Details
- Author
- Scyzim
- Status
- Ongoing
- Chapters
- 97
- Rating
- 4.41 / 5
- Last updated
- Nov 3, 2026
- Published on
- Royal Road
Nuclear Son
4.41 · 97 chapters · Ongoing · updated Nov 3, 2026
ActionAdventureComedyFantasy Anti-Hero LeadGameLitLitRPGMale LeadPortal Fantasy / IsekaiProgressionSurvival
Why read this story?
- Well rated by readers.
- Actively updating: the last chapter was posted 0 days ago.
- A shorter read at 97 chapters, easier to finish than a long series.
- A good fit if you enjoy Anti-Hero Lead, GameLit and LitRPG.
About this story
What happens when a terminally ill cancer patient gets a second chance at life?
After spending five years bedridden through multiple rounds of cancer, twenty-year-old Sebastian expected to bite the bullet any day now.
Instead, he wakes up chained inside a dark cave at the bottom of a towering structure known only as The Pillar.
< You have been invited to the Pillar! >
[Difficulty Setting: Death is Certain]
To survive, Sebastian must climb floor after floor of a world designed to kill him. His only advantage is a system-granted ability that turns his body into a living source of radiation.
The disease that destroyed his life has become his greatest weapon.
Outmatched, under leveled, and trapped on the hardest difficulty possible, Sebastian has only one plan:
Dump everything into a single stat and become a walking nuke.
Because this time, if he's going out, it'll be with a boom.
What to Expect: Tower Climb, Lil bit insane MC, Cat, jokes, power fantasy, various radiation based abilities gained over time, powerrrrrrr
[Cover art by Palt]
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