[The simulation soon began, and words appeared on the simulation Light Screen-]
[When you awoke again, you found yourself in an alley that resembled the medieval West.]
[You were being robbed by a gang of thugs. No, more accurately, you had already been robbed!]
[So this was what it meant to be penniless...]
[Your identity was that of a child just about to undergo awakening, only twenty years old.]
[Of course, you would retain an ability this time as well, and you moved to check it.]
[At that same moment, however, a somewhat hesitant voice rang out:]
["Friend, are you all right? Do you need help?"]
[Hearing this, you looked toward the voice and saw a young, lively face. Once you saw who it was, your pupils instantly contracted.]
[This was... Li Ping?!]
[There was no mistake. You could never mistake him for anyone else. You knew this fellow who had schemed against you several times all too well.]
[He was unlike his later self, whose gaze held the confidence of someone directing everything from behind the scenes, along with a trace of madness.]
[Here, he was far too clear and innocent, like a child who had yet to experience society's treacherous ways.]
[At that moment, you also saw what ability you had retained-]
[Rainbow Talent: One Entry a Year]!
[It was neither that Purple Heaven's Mandate nor any sort of Great Dao Authority, but a genuine Golden Finger ability.]
[Did this mean I had a Golden Finger ability even inside the simulation?]
[You marveled inwardly.]
[At the same time, you decided to go along with Li Ping. The Li Ping before you was not the Old Schemer he would later become, but an enthusiastic young man.]
[You were going to follow him and have a proper chat about old