Simulating Xiao Yan, How Was He Captured?

After Ling Ying left, Gu Xun'er lay on her bed but could not fall asleep. The scenes from her dream surfaced in her mind uncontrollably, growing clearer and clearer; she could even recall every word she had spoken to Xiao Chen.

Time passed, the night gradually faded, and a hint of fish-belly white appeared on the eastern horizon...

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A steady, unhurried knocking sound rang out, startling Gu Xun'er as she tossed and turned in bed. With a hint of weariness on her face from a sleepless night, she pushed open the bedroom door.

Seeing Xiao Chen standing outside, a flash of astonishment crossed Gu Xun'er's face, but it instantly transformed into joy. She said crisply, "Brother Xiao Chen, why are you here?"

"I originally wanted to ask if you'd like to watch the sunrise together, but seeing how you look, it seems you didn't sleep well... Perhaps... we should do it another day!"

Looking at the exhaustion on Xun'er's face, Xiao Chen dismissed the idea of taking her to see the sunrise.

"I'm fine. It's probably just because I just arrived here and haven't adjusted yet!"

Upon hearing this, Xun'er shook her head, then naturally grabbed Xiao Chen's hand. "Let's go, Brother Xiao Chen, let's go watch the sunrise!"

For a moment, Xiao Chen felt his CPU overheating. He had clearly come here to farm Xun'er's favorability, but the development of events seemed to exceed his range of understanding.

Normally, shouldn't it be him taking Xun'er to watch the sunrise and sunset every day, going out for walks, buying little gifts... slowly cultivating their relationship?

How did Xun'er start by holding his hand? Shouldn't that be his job?

This, this, this, this is simply turning the heavens upside down!!!

Behind the mountain, on a smooth boulder, two small figures sat side by side.

"Brother Xiao Chen, do you believe in fate?"

Xun'er turned to the side, leaning against Xiao Chen's shoulder as she watched the sun just rising on the distant horizon, and blurted out this question out of nowhere.

Xiao Chen felt his CPU was about to start smoking. He couldn't quite grasp Xun'er's line of thinking, but faced with her question, he gave an affirmative answer: "I do!"

After all, he had already transmigrated; how could he say he didn't believe in fate? If he didn't believe in fate, then how did he transmigrate?

Xiao Chen had always felt that his transmigration was an arrangement of fate—something predetermined and inevitable. As for what he was arranged to do, he didn't know yet; perhaps the future would reveal the answer.

"Xun'er also believes in fate. Perhaps meeting Brother Xiao Chen is fate's arrangement!"

The corners of Gu Xun'er's mouth lifted slightly. She had figured it out; she would no longer dwell on last night's dream. In her view, the scenes in the dream were hints given to her by fate.

She believed that her destiny would be changed by the young boy before her, and meeting him was fate's arrangement.

Xiao Chen didn't speak, only patting Xun'er's head in response. He truly didn't know what else to say.

Even now, he couldn't figure out why Xun'er would perform so many actions that exceeded his understanding.

As time passed, the sun rose completely. After watching the sunrise and sending Xun'er back, Xiao Chen returned to his room.

"System! Why is Xun'er's behavior so abnormal?"

When in doubt, ask the system—this was the best solution Xiao Chen could think of.

[Don't try to guess a girl's thoughts!]

Hearing this, Xiao Chen clicked his tongue and muttered speechlessly, "Tsk! Useless. Why aren't you a romance system!"

[Ding! Detected new character "Xiao Yan", initiate simulation?]

"Holy crap! Simulate Xiao Yan? System, can you handle this heaven-defying karma?"

Seeing Xiao Yan appear in the simulator, Xiao Chen couldn't keep his composure. That was the future Lord of the Endless Fire Territory in the Great Thousand World, a sovereign whose name was inscribed in full on the Heavenly Sovereign Ranking.

[What's there to fear? Xiao Yan isn't a character like Huang or Ye who is 'proven once, proven forever'. In terms of combat power, he's at most a multiverse-level entity. What's there to be unable to handle?]

"Since you've said so, then what else is there to say? Let's do it!"

With the system's guarantee, Xiao Chen naturally wasn't afraid and directly started the simulation.

[Ding! Simulation started. Current character: "Xiao Yan"!]

[Year 1]: You were born in the Xiao family of Wutan City and became the son of the Xiao family head, Xiao Zhan. You have a secret: you are actually a transmigrator. Only you know about this!

[Year 2]: It took you a year to finally learn the language of this world and understand how it differs from your previous life. This made you somewhat excited, and you secretly vowed to cultivate diligently!

[Year 3]: You began trying to cultivate, but you could never sense the so-called Dou Qi. You doubted whether you had any talent, but you did not give up!

[Year 4]: Through unremitting effort, you finally sensed the existence of Dou Qi, which made you more determined to cultivate hard.

[Year 5]: On this day, a middle-aged man who looked extremely noble brought his daughter to the clan. Your father wanted you to show his daughter around the clan, but this conflicted with your cultivation time, so you refused!

[Year 6]: You had more and more Dou Qi in your body, but you couldn't unleash its power. This left you confused and even caused you to doubt whether this thing really existed. This doubt gave you an idea: to find an opportunity to test it!

[Year 6, Month 4]: You couldn't hold back your thoughts after all. However, you worried that testing it on others in the clan would arouse suspicion, so you set your target on that young girl from outside.

[At night, you quietly snuck into the courtyard where she lived and used a wire to pry open her door. However, to your surprise, the little girl was standing at the door, holding a thick book in her hand, staring at you with cold eyes. She seemed... to have known you were coming all along.]

[In an instant, you felt your hands and feet go cold, your hair standing on end. An unprecedented sense of crisis enveloped your heart. You hurriedly tried to explain, but she didn't give you a chance and swung the book in her hand at you!]

[The heavy spine of the book slammed into your face. A bloody taste erupted in your mouth. You stumbled back two steps, feeling dizzy. You didn't dare to explain further and, without thinking, prepared to flee.]

[However, just as you turned around, you heard a cold voice from behind: "Ling Ying! Catch him!"]

[Your vision blurred, and your throat was gripped by a figure in a black robe...]

"Huh? What the hell? Xiao Yan got caught? What is this situation?"

Looking at everything happening in the simulator, Xiao Chen was a bit disoriented. This was something completely unrecorded in the original work.