Simulation Loops and Planning for Change

[Hua Chuan sees you, and he feels a hint of surprise.]

[You are taken away for an examination.]

[The results show that you have consumed an item with immense life force, which caused your cultivation to rapidly break through to the ninth stage of the Apprentice Rank, with a significant portion of the effect still remaining.]

[Three Illusion Tree Valley is surrounded.]

[After a search, your Iron Vine Grass is discovered, along with the 100 milliliters of Locke Divine Water.]

[However, Pansy luckily escapes unscathed.]

[You marvel at her intelligence.]

[Because of your attempted rebellion, you must be executed to serve as a warning to others, despite your current significant value. Thus, you are killed during a global broadcast.]

[You have died.]

[However, your corpse is not wasted; every bit of your flesh and blood is fully utilized.]

[This simulation has ended.]

[Rating: C-88]

[Due to negligence, you met an untimely end despite having a high probability of escape. However, your death was not without meaning, as it laid a solid foundation for the riot one year later.]

[You may choose one of the following options.]

[1: Ninth stage of the Apprentice Rank.]

[2: Slightly improved cultivation talent.]

[3: 1 drop of Locke Divine Water.]

"A rating! It's always a rating!"

Han Han feels incredibly helpless. In the simulation, he clearly obtained a full 100 milliliters of Locke Divine Water, yet in the end, he can only choose one drop.

After thinking for a moment, Han Han chooses option two.

At the moment, one drop of Locke Divine Water won't change much. As long as the issue of the Iron Vine Grass failing to break through to the Planetary Rank remains unsolved, having more resources is useless.

Improving his cultivation talent is more effective for his current situation.

He also understands that this is the effect produced after consuming that drop of Locke Divine Water in the simulation, so it might not be very obvious.

But then again, if it were too obvious, he wouldn't choose it anyway!

At the same time.

The system rewards are distributed, and an invisible force descends directly onto Han Han's body, causing his absorption efficiency to increase slightly.

"Let's finish collecting the Three Illusion Leaves first, then go back and see exactly how much it has improved."

"Whoosh!"

Leaping up, Han Han begins to collect them with practiced ease.

Half a day passes.

Returning to the Tree House, Han Han can't wait to try cultivating. He sits cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, and wisps of cosmic energy begin to be absorbed into his body.

"Double!"

Han Han is pleasantly surprised. Compared to before, his cultivation speed has increased by at least double. "I guess because it's the first time using it, even just one drop has a very obvious effect."

"It's just a pity about the simulation."

He even regrets taking out the Iron Vine Grass; ever since he started cultivating it, accidents have kept occurring in the simulations.

But he also has to admit that he would indeed do the same thing.

"I've encountered Pansy multiple times in the simulations, but I never saw her appearance. In reality, I have no way to make contact with her in advance."

From the multiple simulations, it can be seen that Pansy's location shouldn't be too far from him, but even this name only appeared later; how could he make contact beforehand?

"Wait, no."

"The scent of the Locke Divine Water!"

Han Han thinks of what was mentioned in the simulation. "Pansy must have come into contact with the Locke Divine Water by this time. Perhaps I can judge it through that..."

"Still no." Han Han dismisses the idea of contacting Pansy in advance. "The risk is still too high. It's better to ensure everything is foolproof through repeated simulations."

He has made up his mind.

If there are truly too many accidents, he will abandon the Iron Vine Grass and escape Thousand Leaf Planet according to the successful simulation from before.

For him, with the Life Simulation System, he will never lack resources. He can plan for the Locke Divine Water later; gaining freedom is the top priority.

He also owes a debt to Pansy; otherwise, escaping would not have been an easy task.

"Hum~"

As night falls, the night on Thousand Leaf Planet is extremely beautiful, with a faint purple glow painting the starry sky.

Unknowingly.

Half a year passed just like that.

Han Han discovered that the simulation had fallen into a loop once again, meaning that in every simulation, he would inevitably go to Pansy to demand the Locke Divine Water, and upon consuming it, he would break through the ninth stage of the Apprentice Rank.

However, these 60 simulations were not without their gains; after choosing to increase his talent 45 times, his cultivation speed had improved nearly fivefold compared to the beginning.

In fact, it had already reached that point by the 44th time, and the effect of the 45th choice was almost negligible.

The remaining 15 times were, without exception, all spent choosing to store the Locke Divine Water in the system space.

"Hum~"

His aura suddenly rose.

"It's done."

Han Han snapped his eyes open, followed by a smile; this was a realm he had attained through his own arduous cultivation.

He had also confirmed through the simulations that breaking through half a year early would not attract the attention of Hua Chuan; otherwise, he would have been perfectly willing to delay it by half a year.

"According to the simulation flow, once I break through to the eighth stage of the Apprentice Rank, I start looking for subordinates, and later I encounter Pansy... perhaps I can try it this way," Han Han thought.

He had to take the initiative to break the cycle and let his simulated self forge a new path.

Rising to leave the Tree House, Han Han headed toward the Three Illusion Tree Valley.

The Three Illusion Tree Valley was roughly shaped like a triangular region, with the entrance at one of the corners, while the Iron Vine Grass was hidden in another.

The direction he was heading now was toward the remaining corner.

For the sake of this plan, he had been gathering Three Illusion Leaf in this vicinity for the past two months, all to ensure his actions appeared natural and left no flaws.

"Drip!"

While he was gathering Three Illusion Leaf, a drop of Locke Divine Water suddenly appeared in mid-air about a hundred meters away.

This was an ability of the system space.

Extracted items could appear anywhere within a 100-meter radius; of course, they could not appear inside objects, only in the external space.

At the same time.

As that drop of Locke Divine Water entered the soil, a rich vitality began to nourish this Three Illusion Tree.

The Three Illusion Tree was not like the Iron Vine Grass; its absorption effect was certainly not as good, and the speed would be several times slower, estimated to take more than ten days before any abnormalities would manifest.

But Han Han did not need to wait until then.

"Start simulation," Han Han chanted silently in his heart.

[Life simulation begins]

[At 22 years old, you are gathering Three Illusion Leaf in the Three Illusion Tree Valley. You vaguely sense that a Three Illusion Tree not far away seems more vibrant, but the change is so minute that it is impossible to notice without careful observation.]

[On the second day, you are gathering Three Illusion Leaf while looking for subordinates. However, when you pass by that Three Illusion Tree again, it is obvious that its leaves are glossier, but this is not something you should concern yourself with; you leave after finishing your gathering.]

[On the third day, that Three Illusion Tree has grown taller. You realize there might be some treasure underneath, but you are even more aware that it is not something you can covet, so you hurry away.]

[On the fourth day, you do not go to investigate.]

[On the fifth day, that Three Illusion Tree can no longer be hidden, as its height has far exceeded the other Three Illusion Trees. You see many guards sealing off that area.]

[You are ordered to cultivate in the Tree House.]

[The Three Illusion Tree Valley is being searched extensively. Fortunately, the search area is far from the location of the Iron Vine Grass, and since you had the Iron Vine Grass hide underground months in advance, it was not exposed.]

"It changed!"

Han Han felt a surge of joy in his heart; it was worth all the planning he had done for so long.