The system smiled faintly. [But, host, you hesitated just now. Besides, being suitable isn't that important, is it?]
At that, Su Moqian was about to retort, but the system cut him off first:
[All right, all right! This simulation officially begins!]
Seeing the simulation start, Su Moqian took a deep breath and decided not to argue with the system. He would calmly look over the results first.
Now that every unexpected factor had been successfully eliminated, he was sure to get the ending where he and Mei lived peacefully into their old age!
As Su Moqian watched with hopeful eyes, the simulation results slowly appeared:
[Day 1: While you were asleep, a petite girl suddenly attacked you. When you awoke, you found yourself in a basement.]
Su Moqian froze. "Huh?"
[You were tied up and unable to move. Just then, the culprit who had kidnapped you appeared before you. To your surprise, it was Bronya—the very girl you had just saved!]
[She told you to stay here and behave for the time being, or you would be shot dead. Of course, you refused to accept that. Unfortunately, bound as you were, you couldn't fight back.]
Su Moqian: "..."
[Day 2: Trapped in the basement, you were fed by Bronya.]
[Day 3: Trapped in the basement, you were fed by Bronya.]
[Day 4: Desperate to escape, you tried to change your situation. Under the strength of your desire, your talent "Yandere Magnet" evolved.]
[Day 5: Bronya fed you, and it seemed you had awakened some strange trait in her.]
[Day 8: Bronya came to see you more and more often, and a powerful possessiveness appeared in her eyes.]
[Day 11: While drinking and talking with you, Bronya mentioned that she wanted you to become her possession. Once she rescued Seele, she would leave Anti-Entropy and live happily with the two of you.]
[You also learned that you were being held here because you had interfered with their plan to rescue Seele.]
[Some time later, while you were trapped in the basement, you suddenly felt a tremendous commotion above ground, as if someone were fighting.]
[The blasts of artillery and the rumble of thunder kept ringing out, making an awful racket.]
[The tremendous destructive force caused the ground to collapse. In the end, you, trapped in the basement, died by accident in the destruction caused by the battle.]
[This simulation has ended.]
[Congratulations, host, on achieving the ending: "Underground God of War!"]
[Based on the results of this simulation, your rewards are: Slightly increased Honkai Energy adaptability, Rope Art Level 1.]
[This ending is rated E. Your Wish Power reward is: 60 points.]
"Yikes... I can't make sense of this."
Looking at the simulation results, Su Moqian felt as if his entire life had fallen into confusion.
After a brief silence, he finally exploded.
"...Damn it, why?!" Su Moqian rarely swore.
"Why is it a basement again? Is this never going to end?"
"Are you sure you're called Blondie Simulator and not Basement Simulator?"
"Every time, those women lock me in a basement. What kind of Blondie gets treated this miserably? System, are you sure I'm really a Blondie and not some poor female lead being tormented?!"
The system muttered under its breath: [Actually, being the female lead wouldn't be so bad...]
"Shut up!"
The Yards Attack at Night!
"When you first activated, you made all those grand claims about turning me into the Blondie King. And now? Don't you have anything to explain?"
Su Moqian had finally realized that his useless system had absolutely no integrity.
It started with grand claims, descended into gibberish halfway through, and ended in silence. What a complete waste!
[Haha, well, the system was just joking earlier. As the Blondie Simulator, of course I'm going to make the host the world's strongest Blondie!]
The system chuckled, then thumped its chest as it declared:
[Don't worry, host. You absolutely won't become some poor female lead who gets tormented in the future. I promise! This system has never lied to anyone!]
Su Moqian raised his eyes. "Say that again?"
[Hehe, host, don't be like that. Give me some face...]
"Forget it." Su Moqian sighed.
Ever since he activated this Blondie Simulator, his everyday life had become a lot more treacherous.
Still, he should have a chance to turn things around in this simulation.
It was just that, for some reason, his innate "Yandere Magnet" talent had evolved during the simulation.
It had already caused him plenty of trouble. What ridiculous form would it take after evolving?
He couldn't even think about it without blacking out!
"Good thing I decided on a whim to run a simulation. Otherwise, I'd be done for." Su Moqian felt relieved.
The system might be useless, but at least its simulation feature could predict the future.
That was his ace, and he had to play it well, no matter what.
So for now, his best bet was to calm down and analyze Bronya's motives.
"Judging by the simulation results, Bronya will attack me tonight. I'm running out of time." Su Moqian furrowed his brow.
After thinking it over, Su Moqian realized he had no clue.
Going by what he knew so far, all he had done was save Bronya on a whim.
There was nothing else between them, after all. They had only just met.
At that moment, Su Moqian couldn't help recalling the yandere girl who had just said goodbye to him.
"Honestly... this is really going to undermine my resolve to help people in need." Su Moqian gave a wry smile and shook his head.
In all this time, he had only saved two people, and both of them wanted to drag him into a basement.
The outcome had taken Su Moqian well beyond the limits of his knowledge.
"No, there's no way I can figure out Bronya's full motives with the information I have. I'll just have to wait and see."
Su Moqian sighed, then lay down on the bed and pretended to sleep.
When Bronya came to attack him, he would overpower her and then demand to know what she was after.
Having made up his mind, Su Moqian quickly lay down and acted as if he had fallen asleep. After a while, his breathing grew even.
Who knew how much time had passed when the door to Su Moqian's room quietly opened, and a shadow slipped inside with nimble movements.
Holding a rope she had found somewhere, Bronya slowly approached Su Moqian's bed without making a sound.
Even when Bronya climbed onto the bed, Su Moqian was still sound asleep.
Seeing this, Bronya nodded.
"Got him!"
The next moment, she took the rope in both hands and prepared to tie Su Moqian up.
The process went smoothly. Although some bug from who knew where crawled onto her, Bronya didn't care at all.
Completing the mission was what mattered most!
A while later, Bronya was diligently working on the final knot, nearly finished tying him up, when a gentle voice suddenly spoke:
"Are you done tying me up?"
"Almost," Bronya nodded.
But in the next instant, she realized something was wrong, and her body stiffened.
The gentle voice spoke again. "You probably didn't notice what crawled onto you, did you? Remember those white Clay Spiders?"
Bronya: "!!!"
Only then did she realize.
The bug that had crawled onto her wasn't an ordinary insect at all, but an explosive Clay Spider!
The Clay Spiders were now spread across Bronya's chest and neck.
Though Clay Spiders weren't very powerful, if one exploded right on a vital spot, it could easily take anyone's life!
At that moment, Bronya didn't dare make a single rash move.
"Then untie me first. Be careful and move slowly. It wouldn't be good if they went off."
Hearing Su Moqian's voice, Bronya quickly nodded and gently untied him.
Bronya's method of tying knots made it easy to tie someone up, but very difficult to undo.
On top of the threat posed by the Clay Spiders, Bronya was incredibly nervous.
By the time she had successfully untied the rope, her thin clothes were completely soaked with sweat, and the girl's firm curves were visible in the moonlight.
"I didn't expect this underhanded skill to be so useful," Su Moqian remarked.
He had thought the things were useless because their explosions were so weak, but now he saw they still had plenty of potential.
Su Moqian took the rope from Bronya, then said softly:
"Don't resist. Cooperate with me."
With that, Su Moqian picked up the rope and began running his hands all over Bronya.
Although Su Moqian knew nothing about tying people up, the reward from the simulation had directly granted him the Rope Art skill.
So he put it to use, looping the rope around Bronya's neck.
Then he tied knots at her collarbones, breastbone, and pubic bone before running the rope between her legs...
The skills awarded by the system gave the user instant mastery, so even though this was Su Moqian's first time, he was remarkably practiced.
But once he had finished tying her up, Su Moqian looked at his work with an odd expression.
"Why is this Rope Art skill the system gave me so indecent?"
"Ah, forget it."
Su Moqian shook his head and stopped worrying about it. Then he stared at Bronya and slowly began:
"Tell me. What's your motive?"
Bronya didn't answer. Instead, she asked:
"How did you know I was planning to attack you?"
Bronya had always thought she was good at keeping up her disguise. She hadn't displayed any supernatural powers and had acted completely like an ordinary girl.
Besides, before Cocolia gave her the order, she hadn't intended to attack Su Moqian at all.
So why had he known in advance?
Looking at Bronya's eyes, eager for the truth, Su Moqian smiled faintly.
"Why should I answer you? Besides, what kind of punishment do you think a bad girl like you deserves for trying to attack me?"
I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
Half an hour later.
Only a desk lamp lit the dim room.
Under the light, Bronya held a cylindrical object in her hand and kept moving it.
"Bronya, hurry up. Faster..."
"I can't go any faster. Bronya's hand is so sore..."
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