Over the past month, Zack had been working tirelessly every day to accumulate his capital, but he had also been paying close attention to his physical condition.
He went to bed early and rose early, doing all his writing during the day and hitting the sack at exactly midnight, never letting fatigue carry over to the next day.
His routine was the same as when he was forced to do so during his school days.
The old Zack never had such perseverance, especially during holidays, where he'd sleep whenever he pleased.
But since obtaining the Life Reset Simulator, Zack found that he hadn't become corrupt despite having a 'cheat mode'; instead, he had become more self-disciplined.
After some reflection, he believed that the reason was that his former self couldn't find a direction for the future. Even if he worked hard, success wasn't guaranteed, so it was easy to fall into self-abandonment.
However, with the Life Reset Simulator, Zack found himself working even harder because he had hopes and expectations for the future.
It was like playing a game; as long as you were given a level goal, no matter how difficult it was, seeing the endpoint would energize you.
Yet, this shitty real-life game lets you know that even if you worked hard, you might not get the results you wanted.
That's probably why many people became slackers and gave up on striving.
The probability of effort not being rewarded was too high. Luck, experience, and even one's social class at birth already determine many people's lives.
After staying up all night to write a short article, he considered it a way to thank Annie for her help.
It was the only thing Zack could offer at present.
Being young, staying up all night wasn't much for him.
Taking advantage of the early morning, he joined the commuters for breakfast downstairs and watched them rush through their meals before leaving again.
Zack sighed in his heart, knowing that his life was now different from theirs.
He was headed towards another magnificent, perhaps not necessarily glamorous, but stable and happy life.
After breakfast, instead of immediately going to sleep, Zack took a shower and relaxed, watching novels and videos, letting go of his tense work mindset.
Once this life simulation ended, he would immediately begin the life of an asset management tycoon.
Based on his previous experience, he needed to sleep before starting a new life to avoid insomnia later. So, he decided to stay up now and catch up on sleep later.
Zack sent all his drafts to Waite, asking the editor to update them for him later.
He didn't need to write 30,000 words a day anymore; he could reduce the word count slightly and extend the cycle.
Having updated nearly one million words in a month, Zack was already impressive.
With only a little more than 500,000 words left until the end of his drafts, Zack estimated he could last another month or so.
Looking at the countdown visible only to him, Zack felt a moment of dizziness when the number turned to zero.
Quickly, many of the memories from the parallel world that weren't his own disappeared.
But to Zack's surprise, all the memories of this simulated life weren't completely gone!
"Huh?"
Zack let out a soft exclamation, as this was his first life reset simulation, and he wasn't very familiar with the specifics.
He opened some literary works written by true masters and was surprised to find that he now had an appreciation for literature.
It was like the poor writer he had experienced life as had left a significant portion of their talent to him.
And even more amazingly, he found that he still retained a lot of common sense and knowledge about literature.
"This knowledge seems to be what I learned by reading books during my simulated life when I had nothing else to do."
"... That's right because when experiencing a simulated life, one inherently possesses sufficient knowledge."
"When I read something that I already know, I understand it quickly. And this knowledge I actively learned will remain with me even after the simulation ends."
Zack suddenly sat up straight, a flash of surprise in his eyes.
He had discovered another important use of this simulator: as a tool for learning.
This way, even if he temporarily lost this life simulation, some knowledge would remain, leaving no significant loopholes.
For example, he had just been a writer and written a best-selling novel. It would be impossible for him to know nothing about literature when asked after this life simulation ended.
In the current situation, if his simulated life were as a mathematician, he would revisit his past mathematical knowledge during that time.
It wasn't difficult for a mathematician to understand simple past knowledge, but this newly 'learned' knowledge would remain with Zack after the simulation ended.
"What I lose is actually just the experience of the simulated life. Experience, after all, is the interpretation of one's life."
"... Knowledge is universal, but different experiences create different lives. No wonder it's called the Life Reset Simulator. Experiences don't remain, but knowledge can be retained through self-learning."
Understanding this, Zack felt completely relieved. It wouldn't leave him with too many bugs, turning him into a useless person in his non-simulated life.
On the contrary, each simulated life and each accumulation of knowledge would only make Zack stronger, using the simulated lives of others as the foundation for his real life!
He could only marvel that cheats mode were truly strong, andincredibly powerful.
Just as Zack was marveling, his phone rang.
He quickly opened it and saw a bank notification. His barely three-digit balance had turned into seven digits!
His bank account had an additional 2,630,000 yuan, his real earnings after taxes for the month.
Seeing those 2,630,000 yuan, Zack was thrilled.
He had never seen so much money in his life. Even the house he was living in, despite the price increase, wasn't worth 2,630,000 yuan in Webb City!
"Calm down, it's only 2,630,000 yuan, not even a small goal. Why are you so excited, Zack?"
He suppressed his excitement, reminding himself that this was just the principal, an important accumulation to leverage more money.
To be honest, a bunch of luxury items had popped into Zack's mind. Those were things he couldn't afford or wouldn't splurge on in the past.
He was tempted to rush out and spend a fortune enjoying himself.
But this urge was quickly suppressed by Zack. Just over two million wasn't enough to spend. Resisting this impulse and continuing to earn money was the truth.
After all, Zack was still just a young man, susceptible to temptation.
Opening the Life Reset Simulator again, Zack found that his data had changed significantly.
First, the family background data had changed from 5 to 6, which suddenly made sense to Zack. This data was closely related to his real-life self.
With an additional two million yuan in cash, his family background, on a national average, exceeded the average level and was much stronger than before, hence the automatic increase.
And because he had experienced one life simulation, he had a free attribute point to add.
After some thought, Zack tried to add an attribute to his family background, wanting to see if his reality would change as the attribute increased.
For example, if the number turned to 7, would he win the lottery and make his family background match the value of '7'?
But Zack found that he couldn't add attribute points to the family background option.
That meant he could only make this number change by becoming richer.
Without hesitation, Zack chose to increase his intelligence, which seemed to be the most important attribute based on the simulated game.
[The host needs to increase attribute points twice before they can increase intelligence by 1 point on the third try.]
Seeing the simulator's prompt, Zack furrowed his brow.
Dammit, this simulator didn't give people loopholes. The simulator itself knew the importance of intelligence, so it wouldn't let you add it casually.
Otherwise, if Zack did nothing but keep adding intelligence to the max, he might become an unparalleled genius and lead Earth into the interstellar age.
And the simulator obviously wouldn't let him do that.
"So, the only attribute point I can add now is to my looks and physique?"
Looking at his 4-point physique and 6-point looks, while the physique was adequate for a normal person, to become healthier and stronger, he undoubtedly needed to increase his physique.
However, without hesitation, Zack added to his looks.
Being strong was a temporary matter, but being handsome was a lifetime affair!
He could increase his physique later; becoming handsome was the priority!
From his initial attributes, Zack knew that he relied on his looks to make a living. Naturally, he couldn't neglect the essentials and pursue the trivial; becoming even more handsome was the goal!
After boosting his attractiveness a bit, bringing his looks toattribute up to 7, Zack didn't bother checking out his transformation. Instead, he laid straight down on the bed and chose to start his second life simulation.
[Life Simulation Commencing!]
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