Second Awakening, Extraordinary Materials!

On the sixty-fifth day, as the leader of the Safe Zone, you remained busy...

Because killing monsters in the Contamination Zone could not replenish your energy, you stayed cautious in many battles and made sure to conserve your stamina.

On the sixty-sixth day, you killed several people from other Safe Zones over a struggle for supplies, further establishing your authority.

On the sixty-seventh day, Father God's Listening took effect. You heard... someone had successfully completed their Second Awakening.

A Second Awakening?

An Awakened awakening once more?

The new information displayed by the Simulator made Su Ze's eyes widen as he read it carefully.

"An Awakened awakening again... Does this correspond to the Contamination Zone's upgrade?"

He could sense the close connection between the two, but there was still no concrete information proving it. Su Ze hurriedly continued the simulation.

On the sixty-eighth day, you investigated information on those who had undergone a Second Awakening...

On the sixty-ninth day, someone who had undergone a Second Awakening appeared within the Safe Zone under your jurisdiction. Their strength and speed had both increased dramatically once again...

You secretly assessed the difference in combat power between yourself and one who had undergone a Second Awakening. With your skilled control over flames, you could easily defeat them, though they still posed a certain threat to you.

On the seventieth day, you publicly sparred with someone who had undergone a Second Awakening and easily killed them...

You did not feel that you had struck too heavily, because you knew their ambition had swelled after gaining power.

You continued maintaining your position as leader of the Safe Zone.

"Hmm..."

Su Ze paused in thought.

He was considering the combat strength of those who had undergone a Second Awakening.

Compared to ordinary Awakened, those who had awakened twice were undoubtedly much stronger.

Then Su Ze had to reevaluate his own combat strength as well.

Previously, he had believed that as long as he obtained a blue Combat Talent, he would basically be unmatched in the world.

Even a green Combat Talent would have been enough to help him conquer the world.

But if Awakened could continue advancing, then things would be different.

What if there were third or even fourth awakenings?

The Awakened would grow stronger and stronger, while his talent abilities had no potential for growth...

And strictly speaking, it was not that green or blue Combat Talents were all that powerful.

It was purely because he had Fallen Gift as a safety net.

Otherwise, even someone who had undergone a Second Awakening might have forced him into a hard battle.

"So how do Awakened... trigger a Second Awakening? Is it another Nightmare Trial?"

As he gathered his thoughts, the question surfaced in Su Ze's mind.

Naturally, the answer could only be found by continuing the simulation...

On the seventy-first day, you continued maintaining order within your jurisdiction.

On the seventy-second day, you investigated all kinds of information about those who had undergone a Second Awakening and gained quite a lot.

On the seventy-third day, Father God's Listening took effect. You filled in the missing information and now knew the advancement path for those who had undergone a Second Awakening—Extraordinary Materials and formulas.

Extraordinary Materials referred to extraordinary items produced in the Contamination Zone. They could usually be found on Contamination Zone monsters, or possibly obtained by resisting contamination erosion.

Formulas referred to collecting Extraordinary Materials of specified quantities and qualities, then fusing them together. The fusion would complete automatically, and the person holding the Extraordinary Materials would automatically advance into a Tier 2 Awakened.

On the seventy-fourth day, you continued investigating information related to those who had undergone a Second Awakening...

More new terms had appeared.

Extraordinary Materials and formulas...

It was easy to understand through the lens of a game.

Su Ze could instantly picture the scene in his mind.

Awakened killed mutated monsters, obtained Extraordinary Materials from their corpses, then fused the materials they found according to a formula...

It sounded easier than the first awakening.

They did not even need to undergo a Nightmare Trial.

"But if the formulas are complex and require constant experimentation and refinement at the cost of human lives, then that's another matter... Thinking about it that way, it isn't much different from a Nightmare Trial."

"Whether it is the first awakening or the second, both require sufficient information. And I..."

"With the Simulator, I theoretically have enough room for trial and error."

Su Ze sorted everything out in his mind.

There was no doubt about it.

With the Simulator, he could foresee the future to a certain extent. He should be the person most capable of awakening repeatedly with minimal risk...

What a pity...

"So why can't I become an Awakened using the same method as everyone else?"

The question surfaced in Su Ze's mind once again.

If he could control his simulated self, Su Ze would definitely try becoming an Awakened again right now.

After all, it was only a simulation.

Death was death. Obtaining information was what mattered more.

On the seventy-fifth day, you learned that the number of people who had undergone a Second Awakening was slowly increasing. People were gradually calling this type of Awakened Tier 2 Awakened...

On the seventy-sixth day, the way ordinary people became Awakened had not changed, and the number of ordinary Awakened was also increasing.

On the seventy-seventh day, you witnessed a conflict between Awakened. One Tier 2 Awakened killed three Awakened, then escaped after being pursued and surrounded by more than a dozen Awakened.

On the seventy-eighth day, you heard that order in other Safe Zones was on the verge of collapse. Tier 2 Awakened were attempting to reshape the situation.

On the seventy-ninth day, officials arrived. There was a team of twelve, all of them Tier 2 Awakened. Their captain's surname was Xu.

As the leader of the Safe Zone, you spoke with Captain Xu and learned much from him. The authorities had never abandoned their operations; they had merely been beset by difficulties. This time, their goal in visiting the various Safe Zones was to stabilize the situation, bolster everyone's morale to survive, and deter certain restless individuals.

You listened in on Captain Xu's thoughts and learned that he was not lying, so you allowed the team to rest and recover in the Safe Zone.

Huh...

He had gained new information again.

Although traces of official operations had appeared in previous simulations, they had only been mentioned in passing.

It had been difficult for Su Ze to infer any more information.

The simulation before him was still not particularly detailed, but at least it helped Su Ze confirm his earlier speculation...

The authorities had not completely ceased their operations.

They had simply been unable to do more...

Besides.

Although the simulation did not explicitly mention the relevant details,

Su Ze could guess that the authorities' operations had to be much more efficient.

Otherwise, they could not have assembled a team entirely composed of Tier 2 Awakened so quickly. They must have already mastered relatively mature "formulas."

"So they can mass-produce Tier 2 Awakened now?"

The question naturally arose in Su Ze's mind.

And the simulation immediately provided an answer...

On the eightieth day, you obtained much information from Captain Xu. Some of it you overheard yourself, while he told you the rest...

They had indeed mastered formulas, but the same formula could not be used indefinitely. It could only help a limited number of Awakened advance again.

"Spell" was not an accurate term. Captain Xu said he personally preferred to call it a Word Spirit. He demonstrated his Word Spirit Technique, controlling lightning. At the same time, he believed that you, who could control flames, were the same kind of person as him. The spells you had chosen during your first awakening should both have been—Conversion.