"Simulation ended. Please make a choice as soon as possible, Host."
"One, randomly obtain three skills and specialties acquired during your transmigration."
"Two, randomly draw three items acquired during your transmigration."
Zhou Ning:... It took him a long time to come back to his senses. This transmigration was so real that just reading the text made him feel a bit melancholic.
Reason and emotion, if he were to choose his life again, would he continue to choose Maggie, his wife of forty years, or Erina, who gave him his beautiful first love?
He didn't know, he really didn't know. Both were dear to him. Maybe he would choose the one with the pretty, big chest.
Although he felt melancholic, he was quicker than anyone to choose a reward, unhesitatingly selecting the first option.
Although he had been a firearms engineer for a long time in the simulation, choosing the second option might get him a pistol, but that was only a 'maybe'. In the current situation, choosing the unknown was very foolish. Choosing the known first option was more stable, at least the three skills were all things he urgently needed.
"You chose option one."
"You obtained the specialty: Firearms Knowledge."
"You obtained the skill: Basic Shooting Mastery."
"You obtained the skill: Professional English Mastery."
"As you have mastered more than one professional language, your Linguist level has increased! You have obtained the skill: Body Language."
"Body Language: You can communicate with people through body language when there is a language barrier. Success rate: 50%. Stamina cost: 5."
Upgrading his Linguist level also gave him one random attribute point and one free attribute point. The random attribute point went to Agility, changing from 8 to 9. Zhou Ning hesitated for a moment and put the last attribute point into Agility as well, making his Agility 10 points, which just reached the normal human level.
It felt quite comfortable.
He wondered if he could control the simulation process.
Now that he had the Shooting Mastery skill, if he could get a gun again, his chances of escape would be much greater.
"Bang!"
The door suddenly burst open again.
Zhou Ning's hairs stood on end, and he entered a state of high alert. Three Curse God Cult members pushed open the door and walked in.
The progress of the sacrifice in reality was obviously several times faster than in the game. In just half an hour, several rounds of sacrifice had already taken place, and the current progress had reached 30/36.
According to the current progress of two people per round of sacrifice, even Zhou Ning couldn't guarantee whether it would be his turn in this round.
Little Fatty next to him was even more terrified, his face as white as paper. Zhou Ning could hear his thunderous heartbeat next to him.
Fortunately, this fright didn't last long. The three Curse God Cult members quickly took two people away, and the door was heavily shut again amidst hysterical cries.
Zhou Ning:... Sometimes this kind of torment is the hardest to bear, like a Hitchcock horror movie. Isn't this just insane?
Wait, what's that smell?
Zhou Ning frowned, took a deep breath, and a faint, unpleasant smell of sulfur wafted through the air.
"I say, do you smell anything?" Little Fatty, Alan, must have smelled it too, asking with a trembling voice.
"Sulfur." Honest Zhou Ning's expression also became solemn, and he replied truthfully.
Legend has it that evil gods live in purgatory, where the most famous sights are rivers of flowing lava and mountains of bright yellow sulfur. Therefore, every time an evil god descends, it is accompanied by a strong smell of sulfur.
According to the dungeon plot, whenever a clumsy player failed to clear the level and the Curse God Cult members succeeded in their sacrifice, a silhouette of an evil god, resembling a spider and quite creepy, would appear in a cutscene.
That's why Zhou Ning said earlier that this summoning was actually successful.
Little Fatty, being from a noble family, naturally knew this saying. He took a deep breath and then burst into tears again.
"Wuwuwu, I really don't want to die,..."
"Is there anyone who can save me..."
"I can give anything, wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu..."
Little Fatty's wailing was extremely destructive, not only highly infectious but also like bel canto, making people's scalps tingle. Zhou Ning, standing next to him, felt his skull almost blown off by the continuous wails.
Zhou Ning:... Are you a train spirit reincarnated?!
"Sacrifices have died. Current progress 32/36."
A huge cheer came from outside, clearly indicating that the summoning by the Curse God Cult members had made progress.
He couldn't wait any longer. Zhou Ning opened the simulator and chose transmigration again.
"Transmigration preparing... Transmigration Coin - 1"
"Matched with you in a parallel space..."
"You defaulted to choosing talents 3, 5, and 7."
"The you in the parallel world is a Doctor of Electrical Engineering, possesses extremely high literary talent, and is very lucky, often winning free drinks in beverage purchases. You handle affairs very fairly, and everyone likes you very much."
"Current world exploration progress is 29.2%. When exploration progress reaches 66.7%, you will have permission to unlock the next simulation map."
"When you die in the simulation, the game ends."
"Riding the time machine... 1%... 33%... 65%... 95%... Swoosh... Transmigration complete."
"You transmigrated to London in 1894. From this moment on, the wheels of history began to turn."
After a familiar line, the wheels of history turned once again.
"December 17, 1894: As an electrical engineering PhD, you mastered professional English, and there was no difference in communication with local British people. This time, you did nothing but find a restaurant to wash dishes."
"December 19, 1894: Washing dishes..."
"December 20, 1894: Washing dishes... If dishwashing had a professional rating, you would now be a Dishwashing Master, capable of washing 3 to 4 dishes simultaneously. (Happiness - 1)"
"December 22, 1894: Washing dishes... After a week, you saved a small sum of money. (Family Wealth + 1)"
"December 22 to 25, 1894: Washing dishes... On Christmas Day, a man named George Bernard Shaw came to the restaurant to eat. This time, with the bonus of professional English, your communication was very smooth, finally breaking free from awkward conversation. As both of you possessed extremely high literary accomplishments, you conversed happily and quickly became good friends."
"December 27, 1894: Your friendship with George Bernard Shaw progressed rapidly. With his financial support, you quit your dishwashing job and rented a cheap small apartment."
"January 1895: You officially began your writing career. With great literary talent, your first short story, 'Letter from an Unknown Woman,' was published in The Times through George Bernard Shaw's introduction. George Bernard Shaw called it: an astonishing masterpiece!"
"January 10, 1895: Your first work brought you great fame. Soon, your second short story, 'The Metamorphosis,' also began serialization, and your reputation began to spread in London. (Family Wealth + 2, Happiness + 1)"
"February to May 1895: You published six consecutive short stories that would become classics: 'The Chameleon,' 'The Gift of the Magi,' and other classic short stories brought you both fame and fortune. You began to be hailed as one of the best short story writers of the late 19th century. (Family Wealth + 1)"
"May to September 1895: You began writing the full-length novel 'The Magic Mountain.' Upon its serialization, the work caused a sensation throughout Britain. When this immortal masterpiece was completed, its influence even spread worldwide. (Happiness + 1)"
"November 1895: 'The Magic Mountain' was completed. A famous critic stated: 'The Magic Mountain' is the essence of all European life. Its influence even spread worldwide. (Happiness + 1)"
"December 1895: After accumulating sufficient funds, you did not forget your original intention and assembled a team to begin researching two-phase AC generators."
"January 1896: With ample funds and sufficient manpower, what else could stop you in this world? You successfully developed a two-phase AC generator! Your research results began to be promoted across the country and brought you immense profits (Family Wealth + 3)."
"February 1896: People began to compare you to Leonardo da Vinci. Your full-length novel 'The Magic Mountain' received a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Your handsomeness, talent, and fairness made you very popular, and you officially entered the upper echelons of society, beginning to attend various banquets. At one banquet, George Bernard Shaw introduced you to a minor noble from Italy. Due to drinking too much, you forgot his name, but it didn't matter; you felt that forgetting the name of a minor noble was not too important. (You achieved: Pride and Prejudice)."
"March 1896: You re-encountered Erina at a banquet, and you once again fell in love at first sight. (Happiness + 1)"
"October 1896: Due to your qualifications, you did not win the Nobel Prize in Literature (Happiness - 2)."
"April 1897: You and Erina got married and held a grand wedding. Erina's relatives and friends from Liverpool also came to attend the wedding, including her childhood sweetheart, a tall and handsome young man named Jonathan. Indeed, childhood sweethearts are no match for fated encounters."
"May 1897: Your second full-length work, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude,' began serialization. This work was a true masterpiece, bringing you both fame and fortune. (Family Wealth + 2)"
"August 1897: A killer known as Jack the Ripper began to appear in London. Several prostitutes died at his hands, and one incident occurred near your home. To ensure your safety, you began collecting expensive pistols and daggers, selecting the best few guns, loading them fully, carrying one with you, and locking the other in a box. The daggers were also polished to a sharp gleam and locked away with them."
"October 5, 1897: Your novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' was once again nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature, while you and George Bernard Shaw were meeting in a London pub, you were attacked by a strange person. You pulled out your gun and shot him seven or eight times, but it was useless. He eventually caught you, drained your blood, and you died. You achieved: Interview with the Vampire."
"Simulation ended."
"Summary: Happiness: 7, Health: 0, Family Wealth: 6. It should have been an incredibly brilliant life, with a beautiful wife, successful career, and ample family wealth, but you died due to an accident. You began to come into contact with the truth of the world. That's good. It's worth mentioning that after your Death, perhaps to commemorate the deceased, or perhaps because your books were truly that amazing, you became the winner of the Third Nobel Prize in Literature! Many people also believed that you were the best writer of the late 19th century, but unfortunately, fate was unkind, and you died too young."
"Evaluation Level: C+, World Exploration Progress: 49.2%. As exploration progress is greater than 40%, you received a reward of 1 Transmigration Coin. This reward can be claimed once for every additional 20% exploration progress. Due to causing an extremely significant impact on world literary history, you received a reward of 1 Transmigration Coin."
Zhou Ning:????