Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 18 How come you even have a child this time?

[You didn't choose to break through to the cosmic level; instead, you went directly to the Void Realm Star. This time, with a life level comparable to the Eternal Star, the talent you displayed surpassed even the previous simulation, directly attracting fierce competition from the three major families.]

[Disdainful of the previous Sim's descent into a harem, you accepted the Drexler family's invitation to become their honored retainer, intending to thoroughly investigate who Nathsil truly is.]

[Within a year, you displayed extraordinary talent, becoming invincible across all star levels, establishing a formidable reputation and earning countless admirations. Backed by the Drexel family, you successfully broke through to the second tier of the cosmic level. Simultaneously, you proactively requested access to high-purity spatial crystals to research the laws of space. During this process, as a highly anticipated outsider, you naturally had numerous interactions with the family's eldest daughter, Teshir.]

In the third year, as your relationship with Teshir deepens, you feel an increasing sense of natural comfort in your presence with this woman. Yes, you have a child.

[You were forced into marriage due to pregnancy, and thus naturally became a member of the Drexler family.]

"!!!???"

Hunzhen expressed that he was deeply shocked.

"Didn't you always say, 'I'll see who that woman is!'"

"How come they even have a child this time!?"

Before he could think it through, what happened next was beyond his expectations.

In the fourth year, the child was born—a girl. You were immersed in the boundless joy of your daughter's birth, only vaguely sensing the lingering gloom in Teshir, but without giving it much thought.

[In the fifth year, Teshir revealed to you the secrets of the three great families: the council of elders formed by the high-ranking members of the three families is researching something terrifying using human souls, and your daughter Ciri, due to her special bloodline, is likely to become the next sacrifice. She hopes you can take her and her daughter and escape from the Void Realm; you have no reason to refuse.]

In the seventh year, you planned your escape, but it failed, and your entire family perished in the vast universe.

[This simulation has ended]

Please select the inheritance direction.

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After reviewing the simulation record, Hunzhen had a vague idea about the assassination attempt he had encountered last time.

"Tessil hesitated, could it be because she's pregnant? And then, those who came later, with more information, sensed the danger to their unborn child earlier and planned to tell the simulated family the secret before the child was born. As a result, they underestimated the family's control over intelligence, the simulated were silenced, and Tessil will probably follow in their footsteps soon..."

Hunzhen pondered, gradually sketching out the whole picture of the event in his mind.

His pupils suddenly dilated: "No, why am I worrying about this? I can just have the simulator avoid that woman, can't I?!"

Originally, seeing the Sim fall into the same pit twice, Hunzhen thought there was some kind of trickery involved, like in a fantasy story, where the woman used some kind of charm on the Sim.

After watching it twice, I gradually gave up on the idea of ​​Hunzhen.

This woman's behavior clearly shows that she cares about the simulator; she's not the type to prioritize the person she's interested in over the person she's interested in.

The two encounters, both seemingly inexplicable, have a touch of destiny about them.

However, if it delays Hunzhen's cultivation progress, he will not hesitate to break up the couple.

However, this is the third simulation of the Sky Realm Star.

Hunzhen intends to observe the development of the simulated humans along other paths.

"Are you two attracted by magnets or conjoined twins? How did you even manage to get together like that?!"

Looking at the Sim who had clearly avoided the Drexler family despite his own intervention, yet was still inexplicably entangled with this woman in the records, Hunzhen felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.

It's like when you, as someone who's been through it all, know that the wife your son is going to marry will affect his future, but your son still shamelessly insists on going for her.

This time it was even more outrageous; the Sim got the woman pregnant in the fifth year and died in the sixth year.

Seeing that the simulated humans' training time on the Void Star was getting shorter and shorter, Hunzhen frowned slightly.

Hunzhen believed that after a few more times, once he, as the original creator, had gained experience, the simulated humans would no longer jump into this abyss.

"Let's put the exploration of Sky Realm on hold for now."

He wasn't worried that the simulated man and that woman would become so passionately involved that they'd risk their lives and die prematurely. He attributed it more to the fact that after the simulated man had already subconsciously begun "exploring the Void Star," any further attempts to influence him were running out of memory—though he really wanted to yell at him, "Is that woman really that good?!"

However, aside from the first simulation, he found that his spatial perception had not improved much.

"The claim that the Void Crystal brings spatial awareness is unverifiable. Pollution... the real difference between this place and other places is the pollution. When the pollution reaches a certain level, it can directly enhance spatial awareness? And the reason there was little gain in the latter two times was because the time was shorter and the pollution was less? It didn't even reach the level of the first time?"

Due to insufficient data and intelligence, Hunzhen could only speculate but could not make a clear judgment.

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However, he had always planned to postpone his exploration of the Sky Realm Star from the beginning.

First, study the lower-level legal system to lower the threshold for understanding the higher-level legal system. This is the right path that many predecessors have already taken.

Given his aptitude, it would definitely be more efficient for him to first learn the Law of Fire and then the Law of Space.

Having encountered setbacks at the previous two locations, they decided to explore the Sky Realm Star first in order to change their mood.

"Let's focus the next simulation on the 'Hellfire Realm'."

Hunzhen was also curious whether sending the simulated humans to explore the Infernal Realm before the news had fully spread would cause any major changes.

But before that...

After confirming the message from the auxiliary computer, Hunzhen thought to himself, "It's time to go out and 'make money' again."

When Hunzhen mentioned making money, he was naturally referring to the martial arts arena competitions.

The newsletter revealed that the Sky Blue Star Arena will be hosting a grand "Martial Arts Tournament" in conjunction with surrounding inhabited planets in the near future. This event, which is limited to those with titles and above, will have the most direct impact on these gladiators by significantly increasing the frequency of competitions.

If he agrees to participate in the martial arts tournament, it means that he will have a martial arts match every day for the next ten days. The penalty for breach of contract is quite astonishing, but the income is also several times that of usual.

It is foreseeable that many hidden talents will participate in the competition for the prize money.

"How can we not try it?"

Hunzhen licked his lips, thinking that in ten days, his savings would be enough to buy one or two top-of-the-line weapons.

(End of this chapter)