High Martial Arts Races: I Ascend to the Future in a Simulation

"Forty meters long? Fifty meters long?"

The two fiery serpents could only illuminate a small area; the hindquarters of the giant python remained hidden in endless darkness, forming a colossal yet invisible, hazy shadow!

Then you see it lower its snake head, flick its tongue, and casually snatch away a savage from the side, making a clean, crisp sound of bones cracking.

Chewing human bones is as easy as chewing a cookie!

Seemingly finding the taste appealing, the giant python's tongue flicked out again, exploding with a thunderous roar, while a burst of flames erupted, igniting a large fan-shaped area dozens of meters in front of it!

The flames almost brushed against your scalp, sweeping across the sky just ten feet directly above you. The scorching heat nearly evaporated all the oil from your skin, and a layer of sweat instantly appeared on the infant's skin.

[Your body water evaporates rapidly, and you feel like you're just a hair's breadth away from being roasted to death!]

[Just by spraying water from a distance, even before it actually hits, I've already taken away half your life!]

[There was no time to think about anything else. You reached out a small hand and grabbed the man who had protected you. You didn't even have time to check if he was still alive. You used your free hand and two legs to run to the side.]

[Because the flames that had just erupted hadn't dissipated, but instead continued to burn and spread up and down the rock wall—the entire space was covered in a viscous, oil-like liquid!]

[At this moment, even the slightest touch of the flames would burn this entire place to the ground!]

[What sweeps in is not just the intense heat, but also the suffocating feeling after the oxygen has burned out... Your only option is to flee to a corner that hasn't yet been scorched by the flames.]

[There are many entrances inside the cave walls, some of which are relatively low. Perhaps in this simulation, you still have a chance to escape.]

[You heard several more thunderous explosions, knowing that the giant python behind you had once again devoured several people.]

Finally, you discovered a cave parallel to the ground and quickly dragged the person inside to hide.

Most other caves are seven or eight meters above the ground, too high to jump up to; this is the only way to get there.

Then, at the end of the cave, they saw an egg, and behind the egg was no way to go.

This is a snake egg, over one meter in diameter.

【you:"……"】

[Ding! Please make a choice!]

Option 1: Crack open this snake egg, get a little revenge, and who knows, it might even be some rare and precious treasure!

[Option Two: Do ​​not touch the egg. Right now, you are just a small piece of meat, perhaps not even within the python's sight, but if you touch the egg, you will definitely be there.]

Xu Fei: "..."

He chose option one.

Actually, he would prefer to freely edit out an option three.

That is to use the snake egg to threaten the dragon, so that the fire-breathing snake will rush up and burn all the dwarves to ashes.

Unfortunately, no.

Even if that option were available, he might not be able to execute it perfectly.

You silently picked up a pebble from the side, cracked open the snake egg, and found it contained only egg white and yolk; there was no snake form inside.

[Lie down and feast, getting a good meal before you die.]

[Awakened Talent: Basic Fire Affinity.]

"...Goodness gracious."

"He gained a new talent before he died."

Xu Fei's expression remained neither joyful nor sorrowful.

He felt he wouldn't get any points in this simulation, and even if he developed a new talent, he wouldn't be able to afford it.

After indulging in your meal, you didn't forget the man who had been trailing behind you, and you poured him some as well.

[The flames had already spread along the small amount of viscous fuel on the ground, creating a crimson glow at the cave entrance, which vanished in an instant!]

To your surprise, this time when the flames spread along the oily residue on the ground, you didn't feel much heat; it was as if a warm breeze was blowing.

Even when the flames licked my skin, it felt like I was only touching hot water at around 40 degrees Celsius. Although it was scalding, it was bearable.

"Could it be that the flammable materials in this cave have unusual chemical properties, causing the flames to only reach forty degrees Celsius?"

[After the flames swept over you like a gust of hot wind, you quickly turned around and continued to wildly display the snake eggs.]

[You felt almost nothing when you ate it before, but the changes you're experiencing now can only be due to this snake egg!]

[And he frantically activated his Extreme Breaking Technique, absorbing the special nutrients contained in the snake egg at the ultimate speed and efficiency!]

[Talent Evolution: Basic Fire Affinity → Intermediate Fire Affinity]

"Yay!"

[After about ten minutes, the egg white and yolk were completely gone, leaving only a thin layer inside the shell.]

As you cautiously peeked out, you saw the giant python writhing in the flames; it wasn't in pain, but rather a peculiar form of "bathing."

[Use high temperature and burning to cleanse the body of filth.]

[Oil and oxygen will eventually run out. Once the oxygen is exhausted, it can flow in from all directions, but once the oil is depleted—your gaze shifts to a certain spot in the cave.]

There was a cave entrance from which a jet-black liquid was constantly gushing out, which the giant python used the tip of its tail to scoop up and smear on its body, in order to prolong the duration of this fiery bath.

[After only a short cleaning, it suddenly turned its head towards you, its massive body, weighing tens or even hundreds of tons, scraping against the ground with a resounding screech.]

[Completely ignoring your untimely dodge at the cave entrance, the enormous snake's eyes stopped five meters in front of you, and with a flick of its tail, it flung a pool of oil, along with flames, into the cave.]

Through the illuminated interior of the cave, it saw the egg you had cracked open and eaten.

【you:"……"】

[Giant python: "..."]

The snake's pupils suddenly contracted; now, finally, you were there.

The moment that tongue, thicker than your waist, darted out was also the moment you suddenly died.

【you are dead. 】

[Settlement in progress...]

Age: 0

[Combat Power Ranking: None (Outside the top 1000)]

【…】

[Achievement: High Priest of Mud Treasury (1000 points)]

"Wow, I actually got an achievement before, and it's a big one worth 1000 points..."

"Why isn't it showing up in the simulation?"

Xu Fei felt that this emulator update was like some software, showing that some new features had been added or some bugs had been fixed, but without telling you what those things were.

They even removed the feature that used to remind you to complete achievements, and now achievements are only displayed at the end of the simulation.

"Is this to prevent me from communicating remotely with emulators and virtual entities to exploit bugs?"

(Actually, I was too lazy to make up so many achievements.)

……

(Alright, the next simulation is going to be big ԅ(¯ㅂ¯ԅ))