It all started when the Exis entities came! Those rotten disgusting wastes of space!!!
They said they were peace makers at an interdimensional level, helping lesser entities come to advance in a way that avoided self-destruction without sacrificing growth! It was the perfect offer, too perfect…
For years as I grew up the world changed at an incredible pace, so much so that countries didn't have time to wage wars with how much was being throw at their plate everyday.
Every year a group of people would be chosen to work with the Exis Entities directly, it was considered the greatest honor back at home... If only they knew the kind of sick game they forced us to play.
They helped cure every disease, bring world peace, improve all systems, from education to economy to every other sector and field, humanity had become a different beast, easily colonizing galaxies one after the other.
Then it came my turn, well my group's turn, we were selected to work with the Exis entities directly. I was a bit confused since I was nothing special at all, but average people had been chosen before, so I didn't sweat it, though I never quite managed to kill this weird feeling in my stomach.
Not like listening to it, would change anything.
7 million people for 7 days. It sounds like a common opportunity, but only 7 people would be allowed to stay for the 1 year, and that was the real prize.
7 days in, and somehow out of pure luck, I made it. I was one of the 7….
It was at that point that the big reveal was made. These fucking trash ass wannabe gods!!!
All of it was a game! Our goal for the year was not to learn, not to try and advance humanity further!
The goal was to stop them!
Yes! Those dirty bastards told us that we had a year to create something to stop them from creating what they called the True Ending, which is a fancy way of saying Absolute Omnicide on everything in the Omniverse, everything! EVERYTHING!
They claimed they would bring true destruction and oblivion, that would not spare even the concepts or the very essence of all things, even nothing wouldn't be spared.
So, once the panic was down, the 7 of us decided to work on 7 different projects, one each day of the week, just in case the other ideas were not enough, and I the crazy idiot I am, suggested a system, believing the others were smart and had it covered, and maybe I could get a cool system out of this mess.
Time passed, and one by one, all the other ideas were completed, and even put to the test.
1. EE Exterminator- A virus that would specifically target Exis Entity DNA of which we were given samples, that's how much those bastards underestimated us! Fuck them!
This didn't go as planned… In fact, it had the opposite effect. When the virus was released it was having the intended effect, but soon the tables turned and those Exis Cockroaches adapted! They adapted to the virus specifically made to kill them with their top tier tech… It had me doubting they actually have us top-tier tech, and were just playing with us, only that made sense.
They classified it as a level 3 threat.
2. Exis Eater- Similar to the virus, it was a fungal parasite made to kill them, and it could even work with the EE exterminator, but that backfired as the now-adapted bastard had the EE exterminators assimilated, and as the Exis Eaters worked with them, they became benevolent parasites to those little shits!
They classified it as a level 6 threat despite it doing nothing to them, I don't get it.
3. The Exis Cancer- However just like others before it, didn't work, they adapted because it seems cellular-level attacks don't work on them.
They classified it as a level 0 threat. Which implies it was probably the worst.
4. The Exis Slayer Armor- It was a superbattle suit with a mecha mode created to genocide them, but it didn't work, it killed around 10 of their infants before being put down. It was not powerful enough.
They classified it as a level 16 threat.
5. Exis Bom!- A mega chemical weapon made to kill them all, by dismantling their very composition and forcing them to decay. However, they cheated! When they noticed it was working, they reverse-engineered a cure! These horrid demons! Cowards!
They classified it as a level 21 threat. Wow… It was really that bad for them? We were so close…
6. The Exis Paradox was the best one, a space-time dimensional machine that could in theory write them out of existence, but during activation, they tampered with the energy source, and cut the supply just long enough to mess it up for good…
Their excuse?! That we should have built it to handle that!?! What?! You bastard! If only I could! I swear I would take them down one by one! Painfully!
They classified it as a level 30(Max) threat… I don't know what else that feel but frustration! This could have ended them if they didn't cheat!
7….
My idea never got completed no matter how hard we tried, and those slimy cunning cheaters! Said we would die if we gave up on, changed, or started new projects! Something they didn't tell us in the beginning!
Of course, we all started to die out since they cut out food supply, and to avoid getting cannibalized by the others, I locked myself in the core room with my project. My failure led me to…
Death….
The supposed end, and I couldn't save anyone, the Earth was doomed, and so was everything else, honestly… If only the project System had worked, but that was putting the hope of everything on a small chance.
The Exis Entities won… All realities, planes, and multiveses are doomed… my reality… my universe… my timeline… my planet… my Continent… my country… my city… my neighborhood…my friends… my family… my life…
At this rate the entire omniverse might be at risk...
It's funny to remember, that I used to think other universes were not real, and that fiction was just that, fiction…
Luck was not on our side, and to think that before all of this existential mess, I was just a nerd.
In my years, I have consumed a lot of fictional media, so much that it's hard not to call myself a lore master.
My three main goals if I were transferred to a fictional world would be to make the biggest harem I can;
Take over the world, cause why not?
Finally would be to become the strongest most overpowered being possible, and mold the story my way, for fun.
Then again, that can get boring… If you lack imagination! A creative mind can always find a way to have fun.
I had those and countless dreams about what I would do if I were the protagonist, but It's all just a fantasy, or at least it was, until today.
I never thought I would be given a system like in fan fiction. IT WORKED…
[You have acquired the Level-AI, New Protagonist System.] A feminine voice reached into my head, almost like I was being caressed with a knife.
Level AI? What does that even mean? There are levels to this? How does that work?
[You will be made to take over a protagonist with three main goals, conquer the world, complete the story, and gather a harem containing all naked female characters of said world. Failure to comply will result in eternal damnation in a time loop of your worst fears and nightmares, where your memory always resets with the time loop.] Those words hit me like a truck, and I could not recover even after minutes had passed.
What?! That punishment is actually hell… literally… the worst version… that's actual eternal suffering with no escape…
It seems I have no choice, not that I'm complaining… Well, all named female characters? That has a lot of connotations… There will be exceptions, right?
Do I want to ask the evil system that can send me to super hell? I don't think questioning this entity is in my best interests, let's focus on becoming strong enough to escape its influence… Yeah, that's the only way, until then I'll be a good obedient system slave it seems.
"Of course, system overlord!" I had read many stories where characters had unreasonable wills or never-ending guts, but that's not me, I treasure my dear life.
Plus it's SUPER HELL, can you blame me?
[Dear User, I am not your Overlord, I exist to push you towards the pinnacle of all things, and the most effective way is to implement a notable punishment reward system. For this reason, please bear with this one unreasonable mission. The other missions are based on desires strong enough, and will have reasonable ins and outs. No other parts of the system will force you to any outcome or course of action. From now on, the choice is yours.] The voice sounded sincere.
Maybe… Maybe it's not as bad as I thought…
"System, do I get anything, like a beginner pack?" I asked, as it was best to focus on the benefits for now, since questioning the system still sounded like a bad idea.
[Affermative! You have acquired the beginner pack: ability- Portal Master, ability- Devourer, ability- Deathless Body, ability- Lust Aura, ability- Hidden ability(Unknown), trait-Hentai Protagonist, trait- Netori Body, lure- Sticky Fingers, lure- Faerie Feast, talent- Body tune-up, talent- money talent, defense- Body defense, defense- Wild defense, home perk- Pocket space, and home perk- Poket apartment.]
Holy! That's a lot of stuff right off the bat… Maybe too much?
"Really? I get all these powers right off the bat?!" I questioned just to be sure.
[Negative. You merely gained the potential to unlock each of these. Now, you will simply need training or meeting the conditions, and they will be yours.]
Potential? Conditions? That sounds like a scam.
"So… I have zero powers…?" Despite knowing the answer, I still needed confirmation.
[Affirmative. Until you unlock them, you have no powers.]
Ok, however, there is still one hope…
"Ok… How will I be transported to this new world?"
[You will take over the protagonist, at an early point in the story. Typically chapter or episode 1, or before that depending on the needs of the story. In cases with multiple prominent main characters, a choice will be possible.]
"Perfect!" I will be in many cases overpowered anyway, which means we haven't completely failed, there is still a chance of making it and saving everything. "So, which world will be the first?"
Please don't be Warhammer 40k! Or any crazy worlds like that! I value my life!… Well, soul, I guess since I'm technically already dead… Whatever! I don't feel dead so that's what counts!
[The selected world is… Solo Leveling.]
Jackpot! Being Jinwoo in that world guarantees victory! It seems the system is on my side after all… I mean, there's no way it considers anyone else a protagonist in that series, right?…
[Your time as Jinwoo will be initiated in 10 seconds. Aim to complete your 3 main missions and enjoy your time. I will be with you the whole journey, Good luck.]
"Yes! I have what it takes to rule it all. Power, waifus, and world domination await this greedy one." I could not help but laugh at the cards that were dealt, as I have read the entire story of solo leveling unlike an Anime only, I know what I'm doing.
[3… 2… 1…]
The countdown ended, and everything went black as a new journey began for a man who had just lost everything, now ready to gain everything and beyond.
Carrying the weight of so much more, I would come back and end those bastards once and for all! No matter what!