Chapter 10

"This new simulation is different right from the start!"

Upon entering the game state, Zhao Siruo fell into thought:

According to the earlier prompts, if the previous simulation had gathered enough information, it would be deemed finished and the next round would begin.

The protagonist of the next simulation will carry over what they saw and heard before, becoming a kind of 'reborn'; thanks to the prior accumulation, they will have more choices, a broader vision, and thus achieve greater accomplishments.

This loops on, each simulation gathering more valuable information for the next, until achieving the effect of knowing everything ahead of time—basically the protagonist's perk.

No, he was the protagonist all along!

"Let me see just how high the operational limit of a reborn can be..."

【You were given the name "Gold Bing"; although the name was hastily chosen and sounds like just "A, B, C, D" among passersby, it still shows your parents valued your performance—unlike your previous self, who didn't even deserve a name.】

【However, just thinking about how in the previous life your parents would take advantage of you with various quick cuts makes you feel nauseous; you only superficially accept their kindness, but secretly you despise it.】

【You choose A, bowing head and paying respects; if you don't disdain me, I, Bing, would be honored to take you as my adoptive father!】

Is there even a need to choose?

Decisively focus on studying—after all, I really want to improve!

【You confidently pat your chest: "Just kidding, I'm super confident!"】

【Thanks to the inheritance of the demon script from your past life's demon master, you quickly stand out among peers your age; each time you can apply one thing to three, the demon script taught by your teacher you learn with ease, attracting countless sideways glances, everyone calls you "little genius".】

【Thanks to your connection with the Sun Star Lord, you parachuted into a small Wu Clan tribe as a supervisor; upon taking office, you openly demanded bribes from the local minor Wu chieftain, and even invoked your adoptive father the Sun Star Lord's name to intimidate him; the chieftain dared not speak out, only giving the bribe.】

【Upon receiving the report from the Wu maiden about an unlawful heavenly official case, the Heavenly Court attached great importance, having the Heavenly God of Justice personally try the case; seeing your medicine pill, you panic and beg your adoptive father for help, but unexpectedly the Sun Star Lord, in front of the Wu maiden, nods and bows, calling her "Primordial Wu of the Dark Mystic", and with a solemn expression says he doesn't know you, then directly sends you to the demon-execution platform.】

【Your reaction delighted the teacher; since you said that, he went along with it, agreed, and thus you became the adoptive son of the Sun Star Lord, a flattering minister of the Heavenly Court.】

【Soon, your father, wanting you to have better prospects, actively sent you to the Heavenly Court's Elite Youth Class, where you received instruction from Heavenly Court's renowned teachers alongside genius youths of all tribes of the Wasteland.】

【Soon, you were ordered to drop out of school for raising your left hand first when answering questions in class; returning to your hometown in the East Sea, you told your father about the teacher trying to take you as a disciple but you refusing, and puzzled you asked your father what the Sun Star Lord does.】

Zhao Si made his choice very calmly.

【Thanks to the Sun Star Lord's intentional support, you rose straight to the top; through deliberate behind-the-scenes manipulation, you secured the top quota for this batch; despite being under four hundred years old and a minor demon, you parachuted into the Wu Clan tribe at the foot of Mount Buzhou in Zhongzhou as a supervisor.】

【Shortly after enrolling, you crossed the Heavenly Immortal realm and advanced to the third stage of the Dao of Immortals, Mystic Immortal; this cultivation, though not reaching the upper level, exceeds the lower, only one level below your father Golden Flood Dragon King's Golden Immortal realm; returning to the tribe, you're also a notable figure!】

【A: Bowing head and paying respects; if you don't disdain me, I, Bing, would be honored to take you as my adoptive father! B: A light scornful smile: "What do you think you are?"】

Good, good, good—the familiar extreme options are back!

Zhao Si thought it over and decided to be straightforward:

"Let's go with B first!"

Huh?

Zhao Si, looking at the two opposite options, couldn't help but let out a light huh:

"I didn't expect there to actually be a normal option to choose; I thought it would again be two extreme options where choosing means death."

【Your heaven-defying remarks shocked the teacher, making him doubt he had misjudged your nature; but he didn't get angry, just sighed, revealed his identity: "I am the Sun Star Lord," and then gave up on taking you as a disciple.】

"A."

【But the Wu maiden glanced at you a few times, her expression strange, saying: "You're under five hundred years old, not even grown up, and you're already thinking about these things? So you're very confident, huh?"】

【You paid no heed to everyone's flattery, continued studying various knowledge and focusing on cultivation; over time, your progress far surpassed that of peers your age; the teacher marveled at your mindset, thus repeatedly applied for scholarships for you, and with the tilt of high-quality resources such as elixirs and magic treasures, you progressed even faster.】

【Time has already flowed backward……】

【Seeing your talent, comprehension, and character are all top-notch, your teacher, delighted at the prospect, expressed willingness to be your master, asking if you agree; you choose (?)】

【After successfully extorting bribes, you became even more unscrupulous: not only did you seize land in the camp to build a dragon‑style manor, you also made the Wu soldiers serve you as oxen and horses, arbitrarily oppressing them—after all they're just a bunch of barbarian grunts; even if you kicked up to heaven, your adoptive father could easily settle it, so you have nothing to fear.】

【A: Bowing head and paying respects; if you don't disdain me, I, Bing, would be honored to take you as my adoptive father! B: A light scornful smile: "What do you think you are?"】

Very good, very much in line with my expectation.

【Should time flow backward, returning to the previous option?】

【The Wu Clan is an ancient bloodline; they are by nature irritable, and although they are also counted under the concept of the Demon Race, their level of civilization is far inferior to other demon races, thus the Wu Clan have always been synonymous with "barbaric"; when demon races argue, they most like to insult the other side by saying they look like a Wu Clan member.】

【The wrong choice led to a bad ending; you were beheaded for corruption and malfeasance, rising like a shooting star and falling like one, leaving only a story for posterity, dying at four hundred years old……】

【Faced with everyone's praise, you couldn't help feeling elated; at this moment you choose (?)】

【The wrong option led to a bad ending; your arrogance and conceit caused you to die young, not even reaching four hundred years old, still a few years shy of Nüwa creating humanity……】

【You chose option B, giving a light scornful smile: "What do you think you are?"】

【You chose option B, overcoming restlessness, focusing on study and cultivation—I really want to improve!】

【Also precisely because their civilization is low and their minds simple, plus due to their bloodline, they are not afraid of the lingering Pangu pressure on Mount Buzhou; the corvée the Heavenly Court levies on the Wu Clan is also the heaviest; besides regularly going to Mount Buzhou to gather various rare treasures to offer to the Heavenly Court, their only path of advancement is to enlist, going to the various places of the Wasteland to participate in wars, suppress earth veins, and quell killing qi……】

【A: Having studied for two lifetimes, can't I enjoy myself? Let loose! B: Overcome restlessness, focus on studies and cultivation—I really want to improve.】

"Yes."

【Your father once again kowtowed and sacrificed himself; not long after, to suppress the ancient poisonous volcano under the East Sea, the Heavenly Court issued an edict commanding nearby profound immortal experts to join the suppression; you were unfortunately selected, and later perished in an eruption of that ancient poisonous fire.】

【As usual, you brandished your adoptive father the Sun Star Lord's name to intimidate, trying to lure the Wu maiden into being kept by you; after all, you are a civilized person, you don't play the game of forcibly taking women.】

【Upon hearing your heaven-defying words, your father was frightened out of his wits; he told you, the Sun Star Lord is an innate divinity formed by the Heavenly Emperor personally activating the essence of the sun star, always seeing himself as the Heavenly Emperor's loyal dog, appearing upright and aboveboard on the surface but petty and corrupt underneath; you have offended him, and it's likely to end badly!】

Zhao Si: ……

【Seeing your talent, comprehension, and character are all top-notch, your teacher, delighted at the prospect, expressed willingness to be your master, asking if you agree; you choose (?)】

【The Wu maiden nodded, gestured with a hand, and seized you alive; afterwards she brought witnesses from the Wu Clan tribe together to the Heavenly Court.】

【Your demands became more and more excessive: not only did you require the Wu laborers to daily risk the lingering Pangu prestige on Mount Buzhou to gather medicinal herbs for you to consume, you also collected the Wu Clan's ancient bloodline to temper your physique; the Wu Clan small tribe could hardly bear it…… until one day you took a liking to a passing beautiful Wu maiden.】

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