I Simulate Survival in a Wasteland World

In the future, Earth is no longer habitable due to thermonuclear war, world-ending earthquakes, tectonic plate shifts, species extinction, and psionic awakenings...

Qin Che, an ordinary perso...

Chapter 27 Imperial Mourning a Century Later

[At 44, with enemies both in the shadows and in the open, you begin hunting down those extraordinary sorcerers from the original Wall One, delivering your prey to Lingbi City to claim the reward. Because Lingbi City doesn't acknowledge the existence of the Wall One extraordinary team, you exploit this loophole to amass considerable wealth, but you also become a thorn in the side of Lingbi City.]

[At age 46, a slight change has occurred in the political structure of Lingbi City. Someone invited your troupe to settle in Wall One and become a force in Lingbi City, but you declined.]

[At 47, you gave birth to a son with a female soldier in your brigade. This infant was born with master-level psionic abilities. Relying on his rare 'supernatural permanent amplification' technique, coupled with your years of accumulated cultivation, you officially stepped into the transcendent level II.]

[At 51, after numerous journeys between the Southern War Zone and the Great Desert, you learned of the Iron Beast Kingdom's resurgence and planned to return to the Mechanicus's territory for a final resupply. However, the moment you returned to the desert, you were met with a full-scale counterattack from Wall One. They assembled a psionic army and the last surviving Grand Transcendent to encircle and annihilate you. After suffering half of your casualties, you used your Transcendent II strength to fight back and kill all the enemies. You then infiltrated Wall One and completely destroyed the decaying Spirit Wall 'Underground Awakening Department'.]

[Soon after, the newly elected ruling party of Lingbi City reached an agreement with you, shaking hands and making peace. Your extraordinary hunting brigade was officially renamed the Extraordinary Awakening Squadron. With your immense strength, you became the strongest in this desert. In the same year, you were bestowed the title of Hunter King. You began recruiting powerful psionicists from all over the world to join your team. You became a role model for countless psionicists, and everyone regarded you as the goal to be emulated. You also took on the responsibility of maintaining peace and order in the desert. Countless forces would give you face upon hearing the title of Hunter King.]

At 55, you unearthed the factory from the underground shelter. Leveraging your status and influence, and with the support of several powerful figures in Lingbi City, you advanced legislation for a new food industry development plan. Utilizing a synthesizer, you industrialized artificial starch, solving a series of problems related to food, arable land, energy, and industry in the desert.

At age 65, as your seniority, achievements, and status have deepened, you begin to run for the position of the highest leader of Lingbi City, and you succeed.

[At 67, your granddaughter was born.]

[At 70 years old, through continuous cultivation of spiritual energy, you finally reached the Transcendent III life level, and your understanding underwent a dramatic transformation...]

At age 71, you founded the Dimensional Cult. In the same year, you declared yourself emperor, and under your leadership, the Lingbi Empire transitioned into its first empire.

At 80, you feel you're about to reach a higher level of existence. You spend five years transferring power to your eldest son, announcing your retirement to enjoy your later years, and spending your days in the Black Tide, sensing the end of the psychic dimension.

At 81 years old, the Iron Beast Kingdom annihilated the Mechanicus, destroyed everything, and annexed the entire south.

[At 84 years old, the Iron Beast Kingdom officially declared war on you, and in the same year, launched a large-scale war of aggression.]

[At 90 years old, the Lingbi Empire suffered repeated defeats, but due to the tenacity of the Awakened Forces you established in your youth, and the fact that your disciples have all followed in your footsteps, the empire has never been defeated by the Iron Beast Army.]

[At 95, your life evolution cultivation failed. You always felt something was missing. At the same time, you saw many historical events of the old empires within the Black Tide. Following these clues, you determined that the piece you had been missing had always been buried beneath the frozen northern lands. In the same year, an aircraft landed from a coastal city, and you made your first contact with humans from outside the region. They called themselves 'Sages,' and their mission was to restore the old lands and rebuild human civilization.]

Six months later, with the help of the sages, you used a wealth of old-world technology to destroy the armored hooves of the Iron Beast army. The empire began to gradually turn the tide. By this time, you were very old and could no longer travel thousands of miles to the north. So you told this secret to your eldest son, instructing him to pass it down through generations.

At the age of 102, with your extraordinary strength, you saved the nation from collapse. After your death, shooting stars fell from the sky, and the sun's brilliance dimmed. That night, a rare phenomenon occurred: six planets aligned. The entire empire mourned for you.

Upon completion of the simulation, you can choose one of the following rewards:

1. Your physique and qualities in the year you became the 'Hunter King'.

2. Randomly select one old-world technology you have ever seen (full version).

3. All your memories from before age 65.

Qin Che opened his eyes.

This simulation... felt like a dream.

Even the most dramatic and epic descriptions are insufficient to depict the life of the Hunter King.

That is, a legendary life.

Qin Che obtained a lot of highly valuable information from it, which made him overlook the twists and turns that occurred in this small corner of the sandcastle.

So the reason Lingbi City enacted the Extinction of Psychic Power Act was to monopolize the right to use psychic power...

The so-called No. 1 Wall Underground Awakening Department is the strongest force in Lingbi City. Its three extraordinary psychic teams are capable of wiping out the leaders of all organizations.

This is why there are no records of arresting or killing superhumans on Wall One.

In this life, the turning point came at age 31, after the Oasis Alliance declared war on Sandcastle. In the previous simulation, Qin Che remembered very clearly that it was when he was 55 years old that Wall One declared war on the Oasis Alliance on charges of colluding with other forces to illegally plunder Sandcastle.

But this time things changed.

However, given the strength of Wall One, sooner or later they will achieve a complete victory, and the Oasis Alliance will have no ability to resist.

It's like a father scolding his son...

Secondly, the rewards this time are also different. He became the 'Hunter King' at the age of 51, and his life level was fixed at the level of Extraordinary II. This must be a limitation of the system? Or perhaps, with his physique and qualities in his old age, even if he became Extraordinary III, it would not mean that he had reached his 'peak', so the rewards were limited to a certain range in advance.

The same applies to the third reward, 'Memory,' which is limited to those under 65 years old.

Does this prove that Beyond III alters self-perception? Or is it a transcendental life quality completely unrelated to combat or strength?

Of the three things he didn't consider, one wasn't particularly urgent for Qin Che. He certainly understood the principle that his own strength could overcome everything, but he learned from this simulation that apart from the Awakening Department in the underground of Wall No. 1, he could practically run rampant in other places.

In contrast, a complete set of old-world technology could become Qin Che's bargaining chip in this wasteland, making him stronger in terms of 'soft power'.

Should we strengthen hard power or soft power?

It's decided.

Choose two!