Chapter 77

Hiss.. not right!

Zhang Jie suddenly sat up, and carefully examined his achievements again.

What does 'You succeeded in breaking fate? It seems not, but actually it is' mean?

What does this 'Facing a deadlock, you succeeded in overturning the board! In a sense, the entire civilization is what you saved!' mean?

Could it be that I really killed the Star-Swallowing Giant Beast with one sword? No way!

Or is it that my sword drew the gaze of some advanced civilization? I directly unleashed a 'Dawn Judgment' and exterminated that beast?

It couldn't be Lin Ran, could it?

Really strange...

After the settlement of the excellent rewards was completed, Zhang Jie began the scoring rewards.

Now begin the settlement of scoring rewards.

In this 'Blood and Steel' simulation, you have received an A-rank rating.

Detected that the ascension technology system of this simulation world is: Chaos-Leaning Mechanical Ascension Technology System, Ordered Life Side Martial Dao Ascension System.

Reward One: 500 points, 10 universal attribute points.

Reward Two: Purchase rights for technologies and items that unlock the abilities of the Chaos-Leaning Mechanical Ascension Technology System.

Explanation: The Chaos-Leaning Mechanical Technology System refers to a technological system that tends to transform organic life into mechanical life, venerating the mechanical body over the organic, obsessing over replacing flesh with mechanical parts, upholding the creed that flesh is weak and machinery ascends, and due to its impure technological stance, it is considered chaotic.

Reward Three: Purchase rights for items and divine abilities that unlock the Ordered Life Side Martial Dao Ascension System.

Explanation: The Life Side Ascension System is not a technology; it is the path by which carbon-based humans explore their perception of self and the universe, through pure bodily arts to comprehend the cosmic origin, possessing strong adaptability to other systems, and is an extremely ancient ascension system.

Reward Four: the Legacy Mark.

Tip: Gathering the Salvation, Legacy, and?? marks among seven total enables one to halt the simulation and obtain a lifespan until the universe's heat death.

Compared to SSS-rank, the A-rank reward is a full ten times less.

Not even an improved trait this time.

Could it be that the Early Death trait is actually the biggest trap?

Zhang Jie didn't quite understand; this was already the best choice he could make back then, and now he began to wonder what would have happened if he had chosen the other labels back then.

Simulator, may I ask: if I chose a different life trait in this simulation, what would the ending become?

On the simulator's panel, a small circle spun, as if considering Zhang Jie's words.

Yes, but only once.

If you choose Martial Dao Divine Ability, Little Nan Brew, Dog Luck Heavenly, you will occasionally gain the Martial Dao Legacy, but you cannot cultivate Martial Dao Divine Ability; lacking resistance, your appearance will become your greatest burden, and you will be offered as a special tool to all female bosses of same-sex orientation.

Furthermore, thanks to Dog Luck Heavenly, the female bosses you meet will all be beautiful women, the Deep Space Giant Beast will arrive 96 years later than expected, giving you ample time to live peacefully until death; your rating will be D-, and the comment will read: ***'s life.

Some terms on the simulator were blocked by a mysterious force, but Zhang Jie knew they certainly weren't anything good.

What kind of Cyber Succubus life is this....

Zhang Jie looked speechless; if he had truly chosen that back then, he'd probably be left with a lifelong psychological trauma.

"This heaven‑reaching dog luck is indeed worthy of being S‑rank; surprisingly, it can even delay the time of the giant beast's attack."

"Every S‑rank trait has the ability to change the entire situation; this is beyond doubt."

"But coincidentally, the simulator scores based on how exciting one's life is, which dooms the heaven‑reaching dog luck from being selectable."

"Among the remaining combinations, Xiao Nanjiang remains the most miserable trait; short story, wherever you go you'll be defiled, and there was even a time when it was Weiniya!"

"If I hadn't interfered with her life, Weiniya would have survived that day, relying on her fearless, death‑defying fighting style, step by step becoming a generation's gangster big sister, and then she even slept with the version of me that is Xiao Nanjiang."

"Finally, only my current choice would earn an A‑rank or higher evaluation, and martial divine powers can only be successfully triggered with the blessing of dying young; but in the end, without the heaven‑reaching dog luck, I would die in the maw of the star‑swallowing beast."

"'Searching for the sole variable among myriad endings.'"

"Zhang Jie had this thought pop into his mind; perhaps the simulator's appearance is meant to change something?"

"Shaking off the thoughts in his mind, Zhang Jie opened his own simulator shop."

"In the first simulation, Zhang Jie earned a total of 9900 points and 100 attribute points."

"Purchasing Xiao Jiu cost 5000 points, and raising myself to level‑10 gene warrior used 55 attribute points."

"Adding the 2350 points and 10 attribute points gained this time, the total is now 7250 points and 55 attribute points."

"The shop also unlocked two more tech trees, but Zhang Jie is still more interested in the goods belonging to the martial‑arts life system."

"After looking around, Zhang Jie realized that martial arts cultivation actually requires auxiliary medicines and other martial‑arts side products to grow quickly, but in the simulator he saw no description of such things."

"Perhaps this is the reason martial arts have been cut off?"

"The dazzling array of medicinal formulas, secret drugs, body‑forging techniques, and blood‑refining methods also side‑prove the incompleteness of martial arts, which exactly shows how monstrous my level is in the simulator."

"If I were given another four or five years, I would certainly be able to enter the divine‑ability realm."

"Zhang Jie carefully read the descriptions of these items, already thinking about how to integrate the martial‑arts system into the Alliance; in a daze, he felt as if he had returned to the days of the first simulation when he continually researched gene equations for Yong State."

"But to be frank, what one gains from the simulator is not just points; there is also the knowledge acquired through years of study."

"Even without the technology from the simulator shop, Zhang Jie can get by anywhere in the universe; now he not only masters a strong gene‑editing knowledge, but also has a respectable prosthetic‑replacement technique."

"Although he might lag behind the times in some places, after all the basics are there, and wanting to get along a bit better is really not hard."

"\"I kind of miss my gene‑hacker self. \""

"Zhang Jie looked at the martial‑arts side goods, and a strong urge to investigate welled up in his heart."

"From the microscopic perspective of genes, what changes will martial arts bring?"