Chapter 17

“……It’s over?”

Sharl propped herself up on the mattress, trying to sit up, but soon her arm softened, and she lay back down.

The events in the simulation—using Death Reversal and drinking a potion—had left Sharl in a state of extreme mental fatigue.

She was currently in a very strange condition. Although she had the intention to raise her hand, after a while, her hand went up, but soon it collapsed due to the inability to execute the next command from her brain.

It was like playing a high-latency version of “Human: Fall Flat.”

Sharl gave up on continuing to move and lay on the bed, staring at the system prompt in front of her.

“Character… Save?”

The sudden acquisition of 33 Mortality Points surprised Sharl. It was higher than what she received when she killed the semi-extraordinary Thomas last time.

However, upon reflection, it made sense.

Because the current version of herself in the simulation had survived for a full 24 hours, breaking the deadlock of being used as a ritual sacrifice. In other words, if she followed the same development as in the simulation and went to the Salvation Goddess Church to find Yulis, she could save both herself and her sister.

But Sharl did not rush to make a decision. Instead, she exited the system screen in front of her and reopened the interface.

「Simulation」

「Character Save」

「Skills」

「Warehouse」

「Point Store」

In the new system interface, between 「Simulation」 and 「Skills,」 a new entry appeared: 「Character Save」.

Sharl directly clicked on this new tab.

Silver light flashed, and three rectangular boxes appeared before Sharl. For a moment, Sharl felt like she was looking at the character selection screen of DNF.

The leading box contained a figure, who was looking at Sharl through the system screen at this moment.

She wore a black robe with silver edges similar to Yulis’s, and her face was covered by a pure white mask. Several silver geometric lines outlined her features on the mask.

The black-robed person in the image slowly raised her hands. One hand reached toward her hood, and the other toward the mask. The sleeves of her robe slid down as she moved her hands, revealing blood-stained bandages tied around her wrists.

Sharl noticed some black scars on her hands, which looked like they had been burned and were not fully healed yet. At this point, she began to vaguely understand what was happening.

The mask was removed, and the hood was lifted, revealing shoulder-length curly red hair in front of Sharl.

Simultaneously, a shadow with silver-white eyes appeared, half-kneeling at the feet of the figure in the interface.

The person in the interface was none other than Sharl herself.

Or rather, the exact version of herself from the simulation.

Her originally waist-length hair had been burned off halfway, leaving her with shoulder-length curly hair. Her eyebrows were furrowed, adding a hint of violence to her usually calm face. Her dark red eyes seemed to be burning with fire.

As if sensing Sharl’s gaze, the shadow that was half-kneeling at her feet in the interface swayed and stood up, taking a step forward. It completely pressed against the interface, seemingly curiously examining the Sharl outside, blocking the view entirely with its fiery silhouette.

A substitute messenger?

A half-breed?

A Susano’o?

No matter how you look at it, it seems that the version of herself from the last simulation successfully digested the potion. That thing similar to a substitute messenger was likely a capability that emerged after drinking the potion.

“Both the Avenger and the Reformed Monk originate from the same source, both coming from the Salvation Goddess Church…”

Sharl thought about the often confusing scenarios in the simulation—such as Thomas and Solari being forced to kneel and objects floating in the air.

These were probably caused by Yulis’s abilities, and at that time, she was not an extraordinary person and thus could not observe her abilities, making everything seem strange.

“System, what’s the use of character save?”

Sharl asked directly.

She asked the system.

Although there were some explanations in the settlement interface, they were too vague. It was better to clarify everything.

「The role save can retain the characters that survive in the simulation, all details are a 1:1 replication, and the status is preserved until the last moment of the simulation.」

「When the host selects a simulation, a character selection interface will appear, allowing the host to choose whether to enter in “pure mode” or with a “saved character.”」

「’Pure mode’ means entering directly using the host’s body template as usual, while ‘saved character’ mode uses the character from the saved data for the descent.」

「Note: The background of the saved character has no relation to the new simulation. The system is not responsible for any issues that arise.」

「The host themselves can spend mortality points in reality to transform into a saved character and act for a certain period.」

「The current exchange rate is 5 mortality points = 30 minutes.」

「Note: Damage received by the saved character in the simulation or in reality will not be saved. Damage in reality will be borne by the host themselves. Please proceed with caution.」

「Note: A second transformation within the limited time also consumes mortality points and overrides the previous transformation. Two saves cannot be stacked.」

A series of system prompts piled up in front of Xia’er. After reading through all the system texts, Xia’er understood the function of “role save.”

Next time she enters a simulation, she can directly use the character from the save, without inheriting any background relationships.

For example, if Xia’er chooses this save to enter the previous simulation, once she enters, she would already be an Extraordinary Person, and she wouldn’t need to drink the potion again.

Previously, she always entered the simulation with her original body. Next time, she could choose a character to enter the simulation.

If she survived for 24 hours in the simulation, she could choose to save this character to a new save or overwrite the old one. In other words, if she became stronger using a saved character in the simulation, she could preserve that strength in the save.

The rest was easier to understand.

Now, Xia’er could spend 5 mortality points to transform herself into the Extraordinary Xia’er from the save, gaining all her abilities.

In other words, she could temporarily become an Extraordinary Person now.

What an incredible ability…

After obtaining the potion, she could even enter in pure mode, perform a ritual, and then save it…

In other words, if there were enough slots for saves, she could create a separate save for each different potion path, effectively giving her access to all paths of Extraordinary abilities.

If she really chose the path from the previous simulation, joining the Salvation Goddess Religion, her path would be limited to the “Avenger” route. To gain new path abilities, she would have to rely on “Past” simulations, which would waste her advantage of foreseeing the future.

To obtain a complete save, her original self still needed to remain low-key, not joining any side, and secretly acquiring all abilities…

At this moment, Xia’er truly relaxed.

Having an Extraordinary save allowed her to temporarily become an Extraordinary Person. With her current mortality points, she could conduct four simulations.

Even without Extraordinary abilities, she could already face off against the Half-baked Thomas in a one-on-one battle.

With Extraordinary abilities, Xia’er was confident she could resolve this trouble without injury.

All she needed to do was ensure that no one discovered what she had accomplished…

The immense fatigue brought by relaxation overwhelmed Xia’er. After conducting four consecutive simulations, Xia’er’s mental state was already exhausted. Under the onslaught of drowsiness, she slowly closed her eyes.

“Wake up… try the save… adapt…”

Xia’er mumbled something and fell into a deep sleep.