Life Simulation Game
Chapter 18

New Simulation Character

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That trace of energy was extremely faint, like the water in a river compared to the water in a vat when compared to the energy brought by the Vermillion Fruit.

As soon as this subtle energy appeared, it fluctuated and was about to dissipate. He Ao quickly held his breath and focused, using his thoughts to control this energy to move out of his chest cavity and circulate within his body along the path depicted on the first page of the small book.

Even so, by the time he guided it, more than half of the energy had already dissipated.

What was miraculous was that after leaving the chest cavity, this trace of energy actually slowed down its rate of dissipation and gradually integrated into He Ao's body.

As this faint power was guided by He Ao to flow within his body like a fish, He Ao felt a little bit of power gradually emerge from within his own body, responding to this flowing power.

It seemed that the power of the Vermillion Fruit from yesterday had not completely dissipated, but a part of it had integrated into his body, seeping into his muscles and bones.

However, this part of the power should only be a small portion; the majority of the power was still used to clear the 'paths' within his body.

Before using the Vermillion Fruit, these paths were completely blocked, and energy could not flow. The Vermillion Fruit cleared these blocked paths, allowing He Ao to guide energy to circulate according to the path drawn in the small book.

The path drawn on the first page of the small book was very short, starting from the chest cavity, passing through the atrium, then going down along the left shoulder, through the elbow all the way to the tip of the middle finger, then returning from the middle finger, passing through the arm, through the collarbone to the right shoulder, circling around the right hand, and finally returning to the chest cavity.

That faint energy had also been completely consumed after completing this circuit.

After circulating like this, He Ao felt that his physical fitness seemed to have improved slightly, but the improvement was extremely subtle.

The areas of improvement were mainly concentrated in his hands and heart.

It seemed that the faint energy had integrated into his body.

At this point, He Ao somewhat understood the meaning of the term 'Qi Induction'. It seemed to be about absorbing external 'Qi' or 'energy' into one's body to strengthen one's physique.

However, this energy seemed to be only absorbable with the first breath taken when dawn arrived. Now, no matter how much he huffed and puffed to inhale, there was no energy left in his chest cavity.

With the end of this circulation, He Ao fell into a brief period of thought again. He had also often breathed when dawn arrived before, so why hadn't he felt it then?

He began to compare the differences between his current self and his past self. First, naturally, he had never been aware of the existence of 'energy' before. Second, compared to now, he felt that his body was more 'chaotic' before, and the 'paths' within his body were more congested and messy.

Compared to the 'smooth and clean mirror surface' now, He Ao's internal body before eating the Vermillion Fruit was like a chaotic beach filled with gravel.

And that energy was like tiny gold sand. It was difficult to find a tiny grain of gold sand on a beach, but it was much easier to find a grain of gold sand on a smooth and clean mirror surface. Therefore, He Ao could now more easily detect those subtle energies.

He Ao felt that most people in this world should be the same as he was before eating the Vermillion Fruit, with chaotic bodies and no conscious awareness of sensing internal abnormalities, so they couldn't detect the energy inhaled into their chest cavity at dawn.

Of course, many people didn't even get up at dawn.

And that energy seemed to only exist in the chest cavity for a very short while, possibly disappearing in the blink of an eye.

He just didn't know if the energy that dissipated in the chest cavity was naturally absorbed by the body.

If it was really absorbed, wouldn't that mean that the physical fitness of humans throughout the world was slowly getting stronger?

Or, not just humans?

But based on the current situation, most of the energy in the chest cavity still dissipated, and even if it was absorbed, it was only a very small part.

However, thinking about these things now was useless.

After trying for half an hour and confirming that he couldn't absorb any energy, He Ao chose to give up.

He still had things to be busy with today.

He didn't know if it was because his physical fitness had improved, but after staying up all night, not only did he not feel any fatigue, but he was also full of energy.

Today's tasks, besides preparing ingredients for the evening stall, included repairing the tiles the young man broke yesterday and the damaged anti-theft door.

He Ao packed up his things, boiled four eggs, grabbed a box of discounted milk, put them in his pocket, and went downstairs with a large backpack.

He needed to go to the building materials market first. The market was quite far from where he lived, but there was an early bus that went directly there. If he missed it, he would have to wait for over an hour.

He was busy until noon before returning home.

Eight tiles were broken during the fight yesterday. The floor tiles in He Ao's house were the small 400*400 tiles commonly used in old houses. He searched the building materials market for a long time but couldn't find the exact same ones, so he could only find a few tiles with colors similar to his own.

Eight yuan each, sixty yuan for eight.

Then he went to look at anti-theft doors. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to replace the anti-theft door at home, but found that the cheapest anti-theft door cost over a thousand yuan.

So he spent ninety-eight yuan to buy a ninety-plus centimeter tall octagonal hammer, preparing to hammer the deformed part of the anti-theft door back into shape. It could still be used if he made do.

After returning home, He Ao ate a simple lunch and started getting busy. There was still some cement left from the last time he built a wall. Cleaning up the broken tiles, replacing them with new ones, and hammering the door flat would be enough.

Of course, it sounded simple, but by the time He Ao finished, it was already past six o'clock.

He put everything away, and just as he sat down at the table to rest, he noticed the scene in his vision begin to change.

Next game starts in 00:00:01 Next game starts in 00:00:00 Start game now? [Yes] [No]

He Ao got up, took out the camera from the study, placed it in the living room, plugged it in, checked if the memory card was inserted properly, then disconnected the internet and turned the camera towards where he was sitting.

Then he chose [Yes].

Loading game. Welcome to the Life Simulation Game Randomly matching a life role for you. Match successful Your role is: Trainee Investigator Ander Have a good game

"Miss Serena?"

The nurse's low call woke the blonde woman who was in a daze.

She turned her head and gave the nurse a gentle smile, "Hello, is there something?"

"Miss Serena, your communication bracelet is lit up," the nurse carefully pointed to Selina's right hand, then looked at the window, "So you like sunflowers."

"Yes."

Selina nodded gently. She pressed a button beside her, and the huge floor-to-ceiling window displaying a sea of sunflowers flickered. The scene changed to a slightly bald, middle-aged man with glasses sitting in an office. He was wearing a sharp suit and seemed to be reading a newspaper.

The nurse tactfully withdrew.

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