Chapter 28: The Second Simulation Begins

She knew her brother was not that kind of person.

He loved her the most and cared about her the most.

But,

Xu Moli still felt uneasy in her heart, afraid of such things, so she could only secretly appear and touch him in the dead of night, when Xu Xi was deep asleep.

"Good night, brother."

Lying on Xu Xi's chest, the girl bathed in moonlight slowly closed her eyes.

She wasn't asleep.

She just wanted to savor this tranquility as much as possible.

To enjoy the precious time with her brother that she had longed for.

She lay there, pillowed and pressed against him, until the sun rose the next day, and only then did she reluctantly fade away and dissolve into the air.

Before leaving,

the girl, who had grown into a stunning beauty,

glanced at the magic-side Transcendent item in the corner of the room.

She frowned slightly.

For some reason, she suddenly had a bad premonition, not fatal, not dangerous, but very unpleasant.

It was like the unpleasantness she felt when, as a child, peers wanted to snatch her candy.

…

…

Half an hour later, the morning sunlight broke through the curtains, and its glaring brightness, far more intense than moonlight, woke Xu Xi from his sleep.

"Strange, why is my body so tired?"

Opening his eyes,

Xu Xi noticed something was wrong with his body.

His entire upper body, especially his chest, felt inexplicably heavy, as if something heavy had been pressing down on him all night.

Could it be that he, a Golden Core Cultivator, was experiencing sleep paralysis?

Xu Xi was puzzled but didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a lingering effect from overexerting himself in Alchemy.

"The priority now is to sell the Medicinal Pills."

He got up, washed up,

and had a simple breakfast.

Xu Xi quickly opened Supernatural Home, skillfully listed the Medicinal Pills, and before long, a regular customer bought them.

Xu Xi switched pages and opened the purchase page for magic-side Transcendent items.

He preselected the items he wanted to buy,

adding them one by one to the shopping cart.

"So, what's left is to make a trip to the Supernatural Administration Bureau," Xu Xi said, leaving the house.

The withered vine sword grew in the wind, carrying Xu Xi toward the Yanshan City Supernatural Administration Bureau.

Supernatural Home was very convenient; any item transaction could be completed via phone or computer, but the actual delivery and receipt of items required a trip to the Supernatural Administration Bureau.

The Bureau had a dedicated transportation department

responsible for Supernatural Home's merchandise transactions.

That was why Xu Xi saw so many people on his first visit to the Supernatural Administration Bureau.

"Forming a party, forming a party! I'm a Xuanhuan-side Great Fighter, need healer and tank!"

"New Transcendent looking for a party, please, Seniors, take me along!"

"Haha, my son has the bearing of an Immortal, he actually has three Spiritual Roots!"

Inside the hall of the Yanshan City Supernatural Administration Bureau, all sorts of sounds filled the air—Transcendents calling out for party members, and ordinary people overjoyed at verifying their Transcendent Aptitude.

Occasionally, one could even see even more novel sights.

Transcendence combined with technology, ancient and modern overlapping.

This is Spiritual Qi Recovery.

This is the new era.

"Though it's not the first time I've seen it, it never fails to give me a fresh shock," Xu Xi remarked, walking quickly into the Bureau amid respectful greetings of "Senior Xu."

Transactions, sales, confirmations, and more transactions.

Repeating this several times,

from morning until noon,

Xu Xi finally converted all his Medicinal Pills into the needed magic-side Transcendent items, storing them all in his Storage Ring.

He didn't want to waste a single moment, flying back home at full speed on his sword.

He loaded all the magic-side Transcendent items

into the simulator in one go.

[Ding—]

[Magic-side Anchor Medium loading: +1%, +1%, +1%, +1%]

The progress bar slowly rose; with each magic-side Transcendent item disappearing, the Anchor Medium's loading progress increased slightly, crawling slowly but steadily toward the end.

Finally,

the last gap in the progress bar was filled to the brim.

[Magic-side Anchor Medium loading complete]

[Congratulations, host, you have earned a simulation chance. Would you like to start the simulation and begin a wonderful simulated life?]

[Current simulation chances: 1]

"Finally… success."

A joyful expression appeared on Xu Xi's face.

Nearly two months had passed since the last simulation ended, and Xu Xi had already fully digested the rewards from the first simulation.

Now, the second simulation came just in time.

"The magic side and the cultivation side are vastly different, even unrelated. I wonder what I can gain from this simulation."

"I hope the final result won't disappoint me."

Calling up the fully loaded simulator panel,

Xu Xi chuckled and decisively pressed the button to start the simulation.

[Simulation starting…]

[World line deduction in progress…]

[Locking onto the transmigratable world, identified as a magic-side world]

[traits are being generated. trait generation complete. Please choose three traits as your character's talents for this simulated life.]

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

Close-Range Mage (Blue): As a qualified mage, your close-combat skills are astonishing. Even if a knight closes in on you, you can go toe-to-toe with him.

Elemental Perception (Purple): You possess excellent Elemental Perception, with a chance to form contracts with elemental spirits. Perhaps you will become an Elemental Mage who leads the era.

Dream Whispers (Gold): You often dream of incredible whispers from which you can greatly benefit, but your sanity will deteriorate at an alarming rate.

Sprint (White): You run fast, much faster than the neighbor's big yellow dog.

Mortals Wisdom (Red): Your research ability is outstanding. As long as you are willing, you can learn anything, but everything you have remains within the scope of Mortals.

Observer (Purple): Your attention is sharper than ordinary people, allowing you to see through appearances to the essence.

Xu Xi browsed through the traits.

He found that this time the traits were exceptionally powerful.

The highest Rank, a red trait, had appeared.

"Mortals Wisdom… being able to learn anything, isn't that a special kind of child of destiny?" Xu Xi mused, quickly selecting the three traits for this time.

Namely, Elemental Perception (Purple), Mortals Wisdom (Red), and Observer (Purple).

Although Dream Whispers was a gold trait, the side effect of sanity collapse was unacceptable to Xu Xi.

The simulated life was one hundred percent real.

He had no interest in being a muddled madman.

[trait selection complete. Would you like to start the simulation?]

"Confirm."

The familiar feeling of consciousness detachment came, and in a daze, Xu Xi, as a Golden Core Cultivator, felt everything around him glow and shine, and then he broke through time and space in an uncontrollable, swaying manner.

[Simulation No. 02 officially begins]

[The weather is exceptionally gloomy today, and it suddenly starts raining heavily outside. Staying at home, you have no intention of going out.]

[The roar of a heavy truck comes from outside. You dismiss it, thinking you're not outside, so there's no way you could be hit.]

[You were careless and didn't dodge.]

[The road is too slippery in the rain, and the tires of a dayun-brand heavy truck suddenly skid, crashing straight into your house, and you happen to be right in the truck's path.]

[You've hit the dayun again, and are sent flying violently.]