My survivor Iddeler finally becomes a “prime”, but there is still a long way to go.
He started by mid-autumn. Now it is Spring 10th. It took him one week for bleach, one week for ammonia, one day for blob, one day for triffid meat, the rest of winter cooking the intermediate mutagen and purifier, while waiting for spring, and several spring days grazing through the forest for bird egg. After some alpha mutagen and alpha serum that consumed all the ingredients, his humanity transcended into “prime”! But each of his stats is only one point higher than it used to be. So he started another safari, and returned with more blob, triffid meat, and eggs. After some mutagen and serum that consumed almost all the ingredients, only his perception reached 15, the maximum. What was then left was a gallon jug of mutagen. Iddeler thought, as he is now a post-threshold alpha, random mutating will push him further down the road. He quaffed some mutagen, and got weak scent, and he quaffed some mutagen, and got snout and rat tail! The tail prevented him from wearing power armor, and thus made it very difficult to get more blob. He turned the rest of mutagen into purifier, which turned his tail into a little stub, and meanwhile reverted his progress a lot, including the “prime perception”. He never expected that a post-threshold mutation could be removed by purifier.
The net gain:
stat: 8/8/8/8 → 10/8/8/10
trait: robust genetics
Iddeler plans to try again. His slightly improved perception will make it easier to collect bird egg. Before that, however, he needs a change of pace, he thinks, looking at the map: There is a distant Lab to the north of his dwelling.