[Please enter sleep to experience a new life.]
Seeing the prompt from the system simulator, Zack adjusted the air conditioning temperature, tidied up a bit, and then lay down on the bed.
"How can I supposed to fall asleep with this excitement?"
Too thrilled to sleep, Zack felt like a kid knowing his parents would buy him a game console the next day.
He tossed and turned for an unknown amount of time before finally drifting into a sleepy slumber.
In his dream, he vaguely experienced the life of a girl.
She was happy in her childhood, living in a wealthy family, and waspraised by her kindergarten teacher for her intelligence.
But that happiness was shattered in primary school.
Due to her appearance and build, she was bullied by herclassmates.
Neglected by her busy parents and with unhelpful teachers, the girl's personality began to close off.
By middle school, the situation worsened, and depression started to torment her.
It was only through novels and literature that she found a glimmer of comfort in her painful depression.
Yet, this slight comfort did not save her life.
Failures in creative pursuits, growing impatience from her parents, repeated dating disappointments, and a drifting relationship with her parents.
Eventually, it all piled up, and a seemingly simple comment from a reader broke her completely, leading her to end her life by wrist-slashing.
"Huh———"
Zack abruptly sat up on the bed, his face scared with heavy breathing.
"Damn, that was too real!"
Zack checked his wrist, sighing in relief when he saw it was unharmed.
The sensation of blood loss and life ebbing away was so vivid that he thought he was truly dead.
And that severe depression, where even the smallest matters seemed magnified and tormented his mind, left him still feeling uneasy.
It was so real that Zack felt like he had genuinely experienced a new life.
But perhaps due to the brain's protective mechanism, that horrifying experience was vague, preventing him from fully recalling it.
"If I go through experiences like that a few more times, I'll easily empathize with others and become a top-notch psychological counselor."
Zack mocked himself and got off the bed.
Glancing at the time, it was now 6 a.m., and the sky was just starting to lighten.
Getting up at 6 a.m. was something he couldn't even do during school days, let alone now that he was on vacation. He didn't expect to do it today.
[You will acquire all knowledge, experiences, and abilities from your new life within the next 30 days.]
Ignoring the system simulator's prompt, Zack hadn't fully recovered from that painful new life experience. He headed to the bathroom for a shower first.
Cold water splashing on his face finally brought him back to his senses.
After showering and dressing, he went to the breakfast stall to feed his hungry stomach.
Once done, Zack returned home and sat at his computer desk, lost in thought.
Firstly, the life simulation by the system simulator was overly realistic.
Though a protective mechanism prevented Zack from being affected personally, the despair and pain were still vividly etched in his mind.
Fortunately, he hadn't experienced that failed life betrayed by his younger brother and wife; the mere thought of such collapse was chilling.
But at the same time, if life was positive, one would also gain unimaginable happiness in the new life.
So, in future simulations, he should be cautious; it's better to avoid painful lives as much as possible.
Actually, one didn't even need to temporarily gain abilities from a new life; merely experiencing new lives repeatedly was enough to change a person.
That maturity from witnessing the vicissitudes of life and the life attitude from seeing countless scenes were already the most important treasures of one's soul.
After contemplating these thoughts, Zack focused on the abilities he now possessed from his life empowerment.
His mind was filled with new knowledge. He casually glanced at the water cup beside his computer, and his mind instantly came up with seven or eight descriptions and rhetorical methods for it.
He could make the descriptions as flowery or concise as he wished.
In the past, Zack's literary skills were average, and he definitely didn't have such abilities.
"Reading diligently and honing my writing skills after age 30, the system simulator truly didn't lie to me."
Thinking of the textual explanations he saw in that new life, Zack's tone was joyful.
His mind was filled with many book-related contents.
Although the girl in that new life didn't have a photographic memory and couldn't remember every word of every book, she could vaguely recall the plots of many books. With his current writing skills, he could not only recreate them but possibly even write better than the original authors.
This made Zack realize he had gambled right. The line in the system simulator, "You may obtain some information from a new life in a parallel world," was indeed meant for this.
This seemingly failed life of a female writer actually contained great treasures!
Besides memories related to literature and novels, there were also other memories about the parallel world from that new life.
But Zack only chuckled at those things, like the European Union unifying or mushrooms discovered in Yunnan Province that could enlarge people.
This wasn't Mario's world; the system simulator was absurd in some ways, providing purely useless information that he couldn't use to his advantage.
With unease, Zack began searching online, looking up the many book titles now in his mind.
"Some books exist in this world, but some don't. This is an opportunity!"
Zack stood up keenly and started pacing, pondering how to use his current writing abilities and memories to create his initial wealth.
Write a Nobel-worthy literary work and become famous and successful right away.
The thought barely emerged before being rejected.
The Nobel Prize in Literature was too subjective. With his current age and reputation, even if he wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude", it wouldn't matter.
Especially since the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to individuals, not specific works, it required considerable fame in the literary world.
Write science fiction?
It was a good idea; he had some classic works, even world-class literary pieces in his mind.
But the audience for science fiction was relatively small, and its money-making potential took time to develop, unsuitable for his current desire to earn quick money.
To earn quick money, preferably within a month, so he could rush to experience the life of a wealth management tycoon and multiply his wealth.
The best option was indeed—online novels!
Zack quickly started thinking again.
He listed several criteria for himself:
1: This book doesn't exist in this world. This was obvious; otherwise, it would be plagiarism.
2: The book shouldn't be too long. With only a month to experience, he needed to finish it within that time. Those with millions of words were out.
3: The theme should be novel enough for the online novels in his world to create buzz and quick cash.
4: If possible, it should have deeper potential for exploration, i.e., subsequent IPs. This way, even after the 30-day simulation ended, it would still generate income.
With these four criteria combined, Zack found the perfect book---"Notes of Tomb Raiding".
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