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In the present timeline,
Within a small courtyard of Yongcheng City of Qingcheng County.
Seeing the results of this simulation, a young man let out an unconscious sigh. "Though I had long since anticipated the result, still... that death was so unfortunate."
At the moment, just as he finished reminiscing about the result, he called out to the system. "System, are you ready to answer my questions?"
[Yes, Host.] Upon receiving his call, the system responded in no time.
"System, so now that you are here, can you tell me the specifics of that enriched seed which had Absolute Infinity (Ω) as its symbol and how it benefited the world after they merged? And specifically, what is the difference between that and other seeds?" Lin Chen asked calmly, but that slight impatience in his voice... it couldn't be hidden from anyone.
Although he knew that capturing the seed of his universe and using it for himself might be impossibleâas only one chance to draw a reward in that timeline remainsâbut he wanted to gather as much knowledge about such things as possible. So that next time, when some great opportunities like this one appear, he would reap the benefits to the fullest instead of being momentarily shocked and missing out.
At the moment, upon knowing of the doubts Lin Chen had, the Eternal Cultivation Simulator began answering them one by one.
[Host, all the universesâunder natural orderâat the beginning were formed by a seedâwhich you can preferably call a Celestial Seed, whose shape within represents their potential.]
[For example, a seed with a bull's shape, at the beginning grows and expands fiercely but later, as time passes, the speed at which it expands would reduce greatly, so much that even a mortal can traverse through the map it has expanded over millions of yearsâjust within a lifetime.]
"I see." Lin Chen hummed for a moment and continued, "But system, what kind of potential does a seed with Absolute Infinity (Ω) as its symbol represent?"
At the moment, although Lin Chen already had an idea of what it could be, he still preferred to ask the system for confirmation.
To his question, the system responded quickly.
[Host, just the words Absolute Infinity in themselves represent Infinite Potential and Resources. While there still are countless privileges to it.]
[First, the speed at which it expands never decreases, and only increases over time. Currently, the speed at which it expands is so fast that even a normal Immortal Emperor would take billions of years to cover the area it expands in just within a year.]
"Damn, so fast?!" Lin Chen, upon hearing what the system said, was greatly shocked.
You should know that within the previous simulation, when he was a Mahayana powerhouse, his speed had already far surpassed the speed of light. And about the speed of a normal Immortal Emperor powerhouse? He could never even imagine it in his wildest dreams, let alone the speed at which the universe expands every second, which is said to be billions of times faster than the speed of an Immortal Emperor realm powerhouse.
But at the moment, the systemâdirectly ignoring his momentarily shocked expressionâcontinued with its explanation. Which gave Lin Chen enough time to collect his rational thoughts and return to his originally calm demeanor.
[Host, in addition to the privileges mentioned above, there are many other privileges that are not common in other universes and can only be found in your universe.]
[Which are respectively called the Undying and Immortal Races and the Power System of Myriad Heavens.]
[Undying and Immortal Races: All the races in existence are found here and all of them are undying; none can ever be completely extinct. And even if they do become extinct, the Will of the Universe will make them be reborn again and again.]
[This rule is applicable unless a peak powerhouse, an Immortal Ancestor, willingly sacrifices himself in his peak years to curse a race. Only then could their extinction be possibleâthough the chances are still very slim, but that is not impossible.]
"Umm.. system, are you being real?" Lin Chen whimpered slightly while looking at the long paragraph of text explained by the system, and with it, an absurd but not impossible thought arose in his heart.
'Is it possible that Adam was already dead in that timeline, and all my plans are in vain?' This thought only arose in his heart for a split second, and he sidelined it very quickly.
"So system, what's the second privilege, the Power System of Myriad Heavens?" He asked, subconsciously signaling the system to continue its explanation.
At the moment, upon receiving his order, the system didn't wait any further and continued.
[Host, the second privilege, the Power System of Myriad Heavens ensures that all the power systems in existence are available and can be practiced in your universe.]
"Oh." The system's explanation quite a bit surprised Lin Chen, who thought that for the universe to possess such a seed only meant the possibility of infinite expansion, but never in his wildest dreams could he have thought that while his assumptions were correct, there was still more to it.
It could be said that this session of simulation had already turned his worldview upside down countless times.
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At the moment, after pondering over and having deep thoughts about what the system said, Lin Chen's mood again reached calmness and he asked the system, "So system, has there ever been a time where humanity became extinct or fell to the brink of extinction?"
[...] At the moment, after hearing his question, the system remained silent for a period of time but then continued:
[Host! By turning the pages of the history of your universe and observing them clearly, this system can say that during these long years since the day of creation, there have been countless times where humanity became or was forced to the brink of extinction.]
Hearing the result from the system, the expression on Lin Chen's face was: 'as expected.'
Yes, if that weren't the case then he'd have really been surprised to find that in the long years of Creation there had never been a time where humanity became extinct.
But the next sentence from the system about the history of humanity made him momentarily surprised.
[And Host. Once, it was done by you yourself.]
Although he was momentarily surprised, after much thought, Lin Chen, well aware of his character, came to a conclusion and understood very well what the reason could be.
'The humans of that era must have provoked me, and it could not have been some random provocation, but that I got provoked at every nook and cranny.'
For the reason mentioned above, he could even eradicate those with blood relations to himselfâlet alone some strangers whose lives were worthless in his eyes and dared to step in his path to greatness.
But he was really curious about which timeline it would be.
At the moment, as Lin Chen's thoughts gradually calmed down, he asked the question that troubled him most of all.
"System, what you said about infinite resources, is that true? And if it is, how come I've never noticed it before?"
You know what, in simulation, his life spans for a long three thousand years. But in these years, let alone noticing, he hadn't even heard rumors about the universe possessing infinite resources.
[Host! Even though your universe has infinite resources, the Will of the Universe is clever in itself, never providing others more than they need. All because it doesn't want the races under its jurisdiction to be mediocre.]
[And it presents them in a way that no one would ever be able to guess that this universe even possesses such abilities.]
[Because whenever someone consumes a resource, the Universe, instead of allocating it and directly giving birth to another at that exact place, creates many new and separate worlds for it to grow within that exact span of time the resource was consumedâwhich might even possess more resources than were consumed within that span of time.]
"Umm... logical." Lin Chen said, evaluating the response of the system.
This response truly felt reasonable to Lin Chen as it also aligned with what the system had said previously.
"So, that means when I consumed a leaf of the Tree of Enlightenment, another new one grew in some other place with two leaves on it?" Lin Chen speculated about the Tree of Enlightenment through the logic explained by the system.
[No, Host. Didn't I say that it could be more but not less? So, when you consumed a leaf of it, instead of having one or two leaves on the new one, it would have all 9 on itself in a completely different space.]
"Oh...k, that is great." Lin Chen gave a dry reply, deep in thought.
At the moment, just as Lin Chen finished asking all his questions and was contemplating some of them, a ding rang in his mind and with it, a long row of reward selection bars appeared.
[Ding, reward settlement completed, the host can choose Five of the following rewards.]
[Purple Talent: Treasure Hunting Instinct.]
[Purple Talent: Purple Thunder Spirit Root.]
[Purple Talent: Two Times the Resources.]
[Cultivation: Void-refining realm (Supreme Foundation with 6 Qis of Sword, Gold, Earth, Flame, Water and Wood.), Soul strength.]
[Experience: Combat exp, Muscle memory, Technique Proficiency {Blood-Devouring Demonic Technique (The Blood of all races devoured), Void Creation Destructive Rewrite and White Tiger Chapter of Four Sacred Beast Body Method (Complete).]
[Resources: 1 Trillion Spirit Stones, The Tree of Enlightenment (7 leaves), Corpses of monsters, Stone of Origin, A huge pile of Law Sourcesâincluding Dual Law Sources, The Dragon Egg and etc.]
[Detailed memory of everything you saw.]
[Deep Simulation Memory.]
At the moment, as the rewards began to pop up one after another, another question surfaced in Lin Chen's mind, which he didn't know if he should ask or not, and wasn't sure of getting any answer from the system.
But he still asked.
"System, before choosing the rewards, I want to ask you one thing."
"Was Adam really supposed to die with me?"
Upon hearing this question, surprisingly, the system responded.
[No host. It wasn't his time to die yet.]
"Oh.. I see." Upon hearing the system's reply, Lin Chen quickly made his choices to be all 3 talents, Experience and Resources.
At the moment, countless insights and experiences poured into his mind, one of which was the method called Void Creation Destructive Rewrite.
At the moment, as the insights regarding this method poured into his mind, only then did Lin Chen realize how broken this method actually wasâdespite the backlash still being a mystery.
But this happiness didn't last long, as Lin Chen realized that he had made a mistake, the mistake of choosing talents.
'Damn my instincts!!'
'I used my brain enough to avoid choosing memory as my reward, but not enough to avoid a talent and choose the memory instead. That's wrong, a really wrong decision.' Lamenting that, he leaned on the recliner, hitting his head with his thumb bone.
After a moment of venting his frustration and his mind returning to calm, he sat upright again and asked the system, "System, can I return a talent and make a choice again?"
[No host.] The system replied nonchalantly.
Lin Chen wasn't surprised by this answer and just sighed, thinking; 'It was such bad luck.'
"Well then.. system. Introduce the new items I got in this simulation." Lin Chen instructed. And at his order, the system also began introducing each of them one by one.
[Tree of Enlightenment: An Innate Treasure of Heaven and Earth that grants anyone the chance of Enlightenment upon eating one of its leavesâwhich grows back one leaf again after a thousand years.]
The effect of the Tree of Enlightenment wasn't much different from what Lin Chen thought. So he didn't comment much on it and let the system continue with its explanation.
[The Stone of Origin (One-time Use): A stone which, if placed in an atmosphere with any kind of dense Qi for a long time to develop, could absorb the Qi. And upon consumption, in addition to the Qi, it could also provide the consumer with a promising talent regarding the element of Qi consumed.]
[Current Status: Possesses the Qi of Creation.]
"HMm hmm.. this thing sounds great." Lin Chen evaluated, humming a tune, thinking he had struck good luck and that with the system, this thing could be used unlimited times.
But although he was happy, it didn't take long for a thought to surface in his mind, which he asked the system: "But system, I have observed that there never was a time where I drew a technique in talent draw."
"In the past, I've seen countless simulation systems draw techniques in the form of inheritance through talent draws, but we haven't even once yet. Don't tell me that you have a completely different draw system for it which is supposed to unlock later upon meeting a level requirement?"
[No host. Your speculation is completely wrong about that. Within the Talent Draw, in addition to talents, you can also draw items, inheritances and etc, just like the Taotie Bloodline, which happened to be a Bloodline Inheritance.]
[It's just that you haven't drawn any technique inheritance yet.]
"Oh." Lin Chen felt relieved upon hearing this, and with that the system continued with the explanation of the most mysterious item yet:
The Dragon Egg.
[The Dragon Egg: It is the Pure Egg of the True Ancestral Dragon, the very first dragon to come into existence, who, relying entirely on his sharp instincts and cruel nature, swept the way and fought for the glimmer of hope of its survival, and ultimately became one of the behemoths in the Era of Creation.]
"Hmm.." Lin Chen exhaled, extremely satisfied by the results of this simulation.
Just when he was thinking of what and how to put this Dragon Egg to use, a notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Host, are you willing to put this Egg in Pet Space?]
"Hmm.. what is that?" Lin Chen was quite surprised upon hearing the sound in his mind.
Even though there were countless derived spaces by the system like Weaponry, where all his weapons were stored; Treasure Space, where all Treasures of Heaven and Earth were stored; and Miscellaneous Space, where all miscellaneous stuff were placed by the systemâall derived spaces possessing Infinite Space of their own, obviouslyâbut he never expected the system to have a space solely dedicated to pets.
Living and non-living things are completely different after all, aren't they?
But after some thought, Lin Chen realized his system isn't bound by any logic and is something else in its entirety.
At the moment, just while he was wondering about the abilities of the system, the Eternal Cultivation Simulator began answering his question.
[Host! The Pet Space is a space which is completely different from the normal Storage Space where you hand in the item and the flow of time would be cut off from the outside world, binding the item to the exact time period it was placed in. While, on the other hand, the Pet Space is a space where time flows exactly the same as the outside world and, at that, provides the best possible environment for your pet to growâwhich activates only upon spending a considerable amount of spirit stones or it will be no different from the normal Storage Space.]
[Note:- Upon placing the pet in Pet Space, all its cultivation potential will vanish and its lifespan would be bound to its owner. To compensate, the Pet Space will provide the owner with the subsequent abilities of the petâwhich would become stronger with the time and money spent in Pet Space.]
At the moment, just as the system was done explaining, another notification popped in front of Lin Chen.
[Host, would you like to know the subsequent benefits of having the offspring of the True Ancestral Dragon as your pet?]
"Of course, I would like to." Lin Chen replied.
Upon receiving his reply, the system also began explaining.
[Below are the subsequent abilities provided by the True Ancestral Dragon:
1. As the master of the Dragon whose entire bloodline was honed through countless battles and had extremely sharp survival instincts engraved in its bloodline, you will possess the same trait as them and every battle will hone your survival instincts and engrave them into your muscle memory.
2. As the master of the Dragon with the purest blood and the core existence of all dragons, every dragon, whenever they meet you, will feel bloodline oppression emanating and dare not attack you (emanating and suppressing them with bloodline oppression is up to your choice).
3. As the True Ancestral Dragon reaches adulthood, as its master, you will condense one of the most powerful physical constitutions of all time, The Ancestral Dragon Body (Colorful).]
"Fuck!" Listening to the system state one broken ability after another, Lin Chen uttered some incomprehensible words to the world.
By now, Lin Chen had clearly understood what the next talent grade was, and he was no longer surprised upon knowing it. But he was greatly surprised after knowing that he could obtain the talent of the next gradeânot long after knowing it.
At the moment, just when he was in a state of surprise and rejoicing, a voice sounded in his mind which pulled him out of his thoughts.
[Host, are you willing to place the egg in Pet Space?]
Upon hearing what the system said, Lin Chen subconsciously turned toward the weaponry in his storage space and, looking at the huge number of Blood-Devouring Demonic Swords, some mischievous thoughts of exploitation appeared in his mind, and he gradually declined the system's proposal, understanding that the system won't cheat him on this one too.
And about what he was going to do with so many Dragon Eggs? Even he doesn't know. But the higher the number, the better it is, right?
Human minds are just like that.
At the moment, after discussing all the new rewards, Lin Chen remembered an event in the previous simulation and asked the system, "System, Gods, do they really exist?"
Hearing Lin Chen's concern, the system summarized the answer in two words.
[They do.]
Lin Chen was quite surprised upon hearing the nonchalant reply from the system and asked, "So system, who would win between you and them? Would it cause you trouble?" It was honestly a good time for Lin Chen to evaluate the system's strength, and so, he probed.
[Nah! I'd win, effortlessly.]
The answer was quite surprising to Lin Chen, while on the other hand, it was as we expected.
The reason why Lin Chen was so surprised wasn't that he didn't have confidence in his system's strength, but it's just that he isn't aware of the strength of those so-called Gods.
At the moment, Lin Chen leaned on his recliner, trying to digest every detail the system said.
Just when he was in deep thought, something popped into his mind and he turned his head to the sky in the east. There he saw the Sun hanging in the skyâit was still dawn.
Since the moment he started his second simulation, not even a second had passed.
Looking at his dejected look, the system answered and cleared his dilemma.
In short, what the system said was, be it the concept of time-space and any other, and even the beings above these concepts, everyone and everything is frozen. With the sole exception of Lin Chen and Lin Chen, of course.
"Oh. That's great, system." Although Lin Chen said this in front of the system without changing his expressionâeven slightlyâthere was turmoil in his heart, clearly understanding that if the System is raising him as Gu, then there's no escape for him and he'll be at the system's mercy.
Though he can't understand why the system would ever do that to him as all he had was given by the system itself. But he still had such thoughts in his mind, which he hoped were not true.
But if you ask me, this concern of Lin Chen isn't wrong at all, because the intentions of the system itself aren't clear yet.
This is the tendency of overthinkers.
"Well... system. Let's continue with the re-attempt of the Era of Creation."
[Ding! Host, you can't re-attempt the Era of Creation as it is already completed.] As the system finished speaking, a time node just the same as before initiating the Cross-Time Simulation appeared in front of him.
But there was a slight difference in it, because the node representing the Era of Creation had greyed out, which means the timeline of 4 Quadrillion years ago is completed.
"Hey hey hey system, haven't you told me that Adam wasn't supposed to die with me, but he died though, didn't he? So why is the timeline completed?" Lin Chen demanded an answer.
[Host, you are so easy to play wiâcough.] The system quickly took its words back as if it had stated some truth that shouldn't be told and continued.
[I didn't state he was dead, did I? I just said he wasn't supposed to die together with you.]
Upon hearing the system's answer, Lin Chen remembered that whenever his system answered this type of question, it was always related to some mischief his system was brewing. And now, it was this.
"I suddenly feel lucky for having that incident while choosing the rewards. Sigh~." Lin Chen sighed melancholically, remembering his mood when he realized he had made a mistake previously.
Today, from the results of this simulation, he learned that, 'the thing you think is valuable and obtainable, just take it. Don't leave it for the future in the act of being smart'.
By now, he clearly understood that Adam wasn't dead at all. And about how he survived? He knows that the system isn't going to answer this, and so he thought to let go and conduct another simulation.
This time, a normal simulation.
At the moment, just when he was about to order his system to conduct another simulation, he remembered something and directly stated.
"System, upgrade the system to level 14."
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P.S:-Â All those with morals should leave, because after 2 simulations from this moment on, the protagonist will put aside his morality in simulations after finding that were nothing but some useless chains restraining him, he would do some heinous things that some of you might not like or even find disgusting. And I, as the creator, doesn't want to receive any criticisms regarding that despite warning you. So you could feel free to go.
But, for you all's peace of mind, I want to inform that this warning is related to making the utmost use of the treasure, Bloodline Heart Bead, and the talent, Qilin Son.
P.P.S:- So now, let me be honest with you guys.
If you think I was never busy, then yeah, you are right about it.
My schedule was always the usual one where I had to go to work and live my life, nothing more. And even that, I found that I was less busy compared to earlier times. But I got and am stuck in doom-scrolling, getting pleasure from the constant dopamine hits. I am well aware that it's no one's but my fault.
I am extremely sorry for this inconvenience. Hope it never happens again. đ