Chapter 2: First simulation

For once luck was on his side, he was able to enter the mountains safely.

Now he could only pray for his and his family's safety.

No. Now is not the time to think about these things. He needs to be calm until he reaches his usual hunting spot.

He found this spot a year ago; the river nearby is for water, the land is relatively flat, and there is a cave network nearby that leads to the other side of the black forest.

He could fish there and collect honey from the bees in the cave, and as this place was not that well known by the other hunters, animals were not scared and roamed freely, giving him an extra edge in hunting. This made this place a perfect place for a hunting cabin.

So he built one. Its main function is to store hunting supplies, he also uses this cabin to dry, salt fish and meat.

At least he is confident that he will not be pinned down like a captured mouse.

Normally this journey takes him 2 hours, even while making sure none of the village hunters is following him and steals his spot from him. But today it took him more than 4 hours.

First he ran in the opposite direction of his cabin; after that he crossed the rivers, so if they get a dog to track him, this should throw them off.

After each step, he made sure that he was not leaving any trail.

When he reached his cabin, the moon was already above his head, peaking through the tree canopy.

His was tired and exhausted from running.

So as soon as he reached the cabin, he cleaned a little, lit a fire in the fireplace, had the meal packed by Grandma, and tried to sleep, thinking he would look at the system tomorrow.

When he laid down in bed and closed his eyes he felt his senses being cutoff from the outside world.

[story system]

What is this...? He was dead tired just a moment ago, but now he is feeling energetic.

Is this the doing of his system?

The system interface suddenly appeared, but why now...? Was it because I was thinking about the system before going to sleep? It seems like it.

"Well, thanks to the system, I am not tired anymore, so let's just take a look."

He tried to focus on the system interface, and it expanded.

[story system]

[Every story is special for you; move the world to tears with one story and tickle them with laughter with another; the more emotions they evoke, the larger the rewards.]

[Impression: Wang Shuqie(+10),Jiang Shen(-15)]

[Simulate(Time remaining: 00:03)]

[Rules: Only stories that are believed will be accepted.]

Who are these people? There are not any such people in his village.

The simulate button was grayed out. If he had not thought about the system, would he have missed tonight's simulation? Though the loss would be only of one day, he could not be wasteful with any opportunity.

It looks like you only get one chance to simulate a story every night at midnight.

[Simulate]

The button changed color to blue. After calming himself, he clicked it by focusing on it.

[Selecting target: Only one available with a positive impression.]

[selected target: Wang Shugie]

[First time warning: The target will also see this simulation, as for how they will interpret that depends on the story and then the target.]

She has a positive impression of me, but I don't know her. She is not from the village, and she could not be from the sect; they see us mortals as ants.

As if reading his thoughts, the system interface changed.

[Target Information: For a long time, Shugie was troubled about her past, as she does not remember anything about it. This left a void in her heart, and for this reason she never had any interest in love. Now she is busing herself as the warden of Holy Sky Sect.]

It says 'warden' and not 'guard', so she is in charge of some guards in the sect.

Maybe she still remembers when she was a mortal like us and for this reason she has a positive impression of him.

Even if she could not protect him from powerful people from Holy Sky sect this opportunity is still good, as he will probably not interact with such high-level characters at least for now. If he could make her have a favorable impression of him in the simulation, then he should not have to worry about returning home.

[staring in 3..2..1]

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Holy Sky sect, main peak.

Inside a luxurious bedroom.

There was a beautiful woman who appeared to be in her late 20s. She was sitting on her bed cross-legged.

She has a confused look on her face; there were glowing letters floating in the middle of the room.

Was she in some kind of illusion? But if the illusion was working, then why was she still drawing breath?

"Suhi." She called her maidservant standing guard outside.

The door slowly opened and entered a 16 year old girl. "At your service, grand elder," said the girl respectfully with a deep bow.

"Lift your head and tell me if you can see anything glowing in front of you."

The young girl first looked in front of her and could not find anything, so in her nervousness she quickly scanned the room but still found nothing. Color drained from her face, and she finally said, "Sorry, grand elder, for my limited perception, I could not detect anything out of the ordinary."

"You are dismissed."

The young girl bowed again and left gracefully, seemingly relived to not anger the elder.

"It seems I am not in an illusion; then what is this thing?"

["With the last bit of power I have remaining, I am sending you this memory. If we can't defeat the heavens this time around, then the only future is eternal despair. Though I have doomed you all, think of this as my last apology. Go find him." -Yuexia Laoren]

[Integrate memories]

Was she supposed to believe this ridiculous thing? God of Love has sent her a message with the last bit of his power?

First of all, the connection to heaven has been severed for as long as recorded history, and why would the god of love contact her with the supposedly last bit of his energy?

She was the most powerful person in the holy sky sect, serving as its warden and last line of defense. She does not have anyone to ask for help from.

"It is most likely a trap." She thought, but the promise of getting her memories back is worth the risk. She mulled over this for a while and ultimately decided to go through it.

So she set up some formations and clicked the button.