Chapter 35: It's My Turn Now, Miss

"Forget it, forget it, it's good that there's no camera in the room."

After careful consideration, Otto thought it was also a good thing to treat himself as a loser. After all, the lower the position, the more comfortable it is to slack off.

Lu Yu took a shower, played with his phone after dinner, and then started today's simulation.

"System, can I develop a new ending for Kiana's simulation today?"

[Yes.]

"Then let's begin."

[The host has completed the corresponding simulation ending. The lowest talent level in this simulation was two stars, and the host's basic attributes have slightly improved during the simulation. If the ending cannot be achieved in this simulation, the points reward will be greatly reduced.]

"Is that so? So, the Emotion attribute is meant for me to explore different endings, right? What if I complete an ending?"

[After the host completes an ending, the points reward will be fixed at 50, and other rewards will be distributed normally.]

"Understood, so it means no good rewards if I don't achieve an ending. Alright, let's get started."

[Simulation begins.]

[Talent Selection Phase: Each simulation will randomly present 1-6 talents of varying quality, and the host can choose 1-3 of them.]

[Inherent - Passionate Eloquent (3 stars): Your words easily move others.]

[1 - Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! (2 stars): Intangible Cultural Heritage of Shenzou, worth learning!]

[2 - Academic Master (3 stars): Your theoretical knowledge is quite rich.]

[3 - Honest (3 stars): You are trustworthy.]

[4 - Reclusive Personality (2 stars): You don't like to communicate with others, but as a result, you unexpectedly become stronger.]

[5 - Calm and Composed (3 stars): Your voice brings comfort, and your presence brings reassurance!]

"I choose 2, 3, and 5."

Among the six talents, the two two-star talents aren't very good. One is about cursing, and the other is about being reclusive. For this simulation, both of these personality traits are likely negative, so he definitely cannot choose them.

Among the three-star talents, Lu Yu is a must for academic experts. He has suffered several times due to his low intelligence, so this time he must be wise.

Next is the choice between honesty, calm and composed, and passionate eloquent. (TL/N: so by inherent, it means that passionate eloquent is always gonna be a choosable option in the simulations in the future? i thought it was more like a passive skill that he brings every simulation.)

After some thought, Lu Yu decided to choose calmness. He considers passionate enthusiasm to be just a high-level rhetoric, and he has always felt that it is a negative talent in a certain sense.

[This simulation is in multiple rounds mode. The starting point and process will be different from before. Please choose talents wisely and complete other endings as soon as possible.]

[The simulation officially begins.]

[Age 1: You were born into an ordinary family.]

[Age 3: From a young age, you had an extremely strong curiosity and loved reading books, even if you couldn't understand the text, the illustrations in the books fascinated you.]

[Age 5: As you grew older, your parents noticed that you were quite different from other children. You were studious, honest, and rarely engaged in wild play like other kids.]

[Age 7: A minor Honkai event occurred in your city, and your home was attacked by Honkai beasts and death soldiers. In this turmoil, your parents sacrificed themselves to protect you, but you miraculously survived. The Schicksal Research Institute learned about your existence and adopted you.]

"Hmm? There's no talent related to physical attributes this time, and I haven't made any relevant preparations in advance, but I didn't get injured during the attack at the age of seven. This should be the system's mention of a slight increase in basic attributes. Not bad."

[Age 9: During the adoption process, your outstanding talent caught the attention of the researchers. A middle-aged man among them took an interest in you and invited you to be his assistant. Will you accept?]

[Accept: Thank you for your favor.]

[Reject: Destiny people are not good folks!]

"I accept."

With his current academic talent and Kiana not yet appearing, Lu Yu had no reason to refuse an invitation from a researcher. After all, he was still in a growth period, and it's always good to learn more things.

[You accepted the middle-aged man's invitation and became his assistant in the research room. You affectionately address him as your mentor.]

[Age 10: Your learning ability is extremely strong, and your mentor has high expectations for you.]

[Age 13: After three years of interaction, your excellence was recognized by your mentor. At just thirteen years old, he recommended you to Schicksal. Upon learning about your situation, Schicksal also became interested in you and approved your mentor's judgment, deciding to let you join the organization. When you learned that Schicksal was a great organization dedicated to countering the Honkai, you resolutely chose to join Schicksal.]

[Age 15: Your excellence in research became even more apparent, and your mentor has high hopes for you. He treats you like family and teaches you all his lifelong knowledge. You are deeply grateful to your mentor.]

[Age 16: One night, while you were on duty in the research room, you smelled a strange odor. You found that the smell was coming from your mentor's personal laboratory. Do you want to check it out?]

[Go: Let me see if there's anything good!]

[Don't go: A middle-aged man's greasy smell, what's there to be curious about?]

"I'll go."

The current mentor seems quite normal, so Lu Yu had no reason not to check it out.

[You arrived at your mentor's laboratory, and it was filled with flames. You found your mentor lying on the ground, struggling to survive. It seems that your mentor accidentally caused this fire.

There are many bottles and containers in your mentor's office, all containing dangerous substances. These bottles and containers could explode at any time due to the fire. Based on your understanding of these items, you think that there's a high probability the entire research institute will be blown up today.

The Schicksal Research Institute is quite large, with dozens of researchers. There's no time to inform everyone now. Faced with this situation, what will you do?]

[Take the mentor and run away: Let's escape!]

[Stay and deal with the scene: Everything here is too dangerous. You must do something!]

Lu Yu: "Let me think..."

Run or not? If he runs, he and the mentor will definitely survive, but the research institute will explode. If he stays, he doesn't know if he can handle the situation.

Based on the current situation, Lu Yu is more inclined to stay because, based on the current plot, this research institute seems to be fine.

Not every institute in the Schicksal organization is involved in evil deeds. So far, this institute seems quite normal. Since it's a normal research institute, why shouldn't he try to do something to save it?

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While Lu Yu was contemplating his decision, in the dormitory of St. Freya Academy, Raiden Mei anxiously looked at her phone.

According to the usual practice of the past few days, it should be the time to experience the new life, but it has been over ten minutes, and her new life still hasn't started?

Raiden Mei didn't know that right next door, her good friend Kiana Kaslana had already entered a certain space with a smile.

"Hey hey, it's my turn!"