Chapter 1: The Beautiful Life Simulator

【Your Happy Life Transmigration Simulator is loading, currently at 99%, please wait patiently】

【Loading progress 99.01%】

【Loading progress 99.02%】

“……”

In the slightly dim room, sunlight filters through the thick velvet curtains, creating dappled light of varying sizes that falls on the desk, the water cup, and Xu Xi himself.

Xu Xi gently closes the book.

Patiently waiting for the simulator to finish loading.

Soon—

After the loading progress reaches 99.01%, it jumps again, and the 100% loading completion sound rings out.

Xu Xi breathes a sigh of relief, glad that the simulator didn’t pull a last-minute 01% on him.

“But then again, I never thought someone as ordinary as me could get a Golden Finger…”

(TN: Cheat)

Muttering to himself.

The handsome young man sits in a wheelchair, looking down at the book in his hands, reminiscing about the past, and can’t help but sigh.

Five years ago.

The once peaceful and ordinary Earth.

Suddenly experienced many inexplicable changes.

Some called it the Spiritual Energy Revival, others called it the Mythical Return, and some called it the new era of human awakening.

In short, supernatural powers inexplicably appeared in the world, whether it was the Eastern Cultivation System or the Western Magic System, things that once only existed in fantasy became real in the real world.

As a result, the real world suffered extremely turbulent shocks.

Many people died in the supernatural turmoil.

Xu Xi was slightly luckier, successfully escaping death, but in subsequent hospital check-ups, he had to accept the fact that he would be in a wheelchair for life.

But now, after five years of wheelchair life, it seems it might finally come to an end?

Xu Xi chuckles.

Summoning the fully loaded simulator panel in his mind.

“Is it a conspiracy or a trap?”

“This inexplicable Golden Finger, no matter how you look at it, seems suspicious, but I don’t have much of a choice anyway.”

In this chaotic new era, supernatural battles could break out at any time.

Xu Xi, with his crippled legs.

If he’s just a bit unlucky once.

He could become one of the nameless victims reported on the news.

So, to avoid such a future, whether it’s demons or devils, after obtaining the simulator, Xu Xi is ready to dance with them.

“Come on, simulator, show me what you’ve got!”

【Ding dong~~~】

【Congratulations, host, for successfully activating the Happy Life Transmigration Simulator. This simulator will fully assist you in experiencing various transmigration lives】

【After the simulation starts, the host’s consciousness will be projected into the simulation world】

【Each simulation ends with rewards based on the host’s exciting simulation life】

【Current available simulations: 1】

“So, what’s the price?”

Facing the simulator screen only he can see.

Xu Xi cautiously asks.

The simulator doesn’t answer, the words 【Start Simulation】 in the middle of the screen flicker slightly, as if saying—

“Just ask if you want it or not!”

After a moment of silence, Xu Xi presses the button, why not, it’s his only hope to escape his predicament.

【Simulation starting…】

【Worldline simulation in progress…】

【Locking on transmigration world, analyzing as a cultivation-oriented world】

【Generating traits, traits generated, please select three traits as the initial simulation life’s character talents】

【Trait levels are white, green, blue, purple, gold, red】

Modest Wealth (Green): You were born into a wealthy family, naturally lucky with money, always living more comfortably than ordinary people.

Brute Strength (White): You’re a bit stronger than the average person, just a bit.

Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold): You are born with an excellent spiritual root, even in top-tier cultivation sects, you are the envy of many.

Sudden Inspiration (Purple): You occasionally have sharp insights.

Great Compassion (Blue): You have a big heart, can’t bear to see others suffer, and often choose to physically relieve their pain.

Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue): Alchemy, artifact forging, formation, and talismans are the basic means of livelihood in the cultivation world, a must-try for transmigrators, and you are quite skilled in them.

Xu Xi quickly browses the six traits.

Soon makes a decision, selecting Heavenly Spiritual Root (Gold), Sudden Inspiration (Purple), and Four Arts of Cultivation (Blue).

This is the best combination he can make after weighing the pros and cons.

【Traits selected, start simulation?】

“Yes.”

As Xu Xi prepares mentally, a blinding white light suddenly bursts before his eyes, his consciousness detaches and rises, floating towards an unknown and mysterious boundary.

【Simulation number 01 officially begins】

【Sunny and clear weather, you suddenly feel like going out for a stroll while at home】

【You struggle to drive your wheelchair, leaving your familiar home, only to hit the jackpot as soon as you hit the street, you’re hit by a Da Yun brand heavy truck】

【But you’re surprised to find you’re not dead, instead, you’ve transmigrated to a brand new world, and you’ve rejuvenated to the age of 7, your crippled legs also restored】

【You’re thrilled, thinking it’s the reward for reading ten years of legitimate web novels】

【You’re full of confidence, ready to make a big splash in this cultivation world, but before you can explore the surroundings, a sudden famine mercilessly and cruelly engulfs you】

Powerless.

Suffocating.

Despair.

The dried-up fields are littered with the bodies of the starved.

Under the scorching sun, refugees enough to drown the forests slowly move forward, their eyes hollow, staring blankly ahead, almost devoid of human thought and reason.

The footprints just made by those in front are instantly covered by those behind.

Xu Xi is one of them.

He never expected the so-called simulation to be so real.

It feels like there’s a fire raging in his stomach, burning through the stomach wall, spreading the sense of powerlessness throughout his body.

“Kid, have some water.”

A woman, seeing Xu Xi is still young, can’t bear it and hands him a gourd filled with water.

Water can’t satisfy hunger.

But in a situation where there’s no food, it can at least bring some sense of fullness, reducing the pain of hunger and weakness.

“Aunt Wang, thank you,” Xu Xi politely thanks her, then drinks the water in big gulps.

The cool water soothes his cracked lips, not staying in his mouth for long before being swallowed directly, temporarily calming his growling stomach.

Returning the gourd to Aunt Wang.

Xu Xi continues to move forward.

“I heard there’s a mortal city not far ahead, there should be a porridge distribution shelter there, I need to hurry,” Xu Xi silently thinks, using a wooden stick to help him move forward.

He doesn’t want to waste his precious first simulation by starving to death.

After walking for another half an hour.

Xu Xi suddenly stops.

Not because he’s reached his destination, but because he hears intermittent baby cries.