
by ItzD1zwi
The world has grown accustomed to believing that space is our only path to salvation. But few remember that the world's largest oceanographic corporation abruptly shut down all of its deep-sea projects in a single day, erasing decades of research. The official explanation: lack of funding.The truth: a panicked retreat from the ocean floor toward the frozen deserts of Mars and the search for distant exoplanets. What did they encounter in the abyss, where light gives way to eternal darkness?Was it another civilization—far older and far more intelligent than our own—that had always lived beneath the waves and never intended to share the ocean with humanity?This is happening in our world.Felix, however, ends up in another.Sixteen-year-old Felix awakens at the bottom of an abyss in a different world, reincarnated as a creature most people know as the cute little pink animal from internet videos.Only there's nothing pink about it here.There is only darkness. Pressure measured in thousands of atmospheres. Neighbors that want to eat you. And spectacularly bad luck.But the parallels between the two worlds are no coincidence.Beneath the sea thrive civilizations we expected to find among the stars. On the ocean floor slumber beings beside which the deadliest predators on land seem harmless. And the questions scientists ask in one world are the very ones Felix will answer with his own skin in the other.This is a story about starting from nothing, when your only advantage is that you still think like a human. What to expect? - Monster protagonist (Axolotl).- The protagonist is not an idiot.- Slow but meaningful progression.- Creative ability combinations instead of simple stat growth.- Survival and exploration.- A vast, interconnected world.- Extensive worldbuilding.- Multiple parallel storylines that gradually converge.- Plenty of illustrations.- Detailed creature biology and species descriptions.- Dark humor.- A living protagonist who changes over time.- Mysteries, ancient secrets, and supernatural phenomena.- Long-term foreshadowing and careful planning.- LitRPG elements.- No harem.- No instant overpowered protagonist.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 13 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
10%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Psychological → Adventure → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological (7%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#2026 of 2,262 · 1976 below RS #50
By genre
beats 82% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 44% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.