Chapter 286: Second Life, Strange Dharma

[Ding! You have collected enough relevant information in this round of simulation. This round of simulation has ended and the rewards are being settled...]

[Ding! In this round of simulation, your various choices did not ultimately rewrite your own mortal fate, nor did they touch upon the true nature of this world. In the endless fog of the world, you gradually lost yourself...]

[Ding! This round of simulation rewards has been settled, rating: low level! ]

[Since you have done nothing this round, the system will not issue any rewards...]

"..."

Well, for the first time ever, after playing a simulation game, there was no reward at all...

Zhao Si wanted to say something but stopped himself, and finally did not protest, because no matter how you look at it, the achievement level of this round was pitifully low, so it was understandable not to give out rewards.

After all, Lin Liu was the only one among this group of protagonists who died of old age...

"Others can't get through the story, get stuck and die at the end, but you are a real mortal, and you will die of old age..."

The corners of Zhao Si's mouth twitched:

Jin Bing died in Xuandu slaying monsters in his first life, Jiao Ming died in the war between three tribes in his first life, and Xue Xuan died in the Buzhou Mountain "fairyland" sky-repairing mechanism in his first life.

Regardless of how much the three of them achieved in their first lives, at least they died in a blaze of glory, and the causes of death all touched upon the main storyline of the ultimate mission. It's not a big deal to say that they "died a worthy death."

But Lin Liu... He actually died of old age, as an ordinary mortal. Not to mention becoming an immortal, he didn't even cultivate a single bit...

What is the ultimate mission?
He doesn't know.

Who is the ultimate boss?

He doesn't know.

What is the main storyline?

He didn’t know…

You know nothing about anything!

Among all the protagonists in the same plot stage, Lin Liu can be said to be the worst one. While others have already defeated the small boss, Lin Liu is still fighting wits and courage with wild monsters...

That’s right, I’m talking about the King of the West. He brags about himself, but in fact, he’s just a pure wild monster that’s not even at the immortal level. Lin Liu was defeated every time he killed a wild monster.

"But... this can't actually be your fault..."

Objectively speaking, no matter how miserable other protagonists are at the beginning, they are guaranteed to be gods at the very least, while Lin Liu is truly a penniless mortal, who is like a skilled cook who cannot cook without rice, and his lower limit is so low that it is cracking.

While Jin Bing was in the palace thinking about how to play with his idiot brother, Lin Liu was casting a net to catch fish.

While Jiao Ming was fantasizing about how many eggs he and Zu Feng would lay, Lin Liu was making shrimp paste.

While Xue Xuan was burying the whole village alive and then slaughtering people everywhere, Lin Liu was diving for shells...

For Lin Liu, life in a fishing village has been his life for most of his life. He feels honored to go to the county town during the Spring Festival. His most realistic dream in this life is to break away from the fate of being fishermen passed down from generation to generation, and to have a middle-class family business in the county town.

He is not on the same track as the previous protagonist...

"The key is that I can't even provide him with assistance, and I don't know where to start to change my fate..."

This is also the episode that makes Zhao Si feel most nervous. He is not afraid of the protagonist's low starting point. After all, can there be a lower starting point than the little black guy who was buried alive at the beginning?
But it took less than a month for Xiao Heizi to turn things around. With the magic and great power given by Zhao Si, he became a true immortal in just three days.

If Lin Liu also asked him for help, it might not be possible to break through the heaven in a few moves, but there would be basically no problem in defeating the group of mortals and Shinto monks in Nanshanbuzhou.

The reason why Lin Liu didn't want help was obviously the setting of the game system... This system always liked to make things difficult for him, and all levels were set to be difficult, making sure he always played against the wind!

If you want to be invincible and have a favorable situation under this underworld system, then you are thinking too much.

"never mind."

Zhao Si sighed, "Family members, let's look at Lin Liu in the distance..."

“Although Lin Liu did not achieve anything in this round, it’s not like he didn’t touch upon any high-level information.”

What we are talking about here is the story of the monkey. As the protagonist of Journey to the West, it is obviously a very important clue even in this magically modified world!

"The monkey was able to find Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, which no one else could find, and also learned immortal arts from the mysterious Bodhi Patriarch. After mastering it, he directly transcended mortals and became a quantum monkey that only Lin Liu could see..."

"If I'm not mistaken, then Lin Liu's hope of passing the level lies in the monkey. It is definitely not a simple person... and the magic spell that Lin Liu tricked out in the end..."

Patriarch Bodhi passed down the secret of immortality, which no one except the monkey knew, because the secret was not to be passed on to anyone other than the six ears.

In order to obtain relevant information, Lin Liu fully exerted his subjective initiative, pretending that his life was about to end to play the victim, and successfully deceived the innocent monkey!
Although he did not obtain the complete immortality method in the end, the sentence "The world is a dream, and reality comes when you wake up" obviously hides some key information...

"The world is just a dream...reality comes when you wake up..."

Zhao Si silently recited this sentence of Bodhi Immortal Law, and many speculations emerged in his mind... But he did not confirm it rashly. The most taboo thing in solving puzzles now is to jump to conclusions. If you are not careful, you will get wrong information that interferes with normal clearance.

"To be on the safe side, let's go through one more round first."

Having made up his mind, Zhao Si clicked "Continue Game"...

[Ding! This round of simulation has been fully completed, returning to the initial node...]

[Since you have learned enough information in the previous simulation, this round of simulation will have more option nodes and degrees of freedom than before, and the plot will also shift accordingly. ]

【…】

[…In a certain year, a certain meeting, a certain destiny, you were born with a cry in a fisherman’s family on the coast of the South China Sea.]

[One day when you were three years old, you were taking a nap at home, and suddenly all the memories of the past came flooding back to your mind... You thought about your past life and couldn't help but feel helpless about your own mediocre life.]

[Yes, helpless...]

[With the experience and lessons of your previous life, you know that your conditions are very poor. It is too difficult to turn things around on this basis... Even if you come back to life again, you will just repeat the mistakes of your previous life and your achievements will not be that high.] [You can't go to Fangcun Mountain to learn the immortal method of longevity like the monkey. The only way to transcend is to practice the Western King Visualization Method... However, you practiced for decades in your previous life and didn't succeed in it. The facts have proved that you are not qualified for this method.]

[If it didn’t work in the last life, will it work in this life? 】

[You are just pessimistic about this, because it is like a supercar worth millions or tens of millions. If you can't drive one when you are born, there is a 99% chance that you will never be able to drive one in your lifetime.]

[If you cannot visualize the Dharma image at a young age like the King of the West, then you will probably never be able to do it even if you work hard for your entire life...]

[Do you want to go through that meaningless life again? ]

【You are not willing! 】

[If you had never seen the light, you could have endured the darkness... You have witnessed the miraculous appearance of the King of the West, and the monkey's transcendence of the mortal world. Now you have to be a mortal for the rest of your life... You are filled with resentment...]

[Ding! While you are extremely unwilling to accept this ordinary fate, you can't help but pin your hopes on "another self", hoping that with his help, you can transcend the shackles of fate! ]

[Please give the protagonist Lin Liu a gift that can help him practice the visualization method! ]

"what?"

Zhao Si was stunned. It was normal to ask for assistance. If he was able to offer assistance proactively, he would have done so long ago!

But the problem is that the assistance Lin Liu wants is conditional. He doesn't want any powerful gift that can kill gods and Buddhas. He just wants something that can help him practice visualization...

"How would I know anything that can help you practice visualization?!"

Zhao Si was speechless for a while, but he also understood Lin Liu's thoughts:

Just like the Monkey King in Journey to the West, after it became the disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, it refused all the powerful spells given to it by Bodhi and only wanted the art of immortality!
Lin Liu had the same idea. He certainly knew that "another self" might be able to provide him with many powerful gifts, but if the gifts could not make him immortal, then they would be of no use.

Zhao Si can be said to have personally experienced the feeling of Bodhi Patriarch facing the Monkey King who "didn't learn this or that"...

"Row!"

Zhao Si sighed:

"Then I'll try them one by one to see which one meets your requirements..."

As he spoke, Zhao Si took out all the gifts he had on hand and placed them one by one on the phone screen:

First is Pangu's gift. This top-level gift was obtained at the end of the previous chapter. According to the system's nature, it should be used here.

However, the result was unexpected:
[This gift does not meet the aid conditions! ]

"Hmm? Not Pangu's?"

Scratching his head, Zhao Si, puzzled, used his primordial strength again:
[This gift does not meet the aid conditions! ]

Even the only two origin-level gifts are not enough!
"Weird..."

Zhao Si, who didn't believe in evil, continued to post:

Dinghai Pearl, Kunpeng Award, Immortal Slaying Sword...

[Ding! Assistance successful! ]

"Success?"

Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, staring at the human-shaped blood clot disappearing on the mobile phone screen, speechless.

"How can this thing... help people practice visualization?"

……

[You are silently praying for help, when suddenly a human-shaped blood clot falls in front of you. You pause for a moment, then decisively grab it in your hand! ]

[The next moment, the Blood God Son merges into your body, and all the methods of using it are reflected in your mind...]

[“So, how can this thing help me practice visualization?”]

[You were confused for a while, but you still couldn't figure it out, because although you were amazed by the brainwashing function of the Blood God Son, it didn't seem to have anything to do with the visualization method? ]

[After much hesitation, you decided to trust the choice of "another self", and began to practice visualization...]

[The "Western King Visualization Method", as the name suggests, is to visualize a "Western King Dharma Image" in your mind. ]

[The King of the West is located in the west, the five elements belong to gold, the five colors belong to white, and the main element is killing. Therefore, the image of the King of the West is a silver-colored emperor, just like the image of the monk who calls himself "King of the West".]

[You have practiced this method for many years, and you are familiar with the process. You will succeed in part every time you visualize, such as visualizing the clothes, expression, figure, etc. of the King of the West... But the problem is that you can only visualize part of it. Once you want to visualize the whole thing, you can't do it. The original clear image instantly becomes blurred.]

[Once the whole thing becomes blurred, all your efforts will be in vain, and you can only watch it dissipate into divine thoughts. Every failure you have stems from this...]

[But this time it’s different. As soon as you visualize, a vivid image of a deity immediately emerges in your sea of ​​consciousness! ]

[In just a moment, you have crossed the hurdle that you had not been able to cross for decades in your previous life! ]

[This good thing will surprise you greatly. From now on, the path to the infinite divine way has been opened...]

[What confuses you is that the "Western King Dharma Image" you visualized does not look like the Western King at all... The Western King is a silver-white image of a murderous emperor, but your "Western King" is blood-red! ]

[The raging blood energy is lingering around your body, and the murderous aura and murderous intent make you tremble uncontrollably, as if you will be killed by it in the next moment...]

[In front of you, the murderous King of the West, the genuine King of the West can be considered a dove! ]

[You can't help but wonder: Is this the King of the West? Why does the genuine King of the West seem like a pirated copy in front of it...]

[“And if the previous King of the West was called the King of the West, then what should I be called as the King of the West?”]

……

(End of this chapter)