Xu Nian’s Choice

You simulated a failure?

Well, Xu Nian didn’t expect to succeed in the assassination on the first try.

Simulations are just simulations; they need to follow realistic logic, and there’s no way to just go into god mode.

Xu Nian understands this.

Her strength in the simulation is the same as her strength in reality, and she knows exactly what her current strength is.

But what’s with these rewards this time?

A bulletproof vest, a heart that can move at will, a zombified version of herself?

Without hesitation, Xu Nian immediately chose the bulletproof vest…

Wait, is a bulletproof vest really what she should be choosing?

No matter how she looks at it, a heart that can move at will is much more tempting.

According to common sense, people usually attack the heart, but Xu Nian’s heart can move.

Doesn’t that mean Xu Nian would be like the protagonist in those weird novels?

Stab the left side, but Xu Nian’s heart is actually on the right; stab the right side, but Xu Nian’s heart is actually in her sole; tickle her sole hard, but Xu Nian’s heart has long since run to the top of her head.

Isn’t that much more powerful and interesting than a bulletproof vest?

No, no, what if it really becomes like that?

Won’t Xu Nian’s internal organs be messed up by this movable heart?

After all, this isn’t a game; it’s reality.

Each of Xu Nian’s internal organs has a physical collision volume.

And what about her blood vessels after the heart moves?

The heart moves, but the blood vessels, which are connected in all directions, can’t move with it.

If the heart, this blood pump, is dislodged from its original position, she’d probably die from massive bleeding before long.

How can each component of the human body, this precise machine, be moved at will?

Still safer to choose the bulletproof vest.

Xu Nian didn’t immediately start the next simulation.

After all, she only gets one simulation opportunity a day, and it’s very precious, so she can’t waste it for no reason.

She needs to prepare in advance and clarify her thoughts before running the simulation.

However, although this simulation failed, it gave Xu Nian two extremely important pieces of information.

First, Lin Zhihao is preparing to advance to Four-Star soon, and the simulator mentioned that the ritual for advancing to Four-Star is the key to Xu Nian killing him.

Xu Nian understands rituals.

A ritual is a way to harmonize one’s emotions when an Esper advances.

It can greatly increase the probability of an Esper advancing in a way that is similar to resonance.

Rituals aren’t fixed; they’re completely different according to each Esper’s different stage and the different Fluxbeast cores they plan to absorb.

They’re bizarre and varied.

Even so, Xu Nian already has a way to legally kill Lin Zhihao in her heart.

That is, find a way to make Lin Zhihao go berserk, thereby turning him into a Fluxbeast.

Once Lin Zhihao turns into a Fluxbeast, he can no longer be called a human.

Killing Fluxbeasts is the duty and mission of a peacekeeper.

So, how to make Lin Zhihao go berserk?

The answer is obvious.

Interrupt the ritual and bring the other party’s desire for control to its peak.

The difficulty is definitely exaggerated.

First, the ritual. A ritual is just a non-essential means.

If you don’t interrupt the other party at the most important moment, it won’t work at all.

The other party can stop at any non-critical moment of the ritual and continue later.

In addition, rituals are bizarre and varied, and there’s no possibility of learning from them at all.

How can someone who isn’t familiar with the ritual interrupt it at the most critical moment?

This is a paradox in itself.

Then, how to bring the other party’s desire for control to its peak?

It’s both easy and difficult to increase emotions.

Basic emotions like fear, joy, and compassion are easy to increase, and there are many, almost infinite, ways to do so.

But what about the desire for control?

You have to first create something that the other party wants but can’t get, and then make them lose it when they’re about to get it.

After repeating this process, Lin Zhihao’s desire for control will naturally explode.

The more Xu Nian thought about it, the more confused she became.

She realized that this seemed like an impossible task.

There’s too much preparation needed to legally kill Lin Zhihao, it’s too troublesome, and there are all kinds of complex situations.

If it’s illegal, then she can only use physical means.

But with her current strength, wanting to kill Lin Zhihao through direct confrontation or assassination is like an ant trying to shake a tree.

Who says Lin Zhihao is alone?

As the president and heir of a large family, he must have countless bodyguards and subordinates.

Can she really kill Lin Zhihao?

Can she really kill him?

Damn it!

Nothing is impossible.

Even if it’s impossible, she has to make it possible.

She and Lin Zhihao are already in a life-or-death relationship.

If she doesn’t find a way to kill the other party, then she can only wait for the other party to kill her.

There’s no such thing as compromise on opposite sides of the scale.

Only a struggle where one side must die.

Thinking again, Xu Nian decided to run another simulation and carefully observe the results before making the next decision.

[Ding~ Detected host starting simulation]

[Deduct one simulation chance, current remaining simulation chances: 1]

[Simulating]

[Simulation starting…]

[For some reason, you are trying to kill Lin Zhihao.

You already have a plan that is not yet fully mature, but you still plan to follow the plan as much as possible, and you will fill in the gaps as much as possible.]

[You understand that this action is something that must be completed for you, even if it produces various consequences, you will not hesitate.]

[You think the future is the future, the present is the present, and what you have to do now is to completely eliminate this unstable factor.

You yourself have sworn that any creature that dares to covet your girlfriend will become a ghost under your knife.]

[You learn through some means that the other party is planning to carry out a Four-Star advancement ceremony.

You decide to start by disrupting the other party’s ceremony, so you sneak into Lin Zhihao’s workplace, intending to find a good opportunity, but how can you, who has no connections, obtain the contents of the ceremony?]

[You can’t help but think, since that’s the case, why don’t you try to disguise yourself as the other party’s confidant?

The Scarlet Vessel “Ya” can make you disguise yourself as anyone.
Disguising yourself as anyone is not difficult for you.

If disguising yourself as a confidant is easy to expose yourself, then disguise yourself as a subordinate of the confidant.

The position doesn’t have to be too high, as long as you can get access to the ritual.]

[You understand that the Four-Star advancement ceremony can’t be so bland and unknown.

There must be an unusual and big move on that day.

You just need to wait until that day and then wait for an opportunity to act.]

[Your time passes quickly, and the day you expected arrives as expected.

You should be curious about why your girlfriend has been so strange lately, and you wander back and forth between inquiring about news, and finally you actually get the exact news.]

[You observe, and you gradually understand what Lin Zhihao’s ritual content is – to control a thousand people who are not loyal to you, and lead them to overthrow their original leader,

And finally absorb the core under the cheers of a thousand people who are being controlled and a thousand people who already belong to you, completing the advancement.]