【Host bound. Reincarnation Simulator initializing…】
【Ding! Reincarnation Simulator initialization complete.】
Inside the hotpot restaurant, steam billowed, like a thin mist, making the human world's hustle and bustle even more intense.
Waiters bustled through the tables in the corner, a copper pot at the center bubbled with scalding red soup, and the rich, spicy aroma, mixed with the subtle scent of peppercorns, permeated the air. Laughter and conversation rose and fell from several round tables filled with diners, accompanied by the gurgling of the pot, creating such a lively din that it was hard to hear what the person next to you was saying.
Chu Yuan stared at the pop-up window that had appeared before him, momentarily stunned, and the beef ball he had picked up with his chopsticks fell back into the pot.
“Brother, is something wrong?” the girl sitting opposite Chu Yuan asked.
The girl’s long hair cascaded like a waterfall, smoothly falling to her shoulders, her features delicate and small, and her almond eyes clear as water.
She wore a simple white sweater, loose and oversized on her, her small hands half-hidden in the sleeves, with only a few slender fingers peeking out, holding chopsticks.
This was Chu Yuan’s younger sister, Chu Xuanyin.
Her eyes now sparkled with confusion.
“It’s nothing.”
Chu Yuan shook his head, but his heart swelled with surprise.
It had been ten years since his Transmigration to this world, hadn't it?
The cheat code exclusive to a Transmigrator had finally arrived.
Suddenly, the cry of a small boy rang out from not far away.
“Waaah! Mom! This uncle is bullying me—!”
Chu Yuan and Chu Xuanyin's attention was immediately drawn.
They saw a small boy running to a table, crying to his mother, while next to them stood a red-faced, thick-necked man.
“Damn it, you deliberately spilled sauce on me, then tried to snatch my phone to play with, and now you’re playing the victim?”
A flicker of triumph crossed the little boy’s eyes, and he cried even harder, yet it felt utterly fake.
Looking at the oil stains on the man’s clothes, it was clear the little boy was a mischievous child.
“You’re an adult, why are you bickering with our child? He didn’t spill sauce on you on purpose, and what’s wrong with letting him play with your phone for a bit?”
The mischievous child’s mother, instead of disciplining her child, turned the blame on the man.
“You—!”
The man, enraged, took two steps forward.
The next moment, a waiter ran over, standing between the man and the mother and son.
“Please calm down, both of you, calm down. This is a public place.”
“Public place, public place, and you guys don’t control that brat? He’s been causing trouble since earlier, even spitting watermelon seeds onto the condiment bar. I couldn’t stand it then!”
The man’s anger had not subsided.
“Exactly, exactly.”
“That mischievous child is too ill-mannered.”
Many of the surrounding diners agreed; they had all witnessed the mischievous child’s antics to some extent.
Unexpectedly, the child’s mother had no intention of admitting fault. “How dare you speak like that? He’s just a child, what’s wrong with him being a bit naughty?”
“This is called having no manners, you know! If you don’t teach him, when your brat gets out into society, plenty of people will teach him!” the man frowned, pointing at the child’s mother.
“Who can teach him? Who dares to teach him? My husband is a C-Rank Savior, fundamentally different from you ordinary people. Even if he kills someone, he won’t be sentenced. Anyone who dares to bully our Xiao Le, my husband will make sure they suffer!”
“Savior, did you hear that? It’s a Savior!”
“Let’s just ignore them, let’s eat our own food!”
Upon hearing the word “Savior,” the surrounding diners quickly averted their gazes, lowered their heads, and no longer dared to interfere with the mother’s arrogance.
The man, still fuming, wanted to say more, but the waiter, head bowed, stood in front of him, a difficult smile on his face. “The child is still young, after all, sir. How about this, we’ll waive your bill, and you don’t pursue this matter, how does that sound?”
“……Fine! I don’t have time to waste either.”
Seeing the waiter’s demeanor, the man’s face darkened, and he suppressed his anger, turning to leave for the restroom.
Before leaving, he forgot his phone and a pack of cigarettes on the table.
Seeing the man enter the restroom, the mischievous child’s eyes darted around. After the waiter left, he ran to the man’s table, picked up his phone, and tried to play with it.
But after fiddling with it for a while, he couldn't unlock the screen due to a password.
Seeing that he couldn't play with it, the mischievous child looked at the hotpot and threw the phone straight into it, along with the pack of cigarettes, splashing soup.
And this scene was witnessed by the man who had returned from the restroom.
The man’s eyes were bloodshot with rage; he could no longer control his fury.
The mischievous child, seeing that he had been caught red-handed by the man, showed no panic. Instead, he shook his head, made a funny face, and stuck out his tongue.
The next moment.
The mischievous child’s face was pressed into the scalding hotpot by the man.
“Waaah—Mommy, it hurts so much, Mommy—gurgle….”
The mischievous child struggled continuously, but after a moment, his body went limp.
The mischievous child’s mother rushed over in a panic, her emotions collapsing. “Ah ah ah! What did you do to my son?!”
The next second, the man grabbed the mischievous child’s mother’s head and also pressed her terrified face into the hotpot.
“Gurgle gurgle gurgle….”
In a short while, the mischievous child’s mother’s body also went limp.
“Just because I don’t want trouble, doesn’t mean I can’t handle it.”
“Your husband is a C-Rank Savior, right? Sorry, I am too.”
“Killing your two little beasts will at most restrict my travel. Your husband can’t do anything to me either.”
This scene terrified the surrounding diners, who scattered far away.
The man did not flee the hotpot restaurant after doing all this.
About ten minutes later, a team of men and women in white uniforms entered, put special crystal handcuffs on the man, and took him away.
Even after everything was over, the staff and diners in the hotpot restaurant were still somewhat shaken.
Besides that, their eyes also held a sense of longing.
Then, someone said.
“That Savior guy is a real man.”
“That was satisfying to watch.”
......
Chu Yuan took Chu Xuanyin home, both of them still somewhat unsettled.
“Go take a shower first, Xiao Yin,” Chu Yuan stroked his sister’s head.
“……Mm.”
Soon, Chu Xuanyin padded her feet, holding a change of clothes, and entered the bathroom.
Chu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the rented room with only one bed, one bathroom, and one kitchen, and sighed softly.
Many years ago, he Transmigrated to this world in a body that had inexplicably become nearly twenty years younger, and was taken in by an orphanage.
At the orphanage, he met his current younger sister, Chu Xuanyin. Later, after leaving the orphanage, they relied on meager incomes to survive until now; eating hotpot was already a relatively luxurious activity.
Six years ago, this world experienced a disaster called “Anomalous Disaster.”
The Earth’s volume expanded by over a hundredfold, adding various strange and dangerous areas called “Anomalous Zones.”
Monsters called Disaster Beasts emerged from the Anomalous Zones, attacking cities and residents, and modern weapons were completely ineffective against them.
The only ones who could fight against them were superhumans who had undergone Awakening of their past lives’ memories, the “Saviors.”
The Saviors’ past lives were heroes from various transcendent worlds: cultivation worlds, magic worlds, high-martial worlds…
They could communicate with the power of their past lives’ worlds, thereby becoming stronger and using special powers to eliminate Disaster Beasts.
Because they were the only ones who could fight Disaster Beasts and save humanity, Saviors held considerable privileges in current society.
Just like the man in the hotpot restaurant earlier.
He killed the troublesome mother and son and would not even be judged by social law.
The white-uniformed personnel who took him away were enforcers from the “Seraphim Organization”—an organization established to combat Disaster Beasts.
Only the Seraphim Organization had the authority to govern and judge Saviors.
Becoming a Savior also meant possessing privileges, reputation, and wealth.
In such an era, ordinary people could be ruined at any time by being caught in an Anomalous Disaster or by offending a Savior.
Chu Yuan had yearned countless times to become a Savior, to change his and Chu Xuanyin’s circumstances.
But he was not a hero in his past life.
Ultimately, whether he even had a past life was still a question.
“But all of this is about to change….”
Chu Yuan summoned the simulator panel.
【Now, I will introduce the functions of this simulator to the host.】
【Using this simulator, the host’s Soul can Transmigrate to other worlds for life simulation.】
【Each simulation will be considered one past life for the host.】
【After the simulation ends, the host’s Soul will inherit the memories and traits of the past life. At the same time, the host can use the power of the world they are in to reach the past life’s peak at an extremely fast speed.】
【After the simulation cooldown ends, the host can perform another simulation.】
【Current simulation cooldown countdown: 0】
【Simulation available.】
【Do you wish to start a simulation?】
【Yes / No】