Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 51 Those Who Came Upon Hearing the Rumors

We will definitely report the three major families, but not now.

Lacking a voice, power, and evidence, Hunzhen could only put the idea aside for the time being.

He doesn't have a saintly personality; although the simulated text touched him to some extent, it wasn't much.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed the simulators to continue exploring, even though he had anticipated such an outcome.

However, he underestimated his own and the Sims' moral bottom line, or rather, before this, he always thought that he had no bottom line.

Hunzhen exclaimed in disbelief, "How could I possibly underestimate my own moral standards?"

However, there are some things that are really hard to empathize with unless you experience them firsthand or see them with your own eyes.

The most obvious example is that when war breaks out in other countries, we often just watch the news on TV with amusement, even comparing the military strength gap between the two countries with ease, and engaging in electronic cricket fighting.

But when these things truly become relevant to us, even the most eccentric and rebellious people will curse the ruthlessness and cruelty of war, and offer a warm and elegant national-level C-language greeting to the countries and rulers who have dragged us into it.

Hunzhen and the simulated humans probably subconsciously thought at first, what did it matter to them if someone was captured and used as an experimental subject? The universe is so vast, how many similar things are there? To pay attention to each one, to find fault with each one, would be incredibly foolish. Improving their own strength was the most important thing.

Haven't they already plotted and schemed enough in the Realm of Inferno? This time will probably be the same.

But it wasn't until the matter actually concerned them and they became involved that the simulated people realized they weren't playing a leveling-up game, but rather profiting from human suffering.

So the simulated talent was caught in a dilemma, and ultimately, unable to bear the inner remorse, he risked everything to report the incident.

However, Hunzhen did not fully empathize with the simulated human because he was not a firsthand witness and could never truly resonate with that feeling.

What truly made Hunzhen choose to give up was that he was very clear-headed that if there was one, there would be two. As long as his personality did not undergo a major change in a short period of time, when the time came, the simulator would most likely still not be able to overcome that mental hurdle.

The route of improving space affinity by acquiring high-level polluting agents has been almost completely blocked.

Even though he knew the answer perfectly well, Hunzhen still stubbornly conducted two more simulations.

The opportunity cost of investing is too high; if it sinks, most of the effort put in during this period will be wasted.

However, instead of continuing with the original approach of infiltrating through marriage, they chose to collect evidence and report it.

Even if this plan succeeds, there is no doubt that the benefits gained will be extremely small.

First of all, whether it's the evolutionary agent that pollutes or other treasures that can increase spatial affinity, even if they are not listed as prohibited items, they are not for the simulated humans.

To solve the problem of the Void Realm Star, it would most likely require the intervention of a Domain Lord-level being. The Sims, acting as informants, would at most receive a small share of the spoils.

The actual situation is even worse...

Even with Roger's connections, the problem ultimately remained unsolved.

The adult world is all about interests. Even if Roger had high hopes for the Sims, he wouldn't take such a big risk to blindly attack a domain lord-level power.

The simulated human's words carry little weight, and without decisive evidence, it is virtually impossible to overthrow a domain lord-level power that has existed for dozens of eras.

The three families have been operating steadily for so long, how could evidence that could really bring them down be easily exposed?

The only way to succeed is probably to infiltrate the pirate group and get into its core, just like before.

Simulated humans would never take such a big risk for unfamiliar strangers to do something with such little benefit.

But Hunzhen himself was unwilling.

Perhaps by spending dozens or hundreds of simulations, there is a chance to obtain evidence of the three families' criminal activities with relatively little risk, but... this could very well be equivalent to giving up several months or even more of the simulation gains.

At this crucial juncture in the battle of geniuses, Hunzhen was reluctant to let go of this precious time.

Thus, the exploration of Sky Realm Star had to be temporarily suspended.

This is the first time that the simulated exploration has completely failed and cannot continue.

Hunzhen was unusually a little irritable.

He sighed softly: "Let's abandon the Void Realm Star and spread out to a wider area to seek other opportunities."

And so, time flew by.

Over several days, through simulations, Hunzhen attempted to find an opportunity to enhance his understanding of space and the laws of wind.

Logically speaking, once the Sims have the resources to sell the Flame Realm Pearl, it shouldn't be difficult for them to exchange it for a one-time enlightenment treasure of equal value.

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However, these kinds of treasures that can enhance one's understanding of the laws are truly priceless and unavailable for sale; even if they are for sale, they may not be available for purchase.

The social class they belong to makes it extremely difficult to acquire Sims at this stage.

Especially treasures related to higher laws and spacetime, these are things that even realm lords would covet.

After several simulations, Hunzhen's best option was to exhaust his resources to acquire a one-time enlightenment treasure that allowed him to comprehend the laws of wind, barely managing to cultivate "Ninefold Wind" to the seventh level.

It's almost impossible to make progress in a short period of time.

As for exploring the secret realms, finding a Fiery Hell Realm and a Void Star at the beginning was truly an stroke of incredible luck.

Or rather, these are probably the few opportunities that allow a simulated human to discover nearby areas simply by gathering intelligence.

The reason they were the only ones discovered is because only they could be detected by the simulated humans.

Unlike exploring secret realms where you spend a lot of time gathering information, there won't be much progress in a short time.

In terms of intelligence gathering, Hunzhen only has two advantages: "advanced knowledge" and "three thousand times the exploration time." The first advantage has already been largely utilized and is unlikely to be triggered again in the short term; the second advantage cannot be amplified because a large amount of information cannot be inherited... So many adventurers in the universe explore their entire lives and only discover a few worthwhile secret realms, this advantage is not necessarily stronger than that of those lucky chosen ones.

In the blink of an eye, the countdown to when Berlan would launch the "purge" in the simulation was underway.

To date, whether in meditation or simulation, Hunzhen has not caused Bolan the slightest harm.

"Are you the Balrog?"

A loud voice came from outside the hotel. Hunzhen swept his mental energy and found that four figures had surrounded the building where he was.

The leader who spoke was dressed in magnificent golden armor, his attire somewhat resembling that of a Templar Knight from a fantasy novel. He stood high above with an arrogant and domineering posture, arms crossed, looking very imposing.

Looking at the arrogant group of four, Hunzhen raised his head and muttered to himself, "As expected, thinking about overly complicated problems isn't for me. It's just that I've been in a bad mood these past few days, and then these four punching bags show up. What a coincidence."

(End of this chapter)