My Life Can Be Simulated Infinitely – Chapter 5

Ch 5: No Money Left

The night in Liu Family Village was very quiet, with only the occasional dog bark.

In a wooden house, a gaunt old man was sitting in the room, leisurely eating a plate of stir-fried soybeans. Suddenly, he looked out of the house alertly, “Who’s there?”

“It’s me.”

“Gu Kid?”

Hearing this familiar voice, the old man got up to open the door, and asked in surprise, “Didn’t you already leave?”

The visitor was indeed Gu Yang. He took advantage of the caravan’s overnight stay and rushed back to Liu Family Village overnight.

With his current strength, the rugged mountain road was like walking on flat ground.

It took him less than an hour to rush back to Liu Family Village.

Gu Yang said with a serious face, “Old Liu, I have something to discuss with you.”

This old man was the village chief, whose name was Old Liu. When he was young, he had ventured out and was the most knowledgeable person in the village. He was also the only literate person in the village.

Gu Yang had spent the most time with him in Liu Family Village over the past two years, mainly to learn how to read.

Old Liu picked up two stir-fried soybeans and threw them into his mouth, chewing them with a crisp sound, and said, “Looks like it’s not a small matter.”

Gu Yang said, “A group of bandits are heading towards Liu Family Village. These people are ruthless. You’d better lead the villagers to evacuate the village first and hide in the mountains for a while.”

Old Liu’s somewhat cloudy old eyes stared at Gu Yang for a while. He grabbed the last handful of stir-fried soybeans, threw them into his mouth, stood up, took out a broken gong from the corner, went outside, and started banging it hard.

Gu Yang thought it would be very difficult to persuade him. After all, just based on his one-sided statement, he was asking to urgently evacuate the village into the mountains. This kind of decision was not so easy to make.

Unexpectedly, Old Liu did not say a word of nonsense.

Such trust moved him greatly.

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It was almost dawn when Gu Yang returned to the place where the caravan was staying overnight.

Old Gao and the others knew he was not there last night, but no one dared to ask him where he had gone.

For them, it was good enough that this master was back.

When the caravan was preparing to depart, Gu Yang finally had time to open the system.

【Do you want to use the Life Simulator? Using it once will consume 50 gold.】

It went up in price again!

“So, the price of using the simulator is related to my realm. The higher the realm, the more gold it consumes.”

Gu Yang thought to himself.

The last price increase was after he broke through to the Ninth-Rank.

Now that he had broken through to the Eighth-Rank, the price had increased again.

He took a deep breath and clicked “Yes!”

【At twenty-two years old, you became an Eighth-Rank martial artist. You left Liu Family Village with the caravan. On the way, you encountered a group of bandits. You took action to eliminate them and changed your route, no longer heading to Wang Family Gully.】

【A month later, you went to Phoenix City and were appreciated by the county magistrate, becoming his personal attendant.】

【At twenty-five years old, you returned to Liu Family Village to visit, only to find that the village had been razed to the ground. The villagers had all been killed three years ago. You vowed to find the murderers and avenge them.】

【At thirty years old, you found out that the murderers were disciples of the Liu Family. One day, the county magistrate hosted a banquet for an important figure from the Liu Family, and he discovered the murderous intent hidden in your heart. The next day, you were poisoned to death by the county magistrate. Your life ended.】

Gu Yang’s heart sank after reading this simulation.

This time, he neither provoked the Liu Family’s hunting team nor let the villagers of Liu Family Village enter the mountains to hide in advance. Yet, he still could not escape this calamity.

Why did the people of the Liu Family have to attack Liu Family Village?

If possible, he really didn’t want to provoke this behemoth of the Liu Family.

But, now it seemed that he couldn’t avoid it at all.

In so many simulations, he had died at the hands of the Liu Family every time. It was simply a fated nemesis.

【Simulation ended. You can retain one of the following.】

【One, your martial arts realm at thirty years old.】

【Two, your martial arts experience at thirty years old.】

【Three, your life wisdom at thirty years old.】

Gu Yang didn’t think too much and chose two.

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As long as the realm was not improved, then choosing martial arts experience was naturally the most cost-effective.

Instantly, countless martial arts techniques, sword techniques, fist techniques, movement techniques, etc., appeared in his mind. Moreover, they were all extremely proficient, as if they were second nature.

This was the result of eight years of hard training in this simulated life.

From this point on, he could be considered to truly possess the strength of an Eighth-Rank martial artist.

Gu Yang glanced at his balance. Only 15 taels were left. He didn’t have enough money.

He still didn’t know if he could defeat the Liu Family’s hunting team with his current strength.

To be safe, he would perform a few more simulations.

But he was out of money. What should he do?

He looked at Old Gao and the others, thinking about asking them to borrow some.

Suddenly, he felt someone approaching and shouted, “Who’s there?”

Old Gao and the other merchants and their workers reacted extremely quickly, drawing their weapons and looking around vigilantly.

“Here.”

Soon, a worker discovered the person’s hiding place and approached with his weapon, “Come out.”

“Don’t attack, I have no malice.”

A ragged young man, holding up his hands, crawled out of the bushes, shouting, “I’m here to warn you, ouch!”

Before he could finish speaking, several workers had already swarmed up, twisting the young man’s arms and tying him up securely with ropes.

“It hurts, it hurts… be gentle…”

In a short while, the young man was brought before Gu Yang and forced to kneel on the ground.

Everyone could see that this young man’s strength was very low.

Old Gao, however, did not dare to let his guard down and asked sternly, “Speak, who are you, and why were you sneaking around nearby?”

“Let me go!”

The young man’s face flushed red as he struggled hard, “I came here out of kindness to remind you, why are you repaying kindness with enmity?”

Old Gao said coldly, “You won’t talk, huh? Come on, cut off one of his hands and see if he’ll talk.”

“Wait.”

At this time, Gu Yang spoke.

Old Gao retreated to the side and stopped speaking.

Gu Yang said, “Untie him.”

The two workers behind the young man looked at Old Gao. After receiving his signal, they untied the ropes.

Gu Yang said, “You said you came here specifically to warn us. What’s going on?”

The young man stood up, rubbing his shoulders, and said angrily, “You have been targeted by the Over the Mountain Wind bandits. If you don’t want to die, run away quickly. Any later, and you’ll all die here.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s faces changed drastically.

Even Gu Yang, who had never left Liu Family Village, had heard of the reputation of “Over the Mountain Wind.”

This was a group of bandits active south of the Lian Mountains. They made a living by robbing and plundering passing merchants, and their methods were extremely cruel. They not only robbed wealth but also killed people.

Those who encountered “Over the Mountain Wind” were all killed, and no one could return alive.

This was the origin of the bandits’ reputation. “Over the Mountain Wind” was a type of venomous poison. Those who were bitten would surely die. This group of bandits was as vicious as venomous snakes.

Old Gao said excitedly, “Impossible, Over the Mountain Wind always operates in the Xiang Prefecture area. How could they have come to the Ba Prefecture side?”

The young man snorted coldly, “If you don’t believe me, you can stay here and wait for death. I don’t want to die here.”

Old Gao shouted, “Stop! If you don’t explain clearly, do you think you can leave?”

Just then, with a whoosh, an arrow flew out from the side and pierced a worker’s neck. He clutched his neck and fell to the ground in agony.

With this sudden change, everyone understood that they had indeed encountered bandits.