Swallowed Star: The Simulation Begins on a Slave Planet
Chapter 20

Two Years of Accumulation

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"A Domain Lord actually resorting to a sneak attack!"

Han Han felt his death this time was truly unjust; he had to know that he had cultivated a Domain Lord rank Iron Vine Grass, and with the Locke Divine Water, what did a mere Huashan amount to?

"Sigh~"

"I absolutely need a good detector or a spaceship, but this little bit of money can't buy anything decent at all."

[Rating: C-80]

[You wanted the Iron Vine Grass to improve as quickly as possible, yet you neglected your own safety. A moment of carelessness led to you being implanted with a Slave Chip, but the most critical factor was that you actually thought the slave merchant guild would negotiate peace with you.]

"Indeed."

Han Han agreed with the last sentence, "Huashan is a Domain Lord of the immortal force Heaven Seeking Pavilion, and he's a fourth-tier Domain Lord at that. His first thought would naturally be to scheme to enslave me again."

[You may choose one of the following options]

[One: Second-tier Star Rank cultivation]

[Two: 1,000,000 Cuilang Coin]

[Three: 500 Iron Vine Grass seedlings]

[Four: 1 Gold Wood Grass seedling]

[Six: Micro life instrument]

The rating was the same as the last simulation, but this time he had clearly come into contact with more things, so the options were naturally more abundant.

"I choose four." Han Han did not hesitate.

In terms of value alone, a Gold Wood Grass seedling would cost at least tens of billions of Cuilang Coin to purchase; this point alone put it streets ahead of the other options.

Once the reward materialized, Han Han took it out directly.

The Gold Wood Grass was currently in a state of just sprouting and had not undergone any cultivation yet. Its three long, brown leaves had not even fully unfurled, but one could vaguely see complex golden patterns intermingled within the brown.

Han Han stroked it gently, and the moment he released it, he completed the process of making the Gold Wood Grass recognize him as its master.

"Go."

He gave the Gold Wood Grass a push, and it was very intuitive, reaching out toward the nearby lake of Locke Divine Water.

"Whoosh~"

In just a single encounter, the Gold Wood Grass broke through.

"The talent of the Gold Wood Grass is far higher than that of the Iron Vine Grass, and breaking through is even simpler. I'm afraid it won't be long before it catches up to the Iron Vine Grass." Han Han smiled slightly.

In the simulation, although the Gold Wood Grass didn't have much presence, it would likely take at most a year or so to break through to the Star Rank.

Afterward, Han Han began his cultivation.

The genetic energy he awakened at the Planetary Rank was focused on recovery, which was clearly the Law of Wood. In fact, this also meant that his affinity for the Law of Wood was stronger than for other laws.

The Law of Wood is related to life force, and at this moment, the life force within the Micro World could be described as incredibly dense.

At the same time.

He also knew that a domain was simply the fusion of one's spirit, energy, and consciousness to resonate with the environment, and among these, the environmental factors were relatively favorable for him.

"Just do my best."

"If I can't comprehend it, I'll rely on the system."

Han Han was very easygoing regarding this aspect and did not force it at all; after all, there were many, many solutions.

For example, some kind of treasure that, when consumed, increases affinity for the laws.

For example, bloodline evolution potions.

Or, for example, possessing a life form relatively powerful in the universe, such as a Golden Horned Behemoth.

No matter which one it was, it could greatly improve the speed of comprehending laws, and for him with the system, all three possibilities were achievable.

Gradually, Han Han turned 25.

"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"

A flash of gold constantly flickered amidst the assault of vines. In an instant, a silver-black vine lashed out violently, sending the silver figure flying over a hundred meters away.

"Rustle~"

Three main vines exploded outward.

"That's enough, that's enough."

Han Han communicated with the Iron Vine Grass to make it stop. Dodging the attacks of a ninth-tier Star Rank while at the ninth-tier Planetary Rank was still too much of a stretch, especially against a ninth-tier Star Rank plant life form.

Over these years, he had sparred with the Iron Vine Grass constantly to improve his combat experience.

Of course, he wasn't stupid; during their spars, he would have the Gold Wood Grass transform into armor to cover his entire body. In two years and two months, the Gold Wood Grass had also broken through to the ninth-tier Star Rank, so even if the Iron Vine Grass strangled with all its might, it couldn't hurt him.

At the same time.

In 26 months and 26 simulations, the highest rating was C-99, just one point shy of being able to choose two items, though the lowest rating was also C-80.

As for the rewards, they were actually not much different from the previous two times.

Han Han thought for a moment and chose the Cuilang Coin; after all, he didn't really need too many plant life seedlings unless he could obtain one with powerful strangulation capabilities, in which case, given his personality, cultivating 10 at once would be perfectly fine.

In Han Han's understanding, the best defense was to kill the enemy directly.

In the Devour system, external assets like plant life were a perfect fit for this method; as long as he had one defensive plant life to ensure he wasn't instantly killed, he could just retreat into a high-end world ring afterward.

Of course.

In his simulations, he almost always had the idea of cultivating multiple, but in the end, he still chose defensive ones like Gold Wood Grass.

Among the 26 simulations, it wasn't that there were no good items at all; in the most recent one, he had managed to counter-kill a Domain Lord, and although he couldn't escape the fate of being surrounded and killed in the end, he had obtained that Domain Lord's weapon and metal battle suit.

A D3-Grade Metal Battle Suit—did he even need to think about what to choose after the simulation?

A battle suit could be used in conjunction with Gold Wood Grass; it was a genuine life-saving item.

It was just a pity that the D-Grade Spaceship was destroyed during the battle in the simulation, so he hadn't been able to get his hands on it, which meant it couldn't appear in the options.

In the simulation, the value of a high-end spaceship was still rising, but it was a pity that he was sitting on a mountain of gold yet had no way to cash it in.

For the other 25 choices, Han Han had obtained a total of 26 million Cuilang Coin.

The simulation is, after all, getting something for nothing; there's no such thing as a loss, only big gains and small gains.

Thinking this, Han Han took a step forward, and the golden patterns on the surface of his body seemed to come alive as six brownish-gold curled leaves extended and slowly arrived in front of him.

"Gold Wood," Han Han smiled slightly.

"Rustle~" The Iron Vine Grass also came before him. Han Han reached out to stroke it and said softly, "Iron Vine."

"You have both broken through to Star Rank level 9."

"...It is also time to leave; my hypothesis can be verified at this time as well."

"Iron Vine, go. Destroy all the tower buildings on Qianye Star, and kill anyone who obstructs you," Han Han instructed softly.

Yes.

The failure of 28 whole simulations certainly had factors related to his lack of experience, but more of it was actually because he had shown his face when seizing Qianye Star.

Now, if anyone asked how Qianye Star was overturned?

It was the work of the Iron Vine Grass, so what did that have to do with me, Han Han? Besides, who told you to keep cultivation resources inside those towers? If the Iron Vine Grass didn't destroy those, was it supposed to destroy the worthless residential areas instead?

As for Han Han?

He had died years ago along with Pansy, and the one who registered as an imperial citizen was just a person with the same name.

Oh no, slaves actually didn't have names, and every year, thousands if not tens of thousands of Qianye Star people died; how could they possibly remember the appearance of a slave?

The simulation failures were purely his own mistakes from the very beginning.

"Even if the appearance of the Iron Vine Grass is a suspicious point, I don't believe that doing this will still lead them to suspect me!"

With a thought from Han Han, the Iron Vine Grass instantly appeared in the Three Illusion Tree Valley in the outside world.

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