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

[At the age of 7, venomous snakes appeared in the swamp; a single bite was fatal. The savages began hunting these snakes, but their numbers increased, and thirteen people died.]

While there's a saying that there must be an antidote within the range of a venomous snake, you know that's purely folklore.

Snakes evolved venom for hunting, not to neutralize the toxicity of a nearby herb.

This is like saying a dog will automatically find herbs after being bitten by a snake—pure nonsense. Most dogs don't have the intelligence or knowledge to understand the concept of "Oh dear, I just happened to be bitten by snake A, so I need to eat herb B to detoxify."

You want to leave this place, but many savages are unwilling to leave the great swamp. After all, it's really easy to get food here, and being poisoned is better than starving to death.

[You were swayed by public opinion and had no choice but to stay here. After teaching the savages to wrap their legs in layers of tough fur, the rate of snake bites decreased dramatically.]

But before you knew it, you got bitten and nearly died.

You know, it wasn't the poisonous snake that harmed you, it was the world that harmed you!

"I forgot what came before, but anyway, I deafened myself."

[At age 8, after a harsh winter, you see several crocodiles, two to four meters long, basking in the sun on a rocky beach by a large swamp.]

You realize you really can't stay by this swamp any longer. Tell the savages that these crocodiles will eat all the fish in the swamp, and you have to find another place.

Ultimately, you successfully led your tribe of over sixty people away.

Xu Fei casually opened the current information panel.

[Age 8, Constitution: 9, Control: 11, Strength: 9, Spirit: 12]

"Not bad."

Xu Fei clicked his tongue in disapproval.

In the last simulation, he didn't eat very well, which led to stunted development. In addition, he hadn't started practicing martial arts, so even at the age of seven, his physique was still only five points.

Although that five-point physique was comparable to that of an average teenager, his current nine-point physique... has surpassed that of many muscle-bound guys who have been training in the gym for a long time!

Even in the cruel primitive era filled with survival and elimination, where the weak died young, he could definitely outperform most young and strong savage hunters!

"If I had just grown up normally to 16, I would have had a physique of 16 points... but what about the more than ten years I spent diligently practicing martial arts during that time?"

Xu Fei's face lit up with joy: "Doesn't this give me a chance to break through to the Martial Soldier realm?"

And this can be stacked repeatedly!

Once he becomes a formal martial artist, it means that in the next simulation at age 16, he will have a physique of over 20 points, and the next time it will be 30 points, 40 points... He might even be no weaker than an adult when he is born!

"So durable! It's incredibly durable!"

[At age 9, the population of the community has fluctuated, remaining at around sixty people. You have arrived at a bamboo forest.]

Although the neighboring iron-eating beast possesses ferocious fighting power, it's incredibly simple-minded. Under your orders, the savages didn't clash with it and survived for a while by digging for bamboo shoots.

Here, you strengthened the carving with bamboo poles—no, you strengthened the Heavenly Way… no! You strengthened your equipment, crafted a simple composite bow, and practiced with it.

"Don't bring up jokes from the last century anymore."

[The composite bow is a divine weapon! It can unleash a nine-stone attack with the force of two stones, which is much more powerful than throwing broken stones!]

Xu Fei: "..."

He possessed memories of the previous simulation, in which the savage tribe even considered "grinding stones" a top-secret skill.

Yes, because it is difficult to find particularly sharp and lethal stones under normal circumstances. Therefore, how to make stones sharper and more lethal is a skill passed down through generations!

That is "grinding". Although it looks simple and is easy to do, the wild people who have never had any related experience are as if they are covered by a veil of knowledge.

They didn't know that stones can be reshaped through repeated grinding!

Compared to those short-handled and heavy stones, the three bamboo poles that the tribe accidentally found in the last simulation are undoubtedly a more advanced and superior alternative weapon because they are long and tough!

In the era of cold weapons, an inch longer meant an inch stronger, and the tip of bamboo was easy to break into a sharp edge, so the bamboo spear in that simulation was truly a divine weapon.

But in this simulation, even more advanced composite bamboo bows began to be sold in bulk...

"I wouldn't say it's out of meta, but the amazing items from the previous version are already everywhere in this version."

Xu Fei said.

He didn't even know who he was implying.

[At age 10, a silly, wild young man secretly went to hunt a metal-eating beast. While feeding the black and white ball-shaped creature bamboo shoots, he stabbed it in the mouth with a bamboo spear, triggering their attack on you.]

[After losing ten men, you escaped, but you are now homeless.]

"Are you kidding me? Those are a bunch of bamboo shoots, we're not some famous Japanese stuntmen... how could we possibly be their match?!"

[Ding! Please make a choice!]

Option 1: Head northeast, where there is a desolate area. An elderly savage tells you that there is a deep abyss there, and below the abyss is endless darkness.

Option 2: Head due north; I've heard there's a vast, boundless grassland there.

"Let's play it safe and choose option two."

Xu Fei made a decision: any risks would have to wait until he had nowhere else to go.

His most important task right now is to develop.

At age 11, the tribe arrived on the vast grasslands, where cattle, horses, rabbits, and lions and wolves also roamed.

You faced numerous crises, using up many bamboo arrows, and eventually had to use bone spurs instead.

[However, polishing animal bones is much more difficult than polishing bamboo sections.]

At the age of 12, feeling that your skills had reached a considerable level, you participated in a group hunt. On your very first hunt, you killed a wolf with a single arrow.

[Then you switched to melee weapons, and in the fair and impartial presence of a dozen or so savages, you used a bamboo spear to defeat several wolves, killing them one by one with your spear.]

[Achievement: Wolf Hunter]

[Wolf Hunter: Killed a wolf.]

"Good heavens..."

Xu Fei opened the numerical panel and couldn't help but exclaim.

[Age 12, Constitution: 16, Control: 18, Strength: 15, Spirit: 18]

"Except for slightly weaker mental and physical strength, everything else is now on par with my current stats!"

Martial arts actor, sixth dan!

"And the speed of martial arts training before the age of 12 is quite slow!"

The only thing that made him slightly embarrassed was... his 16 points in physique, which was more than twice as strong as a normal adult male. He was only willing to personally participate in the hunt and fight the wolves after he had this stat, which was truly an act of extreme caution.

After all, wolves are not as physically strong or as easily controlled as humans. An average adult with a physical strength of 8 points can easily subdue a gray wolf without fear of injury.