What does it mean that they all lived with lifelong regrets?

[Simulation Ended]

[Sword Sect - Record of Forgetfulness in progress...]

Lin Wuhua opened his eyes on the cold hospital bed in the research institute.

"Cough cough cough..."

He clutched his chest and it took him a while to catch his breath.

The power in this simulation is really strong.

Fortunately, the simulation was just a simulation. Although my chest still hurt a little, the feeling of weakness as if I was about to die and the pain of my sternum being broken were quickly disappearing.

Lin Wuhua shook his head, putting those thoughts aside.

He originally wrote that letter just to keep it as a memento, but after the simulator finished, it forced him to watch the final scene.

It can only be said that the simulator is quite intelligent, and it helped him finish up.

Lin Wuhua sighed for a moment, then raised his hand, stared at the pale light on the ceiling, and suddenly clenched his fist.

He's back; now it's time to get down to business.

Lines of cold text surfaced in his mind.

[Simulation Theme: Sword Sect - The Record of Forgetfulness]

[Simulation Status: End]

[Host performance rating: Excellent (exceeds expectations)]

[Simulation Summary]:

You have walked a path that no one has ever walked before in the simulation, a path called "Heart Sword".

For this path, you have read countless sword manuals, shattered your sword bones twice, faced all kinds of sword intents, and with your sincere and passionate heart, you have integrated them all into one.

From enlightenment to seeing one's true nature, from embracing the sword to selflessness.

With your mortal body, you traversed a path that no one in the Sword Sect had ever completed in a thousand years, and even briefly grasped the Supreme Frost Sword—a sword that no one else could wield.

[Special Achievement Unlocked]:

"Extreme Emotion and True Nature": Facing a thousand swords with the heart, and taming reason with emotion.

"Heart Sword - Selflessness": You have traversed the path of the Heart Sword that no one else has been able to traverse.

"Severing the Frost and Snow": You saved a girl who was supposed to die in the snowstorm, changing her fate twice.

Please select the settlement reward for this simulation.

Option 1: Sword Bone Initiation

The entire cultivation, sword bone foundation, and mana reserves of the simulated Lin Wuhua (before the Broken Sword Bone) will be directly injected into his current physical body in the form of energy.

Effect: Instantly gain peak combat power at the Condensation Realm. The sword bone you once possessed will be implanted into your body, greatly enhancing your aptitude. However, the sword comprehension experienced in the simulation will not be inherited.

Option Two: Heart Sword - Inheritance

The simulation will transmit all the secrets, mental techniques, cultivation paths, and memories of the sword scriptures in the Sword Sect's library created by Lin Wuhua into your real consciousness.

Effect: Obtain the complete cultivation manual for the four levels of Heart Sword (Enlightenment, Realization, Sword Integration, Selflessness), and all knowledge-based memories from all Sword Sect scriptures, but you will not inherit insights and emotional memories.

Option 3: Heart and Sword

It fully inherits the swordsmanship insights of Hayashi Monoka in the simulation.

Effect: You will fully inherit your final state in the simulation, including your understanding of the sword, your insights, your mastery of the sword, and all your memories (priority can be selected).

—You don't need to walk the same path twice.

Side effects: The simulated state of shattered sword bones and dissipated magic power will be partially synchronized, further weakening your body (no permanent damage, and your body will slowly recover after the weakening ends).

Please make your choice within one minute.

Lin Wuhua raised an eyebrow.

He looked out the window, then clutched his chest, as if recalling that feeling.

"At least I will remember you."

Lin Wuhua closed his eyes.

"three."

[Confirmed. Option 3: Heart and Sword, confirmed.]

[Converting...Conversion Complete]

[Conversion complete, transmission in progress]

[Simulator in cooldown, next world preparation progress: 1%]

Lin Wuhua suddenly clutched his chest.

A warm, pulsating feeling welled up in his heart.

In a daze, he saw the bonfire, the pool, the scripture pavilion, the peach tree, and finally, the scene of Xie Jiexue carrying his body out of the cave.

The door was pushed open.

The nurse came in carrying a tray of medicine and looked anxious when she saw his face, which was paler than usual.

"Researcher Wuhua, how are you?"

Lin Wuhua raised his head and forced a pale smile.

"It's nothing," he said, "it was just...a dream."

The nurse approached him with some skepticism and checked his vital signs.

Lin Wuhua loosened her grip on the bed sheet.

A huge tear appeared in the bed sheet.

He asked the nurse, "When do we leave?"

"It should be the day after tomorrow," the nurse said, "after all, a long time has passed."

"I'll bring the documents over later so you can take a look."

Lin Wuhua nodded and looked out the window.

[Supreme Sword Sect Sword Dao Seminar]

"Yes," his eyes lit up, "it's been a long time."

......

Lin Wuhua walked out of the ward, step by step.

A new nurse followed him cautiously, secretly watching his face.

"Are you new here?" Lin Wuhua asked.

The nurse nodded, cupped her face in her hands, and looked a little embarrassed.

"I was just transferred here from elsewhere, and I'm still getting used to it."

Lin Wuhua nodded and chatted casually with the nurse, trying to find out what was going on outside.

Actually, he didn't need to ask any further questions; the nurse, who had absolutely no sense of self-defense, just told him herself.

The current Federation's policies regarding reincarnators have changed a lot.

It's no longer the surveillance policy of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," but rather a more refined and service-oriented approach.

For those that are difficult to control, more scrutiny and resolute elimination should be implemented, while for those that are easy to manage, the tendency is to win them over and coexist with them.

The people in Lin Wuhua's research institute were among those who were relatively easy to manage.

As Lin Wuhua walked slowly, he was about to leave the research institute.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

Nurse: "You can go out and take a look."

Lin Wuhua walked out of the gate, took a couple of steps, then turned his head and instantly fixed his gaze on a passerby.

Their eyes met.

The passerby hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran.

Before the nurse could say anything, Lin Wuhua pressed the alarm bell he was carrying.

Then, the passerby twisted his ankle and fell to the ground for some reason.

"He's looking at me, and I feel uncomfortable," Lin Wuhua said to the security personnel who rushed over. "Is he one of yours?"

"That's coming for me," he said.

......

the other side.

"Sword Master, you're going to the event tomorrow..."

Lin Xi stepped through the door, her voice immediately becoming quieter.

Xie Jiexue was tying up her hair.

With her back to Lin Xi, Xie Jiexue raised her hand, gathered the last few strands of hair, and then inserted a hairpin.

In Lin Xi's gaze, ice flowers fell inch by inch from Xie Jiexue's hair, and then returned to its inky black color.

Xie Jiexue turned around and looked at Lin Xi.

Her pupils also turned jet black.

"Go." Xie Jiexue didn't say why.

Lin Xi was taken aback at first, then she understood.

"I'll go and prepare an identity for you."