Chapter 60: Everyone Has a Bright Future (Patreon)

【In the year 81XX of the Star Calendar, a universe-shaking event occurred.】

【First, Lan, the Aeon of the Hunt, suddenly launched an attack on the Aeon of Abundance.】

【Just as the war between the two Aeons erupted, you brazenly unleashed your long-planned killing blow, forcefully tearing a portion of the authority belonging to 'Immortality' from Yaoshi, the Aeon of Abundance, causing Yaoshi's power to decline drastically.】

【Then, you devoured the 'Immortality' authority refined from the remains of Propagation, forcibly ascending to the throne of 'Immortality' and becoming the Aeon of Immortality.】

【Although compared to the Dragon of Immortality, your status as the Aeon of Immortality was somewhat diluted, joining forces with Lan was more than enough to deal with a weakened Yaoshi.】

【Moreover, over these many years, you had already made complete preparations. While collecting the remains of Propagation, you used your masterful poison arts to concoct toxins targeting various followers of Abundance, eliminating most of Yaoshi's potential allies.】

【With the prepared attacking the unprepared, Yaoshi was killed.】

【Lan achieved their ultimate goal, and their power grew immensely. After you devoured a portion of Abundance's scattered authority, you completely solidified your throne of 'Immortality'.】

【The Xianzhou Alliance officially entered an era of two Aeons, becoming the single most powerful faction in the universe, bar none.】

【Everyone has a bright future...】

Victor exited the simulation.

Compared to the uninteresting final part of the simulation—completing the operation and steamrolling everything in one go.

What he savored more was the poignant intimacy with Lingsha.

Even now, he could still seem to feel the strange sensory stimulation of that soft, seemingly boneless body wrapped tightly around him like a python.

He could still seem to smell that faint, warm fragrance in his nostrils.

Now he finally understood why everyone wanted to be Xu Xian.

Understand, become, transcend... Indeed, some steps are always unavoidable.

It's just, how did the simulation turn out like this in the end~

He was clearly aiming to become a final boss like Aizen.

And the result was as he wished; the Xianzhou Alliance compromised under his long-planned, overt scheme.

He became the final winner.

He had always treated Lingsha as a tool to be used, and in the end, he even gave her a direct, Aizen-style breakup.

But why did Lingsha cling to him even tighter instead?

Was it her personality? Or Stockholm Syndrome?

I don't get it! He really doesn't get it now!

In previous simulations, he had always been the one to actively coerce and toy with others.

This time, he didn't take the initiative in order to maintain his persona as a good guy on the surface.

So how did Lingsha end up throwing herself at him!?

What on earth is going on in this woman's head!?

Could it be a problem with the simulator?

Did the system do this so he could... achieve some kind of achievement?

Victor instinctively felt something was wrong, but he just couldn't figure it out.

Victor could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart.

Victor was unaware that far away, within the territory of the Klimt Constitutional State, in a certain room in the Alchemy Commission of the Zhuming Xianzhou docked in this star system.

Lingsha, dressed in a black dress and red gauze, woke from her sleep at almost the exact same moment.

She first looked around in a daze, and only after confirming that this was her room on the Zhuming Xianzhou did she let out a long sigh of relief.

Just now, she had a dream. Everything in it was so realistic that upon waking, she could barely distinguish it from reality.

In the incense burner, the calming incense she had personally blended was still burning quietly. Wisps of blue smoke drifted up from it, dissipating into the air like complex thoughts.

Lingsha raised a hand to rub her temples. The headache eased slightly, but a nameless rage instantly flared up.

Her master and teacher was Yunhua, so who the hell was this Victor guy!?

And in the dream, how could 'she' have been so proactive, clinging to that man like a snake, refusing to let go even after being deceived, even offering herself up to bear... bear his children.

Utterly shameless!

Even she herself couldn't stand to watch!

"Don't get angry, don't get angry, if your anger ruins your health, who will be there to care..."

Lingsha quickly recited the mantra to restrain herself.

She used to have a fiery temper, which was a disadvantage in social interactions. For this reason, she had written this mantra to remind herself, reciting it whenever her temper flared to quell her anger.

But just thinking about the image of herself humbly begging for love... It's so infuriating!!!

Under the effects of the calming incense and the mantra, Lingsha finally managed to calm down.

After finally calming down, Lingsha couldn't help but recall the various details of their entanglement in the dream, and a blush immediately crept up her cheeks.

She subconsciously pressed the back of her hand to her cheek. It was surprisingly hot, even hotter than a fever.

The me in the dream was so lewd~

And... even now, she could still clearly recall the fiery passion she felt in her heart at that time.

The self in the dream was truly, deeply in love with that man named Victor from the bottom of her heart.

Lingsha didn't even need to look in a mirror; she knew the gaze she directed at that man must have been fiery enough to melt steel.

The emotions from the dream and reality intertwined, gradually throwing Lingsha's heart into chaos.

This was the terrifying aspect of overly realistic dreams: they could muddle the dreamer's perception and memory, making it impossible to distinguish between the dream and reality.

At the same time, they would amplify the emotions within the dream, making those who loved him love him more, and those who hated him hate him more.

A perfect example of the opposite of Lingsha was Jingliu.

Having been threatened, conditioned, and toyed with by Victor in the simulation, Jingliu, who was already somewhat unhinged due to being Mara-struck, actually took the memories from the simulation as real. Now, she was single-mindedly bent on finding Victor, this 'unfilial and wicked villain,' to take revenge and slice him into eighteen pieces!

Victor had no idea that because of him, Lingsha, countless light-years away, was in a state of complete turmoil.

Victor was carefully examining the gains from this simulation.

Without a doubt, his performance in this simulation had been outstanding.

Sure enough, the system directly notified him that he had ground the blue trait 'Medical Genius' into the gold trait 'God of Medicine,' and the rewards were therefore increased.

The system gave him two options:

1. Directly obtain 'God of Medicine (Gold)'.

2. Obtain 'Medical Genius (Blue)' and two B-rank evaluations.

B-rank evaluations could be exchanged or used to upgrade a trait to purple. Basically, a B-rank evaluation equaled a purple trait, except that B-rank evaluations were more flexible to use.

Victor understood at a glance; the second option was essentially the first option broken down for him.

However, rank evaluations could be broken down but not combined, making higher-rank evaluations more valuable.

Victor decisively chose the first reward.

After Victor finished reading the description for 'God of Medicine (Gold),' he said only two words.

"Holy shit!"