11 – The Encroaching Enemy

【Ding, Life Simulation Beginning.】

【Year 480, March 1st of the Great Xia Calendar, you are trained under Chi Hu in the Solid Core Body Tempering Technique. The training is extremely strenuous, and you almost can’t endure it, but under Chi Hu’s goading, you grit your teeth and persevere for the sake of manly dignity.】

【March 2nd, you continue your training, finding it much easier this time.】

【March 3rd, you continue training.】

【June 5th, through diligent training and the nourishment of beast meat, you successfully step into the early stage of the Flesh Tempering Realm. You’re extremely pleased with this progress.】

【June 12th, you continue intense training, striving to advance further. However, in the evening, the hunting party returns with only one severely injured survivor; the rest are all dead. This news strikes the villagers like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, nearly causing them to faint.】

【Through inquiries, you discover the reason. The hunting party had found two Vitality Nourishing Herbs, which enhance foundational strength and cultivation potential. Overjoyed, they decided to gather all hunting squads to battle the Level Six demonic beast Windstorm Leopard guarding the herbs but did not anticipate encountering another Windstorm Leopard.】

【The hunting party was nearly wiped out by the two leopards.】

【The Village Chief, upon learning the full story, is deeply grieved and appears much older. The village women, children, and elderly are also heartbroken. Because you are already familiar with the villagers, the deaths of Chi Hu and others deeply sadden you as well.】

【After the funeral, the village convenes to discuss survival strategies. Some elders suggest relocating the entire village outside Black Wind Forest, as they no longer have the capacity to survive here.】

【But the Village Chief vetoes the proposal. They originally fled to Black Wind Forest to escape enemies, and if discovered outside, the consequences would be unimaginable.】

【After much dispute, the Village Chief plans to reassign half of the men guarding the village to form a new hunting party, seeking prey farther afield to sustain the village.】

【August 15th, your cultivation is still at the early stage of the Flesh Tempering Realm, unable to break through to the mid-stage. The Village Chief approaches you with a marriage proposal, hoping you’ll have many children to strengthen the village.】

【You are quite happy with this because you’ve long had an eye on Chi Ling’er. Finally, under the villagers’ blessings, you two tie the knot.】

【August 20th, you continue diligent martial training. Suddenly, a self-proclaimed Innate Realm expert named Li Huai invades Chi Village, slaughtering its people. You’re furious but powerless. Eventually, the Village Chief and the village elders step up to confront him but are too old and weak to compete, resulting in their deaths.】

【However, he spares the village’s children and women, only killing adult men.】

【Due to your death, this simulation ends.】

“This…”

Wang Ping falls silent, reflecting on the simulation results.

This world is far more dangerous than he had imagined.

He had even prepared to live a life in hiding.

Ultimately, it still didn’t help.

Chi Village’s hunting party was almost entirely wiped out due to the accident.

Then a powerful enemy came to attack.

However, Wang Ping was very puzzled about why the enemy spared children and women.

“However, the simulation seems to have completely ignored the chat group’s existence…”

This thought made Wang Ping somewhat astonished.

Soon, he understood.

After all, the simulator is just a subsystem of the chat group; it couldn’t possibly simulate the chat group’s future.

One might say the simulator predicts the future if there were no golden fingers.

“Fortunately, there’s a simulator. Otherwise, even with a growth-type golden finger, I’d probably still end up dead.”

Returning to his senses, Wang Ping felt immensely relieved.

After all, even though his golden finger is of the development type, it can’t make him a top-tier Innate Realm expert in just 150 days.

Under such circumstances, facing the fearsome Li Huai who slaughtered Chi Village, he’d still die.

“I need to inform the Chi Village people about this.”

Wang Ping thought secretly.

If the hunting party hadn’t been annihilated by the Windstorm Leopards, they might have been able to resist Li Huai.

After all, the hunting party consisted of young and robust experts, several of whom were Innate Realm powerhouses with astonishing battle strength.

“But I can’t directly say it… I’ll wait a bit longer. After all, it’s still a long time until calamity strikes. I can simulate again tomorrow, find the optimal way to proceed, and then act.”

After some thought, Wang Ping made his decision.

“Brother Wang, shall we go to the training ground?”

Half an hour later, Chi Feng retracted his fists and said to Wang Ping.

“Alright!”

Wang Ping nodded and followed Chi Feng out.

Soon, they arrived at the training ground.

Many children had already gathered there.

Among them were children under ten years old like Lie Feng, as well as those over ten, but none older than fourteen.

After fourteen, they join the hunting team as honored hunters.

Wang Ping’s arrival amused the children.

It was their first time seeing an adult practicing martial arts with them.

“Very well, no one is late today. Let’s begin.”

At the front, Chi Hu looked at Wang Ping and the children, nodding with satisfaction as he commenced the training.

The children mainly practiced the Solid Core Body Tempering Technique, so Chi Hu let them train on their own, then approached Wang Ping to personally instruct him on each movement and technique.

Wang Ping listened attentively.

However, every time Chi Hu corrected his stance, his body produced various crackling sounds, making his facial muscles twitch from the pain.

This was just the beginning. The subsequent training continued to be both exhausting and painful, testing his endurance.

Wang Ping could only force a bitter smile.

Although he had expected the hardships of cultivation from the simulation and mentally prepared himself, he almost couldn’t bear it.

Yet, in front of the children, Wang Ping, as an adult, didn’t want to lose face, so he gritted his teeth and persevered.

“Not bad. I thought you might quit halfway, but it turns out your willpower is decent.”

At the end of the day’s training, Chi Hu praised Wang Ping and handed him a packet of herbs.

“Soak in a herbal bath when you return, and we’ll continue intense training tomorrow.”

“I’m not someone who gives up halfway.” Wang Ping accepted the herb packet and replied.

“Good. You are educated and intelligent, and you have decent willpower. It’s a shame you started training too late with a frail body, making it difficult to achieve great accomplishments. Forget about the Acquired Realm.”

Chi Hu nodded and said.

“Maybe.” Wang Ping smiled but was not discouraged.

With the simulator and chat group, as long as he could develop steadily, attaining the Innate Realm and beyond was within reach.

Seeing the other children continuing their martial practice with boundless energy, Wang Ping reflected on his own frailty before heading back to soak in the herbal bath.

If he didn’t take the herbal bath, he could already foresee the aftermath: his body would be so sore that he wouldn’t be able to move at all the next day.
The next day, Wang Ping still got up early. While watching Chi Feng practice boxing, he began the new simulation.