A Stand-in User is a life-saving item, it's impossible to use it as a consumable in a life simulation.
Finding out the true identity of the assassin is very important, but knowing you can't win is useless. Wasting a Stand-in User for it is simply not worth it.
Chu Chen's mind raced.
"Since that's the case, then I can only see if I can draw something to improve my realm or more life-saving items from the system."
Thinking of this, Chu Chen opened the Life Simulator again.
[Simulation loaded, protagonist: Chu Chen!]
[...]
[You died at the age of 23.]
[...]
"Damn! Again!"
[Simulation loaded, protagonist: Chu Chen!]
[...]
[You died at the age of 22.]
[...]
"Surprisingly, I died a month or two earlier than last time, damn it! Again!"
After more than ten life simulations, besides the points in his hand becoming 1100, Chu Chen gained nothing, and was still met with a series of deaths.
It seems that in this situation, even the rewards given by the system are very poor, all of them are either whiteboards or green level, and not a single big purple or red can be seen.
"Could it be that even the system daddy is helpless? Impossible, it must be that I haven't thought of something, and my ideas haven't been incorporated into the life simulation."
Chu Chen shook his head repeatedly, anxiously thinking, "What haven't I thought of? What other methods can I try?"
After a while, Chu Chen suddenly thought of a forgotten idea and said with annoyance, "How could I not have thought of this? Since this assassin might be a royal offering, why don't I just swallow my pride and go to the Empress directly, and explain the situation clearly?"
"In the previous simulations, I only sought the Empress's protection, but did not tell her the truth. If I tell her, it might be very different."
"Alright, that's what I'll do."
Chu Chen opened the Life Simulator again.
[Simulation loaded, protagonist: Chu Chen!]
[You noticed the anomaly in the Ministry of Revenue's order to the Ministry of Works for the casting of swords.]
[You learned that the Ministry of Revenue is targeting you. You conducted a tracking investigation and discovered that the Ministry of Revenue is not the real mastermind.]
[You had a premonition that whoever could instruct the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to target you must be a person of high status and great power.]
[You chose to be cautious and stopped investigating, making thorough preparations in secret to deal with possible countermeasures.]
[You were assassinated by an assassin. You used a fringe technique from the True Essence Profound Art, burning your own vital energy and foundation.]
[The assassin's attack missed. You desperately rushed towards the imperial palace, shouting for help.]
[The assassin gave up the assassination, and you successfully met the Empress.]
[Your foundation was damaged, and your realm dropped to the Body Refining Realm. You recounted your suspicions about the assassin to the Empress and begged for her protection.]
[The Empress was furious and went to the Hall of Offerings to confront them.]
[The Empress returned and told you that the assassin who attacked you was the eldest of the three offerings.]
[There were many reasons for the assassination, the main one being that the Second Princess Meng Die offered an ancient elixir, which helped him break through to the middle stage of the Qi Transformation Realm. Therefore, he was instructed by her to assassinate you.]
[You were angry but helpless. The Empress, pitying your great merits and hard work, dispatched one of the remaining two offerings to escort you to another country to seek refuge.]
[You were assassinated by the Qi Transformation Realm offering en route and died.]
[You died at the age of 23.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 points, you now have 1110 points.]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the life simulation. You can choose one of the following three rewards:]
[Blue-grade talent: Narrow Escape: After the host evades a fatal crisis, luck increases slightly for one hour.]
[Red-grade talent: Bloody Battle: When the host is injured and bleeding in multiple places, all physical qualities increase by 50% for one hour!]
[God-grade talent: Clear Accounts: Greatly improves the host's ability in accounting, bookkeeping, and calculation, with unprecedented knowledge improvement!]
"It really is a royal offering! And what the hell is this Second Princess! I remember I never offended her!"
"And don't I have the God-grade charm talent? Last time something happened, it greatly increased the favorability of several princesses and the Empress, so why would I be assassinated by the Second Princess?"
Chu Chen gritted his teeth, yet was very confused.
"Forget it, I'll know why later."
Chu Chen sighed.
Then he looked at the process of this life simulation. When he saw the word "God-grade," he immediately became happy: "Damn, I finally got a God-grade this time, wait~"
"What is this thing?"
Chu Chen wasn't happy for long before he was completely bewildered.
"A God-grade accounting talent? What's the use of that?"
Chu Chen thought about it and felt that in the current situation, such a God-grade talent was not urgent for him. He then turned his attention to the second Red-grade talent, "Bloody Battle."
"Forget it, although this is not God-grade, it's still Red-grade, and it's a combat talent. It will be more helpful to my current situation."
Chu Chen chose this one with a weary heart.
A moment later, Chu Chen, having recovered his mood, began to plan.
"In this life simulation, I've learned the true identities of the two masterminds. I can start making my arrangements."
"First, I need to teach that Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue a lesson."
Chu Chen planned silently and soon came up with a method, smiling sinisterly, "Hehe, I hope you'll like it."
Ministry of Works Office Hall.
Meng Yuan saw Chu Chen arrive and asked with confusion and politeness, "Lord Chu, what brings you here?"
"Minister, it's like this. Because this order is difficult, I would like to apply for permission for night shifts. May I?"
Chu Chen asked, cupping his hands.
"No problem, the Armor Department applied before you."
Meng Yuan sighed and said, "Although I can't change the key aspects of this matter, I will not be vague in any other way I can help you, Lord Chu."
"Then it's settled. I actually have a few other things that require Minister Meng's authorization."
Chu Chen's eyes lit up, and he smiled without being polite.
"Uh, no problem."
Meng Yuan was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Soon, Chu Chen asked Meng Yuan for documents related to warehouse materials and the allocation of necessary raw materials.
Normal raw materials like iron ore did not require an application, and the Vice Minister of the Sword and Blade Department had the authority. However, Chu Chen wanted more than just the original materials, but other things as well.
That night, Chu Chen had only half of his men work overtime to complete the eighty thousand sets of weapons, while he took the other half to teach them how to mass-produce some tools.
In just two nights, Chu Chen had taught all six hundred and fifty master craftsmen in the thirteen casting workshops in rotation.
Then, they passed on this low-skill method to their respective apprentices, having them assign personnel to specifically manufacture these tools.
With a total of about seven thousand people across the thirteen casting workshops, it was no longer a dream to forge eighty thousand sets of swords and blades within a month using these tools.