When the world ended, Clayton Hunt was just another street survivor scavenging for scraps, fighting for breath in a crumbling society on the edge of ruin.

Then the sky cracked open, and the Genesis Protocols began.

Dragged into Echoterra, a nightmarish trial world where survival rewrites your very soul, Clayton awakens. Not as a man, but as a seed… a goddamn seed!

Stripped of his body, his memories locked behind suffocating layers, he must claw his way upward from the dirt, evolving into something far beyond human.

The first trial is brutal and simple. 

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[Expand your territory to 100 square meters or die!]
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Facing monstrous rivals, parasitic invaders, and the harsh reality of nature’s cruelty, Clayton battles not only to grow but to dominate; harnessing a feral, plantlike instinct he never knew lurked inside him.

Along the way, fragments of his past leak through, reminding him who he was… and hinting at the terrifying power he might yet awaken.

But survival isn’t enough. In a world where strength writes the law and weakness spells extinction, Clayton won’t just grow. He’ll thrive. 

And when he finally returns to the real world, it won’t be as a scavenger.

It will be as a conqueror.

[Behemorphs Slain: 8 Ashveil Raptors (Luminous Seed)]


[Aphid Network Losses: 3 Initiate Ember Minions]


[Genesis Embers Acquired: 83 (Team Kills)]


[Genesis Embers Acquired: 317 (Aphid Network Stampede Harvest)]


Clayton had gained out of this gamble than he ever expected.


In just 1 night, though he lost a few minions to get here, it was still worth it since his total Genesis Embers swelled by almost 2,000.


That was a figure he couldn't even earn in months.


The team collapsed on thorn-riddled ground, the gorge a twisted wasteland of lava and spines.


Clayton's Hive-Sight confirmed the Aphid Network's haul, losses heavy but worth it. Territorial Sentience pinged Ashen Covenants' Ember Witches, their rituals clearer, and a Scorched Clans camp nearby.


Chapter 88 - Treacherous journey [12]