"Just this once. There won't be a next time. If this happens again, I'd rather risk the unknown in reality than use this cheat. I'll seal it away forever. Mark my words!"
Chen Pingchuan's face was grim and his brows were tightly furrowed. His voice, tinged with both anger and reluctant compromise, echoed throughout the warehouse.
Yet, the warehouse remained deathly still. The simulator was as unresponsive as ever, like a cold, inanimate object.
Chen Pingchuan stood there alone, as if talking to himself.
In fact, this wasn't the first time he had tried to determine if the simulator possessed any form of intelligence. His previous attempts had all ended in failure, but he remained vigilant.
He had spoken out this time because the simulator's upgrade notification was just too contrived. How could it be such a coincidence that the system prompted an upgrade the very instant he obtained one million simulation points?
