Global Link!

On the fortieth day, other Awakened from Safe Zones attacked you over supplies. You killed every last attacker...

On the forty-third day, your reputation rose again among several nearby Safe Zones. All Awakened feared your strength...

On the forty-sixth day, you learned that Qin Yushi had used your reputation to take the top position in her Safe Zone at the school...

But in truth, the two of you had never formed any kind of partnership.

On the forty-ninth day, you continued allowing Qin Yushi to borrow your name as a banner...

On the fifty-first day, Qin Yushi led a team in search of supplies. In a Contamination Zone near you, they encountered another Awakened team searching for supplies, and a conflict broke out. At the critical moment, you made a heroic entrance and killed quite a few people...

You spent time alone with Qin Yushi. During your conversation, you demanded an explanation for her using your name to intimidate others. She gave you her first time, and the two of you had sex in the Contamination Zone.

On the fifty-second day, you escorted Qin Yushi's team back to the school. Before parting, you used the Energy Share Talent on Qin Yushi, making her somewhat stronger than before...

Tsk...

After going around in circles, they still ended up together.

Su Ze stared at the simulation text, unsure whether he should make a snarky comment.

Honestly, when Qin Yushi had not appeared in the simulation at first, he had thought her name would never show up again on this trip through the apocalypse...

But now, it seemed...

"Keeping her free-range? Heh."

Su Ze chuckled softly.

By around the fiftieth day of the simulation, his simulated self had clearly gotten together with Qin Yushi, yet he had not kept her by his side.

He had only shared a little of his power with her when they parted.

That kind of behavior...

It was far too much like keeping her free-range.

So-called free-range was a state of neither closeness nor distance, letting Qin Yushi handle things herself over at the school.

Even if Qin Yushi encountered trouble she could not resolve, Su Ze might not necessarily lend a hand. But if Qin Yushi actively asked for help, Su Ze would definitely not hesitate to act. Still, making him act came at a price...

Clearly, keeping someone free-range was also a form of training.

"Was it to... shatter her pride, or was he simply enjoying the show?"

Su Ze muttered, unable to say for sure.

All he could say was that, given his personality, either was possible.

Coming back to himself, the simulation continued onward...

On the sixty-first day, the Great Fog...

On the eighty-second day, you learned that the number of Tier 2 Awakened at the school continued to increase, and Qin Yushi had successfully advanced to become a Tier 2 Awakened as well...

On the one hundred fifteenth day, the Great Fog...

On the one hundred thirtieth day, the school's internal meeting ended. Qin Yushi was stripped of her leadership position, left the school, and came to seek refuge with you...

On the one hundred thirty-first day, you brought Qin Yushi back to the school. The reason she had been removed from her leadership position was that she had put in no real effort when resisting the Contamination Zone's spread, sparking widespread dissatisfaction...

You knew Qin Yushi had done it deliberately. Since she believed the contamination spread could not be stopped, she had already decided to abandon the school.

On the one hundred thirty-second day, the Contamination Zone spread outward. You defended it alone and blocked the contamination, astonishing everyone...

You helped Qin Yushi regain her position as the school's leader, then left.

On the one hundred sixty-fifth day, the Great Fog...

On the one hundred seventieth day, Qin Yushi voluntarily stepped down as the school's leader and sought refuge with you once more. You kept her...

On the one hundred eighty-first day, Qin Yushi noticed that you and Chen Keqing were always spotless. Under her persistent questioning, you showed her Avalon, leaving her completely dumbfounded...

On the two hundred thirty-third day, the Great Fog...

On the two hundred eighty-eighth day, the Great Fog...

On the three hundred thirtieth day, a massive earthquake struck. You looked up and saw Stars Fall...

Congratulations, you have completed the entire simulation and survived until the end of the apocalypse.

Whew...

→

Su Ze slowly let out a breath of stale air.

It really had been free-range...

He had not shared Avalon with Qin Yushi until more than a hundred days in.

It was clear that he had been dead set on enjoying Qin Yushi's plight.

Otherwise, he would not have repeatedly rejected Qin Yushi's attempts to join him. Even after finally taking her in, he had still deliberately refused to let her live well, as if intentionally teasing her...

There had to be a cause behind it.

It was just that he did not yet know the cause, or rather... he did not know it very accurately.

Other than the simulation text related to Qin Yushi,

this round of simulation had basically yielded no other fresh information.

After all, he had only drawn a green Talent that was practically useless.

He could not expect to gain much information about the apocalypse through that Talent.

"Continue the simulation..."

You have selected the innate Talent 'Killing with a Thousand Cuts (Blue).'

You have selected the innate Talent 'Pork Butcher (White).'

You have selected the innate Talent 'Charm (Blue).'

You have selected the innate Talent 'Ghoul (Green).'

Time passed swiftly.

In the blink of an eye, bright sunlight was already shining outside the window.

More than three hours had passed.

Yet during those three hours, Su Ze had only obtained some scattered new information and seen a purple Talent once.

Other than that, he had gained nothing...

It could not be helped.

His simulated self followed the principle of realism. He could not risk his life to gather information like a suicidal expendable pawn...

So the efficiency was much lower.

The Simulator's cooldown has ended...

Noticing that the Simulator's cooldown had ended, Su Ze patiently chose to start another simulation...

Doomsday Simulation has begun...

Please choose one of the following three Talents as the innate Talent for this simulation!

Global Link (Gold): As long as you know of a target's existence, you can connect with them regardless of distance. After the connection is established, you can share the other party's vision and communicate with them directly. You can connect with up to seven targets. You can also use this Talent to control the other party's body, but note that the target may refuse when you attempt to connect with them.

Spider Sense (Purple): You possess an innately powerful ability to sense danger. You can avoid impending danger, and whenever danger lurks nearby, you will feel it.

Tomato King (White): You are highly skilled at growing tomatoes because you can communicate with growing tomatoes and help them mature quickly.

The newly appearing Talents made Su Ze raise his brows involuntarily.

A purple Talent and a Gold Talent had appeared at the same time...

Naturally, he had to choose the Gold one.

Still, this purple Talent seemed genuinely impressive too. It was the same ability Spider-Man possessed...

"I'll choose the Gold Talent first and see how it performs in the simulation. If it doesn't perform well... maybe the purple Talent will show up among the rewards, and I can choose it then."

After giving it some thought, Su Ze made his choice internally.

But he did not make his selection on the Simulator yet...

Because before choosing, he planned to sort through his thoughts first.

This Talent, Global Link...

It was practically the kind of Talent he had imagined a few hours ago, the one that suited him best.

It allowed him to stay in direct communication with a target across long distances.

Something that could be accomplished with a phone call in peaceful daily life

was incredibly precious in the apocalypse.

Because judging from the previous simulations, not long after Apocalypse's Arrival, the planet's magnetic field developed serious problems, making all former means of communication unusable...

As a result, contact between Safe Zones had returned to the most primitive method.

Using their legs.

But now that he had the Global Link Talent, the situation was completely different...