It was raining.
Inside a filthy alleyway.
In an inconspicuous, grimy corner.
A shadow that looked almost like a corpse trembled ever so slightly.
"Where... is this?"
Roki slowly opened his eyes. The dim surroundings around him felt unbearably oppressive.
Rainwater and filthy runoff washed over his body.
Only then did the pain in his body begin crashing into his nerves in wave after wave.
He struggled to sit up, but the pain in his arms, legs, and body told him that even this simple motion had already drained most of his strength.
"Wasn't I taking a shower?"
In his memory, the water had been too hot, and the bathroom had felt short on air, so he had wanted to open a window.
Then everything went black.
Then...
A portion of his memories gradually resurfaced.
Roki could not help but let out a bitter voice.
"Damn it!"
"I just suddenly transmigrated here, and before I even knew what was going on, I got beaten into this state!?"
"This place really does have some wonderfully honest local customs..."
"Don't tell me I ended up in Gotham?"
He still remembered the bewilderment caused by the sudden change in scenery before his eyes.
At the time, he had still been holding a bar of soap, with a bath towel wrapped around him.
But now, the soap was gone, the towel was gone.
Everything was gone.
And his life was about to be gone too!
The rain carried away his strength, and the temperature on the surface of his body was steadily dropping.
"This is just ridiculous..."
Right now, Roki did not even have the strength to laugh at himself.
Only one thought remained in his mind.
"I actually became a transmigrator, and I don't even get a system? Does that make any sense?"
"Ding!"
"Life Simulation System activated!"
"Would you like to begin your first life simulation?"
A way out in the face of certain death!
Roki's spirits instantly rose.
In a situation like this, he understood one thing very clearly.
Other than getting a cheat, there would be no turning point at all!
"Start the simulation!"
In an instant.
Countless text entries appeared on the system interface, flashing in all sorts of colors.
"Ding!"
"The following talents have been drawn: [Obsessive] [Slow Regeneration] [Wind Vane]"
[White] [Obsessive]: Because of your obsessive nature, you can focus on certain things several times more intensely than normal. No one knows whether that is a blessing or a curse.
[Green] [Slow Regeneration]: A talent close to nature. In most situations, your physical injuries recover faster than your mental wounds.
[Green] [Wind Vane]: You can easily sense the direction of the wind. This is the blessing of the Wind God.
The colors probably represented the rarity of the talents.
Without a doubt, given his current situation, Slow Regeneration was the best choice for him.
"Whether I live or die depends entirely on you!"
[The wheel of fate begins to turn.]
[A new life begins...]
[At age one, you are born.]
[At age two, due to poor living conditions, you catch a cold. However, you are naturally strong and manage to survive it, though your brain seems to have developed some slight issues.]
[At age three, your father dies, making your already poor family even worse off.]
[At age four, in your dull life, seeing your mother come home with food becomes one of your few moments of happiness.]
[At age five, your appetite greatly increases, forcing your mother to start taking on double the work.]
[At age six, though you do not know why, you can always sense the flow of the wind. This discovery makes you very happy, and from then on you eat two extra bowls of rice every day.]
[At age seven, you grow fond of feeling the wind, always climbing up and down everywhere. Whenever your mother stops you, you display extreme unwillingness, which makes her very sad.]
[At age eight, you fall from a tower and are seriously injured.]
[At age nine, your wounds worsen.]
[You die.]
[The wheel of fate stops turning.]
"This simulation has ended."
"Choose one of three gifts from fate:"
"1. Life experience."
"2. Talent inheritance."
"3. Mother's Tears."
"I died that quickly?"
After sighing in surprise, Roki immediately chose the second option, Talent Inheritance.
"I can only choose one... then it has to be Slow Regeneration."
The moment the choice was made, Roki suddenly felt a warm and vibrant power appear inside his body!
The pain in his joints and ribs instantly faded by quite a bit.
"It's only a green talent, and the effect is already this immediate."
Roki silently waited until his body had built up a little strength, then painfully crawled toward a nearby shelter where the rain could not reach.
"Pah!"
After wiping the dirty water off his face and body, Roki finally felt the surface temperature of his body gradually rising.
But soon, hunger also began to stir in his stomach.
"Judging from what happened in the simulation, Slow Regeneration works by increasing my appetite. In other words, if I want my body to recover quickly, I need to get some food!"
But right now, he did not even have a single piece of clothing on him.
Trying to get food sounded like an impossible dream.
"At least I'm finally out of immediate danger."
Although the wounds on his body still throbbed faintly, it was not as if he was about to drop dead the very next second.
Roki decided to first figure out exactly how his cheat worked.
"System, introduce yourself."
"Ding."
"The Life Simulation System has three simulation modes."
"The first is [Random Simulation]: once per day, within the current world, randomly draw talents and randomly begin a new life."
"The second is [Regional Simulation]: once per day, within the current area, randomly draw talents and begin a new life."
"The third is [Future Simulation]: consume energy, preserve all abilities at the current point in time, and after activation, project the future."
"After each simulation ends, you may obtain one of three gifts from fate."
"Among them..."
"After [Random Simulation], one option in [Gift from Fate] is fixed: 1. Life experience."
"After [Regional Simulation], two options in [Gift from Fate] are fixed: 1. Life experience; 2. Talent inheritance."
"After [Future Simulation], no options in [Gift from Fate] are fixed."
The system's explanation ended.
Roki noticed that [Random Simulation] had already changed into a [0/1] indicator.
That meant the mode he had just activated was Random Simulation.
And according to the description,
the settlement reward for Random Simulation would always include "Life Experience" as one option, while the other two options were random!
"So being able to draw Slow Regeneration really was pure luck."
When he thought about how he had probably gambled with his life just now in exchange for that brief burst of good fortune,
Roki suddenly felt much more at peace.
(End of Chapter)
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