[Talent Drawn Successfully. The host can choose any two of the following to carry within the simulation.]
[Treasure Hunting Instinct (Purple): The stronger the treasure, the stronger your perception; the more secretive or weaker the treasure, the fainter your perception. You can even sense the threat level as you locate the treasure. The best part is that this talent can switch between passive and active forms at the host's will.]
[Note 1: Your senses sharpen as your cultivation grows.]
[Note 2: Threat perception is limited to treasures and provides no help in real crises.]
[Holy Root of Purple Thunder (Purple): Possessing this Spirit Root increases affinity with the Dao of Thunder. It gathers Thunder energy from the surroundings to aid cultivation. Other than its destructive capabilities, it's also famous for its immense speed.]
[Eye of Insight (Blue): Can detect the realm of any opponent below the Immortal Realm.]
[Reminder: It cannot bypass the effects of a high-level shielding artifact.]
At the moment, though Lin Chen was happy with the talents drawn this time, upon looking at the number of talents he could choose, a thought—which he couldn't suppress—stirred in his mind. He asked the system, "System, I noticed that while I can choose an extra reward with the help of the Choice Increase talent, I can't do the same with talent draws. Why?"
As he finished speaking, he didn't have to wait long for the answer, as the system began to clear his doubts word by word.
[Well... the reason why you can't choose an extra talent is that while drawing talents, all external factors—including your Choice Increase talent—are excluded and cannot affect the talent draw—no matter what.]
After answering his question, without waiting another second, the system continued.
[But Host, honestly, if other factors were really allowed to affect the talent draws, then I guarantee that you would've already had the strongest talent of each grade—from White to Purple—all of which would be nothing but cheat codes in themselves.]
[As for how—I guess you already know that.]
"Hmm... I see, so that's the case," Lin Chen said calmly. Though he knew what the system meant by "external factors" was nothing but his "luck"—in which he somehow believed—he decided to ignore it and began to choose the talents to carry in this simulation.
Soon, at a glance, Lin Chen finalized the talents to choose this time—which were no different from what we all expected.
He chose Treasure Hunting Instinct and Holy Root of Purple Thunder to carry within this simula—no... within this entire timeline.
Between the two, he found Treasure Hunting Instinct to be the most useful, because the time he was traveling to was the era when treasures wandered unclaimed and there was fierce racial competition among all races for resources and survival—at least that was what he thought and learned from "Ancient Scriptures." And the best thing about this talent was that he could switch between passive and active forms anytime.
Which he thought was the best, because constant alarms could be annoying at times.
Although he could miss some opportunities because of it, peace of mind was what mattered to him the most.
At the moment, just as Lin Chen finished making the choices, a voice sounded in his mind.
[Set Time: A Quadrillion Years Ago (Upon the Creation of the Universe).]
[Ding, initiating random selection between Full-Body and Soul Travel based on the true event of the timeline.]
As the system said this, his screen changed, and another interface appeared, finalizing the mode he would land in.
It said...
[Selection made: The host will undergo Full-Body Travel; allows the host to possess all the cultivation and talents he currently has.]
[Reminder: Two Lin Chens can't exist in the same timeline, and the one who knows of its existence—ultimately coming from the future or having experienced those events—will begin to fade away.]
But before the system fully initiated the time travel, a voice sounded in his mind.
[Host, do you want to take any talent from the Talent Pool within the simulation?]
"Choose One-Body Two Souls talent to carry within the simulation." Lin Chen finalized it quickly.
As Lin Chen said this, a voice sounded in his mind, and lines of text appeared before him.
[Ding, initiating time travel to the set time: 4 Quadrillion Years Ago (The Era of Creation).]
[4 Quadrillion Years Ago, you opened your eyes, only to find yourself in a place that was nothing but Void.]
[But within this Void was a spark—which seemed the only source of hope in existence—in front of you, not far away. Its size was that of a seed. And it was not the only spark; there were countless of them, but they were so far away that you couldn't even perceive them—except a small number—despite the Void being so clear that you should've been able to perceive anything.]
[Maybe they were so far away that even their light couldn't reach you, even if it had been a long time since the day of their creation.]
[Though at the moment, you could perceive many sparks that might contain seeds within themselves—just like the one in front of you. But the shape of the seed in front of you was different from every other—which you obviously couldn't determine, as you couldn't reach and check the shape of every other seed contained in those sparks, as they were so far away that you should give up even the thought of ever reaching them with your current cultivation.]
[The shape of the seed in front of you is Ω, which represents 'Absolute Infinity.']
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Outside Simulation,
Lin Chen, looking at the system explaining the simulated results in such grave detail, asked, "System, you will explain that, right? Or do I need to dive in and research it myself?"
At Lin Chen's question, the system gave a reassuring reply:
[Host, have faith. This system won't dump you with information and leave it unexplained.]
After getting reassurance, Lin Chen continued the simulation.
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Within Simulation,
[At the moment, just as you tried to reach the spark in order to tame it—which you should definitely try, as this was nothing but a simulation—you found that you weren't in your physical form and the one witnessing it all along was your consciousness.]
[Just as you were lamenting about the purpose of the system in doing all this, something strange happened.]
[The seed, shining like a star, cracked and exploded into countless pieces. As it exploded, a shocking thing happened.]
[It began to form stars above the crack—or you could say, in the sky.]
[With each passing moment, more and more stars—in addition to many other celestial bodies—began to form in the sky. Its speed of formation and expansion increased with every passing second, showing no sign of slowing down.]
[As you were witnessing the creation of stars and them forming clusters to create a galaxy and were waiting for it to slow down, another shocking thing happened.]
[From the bottom part of the spark, land and water began to form, crafting many landscapes such as mountains, rivers, woodlands, deserts, coasts, and many others.]
[As the land and water were forming and expanding with every passing moment, trees began to sprout at a speed you've never seen before, which was followed by the creation of the cycle of day and night.]
[At the moment, many natural wonders also began to take shape along with the creation of land, water, sky, and vegetation.]
[Now, you understood the reason why the system landed you as a consciousness and not in physical form. Because the sheer amount of world-shattering changes to create something out of nothing was not something your physical body could withstand. It might have already ended your simulation before it even started.]
[You determined that it must be the safety mechanism triggered by the system. And so, you named it the Safety Mechanism.]
(System: ...I think I have to draw a naming talent next time.)
[At the moment, as you witnessed all these events happening one by one.]
[Suddenly, in less than the time it takes to blink, another event began. Within the sky, many birds—of different species, some aggressive and some calm—appeared out of nowhere. The sky was full of them, but that was not the end.]
[Because along with the creation of birds, you witnessed the creation of mythical creatures such as Dragons, Phoenixes, Black Tortoises, Zerg, Suzaku, Qilin, and many more—all with their eyes closed, as if in deep sleep.]
[Which was followed by the creation of land and water animals.]
[At the end of all this, you witnessed a long River of Time appearing out of nowhere. It was so huge that you couldn't perceive its starting point nor its ending.]
[At the moment it appeared, it crafted a branch of time for this newly created universe and spread its branches toward it, which made time flow in your universe, and along with it, every creature became active, while those mythical creatures still remained in deep sleep.]
[At the end, as you witnessed all this, you fell into enlightenment and became unconscious.]
[You didn't notice that the spark with the symbol Ω had long since merged with the world and disappeared.]
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[After who knows how much time had passed, you slowly but surely opened your eyes, finding yourself in unfamiliar surroundings.]
[Your current surroundings, completely different from the previous Void Space, were filled with nothing but greenery and trees. The place in which you've woken up was a forest surrounded by thick and tall trees—blocking the sun's rays.]
[This place didn't feel much different from a horror show setup. But the thing was, you didn't feel any fear of your surroundings and were just wary of unseen circumstances.]
[At the moment, just as you were guarding against unforeseen circumstances, the smell of treasure hit your nose, but you didn't move. Because in addition to the treasure's direction, you also felt an ominous premonition rise in your heart, and it seemed to come from that same direction—the threat perception of Treasure Hunting Instinct had truly come into play.]
[Soon, without a second thought, you decided to give up on the treasure and find yourself a shelter first.]
[Soon, not far from the place you've woken up, you found yourself a shelter.]
[As you've arrived and settled down in the shelter, you began to count the gains you've gotten from being the Witness of Creation, which you received in the form of enlightenment.]
[Soon, you've sorted out all the exercises, magical powers, and techniques in your mind and found a new magical power that had appeared in your mind out of nowhere.]
[It was called theVoid Creation Destructive Rewrite.]