Simulation of Destruction, Why Am I Always the Arbiter

002 spoke excitedly, and Ye Chang'an shook his head after a moment's thought.

"No need to seal memories."

Music didn't require amnesia like the Sword Heart Art; a naive, childlike heart was useless for this.

[Host, I suggest you seal a little. You have too much in your memories, it will blow up the infant's brain.]

[You don't want to blow your head off right after landing, do you.]

How many memories did Ye Chang'an have? Not that many, actually.

Just over twenty years before transmigration, over twenty years for the first simulation, ten years on Tai Xu Mountain, plus all the data and information acquired when replicating Earth.

Well, the last part was the big one.

After all, it was a planet, and it included information on all life forms on it.

Others had a planet in their brain and it was a tumor, but his brain had a planet.

Did they think an infant's brain was made of soul steel?

"Then let's seal the planet's data."

Ye Chang'an chose to seal the most memory-intensive thing, which he probably wouldn't need in future simulations.

[Ok, how about we set the awakening trigger for when the brain can handle it?]

"Whatever."

[Alright, settings added, starting simulation.]

002 spoke cheerfully, then snapped its fingers, its tone shifting abruptly.

[Human, let's start our game.]

[Link Start]

Ye Chang'an didn't hear 002's voice, which had exposed its true nature again; he had already entered the simulation.

Outside the room, Little Su was happily playing the Xuanyuan Qin in front of Chi Yuan and the others.

Chi Yuan watched with a smile as the six juniors enjoyed themselves amidst the joyful music, but her smile froze when she looked towards Ye Chang'an's room.

She found Ye Chang'an's consciousness had become incredibly weak.

PS: The second simulation is about to begin. From the synopsis, you should know the general content.

However, the synopsis is only three parts; the remaining seven parts are about Chi Yuan, Chi Yuan the Immortal five hundred years later.

Let's witness it together, based on yesterday's discussion.

Song of World Destruction · Displaced Time: Who is the person called God by Sirin?

[September 9, 1987. You were born into an ordinary family in a village in Belarus.]

[Your parents didn't practice family planning, or perhaps their safety measures were inadequate. You weren't their only child, but their sixth.]

[Your parents weren't happy about your birth because they were too poor. Your mother didn't even breastfeed you.]

[So you were abandoned, left in the snow to fend for yourself.]

—Tsk, if you can't afford to have kids, don't. Isn't it painful to have them and then abandon them?

Ye Chang'an, lying in the snow with his eyes open, complained. He didn't blame anyone and immediately mobilized his free-floating Destruction energy to strengthen himself.

If he didn't strengthen himself, he'd freeze to death here.

Dying would end the simulation, a waste.

So, no matter the method, he had to survive; he had the strength to do so.

—Phew, that's about enough. I'll find a place to nest and make music.

Covered in Erosion Markings, he walked with his little arms and legs, trudging through the snow. He found a suitable tree hollow and crawled in to make it his home.

This was the Current Civilization; he could stay in this hollow until his natural death.

He didn't need food or water; Destruction energy was enough to support his physiological needs.

And music was his spiritual sustenance.

So he peacefully went into seclusion in the tree hollow to make music, staying there for three years.

[Age 1, you were making music in the tree hollow.]

[Age 2, you were making music in the tree hollow.]

[Age 3, you were making music in the tree hollow.]

If it weren't for a certain mischievous purple-haired little girl getting lost and crying in the snowy forest, Ye Chang'an probably wouldn't have crawled out of the tree hollow in his entire life.

"Ah~ this child's crying is so annoying."

Ye Chang'an didn't dislike children, but he hated their crying.

It was heart-wrenching and distracting.

So he crawled out of the tree hollow and followed the sound to find a three-year-old child about his own age.

"Stop crying, I'll take you home."

He reached out with a kind smile, and the little girl stopped crying, looking at him with helpless eyes.

Purple hair, golden eyes, very cute, a bit like the twins on the mountain.

"Come here."

The little girl's hand was held by Ye Chang'an, warm and soft.

She involuntarily followed Ye Chang'an's steps, but after walking for a while, her stomach rumbled.

She had been lost in this snowy forest for a long time and was hungry.

"Are you hungry? Come to my place and eat something first."

Ye Chang'an brought her to the tree hollow where he had lived for three years, unleashed his authority, and conjured several plates of steaming hot dishes.

There was quite a bit of Honkai energy in this area, so he could use it as he pleased.

"Wow~" the little girl exclaimed, her eyes shining, saliva dripping.

"Eat up, don't let it get cold."

"Mhm, mhm." The little girl nodded repeatedly and ate heartily, looking very happy.

But she left half of the food untouched and looked at Ye Chang'an, timidly opening her mouth.

"Um, you, you..."

She wanted Ye Chang'an to eat too, but didn't know how to address him.

Remembering her mother telling her that divine beings would bestow delicious food upon humans, she felt she knew how to address him.

"Divine Being, you, you eat too."

She held out her bowl to Ye Chang'an. Ye Chang'an smiled, took it, and corrected her.

"My name is Chang'an, not Divine Being."

"Oh, the Divine Being's name is Chang'an, Sirin understands. Sirin will remember." The little girl nodded obediently, then saw Ye Chang'an's hand holding the spoon freeze.

"...What did you just say your name was?"

"My name is Sirin, Divine Being."

"..." Silence. Ye Chang'an fell into complete silence.

He flipped through the simulation logs, which he hadn't looked at since entering the simulation.

Belarus, 1990. Sirin, with purple hair and golden eyes... Very good, the future of this simulation is really early.

So early that the three great families hadn't even been born yet.

And he had also encountered the original template of the Arbiter, Sirin.

—I really shouldn't have meddled.

He felt a bit of regret, but it should still be salvageable.

So he put on a smile and patted Sirin's head.

"Sirin, that's a very nice name."

"Mhm, Sirin thinks so too. And Sirin thinks the Divine Being's name is also very nice, Chang'an, hee hee, Chang'an."

Sirin smiled innocently, and after eating her fill, Ye Chang'an sent her out of the snowy forest.

"Divine Being, can I come find you again next time?" Sirin asked reluctantly. Ye Chang'an smiled and nodded.

Then he moved, which meant changing his tree hollow.

He couldn't get too involved with Sirin, for reasons similar to his first simulation.

"Speaking of which, this is a simulated world. Even if I get involved, does it really matter..."

He suddenly remembered the illusory nature of the simulated world and began to doubt whether it was necessary.

But Sirin's existence was closely related to how far he could go in the future.

The first simulation was of a past world, the prototype being a world that once existed.

This simulation, however, was of a future world with no time limit; he could go as far as he wanted.

If getting too deeply involved with Sirin led to civilization being destroyed by the Finality, his plan to achieve his goals through this simulation would be ruined.

"I should still try to avoid her."

Ye Chang'an chose to avoid Sirin and focus on his music, but Sirin always managed to find his hiding spots.

As long as he was in the snowy forest, Sirin was bound to find him.

"How on earth do you keep finding me?"

Once again cornered in his tree hollow by Sirin, Ye Chang'an posed the question of the ages.

"Huh? Didn't you point me in this direction, Lord God?" Sirin responded innocently.

She said she could feel something flowing through the air towards him, and that following the flow would lead her to him.

—Ah, it's Destruction.

Ye Chang'an covered his face and sighed.

Sirin was an Arbiter candidate, so she could definitely sense the flow of Destruction energy.

If he didn't want to be found, he couldn't absorb Destruction energy, but if he didn't absorb Destruction energy, he'd waste time looking for food.

"Forget it, so be it."

He could allow Sirin to disturb him because he didn't want to waste time.

Besides, Sirin's arrival also gave him a brand new test subject.

"She's an Arbiter candidate anyway, so adding some adaptability to her won't hurt."

The point wasn't how much adaptability would increase, but whether his modified Chang'an Melody could actually restrict Sirin.

If even an Arbiter could be restricted, then humans below the Arbiter level would be even less of a problem.

So he started playing with Sirin, having her listen to him sing and play music.

[Age 4, you are playing with Sirin.]

[Age 5, you are playing with Sirin.]

[Age 6, Sirin dragged you into a snowy forest to play.]

[Age 7, Sirin dragged you into a village to play.]

[Age 8...]

"002, please write your simulation logs correctly. I'm working, working."