Chapter 1: beautiful life simulator

[Your beautiful life Transmigration simulator is loading. Currently 99% loaded, please wait patiently.]

[Loading progress 99.01%]

[Loading progress 99.02%]

"…"

In the slightly dim room, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the thick velvet curtains, forming spots of light of various sizes that fell on the table, chairs, water cup, and Xu Xi's body.

Xu Xi gently closed the book.

Patiently waiting for the simulator to finish loading.

Soon—

After the loading progress reached 99.99%, it jumped again, and the notification sound for 100% completion rang out.

Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this simulator wasn't like a certain shopping app, where at the final moment, it jumps to a so-called 99.9900001%.

"But then again, I didn't expect an ordinary person like me to obtain a Golden Finger…"

He muttered to himself.

The handsome young man sat in a wheelchair, looking down at the book in his hand. Recalling the past, he couldn't help but sigh.

Five years ago.

The originally peaceful and ordinary Earth.

Many changes occurred for no apparent reason.

Some called it the recovery of Spiritual Qi, some called it the return of myths, and others called it a new era of human Awakening.

Simply put, supernatural powers appeared out of nowhere in the world. Whether it was the Eastern cultivation system or the Western magic system, things that originally only existed in fantasy truly appeared in the real world.

Affected by this, the real world suffered an extremely turbulent impact.

Many people died in the supernatural turmoil.

Xu Xi's luck was slightly better; he successfully escaped death, but in the subsequent hospital check-up, he had to accept the fact that he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

But now, the five-year wheelchair life seemed like it could finally end?

Xu Xi chuckled softly.

He summoned the fully loaded simulator panel in his mind.

"Is it a conspiracy, or a trap?"

"This kind of suddenly appearing Golden Finger looks strange no matter how you look at it, but I don't have any other choice anyway."

In this new era where demons and monsters danced wildly, supernatural battles could break out anytime and anywhere.

For Xu Xi, whose legs were already crippled.

If he had bad luck just once.

He would become one of the nameless casualties reported on the news.

Therefore, to prevent such a future from happening, whether it was a demon or a devil, after obtaining the simulator, Xu Xi was prepared to dance with it.

"Come on, simulator, let me see what you've got!"

[Ding-dong~~~]

[Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the beautiful life Transmigration simulator. This simulator will fully assist the host in experiencing various Transmigration lives.]

[After the simulation begins, the host's consciousness will be projected into the simulated world.]

[At the end of each simulation, rewards will be issued based on the excitement level of the host's simulated life.]

[Current available simulations: 1]

"So, what is the price?"

Facing the simulator's light screen that only he could see.

Xu Xi asked warily.

The simulator did not answer. The four words [Start Simulation] in the center of the light screen flickered slightly, as if saying—

"I'm just asking if you want it or not!"

After a moment of silence, Xu Xi followed his heart and pressed the button. Why wouldn't he? This was his only hope to escape his predicament.

[Simulation starting…]

[World line deduction in progress…]

[Locked onto a transmigratable world, analyzed as a cultivation-side world.]

[Generating traits… Traits generation complete. Please select three traits as the character talents for your first simulated life.]

[Trait Ranks are, in order: White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, Red.]

Small Fortune (Green): You were born into a wealthy family and are naturally lucky with money. No matter the time, you can live more affluently than ordinary people.

Brute Force (White): Your strength is slightly greater than that of an ordinary person, but only slightly.

Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold): You are born with excellent Spiritual Root Aptitude. Even in a top-tier cultivation Sect, you are the object of envy for countless people.

Sudden Inspiration (Purple): You can occasionally perceive something keenly.

Great Love (Blue): You have Great Love in your heart and cannot stand to see people suffer. Every time you see it, you choose physical salvation.

Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue): As the basic means of making a living in the Cultivation World, Alchemy, Smithing, Formations, and Talismans are unique features that transmigrators must try. You are very skilled in them.

Xu Xi quickly browsed the six traits.

He soon made a decision, selecting the three: Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold), Sudden Inspiration (Purple), and Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue).

This was the best combination he could make after weighing the pros and cons.

[Trait selection complete. Start simulation?]

"Yes."

As Xu Xi prepared himself mentally, a dazzling white light suddenly burst before his eyes. His consciousness detached and rose, floating and fluttering, rushing toward an unknown and mysterious boundary.

[Simulation No. 01 officially begins.]

[The sun is bright and the weather is clear. Staying at home, you suddenly want to go out for a stroll.]

[You laboriously drive your wheelchair and leave your familiar home. As soon as you reach the street, you hit the dayun. You are sent flying by a dayun brand heavy truck.]

[But you are surprised to find that you didn't die. Instead, you transmigrated to a brand new world. Furthermore, you have been rejuvenated to the age of seven, and your crippled legs have been restored.]

[You are very happy, feeling that this is the blessing for reading authorized web novels for ten years.]

[You are full of confidence, ready to show your skills in this Cultivation World. However, before you can explore the surrounding situation, a sudden great famine ruthlessly and cruelly swallows you up.]

Weakness.

Suffocation.

Despair.

Corpses of those who starved to death can be seen everywhere on the parched fields.

Under the scorching sun, refugees enough to submerge a mountain forest move forward slowly. Their eyes are hollow, staring blankly ahead, having almost lost human thought and reason.

The footprints just stepped on by the person in front are covered by the person behind in an instant.

Xu Xi is one of them.

He didn't expect that this so-called simulation would be so realistic.

It felt as if a fire was burning fiercely in his stomach, wantonly burning through the stomach wall and spreading that feeling of weakness throughout his body.

"Child, have some water."

A woman, seeing that Xu Xi was still young, couldn't bear it and handed over a gourd filled with water.

Water cannot satisfy hunger.

But in a situation where there is no food at all, it can provide some sense of fullness and reduce the pain of hunger and weakness.

"Auntie Wang, thank you," Xu Xi thanked her politely and then drank the water in large gulps.

The cool stream of water moistened his cracked lips. Without staying in his mouth for long, it was swallowed directly into his stomach, temporarily soothing his growling belly.

He returned the water gourd to Auntie Wang.

Xu Xi continued to move forward.

"I heard that not far ahead, there is a Mortal city. There should be a congee stall there. I have to speed up," Xu Xi muttered to himself, moving forward with a wooden stick against the ground.

He didn't want to waste his precious first simulation by starving to death.

After walking for another half hour.

Xu Xi's footsteps suddenly stopped.

It wasn't because he had reached his destination, but because he heard the intermittent sound of a baby crying.