How I Became the Strongest Man in the Galaxy

Peter Brookes should be dead. Instead, he's been abducted by aliens, tasered awake by a condescending robot, and offered the chance to earn a place in a galaxy-wide game show watched by trillions. The rules to qualify are simple: grow stronger and gain one of the top spots on the leaderboard. Oh, and don't die. Given a cabin, a few tools, a stat system, and no useful skills whatsoever, Pete's solution is obvious: chop trees until he's an absolute monster. Joined by a smug, talking arboreal observer (not a squirrel), Pete ignores danger, takes absolutely nothing seriously, and accidentally becomes terrifyingly powerful. A comedic LitRPG featuring rapid growth, escalating nonsense, and a protagonist whose response to life-or-death situations is usually, "Will it earn me a stat point?"