In the middle of a forest, it seem really quiet today.
A single rock can be seen.
Yep, its our protagonist Roy Hazard.
'Damn it, why am I a fucking rock!?'
He was in disbelief, before he arrived here our protagonist died because of his body thought it was dead due to lack of movement and activity.
'Now what? A rock is incapable of its own movements due to the lack of everything'
'Hah… did god want me to live eternally as a rock? What kind of sin that I did that caused this?'
Our protagonist is going through the five stage of grief.
'Well… there nothing I could do at this moment, I wonder is there something that will at least will lessen my struggle?'
'Like a system?'
…
'So there's none huh? Well, I hope this world at least a magical or spiritual one so that I have a chance to evolve and create a golem or something similar'
'I have no way of communication, I have no access to my 5 sense except a special sense that was naturally learned which is soul sense, the non-existence mobility and inability to interact with anything… hah, this will be very hard'
'If my prediction are correct the glowing energy in the air is something like mana or spiritual energy, as I was not a living being I have no Qi which is lame, first question how would I absorb this glowing particles?'
After coming into conclusion Roy tried to find a way to manually absorb the glowing particles.
He failed.
'Ukh! Damn it! I can't seem to lure the energy particles into my rock body… am I not acknowledged as a living being? Hah… lack of information is a problem too and if I fucked up I don't know what will happen…'
'But I dare to take the risk! The higher the risk, the better the reward!'
He continued to train his control on the energy for a few weeks without stopping, as a rock he doesn't feel tired and he seems to be progressing.
'It moved! So it was possible! But my method currently are truly ineffective as I doesn't have any knowledge or experience in controlling something outside myself and my tools… wait, where do I put this energy at? My body is just an ordinary rock…'
'Ah! My soul! I could try to strengthen myself via my soul! Even if I can't cultivate with my body but my soul is still there so it should be possible… but if the novels and manhua said were true than I could potentially receive permanent soul damage… meh, who cares?'
Knowing the risk, our protagonist continues to experiment with many things try to make some progression.
Two years later.
'I've accumulated around 996 energy particles which is pretty good and the absorption speed is increasing overtime, did the energy particles acknowledge me as a living entity now?'
'My body is still an ordinary rock, my sense is still short as I only able to see around 25 cm around my body, non-existence mobility and way of communication, I'm unable to utilise the energy particles as it seem to stuck in my soul…'
'Life's hard man… I wish this is a dream'
He said as he closed his non-existence eyes and waiting to wake up.
Before he fell more into his depression our protagonist start working at collecting more energy particles.
'998… 999… 1000! A 1000th milestone! Yeah! The first rock to ever collect that much soul particles, baby! Mom! Dad! Are you proud?'
'Hah… I miss moving so much, like people say 'You will miss something when you don't have it'… I wonder where am I? A fantasy world? Cultiva-?'
-Ding!
[World Strongest Overlord System Succesfully Integrated Into User's Soul!]
[Hello user! My name is Zero, your companion system! I will accompany you in a journey to climb to the top of the world and conquer it!]
[Do you wish to open status?]
[Yes/No]
'…'
'Am I dreaming? … Fuck yes! I've finally got a cheat! Its been a long time! Yes!'
[Name: Roy Hazard
Race: Ordinary Rock
Soul Level: Rank 10 (Peak)
Spiritual Energy Pool: F+
Skills: Energy Manipulation (Master), Spiritual Pressure (Rank 10)
Abilities: None
Servant: None (Only creature with a certain level of sentience, sapience and intelligence can be a servant)
Tamed Creature: None (Only non-intelligent creatures can be a tamed creature)
Attributes: Earth (Basic)]
[You've surpassed the system's requirements! Extra rewards have been given into your storage]
[You've finished a mission before it even launched!]
[Great achievements have been recorded into the Infinite Library!]
[You've received an achievement!]
[New Mission!]
[Mission: Beyond the peak!
Mission detail: Reach Soul Level Rank 9 (Base)
Difficulty: Basic I
Rewards: Spirit of an Ancient Vampire x 1, Turtle Egg x 1]
'Hm? A mission? Its quite simple and easy for a novice, let's start!'
Roy thought to himself as the spiritual energy around him start to move towards his rock body.
The rock start to emit a faint orange-ish light.
The next day.
'One more energy particles! And… done!'
He thought to himself as a burst of energy create a orange-ish light pillar that pierced through the sky!
[Your soul level have increased from Rank 10 (Peak) to Rank 9 (Base)]
[You've completed the mission!]
[The rewards have been send into your storage]
[You've received a new skill: Spiritual Sense (Extreme)]
[Your spiritual energy pool have increased from (F+) to (E+)]
[Your skill: Spiritual Pressure (Rank 10) have increased to Spiritual Pressure (Rank 9)]
[You've learned a new skill: Spiritual Coating (Rank 9)]
'Great! Now where is the storage?'
[Do you wish to open storage?]
[Yes/No]
'Yes!'
A new panel popped up infront of the motionless rock.
[Storage: System Beginner's Starter Pack x 1, Spirit of an Ancient Vampire x 1, Turtle Egg (Hatching!) x 1]
Without waiting he pull out the turtle egg that's about to hatch outside.
[Item Name: Turtle Egg
Item Description: A turtle egg given by the system, the origin is unknown.
Item Function: A home for the baby turtle to form before it will hatch!
Hatching! > 3 minutes 43 seconds]
After he read through all of it, he wait for the timers run out.
…
[The egg is hatching! > 0 minutes 3 seconds]
'Oh my god! Three! Two! One!'
The egg start to shakes before a little creature crack the egg open revealing itself!
'It hatched! Finally I have a companion! Wait, let's see its stats first!'
[Name: Unnamed
Race: Golden Ocean Turtle
Soul Level: Rank 10 (Base)
Spiritual Energy Pool: F-
Racial Abilities: Protect, Golden Body, Water Manipulation (Expert)
Skills: Water Burst (Low), Gold Shield (Mid)
Abilities: None
Attributes: Water (Peak), Gold (Intermediate), Earth (Intermediate)]
Bloodline: Water Dragon*, Ocean Demon*]
[Racial Ability Name: Protect
Ability Description: An innate ability for a turtle.
Ability Details: Create a shield made with spiritual energy to protect a target.
Ability Protection Level: Rank 9 (Base) or lower
*Ability function measure to the user's soul level]
[Racial Ability Name: Golden Body
Ability Description: An innate ability for a golden beings.
Ability Details: The body produce a natural golden plating on user's body that could resist many magical and physical damage.
Ability Durability: A+
*Ability measure to the user's physical condition]
[Racial Ability Name: Water Manipulation
Ability Description: An innate ability for a aquatic creatures.
Ability Details: As a creature living in an ocean you developed an ability to manipulate the water with your will.
Ability Proficiency: Expert]
[Skill Name: Water Burst
Skill Rank: Low
Skill Description: A basic ability for a water element user.
Skill Details: Shot a burst of concentrated water to user's foe.
Skill Proficiency: 0%]
[Skill Name: Gold Shield
Skill Rank: Mid
Skill Description: A basic ability for a gold element user.
Skill Details: Create a golden barrier to protect a target.
Skill Proficiency: 0%]
'A good ability, now I should check my thing for myself!'
[Storage: System Beginner's Starter Pack x 1, Spirit of an Ancient Vampire x 1]
[Do you wish to open the System Beginner's Starter Pack x 1?]
[Yes/No]
'Absolutely yes!'
[You've received a unique skill: Devour]
[You've received a skill: Passive Regeneration (Slow)]
[You've received an SS-rank weapon: Sword of Angelic Knight (Sealed)]
'As expected, very overpowered! But I'm still unable to move so its kind of useless… Next!'
[Do you wish to use Spirit of an Ancient Vampire x 1?]
[Yes/No]
'I wonder if it will try to take over my body?'
[Of course not! The spirit have been completely neutralised that its consciousness have been destroyed!]
'Well, that decreased my worries! Let's proceed'
[Consuming the spirit's…]
[Skill Devour is asking whether it can eat it?]
'Huh? So it doesn't have to be personally eaten? Cool, accept!'
[Devour is happy and thankful for your choice]
[Devouring the spirit's…]
[You've received a skill: Blood Weapon (Peak)]
[You've received a skill: Charisma (Max)]
[You've received a skill: Vampirism (High)]
[You've received a skill: Heat Resistance (Peak)]
[You've received a skill: Blessing of the Moon (Peak)]
[You've received an ability: Zombified (Low)]
[You've received an ability: Vampiric Demon Eyes (Peak)]
[You've received a soul contract: Demon Wolf (Rank 6)]
[You've received a soul contract: Vampire Dragon (Rank 3)]
[You've received a soul contract: Demon Sword of Abstract Violence SSS-rank (Sealed)]
[Your soul level has increased from Rank 9 (Base) to Rank 9 (Intermediate)]
A burst of light emit from a fairly small stone in a middle of a forest.
'Did I just level up just from that!? Amazing! Its worthy to be called an ancient vampire!'
'This is going smoothly! But… I can't get too reliant on this system or I'll be fucked if somehow I lost it…'
[That's true, system can't guarantee to be there all the time! So host is recommended to get stronger by using another method too other than myself!]
'Hah… in the end of the day I'm still a worthless rock! How could I properly do something if I lack mobility!? Wait can't I ask for my pet to help?'
[It still too small and your other contract animals is currently unavailable]
'That's suck, anyway let's test the new skills!'
'Activate Spiritual Sense!'
The surroundings that he sees as nothingness before have become clearer than the embarassing memory that come up before sleeping.
'Woah! Its clear! So I'm in a forest huh? But I doesn't seem to met any animal before?'
'So this is how my body look like?'
'I'm just at the size of an adult palm, hah… even though I already tried to accept my fate, I still can't believe that I'd be reincarnated as a literal rock not a golem or a living rock, I sometimes lose track of time after cannot move for what feel like eternity…'
…
'Well! Let's start my training again! As an ordinary rock, I have all time in the world! I will train everything I have! I can't just didn't do anything after getting a system!'
The history strongest and the most ordinary rock ever alive (?) has just begun!