National Fate Survival: Reincarnated as a Pooji? No, I’m the Mushroom King

[National Fate + Livestreaming + Reincarnated as a Monster] The Demon Realm has cut off Blue Star’s resources. It randomly selects humans to reincarnate as monsters and sends them into the Demon Realm, while launching a national fate ranking. If a reincarnated person dies or ends up at the bottom of the rankings, their country’s national fate declines and it suffers natural disasters. Gu Shen, chosen as the ninth batch of reincarnates, becomes a D-rank monster, a “Pooji,” and is sent to the Underground Labyrinth, home to the greatest variety of monsters and rated SSS for danger. The people of Great Xia despair, while the foreign internet erupts in mockery. “Great Xia is finished! The Sakura Empire will rise!” “Great Xia’s national fate is fading. Its doom is already apparent.” … But no one knows that Gu Shen, reincarnated as a Pooji, has awakened the SSS-rank talent “Plunder,” which lets him obtain talents, skills, and skill points from monster corpses. While everyone’s attention is fixed on those reincarnated as B-, A-, and S-rank monsters, Gu Shen keeps a low profile and grows without limit. When a Pooji appears on the sixth floor of the Underground Labyrinth, where monsters are all level 60 or higher, the people of Blue Star finally realize something is wrong. “Holy crap! Did I just see a D-rank Pooji blast an S-rank fire dragon to death?” “That’s a Pooji? It’s clearly the Mushroom King!” “Everyone, there isn’t just one Mushroom King like this. It looks like there’s a whole swarm!” …