Soaring Through the Sky

This time, the choice wasn't as clear as it was last time.

The last time was clearly about accumulating energy, since when you're too weak, the main thing is to develop.

And now?

As a swordfish, it has already grown a sharp snout, and external information indicates that many of its kin's eggs have already been lost.

At this point, should it hatch or continue to develop?

If it doesn't hatch, this swordfish might die.

If a swordfish hatches before it has fully absorbed its yolk sac, is its body truly fully developed?

Just like a fetus in the human womb, ten months of pregnancy, seven, eight, or nine months of premature birth, and three months of premature birth are three completely different states.

If he hatches prematurely, will he be a premature baby? Or a deformed baby?

"Let's try making a selection first..."

Fortunately, he has three chances, and he can try once first.

"I choose option one: to break the yolk and hatch."

The moment I made my choice, the scene changed.

[In the harsh environment, you used your sharp snout to break through the egg membrane, carrying the undigested yolk, and swam from the loving egg fluid into the cold, unfamiliar sea, acquiring the trait: impatience.]

You are the first swordfish in the vicinity to successfully hatch, and your appearance has attracted the attention of predators.

While you were resting on a sandy area on the seabed, you were preyed upon by a Bobbit worm.

This simulation of strengths and weaknesses has ended.

ended?

Zhu Ge was taken aback.

The next instant, the scene changed, and a new font appeared again.

[The traits gained in this simulation are: Patience, Fencing, and Impatience.]

[Endurance: Lose all sensation to the outside world for ten minutes, then regain all strength.]

[Fencing: Increased affinity with sword-type weapons.]

[Impatient: IQ drops by half, strength, speed, and agility double]

Please select one trait, or proceed to the next simulation.

If the simulation continues, the current trait will be retained for the next simulation.

Choose a trait or proceed to the next simulation?

Just by looking at it casually, the traits of patience, fencing, and impatience are actually all pretty good.

In a world teeming with gods and demons, these things are actually quite useful.

However, the problem is that what he urgently needs now is the qualities that can break through his current predicament.

Furthermore, since the trait is retained and can be selected later, he can compare it again at the end, and if there is really no other choice, he can choose the trait from this time.

"Progressing to the next simulation!"

You became a swordfish...

You've accumulated energy...

The previous simulations were largely the same, with some sentences differing slightly, but the final choices were all the same: accumulating energy.

But things changed later on when they grew sharp snouts.

[A violent storm raged, waves surged, and currents roared. In the end, only two hundred eggs remained in this sea. Your brothers and sisters, in panic, hatched one after another, only to perish in the ocean.]

Instead of hatching, you continued to develop, growing strong muscles and hard fins, and acquiring the trait: Calm.

[You can easily hatch by twisting your body. Once fully developed, you can swim hundreds of meters without getting tired, without needing to stop and rest on the seabed, thus avoiding attacks from hidden creatures like Bobbit worms.]

[You roamed freely in this cradle that nurtured you, slowly hunting, fleeing, and growing up.]

Looking down at the earth and up at the sky as an adult, you wonder: Why can't you burrow underground or fly?

Therefore, you have made a unique choice for this theme simulation. Please decide carefully.

Part 1: Swimming in the Ocean, Seeking the True Meaning of Life

Part Two: Breaking Free from the Cage and Seeing a World Never Before Seen

The only choice!

Upon seeing this, Zhu Ge's eyes narrowed.

Both of these options are actually quite good.

"Seeking the true meaning of life" and "seeing the world you've never seen before"—these phrases sound like they could be quite appealing.

However, which one to choose is very important.

After all, the word "unique" sounds very important.

After much deliberation, Zhu Ge's gaze finally settled on the second option.

"To see a world you've never seen before."

Zhu Ge felt a chill run down her spine.

His journey through time was to "see a world he had never seen before".

Moreover, he felt that the current environment was somewhat unclear and incomprehensible, so he naturally chose this path.

You chose to break free of the barriers and soar into the sky.

You were spotted by a seagull and then became its prey.

Celebration Song: ?

Zhu Ge's heart tightened, and she almost choked on her breath.

Thankfully, the text continued.

Before being preyed upon, your muscles were torn from forcefully leaping out of the water, your fins bled from forcefully spreading them to glide, and your gills and eyes felt dryness and burning...

[But precisely because of this, you breathed air, saw that the source of light was the sun, saw that there was a sky above you as deep as an abyss, and saw that you were merely a body of water in the world...]

[Your consciousness has thus broken free of its constraints, completing the metamorphosis from egg to fish to bird, successfully evolving into a new life form and acquiring the trait: Kunpeng.]

[Your physical body perished, but your kin witnessed your act of breaking free from the shackles of the body and imitated it one by one. Your race completed its "hatching" and became the "Sky Swordfish."]

This simulation of strengths and weaknesses has ended.

it's over!

Although it was just a piece of text, Zhu Ge couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

[Traits acquired in this simulation: Calm, Kunpeng]

[Calmness: Improved logical thinking and problem-solving skills]

[Kunpeng (Unique): It takes three thousand years to grow from an egg, then breaks free of its cage to become a Kun; six thousand years to grow from a Kun, then breaks free of its cage to become a Peng; the Peng's journey spans nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, before it perishes in the sky. Please explore and develop its specific uses yourself.]

Please select one trait, or proceed to the next simulation.

If the simulation continues, the current trait will be retained for the next simulation.

Kunpeng?!

Zhu Ge's eyes widened suddenly, and her breathing became rapid.

Although the trait doesn't specify its effects, he could tell from the description that it was extraordinary.

If there hadn't been another chance, Zhu Ge would have chosen directly.

But with the thought that "there might be something better," Zhu Ge cautiously chose to try again.

Zhu Ge originally thought the third simulation would go well, but the result was a huge surprise to him.

Even the first choice was wrong.

[You chose to close your eyes, refusing to observe the world, losing your chance to escape the fish's jaws, and becoming nourishment.]

"Is that all?"

Zhu Ge couldn't help but whisper.

This made Zhu Ge realize that perhaps each simulation opportunity in this superiority-inferiority simulation was random? Or perhaps it simply corresponded to real life?

Otherwise, why would there be different results for the same option?

But the focus now is not on delving into this.

Please select one trait.

"I choose Kunpeng!"

Zhu Ge consciously chose the "Kunpeng" trait.

The next moment, his information appeared on the system interface.

Name: Zhu Ge

Lifespan: 53 year

[Characteristic: Not wearing]

[Inventory: Kunpeng]