Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Gaining Trust, Alliance with the Shadow Protector!

    Translator: 549690339

    In the real world, Su Xing’s heart hung in suspense.

    Having spoken those words within the simulator, he had effectively laid his identity bare. If the Shadow Protector was neither a spy nor a traitor, his death was certain.

    This amounted to a wasteful use of a precious simulation opportunity.

    But if the Shadow Protector truly was a traitor, then Su Xing would save himself much trouble in subsequent simulations.

    Everything hinged on a single thought.

    Su Xing swallowed and continued the simulation.

    [After hearing your words, the Shadow Protector’s expression subtly changed. She claimed she did not understand what you were saying, that she had joined the Descending Sect decades ago and had always been following the path of the master.]

    [Your heart felt more at ease after hearing the Shadow Protector’s response because if she truly was loyal to the Descending Sect, she should have killed you right then and there.]

    [You simply closed your eyes, allowing the Shadow Protector to end your life, which led her to fall silent.]

    [After a long while, the Shadow Protector let out a bitter laugh and said, “How pitiful. Compared to those true behemoths, our world is destined for destruction! In their eyes, our world is nothing more than insignificant dust...”]

    [At that moment, the Shadow Protector finally opened up to you. Seizing the opportunity, you argued that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, you should exert ten thousand times the effort, just like how the Shadow Protector requested you to refine elixirs. Was it not a struggle despite knowing you were powerless to resist?]

    [It seemed the Shadow Protector was swayed by your words. She inquired about your plan to resist the invasion of the Foreign Race. You presented an elixir, stating you would practice alchemy and that as long as you could produce enough strong individuals with elixirs, the Foreign Race would eventually be driven away.]

    [However, the Shadow Protector responded with a bitter laugh, indicating that it was a mere drop in the bucket. Even if the Human Race’s strength was raised by a notch, they would still be insignificant in the face of the Foreign Beasts.]

    [The Shadow Protector then asked how many elixirs you could provide all on your own.]

    [Filled with hope, you contemplated for a moment and then stated that you could supply a thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills every month and asked her if that number was sufficient.]

    [Upon hearing your words, the Shadow Protector was visibly stunned. A supply of a thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills per month equated to creating two hundred warriors at the Grandmaster Level. Nearly three thousand in a year. If so many strong individuals could be produced annually, perhaps it could significantly delay the Foreign Race’s invasion!]

    But Su Xing’s issue was a lack of the right mindset. He was only one opportunity away from the Nascent Soul Stage and might be able to break through without pain.

    With that thought, Su Xing continued to look at the simulation panel.

    [You no longer practiced arduously every day, only cultivating lightly for half an hour each morning to maintain your spiritual sense, leaving you with more time for alchemy.]

    [This year, you refined elixirs for ten hours each day. Thanks to the ample supply of spiritual medicine you had left, you weren’t short on ingredients.]

    [Within a year, you had produced over thirty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills, knowing they would be of great use in the future.]

    [You remembered clearly that in a previous simulation, the Shadow Protector had no further need for elixirs in the eighth year. Perhaps something catastrophic had happened in her original world, which led her to abandon her need for elixirs.]

    [Thus, you sought out the Shadow Protector, intending to give her the Essence-Nourishing Pills a year in advance.]

    [The Shadow Protector was shocked to receive more than thirty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills but accepted them. You told her to distribute the elixirs as soon as possible.]

    [After she nodded in response, you didn’t see her for the upcoming days.]

    [After resting for a few days, you immersed yourself back into the rhythm of alchemy. Apart from maintaining essential cultivation, you amassed tens of thousands of elixirs within a year.]

    [The ninth year was just another ordinary day for you, where you continued your daily routine of alchemy and cultivation.]

    [But that day, the Shadow Protector found you, looking considerably worn out. It had been months since you last saw her, so you quickly inquired about her situation.]

    [The Shadow Protector remained silent for a long time before uttering a few words: “Give up, give up this futile resistance.”]

    [Your heart skipped a beat, knowing that the Shadow Protector’s world might have ultimately perished. You hastily asked how she was defeated and how her world was destroyed.]

    [The Shadow Protector seemed reluctant to elaborate, merely saying a few words about the coming of the great beasts and the world’s apocalypse...]

    [You fell silent, knowing that the Shadow Protector had managed to fight for an extra year for her world. According to the original timeline, her world might have perished in the eighth year, yet it had endured for one more.]

    [But what truly shook you was the mention of the coming of great beasts, which almost exactly matched the cause of destruction of your own world. You didn’t dare contemplate the implications.]

    [Looking at the grieving Shadow Protector, you too seemed to be touched by her emotions, momentarily at a loss for how to console her.]

    [Crack, under the strong surge of emotions, your long-stagnant cultivation level finally broke through, and you successfully became a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!]