Universe's End

The year is 2038 when humanity discovers they are not alone in the universe. Contacted by a civilized universe spanning Trans-Galactic Union, humanity is ready to embark out upon the stars in a vast new world of possibilties. Or they would, had it not been for the small fact that the entirety of the universe is destroyed shortly after making contact with them, something which most people would refer to as a slight dilemma. Rowan, or Rory for short, finds himself in the strange conundrum of not being dead post-deletion. In fact, he is in the lobby of his childhood doctor's office, having a pleasant conversation with an alien professor about why exactly they aren't dead. Not at least a little confused, things are only made more strange when Rory wakes up to find himself in an alien world, the only living thing aside from plant life for as far as he can see. As if that isn't odd enough, he soon discovers this new universe works by decidedly different rules. Almost completely alone, Rory must survive, if only because there isn't much to do but survive. His only sometimes-company is an odd World Spirit that seems insistent on his continued survival and growth, a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship that feels at least a little bit like a pyramid scheme. Universe's End is a LitRPG that follows not that upcoming plucky hero as they strive to surpass the ancient forerunners or current legendary figures but instead follows the story of one of those very precursors as they build the foundations of the LitRPGs we are all familiar with, while also answering the question of why the world follows an almost video game-like logic. What you'll get -Weak to strong progression over an extended time frame -Exploring the story of the very first few to experience a System-based life. -Little to no edge. MC is not a revenge-thirsting, all-black-wearing, trench coat having bad boy. -Heavy crafting focus -No number bloat. You won't see any stat sheets with tens of thousands of stat points with amplifiers that mean nothing -Little to no hax. -Adult MC.