In the evening, after a busy day, Chu Chen returned to his manor. After dinner and washing up, he did not go to sleep immediately but instead activated the Life Simulation System and entered the life simulation function.
[Life Simulation Function Loaded, Protagonist: Chu Chen! Current Points: 200 points.]
[Winter of Year 3242 on the Qingzhou Continent, the terror of the Imperial Guard caused the Empress to become wary for the second time. However, after being summoned to the imperial study for questioning, most of her apprehension dissipated.]
[You were ordered to directly apprehend the traitor selling out the country in the capital, once again making the Imperial Guard's fearsome reputation spread far and wide. The powerful, noble families, and court officials cursed incessantly, yet were powerless. They even dared not discuss how to deal with the Imperial Guard and you, lest the incident of intelligence being gathered from secret chambers happen to them.]
[Winter has arrived, and the prefectures and counties of the Yunyue Kingdom bordering the north have begun to snow. Thanks to the efforts of starting work a month early and fully producing hand warmers and smokeless charcoal, coupled with the thick hemp clothing stockpiled from the mass production of new textile machines, the people in the snow-covered prefectures and counties have warm charcoal hand warmers indoors and wear thick hemp clothing outdoors to prevent heat loss. This allows them to still engage in light labor in the snow to obtain more living resources.]
[The cheap hand warmers, charcoal, and thick hemp clothing have made the common people in the north very satisfied and happy. Your name has once again entered the hearts of the common people, who could only offer prayers and burn incense for you at home as a form of repayment.]
[As snow began to fall in the north, most of the land in various parts of the Yunyue Kingdom became unsuitable for farming. A large number of tenant farmers entered the slack season and, under the supervision of their manor lords, began organized drills.]
[In Yunyue Prefecture, the manors could not absorb the large number of tenant farmers during the slack season. They had nothing to do but conserve energy and food at home. At this time, the cement and blue bricks you had stockpiled for a month came into use. You began large-scale infrastructure construction in Yunyue Prefecture.]
[During the construction process, you introduced banknotes and copper notes among the agricultural laborers, paying them half in advance and half as vouchers, promising to redeem the full amount of these notes before the completion of the work or the arrival of spring.]
[The arrival of winter made livestock sluggish, and accumulated snow on the roads made the post stations busy. More routes could not be cleared in time, increasing the difficulty of transporting money. At this time, merchants who cooperated with the Royal Chamber of Commerce heard about the banknotes and copper notes and inquired with you.]
[You established the Royal Bank and began circulating banknotes on a small scale among the affiliated merchants of the Royal Chamber of Commerce.]
[Taking advantage of winter, when the movement of people across the country was greatly reduced, you used two Summoning Cards for three thousand light cavalry. You had them secretly stationed in a suitable mountain valley, posing as mountain bandits formed by escaped refugees, to provide them with sufficient initial supplies for transportation, train them, and subsequently transport more supplies to sustain them.]
[Your infrastructure projects greatly shocked both civil and military officials and the Empress.]
[You uncovered more traitors selling out the country and used this opportunity to launch a true clean-up of officialdom, rectifying the Yunyue Kingdom's bureaucracy.]
[In year 43, legends of immortals flying and descending spread from Lianshan County. People in surrounding countries successively witnessed individuals flying in the sky.]
[In year 44, due to livestock becoming more docile, having better stamina, and understanding human nature more, the saying of spiritual energy recovery began to spread widely.]
[In year 45, wild beasts frequently escaped from the mountains and forests.]
[In year 46, demonic beasts began to descend from the mountains and wreak havoc on the human world, causing suffering to various countries.]
[In year 47, trees in various regions became taller and thicker. It is said that some fearless individuals discovered spiritual plants in the mountains, and subsequent discoveries caused a sensation.]
[In year 48, it was rumored that brilliant lights flashed in the deep mountains at night, suggesting that immortal treasures were about to appear or had already appeared.]
[In year 49, some people entered a celestial realm, appearing dazed.]
[In year 50, you died suddenly while marrying Princess Xinyue.]
[You died at the age of 31.]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the life simulation, gaining 3100 points. You now have 3300 points.]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the life simulation. You may choose one of the following three rewards.]
[Mysterious Black Box (Unranked): Unknown. Do not open lightly, or the heavens and earth will be overturned, and the sun and moon will become extraordinary.]
[Purple-ranked Talent: Slacking Off. When you give up striving and choose to slack off in the deep mountains, all troubles will distance themselves from you. A spiritual platform-level barrier will unfold, enveloping a thousand-meter radius around your secluded dwelling. No one below the spiritual platform level can detect it.]
[Purple-ranked Talent: Intense Competition. After choosing this talent, individuals connected to you, based on their status and identity, will experience a moderate sense of personal crisis, thereby striving for excellence.]
"..."
Chu Chen was a bit stunned looking at the record of the life simulation and the rewards.
The process of this life simulation was not as detailed as before, and the style had changed slightly. It seemed that the life trajectory after the last simulation had not changed much, so the system had simply made it more convenient for him to observe the life trajectory from other aspects?
That aside, what was this reward?
Chu Chen roared inwardly, feeling a strong urge to curse.
"Damn it! Last time, a mysterious black box gave me spiritual energy recovery. What now? Another mysterious black box? Is it trying to amplify the spiritual energy recovery? Or perhaps bring about other changes? Is this thing really a reward?"
Chu Chen had a lot of complaints he wanted to vent, so he directly thought in his mind, "System, what exactly is this mysterious black box? And what is this Qingzhou Continent world? Is the trend of spiritual energy recovery irreversible?"
[Ding! Esteemed host, hello! The Mysterious Black Box is an unranked reward. Whether to choose it or not depends on you, the host! Whether to open it after choosing also depends on you!]
[Ding! Esteemed host, hello! The spiritual energy recovery currently present on the Qingzhou Continent is due to the host's own chosen will. There is no irreversible trend!]
"Nonsense!"
Chu Chen was not satisfied with the system's explanation, feeling it was just a deception. No matter how much he called out and inquired, the system only repeated similar meanings.
"This system is practically on par with the artificial idiocy of my previous life!"
Unable to get the answers he wanted after multiple consultations, Chu Chen cursed inwardly.
"System, is there human customer service? I request a transfer to a human operator!"
[Ding! Esteemed host, hello! The Life Simulation System is transferring you to human customer service. Please wait...]
[Ding! Esteemed host, hello! The operator you are currently calling is out of service. Please try again later.]
"..."
Chu Chen was completely speechless now. It had learned all the tricks, even the "please wait, your call is important to us" routine. Would it also say "100+ people are in the queue" when the operator was in service?