Chapter 161: Damn! I've become a clown!

Summary: Your life has been absurd and splendid; although the world is false, your identity is false, your parents are false, but your words and deeds, your thoughts, your feelings, your traces, your awakenings are all real. Therefore do not belittle yourself—you have done well. You could simply pretend none of this happened and continue as your almighty player, living with Yu Xiaomo and others in the false world, but you did not—you chose to bear the fate of the whole world! You are truly a legendary figure!

This time your simulation locked one SSS-rank achievement (3000 points), one SS-rank achievement (1000 points), three S-rank achievements (1500 points), and four A-rank achievements (800 points).

You have obtained a total of 5600 points, nine months of lifespan, and one session of simulated psychological trauma counseling.

Achievement rewards settlement is complete; next, proceed with score settlement...

At the moment the rewards were distributed, just like the first settlement, Zhang Jie only felt that the haze that had lingered in his mind seemed to be sucked away in an instant, and his brain instantly became clear.

This simulator is surprisingly humane.

Knowing I'm in a bad mood, it even specially arranged a psychological trauma counseling session.

Zhang Jie was pondering, when suddenly! He seemed to have discovered the crux!

No!

Why wasn't there the ox-and-horse simulation last time?

Zhang Jie was furious; if we argue which simulation is more unpleasant, that one was the ox-and-horse simulation!

Explanation: It can only be activated if the rating is S-rank or higher and the master's mind has suffered trauma.

You're impressive!

Now begin settling the score rewards.

In this "Illusory World, a Dream of Millet" simulation, you obtained an SSS-rank rating!

Reward One: 5000 points, 100 universal attribute points.

Detected that this simulation world's ascension technology system is: Lawful Fantasy Ascension, Dream-Building Spirit Technology System.

Reward Two: Unlock the purchasing rights for the capability, technology, and items of the Lawful Gene Ascension Technology System.

Explanation 1: Lawful Fantasy Ascension, Dream-Building Spirit Technology System refers to: after this civilization conducted in-depth research on the dream realm, through continual study of the dream-disaster remains, they successfully mastered virtual-real synesthesia technology! It can materialize the fantasy substances from the dream realm into reality, and depending on the different stages of fantasy, the level of virtual-real synesthesia technology varies, thus the strength of the materialized objects also varies.

Explanation 2: This technology is a higher-order spirit ascension system that, to a certain extent, touches upon 'truth'; it is an extremely precious ascension system!

Huh?

This thing is kinda interesting!

Zhang Jie looked at the explanation before him with some excitement, read it carefully several times, and increasingly felt that this thing was ridiculously strong.

This is an ascension system he has never seen before; if this thing is developed well, it's simply explosively strong!

But upon further thought, it seems there are also some things that aren't quite right....

Isn't this thing just the situation after the dream realm and reality converge!!!

No way, bro! Could it be that I'm still living in a dream???

Or perhaps, this world is also false?

Zhang Jie fell into deep thought, and at that very moment the simulator's explanation was transmitted.

Explanation: Although I don't know how to prove that reality is real, I can clearly tell you that the probability the world is false is 99.99%.

Zhang Jie:?

No, I thought you were going to say it's real.

Of course not; I was thinking of telling you that whether it's true or false, you don't need to worry about it.

When a civilization develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably create a virtual world infinitely close to reality; and when that virtual world's civilization reaches a certain extent, it will inevitably create yet another virtual world, and so on.

For the civilization that creates the virtual world, the world they create is illusory and intangible; but for the civilization living in the virtual world, everything they experience is real.

Conclusion: So, do you still want to keep entangling yourself in this matter?

Listening to the simulator's explanation, Zhang Jie fell silent.

Exactly, regardless of whether the world is real or not, for myself it is real...

What about the false world inside the simulation? Isn't that also a false world, and in the end don't I still have to bear everything?

Correction: Since the human bodies of that world exist in 'reality', they are not strictly speaking virtual, but rather 'false'.

Is that so... alright then...

Zhang Jie does not intend to continue entangling himself in this matter; after all, in terms of practical significance, this issue leans more toward philosophy.

But now, the simulator has convinced him that the distinction between true and false need not be worried about.

Then let's continue with the settlement.

Alright.

After the psychological trauma counseling in his mind, Zhang Jie's heart also calmed down.

Reward Three: the 'Calamity' Mark.

Acquisition condition: In a certain simulation, become a calamity and live a splendid life; achieve a life evaluation of S-rank or higher to obtain it.

Hint: Collect the 'Salvation', 'Legacy', and 'Calamity' marks—seven marks in total—to stop the simulation and gain a lifespan lasting until the heat death of the universe.

Reward Four: the 'Fate' Mark.

Acquisition condition: Follow fate's arrangement and choose to bear it! Upon ultimately achieving an SSS-rank life evaluation, receiving a glance from a certain mysterious entity yields it.

Hint: This mark does not belong to the previous seven marks; it is an independent system unto itself.

Hint 2: After collecting the 'Fate' and two unknown marks—three marks in total—you will gain the right to choose another path!

Another path?

No way, bro, my sixth sense tells you you're not hiding any good farts.

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How could that be... haha....

Zhang Jie:?

Do you think I look like an idiot?

Zhang Jie's expression indeed showed as much; this thing definitely isn't hiding any good farts!

What second path! As a player who has cleared many games, Zhang Jie is extremely familiar with this!

Isn't it just the hidden clues in some second-loop games! What condition to unlock the second ending—clearly it's a pit left unfilled from the first ending!

"It won't be that after I finally collect seven badges, just to gain a lifespan until the cosmic heat death, you give me a move where the cosmic heat death happens immediately, and then wait for me to go save the day, right?"

"Oh no! I've become a clown!"