Simulation Complete, Rewards Acquired

Boom—!!!

The terrifying explosion swept through everything, but powerful as it was, it failed to shake you, who had already attained the status of an Aeon.

At the heart of the explosion, you merely frowned slightly before absorbing the violent Stellar Nucleus energy, along with the last traces of "Stelle's" existence, into "Unity."

All Astral Express Crew members and related personnel have been devoured.

Villain Points +1000!

Jiang Mo was delighted when he saw the result. He had won!

Hahaha! A total wipeout! This was awesome!

What fucking Astral Express, what Nihility Emanator? Before my Unity, they were nothing!

This Propagation stuff was fucking amazing!

And after adding Order into the mix, it was even more fucking amazing!

You turned and looked toward Penacony. There, a little canary was still waiting for her brother to return.

"Robin, my dear little sister..."

A gentle yet crazed smile appeared on your face.

"Did you see that? Your brother cleared away every obstacle for you and created an absolutely safe world."

"Soon, there will be only us here, and countless 'us'..."

From then on, you fused Order and The Propagation, becoming a new Aeon—"Unity."

The entire universe was conquered by you and the new insect swarm under your command—until the heat death of the universe.

Simulation complete.

Calculating evaluation and rewards...

Simulation Complete, Rewards Obtained

Jiang Mo abruptly opened his eyes.

A scorching itch rose in his throat, and he began coughing violently.

The familiar sight of Belobog's Underworld lay before him, still as filthy and cramped as ever.

The godlike power of "Unity," which had commanded billions of insects and devoured the stars and seas just moments ago, had vanished without a trace.

In its place was still that hunger, burning through his stomach once more.

Clearly, a piece of moldy bread was nowhere near enough to fill the stomach of a child who had gone hungry for three days.

The vast gap between those two realities left Jiang Mo somewhat dazed.

"Fuck... that was way too intense."

He cursed under his breath and raised a hand to press hard against his throbbing temples.

Still, his first simulation had been pretty damn satisfying.

He had gotten to experience what it felt like to be an Aeon, though things had gotten a little weird toward the end.

Still, the outcome was good.

Although he had been beaten into the ground by that bunch of cheating protagonists again, he had managed a desperate comeback in the end.

After fusing with The Propagation's power, he had stuffed them all into insect maws and chewed them to pieces!

Now that was what a villain should be!

Awesome!

Of course, the most important thing was still the Villain Points!

"System, settle the rewards!"

A cold notification sounded in his mind at just the right moment.

Overall simulation evaluation: Universe-Extinction Level!

You conquered the universe, but ultimately lost yourself. Once the locusts of Order became an inevitable calamity destined to sweep across the entire universe, you lost your meaning as a villain. Whether people resisted or not, they could only accept that ending. You brought people into beautiful dreams, yet they did not thank you for it. Your sister Robin even hated you for becoming an Aeon... While people reunited with their families in beautiful dreams, she alone lost her brother forever.

Evaluation reward: Villain Points +1000.

Final settlement: A total of 3000 Villain Points were obtained in this simulation.

Simulation reward settlement complete.

Based on this simulation's evaluation, the host will receive one opportunity to choose one of the initial three talents and permanently redeem a gold-rarity or lower Trait for free. Villain Points may also be used to redeem other Traits or items that appeared during this simulation.

Would you like to view the reward list and make redemptions now?

"Show me!"

Jiang Mo did not hesitate in the slightest.

The translucent interface before his eyes refreshed, displaying the reward list.

Choose one free Trait from three options:

Genius on the Left (Purple): Genius on the left, madman on the right. You view the world differently from ordinary people, making it easier for you to perceive the logic and loopholes behind rules, contracts, and systems. You excel at identifying the weaknesses of others and exploiting them.

Villain Points required for redemption: 4500.

Silver Tongue (Blue): You were born knowing how to say the things people want to hear, and you excel at calling black white. Inciting others becomes easier for you and harder for them to see through.

Villain Points required for redemption: 2500.

Trait Devour (Gold): After personally killing a target, you have a certain chance of capturing one random Trait possessed by them.

Captured Traits are temporary Traits, lasting from several hours to several days, but there is a chance they will directly convert into permanent Traits.

You may choose to load captured Traits onto your own template.

Villain Points required for redemption: 20000.

Did he even need to think about this?

Silver Tongue and Genius on the Left were both pretty good, one blue and one purple.

But compared to the gold Trait Devour?

They were both complete trash!

Kill people, take their stuff, steal their abilities to strengthen himself, and grow without limit!

How could a villain possibly go without that?

This one!

It had to be Trait Devour!

Selection confirmed. Gold Trait Trait Devour has been permanently loaded onto the host template.

A strange sensation flowed through his body... It felt as though something had been added inside him.

Jiang Mo nodded in satisfaction and shifted his gaze toward the Traits that required payment.

Redeemable Trait list for this simulation:

Gamble Luck (Purple)

Captured from: Aventurine

Effect: When undertaking high-risk actions, you can forcibly increase the success rate by 50%, but if you fail, the consequences may be doubled.

Note: The original success rate of the action cannot be lower than 10%. Cooldown: 48 hours.

Villain Points required for redemption: 5000.

Sneak Attack (Blue)

Effect: Enhances the next attack, dealing extremely high bonus damage with a chance to inflict a defense reduction effect.

Villain Points required for redemption: 2000.

Stellar Nucleus Essence (Purple)

Captured from: Stelle

Effect: A Stellar Nucleus exists within your body. Its specific abilities are unknown, but if you die, you can blow up the surrounding planets along with you.

Villain Points required for redemption: 10000.

Reality-Slicing Slash (Red)

Captured from: Acheron

Effect: Drains 99% of physical strength and mental energy to unleash a slash that tears reality apart, with a high chance of directly erasing the target's existence. Its effectiveness is reduced against targets near Emanator level and above.

Villain Points required for redemption: 30000.

Swarm Nest (Red)

Source: The Propagation

Effect: Summons a limited self-replicating Imaginary insect swarm. Initial count: 50. Maximum count: 500. Swarm attacks inflict "Infection," and victims bitten to death have a 10% chance of turning into new insects.

Villain Points required for redemption: 40000.

Jiang Mo stared fixedly at the redemption list.

Especially those two glaring red Traits.

Holy shit!

Reality-Slicing Slash? Acheron's sword-drawing slash?!

And Swarm Nest? There was even a Trait from The Propagation?!

But one cost thirty thousand, and the other cost forty thousand...

With the Villain Points he had, he could not even afford a fraction of them!

There was no helping it.

With extreme reluctance, he pulled his gaze away from those two red Traits.

He looked toward the other Traits.

Including the thirty points he had gotten from beating up those thugs earlier, he now had a total of 3030 Villain Points.

He could not afford the red ones.

Even the purple Stellar Nucleus Essence cost ten thousand points, far beyond his reach.

The only ones he could afford were the blue Silver Tongue for 2500 points and Sneak Attack for 2000 points.

Sneak Attack would be useful for ambushing someone at a critical moment, but that was about it.

Silver Tongue, on the other hand, might only be a blue Trait, but unlike the others, it did not seem to have any usage limit or cooldown. It was more like a passive skill.

Hmm... In terms of practicality, this seemed far more useful and would see use much more often than Sneak Attack.

Then this one.

Blue Trait Silver Tongue confirmed for redemption. Villain Points consumed: 2500.

Silver Tongue has been permanently loaded onto the host template.

Host Attribute Panel:

Name: Jiang Mo

Constitution: 2

Strength: 3

Agility: 3

Charm: 4

Loaded Permanent Traits: Trait Devour (Gold), Silver Tongue (Blue), Berserk (Blue)

Remaining Villain Points: 530