Horror Revival: I'm Bound to the Eerie Simulator
Chapter 17

Quirky Talents

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Bin City No. 1 High School.

Outside the school gates, an angular off-road vehicle was parked by the roadside.

Shen Yingning stood outside the car. Her features were exquisite and her figure slender. She wore a simple T-shirt and short skirt, and at 175 centimeters tall, her long legs were especially eye-catching.

She had just finished a call with her best friend, Qin Silu. Qin had already finished teaching her students and was heading toward the school gates.

While waiting for her friend, Shen Yingning occasionally glanced at her Weixin contacts, a trace of solemnity appearing on her pretty face.

"I've already sent two friend requests."

"Will being too frequent make him dislike me?"

"He hasn't rejected or accepted them. Maybe Master is busy and hasn't seen them."

Suddenly, an inexplicable intuition welled up in her heart.

Taking a deep breath, she abruptly looked toward the building beside her.

A woman with a strange smile climbed out the window and leaped down!

A dull impact sounded from the fall, but there was nothing on the ground. The woman had vanished into thin air.

Shen Yingning looked away, her face slightly pale.

Recently, she had witnessed several such suicides every day.

There were men and women, young and old.

But aside from her, no one else could see them.

There was no news of anyone falling from the buildings either. Everyone remained completely unaware.

She had seen psychologists and visited several masters of mysticism, but none of it had helped.

If she had not been naturally outgoing and cheerful, and tempered a resolute nature through martial arts since childhood, she probably would have suffered a mental breakdown already.

Jiang Qiao had already slipped his phone into his pocket.

The Simulator's cooldown had ended, and he was ready to begin a new journey.

[Weird Simulation activated:] [Current selectable talents:] One-Handed Recoil Control (C): Bros in the livestream, hit me with some 666s. Watch the streamer control a big pineapple one-handed and sweep down every head 800 meters away. I Have One Strength (B): Your strength is that you enjoy looking for other people's weaknesses. Delicacy on the Toes (C): You like pickled cabbage, and accidentally got athlete's foot in your mouth. Idiot (C): You are an idiot and often find happiness unlike anyone else.

He swept his gaze over them.

They were all trash talents, two Bs and two Cs.

Still, the word "Idiot" caught Jiang Qiao's attention.

This was a Personality Talent.

It certainly had plenty of personality.

Jiang Qiao felt that he could give it a try.

[Talent selection complete--] [Fixed: Lightning Thunder Fist (S), Invincible Body (A), Dual Pupils (SSR), Mad Scientist (SSR)] [Current talents: Idiot (C), Mason (B), Sliding Master (B), Scavenger (B)] [Selectable talent: Cold-blooded and Selfish (A)] [Simulation begins--] [Day One. Supernatural Revival. Vicious Ghosts descended. You ate hotpot and sang songs in your room.] [Day Two. The survivors in the hotel gathered to discuss matters. You ate spicy strips and watched movies in your room.] [Day Three. The military Search and Rescue Team entered the city and took away the other survivors from the hotel. You hid under the bed and watched hentai.] [Day Four. Sounds came from outside. You carried many female Paper Persons away from the corridor and turned them into figurines.] [Day Five. You caught a passing female ghost at the door. You changed her clothes, put makeup on her, and even stuck posters on her face. You thought her cosplay looked very convincing.] [Day Six. You felt that your body was somewhat weak, perhaps because you lacked nutrition.] [Day Seven. You believed the female ghost had fallen in love with you, so you did not brick her into the wall. That night, the female ghost strangled you to death.] [You died.]
[This Weird Simulation has ended.] [The host survived for a total of seven days. Cooldown time: 14 minutes.] [Congratulations, host. This simulation granted the talent "Idiot" (C). During the next simulation, the host may independently choose whether to use Personality Talents.]

Heh. As expected of an idiot.

Jiang Qiao had no strength left to complain.

The first few days had seemed fine enough.

But the final day was simply unbearable to look at!

For an idiot, Jiang Qiao felt that any further commentary would be pale and powerless.

He could only wait for the next simulation to begin.

[Current selectable talents:] Brother with a Crooked Mouth (B): You crooked your huge mouth and revealed a disdainful expression containing the Medicine God, Divine Doctor, War God, Tiger Marshal, Military Commander, Rakshasa, Asura, and Dragon King. Gardener (B): In spring, I planted a man-eating flower in front of my house. By autumn, my grave had harvested many tourists who came to look at the idiot. C Language (C): You are proficient in C Language, and elegant vocabulary flows right from your mouth. Impulsive Urge (B): You are prone to getting hotheaded and acting on an impulsive urge. Whenever you act impulsively, your strength multiplies.]

Jiang Qiao silently made his selection, adding the "Idiot" talent as well.

It was getting late for the version of himself in the Simulator. Time to hit the road.

The sooner he died, the sooner he reincarnated. He should not waste everyone's time.

[Talent selection complete--] [Fixed: Lightning Thunder Fist (S), Invincible Body (A), Dual Pupils (SSR), Mad Scientist (SSR)] [Current talents: Impulsive Urge (B), Mason (B), Sliding Master (B), Scavenger (B), Idiot (C)] [Selectable talent: Cold-blooded and Selfish (A)] [Simulation begins--] [Day One. Supernatural Revival. Vicious Ghosts descended. Faced with the wails and despair outside the window, you acted on an impulsive urge and charged out with two kitchen knives. You hacked your way from one end of the street to the other, then from this street to the next. After cutting down three streets' worth of enemies, your Invincible Body directly rose to the second tier.] [Day Two. In your impulsiveness, you slaughtered your way through the hospital and crushed the female ghost. Both your Lightning Thunder Fist and Dual Pupils reached the second tier.] [Day Three. You refused to leave with the Search and Rescue Team.] [Day Four. You charged directly into the Eastern Suburbs and fought a bloody battle against the Human Head Lanterns. You became hotheaded, your blood and qi surged through your body, and your strength directly doubled. You endured your injuries and slaughtered every Lantern Ghost. Your Lightning Thunder Fist broke through once more and reached the third tier. [Day Five. You killed the Skin Ghosts and used them to make a leather cloak.] [Day Six. You developed the Sword-Driving Art, allowing you to control weapons in battle from afar.] [Day Seven. Wearing the cloak and carrying kitchen knives, you charged toward South City District. You saw a tall figure and wanted to deal her a fatal blow. You used kitchen knives as throwing knives and controlled eighteen kitchen knives to charge at her!] [You died.]
[This Weird Simulation has ended.] [The host survived for a total of seven days. Cooldown time: 14 minutes.] [Congratulations, host. This simulation granted the talent "Impulsive Urge" (B). During the next simulation, the host may independently choose whether to use Personality Talents.]

His head hurt.

Two simulations in a row had given him trash talents, and both had been personality types.

"Idiot" and "Impulsive Urge" were truly Hidden Dragons and Crouching Phoenixes.

In the end, he had charged straight into the tower!

Was that an impulsive urge?

That was constant impulsiveness!

Still, during this simulation, he had developed the Sword-Driving Art, which had already entered his mind through Mad Scientist.

His strength in reality had improved further.

And personality-type talents were not entirely useless.

If he had bad luck and drew some trash talents, he could simply equip "Impulsive Urge" and "Idiot," then reincarnate quickly.

After all, his time was valuable too.

Not bad, not bad.

It could count as the system giving him an official suicide tool.

The fourteen-minute cooldown quickly ended.

Jiang Qiao began another simulation.

[Weird Simulation activated--] [Current selectable talents: Eating Soft Rice the Hard Way, Key Immortal, Sacrificial Style, Supernatural Chef...]
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