see a lot farther, how about I go into that forest over there?'

{And eradicate all life from it?}

'What? No! ... well maybe ... yes, but mostly for warmth! I'm still cold, even covered in fur, you know?!'

{Yeah, totally.}

'...'

'Why am I arguing with myself?'

{Eh, blame it on the rise in intelligence.}

'Whatever.'