Translated by: Novellise
At the same time, Lu Yuan realised something else.
Even a low-level martial artist from a modern world could easily detect the existence of simulators.
In a more technologically advanced or stronger martial world, wouldn't people have realised this by now?
Or in those fantasy worlds where a single punch could shatter the stars and a single sword could split the sky.
The existence of simulators was no longer a secret.
Just the thought of the possessions, manipulations, puppets and incarnations in these high level worlds sent shivers down Lu Yuan's spine.
"I started this research topic out of pure curiosity.
"Just like Newton discovered the law of universal gravitation and Einstein discovered the theory of relativity."
"People like you are fatally attractive to researchers."
"If we can unravel the mysteries surrounding you, it will undoubtedly be the greatest discovery in human history!"
"But later, I discovered that the more I delved into research, the more I found great terror and crisis in you humans!"
Chen Hongyu sighed.
"What do you mean?"
Lu Yuan furrowed his brow.
"Peculiarities."
Two light words from Chen Hongyu made Lu Yuan's pupils contract.
"What exactly do you know?"
Lu Yuan stared at the middle-aged man in front of him.
His intuition told him that the information Chen Hongyu would reveal next would determine the fate of the simulated life.
"Before that, you need to look at some files."
"Noah, get the top secret files from the Pentagon."
Chen Hongyu ordered.
The next moment, a detailed file was displayed in front of Lu Yuan in a virtual projection.
"In 1969, on the 20th of July, man first set foot on the moon, a moment recorded in the annals of space exploration."
"Astronaut Armstrong became a well-known space hero because of his famous quote, 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
"One hundred years later, human technology has made breakthroughs that allow us, with our current space technology, to even achieve interstellar travel over vast distances."
"But have you ever wondered why no country has ever landed on the moon a second time?"
Chen Hongyu asked.
Lu Yuan had no answer.
The technology of this world was very advanced.
Artificial intelligence, digital life, lethal weapons, controllable nuclear fusion, exoskeleton armour...
With today's technology, it wouldn't be difficult to turn the moon into a space colony.
But think carefully.
Since the first moon landing, all governments have been wary of lunar exploration and have secretly halted all space exploration projects.
They seemed to be afraid of something!
"After the success of the Apollo lunar landing, the Beacon Country Space Laboratory found a mysterious energy from the lunar soil that was brought back".
"Under the radiation of this mysterious energy, all living beings would experience varying degrees of genetic mutation!"
"And this mysterious energy could transcend all obstacles and materials, and there was no way to contain it."
"Only after its energy was exhausted could it be studied through contact."
"At that time, researchers called it dark energy, meaning it would bring despair and destruction."
Chen Hongyu showed several video clips.
In the videos, a humanoid monster with malformed limbs and a twisted face, drooling with a fishy odour, was attacking a military base.
After sacrificing hundreds of soldiers, Beacon Country finally killed the monster.
But few knew.
The monster in the video was actually the famous moon landing hero!
"Is that why you dare not land on the moon?"
Lu Yuan looked at the monster with an unpleasant expression.
Just by emitting dark energy, ordinary beings could be transformed into monstrous forms.
This meant that the source of this strange energy was incredibly terrifying.
In the face of such high-level peculiarities, Lu Yuan had no chance of survival.
Only advanced simulators could possibly stand up to it!
"No."
Chen Hongyu shook his head.
"If there was only dark energy on the moon, it wouldn't have caused the nations to stop space exploration."
"But after paying a huge price, extensive experiments and data analysis..."
"We have desperately discovered that the sun is the source of all dark energy!"
As he spoke, Chen Hongyu played another audio clip.
"This is Voyager One, recording magnetic field fluctuations near the sun's orbit."
"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
After the transformation, the magnetic field fluctuations turned into a deep, powerful heartbeat sound.
This heartbeat was deep and powerful.
Like a church bell ringing at dusk.
Ancient and majestic, it made you want to bow down in reverence!
Just by hearing that heartbeat, Lu Yuan was certain.
There was definitely an ancient and extremely terrifying being sleeping in the sun!
"What's even more desperate is the fact that after being eroded by the dark energy, the sun is rapidly distorting, and soon this dark energy will radiate throughout the entire solar system!"
Upon hearing this statement, Lu Yuan felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
He even felt the immediate urge to run for his life.
Radiate throughout the entire solar system?
What kind of concept was that?
This was something that only a level seven king, or even an eighth level idiosyncrasy, could achieve!
To this day, Lu Yuan still remembered the advice his teacher had given in class.
For a Level One Peculiarity, one should proceed with caution.
For a Level Two Peculiarity, you should tolerate life.
For a level three peculiarity, one should consider oneself lucky.
For a level four peculiarity...
At this point, the teacher paused for a moment, looked scared and nervous, and swallowed hard.
"If you encounter a level four or higher peculiarity in your first simulated reincarnation world..."
Run!
Run immediately!
Commit suicide and exit the simulation.
Have no illusions!
Even a level four oddity was like this.
And here I am, a newbie who hasn't even left Newbie Village.
You want me to face a level seven King Peculiarity?
That's a terrifying being capable of defying the will of the world!
Once that idiosyncrasy awakens...
Forget about me being a novice.
Even if the will of the world itself comes, there's a high chance that we'll all be wiped out!
Lu Yuan was so angry that he almost cursed the Will of the Cosmos and his entire family.
It was only at this moment that he finally understood what the hell-level simulation difficulty meant.
But as he thought about it, he calmed down.
As described in his life script, this world was on the brink of dark corruption.
This meant that the level seven oddity was still dormant and hadn't awoken yet.
For once it awakens fully...
The entire solar system will be twisted and no one will survive.
Thinking about this, Lu Yuan changed his strategy.
Every extra day he spent in this world meant an extra bit of danger.
He had to get a high-level assessment quickly and then end the simulation.
And if he guessed right...
The breakthrough point in this simulated reincarnation would probably be Chen Hongyu and the Ark Project he kept mentioning!
(End of chapter)