Simulated Lives: The Sorrow of the Sword Maiden-Chapter 1 – Beautiful Life Simulator

[Your Beautiful Life Transmigration Simulator is loading, currently at 99%. Please be patient.]
[Loading progress 99.01%]
[Loading progress 99.02%]
"......"
In the slightly dim room, sunlight seeped through the thick velvet curtains, creating spots of light of various sizes that fell on the tables and chairs, on the water cup, and on Xu Xi.
Xu Xi gently closed the book.
Patiently waiting for the simulator to finish loading.
Soon—
When the loading progress reached 99.99%, it jumped once more, and the 100% completion notification sounded.
Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that this simulator didn't act like some shopping app, where at the last moment, it would suddenly jump to a so-called 99.9900001%.
"But speaking of which, I never thought that someone as ordinary as me could get a cheat like this..."
He muttered to himself.
The young man, with delicate features, sat in a wheelchair, looking down at the book in his hands, reminiscing about the past, and couldn't help but sigh.
***
Five years ago.
The originally peaceful and ordinary Earth.
Suddenly experienced many changes.
Some called it the Spiritual Energy Revival, others the Mythical Return, and some referred to it as the New Era of Human Awakening.
Simply put, extraordinary powers inexplicably appeared in the world. Whether it was the Eastern Cultivation System or the Western Magic System, entities that once existed only in fantasy appeared in the real world.
As a result, the real world was hit with extreme turbulence.
Many people died in the wave of the transcendent.
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Xu Xi was slightly luckier, managing to escape death, but during a subsequent hospital check-up, he had to accept the fact that he would be in a wheelchair for life.
***
But now, after five years in a wheelchair, could this life finally be coming to an end?
Xu Xi chuckled softly.
He summoned the simulator panel that had finished loading in his mind.
"Is it a conspiracy or a trap?
This inexplicable cheat, no matter how you look at it, seems strange, but I have no other choice."
In this chaotic new era, transcendent battles could break out at any moment.
With his legs already crippled, Xu Xi.
Just one stroke of bad luck.
And he could become one of the nameless victims broadcasted on the evening news.
So, to prevent such a future from happening, whether it be demons or devils, after obtaining the simulator, Xu Xi was prepared to dance with it.
"Come on, simulator, show me your power!"
[Ding~~~]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the Beautiful Life Transmigration Simulator. This simulator will fully assist the host in experiencing various transmigrated lives.]
[After the simulation begins, the host's consciousness will be projected into the simulated world.]
[After each simulation ends, rewards will be given based on the brilliance of the host's simulated life.]
[Current available simulations: 1]
"So, what's the cost?"
Facing the simulator's light screen that only he could see.
Xu Xi cautiously asked.
The simulator did not answer, the words [Start Simulation] in the center of the light screen flickered slightly, as if saying—
"Just ask if you want it or not!"
After a moment of silence, Xu Xi pressed the button, following his heart. Why not? This was his only hope to escape his predicament.
[Simulation starting...]
[World line deducing...]
[Locking on to a traversable world, analyzed as a Cultivation Faction world]
[Entries generating, entries generation complete, please choose three entries as your character's talents for the first simulated life]
[Entry levels are white, green, blue, purple, gold, red]
Small Fortune (Green): You were born into a wealthy family, naturally lucky with money, always living more prosperously than others.
Brute Strength (White): Your strength is slightly greater than the average person, and that's it.
Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold): You are born with outstanding spiritual root aptitude, even in top-tier cultivation sects, you are the object of envy.
Sudden Insight (Purple): You occasionally have a keen sense of something.
Great Love (Blue): You have a heart full of great love, unable to bear seeing others suffer, and will always choose to physically transcend them.
Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue): The basics of survival in the cultivation world—alchemy, artifact crafting, formations, and talismans—are a must-try specialty for transmigrators, and you are very proficient in them.
Xu Xi quickly scanned the six entries.
He soon made a decision, selecting Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold), Sudden Insight (Purple), and Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue).
This was the best combination he could make after weighing the pros and cons.
[Entries selection complete, start simulation?]
"Yes."
As Xu Xi prepared himself mentally, a blinding white light suddenly burst before his eyes, his consciousness detached and ascended, floating towards the unknown and mysterious boundary.
***
[Simulation No. 01 officially begins]
[The sun is shining, the weather is clear, and while staying at home, you suddenly want to go out for a stroll]
[You laboriously drive your wheelchair, leaving your familiar home, only to be hit by a Dayun Heavy truck as soon as you reach the street]
[But you are amazed to find that you did not die, but instead transmigrated to a brand new world, and you have reverted to the age of 7, with your crippled legs restored to normal]
[You are very happy, thinking this is the blessing of reading legitimate web novels for ten years]
[You are full of confidence, ready to make your mark in this cultivation world, but before you can explore the surroundings, a sudden great famine mercilessly and cruelly engulfs you]
Powerless.
Suffocating.
Despair.
The parched fields are littered with the corpses of the starved.
Under the scorching sun, refugees enough to flood the forests advance slowly, their eyes hollow, staring blankly ahead, almost losing human thought and reason.
The footprints just stepped on by the people in front are quickly covered by those behind.
Xu Xi is one of them.
He never expected that this so-called simulation would be so real.
His stomach felt like a ball of fire was burning fiercely, recklessly burning through the stomach walls, spreading that sense of powerlessness throughout his body.
"Child, have some water."
A woman, seeing Xu Xi still young, couldn't bear it and handed him a gourd filled with water.
Water cannot alleviate hunger.
But in a situation where there is no food at all, it can at least bring some sense of fullness, reducing the pain of hunger and powerlessness.
"Aunt Wang, thank you," Xu Xi politely thanked her, then drank the water in big gulps.
The cool water moistened his cracked lips, barely lingering in his mouth before being swallowed directly into his stomach, temporarily soothing his growling belly.
Returning the water gourd to Aunt Wang.
Xu Xi continued to move forward.
"I heard that not far ahead, there's a mortal city. There should be a porridge distribution stall there. I must quicken my pace," Xu Xi thought to himself, using a wooden stick to support himself as he moved forward.
He didn't want to waste his precious first simulation by dying of starvation.
After walking for another half an hour.
Xu Xi suddenly stopped.
Not because he had reached his destination, but because he heard the intermittent cries of a baby.
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