Chapter 46: A New Talent Descends!

『Simulator cooldown time has ended…』

The ten-minute cooldown period ended quickly.

Su Ze, having discovered a new continent, could hardly wait and chose to start a new round of simulation.

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『Innate Talent selected: ‘Deadly Curse (Blue)’』

『Simulation start…』

『Day 1: Doomsday arrived as scheduled, and your flight landed smoothly at Yun City Airport as you and Chen Keqing checked into the Jingyi Hotel.』

『Day 2: The temperature suddenly dropped…』

『Day 19: You killed three more Awakeners and maintained your dominance within the Safe Zone…』

『Day 41: An Awakener armed with a firearm attempted to challenge your rule; you mercilessly killed them and hung their corpse outside the door as a warning.』

『Day 61: The heavy fog you had awaited for two months finally arrived today, but lacking accurate intelligence, you could only grope around in the mist; the good news was that you did not lose your way, but the bad news was that you did not find the person you sought… Qi Xiaoye did not appear.』

『Day 62: You unleashed all your Strength and continued searching nearby for Qi Xiaoye…』

『Day 70: You still had not obtained any information about Qi Xiaoye, and you began to suspect that she might have met with misfortune.』

『Day 117: You made finding Qi Xiaoye a long-term objective and continuously used your intelligence network to search for any information about her…』

『Day 329: You still had not found Qi Xiaoye, nor had you become an Awakener; fortunately, thanks to your powerful Talent, you remained an almost invincible existence…』

『Day 330: A massive earthquake and the Falling Stars event made it seem as though doomsday had reached its end station; congratulations, you had completed all the apocalypse simulations.』

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『Innate Talent selected: ‘Mortal Peril (Green)’』

『Day 1: Doomsday arrived as scheduled, and you and Chen Keqing stayed at the Jingyi Hotel in Yun City…』

『Day 2: The temperature suddenly dropped…』

『Day 61: The heavy fog appeared, and after arranging last affairs with Chen Keqing inside Avalon because you planned to take a risk and rely on your Talent to deliberately lose yourself in the mist… hoping to find Qi Xiaoye… you failed: you indeed lost your way, but you still did not find the person you sought.』

『Day 101: You joined BC-10, took charge of intelligence operations, and continued to search for Qi Xiaoye…』

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『Innate Talent selected: ‘Burn the Boats (Blue)’』

『Day 1: Doomsday arrived as scheduled, and you chose Yun City as your doomsday spawn point…』

『Day 2: …』

『Day 61: When the heavy fog appeared, you told Chen Keqing of your plan to take a risk; she objected at first but accompanied you after seeing your determination. You both lost your way in the fog and encountered powerful enemies; after fleeing back to Avalon, terrifying monsters broke in and chased you, exhausting all your healing energy, and both of you perished.』

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『Innate Talent selected: ‘Grim Reaper’s Scythe (Green)’』

『Day 1: Doomsday arrived as scheduled, and you chose SC-35 as your doomsday spawn point…』

『Day 61: With the help of the ‘Global Link’ Talent, you controlled an ordinary person from the Yun City area to enter the heavy fog in search of Qi Xiaoye, but unfortunately you made no useful discoveries…』

『Day 115: You were still attempting to find Qi Xiaoye, but you were no longer as obsessed with this goal.』

『Day 192: You received intelligence about a containment object nearby and went to investigate. During the investigation, you inadvertently alerted a powerful containment object which pursued and attacked you; you exhausted all your healing energy and died.』

『…』

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In the blink of an eye, more than two hours had passed.

The contents displayed on the simulator gradually calmed Su Ze’s mood.

This was because unexpected troubles had arisen…

Originally, he had thought that if he searched for Qi Xiaoye around a hotel in Yun City on the first day the heavy fog appeared, he would be able to meet the mysterious girl.

But the facts were clearly not so.

More than ten consecutive simulation attempts had all ended in failure.

No matter what method he used to search for Qi Xiaoye…

Whether he personally braved the dangers or used the Global Link to control others entering the heavy fog to search, he simply could not find her…

“Could some of the previous information have misled me?”

Su Ze frowned, pondering exactly where the problem lay.

Was it the location that was wrong? Or the timing? Or were both incorrect?

“If only I knew what she looked like…”

Exhaling a sigh, Su Ze felt somewhat helpless.

At this moment, the ‘Global Link’ Talent was also of no use.

Because besides her name, he needed at least a general idea of her appearance in order to locate her directly and attempt a link.

Under normal circumstances, investigating her appearance wouldn’t be difficult; with the official population system, a simple check would reveal it.

But, the logic he could think of in this moment… could the simulated him have failed to think of it?

He must have already tried that method, but to no avail.

So he could only resort to such a clumsy method to search…

“What if I simply can’t find her because she only appeared as a special existence thanks to that previous Talent…”

Tapping his index finger on the table, Su Ze considered this possibility.

If that were truly the case…

Then he would have no need to keep trying.

Unless he drew the exact same Talent again.

“So I must accept the reality that she was merely a momentary, miraculous encounter in the simulation?”

Thinking this, Su Ze couldn’t help but snort, a hint of determination flashing across his expression.

No… I can’t accept that.

He absolutely had to find the girl named Qi Xiaoye.

Without her, his doomsday journey felt as if it would be missing something crucial…

To say nothing of everything else.

Just Qi Xiaoye’s innate ability to instantly recognize containment object intelligence was enough for him to go all out in searching for her, not to mention that she seemed to be the key ‘recipe’ for his becoming an Awakener…

However.

If he truly couldn’t find her…

Then in the latter parts of those more than ten simulations, those would be the choices he would make.

He would still search, but he couldn’t risk his life to do so.

After all, in earlier simulations, terrifying creatures had appeared that he couldn’t evade… even with Avalon…

This was enough to show that he couldn’t truly act without regard for his safety during doomsday.

『Simulator cooldown time has ended…』

Amid his complex deliberations, the cooldown time ended once again.

Without a second thought, Su Ze immediately chose to start another round of simulation…

『Apocalypse simulation has begun…』

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

『Arrival (Gold): You can instantly teleport a certain amount of matter, including yourself, to a specified target point; after teleporting, you can stay at the target location for up to 7 hours, during which time you may choose to teleport back at any moment.』

『Kiss of Healing (Green): Your kiss can heal others, but the healing consumes your energy.』

『Thousand-Mile Ears (Green): Your ears are highly sensitive and can hear sounds from a great distance, but you need to concentrate to activate this Talent’s ability.』