
by bd90z
BOOK ONE STUBBING ON 20/9/26 (CHAPTERS 1-61) UPDATES: M/W/F (8am UK time) Peter Brookes should be dead. Instead, he’s been abducted by aliens, tasered awake by a condescending robot, and offered the chance to earn a place in a galaxy-wide game show watched by trillions. The rules to qualify are simple: grow stronger and gain one of the top spots on the leaderboard. Oh, and don’t die. Given a cabin, a few tools, a stat system, and no useful skills whatsoever, Pete’s solution is obvious: chop trees until he's an absolute monster. Joined by a smug, talking arboreal observer (not a squirrel), Pete ignores danger, takes absolutely nothing seriously, and accidentally becomes terrifyingly powerful. A comedic LitRPG featuring rapid growth, escalating nonsense, and a protagonist whose response to life-or-death situations is usually, “Will it earn me a stat point?” Note: contains a lot of swearing
#4
2/3/2026
Peak #1
27d
#3
2/3/2026
Peak #1
27d
#2
2/3/2026
Peak #1
29d
#1
1/28/2026
Peak #1
43d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
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Likely threshold order: Comedy → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (0%).
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Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#7188 of 12,184 · 7138 below RS #50
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