She Deserved That Score!

"Ah?"

The pretty girl stared blankly.

Unconsciously hunching her neck, she looked adorably foolish.

How does he seem to know what I'm thinking... So... so cool!

Bingo!

That was exactly the right way to think.

Su Ze secretly enjoyed her inner praise.

Though on the surface, he remained as unreadable as an ancient well, wearing the expression of a cold-faced handsome guy.

Still, he had to be careful about using the trick of guessing what others were thinking.

If he bluntly told the girl, "I know your parents died and you're terrified right now..."

He would probably scare her half to death. She had just gotten rid of one creepy pervert, only for an even more terrifying one to show up.

"Oh, oh... I get it."

The girl scratched her head, pretending to understand Su Ze's explanation.

In reality, she did not understand at all...

Su Ze could not be bothered to explain and instead asked, "What's your name?"

"...Chen Keqing."

There was nothing else to say.

After several seconds of silence, the girl named Chen Keqing blinked and asked, "What about you?"

"Su Ze."

"Are you a university student?"

"Yeah. I go to Su University nearby."

"I-I wanted to apply to Su University too..."

A few awkward exchanges completely killed the mood.

Honestly, Su Ze did not have much interest in flirting with girls.

The apocalypse was coming soon anyway. When the time came, he could just throw a sack over her head—who cared whether she liked it or not?

But if he could win the girl over with his personal charm, he would not mind either...

"Mm... How about this? I'll take you downstairs to your place first."

Suddenly, Su Ze spoke up and broke the silence.

The Simulator's cooldown was about to end, and he did not want the girl beside him to distract him.

"Ah? Okay... th-thank you."

Chen Keqing did not make any polite refusals. She really had been frightened, and she had been waiting for Su Ze to kindly escort her home.

Now, she had gotten what she wanted.

Su Ze pulled down the shop's shutter and saw her out.

They still made awkward small talk along the way, but the atmosphere had relaxed considerably.

"I live here. Thank you for walking me back."

Before long, they reached the entrance of the residential area, and Chen Keqing thanked Su Ze again.

This time, she was much calmer.

Every movement she made as she thanked him conveyed her sincere gratitude.

She even managed, with some difficulty, to squeeze out a sweet smile filled with determination.

Then she turned around...

With a bang, she walked straight into a streetlamp and let out a miserable cry of pain.

9.5 points!

Su Ze silently raised the girl's score in his heart.

Whether it was her looks, her figure, or even that silly little way she acted, she deserved that score.

"I-I-I'm going home."

Feeling utterly embarrassed, Chen Keqing fled.

Su Ze also turned and left soon afterward.

He returned to the convenience store just before the cooldown ended.

Su Ze poured himself a hot drink, then returned to his throne behind the counter and slowly sat down.

Simulator cooldown has ended...

Simulation, activated!

Doomsday Simulation has begun...

Please choose one of the following three talents as your innate talent for this simulation!

Tennis Prince (White): Your tennis skills are greatly improved. You can now use smashes against enemies, though they may not be very useful.

Disinfection Expert (White): Your saliva possesses sterilizing properties comparable to medical alcohol.

Clothes-Busting Warrior (Green): Take off your shirt and reveal your chest muscles to become a powerful tough guy. Your overall attributes will be enhanced to a certain degree.

Mm...

Three piles of crap again.

But Su Ze was already used to it.

The chances of getting purple or gold talents truly were not high.

Right now, he could only choose the relatively most useful pile out of the three piles of crap.

However, before choosing an innate talent...

Su Ze silently recited something in his heart once more.

After yesterday's simulation, what he wanted to know most was actually how to become an Awakened.

Or rather, how he himself could become an Awakened.

Because everyone else had used similar methods and successfully broken through to become Awakened.

Yet he simply could not succeed through the same methods. No matter how he looked at it, it felt like he was being singled out...

So...

In today's simulation, he had to figure out exactly what he needed to do to become an Awakened... If he could not figure it out, then forget he said anything.

Besides that, he could never have too much information about things like the Great Fog...

And the various Contamination Zones.

Innate talent selected: Clothes-Busting Warrior (Green)

Simulation begins...

Day 1: The apocalypse arrived as scheduled. The entire world fell into panic. After contacting Chen Keqing by phone, you drove to pick her up and brought her back to your current residence, Jinxiu Residential Area.

Being with you made her feel very safe.

Hm?

He actually had not put a sack over Chen Keqing's head...

Ahem.

The sack was only a backup option. Judging by the simulation's contents, it seemed he would not need it.

It looked like he had taken some measures before the apocalypse to draw closer to her and increase their mutual trust.

Otherwise, she would not have gotten onto his boat so easily...

Also, in this round of simulation, he seemed to have chosen a Safe Zone as his "spawn point."

This Jinxiu Residential Area was the closest Safe Zone to the school.

In the previous simulation, the faction that had clashed with the school's Awakened over supplies was made up of people from this Safe Zone...

Day 2: The temperature plummeted, and unease spread through the air. You and Chen Keqing cooked hotpot...

Day 3: Many horrifying rumors spread online. Chen Keqing was terrified...

Day 4: The electricity and water were cut off. The city descended into chaos. You accompanied Chen Keqing downstairs for a walk and saw that everyone in the residential area was panicking...

Day 5: You accompanied Chen Keqing as she did homework all day. That night, Chen Keqing slept with you...

You lay in bed and talked about many things... You had sex.

Mm...

All he could say was that this development was not surprising.

It was the apocalypse, after all, and they were a lone man and woman together. It would have been stranger if nothing happened.

Day 6: You continued.

Day 7: You continued.

Day 8: You told yourself that this could not go on. It was unhealthy...

That night, Chen Keqing changed into a cosplay outfit. You continued.

Day 9: You continued...

Come on, man...

There was no need to be this enthusiastic, was there?

Were you writing Hu Shih's diary or something?

The simulation's contents left Su Ze both amused and exasperated.

Still, he could understand it. Although many, many people had died over the first few days and everything had been chaotic...

There truly had not been much new information.

So staying home and making babies was understandable...

Day 10: Mysteries from other neighborhoods spread throughout the residential area. Most people did not dare go outside...

Day 11: Supplies in the residential area ran short. Currency completely lost its value. It was now an era of barter...

Day 12: You noticed that Awakened had appeared within the residential area...

Some people gathered together to discuss how to find food for everyone. The Awakened were chosen as leaders.

Day 13: Someone knocked on your door, but you ignored them...