Ex-Human Morphus [A Mutant Evolution Apocalypse LitRPG]

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2024

Author

sinout

• Chapter 193
  Feb 19, 2025
• Chapter 192
  Feb 18, 2025
• Chapter 191
  Feb 17, 2025
• Chapter 190
  Feb 14, 2025
• Chapter 189
  Feb 13, 2025
• Chapter 188
  Feb 12, 2025
• Chapter 187
  Feb 11, 2025
• Chapter 186
  Feb 10, 2025
• Chapter 185
  Feb 7, 2025
• Chapter 184
  Feb 6, 2025
• Chapter 183
  Feb 5, 2025
• Chapter 182
  Feb 4, 2025
• Chapter 181
  Feb 3, 2025
• Chapter 180
  Jan 31, 2025
• Chapter 179
  Jan 30, 2025
• Chapter 178
  Jan 29, 2025
• Chapter 177
  Jan 28, 2025
• Chapter 176
  Jan 27, 2025
• Chapter 175
  Jan 24, 2025
• Chapter 174
  Jan 23, 2025

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• PlatocratesRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is a fantastic read. I like the start with the survivor only to turn to the mutant as the MC. The writing is strong. Only a few nit picky areas which may be just different writing styles.I enjoyed the plot development. I dig starting the book mid story and then using a flashbacks to fill in the context. I enjoy the gradual world building as it leaves the reader time to contemplate and anticipate possible narrative angles.  I think the author makes the MC very relatable and believable in its behavior. I like when characters in world building situations have honest and real responses. His moment of falling down with the mutant stuck in the window is great example of this.Grammar is strong without mistakes.The author does a good job setting up the MC. They use the flashback effectively to get a real sense of how the author arrived where they did. Excellent attention to detail with the character development. I enjoy the way the author uses each experience to develop the character and the plot.I would highly recommend this fiction. The author grabs your attention from the very start and doesn't let go.

• LiiionRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I stumbled uponEx-Human: Morphus – A Mutant Evolution Apocalypseand was pleasantly surprised! The story offers a fresh take on the post-apocalyptic genre with its intriguing concept of mutant evolution. The writing is solid, and the characters feel real. It’s one of those books that hooks you unexpectedly, with plenty of twists to keep you turning the pages. If you enjoy unique, action-packed stories, this one’s definitely worth checking out!

• EricKrawn54Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This story completely blew me away. It charts the journey of a man who undergoes a terrifying transformation into a scary overpowered mutant which shatters his reality but doesn’t break his will. He still clings to his humanity with everything he has, even as his body and instincts turn more monstrous by the day. The tension is palpable: every encounter is shadowed by the fear of losing himself. Combat scenes are intense, from chaotic battles against horrific mutant creatures to tactical skirmishes with wary human survivors. By the midpoint, the stakes rise exponentially when an incredibly powerful bandit organization declares war, unleashing relentless raids and capturing regular survivors. The dungeon-delving sequences are a pure adrenaline rush — claustrophobic tunnels, cunning traps, rare treasures, and puzzle solving. But my favorite detail is how the protagonist constructs his lair: a well-thought-out blend of defensive architecture and resource hubs, meticulously planned to withstand sieges. Throughout the book, the pacing is flawless; there’s simply no moment to breathe. I binged every chapter in one go and the cliffhanger before the next arc left me desperate for more. This is not just an action post apocalyptic story, it’s a gritty survival epic that refuses to let you go.

• KrillHandMan34Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Wow. Just... wow. This book hooked me from the first chapter and never let go until I realized I had devoured the entire thing in one binge-reading session. The setup is wild, a regular guy suddenly mutates, gaining insane monster powers but also having to deal with the panic, suspicion, and fear from both himself and others. I loved seeing how he tries so hard to stay human, even when his predatory new instincts scream otherwise. The action is non-stop: brutal throwdowns with mutant beasts, tense standoffs with humans who don’t trust him, and then full-scale warfare with an insanely strong bandit crew that could easily wipe out small armies. The dungeon crawls? Chef’s kiss. The author makes you feel every echoing corridor and every high-stakes ambush. And that lair-building subplot, oh man. It’s like watching someone construct the ultimate survival base in real time, choosing defenses, and killer traps while balancing resource management. There are little moments I treasure too, quiet reflections, strange mutant abilities emerging unexpectedly, mysterious allies appearing at just the right time. By the time I caught up to the newest chapter I was equal parts thrilled and tortured because the next chapters can’t come soon enough.

• NemNemoj1990Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Good story and detailed WorldbuildingFrom its opening chapter, the book plunges readers into a complex, hostile world teeming with danger and moral ambiguity. The protagonist, an ordinary man turned mutant, is forced into a dual existence, outwardly a monster, inwardly struggling to preserve his humanity in an environment that constantly challenges it.The narrative’s greatest strength lies in its strategic depth. Encounters with mutants become laboratories of survival tactics: choosing whether to fight, flee, or negotiate. Meetings with human groups demand equal cunning, balancing honesty and self-preservation.When war erupts with a dominant bandit organization, the scale of conflict is breathtaking, battles involve coordinated assaults, sabotage missions, and psychological warfare. Dungeon expeditions are not mere fights with monsters; they are exercises in mapping terrain, resource acquisition, and risk assessment.The lair-building is treated almost like an engineering project: securing water sources, designing chokepoints, and integrating mutant biology into architectural defenses. The result is an ever-expanding home base that’s both practical and emblematic of the hero’s dual nature.Pacing is tight but allows for moments of reflection and planning. I read without pause, impressed at how seamlessly the author merged action with thoughtful world construction. Now, I’m eagerly awaiting the next installment, ready to dive back into its dangerous streets and shadowed corridors.

• simplyleoRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Style:The style is pretty good. There aren't many issues, as the pacing seems decent, and the story flows fairly well. It's pretty clear who is talking, and for the characters' thoughts, there is a clear system in place to help identify when they are thinking. My main issue with the style is how the status and system messages are done. Chapter 1's formatting is pretty easy to read and follow, and you immediately know the difference. However, Chapter 4 has status and messages blended into the text. I feel like the style just needs to be consistent.Story:Its setting is an apocalypse world that was created by a system that made them play a game of high-low with some funny twists. The worldbuilding is interesting, and I believe there are a lot of questions left for the readers to discover. There was only one small hiccup I saw in the story, but it wasn't enough to make me lose interest. What I would like to see is how we find out what happens to the MC and how they become what they are. There's a lot of potential here, and I want to see how the author executes on revealing certain key events that add to the MC's role.Grammar:Not many issues for the average RR reader, such as myself. I didn't notice anything that stood out and was bad that really hurt the reading of the story. The only off-putting thing I saw was how much the pronouns were used in the first chapter. But that's easily fixable after some edits and polish.Characters:Right now, the only character is the MC Jake, and honestly, my thoughts on him are mixed. I understand that he woke up years after the inciting event that turned their world upside down, but I feel like he lacks depth with his own goals, feelings, and thoughts. It's hard to bring life into a character when they're all alone in the world, but until more characters are introduced, he needs to be more engaging.Overall:The strength of this novel is its worldbuilding. There are many questions and potential for it to become great. What I would like to

• OmensRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  While some parts such as the lack of concern over the wastage of levels which are the only stable way to gain SP(serves as both stats and currency for levelling skills up) the rest of the story tackles the genre very well. The transition from being a human survivor to a remorseless monster, without being a mindless murder machine, very well. This is signified even more with the struggle to find the balance between the line of predator and monster.

• Fudge EsqRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Before I begin my review, let me start by saying this review is based only on Chapters 1-5. Whatever comments or critiques I note may or may not apply to later chapters - I don't know.Story: 5/5While much of the story has yet to be told and the new apocalyptic Earth Jake finds himself faced with is still in the thralls of being explained, this is one of those cases where, even 5 chapters in, I get the point of the story.The world, our world, has been taken over and merged with something called the Gameverse. We don't know what that is yet, and neither does Jake, but there's no way he's going to let it destroy him, even if he has to become a monster in the process. We don't have too much information on what the Gameverse is just yet, but I'm leaning toward some type of alien invasion similar to Dungeon crawler Carl, or maybe something like the System in Defiance after the fall. Guess you'll have to read on to find out!Style: 4/5Really good, but definitely a work in progress. The author of Ex-Human Morphus seems to care not only about the story but also about learning how to be a better writer and it looks like he's improving! I will say that there are moment where the author gets into a "telling rather than "showing" style and that detracted from my immersion in the story. The author has no issue with showing during fight or action scenes. When the scene gets a little less chaotic though, the "peaceful scenes" sometimes get brushed over. Sounds like he's working on that thought!Grammar: 4/5I didn't really see any grammar mistakes that stuck out to me. Granted this is Royal Road where most of us authors post early revisions for feedback rather than fully revised works, so I'm not going to search through it with a fine tooth comb. Some sentences could be restructured to flow better and the passive voice is used a lot, but no actual errors stuck out.Character: 5/5Our only character so far is Jake, and Jake seems like a cool dude. The author could maybe get a little more

• Just@Reader56Royal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  The story as no noticable grammar or spelling mistakes easy to read and the story is okay but there are 170 chapters as I read this I'm on the 17 chapter and I still haven't seen the monster MC in side of a story about a monster MC it just feel like a waste of time and lie at this point if I had any critiques It would be the pacing and the presence of the monster MC that the story is about alot sooner

• MurkelRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  The writing flows and is easy to follow, there is a good basis. The story is hindered by a few annoying flaws that require a bit of work and experience (the latter is only of use if the writer actively uses it, which takes some effort), but if the author does that I see some good things coming from them in the future.Too much repetition.Things we already know are repeated every few chapters. This takes up considerable word count.More repetition on the story layer, the same enemies again and again, more fights.Yet another level of repetition: What we see at a glance in status information is then again explained in several sentences. For example, you see some item has a certain value, and after showing you this also leads to several sentences telling you the same thing, and some "conclusions" that are unnecessary. To come up with an example, imagine you see strength is 10 from the status, then you are told that it is ten in a sentence immediately after, then you might be told that this is less than 20 that some enemy might have and that you just saw for yourself too from an "Identity" message text. Or, you know MCs level, you see a threat of another level, you inevitably get a few entire paragraphs telling you how dangerous that is and how many times higher level than MC, as if you need to be explicitly told that (for example) level 20 is twice level 10 when you already saw both those levels.Did you really need to be told this amazing piece of deduction? There is quite a lot of this very low effort word count padding going on, re-"explaining".what you can already see for yourself clearly.Again and again you are told things you already know or that you don't even need to think about to know because it is too basic, but nevertheless there are a few paragraphs telling you anyway.Another example, there was a challenge labeled "Difficulty: Hard" and we are told sooo many  things that we intuitively know, like that this is harder than the "Difficulty: Easy" MC did earlier,