Simulating the primordial era? That's way too extreme.

Chapter 11 That Year, Four Hundred, Standing Like Henchmen

This time it's a classic story of a corrupt official being brought down.

"Isn't the protagonist a reincarnated person? How come he's so easily corrupted..."

Watching Jin Bing, the protagonist of the second playthrough who finally gained a name, gradually bring about his own demise, Zhao Si, as the player, found it extremely difficult to bear:

According to the usual formula, the protagonist of a rebirth story should be incredibly resilient. Having read so many rebirth web novels, he had never seen a protagonist this weak. Where was his character? Where was his experience?!

Before becoming an official, he worked hard and made a name for himself, saying he wanted to make up for the regrets of his past life. But as soon as he climbed the social ladder, the whole dragon fell into depravity at lightning speed. He bowed and scraped before his treacherous godfather, and was arrogant and domineering in front of the Wu tribe soldiers.

First he solicited bribes, then bullied his subordinates, and relying on the fact that the Sun God was his godfather, he did all sorts of inhuman things. In the end, at such a young age, he even planned to follow others and engage in sugar daddy/sugar baby arrangements...

"Can't carry it! Can't carry it!"

Zhao Si found it an eyesore, thinking this kid was really forcing himself into a difficult situation, but then he thought:

"That's not right either. Although the protagonist is a reincarnated person, his actual age is not even a thousand years old. Even if you combine the two lifetimes, he still doesn't meet the standard for an adult dragon, so it's normal for him to have a bad temperament..."

Zhao Si suddenly realized something:

Why are the choices this character gives himself always so extreme?

Or perhaps this wasn't intentional on the part of the game itself, but rather that the underage protagonist's mind is truly a binary entity, with immaturity and impulsiveness being his true thoughts...

What should you do with this kind of young guy? The only solution is to relentlessly beat him until he has to start over!

[Can we turn back time and go back to the previous option?]

"yes!"

Time has turned back...

[…Seeing that you possess exceptional talent, comprehension, and temperament, your teacher, seeing an opportunity, has expressed interest in becoming your mentor and asks if you agree. What do you choose?]

This time, the familiar "failure" options were not present on the reversed apprenticeship information. Instead, the power to offer advice was given to Zhao Si, allowing him to fill it out freely.

Zhao Si frowned and pondered:

This question is actually not very feasible, because when the Sun God asks you if you are willing to become his disciple, you only have two options: "become a disciple" or "not become a disciple." Even if we disregard the protagonist's two overly extreme approaches, he still can't embroider anything beautiful.

"Not going to worship?"

Zhao Si's first thought was to refuse the offer. After all, the protagonist was still young and there was no need to rush to build relationships with the powerful and wealthy. Besides, the "Nuwa Creating Humans" story, which involved the major conflict between demons and humans, had not even started yet, so it was still a long way off.

Furthermore, the protagonist is currently only at the Xuanxian level, which means he's just a background character or cannon fodder in a major battle, not even a super soldier, and useless in everything he does.

The prehistoric world is known for its abundance of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Immortals. To make a difference in the future conflicts between demons and humans in the prehistoric world, one's cultivation level would need to be at least that of a Golden Immortal, right? The protagonist is still a whole major realm away from being able to participate.

In any case, the protagonist should try to survive and develop his character.

"but……"

Recalling his father's description of the Sun Star Lord in the previous side quest, Zhao Si felt a headache coming on:

This Sun Star Lord is a typical sycophant and treacherous minister. He treats the Heavenly Emperor better than a loyal dog. On the surface, he is an upright and righteous figure, but behind the scenes, he is a petty and scheming dark fellow!

In the first side quest, after the protagonist arrogantly refused to become a disciple, he was expelled for some reason within a few days. Then, he was "coincidentally" assigned to suppress the ancient poisonous volcano at the bottom of the East Sea without any mercy... If you say that this wasn't the Sun Star Lord secretly exerting his power, Zhao Si really wouldn't believe it.

Even though the protagonist offended him by making outrageous remarks, Zhao Si didn't dare to gamble on whether his polite refusal would attract repercussions. After all, the Heavenly Emperor's trusted henchman could easily cause the protagonist great harm.

"Then let's bow!"

With a determined effort, Zhao Si entered his strategy:

[...When asked to become an apprentice, you choose to (become an apprentice, but not to be a sycophant, neither excessively currying favor with the powerful nor indulging yourself recklessly.)]

You respectfully and politely became the disciple of the Sun Star Lord, who was very pleased to have such a fine student as you. Therefore, he wanted to promote you to be the supervisor of the witch soldiers, and he could do so through underhanded means...

[But you refused your master's offer, saying that you were focused on steady progress and only wished to contribute your modest efforts to the Heavenly Court step by step through your own strength, with no intention of engaging in petty scheming.]

The Sun Star Lord was surprised by your answer, but still appreciated your righteous statement. Therefore, he abandoned any underhanded tactics and instead supported your legitimate progress.

With the Sun Star Lord's resources flowing in, your cultivation and studies have progressed in tandem. Your already somewhat famous reputation has grown even stronger, earning you the title of "future pillar of the demon race."

[One day during class, suddenly flowers rained down from the sky and golden lotuses sprang from the ground. The students were all astonished and bewildered, but only you, in your second timeline, knew the truth: it was the goddess Nuwa creating humans and making them saints!]

Not long afterward, five more spectacular phenomena, each more dazzling than the last, resounded throughout the primordial world. From then on, all six sages attained enlightenment.

At this critical juncture, the Sun Star Lord suddenly approached you privately, claiming that Nuwa was the Heavenly Emperor's senior sister. Out of gratitude for their shared master-disciple bond, he intended to travel to Nuwa's sacred site to congratulate his senior sister on her ascension to sainthood, and decided to bring a group of Heavenly Court upstarts as his ceremonial entourage… The Sun Star Lord intended to arrange for you to join him for further training.

[After all, this is a golden opportunity to be personally received by the Heavenly Emperor, and to shine before all the primordial deities. With this qualification, the benefits in the future will be immense! Moreover, if one catches the Heavenly Emperor's eye, wouldn't promotion opportunities be plentiful?]

Faced with this situation, what would you choose?

[A: Disdainful. Do I need gilding to get promoted? B: Agreed immediately! I'm so eager for advancement!]

Surprisingly, this is yet another option with real value.

Zhao Si smiled slightly and decisively chose B.

[You chose option B, and readily agreed; I really want to improve!]

[You were very tempted, so under the arrangement of your master, the Sun Star Lord, you joined the ceremonial guard. After several days of serious rehearsals, you followed the Heavenly Emperor's entourage to the Nuwa Temple.]

[When the Heavenly Emperor travels, his expenses are naturally lavish. First, a majestic and imposing elite formation of sorcerer soldiers leads the way, followed by the Heavenly Emperor and the Eastern Emperor, each riding in a royal chariot pulled by the three ancient divine beasts: the dragon, the phoenix, and the qilin.]

Following them were the Heavenly Emperor's newlywed consorts, Wang Shu and Chang Xi, both born from the Taiyin Star, and the Eastern Emperor's consort, Yinglong, who was the granddaughter of the primordial overlord, the Ancestral Dragon. Next came the Heavenly Court's civil and military officials, adorned in gold and purple robes, with the Demon Master Kunpeng at the head of the officials, followed closely by the Ten Demon Saints. All the Heavenly Officials walked solemnly, not daring to compete with the Emperor and Empress for glory.

Your master, the Sun Star Lord, was also among the officials, and you stood at the very end as a member of the ceremonial guard...

Looking at this grand procession, you are filled with envy, wishing you could squeeze in and travel with the celestial officials. At the same time, you steal glances at the Emperor and Empress's carriage, and a wild ambition ignites in your heart: "A true man should be like this!" / "I can take their place!"

That year, out of four hundred men, I stood like a lackey. Back then, with tears in my eyes, I swore that everyone must see me…

Good, good, that's inspiring!

Seeing the protagonist's thoughts, Zhao Si was greatly pleased, finally seeing progress.

I just hope that this round of simulations will be a perfect success, at least enough to become a high-ranking celestial official and live for seventy or eighty eons, instead of dying prematurely like in the previous ones and never even reaching adulthood...

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(End of this chapter)