Transmigration, Simulation!

(Planting a zombie to gnaw on your brain? (ˉ?ˉ?))

(The early stages of this book are purely martial arts; it will only reach high-level martial arts later.)

(The protagonist's main body is quite cautious, only taking on fights where he can crush the opposition.)

(Half-humorous and abstract, half-leveling up. Many minor enemies will transform into comedic characters later on; only mortal enemies will be finished off.)

Year 269 of Da Qing, Beichuan County, outside Qingcheng, by the shores of Green Lake.

Early morning, Yun Shou opened his eyes.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for aging another year. Foundation Amplification +1%, current amplification 14%.

A warm current surged within his body, and the youth instantly felt brimming with energy; his body felt significantly lighter.

This was the cheat he had brought with him since transmigrating. Its function was "Foundation Amplification," and the effect he currently felt was simply making his body a bit healthier.

However...

"Heaven, since you already gave me a cheat, couldn't you have given me a decent family too?"

Yun Shou asked the sky, speechless.

The cheat was powerful! That was undeniable. For those martial artists walking the Jianghu and the world-renowned Grandmasters, they would gladly bankrupt themselves just to thicken their foundation by even 1%!

But Yun Shou was merely the son of a fisherman.

His family was so poor they only had one boat, and it had been capsized by a gale when he was twelve.

His parents went down with the boat, while he clung to a piece of broken wood, drifting in the water for a day and a half before being rescued by passing fishermen.

Soaking in the water for a day and a half had severely damaged his vitality, and having never been full since birth, even with this 14% foundation boost, he still couldn't compare to the children of wealthy families his own age!

Two years after his parents died, he signed an indentured contract with the Qing He Gang, which controlled the water transport business near Green Lake, selling the next twenty years of his life to them. With the help of a few other fishermen, he had managed to live securely until today.

Otherwise, he would have starved to death long ago.

"Another day of going out to fish." Yun Shou looked at the sky. Green Lake, boasting a radius of eight hundred li, was practically an ocean; standing by the shore, he couldn't see the other side.

"Damn Qing He Gang, using child labor." He muttered under his breath. Fortunately, the weather was good today, so he likely wouldn't encounter any storms.

"Xiao Shou, be careful today," a middle-aged fisherman nearby said with concern.

Yun Shou nodded. "Mm, thank you, Uncle Ji."

After signing the contract, it was Uncle Ji who had taken him fishing for a year; otherwise, without experience, he never would have survived until now.

Stepping onto the small boat, Yun Shou was just about to untie the rope.

Suddenly, his brain jolted!

A line of information popped up.

Ding! Flawed Simulator has been installed.

Yun Shou: "???"

This simulator can be used once a day. Each activation consumes 1% of your foundation's vitality, hence the name Flawed Simulator.

Yun Shou: "Ah, this... does that mean I can only use it once a year?"

After each simulation, you may choose one of the following two items to inherit:

1. Martial Cultivation

2. Detailed Memory

Bzz... Data changing, updated.

The system glitched suddenly, giving Yun Shou a fright, but the familiar-looking content quickly appeared again.

After each simulation, you may choose one of the following three items to inherit:

1. Detailed Memory (excluding martial arts memory, nothing missing)

2. Martial Cultivation (including martial arts memory, muscle memory, etc.)

3. Increase Foundation

Yun Shou froze.

"What do you mean I can choose to increase my foundation after a simulation? No, System."

Originally, this Flawed Simulator seemed truly flawed. An ordinary person could use it at most 99 times. Even if they became a Grandmaster after 99 uses, they would only have 1% of their foundation left—their strength might not even be as good as an ordinary person's!

And who knew if the foundation would affect one's Talent Aptitude for martial arts or their lifespan!

But now, with two cheats combined, it seemed he had created a massive bug!

There was no time to lose; he chose to start the simulation on the spot!

"Give me a step to the heavens, make me a martial artist!"

"I'm counting on you, simulated me!"

Ding! Foundation -1%, current foundation 113%.

Year 269 of Da Qing, you blink in place, realizing you have already entered the simulation.

You discover with regret that a second simulation cannot be performed within the simulation.

For the sake of your main body outside the simulation, you decide to continue working as a child laborer and fisherman, surviving for a year just to break even!

In the 270th year of Da Qing, your main strategy for the year is stability; you refuse to set sail at the slightest sign of wind or rain. You finally manage to survive until the age of 15, with your foundation increasing by 1% to reach 114%.

In the 271st year of Da Qing, Old Man Wang, the old fisherman who once helped you, passes away. His son cries very sorrowfully, but instead of using the funeral gifts from nearby fishermen to bury him, he performs a "water burial" in the lake.

Half a year later, Old Man Wang's son uses the funeral money to take a wife.

In the 272nd year of Da Qing, you are still fishing, but with the rise in your skills and experience, you are not only able to sustain your own food and drink but also save a small amount of copper coins.

In the 273rd year of Da Qing, the wife of Uncle Ji, who once helped you, gives birth to a daughter, but you hear that the daughter was left behind by a young wandering hero who took their boat.

You want to comfort Uncle Ji, but there is no trace of sadness on his face; he and his wife are happily cradling the daughter.

Yun Shou: "..."

He knows that these "ancient" fishermen sometimes moonlight as boatmen to transport people, and many boats have "boat wives"—the boatman's wife, who also provides "that kind" of service.

But the boatman feels no shame; instead, he rejoices in having a higher-quality "seed." After all, the bloodline may be fake, but the familial affection is real.

Although you completely disagree with this viewpoint, you do not despise Uncle Ji. Poor people have their own ways of living, and having grown up relying on him, you have no right to point fingers.

Yun Shou decides to change Uncle Ji's fate in the future.

In the 274th year of Da Qing, you are 19 years old. Uncle Ji urges you to get married. Knowing you cannot afford a wife and unwilling to leave behind emotional debts, you decide to go to the Red Gauze House in the city to satisfy your physical urges instead.

You go once, wasting a month's wages, and decide never to go again.

In the 275th year of Da Qing, your foundation is currently at 118%. Through the wind and sun, you have become much tougher and much darker.

You go to satisfy your urges again.

Yun Shou: "You damn lecher, do you not have hands?"

He looks down on his simulated self!

June, 275th year of Da Qing, satisfying urges.

August, 275th year of Da Qing, satisfying urges.

September, 275th year of Da Qing, a big harvest while out at sea, satisfying urges twice.

Yun Shou, oh Yun Shou! How could you be so degenerate! Have you forgotten the martial arts training plan you set earlier? The main body says: "Give me a meteoric rise..." This cannot go on!

November, 275th year of Da Qing, hehe, I am the main body, satisfying urges.

In the 276th year of Da Qing, you hear that someone caught a venereal disease and died a miserable death. After going to take a look, you cease your behavior of satisfying urges.

In the 277th year of Da Qing, you are 22 years old with a foundation of 120%. Full of confidence, you take your saved silver to a martial arts school in the city to request a position as a Registered Disciple. After feeling your bones, the school master states that your talent aptitude is mediocre and you are poor, so they will not accept you.

News of your visit to the martial arts school reaches the ears of the Qing He Gang. Three burly men beat you severely, leaving a message as they depart: "Your lowly life hasn't been paid off yet, and you dare to dream of becoming a martial artist, a person above others?"

In the 278th year of Da Qing, you hear that another Great Grandmaster has emerged in the pugilistic world, shaking the land for a thousand miles. Even the short-sighted fishermen have heard of it.

You are still fishing.

Yun Shou grinds his teeth: "Is this Qing He Gang really going to hard-lock me for twenty years, not letting me go until I'm thirty-two?"