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[Talent selection complete--] [Solidified: Lightning Thunder Fist (S), Invincible Body (A), Dual Pupils (SSR), Mad Scientist (SSR)] [Current Talents: Fate Dice (SSR), Supernatural Chef (S), Mason (B), Sliding Master (B), Scavenger (B)] [Available Talents: Cold-blooded and Selfish (A), Idiot (C), Impulsive Urge (B)] [Simulation begins--] [Day 1. Supernatural Revival. Vicious Ghosts descended, and you headed out with a kitchen knife to look for Ingredients. You rolled the dice. Result: 5.] [You successfully caught a Vicious Ghost with eighteen kidneys. Its potential was limitless, earning everyone's praise.] [That night, accompanied by your satisfied belches, both Invincible Body and Lightning Thunder Fist broke through to the Second Tier.]
Eighteen... eighteen-kidneyed Vicious Ghosts?
Jiang Qiao was stunned.
If this were a person, wouldn't they get rich overnight?
[Day 2. You went to the hospital.] [Wanting greater gains, you rolled the dice. The result was: 2.] [You hesitated over whether to leave, but for some reason, the female ghost in the basement noticed your arrival and launched a sneak attack from above.] [After a bitter battle, you killed her, but were left critically injured and unconscious.] [Before losing consciousness, you rolled the dice again. Result: 6.] [Day 3. You awoke from your coma and discovered that your Invincible Body had reached the Third Tier, while your Dual Pupils had reached the Second Tier. Your injuries had also been brought under control.] [The female ghost's Purple River Cart was already damaged, but you unexpectedly discovered a way to control Ghost Infants.] [The hundreds of Ghost Infants in the hospital became your Ghost Slaves.]
Jiang Qiao was somewhat speechless.
The hospital's female ghost had never caused trouble before. He had always treated that place like a bus—boarding whenever he wanted.
Who would have thought that rolling a 2 would get him ambushed by the female ghost?
Sure enough, fate was unpredictable.
Jiang Qiao felt enlightened.
He promptly chugged half a bottle of iced cola!
[Day 4. You commanded the Ghost Infants to make a sedan chair and had them carry your injured self toward the Shelter Camp.] [On the way, you found a faceless Vicious Ghost putting up illegal flyers on the street.] [You felt its actions harmed the city's appearance, so you commanded the Ghost Infants to gang up on it, taking its necklace and the "Missing Face Notice."] [Because beating ghosts had nothing to do with you, and neither did stealing things.] [You were not tainted by the curse on the "Missing Face Notice."] [The Ghost Infants bore it instead.] [Day 5. You arrived at the Shelter Camp.] [Your ability to control Ghost Infants shocked everyone. The military's person in charge, Zhang Guoliang, came to meet you personally.] [After a conversation, you joined the Shelter Camp as an Awakened. Zhang Guoliang also deployed a large amount of medical supplies to help you recover as soon as possible.] [...] [Day 8. Your injuries had mostly healed. You followed the military to the War Reserve Warehouse to seize supplies.] [On the way, your gambling itch flared up, and you rolled the dice. You got a 3.] [When killing the Skin Ghost, you used too much force, did the splits, and tore open your wounds again.] [Fortunately, it was nothing serious. A little rest would be enough for you to recover.] [Day 9. You commanded the Ghost Infants to go out and capture Vicious Ghosts.] [Ghost Infants were ghosts too, so the other Vicious Ghosts did not guard against them at all.] [The little brats brought back a large amount of Ingredients. You cooked personally and made a table full of delicious dishes.] [After eating and drinking your fill, you lazily lay on the sofa and subconsciously rolled the dice.] [Result: 3.] [That night, because the Ingredients were not fresh, you spent the entire night with diarrhea.] [Still, your Invincible Body barely managed to break through to the Third Tier.] [You swore that if you rolled the dice again, you'd be a dog!] [Day 10. You turned the Skin Ghost into a pouch and gave it to the military.] [During the process, you could not resist rolling the dice again. You got a 5.] [While making an item, your Mad Scientist accidentally broke through to the Second Tier.]
Ah, this—
Jiang Qiao was a little conflicted.
This Fate Dice was far too bizarre.
There seemed to be no mediocre outcomes. Rolls from 1 to 3 meant misfortune, while 4 to 6 meant luck. Only the severity differed.
A high roll always brought gains.
With a roll of 6, even being critically injured and near death could be turned around. Not only would his strength improve, he would even directly discover how to control Ghost Infants.
With a low roll, even when bullying the utterly harmless Skin Ghost, he could suddenly end up doing the splits.
It really did have that flavor of fate being unpredictable.
[Day 11. Some Awakened appeared in the Shelter Camp. On a whim, you used the remaining Ingredients to make a pot of stew and invited some soldiers from the military to taste it.] [That night, the soldiers who had sampled the food formed a long line outside the restroom.] [But the next day, many people, including Zhang Guoliang, became Awakened.]
Hmm?
Food made by the Supernatural Chef could promote the awakening of ordinary people?
Jiang Qiao fell into thought.
He had always been a lone wolf before, with little interaction with ordinary people. He had never cooked for them, either.
So he had not known about this.
However, since dishes made by the Supernatural Chef could raise the absorption rate of Vicious Ghosts, increasing the awakening rate was not hard to understand.
So he could now mass-produce Awakened?
[Day 12. Your abilities shocked everyone. Even the Safe Zone in the rear began discussing your name.] [Many Awakened wished to become your followers, and you accepted them.] [Day 13. You rolled the dice and got a 5. Using the Ghost Infants as scouts, you led a group of Awakened out of Bin City and headed for the Bone Tree Fields.] [The journey went smoothly.] [The moment you approached those fields, you encountered several Evolvers. One of them was very powerful.] [But under the combined assault of more than a hundred Ghost Infants and over twenty Awakened, they were all quickly killed.] [One Evolver carried a bag, and inside it, you found a half-grown Black Cat.] [The cat was plump, with glossy black fur that carried a faint golden sheen.] [Its amber eyes watched you warily.] [You noticed a faint trace of Ghost Qi on it and tried to communicate with it.] [But it ignored you completely and turned its head aside.] [In the end, it still followed you away because you brought out its everyday snack—dried fish.] [By the way, dried fish really was the perfect drinking snack!] [Day 14. Under your constant feeding, the Black Cat had already lowered its guard.] [You held the cat and stroked it as you studied it.] [You discovered that, like those Evolvers, it possessed power that came from Vicious Ghosts!] [This discovery shocked you greatly.] [Its claws could easily tear apart Vicious Ghosts, while its eyes could produce an effect similar to Ghostly Deception.] [However, it did not seem to understand how to use its own abilities.] [Every day, it only meowed for dried fish, then fell fast asleep after eating.] [You named this Black Cat "White Tiger."]