Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 46 The Battle of Geniuses Begins

Hunzhen never expected that he would win the lottery on his first try.

After rigorous selection, you successfully became the son-in-law of the Roselle family, marrying the elegant and proud eldest daughter of the Roselle family, Joanna.

[You expressed your desire to study the laws of space, and in the following year, you successfully joined the Roselle family's research group, where you began your research on high-purity spatial crystals.]

With your remarkable research abilities, you quickly rose to the core of your research team.

Joanna's coldness towards you clearly stems from her resentment that her beloved patriarch had forced her to marry you. Even with your current achievements, she still feels you are unworthy of her.

[In the fifth year, your exceptional research abilities led you to engage in genuine research, specifically research on "tainted blood."]

No one tells you where the research material comes from, but past simulation records give you something to speculate about, making you increasingly certain that there's probably no one from the three major families with clean hands.

[You successfully and secretly completed the production of a "Grade C" drug and injected yourself with it. With exceptional research skills, you deduced that compared to the drug Zaro injected you with in previous simulations, the Grade C drug's effects were much milder. It's highly likely that the drug Zaro injected you with was the highest-level "Grade S" drug, the one the experimental institution had been secretly rumored to possess.]

[The effects of the C-grade potion are far less potent than those of the S-grade potion. Your improvement in spatial affinity is not significant, but your life gene level has hardly declined. You have finally succeeded.]

In the sixth year, Joanna questioned you about why you didn't want a child. You calmly told her that you wanted to become the principal researcher at the institute, and that women and children were just a hindrance.

You immerse yourself in deeper research, constantly enriching your knowledge and experience, and improving your research skills, attempting to secretly complete the production of Grade B potions.

During this time, Joanna made several seductive advances towards you. You worried that Joanna might secretly manipulate things to get you into bed, but you just swallowed hard and calmly replied that you were only focused on the Great Dao. You gradually reduced the frequency of going home and increased the time you spent in the research lab.

Temptation and research intertwined, and the decade finally passed uneventfully.

[This simulation has ended]

Please select the inheritance direction.

[1. Material Inheritance (Your physical body has been contaminated in some way, reducing your life gene level from 2.5 times to 2.4 times, and slightly increasing your affinity for space)]

[2. Soul Inheritance (Slightly improved understanding of spatial laws; some research experience; some other experience)]

3. Forgo the profits from this simulation.

Upon seeing the result of the first material inheritance, Hunzhen's eyes lit up.

The first simulation after changing the strategy was a success.

However, this was not the first simulation Hunzhen had performed since then.

From becoming a researcher to continuously upgrading his technology, eventually reaching the point where he could create Class C potions using scrap materials...

That was the result of ten simulations.

After that, there were five more simulations.

Five injections, three of which were major failures. Although it did not result in a direct genetic collapse like after a failed injection of an S-class drug, the life gene level of the simulated human decreased from 2.5 times to around 1.5 times. The previous one, which could be considered a success, showed a normal increase in spatial affinity, but the gene ratio also dropped to 1.8, which Hunzhen was not satisfied with.

Until this time, not only was the evolution successful, but the level of life genes also decreased by only 0.1, and Hunzhen couldn't be more satisfied.

After fifteen simulations, some processes recorded in the simulations gradually became fixed.

So much so that... he went from being speechless about Joanna at first, to now silently thinking to himself every time he sees her performance in simulations, "Sis, the tsundere is about to be reverted to a new version."

Perhaps in the first few years of their marriage, Joanna looked down on the unassuming Simulator.

But after that, both his achievements and his personal charm over the long term (in my opinion), Joanna accepted her arranged marriage husband to some extent, and even... became somewhat attracted to him.

Later on, Chun Chun just started being stubborn.

They clearly wanted to spend some quality time together, but their previous haughty demeanor prevented them from doing so.

If the simulated person assumes that the other party doesn't like them, they will naturally not understand the other party's intentions and will probably maintain a polite but distant relationship.

Years later, Joanna was completely panicked.

The simulated human, however, had a grievance that he couldn't express.

Perhaps it is because his bloodline is highly compatible with these three families that his descendants have shown exceptional talent in certain areas.

One stroke of luck led to a quick lottery win, followed by a series of unexpected events: the child was taken away, and the couple were both buried.

Once the simulated humans have reached the stage of senior researchers, their families will inevitably turn a blind eye to children of average ability.

However, the final decision of those in power was to take the child away and settle scores with the Sim family.

The children of the simulated humans must be extremely outstanding "materials" in their eyes, otherwise such an outcome would not be possible.

Once again, the Sims felt that as long as they didn't give birth and took precautions, having more frequent intimate moments shouldn't be a problem.

However... he was clearly overthinking it.

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Given the nature of those in power, how could they possibly not encourage their offspring to have children?

It's estimated that they've already done brainwashing education, instilling the idea of ​​producing offspring into the mission of the group.

Otherwise, the Sims wouldn't have been able to produce offspring after so many simulations.

Even if the Sim doesn't want offspring, Joanna will secretly do some tricks to get herself implanted. As long as they are affectionate, they will eventually reach the bad end.

After that, the Sims naturally learned their lesson and dared not harbor any illusions.

If we put ourselves in their shoes, the Sims might indeed be agitated at first, but later on... they'll probably just be having fun and teasing the little devil.

"How could I not understand that?"

It is worth mentioning that a simulation revealed the close friendship between Joanna and Tessil.

"No wonder I haven't seen many Sims with this woman lately, so that's what's going on!"

With an ambiguous relationship with his wife's best friend, it's hard to say whether a "White Album" scenario might unfold. The Sims decided to nip it in the bud, eliminating that possibility. In that sense, the Sims were attentive.

As for whether the Sims will come into contact with Teshir, Hunzhen's feelings have changed from "What the hell? Why are you everywhere?" to "That's strange, why didn't the Sims develop any relationship with you this time?"

After all, the upper echelons of the Sky Realm are only so big. If a simulated human tries to get involved, it's really hard not to get entangled with these familiar faces.

After completing the evaluation, Hunzhen silently said to himself, "I choose one."

Suddenly, the world seemed to have shed a thin veil.

His eyes lit up, and in a flash, he conjured four illusory forms.

"good!"

To verify more accurately, Hunzhen took out the Hunjing Stone and directly conducted a series of numerical verifications.

The data displayed shows that the "space" column has improved to 13 points, fully returning to normal levels.

Hunzhen did not conduct any further verification because... today was the day the Genius Battle officially began.

With a thought, he instantly entered the virtual universe.

(End of this chapter)