Fifteenth Chapter: Simulating Another Escape from Thousand Leaf Planet

[When you came into contact with Pansy, you both sensed the aura of Locke Divine Water on each other. However, neither of you chose to bring it up.]

[At 23, you felt the time was right. After arranging to meet him where the Iron Vine Grass was, you brought up Locke Divine Water.]

[The aura of Locke Divine Water on you had faded over time, but Pansy's was still just as strong. You were certain he still had some, and your Iron Vine Grass needed more Locke Divine Water to break through.]

[Pansy was astonished that you knew the name of the mysterious liquid, and asked you for more information.]

[You told him it was a treasure brimming with life force and had a wide range of uses. You also hinted that you needed Locke Divine Water very badly.]

[Pansy knew he couldn't hide it, so he asked what you needed it for. After all, you had already reached Apprentice Rank Eight, and absorbing Locke Divine Water would help you break through.]

[After thinking it over, you didn't reveal the Iron Vine Grass.]

[You told Pansy that Locke Divine Water was the key to escaping Thousand Leaf Planet. With 200 milliliters or more, destroying the tower would be easy.]

[Pansy was astonished again, because the amount of Locke Divine Water you needed was so small.]

[He said he only had 100 milliliters.]

[You could tell he was holding something back, but giving you 100 milliliters was already generous. You knew you were in the wrong, so you promised to make it up to Pansy after you escaped.]

[Pansy looked satisfied and left alone. When he returned, he had a bottle of Locke Divine Water in his hand.]

[You obtained 100 milliliters of Locke Divine Water.]

[You didn't summon the Iron Vine Grass rashly. Instead, you hid it somewhere and had it keep watch and retrieve the Locke Divine Water.]

[At 24, your Iron Vine Grass broke through to Planetary Level Nine. As you and Pansy grew closer, you told him about the Iron Vine Grass at an appropriate moment.]

[He looked astonished when he saw it.]

[Unfortunately, you didn't know that Pansy was astonished because he had an Iron Vine Grass of his own. He asked whether an Iron Vine Grass that was too powerful might turn on its master.]

[You told him that Iron Vine Grass was a Plant Lifeform, and once it acknowledged a master, it would remain loyal until death. You also said your Iron Vine Grass was close to breaking through to Star Rank, and once it did, the two of you could destroy the tower at once.]

[Pansy looked excited. He quietly returned the Iron Vine Grass in his Micro World to the side of the Locke Divine Water Lake.]

[At 25, the Iron Vine Grass broke through to Star Rank One.]

[The time was right, so you contacted Pansy and went with him to the depths of Three Illusion Tree Valley. Your alliance had already fallen apart, after all. You no longer needed anyone else's help, and once you took Thousand Leaf Planet, the others would be free anyway.]

[That day, countless vines wrapped around the Central High Tower. The terrifying pressure snapped it in half.]

[More than a thousand guards fought back, led by an old man at Star Rank One. They attacked relentlessly, but to no avail.]

[Against an opponent of the same rank, ordinary warriors—and even Spiritual Readers—were no match for the Iron Vine Grass.]

[You took Thousand Leaf Planet in a very short time.]

[You began cultivating rapidly. During that time, you also consumed the remaining drop of Locke Divine Water, and you and Pansy both broke through to Planetary Level One in a very short time.]

[You obtained a large amount of resources.]

[Since you had promised to make it up to Pansy, you took only a small portion and gave him everything else.]

[You obtained 60,000 Cuilang Coins.]

[You obtained an A-9-grade basic metal battle suit.]

[You obtained an A-9-grade standard longblade.]

[You obtained a beginner Auxiliary Optical Computer.]

[You obtained a small amount of cultivation resources.]

[You obtained an A-7-model standard spaceship.]

[You broke through to Planetary Level Two.]

[You and Pansy left Thousand Leaf Planet aboard a spaceship, planning to register as Universe Citizens on the nearest administrative planet. But you didn't know that Pansy had secretly taken a spaceship during the chaos.]

[You arrived in a desolate star system.]

[Since Pansy had helped you so much, and you'd felt indebted to him ever since he gave you the Locke Divine Water, you'd practically treated him like family.]

[Unfortunately...]

[Pansy didn't see it that way. He thought you had forced him to hand over 100 milliliters of Locke Divine Water, and that you'd escaped because of your own efforts.]

[He launched a surprise attack. You were caught off guard, but you had already merged the Iron Vine Grass into your body, and countless vines protected you.]

[You were taken aback and demanded to know why Pansy had done it. You had given him most of Thousand Leaf Planet's resources to make it up to him.]

"He said he deserved them."

[The next moment, metallic-looking vines slowly emerged from Pansy's body. Though they looked somewhat different, you recognized them as Iron Vine Grass—and it was Universe Rank Iron Vine Grass. Only then did you realize Pansy had spatial equipment that could store living things, and possessed an unimaginable amount of Locke Divine Water.]

[You fought with all your might, but you stood no chance against Universe Rank Iron Vine Grass.]

[You died.]

[This simulation has ended.]

[Evaluation: E-99]

[Though you didn't handle things perfectly, you ultimately escaped slavery through your own strength. That was a qualitative leap.]

[You may choose two of the following options:]

[One: Planetary Level Two cultivation]

[Two: An A-9-grade standard longblade, an A-9-grade basic metal battle suit, and a beginner Auxiliary Optical Computer]

[Three: An A-7-model standard spaceship]

[Four: 60,000 Cuilang Coins]

[Five: 60 milliliters of Locke Divine Water]

[Six: An Iron Vine Grass at Apprentice Rank Nine]