Chapter 76: Second Achievement Settlement

"An illusion...?"

Zhang Jie retracted his hand, although he didn't understand why he had made the reaching motion just now, but he still followed his heart and did it.

He felt as if he had touched a hand, but it was only for a moment.

"Let's go, Xiao Jiu."

"All right, Driver."

Xiao Jiu placed her hands in front of her, silently followed behind Zhang Jie, and quietly pursed her lips while looking at his back.

At that moment, Zhang Jie's phone chimed, and Lin Ran's message popped up.

Lin Bu Ran: (=°ω°)ノ

Lin Bu Ran: How about accompanying me back to Yingxing tomorrow?

User 9527: Sure.

User 9527: Any changes in Yingxing?

Lin Bu Ran: I want to publicly announce your identity as the great leader!

Both messages were sent at the same time; Zhang Jie raised his eyebrows at Lin Ran's message.

Announce my identity as the great leader publicly?

Is that what I understand it to mean?

Hiss...

Doesn't that mean the Alliance will be mine from now on?

Doesn't that mean I can break free from my father's control and establish myself as king?

Zhang Jie indulged in fantasies, as if he had already begun to enjoy the wonderful future life.

No wonder they say a woman at thirty brings the realm!

Directly become the Alliance's great leader! Such good fortune probably only exists in novels!

Just as Zhang Jie was about to reply to Lin Ran, the other party's message arrived first.

Lin Bu Ran: At that time I'll start a livestream, publicly announcing your return from resurrection above the constant star! Then you'll give a speech! How glorious would that be!

Lin Bu Ran: From now on you're the man resurrected from the constant star!

User 9527: (question mark panda head)

User 9527: Isn't that not good?

Just thinking about Lin Ran publicly announcing his return with such an absurd reason made Zhang Jie feel embarrassed, curling his toes.

What! You're telling me being resurrected from the constant star is cool?

Come on! Back then I was burned to ashes, not even slag left—how could I be resurrected?

If others heard this news, they'd probably think Lin Ran was deceived by her online lover.

By then not only would Lin Ran's reputation suffer, but I'd likely be labeled a fraudster as well.

User 9527: Better not.

User 9527: This situation is already pretty good, and yours is a bit too exaggerated...

Lin Bu Ran: Fine...

Lin Bu Ran: Then I'll announce you as the Alliance's second leader?

User 9527: Okay.

After sending the message, Zhang Jie set off on his way home, though this time his destination was his hometown.

Having lived two lives, his parents departed for various reasons...

Oh, no, in the second life the restroom opening should only apply to the father.

Anyway, Zhang Jie still felt homesick.

The warp engine's speed also has an upper limit; while Xiao Jiu was flying, Zhang Jie sat in place to meditate and absorb qi.

A few hours later, the simulator's notification chimed in his mind.

"Rewards settlement complete!"

"Please claim your rewards, host!"

"Finally, it's done."

Zhang Jie opened his eyes, the panel automatically unfolded before him, and he immediately clicked the settlement button.

"Second simulation completed, code name: Blood and Steel."

"Congratulations on obtaining the following achievements:"

"(S) Limited Achievement 'Martial Way Divine Ability': You successfully reached the legendary divine ability realm; although you got there by relying on external objects, you still touched it."

"(S) Limited Achievement 'Peak Competition': In your original world you had already touched the pinnacle of strength, but unfortunately, the invincible you encountered an extraterrestrial foe—a adult star-devouring giant whale that has destroyed 617 civilizations; your defeat is understandable."

"(S) Limited Achievement 'Swing the Rebellious Sword at Fate': Faced with an utterly hopeless losing situation and zero chance of victory, you still chose to swing your strongest sword against unjust fate; did you break fate? It seems not, but actually it is."

"(A) Normal Achievement 'Way of Inheritance': You completed a Way of Inheritance, passing on your clan's martial system to the era; it will spread across planets; if such a system truly vanished in historical dust, it would be a regret for the entire Star Sea."

"(B) Normal Achievement 'Last Lesson': Before death, you gave your student a final lesson, imparting all your knowledge, pulling her out of life's mire, teaching her how to become strong, teaching her to have an unyielding will; you are a competent good teacher."

"(C) Normal Achievement 'The Successful Life of a Loser': What is fate? What is good luck? Life is a chess game; with the same opening, some walk every step correctly, while others, despite exhausting lifelong wisdom in strategy, still lose miserably; but you, my friend, you face a broken endgame; life is like chess, placing pieces without regret."

"Simulation evaluation: A+"

"Summary: Which comes first, accident or tomorrow? In this abrupt disaster, you have done everything you could; your life is obscure, not the former leader of the solo‑challenge company, nor the savior incarnate as blazing sun, yet you lived more brilliantly than anyone; the mountains, rivers, sunsets you have seen are unseen by ordinary people in a lifetime; facing a broken endgame, you managed to overturn the board! In a sense, the civilization you saved is yours."

"This simulation locked three S‑rank achievements (1500 points), one A‑rank (200 points), one B‑rank (100 points), and one C‑rank (50 points)."

"You earned a total of 1850 points and an extra month and a half of lifespan."

"Achievement rewards settlement complete; proceeding to score settlement..."

"This achievement really speaks to my heart."

Ah...

Zhang Jie turned over and lay on the soft big bed inside the ship, constantly savoring the lingering aftertaste left by the second simulation.

No wonder the simulator had to erase my memory; if I still had my memory, how could I possibly bear it?

By then, let alone encountering a star‑swallowing giant beast, even if I ran into a planet plagued by Insect Disaster, beast disaster, and blood disaster all at once, I wouldn't be scared at all!

By then I'll give Lin Ran a call, and the Alliance will jump straight over here and have him kill everyone.

ps: Preview of the third simulation is here! This simulation will provide three world introductions for all you godfathers to choose from; whichever gets the most likes, I'll write that one!

World One: The clash between Mecha and Insect Disaster, a feeling‑less caretaker robot and a happy little girl—can the robot truly possess emotions? Will the love between human and machine bear fruit? (Agreement Three!)

World Two: the 'Spirit Stone' left by an ancient civilization, which erodes the human body while granting abnormal abilities; as a descendant of a Knight lineage, Zhang Jie the Holy Knight wanders the wilderness, alongside a little Catgirl who possesses the Life Replacement ability, in a Feitu apocalypse where five kinds of heavenly disasters converge in a desperate world—how shall he walk the Knight's path? (Similar to an Ark worldview)

World Three: the real and virtual worlds; the Nightmare roams each person's Dream Realm and virtual world, eroding and transforming them into blankness, turning them into monsters; the frail youth who commands the Nightmare—will he become a heavenly disaster, or vanish into the Dream Realm? (After the dream is done, waking up makes you forget it.)