Inside the death-row cell, Zheng Qian ignored the foul stench clinging to his body and chose to begin the simulation again.
[Ding! 1 Simulation Point consumed. Simulation initiated! Randomly selecting a Martial World...] [Ding! World selection complete. The host will enter the Wong Fei Hung Comprehensive World!]
"Wong Fei Hung Comprehensive World?"
Hearing the prompt in his mind, Zheng Qian's expression tightened as he murmured to himself.
He knew this world fairly well. Its protagonist was naturally Wong Fei Hung.
As far as he knew, the Wong Fei Hung series consisted of six films.
From the first, Once Upon a Time in China I, to the second, Once Upon a Time in China II.
Then came Once Upon a Time in China III, Once Upon a Time in China IV, Once Upon a Time in China V, and finally Once Upon a Time in China VI.
Each was a completely new story, and their settings varied greatly: Foshan, Guangzhou, Beijing City, the South China Sea Islands, the United States...
The one constant was that Wong Fei Hung was always the protagonist.
He just did not know how these stories would connect within the simulation.
While Zheng Qian's thoughts ran wild, the simulator's prompt sounded in his mind once more:
[Ding! World loading complete. Draw a talent?]
"Yes!" Without hesitation, Zheng Qian answered in his mind.
[Ding! One White Talent Refresh Chance consumed. Drawing talent...] [Talent draw complete. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the White Talent: Strength Multiplier. With this talent, the host's initial strength will be twice that of an ordinary person. Choose this talent or redraw?]
"Twice the initial strength?!" Zheng Qian's eyes immediately lit up at the talent he had drawn. He hurriedly confirmed in his mind, "Yes! I choose this talent!"
He had not expected his luck to be so good. He had actually drawn a talent that increased combat power right away. With this new talent's support, he would definitely rise to an even greater level in the Wong Fei Hung series world!
Of course, he had no real choice. Although he had one White Talent Refresh Chance, he intended to save it for the next simulation.
[Ding! Talent loaded successfully. Simulation begins...]
As Zheng Qian made his choice, a pale-blue screen immediately appeared before him.
Lines of black text then began to appear on the screen.
[Year One: You were born in 1861 to an ordinary family in Foshan, Guangdong Province. At this time, the protagonist, Wong Fei Hung, was already five years old. Your father was a dock laborer, while your mother washed clothes for others. Your family was not destitute, but you could barely fill your stomachs. Your father was delighted by your arrival. Illiterate as he was, he even spent three copper coins to have someone give you a resounding name: Li Zhenshan.] [With the dual support of the talents "Eating is a Blessing" and "Strength Multiplier," you had been a big eater since childhood. Your father both loved and hated this, and could only work desperately to keep you fed.] [Year Two: To make a living, your mother began washing clothes for others again. With no one to care for you and having already been weaned, you could only be sent back to the village for your grandparents to raise. Other than returning to the village to see you once at the end of every month, your parents spent all their time working in Foshan City to earn money.] [Year Six: With the dual support of the talents "Eating is a Blessing" and "Strength Multiplier," you had become the tyrant of the village at only six years old. Even children of eleven or twelve were no match for you. Those who were older no longer counted as children. They had started working early to support their families, and some had even married and had children. You did not enjoy fighting, but you were hungry. In order to eat your fill, you could only dominate the village and make the other children provide you with food. Of course, you did not eat for free. Whenever they were bullied, you helped them get revenge.] [That same year, on your birthday, you awakened the memories of your previous life and learned of your current situation. Although you possessed greater martial talent in this new life, the immense strength you had possessed in your past life was gone, and you needed to cultivate anew. The good news was that your mastery of *Huo Family Fist* and *Flying Goose Skill* remained, allowing you to recover your strength faster.] [Year Twelve: With the combined aid of peak Great Accomplishment *Huo Family Fist*, Great Accomplishment *Flying Goose Skill*, and the talents "Eating is a Blessing" and "Strength Multiplier," your strength successfully recovered to the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm.] [Year Thirteen: The food in the village could no longer meet the demands of your martial training, so you decisively bid farewell to your grandparents and parents and set out for Shaolin. You chose Shaolin because of a widely circulated saying: All martial arts originate from Shaolin! Even the martial arts of Wong Fei Hung, the protagonist of this world, originated from Shaolin—though from Southern Shaolin. Unfortunately, Southern Shaolin had been burned down by Qianlong over a century ago, so your destination this time was Northern Shaolin on Song Mountain, Henan. You wanted to see whether Northern Shaolin could help you break through to the realm of Hua Jin!] [Two months later, travel-worn and dusty, you successfully arrived at Northern Shaolin Temple on Song Mountain. With your decent aptitude for martial arts and young age, you successfully joined the temple, receiving the Dharma name Zhiyong. As for your identity upon joining? A refugee! Such an identity was common in this war-torn world and would not arouse suspicion. The reason you concealed your identity was to plan for the future. You knew yourself well. Sooner or later, you would come into conflict with foreigners or the authorities, and you did not want your parents and relatives to be implicated because of you.] [Starting in Year Fourteen, after completing your probationary period, you officially became an Outer Disciple of Shaolin Temple and began practicing Shaolin's basic martial arts: *Arhat Fist* and *Big and Small Hong Fist*.] [Year Fifteen: With your "Exceptional Talent," you successfully passed the Outer Disciple examination and became the youngest Inner Disciple of Shaolin in the current generation. You then began studying the Shaolin Seventy-Two Arts.] [Year Sixteen: You successfully cultivated three of the Shaolin Seventy-Two Arts to Great Accomplishment. With the dual support of the talents "Eating is a Blessing" and "Strength Multiplier," your body also grew ever stronger.] [Year Seventeen: You successfully cultivated another five of the Seventy-Two Arts to Great Accomplishment.] [Year Eighteen: You successfully cultivated another six of the Seventy-Two Arts to Great Accomplishment.] [Year Nineteen...] [Year Twenty-Five: After years of bitter cultivation, you finally brought sixty-five of the Shaolin Seventy-Two Arts, which shared the same lineage, to the realm of Great Accomplishment. Only the abbot's secret *Yi Jin Jing* and six other lost arts among the Seventy-Two Arts remained beyond your reach. After more than a decade of arduous cultivation, your strength had long since returned to the peak of your previous life, reaching the peak of Hidden Force. You had even begun to glimpse the realm of Hua Jin.]
"Sixty-five of the Seventy-Two Arts mastered? Tsk, tsk, that speed..."
Inside the death-row cell, Zheng Qian's eyes gleamed as he looked at the newly appeared text before him.
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