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Alex stared at the glowing blue text hovering in front of him.
He didn't even think twice. He didn't know exactly what a "Simulation World" was, but it was his only lifeline right now.
It was either this or letting his mind and soul be completely eaten alive by the Empress.
"Like hell I'm just going to let you take over," Alex muttered, his voice shaking but filled with stubborn anger.
He reached up his trembling, delicate hand and pressed his pale finger against the glowing screen.
[ Yes ]
[ Selection Confirmed. ]
[ Initiating Memory Synchronization Dive… Please select the Memory Fragment you want to simulate. ]
[ Warning: The Empress's soul is exceptionally ancient and powerful. To prevent the host's soul from collapsing under the weight of her entire life, you will experience selective, fragmented memories one after another, strictly limited by the host's current mental strength and Source Power. ]
[ Adjusting sensory feedback and pain receptors to 100% for perfect assimilation. ]
[ Note: The host will experience the memories in the simulation world as real-time experiences.]
[ Note: As this is a memory-based simulation, the host cannot directly control or interfere with the simulated character's actions during the memory. However, you can extract the skills, combat experience, and bloodline abilities learned by the character after each successful simulation. ]
Alex sucked in a sharp breath. "Extract her skills?"
This wasn't just a way to hide from her soul-devouring attack; this was also a chance to learn new skills and unlock more abilities of the True Naagin bloodline directly from the source!
The blue screen flickered again, scrolling down to reveal a summary of the world he was about to enter, expanding to show a list of distinct glowing options.
Alex quickly checked his current balance: 2,561 Source Power points.
[ System Analysis Complete: Contextual Background of the Simulation World. ]
[ World Name: Ancient Era - Boundless Azure Sea. ]
[ Background: A brutal, ancient world ruled by the Ancient Demon Snake Kingdom and other equally powerful forces. Some of the absolute rulers of this era were True Naga Kings and True Naagin Queens, terrifying, natural-born half-human, half-snake deities with immense power from birth. ]
[ Target's Origin: Unlike the ruling nobles, the Empress was born at the very bottom of the food chain as a weak, powerless silver demon snake. She has no human form to begin with, and barely any strength. However, she was born with a Pure Yin mana attribute and the innate, forbidden ability to enchant others and devour their lust and dark desires to forcefully evolve her own bloodline. ]
Alex read the text, his eyes widening. "Holy shit, she wasn't born a god?"
"But started out as a weak beast at the bottom of the food chain, just like the low-level demon snakes he could summon?"
Before he could process the shock, the system presented six different choices.
[ Please choose one of the following Memory Fragments to enter the simulation: ]
[ Option One: The Weakest Silver Snake and The Blood-Stained Shallows ]
[ Description: Experience the Empress's early days. Born as a weak, lesser sea-snake in the freezing trenches of the Azure Sea, watch how a powerless hatchling discovered her Pure Yin attribute and used her natural charm for the very first time to survive against the odds for basic survival, experience real-time first kills, and her initial evolution through pure, bloody instinct.]
[ Cost: 1300 points of Source Power ]
[ Option Two: The Rise of the Deep Sea Tyrant & The Taste of Lust ]
[ Description: Experience the moment the Empress evolved from a mere beast into a high-tier Spirit Snake, fighting against the massive, ancient leviathans of the deep ocean. Learn her methods of absorbing raw Yin energy from the ocean depths and how she forged her first true magical abilities to conquer her predators. Feel the overwhelming sensation of devouring the pure, unfiltered lust to trigger her shedding phase to become a True Naagin. ]
[ Cost: 2800 points of Source Power ]
[ Option Three: The First Royal Ecdysis ]
[ Description: Experience the agonizing, beautiful transformation of the Silver Serpent from a wild beast to a True Naagin and a complete Human Form. Feel the terrifying hypersensitivity of shedding her beastly skin for the first time in the icy ocean depths. Learn how she managed the overwhelming pain, the intense physical arousal of her shedding body, and how she protected her newly formed body from deep-sea predators.]
[ Cost: 3,800 points of Source Power. ]
[ Option Four: The Scent of the Lotus Sect & The Lotus Priestess's Submission ]
[ Description: Severely injured after a battle, the Empress disguised herself and infiltrated an all-female human cultivation sect; she slowly healed herself by seducing the female disciples and absorbing their pure Yin energy. Experience how she weaponized her flawless beauty, her sweet pheromones, and her Void Yin Constitution. Learn the ancient arts of physical seduction, mental manipulation, and secrets of her 'Yin-Yin Dual Cultivation' arts, as she completely breaks the will of a powerful, all-female cultivator sect, turning their proudest Ice Queen into her devoted, pleasure-starved pet.]
[ Warning: Contains highly mature themes. You will experience 100% of her physical pleasure, emotional manipulation, and intimate encounters with other women.]
[ Cost: 3,200 points of Source Power. ]
[ Option Five: Ruling over the Royal Naga Court & The Enchantress of the Azure Palace ]
[ Description: Learn how she built her underwater empire, manipulated powerful humans and Demon cultivators, as she perfected her terrifying, seductive bloodline arts to bend entire sects and kingdoms to her will. Enter the grand, golden palaces of the natural-born rulers.]
[ Cost: 5400 points of Source Power ]
[ Option Six: Birth of the Progenitor Naagin Empress & The Heaven's Fall - The God-Slaying Era ]
[ Description: The absolute peak of the Silver Serpent Empress. Experience the world-shaking battle where she devoured the combined lust, greed, and blood of thousands to break past the True Royal Naagin limits, battling against the top-tier Great Grand masters and divine beings of the Ancient Era to evolve her bloodline as a Progenitor-class deity. ]
[ Cost: 27600 points of Source Power ]
Alex stared at the six options, his heart beating fast. Just the sheer scale of what she had done, and the desires she had eaten to reach the top, it was terrifying.
He quickly glanced back again at his current balance in the top corner of the screen.
[ Current Source Power: 2561 Points ]
He let out a bitter, helpless sigh.
Even if he wanted to skip ahead and see how she gained her humanoid form or her ultimate powers, he simply couldn't afford it.
Options two, three, four, five, and six were simply out of his current capabilities right now. He barely had enough to cover the first memory.
He just thought about how rich he was with about 2,500 points of Source power; however, he couldn't even afford more than one option right now.
Not to mention, option five requires 27,600 points of Source power, more than ten times what he currently possesses.
Looking through the available options, option five doesn't seem to be the end, but just the beginning of the Empress's true reign.
There might be more memory fragments that are yet to be unlocked in the future.
"Well, it looks like I'm starting from the very bottom," Alex muttered, wrapping his arms tightly around his breasts as the freezing mist of the surrounding void brushed against his soft, highly sensitive skin.
He raised his finger and tapped the very first glowing box.
"System. Select Option One."
[ Deducting 1300 points of Source Power... ]
[ Remaining Source Power: 1261 Points. ]
[ Initiating Memory Fragment: The Weakest Silver Snake... Entering the Boundless Azure Sea. ]
The moment the text faded, the giant silver snake hovering above him in the dream space shattered into millions of pieces of blue light.
The solid ground beneath Alex's bare feet vanished entirely.
He didn't even have time to scream as his consciousness was sucked downward, plunging straight into the freezing, crushing depths of an ancient, forgotten ocean.