You wanted to take a look, but Gold Wood Grass sent you a painful emotion. That place was simply beyond your reach.
After thinking for a moment, you kept feeding Gold Wood Grass Locke Divine Water to replenish it. Dense life force filled your body, and the frozen, shattered leaves recovered in an instant.
You continued descending.
Unbeknownst to you, although Gold Wood Grass absorbed most of the Locke Divine Water, a trace of it spread through the Ice Ocean, drawing the attention of the Ice Prism Beasts beneath the sea.
You were attacked by a swarm of Ice Prism Beasts.
The deeper the region, the more powerful the Ice Prism Beasts living there. Every one here was at the ninth level of the Universe Rank, and you even spotted several clearly stronger Ice Prism Beasts, whose Ice Prisms glimmered blue-purple between their brows.
You had no intention of fighting back and began to flee.
You released Iron Vine Grass. The Plant Lifeform was far larger than the Ice Prism Beasts, and it easily held back a great many of them. But there were simply too many, and the deep-sea environment put it at a disadvantage. Iron Vine Grass was doomed.
You gave Iron Vine Grass a large amount of Locke Divine Water.
The scent of Locke Divine Water attracted many of the Ice Prism Beasts. Only a small number of Universe Rank Ice Prism Beasts continued chasing you, but they were clearly no match for you. After drawing them a distance away, Gold Wood Grass easily killed them.
This crisis dispelled your desire to keep exploring. You decided to leave the Thousand Wave Secret Realm as soon as possible.
On your way out, you encountered the ninth-level Universe Rank man who had initially wanted to travel with you. You learned that he still needed to hunt five Ice Prism Beasts.
You immediately got the idea of selling Ice Prisms.
After some discussion, the man readily offered to buy them for ten million Cuilang Coins each. He reminded you that this was because he was powerful; hunting them himself would only take a little more time, while the price for those at the third or fourth level of the Universe Rank would be even higher.
You made the deal.
You began looking for other candidates and selling them your surplus Ice Prisms.
You earned a total of 10.1 billion Cuilang Coins.
After handing in ten Ice Prisms, you successfully passed the one-star Universe Mercenary Assessment. However, a staff member asked you to wait before leaving, as an important person wanted to meet you.
You vaguely sensed the presence of a Domain Lord. You felt that something was wrong, but there was nothing you could do.
A day later, you met the important person.
His name was Guna, and he was an Immortal God who had comprehended the Law of Water. He had sought you out because you had used Locke Divine Water extensively in the Thousand Wave Secret Realm, and Guna happened to know about this precious treasure.
Guna forcibly extracted the Silver Token from your body, then forcibly made it recognize him as its master. Afterwards, deciding you had no chance of escaping, he actually explained the reason to you.
He knew because a treasure was being nurtured beneath the ocean where you had descended, and the Universe Mercenary Alliance had secretly planted all kinds of detection devices there.
Knowing that you were doomed, you asked Guna what treasure lay below.
Guna didn't answer. His eyes narrowed, and he shattered your consciousness on the spot.
You died.
This simulation has ended.
"Using such a huge amount of Locke Divine Water without anything going wrong would've been the real surprise," Han Han said.
"Let's check the score and options first."
This time was different from all the previous ones. The events had been much more complicated, too.
[Score: E-12] [On a whim, you stumbled into the true treasure trove of the Thousand Wave Secret Realm. Unfortunately, you weren't strong enough, and you revealed your secret, bringing disaster upon yourself.] [You may choose two of the following options] [One: Ninth-level Star Rank] [Two: More than fifteen years of insights] [Three: A C2-Rank Spaceship] [Four: Eighty-one Ice Prisms] [Five: Ten ninth-level Universe Rank Ice Prism Beasts (other lifeforms will be in a free state)] [Six: 10.1 billion Cuilang Coins] [Seven: Mysterious Treasure Coordinates]
"So many."
Han Han was a little surprised, then began thinking about which options to choose.
"One and two are out first. The cooldown for a Star Rank simulation will increase to one year. I'll wait for now. Insights... what did I learn over fifteen years?"
"Four and five are definitely out, too. They're useless."
"Looking at it this way..."
Han Han silently chose six and seven.
10.1 billion Cuilang Coins was no small sum, and it had plenty of purchasing power. With that money, he could buy a better spaceship for his next simulation.
As for seven, they'd said it was the true treasure trove. Surely the system wouldn't harm him?
[Rewards issued]
There was no need to explain the Cuilang Coins. The full 10.1 billion appeared as cash in the System Space.
As soon as Han Han received the coordinates of the mysterious treasure trove, he entered them into his Auxiliary Optical Computer. That way, even though he wouldn't remember anything during the next simulation, his curiosity would surely make him go check it out.
He had actually considered using written instructions to tell his simulated self what to do, but that hadn't worked at all.
But this method did work. For example, his simulated self had known the name Locke Divine Water, even if that was all he knew.
Time passed.
Once Iron Vine Grass had escaped tens of millions of kilometers, Han Han stored it in his Micro World, brought out the spaceship, and headed for Cui'en Planet.
"Acceleration in progress."
The control system issued a reminder. This was an A-7-Rank spaceship, only just capable of traveling through the Dark Universe, and its speed was barely light speed.
"Three... two... one."
"Successful traversal!"
After a violent jolt, the spaceship successfully entered the Dark Universe.
"If I hadn't safely reached Cui'en Planet in the simulation, I'd be wondering whether this junk spaceship could even make it there in one piece," Han Han couldn't help complaining.
Fortunately, Cui'en Planet wasn't far away. It took only twenty-five days to reach its vicinity.
"Guidance signal received. Connect?"
"Connect," Han Han said.
A voice soon came through the screen. "Sir, your ship's parking area is A-7. Please make sure you don't park in the wrong area."
"Understood."
Following the guidance signal, he parked successfully a few minutes later.
"Sir, the parking fee is one hundred Cuilang Coins per year. Any period under a year will be charged as a full year. Here's your Parking Card." A green-skinned man appeared in front of Han Han and handed him a silver card with an A on it.
Han Han casually took out a banknote with a face value of one thousand Cuilang Coins.
He couldn't help it.
He didn't have any bills worth one hundred, but this would also help him put on a show of status.
"Keep the change." Han Han tossed him the money and toyed with the Parking Card. "I didn't bring any slaves with me. Recommend a few decent bodyguards."
"Certainly, sir."
The green-skinned man beamed. He bent over as he led Han Han along, working on his bracer as he went. He was clearly contacting someone for Han Han.
Soon, the two of them reached the exit.
"Please wait a moment... Ah, they're already here." The green-skinned man pointed to three ninth-level Star Rank men walking over. "They're all officially certified bodyguards. Hiring them for one trip only costs three hundred Cuilang Coins. A very fair price."
"That'll do." Han Han nodded.
He took out two Cuilang Coins bills. He gave one to the three bodyguards and the other to the green-skinned man.
"Here's a tip," Han Han said casually.
"Thank you, sir."
The green-skinned man was all smiles. His eyes were filled with envy as he looked at Han Han.
With ninth-level Star Rank bodyguards protecting him, Han Han didn't have to use Gold Wood Grass to kill any attackers along the way. Before long, he arrived safely at Cui'en City.
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