In a simulated life scenario, how do you defy fate and change your destiny every time?

[This simulation has begun]

[Drawing the simulated world for this time...]

[Extraction complete. Your life experience for this moment has been obtained!]

[This simulated world: An eight-star mecha cultivation world]

[Difficulty: End Level]

[World Setting: A vast world of cultivation where social classes are rigid and upward mobility is hopeless, and the path to immortality is artificially monopolized.]

All spiritual energy and resources are controlled by the Celestial Clan. To ensure their eternal rule, they have sealed off this realm, prohibiting all cultivation techniques from spreading in the cultivation world and severing its connection with the will of the heavens.

Those at the bottom of the cultivation path have no hope of advancement and can only rely on science and technology to develop a brilliant yet distorted mecha civilization.

[Main Quest: End the blockade and rule of the Celestial Clan and restore the cultivation world to normalcy!]

Life experiences are being formed...

[0 years old, you were born. 】

Good news, you're a boy.

[Bad news: You possess a top-grade spiritual root, one in ten thousand.]

However, a superior spiritual root requires a large amount of spiritual energy.

For your family, which is not wealthy, this is undoubtedly the most vicious curse.

The doctor advised your parents to send you to a city shelter and entrust you to the Star Alliance for care.

However, your parents didn't want you to grow up to be a cold and ruthless war machine, so after much hesitation, they ultimately rejected the suggestion.

[At 1 year old, due to the exorbitant price of spirit stones, even if your family sells everything they own, they can only barely maintain your normal vital signs.]

At age 5, you were extremely lacking in energy and constantly in a state of hunger, causing your body to activate a self-protective mechanism that kept you in a state of slumber for many years.

[At age 7, you started school, but due to stunted growth and short stature, you were often ridiculed and isolated by your classmates. Your personality became more introverted and you developed low self-esteem, becoming afraid to talk to people.]

[At age 10, your family could no longer afford the enormous expenses of spirit stones, and had gone bankrupt, forcing you to move from the surrounding urban area to a dilapidated and filthy slum.]

[At 13, you're in middle school, but year after year of ridicule from your classmates has fueled your growing aversion to school. Going to school becomes your biggest fear each day.]

At 14, you became increasingly withdrawn and isolated. However, during a mechanics class, you developed a strong interest in mecha and began to independently study various aspects of mecha knowledge.

At 15, you were obsessed with mecha, spending all your time in an old, run-down machinery shop, even making up all sorts of excuses to skip school.

At 16, while your peers were preparing for the high school entrance exam, you were expelled for skipping too many classes.

Your parents are very disappointed, but while you feel guilty, you also feel an unprecedented sense of relief and liberation.

You're free now, and you've become an idle street urchin.

[Your parents, not wanting you to go down the path of delinquency, used their meager savings and begged and bribed people everywhere to get you to apprentice under an old mechanic, and you became a mechanical apprentice.]

At 18, you possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of all kinds of mechs, amassed a vast amount of mechanical expertise, and even built your own mech.

Although the mech is in terrible condition, you've tasted the joy of success for the first time.

[At 20, you aspire to be a mecha pilot. You risk everything to insert a brain-computer interface into someone's brain, but due to outdated components, your brain dies.]

You died, ending your pitiful and hopeless life.

……

"Mecha cultivation?"

After reading all the Sims experiences,
Lu Yuan's vision went black, and he almost spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

He always believed that external things were unreliable and that all power must be attributed to oneself.

But what the heck is this mecha cultivation?

How could a dignified eight-star cultivation world have fallen to the point of piloting mechs?
This is just too embarrassing!

Besides, I am a high-grade spiritual root. If I were placed in other cultivation worlds, I would be fought over by many cultivation sects.

At least Foundation Establishment or Core Formation should be no problem, right?
But in this world of eight-star cultivation, he couldn't even survive, and ended up as a school dropout and a street urchin.
"The Celestial Race has gone too far, forcing cultivators to pilot mechs without leaving them any way out."

Lu Yuan was speechless.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is everywhere and is a basic necessity for the survival of all living beings.

But according to the Celestials' way of playing...

Even sand in the desert may become scarce due to monopolies.

the most important is.

The Celestial Race holds absolute power, completely sealing off the Eight-Star Immortal Cultivation World, beyond the control of even the will of the heavens.

"No wonder the will of the heavens urged me to conduct the next round of simulations. It must be that He also wants to eradicate this malignant tumor of the Celestial Race as soon as possible."

"However, this world is lacking in spiritual energy, so even if a king is reincarnated, he may not be able to cause any trouble."

"It seems I can only pin my hopes on this simulation talent."

After calming himself down, Lu Yuan immediately began to extract his talent.

[Adaptive Talent is now active...]

[Congratulations! You have obtained the god-level talent [Reversing Cause and Effect] in this simulation!]

[Reversing cause and effect: You are in control of cause and effect and possess all sorts of incredible abilities. You can enjoy the fruits of your cultivation first and then make up for the cultivation process later.]

It allows one to anticipate future achievements within the limits of their own capabilities.

"Pre-empting the cause and then the effect, and drawing on the results in advance, isn't that just an interest-free loan?"

Lu Yuan's eyes widened, and he instantly understood the effect of this talent.

If we say that "God grants human wishes," then we must also adhere to the principle of equivalent exchange.

Then, "reversing cause and effect" is a more advanced use of the power of the law of cause and effect, which has reached the point of being unreasonable.

Just like an ordinary person, it takes countless practices to reach the level of a driving god.

However, with the concept of "reversing cause and effect," you can become a racing god first, and then make up for the lack of practice later.

Once you have the driving skills of a racing legend, practicing driving will be a piece of cake.
The most perverted thing is.

If this talent is transformed into a territory trait.

Wouldn't that allow the power of all the fiefdom subjects to surge instantly?
And it has no side effects!
It can be said.

With this talent, the Celestial Race and the Thousand-Faced Demon Race are nothing but a piece of cake.

The Celestial Race likes to monopolize spiritual energy and cultivation resources, right?

I directly reversed the cause and effect, using my physical body to explode like a star, smashing all the blockades and injustices with my iron fists!

[This simulation talent has taken effect. Would you like to start the simulation immediately?]

[Note: Due to the complete lockdown of this realm, external forces cannot interfere. After a simulator is reincarnated, they will be trapped in the mystery of the womb.]

[The simulator will only regain all its memories after the sealing power of this realm is removed. Please proceed with extreme caution.]

"A mystery about the fetus?"

Upon seeing this notification, Lu Yuan frowned.

this means.

Before he regains his memories, he will be unable to use his god-level talents and all his abilities, and will only be able to drift along and let things take their course.

Fortunately, according to the life experience given by the will of the heavens...

Although Lu Yuan lived a life of poverty after his reincarnation, he was not in any danger to his life.

The only thing to note is.

At the age of twenty, he suffered an accident when he risked inserting a brain-computer interface into his brain.

"The mystery of the unborn child won't last long, at most ten years, and all memories should be restored."

After a moment's thought, Lu Yuan ultimately decided to continue the simulation.

next moment.

His consciousness left his body and soared rapidly, traversing countless worlds, successfully descending upon a vast world.

……

Tiger Prison Star, Autumn Leaf City.

Garden Street Hospital.

Outside the operating room.

An honest-looking, simply dressed middle-aged man was pacing anxiously outside the operating room, nervously rubbing his clothes with his hands from time to time.

"Wow wow~"

It didn't take long.

With a weak cry, a baby was born.

Upon hearing the crying, the middle-aged man hurriedly looked towards the operating room. Then...

The light on the operating room door changed from red to green.

A doctor in a white coat pushed open the door and walked up to the middle-aged man, holding a newborn baby.

“Mr. Lu Shan, you don’t need to worry. The surgery went very smoothly. Both mother and child are safe and healthy, and it’s a boy.”

The doctor said.

Upon hearing this good news, the middle-aged man finally felt relieved.

In fact, his wife has always been healthy and free from illness.

But since becoming pregnant, her appetite has suddenly increased.

Even with five meals a day, each consisting of large amounts of meat and fish, she still suffered from severe malnutrition and nearly miscarried several times.

In the end, he still spent 200,000 star coins to buy two spirit stones from the Star Alliance Group in order to barely save the child.

But as long as mother and child are safe, it's all worth it.

But before he could even feel happy, the doctor's words took a turn, plunging his heart into despair once more.

"There's more bad news. This child has a top-grade spiritual root, which is why your wife consumed so much energy during her pregnancy..."

“Mr. Lu Shan, as you know, top-grade spiritual roots are extremely dependent on spiritual power and consume a huge amount of it.”

"In my opinion, you are still young and don't need to risk your whole lives. It would be best to hand this child over to the Star Alliance to raise."

The doctor offered his kind advice.

"A superior spiritual root..."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man felt dizzy and disoriented, as if the sky had fallen.

For ordinary people.

In this world where spirit stones are more valuable than gold, a superior spiritual root is nothing short of a bottomless abyss that devours money and resources.

But these are his own flesh and blood!

The middle-aged man stared at the newborn baby crying for milk, struggling internally for a long time before finally taking the baby from the doctor's hands with trembling hands.

Saw this scene.

The doctor shook his head and said nothing more.

……

Time flies.

A blink of an eye.

Sixteen years passed.

Akihachi No. 3 Middle School.

Academic Affairs Office.

"Lu Yuan! What are you doing?"

"You've skipped over thirty classes this semester. How can you face your teachers? How can you face your parents?"

The dean of academic affairs was slamming his fist on the table and shouting at a skinny boy.

The boy was short, with a sallow complexion, and wore a faded blue and white school uniform.

Although he was already sixteen years old, he was only about 1.5 meters tall. Standing in front of the fat and tall head teacher, he looked exceptionally thin.

The boy's parents were also called over.

Upon learning of this devastating news while they were still at work, they rushed to the school immediately.

"Parents, your child's behavior is too egregious; he has no choice but to drop out of school!"

The head of academic affairs coldly announced the school's decision.

When Lu's parents, who were usually honest and simple, heard this, they were so anxious that they almost cried.

"Teacher, my son Yuan has always been well-behaved and obedient. How could he skip school? Is there some misunderstanding?"

"I hope you can be lenient and give my son, A Yuan, another chance."

Lu Shan bent over, clasped his hands together, and pleaded earnestly.

If kneeling could change the dean's decision, he would probably kneel on the ground without hesitation.

For a child like Lu Yuan from a poor family...

Study hard and get into university; that's the only way out.

If you are expelled from school, it's no different from being sentenced to death!
However, this newly appointed dean of students had recently boasted in front of all the teachers and students at the school's morning assembly that he would rectify the school's academic atmosphere.

As a result, just a few days later, Lu Yuan himself ran into trouble.

How could he possibly miss this opportunity to make an example of someone?

Despite their best efforts to persuade him, Lu Shan and his wife were ultimately forced to leave the school.

"Honey, what will we do if A-Yuan won't be able to go to school anymore?"

Lu's mother was extremely anxious, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"Ugh……"

Lu Shan glanced back at Lu Yuan, who had been following them silently with his head down. All the anger and unspoken words in his heart finally turned into a heavy sigh.

His back, bent by the weight of life, became even more hunched.

"Pfft!"

As Lu Shan and his wife were walking, they suddenly heard a sound of someone falling down behind them.

They hurriedly turned around and found that their son had accidentally tripped over a stone, fallen to the ground, and hit his head, causing his scalp to bleed!
"Ah Yuan, are you alright?"

"Honey, hurry and go to the pharmacy to buy some alcohol and hemostatic medicine."

Lu's mother hurriedly went back, helped Lu Yuan up, and looked at the wound on her son's head with heartache.

"Have I already been expelled for skipping classes?"

"I never imagined that it would take me sixteen years to unravel the mystery of the womb..."

Lu Yuan clutched his throbbing head and sighed helplessly to himself.

Fortunately, the fall woke him up earlier than expected.

Otherwise, if it drags on for a few more years, he might die mysteriously before he even regains his memories.

After a while.

Lu Shan, who had just returned from the pharmacy with medicine, hurriedly bandaged Lu Yuan's wound before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Ah Yuan, don't feel pressured. It's our fault for working so hard to earn money and not being able to teach you properly."

"You should rest at home for a while, and then I'll use my connections to help you find an apprenticeship."

Lu Shan comforted him.

"Mom and Dad, don't worry, I'm fine. Even if I can't go to school, I will still be successful in the future."

Lu Yuan said frankly.

The reason he had lived such a miserable and destitute life before was because he had not regained all his memories.

Now he has the cultivation experience accumulated over many lifetimes, as well as the god-level talent of "reversing cause and effect".

Are you afraid of not being able to get ahead?
"Good, good, my Yuan has finally grown up."

Seeing that Lu Yuan had not become depressed because of dropping out of school, Lu Shan and his wife felt a sense of relief.

The Third Middle School is located in Maple Leaf Town.

The slum where Lu Yuan and his group lived was in a remote, desolate area far from the city, where even the city rail wouldn't pass through.

In this regard.

Lu Yuan and his friends had no choice but to walk to the bus stop not far from the school and take the driverless bus that ran every half hour to go home.

However, while waiting for the car...

Suddenly, a panel appeared in front of Lu Yuan's eyes.

[Talent: Reversing Cause and Effect]

[Number of future results that can be anticipated: 1/1]

[Pre-paid results: 0]

[Skills acquired: 0]

[Available advance rewards: Head wound healing, cooking skills, basic combat skills, junior high school knowledge, mechanical mastery, mecha proficiency...] (End of Chapter)