NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Talent, Your Spirit Root is Different from Ordinary People
Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii
Seeing this, Su Xing was stunned.
Su Nianan was his sister; they had grown up together. How could she suddenly die?
With doubts in his mind, Su Xing continued reading.
[Your parents told you that Su Nianan died during a leveling session in a dungeon.]
[You were heartbroken, drowning your sorrows in alcohol and living a life of debauchery.]
[Your good brother Yu Yan found you. He felt sorry for your sister’s death.]
[He comforted you, and you emerged from your grief.]
[He gave you a large sum of money, which you invested in an Awakened equipment shop.]
[You quickly made a fortune and became a well-known second-hand equipment dealer in Beijing.]
[Three years later, terrible news struck—you learned that your good brother Yu Yan also died.]
Su Xing fell silent upon reading this.
Yu Yan was his college roommate and his best brother in college.
Moreover, Yu Yan was also an Awakened with a hidden profession, considered a prodigy at Beijing Awakened University. How could he just die like that?
[You attended Yu Yan’s funeral.]
[At the funeral, you learned that Yu Yan died in a dungeon.]
[You found out from your classmates that most of your peers had died in dungeons over the years.]
[You were shocked. What kind of dungeon could kill hundreds of powerful Awakeneds?]
[But they were unwilling to reveal more.]
[Your sense of crisis erupted like never before, and you decided to train hard.]
[It took you a year to advance to Body Refinement Stage 9.]
[You continued to train, but your cultivation made no progress.]
[Helpless, you shifted your focus to business.]
[A sudden market fluctuation caused the price of restorative potion items to skyrocket, but your equipment remained unsold.]
[You went bankrupt. By this time, you were thirty-two, with your youthful ambitions gone.]
[With thirty million in savings, you decided to retire to the countryside.]
[Four years later, you became a wealthy man in the village.]
[A matchmaker in the village, seeing that you were single, wanted to introduce you to a girl named Ru Hua.]
[You looked at Ru Hua’s face and politely declined.]
[You thought life would continue peacefully.]
[One day, while you were relaxing in the courtyard, you looked up and saw a giant beast covering the sky.]
[In a daze, you saw several golden figures flying up to attack the beast.]
[The beast opened its mouth and swallowed the entire Great Xia Kingdom.]
[You died at the age of thirty-six!]
[This simulation ends!]
[First simulation reward available for free. You can choose one of the following rewards: Spirit Root Holder (Talent), Body Refinement Stage 9 (Cultivation)]
Looking at the simulation results, Su Xing fell into deep thought.
Fifteen years later, a powerful monster would descend upon the real world and swallow the entire Great Xia Kingdom!
Such a powerful monster was unheard of for Su Xing.
He feared that there were no Awakeneds in the entire human race who could resist it.
Thinking of this, Su Xing smiled bitterly:
“So fifteen years later is the end of the world… Alas, who would have thought that after thousands of years of resistance, humanity would still be wiped out by the demon race.”
Su Xing sighed but then shook his head.
“Who knows what will happen in fifteen years… It’s better to focus on the present!”
Su Xing looked at the two rewards he could choose from and felt conflicted.
Should he choose the Spirit Root Holder talent or the Body Refinement Stage 9 cultivation?
After some hesitation, Su Xing made up his mind:
“I choose Spirit Root Holder!”
At the same time, Su Xing felt an intangible change in his body, and his senses became sharper.
“So this is what it feels like to have a Spirit Root?”
Su Xing suddenly sensed something and glanced down secretly.
Hiss~
He didn’t expect that being different from ordinary people could bring such a benefit?
Su Xing felt a burst of joy in his heart.
The reason he chose the Spirit Root was naturally because this talent was randomly obtained, and his desire for immortal cultivation could not let him pass up such a talent.
As for the Body Refinement Stage 9 cultivation, although it would be beneficial for Su Xing now, as long as he continues to simulate in the simulator, reaching Body Refinement Stage 9 again wouldn’t be difficult.
After selecting the talent, Su Xing wanted to continue the simulation but received a system prompt.
[Ding, this simulation consumes 200 points of energy. The current energy is 0. Simulation cooldown in progress. Please recharge energy and simulate again in a week.]
Su Xing then remembered that each simulation requires energy and has a cooldown period of one week.
The cooldown period was easy to handle; he could just wait a week.
But how could he obtain the energy?
[Ding, this simulator can absorb any energy-containing substance and convert it into simulation energy!]
Su Xing felt a spark of hope and quickly took out a dozen pieces of white equipment.
“Absorb!”
[Detected white equipment, Sharp Dagger, successfully absorbed, gained 5 points of energy.]
[Detected white equipment, Little Princess’s Gloves, successfully absorbed, gained 8 points of energy.]
[Detected white equipment…]
[…]
[Simulator remaining energy: 103 points.]
After receiving the prompt, Su Xing’s face darkened.
A dozen pieces of white equipment provided a maximum of 9 points of energy, with the lowest being only 2 points of energy.
This only restored the simulator’s energy to 103 points, still nearly half short of the 200 points needed!
“Damn, a piece of white equipment costs at least 1,000 Great Xia coins, and I’ve spent tens of thousands in an instant?”
Su Xing felt a pang of pain, but he took out another dozen pieces of equipment and recharged the energy to 205 points.
“Sigh, I’ve almost used up all the equipment I collected over the past three years. If I need more energy, I’ll probably have to buy it with money!”
Su Xing sighed in relief. Fortunately, he frequently earned gold from dungeons and training, and he had savings of over a million.
“I should buy more white equipment and recharge it into energy!”
Su Xing took out his phone and spent several hours.
On the Awakened online trading platform, he bought hundreds of pieces of white equipment in one go and recharged them all into energy.
[Simulator remaining energy: 713 points.]
Seeing the energy displayed in the simulator, Su Xing felt a sense of satisfaction.
“Now I just have to wait a week!”
Knock, knock, knock!
At that moment, a chubby figure walked into the dormitory.
“Old Su, there are six freshmen girls waiting for you outside the dormitory… One of them is really hot! Hehe, you’re quite the player!”
The speaker was Yu Yan, nicknamed Fatty Yu, a hidden profession fire mage, Explosive Flame Mage!
Su Xing knew that the freshmen girls had come to him for training, so he looked at Fatty Yu with a complex expression.
“Got it, they want me to take them to the dungeon for leveling! I’ll be back tonight, save me some dinner!”
Su Xing patted Fatty Yu on the shoulder and left the dormitory.
At the dormitory entrance, Su Xing saw six flamboyantly dressed freshmen girls.
Su Xing straightforwardly said:
“You all know the rules! For the next dungeon, it’s 2,000 each, and all the equipment and items we get belong to me!”
The freshmen girls nodded repeatedly, except for one who had delicate features and a fresh and simple dress, showing a hesitant expression.
Su Xing felt a stir in his heart but didn’t point it out, simply saying:
“Then follow me!”
Soon, they arrived at a dungeon outside the city called “Ten Mile Slope.”
This dungeon continuously spawned a kind of demon beast called “Wild Boar Spirit.”
Its level ranged from Bronze 5 to 10, offering good experience for newly transferred Awakeneds but posing some difficulty.
But for Su Xing, who was at Body Refinement Stage 6, it was like using a sword against a child.
An hour later, the freshmen girls had each leveled up once.
Su Xing received the expected payment of 10,000 coins and then looked at the hesitant girl who still hadn’t taken out the money.
“Um, senior… I’m a bit short on cash right now, could you…”
(End of the chapter)