
The First Stage
A LitRPG Adventure (A Universe of Bloody Evolution, Book 1)
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An apocalyptic LitRPG explorating a dying Multiverse and an MC embracing the path of Evolution.
Adapt or die. Kill or be killed.
Survivor of the 237th Universe, prepare yourself...
Nobody could have told Leo that with those words, the beginning of the end would come. Yet, with about ninety percent of the Universe's population turned into monsters, there was no time to grieve.
You fight, or you die, and Leo doesn't plan on giving up now. He has to push forward and find what is left of his family. If that means sacrificing what is left of his humanity and embracing his new reality where a mysterious System is his only true ally, then so be it.
After all, in a world where almost everything wants to kill him, he has to make a choice.
Adapt or die. Kill or be killed.
A Universe of Bloody Evolution offers a long journey of progression, LitRPG, and exploration of a dying Multiverse. Listen as Leo slowly sheds his human skin to wear one of a beast straight out of the depth of the Void. Embrace the path of Evolution.
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