One Trait Draw Per Year Even Simulations Count

【You’re only somewhat famous on Blazing Star, with a limited number of people who recognize you.】

【Although killing a Transcendent Realm cultivator was quite a spectacle, Blazing Star is enormous. You only pulled off one major stunt, so it’s not like everyone knows about it.】

【But inside the Tiansha Sect, it’s a different story entirely.】

【From the Supreme Ancestor down to the outer sect servants, everyone knows that a single human easily destroyed the current Sect Master’s physical body.】

【With an unknown origin and shrouded in mystery.】

【Your appearance brought the street riots to an immediate halt.】

【The Dragon-Men fell into a terrified silence.】

【Another scout squad captain cautiously stepped forward.】

【”S-senior, we were just following orders. Let me apologize to this old woman...”】

【This Granny He also adopted an attitude of ”I’m old and fearless.” When the Dragon-Man apologized to her, she pointed her walking stick right at him.】【”Who cares about your apology! Following orders? Did your orders tell you to come here to burn, loot, kill, and destroy everything?”】

【The Dragon-Man captain broke into a cold sweat.】

【”This...”】

【You said calmly.】

【”I’m a guest here and don’t want any disturbances. You’re too noisy.”】

【”But...”】

【”Still not leaving? Do you need me to invite you to leave?”】

【You clenched your fist, cracking your knuckles with a series of pops that sent chills down the Dragon-Men’s spines.】

【Just as the Dragon-Man captain was caught in a dilemma, a Dragon-Man’s voice rang out from the air.】

【”The alert formation detected something abnormal! Someone passed through the formation and escaped from the town!”】

【The Dragon-Man captain clapped his hands together.】

【”That must be the suspect! Let’s go, chase after him now!”】

【He found a very reasonable way to save face.】

【Indeed, someone had just run out—your four doppelgangers, the ones packed with explosives.】

【They ran in four directions to scatter the Dragon-Men’s forces and attention.】

【Only after all the Dragon-Men had withdrawn from the small town did you return to the Firewood Sect’s cellar, take the child, and prepare to leave.】

【There was a secret passage in the cellar, and Shen Yifeng opened the entrance for you.】

【”Leave through this secret passage. The exit is at the bottom of a lake thirty miles away. When you’re underwater, please take care of the child. Even if he has the talent of a Celestial Emperor, right now he’s just a fragile toddler.”】

【You nodded.】

【”Senior Shen, rest assured. I won’t let him come to any harm.”】

【Ma Bang asked.】

【”Sixth Elder, even if you won’t let the disciples escort you, at least let me come along. One more person can sometimes provide an extra escape route...”】

【That was the last thing you wanted to see again, so you firmly refused.】

【”This journey is about taking on the whole world. One more person or one less won’t make a qualitative difference. Let me go alone. Don’t let the Torch Society be extinguished on Blazing Star.”】

【Your last words struck Shen and Ma’s weak spots.】

【As you said, if they both died too, there would be no one left from the Torch Society on Blazing Star.】

【”Take care on the road.”】

【You left through the secret passage, evading the Tiansha Sect’s manhunt in the area.】

【Your four doppelgangers made a heroic sacrifice, turning into four explosive infernos. They did manage to blow up quite a few low-level Alien Race cultivators.】

【By the lake, you took out a map and studied how to get to the Star Harbor.】

【Even though you had lived on Blazing Star for several years, the planet was still vast. You only knew the basic distribution of the major powers, but it was hard to grasp the specific details of local areas.】

【The safest route was indeed a problem.】

【You weren’t really afraid of danger, but since you were carrying a child now, constantly traveling while being hunted would be too much for him.】

【”Got it. First, go find All-Knowing and have him lead me on a safe path.”】

【You set off again.】

【No mount, and it wasn’t convenient to buy one at the market, so you had to travel on foot.】

【Ma Bang and Shen Yifeng had prepared a lot of living supplies for you and the child.】

【But for easy preservation, the food was naturally hard to swallow. The child was young and often refused to eat it.】

【If it weren’t for the fact that you had been a father to two kids in your first life, this journey would have driven you crazy.】

【The good news was that the child’s emotions were relatively stable; he never threw a tantrum or cried for his mother.】

【”Where’s Grandpa Xun?”】

【He could already speak some simple words, and you felt he developed faster than ordinary children.】

【”Grandpa Xun has other things to take care of. I’ll look after you from now on.”】

【”He’s dead, isn’t he?”】

【You let out a bitter laugh.】

【”Do you know what ’dead’ means?”】

【The child’s eyes turned sorrowful. Although his emotions were far more stable than those of his peers, he clearly hadn’t learned to hide them yet.】

【”I know. A lot of people have died. When one died, I ended up with the next person.”】

【”So young, and it’s really tough...”】

【”You’ll die too, right?”】

【”Ah, pfft, pfft! I have a thousand years of lifespan! Can you let me live a little longer before talking about that!”】

【The child spoke with a serious expression, saying things he probably couldn’t fully understand himself.】

【”Just abandon me. That way, you won’t die.”】

【”Is that something a person should do? Are you trying to avoid eating sweet potatoes and just making conversation?”】

【”It tastes bad.”】

【”This stuff is indeed ’hard’ for you to eat, but don’t worry, you’ll get some porridge in a while.”】

【You didn’t have the ”Unlimited White Porridge” trait on you right now, but you knew the benefactor outside wouldn’t let you down.】

【When he heard there would be porridge, the child’s eyes lit up.】

【”Really, big brother?”】

【”Calling me ’big brother’ at my age isn’t right. Call me Grandpa Chen.”】

【”Grandpas have white beards. You don’t.”】

【”Then call me Uncle Chen. By the way, do you have a name?”】

【”I do.”】

【”What is it?”】

【”Sometimes it’s ’Genius,’ sometimes it’s ’Prodigy,’ a lot of them!”】

【You understood. He didn’t have a name. He had just heard Mr. Xun and the others call him those names when they talked about him.】

【”From now on, you’ll be called Ah Dou.”】

【”Why?”】

【”Because we’re a duo.”】

Outside the simulation,

Chen Yi flipped through the list of trait tags.

”Storming the Star Harbor again, and this time with a child in tow. I need to choose my traits carefully.”

Chen Yi sighed. In this simulation, getting anywhere he wanted to go was no easy feat for himself.

He always had to fight his way through a bloody path.

”This time, though, it might not necessarily require a bloody fight. Both ’Calamity of Ten Thousand Races’ and ’Martin’s Morning’ can change faces, and there’s also ’Someone Is Copying My Face.’ As long as the child agrees, I can take an Alien Race’s face and put it on him.

That should make passing through the Star Harbor much easier, right?

This journey won’t be easy, and I probably won’t have time to comprehend Divine Abilities. I’ll temporarily swap out ’Mortal Bones.’

Right, there’s also the residence permit issue...

I wonder if All-Knowing can solve the residence permit problem.”

After some thought, Chen Yi confirmed the traits he would use next.

Then, he waited for the year to switch.

My turn, swap traits!