Zhou Yu returned to the military camp base on the 11th Outer Battlefield and activated a simulation attempt there.
[Drawing a simulation world.] [Draw successful. Target world: Swallowed Star World!]
"Hmm?"
Zhou Yu was slightly surprised. He had drawn an existing world again. It seemed the odds of drawing an existing world really were quite high.
[Drawing initial talents--] [Draw successful. Please choose one of the following three talents.] [1. Race Leader--When leading a race to rise, you will receive improvements in many aspects.] [2. Child of Luck--At birth, your Destiny Aura will reach an extremely high level.] [3. Talent Replication--You may gain one opportunity to replicate the core talent of a designated individual.]
Zhou Yu studied the three talents pensively. The first talent potentially had a very high ceiling, but getting started would be too difficult. He simply could not bring himself to choose it.
There was no need to say much about the second talent, Child of Luck. It was an old friend. Out of Zhou Yu's four simulations, the only failure had been brought about by it.
"But using this talent in the Swallowed Star World might have an exceptional effect." Zhou Yu fell into thought. If he began as the direct descendant of some Universe Master, growing stronger would become far easier.
Moreover, if someone died naturally, a Universe Master could reverse time and space to resurrect them.
He just did not know whether dying in a simulation would give a Universe Master the chance to reverse time and space and resurrect him.
"Of course, that depends on being certain that I'll start as the direct descendant of a Universe Master. In reality, that isn't guaranteed either." Zhou Yu understood this clearly. Perhaps he had simply been especially lucky in the previous simulation where he chose Child of Luck.
"As for the third one, it would be quite powerful if I could replicate the core talent of a Heaven's Mandate Protagonist, but I might not get the chance in this simulation." Zhou Yu considered.
"It still has to be number two."
Zhou Yu made his decision. Judging from that simulation in Huntian World, Child of Luck was still an extremely powerful talent. If he succeeded, it would also be a great help to him in reality.
Zhou Yu hesitated no longer and directly chose Child of Luck. At that moment, lines of text promptly appeared.
[Please choose one of the following simulation objectives.] [1. Break through to Immortal--Upon completion, you may obtain an Immortal avatar and a Child of Luck talent with 50% effectiveness.] [2. Break through to Venerable--Upon completion, you may obtain a Venerable avatar and the complete Child of Luck talent.] [3. Break through to True God--Upon completion, you may obtain a True God avatar and a Child of Luck talent with 300% effectiveness.]
"Compared to my last simulation in the Swallowed Star World, the simulation objectives have all risen by one level, yet there's no time limit." Zhou Yu noticed the issue.
The last time he simulated this world, the minimum requirement had only been to become a peak World Lord. This time, it was Immortal.
As for the time limit, the previous simulation in the Desolate Era World had not had one either.
"Does only the first simulation of a world have a time limit?"
"Or as my number of simulations increases, do the simulation objectives become higher while the conditions become more lenient?" Zhou Yu guessed inwardly.
Of course, he did not dwell on it. No matter what, having no time limit was a good thing. It practically sent his success rate soaring.
"As for the choice..."
Zhou Yu thought for a while before ultimately choosing number two.
Once he became Immortal, he would have an infinite lifespan. Afterward, he could slowly accumulate advantages through Child of Luck, and there would still be hope of becoming a Venerable.
Conversely, if he failed during his breakthrough to Immortal, there would be no difference between choosing one and two.
More importantly, the reward for succeeding with choice one only had fifty percent of the talent's effect.
If something like Destiny Aura were halved, its effects would likely be greatly diminished as well.
As for choice three, there was no need to even mention it.
Zhou Yu did not believe he could become a True God through Child of Luck alone. There were only so many opportunities in the Primal Universe and even the Universe Ocean. With luck but no talent, there was simply no possibility of reaching that step.
"Let's begin."
Zhou Yu did not overthink it. He made his choice directly.
At that moment, the simulation began as well.
[You were born with memories from before your transmigration.] [The unfamiliar environment quickly made you realize that you had transmigrated, but you did not see your mother at birth. You only saw a man covered in blood.] [You realized that your starting circumstances seemed terrible, but before you could understand everything, the man left you behind with a large amount of supplies and departed.] [You were stunned. Fortunately, although you were only an infant, your physical constitution was absurdly strong, already no weaker than that of a five- or six-year-old child before your transmigration.] [You survived on some food left behind by the man.] [You discovered that you were inside a bottomless cave, with more than a dozen passages around you that led to unknown places.] [You understood that you could not simply wait for death, so you began learning the local script through some introductory books left behind by the man.] [You learned the script quickly. Before you knew it, you had completely mastered an unfamiliar writing system. At that point, you also found a letter left behind by the man. Just as you had expected, he really was your father after transmigration.] [Your father told you that the race you belonged to had suffered a disaster. The strongest expert in the race had vanished unexpectedly, and the hostile race learned of it. They then launched a war of extermination. Your father was a target the hostile race was determined to kill, so he left you here alone and departed to face their pursuit.] [Your father also told you that he had left behind a World Ring. Inside were one-tenth of the treasures accumulated by your race. Once your mental strength became powerful enough, you could open the World Ring and obtain the treasures within.] [From studying the introductory texts earlier, you already knew this world was no ordinary place. Now that you saw the words "World Ring," you understood that even more clearly.] [For now, you could only pray that the enemy would not find you. At the same time, you read more books, and gradually came to understand your situation. You had transmigrated to a place called the Endless Continent. There were many races on the continent, and the Human Race was only one of them.] [The Human Race had once possessed ten powerful god-level experts. Their clan leader had even wielded the power of time and was an existence beyond ordinary gods. However, the clan leader's unexpected death brought the Human Race a catastrophic calamity. Another massive race seized the opportunity to exterminate them. Your father had been a super genius within the race, with hopes of becoming the next god-level expert, but now everything had come to nothing.] [Such a disastrous beginning left you helpless, but you understood that you still had to survive.] [As an infant, you were temporarily unable to cultivate. At this time, you chose: 1. Quietly wait to grow up. 2. Actively train your body in preparation for the future.]
"This..."
Zhou Yu stared at the simulation content, utterly bewildered. This was the beginning granted by Child of Luck?
But the simulation had already begun, and Zhou Yu had no choice. He could only make a decision and directly chose to train his body.
Since his physical constitution at birth was already roughly comparable to that of a five- or six-year-old child on Earth, a little exercise would not hurt. Appropriate training could also prevent an early death.
As Zhou Yu made his choice, some memories flooded into his mind.
"This identity in the simulation should be a Human Race member who evolved within some Universe Secret Realm. That so-called Endless Continent should be a supercontinent within that secret realm." Zhou Yu shook his head inwardly.
This background was far too poor.
The Human Race could generally be divided into three parts: Cosmic Nation Humans born on ordinary cosmic planets, Secret Realm Humans born in Universe Secret Realms, and God Kingdom Humans born within the God Kingdoms of experts above the Immortal level.
In terms of potential, Cosmic Nation Humans were naturally the strongest. Nearly all of the Human Race's top experts had emerged from among Cosmic Nation Humans.
God Kingdom Humans, on the other hand, had the lowest potential. Their chances of even becoming Immortal were very low.
As for his identity in this simulation, a Secret Realm Human had greater potential than a God Kingdom Human, but not by much.
Secret Realm Humans had some hope of becoming Immortal, but their hope of breaking through to Universe Venerable was exceedingly slim.
"Hopefully, there'll be a miracle." Zhou Yu sighed inwardly. He did not think much more about it and continued the simulation.
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