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Chapter 4: Cultivation Progress, Perfect Body Refinement!
Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii
Seeing this, Su Xing’s face changed completely. What on earth was this Demon Subjugation Pass dungeon?
How could it cause so many Awakeneds to die?
Moreover, these Awakeneds seemed to have unavoidable reasons to enter the Demon Subjugation Pass dungeon!
Su Xing continued the simulation.
【You did not give up on the investigation, while also managing your business and training hard.】
【A year passed. Your business had covered half of Beijing’s lower-level Awakened market, but your cultivation remained stuck at the Perfect body refinement stage.】
【This year, with your foresight, you quickly sold a large amount of low-level equipment and instead purchased numerous restorative potions!】
【Amid market fluctuations, you made a fortune.】
【You became a commercial giant in Beijing’s lower-level Awakened market.】
【But you did not relax your vigilance because you knew that a great disaster would sweep across the continent in four years.】
【You began to prepare for this disaster, hoping to use your wealth and power to convey this message to some key people.】
【You failed. No one believed your message.】
【Helpless, you could only protect yourself.】
【You started selling off your assets and buying overseas properties.】
【Three years later, you moved to the United States with your parents and tens of billions of funds.】
【The United States was also a powerful country, with countless high-level Awakeneds, located tens of thousands of miles across the ocean.】
【The professions here were very different from your previous country, featuring unique professions like vampires, werewolves, and cowboys.】
【Another year passed, and the year of the beast attack finally arrived.】
【You were anxious, hoping to avoid the beast’s attack in the United States.】
【One day, a demon that covered the sky appeared over the United States.】
A demon?!
Su Xing was stunned. Could it be that there was more than one monster attacking the real world?
【Countless Awakeneds soared into the sky, trying to deal with this demon, but they only met their deaths.】
【Civilians and Awakeneds on the streets fled in panic, and many took the opportunity to loot.】
【You sighed, knowing you were doomed, and took a deep drag on your cigarette before your death.】
【The demon unleashed an endless curse, killing all humans in the United States.】
【You died at the age of thirty-six!】
【This simulation ends!】
【You can choose one of the following rewards: Business Elite (Talent), Perfect Body Refinement (Cultivation)】
【Business Elite (White Talent)】: Price: 1000 points of energy.
【Perfect Body Refinement (Cultivation)】: Price: 500 points of energy.
Su Xing pondered for a moment, then silently said:
“I choose the cultivation!”
【Ding, you have chosen to bring back Perfect Body Refinement (Cultivation) from the simulation, consuming 500 points of energy. Remaining energy: 482 points.】
Boom!
At the same time, Su Xing’s physical strength began to soar.
In just a few seconds, his cultivation increased from Body Refinement Stage 6 to Stage 7.
Then, Body Refinement Stage 8… Stage 9… Perfect Body Refinement!
Su Xing carefully felt the power surging through his body. At this moment, his strength likely far exceeded ten thousand pounds!
His power was several times greater than before!
“Hiss… My current strength might be comparable to those newly promoted Silver-rank Awakeneds!”
Su Xing was glad he didn’t choose the talent incorrectly.
Although the Business Elite talent could bring him a lot of wealth in the simulator, it wouldn’t help him in the real world right now.
But the Perfect Body Refinement cultivation was solid and real. With his cultivation skyrocketing, his efficiency in leading dungeon raids and earning gold would greatly increase.
Then, he could obtain more equipment to convert into energy, allowing for better simulations.
While his strength increased, Su Xing’s mind was also constantly thinking of countermeasures.
“Is there really no way to avoid the catastrophe fifteen years from now?”
Su Xing gently shook his head. In the simulator, he had become a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions.
Although still insignificant in the eyes of high-level Awakeneds, he did have some influence.
But no one in the human race believed his message.
Did they not believe it?
Su Xing pondered, murmuring to himself:
“Could it be… that the higher-ups of the human race already knew about this and just couldn’t prevent it?”
“So they suppressed the information to avoid causing panic among the general populace?”
Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling that this was probably the reason.
Whether this was the truth or not, further investigation was needed.
After the simulation ended, Su Xing checked his Awakened panel.
The Awakened panel was an ability that every Awakened possessed, allowing them to see their own attributes.
【Name: Su Xing】
【Profession: Cultivator (Exclusive Hidden Profession)】
【Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage 1, Perfect Body Refinement】
【Techniques: None】
【Talents: Spirit Root Holder】
【Skills: None】
【Equipment: Jade Blood Longsword (Green), Spiked Chainmail (Green), Azure Cloud Boots (Green)】
Due to the special nature of his profession, Su Xing’s Awakened panel differed from that of ordinary Awakeneds.
For example, other Awakeneds had their “cultivation” section displaying their level.
Such as Bronze Level 30, Silver Level 15, and so on…
But Su Xing’s panel showed his cultivation levels, having both Qi Refining and Body Refinement.
This allowed Su Xing to enjoy the benefits of both, effectively making him a dual Awakened, with strength far surpassing ordinary Awakeneds.
Moreover, Su Xing’s panel included a “techniques” section, which ordinary Awakeneds did not have.
The only downside was that Su Xing couldn’t learn ordinary skills; he seemed limited to skills related to being a Cultivator.
This was because Su Xing had yet to master any skills.
Fortunately, Su Xing could still equip various gear.
The equipment for Awakeneds ranged from low to high as follows:
White (Common), Green (Excellent), Blue (Fine), Orange (Rare), Red (Treasure), Purple (Epic), Gold (Legendary), Dark Gold (Immortal), Colorful (Mythical), Black (Supreme)…
The three pieces of equipment Su Xing commonly used were of Green Excellent quality. They not only had higher durability but also allowed him to easily handle average Bronze-rank monsters.
“Tsk tsk, with Perfect Body Refinement, my strength and physical defense are now several times higher than before!”
Previously, Su Xing’s physique was already extremely formidable, several times stronger than an ordinary person’s, at a small superhuman level.
But now, with his body refinement reaching the Perfect stage, his physical capabilities were tens of times that of an ordinary person!
Still, he was quite far off in terms of strength compared to an ordinary Silver Rank Awakened.
“However, there’s still a long way to go… I need to keep enhancing my strength to stand a chance against the catastrophe fifteen years from now!”
Su Xing murmured to himself.
For the next week, Su Xing continued to earn gold like crazy.
Thanks to his increased strength, Su Xing’s efficiency in making money improved significantly, earning over 400,000 in a week.
Su Xing kept about 100,000 as startup capital and spent the remaining 400,000 on white equipment.
Su Xing had tried buying other types of equipment and items to convert into energy.
But after testing, he found that regardless of whether it was green or blue equipment, the cost-effectiveness of converting them into energy was far lower than that of white equipment.
For example, a piece of green equipment cost dozens of times more than a piece of white equipment but only contained ten times the energy.
The cost-effectiveness was too low!
As for other items like healing potions and skill scrolls, they were similarly too expensive!
Su Xing couldn’t afford to convert them right now…
After comparing, Su Xing decisively invested in the white equipment army.
This week, he accumulated a total of 1600 points of energy.
Currently, Su Xing had 2082 points of energy!
The moment the Life Simulator’s cooldown ended, Su Xing eagerly chose to simulate.
“Start simulation!”
【Consumes 300 points of energy, remaining energy 1782 points, remaining simulation attempts: none.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a white talent costs 100 points of energy, drawing a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, proceed?】
“Draw a white talent!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate. Bringing out a white talent required 1000 points of energy, so the price for a green talent would likely be even higher.
With his current financial resources, Su Xing could only afford to draw a white talent.
【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the white talent, Unyielding Gaze!】 (TL Note: Unyielding Gaze directly translates to “die with eyes open” and is an idiom meaning to die with a grievance or regret)
(End of the chapter)