Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 45 Change Strategy

If once doesn't work, try twice; if twice doesn't work, try three times...

Once you set a goal, you can keep trying.

This is the power of simulation systems.

However, even though a skill may seem free and costless, we must not forget that the opportunity cost of acquiring that skill is also a cost.

Knowing how to make the most of every simulation opportunity to gain the greatest benefit is an art in itself.

Taking the Void Realm Star as an example, there are two questions that are most directly presented to Hunzhen.

Firstly, unlike when exploring the Realm of Inferno, the Void Star is controlled by a Domain Lord-level force with more than three Domain Lords in control.

This means we can no longer rely on our strongest martial prowess within the Fiery Hell Realm to brute force our way through the challenges, as we did before.

They attempted to secretly cultivate their own power after joining the three major families, and eventually infiltrate... Even with a simulation system, it's impossible for a simulated human to achieve this within ten years.

This is, after all, a domain lord-level power. Even with Hunzhen's current connections, he cannot directly confront it, even with the help of others.

Or rather, no one would lend him enough power to contend with a powerful domain lord-level force.

Secondly, the dangers and opportunities on the Sky Realm have been partially demonstrated, and the ever-advancing knowledge sometimes not only fails to enable the simulators to make faster progress, but also becomes a hindrance and a hindrance.

Based on simulation records, there is a very high probability that pollution and opportunity originate from the same source.

To enhance one's spatial awareness, one must engage in in-depth exchanges with the three major families.

In fact, the reason why the Sims pursued women so many times was because marriage alliances and marrying into the family were the fastest ways for outsiders to access the core secrets of the three major families.

After putting himself in her shoes, Hunzhen understood this point.

However, the family's true secrets have always been kept in the hands of the powerful domain lords.

Several simulations have proven that even the younger generation of direct descendants mostly have only a superficial understanding of the core secrets.

In other words... marriage cannot make the simulated humans the true core, and therefore there is no guarantee of their safety.

The fact that Zaro still dealt with the Sims ruthlessly, even though they were still at the critical juncture of the Genius Battle, speaks volumes.

As long as Hunzhen wants the simulated humans to access secrets, it will be impossible to avoid contact with those dangerous figures from Kongjing Star, and the probability of encountering life-threatening dangers will increase significantly.

On the contrary, openly displaying value and directly choosing to inject the mysterious evolutionary agent may be the least risky option among those that can yield tangible benefits.

But without much thought, Hunzhen knew that the Sims would never act in his best interest.

Because the probability of death is definitely over 50%.

Sims are unwilling to become the true warriors of the real world, sacrificing their one and only lives for the benefit of the real world.

Pat, pat, pat.

Hunzhen tapped the armrest lightly with his fingertips, his mind racing: "To gain some benefits while also having commands that the simulated humans are willing to follow... so that their exceptional talent doesn't lead to them being used directly as guinea pigs for the evolution potion, the only viable option is to conceal their identity, rely on displaying some of their talents to gain power, and slowly gather intelligence to find the source of that potion?"

However, this approach has been used before and is too inefficient.

The experiences of the simulated humans led Hunzhen to many speculations.

One of the reasons is that Zarro injected the Sims with the evolutionary agent.

The idea that we can simulate a decline in the genetic level of human life, resulting in symptoms of genetic collapse and gradual weakening, is clearly impossible.

Giving up a family descendant who has a certain probability of entering the top 1000 of the Genius Battle and the core layer of the virtual universe, even if this marriage status only counts as half a descendant, is still too much of a loss.

This is something that a domain lord-level powerhouse could never do.

The only possibility is that there are even greater interests behind this.

For extraterrestrial life, the greater benefit is nothing more than the enhancement of their own strength and level of life.

Therefore, this drug must have the potential to enable the simulated humans to successfully evolve, and those in power can also gain tangible benefits from it, which can enhance their own abilities.

Arranged marriages, offspring, preserved embryos...

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Hunzhen's mind.

"Is it possible that one of the ingredients in this evolutionary drug is the person who embodies the 'successful result' of injecting the drug?"

For example, humans who evolved by injecting drugs.

For example, the descendants of people who have been polluted or who have successfully evolved?

The reason why those in power value the simulators is not only because of their genius status, but also because geniuses should have a greater tolerance to drugs and pollution, and the probability of producing outstanding offspring should be much higher than that of ordinary people.

This conjecture may not be correct, but the direction of this inference made Hunzhen feel as if a layer of fog had been lifted, bringing some clarity.

"Directly revealing my identity and trying to attract the attention of those in power with my status as one of the top 10,000 geniuses in the universe won't work. I'll most likely be used as a guinea pig. Unless I take risks like I did during my trip to the Infernal Realm and personally explore the Void Realm Star to enhance the manipulability of the simulation, I probably won't be able to change the mind of those in power."

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The purpose of Hunzhen is to inject simulated humans with evolutionary drugs to improve their spatial perception efficiency.

However, this process cannot be carried out under the watchful eyes of those in power.

It's best to inject it secretly, so that even if it's injected, no one will find out and it won't be disposed of as a consumable.

He is still unclear about the significance of success and failure in evolution for those in power.

The result of failure is house arrest, no further contact with the outside world, and a very high probability of being abandoned.

If the evolution is successful, will it be directly processed as a raw material for "new drugs" as he guessed above?

I don't know, so I'll just avoid it for now and not think about it anymore.

"We still need to arrange marriages; that way we can get to the core issues more quickly. But... we can't leave any offspring."

"As long as they give birth to outstanding offspring that can attract the attention of those in power, the simulators are likely to be safe."

Hunzhen was deep in thought.

"Among the three major families, there must be facilities that control drug research."

Since Zaro used the high-quality resource of the Sims as guinea pigs for the evolution drug, it proves that the drug is either the final destination of the secret or the most crucial link in it.

Starting from this angle, you can definitely uncover secrets at a relatively fast pace.

"So the question is, is it conducted under the primary management of one company, or is it jointly controlled by all three?"

"Anyway... just try them all first."

Hunzhen rubbed his chin. For the greater good, this opportunity cost was still worthwhile.

It was definitely not because he was curious about what kind of marriage partners the Sims would encounter in different families.

(End of this chapter)