Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

This was the first time he had seen an evaluation that had almost no impact on the world. Even his first time traveling through time at least inspired George Bernard Shaw to write a novel. Zhou Ning could only give a three-word comment on the template of an ordinary office worker: a vegetative state.

Next, it was time to claim the reward. Zhou Ning calmed down and clicked the "claim reward" button below the backtrack. A prompt immediately appeared on the panel:

【You chose to receive the reward. 】

[You have obtained a rare item: the body fragments of the Pillar Man.]

[You have acquired the life skill: Cooking (Advanced).]

[You have acquired the skill: Italian proficiency (expert level).]

After investing 20 time-travel coins and losing 18 of them, Zhou Ning finally managed to bring out something, but it wasn't an epic item. He felt even more disappointed.

View the harvest:

[Rare Item: Fragment of the Pillar Man's Body]: A fragment of the Pillar Man Kaz's palm, still retaining a faint cellular vitality, craving for life force and fearing sunlight.

【Cooking (Advanced)】: The art of cooking that allows you to use ingredients reasonably for cooking.

[Because you have mastered a new professional language, your linguist level has increased! It is currently 5, and you have obtained the life skill: Rough Translation (Elementary).]

Upgrading the Linguist gave him another point of Spirit and a free attribute point, and also gave him a new Life Skill, which barely gave him some comfort:

[Rough Translation (Elementary): This is a basic skill for linguists. It allows you to translate and interpret unfamiliar texts based on their form, order, and other factors. The accuracy rate is not high.]

Not bad, a very practical skill. The Linguist subclass in the game can't be upgraded directly with experience points, but only by learning different languages, which makes it rare for players to master this skill.

There is one last thing left to be seen - the fragments of the Pillar Man's body.

What Zhou Ning was most interested in during this time travel was this thing. He had the Stone Ghost Mask and 1/3 of the Aizhe Red Stone. As long as he studied it thoroughly, he might be able to extract the Pillar Man's bloodline.

The icon of this thing in the inventory was a small gray fragment, and Zhou Ning took it out carefully.

It felt slightly warm to the touch, and under the whale oil lamp it looked like an ordinary piece of gravel, with some strange patterns on the surface.

Then, the fragment squirmed without warning, turned back to flesh color, jumped up, and pounced on Zhou Ning's body.

Zhou Ning was slightly startled, and his right hand stretched out like lightning, pinching the fragment between his fingers. A burning wave passed over, and a puff of black smoke rose. The small fragment struggled briefly for a moment, and then fell silent again.

"Naughty."

Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief, took a file from the shelf, ground some powder off the fragments, stored it in a small container, and then threw the fragments back into the inventory.

The next morning, Zhou Ning, who woke up naturally, prepared a piece of fried toast and a glass of milk for himself, and ate breakfast leisurely while reading the newspaper. There were ready-made small kitchen utensils in the laboratory. Now that Zhou Ning had advanced cooking skills, there was naturally no need to treat himself badly.

After eating and drinking, Zhou Ning chose to return to the school apartment. He had no classes this morning, and before he even entered, he heard a loud shouting coming from inside:

"My turn! Draw a card!"

"...I summon a mechanical snail, attack position!"

"Fight! Attack your Thunder Eel with a Mechanical Snail!"

"Damn! Such high attack power!"

Zhou Ning: ...

It sounds like a fight between rookies.

What's going on? Could it be?

I opened the door and was startled. The dormitory was filled with people. John and the fat guy Fred were having a fierce Yu-Gi-Oh duel.

Taking a closer look, Zhou Ning discovered that John's Yu-Gi-Oh cards were quite authentic. While the card designs were realistic, they were exceptionally well-made. A card mat lay on the table, divided into five monster areas, five magic trap areas, and so on. The background featured the adorable Dark Magician Girl, a true work of art.

Under Zhou Ning's watchful eye, the two ragtag warriors engaged in a fierce duel that lasted for over 20 rounds. The entire duel was incredibly thrilling, with both sides engaging in fierce fighting and brutal acts. In the end, John emerged victorious, narrowly securing victory despite a mere 200 HP remaining.

Zhou Ning curled the corners of his mouth. People from other worlds are so easy to satisfy. Even a duel between mortal bones can be so passionate.

John licked his lips with a look of satisfaction, then noticed Zhou Ning coming and stood up quickly: "Wayne, this is the finished product. What do you think?"

"Very good, much better than I imagined," Zhou Ning commented matter-of-factly. Honestly, the level of fidelity reached at least 80%. And judging by the audience's engagement, sales shouldn't be a concern. "How are you going to price it?"

"Card mat, starter pack and rulebook, 5 Victa per pack. The first booster pack retails for 1 Roshen per pack, so 60 packs are only 50 Roshen. According to your design, each pack contains 5 cards. What do you think?"

Zhou Ning calculated that the price was about 20 yuan per pack, which was not bad, but he was not sure whether it would sell. He looked at Fred and asked, "What do you think of this price?"

"It's not expensive." Fred said nonchalantly, "Anyway, I'll definitely buy it when you have the finished product."

"I want to buy some too. Since we're classmates, can you give me a discount?"

"That's right, give us a discount!" The students present also joined in the discussion.

"There's a discount, of course. Anyone with a Vick University student ID card can get a 9% discount on all card purchases." John smiled so hard that he couldn't close his legs and responded quickly.

Zhou Ning didn't care about the discount. He was still thinking that if the cards didn't sell, he could always find someone to draw a Yu-Gi-Oh manga to help promote it. Now it seemed that was no longer necessary.

After chatting with John for a while, he watched the other noobs fight each other. With only a few basic cards, it was a pure mediocre brawl. Zhou Ning, however, was watching with gusto and even joined in to play a round himself.

To Zhou Ning's surprise, Jasmine was also very interested in Yu-Gi-Oh, and kept instructing Zhou Ning on how to play. The problem was that all her instructions were blind, which highlighted that she was a novice but loved to play.

It wasn't until 4 p.m. that Zhou Ning came to his senses and suddenly realized: There's still something to do today!

After returning the two books he borrowed yesterday, Zhou Ning borrowed two folk books from the Four Heroes period and chose to read them in the library because the dormitory was temporarily occupied by a group of card players.

This book is far more interesting than the last one. It tells about the customs and habits of Abbot City, the predecessor of Darklan, especially the sex industry. The book says that under the governance of a certain governor, the sex industry in Abbot City has many more special ways of playing, including ropes, whips, and a wide variety of projects, and even projects similar to cosplay.

Zhou Ning couldn't help but be surprised. Were people in ancient times so good at playing? I wonder if they lit candles?

After reading two books, the reading progress reached 7895/10000 - yes, this is the only serious thing that the salted fish Zhou Ning has done. He has read nearly 45 books in his 3000 years of time-traveling life, which is in sharp contrast to the crazy clown with dyslexia. It will take about one or two more time-traveling times to complete the task.