Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Zhou Ning suddenly felt extremely uneasy.

The Life Alchemist Council members mentioned in the TV series never showed up. It was now clear that schoolteacher Elvis was one of the other side's agents. There was no reason for him not to know that Holweg was dead, and he probably even knew that Holweg kept a diary.

You have to know that this is a real world, and you must never underestimate the enemy's intelligence. So is it possible that even Holweg's death was part of their plan, and this diary was deliberately left to them by the other party?

...This is bullshit. Even playing a game requires intrigue.

If it's really as I thought, this matter will be a big deal.

Zhou Ning looked around but didn't see Sherlock, but he was met with Ian's ardent and admiring gaze. Even John, who was not far away, looked at him with a sparkling look, as if he had awakened some extraordinary talent.

Zhou Ning felt a chill down his spine. He thought he had overacted...

Seeing Zhou Ning's eyes on him, Ian hurried forward, using honorifics and being cautious: "Mr. Wayne, are you okay?

Zhou Ning felt a chill run down his spine. He waved his hand, indicating he was fine, and asked, "Where's Sherlock? I have something important to discuss with him."

"Mr. Sherlock is communicating with the school. Please wait a moment."

Ian walked towards the school without saying a word. He didn't expect that at the most critical moment, this young man whom he had looked down upon before was the most reliable.

He almost single-handedly repelled Elvis, killed the deformed coachman, and dismantled the bomb. It is no exaggeration to say that he turned the tide. In this era when supernatural powers are just emerging, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a golden thigh. What's wrong with running errands for him?

Of course Zhou Ning didn't know what Ian was thinking, so he just stood there waiting for Sherlock.

About two minutes later, Sherlock came over hurriedly. "I heard Ian say you had something urgent to talk to me about? Thanks to you this time, otherwise I'm afraid many people would have died."

Zhou Ning didn't respond, but directly told Sherlock his doubts, and asked solemnly, "I want to know which country is participating in the state visit at Witsel Church Square today?"

After hearing this, Sherlock pondered for a moment, his face changed, and he said in a lost voice: "Luines... Oops!"

He gathered several members of the Day Watch and hurried towards the two carriages parked on the corner of the street: "Wayne, come with me, we need your help!"

The panel prompts:

[You have triggered the subsequent plot of the B-level mission [Conspiracy]. The mission [Conspiracy] has been upgraded from B-level to A-level.]

Finally, they met. Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement. Before getting on the carriage, he turned around and glanced at XB: "You come too."

"Maybe he can help." Zhou Ning explained to Sherlock.

"Can I go too?" XB also heard Zhou Ning's words and felt flattered. After obtaining Sherlock's consent, he hurriedly followed Zhou Ning into the carriage.

Zhou Ning smiled, looking out the window. He certainly wasn't bringing XB along because he was incredibly useful. He was completely useless. XB certainly had talent in the future, but that would only come after he matured. He was brought along because he brought a lot of popularity, and the situation was likely to be quite dangerous. It was worth bringing along a guinea pig who could serve as a part-time broadcaster and commentator.

After completing the task, XB on the other side immediately received a prompt:

"D-level [Terrorist Attack] completed, you gained 2000 experience points."

[Wayne Stewell's favorability towards you has increased by 5 points, currently standing at: Indifferent.]

[Do you open a private store to [XB]?]

Zhou Ning chose "yes" without hesitation.

A trading panel similar to those in ordinary online games in his previous life appeared in front of him. It had two tabs on the left and the right, which he could switch between freely. The left tab said "Item Store". After clicking the + sign, Zhou Ning could add his own items, including those obtained from the simulator. The right tab was the "Skill Store", where he could selectively add the skills he had mastered.

Zhou Ning tried to put a few things on it, and the panel immediately prompted:

[Please fill in the product description and price.]

[You can also set purchase conditions, including but not limited to favorability, level, faction, nationality...]

Even favorability limits can be set? Zhou Ning was delighted. This gave him more room for maneuver. You know, the most time-consuming part of this game is gaining favorability and reputation. Back then, as a mage, he had completed over seventy rounds of quests to gain the favor of the court mage Elan, spending countless gold coins before learning the Fire Dragon Technique from him.

Now it's my turn to set the player's favorability... It really is a matter of time...

Zhou Ning quickly set up the product and confirmed the release.

[Ding! NPC Wayne Stewell has opened the private shop function for you]

XB received the prompt immediately.

The protagonist's private shop? I'm going to spend all my money on it.

XB was not stupid enough to miss this opportunity and quickly opened the private store.

The items available for purchase in the store were displayed according to their rarity and price. XB took a look and was immediately attracted by them. He was a little dizzy for a moment, and thousands of words were condensed into one sentence.

"Fuck..."

At this time, the popularity of his live broadcast room had reached a terrifying 1200 million, and was even rising. The barrage of comments was also madly refreshing the screen, and the most frequently refreshed words were two words.

"Fuck..."

"Stone Mask, my goodness, even though it's just a qualification, it can transform people into hidden vampires, greatly improving their combat effectiveness. If it were me, I would choose not to be a human, and be a vampire."

"Vampires are powerful, but they also have shortcomings. They can't see the sun, otherwise they will be burned to ashes. Isn't that like using a lantern to go to the toilet—looking for shit?"

"We're players, why should we be afraid of anyone? Just wear a hat and wrap up tighter, and it's not like we can't be resurrected. We're invincible at night, so what a huge advantage we can build up in the early stages!"

"Didn't you guys notice these guns? They look like the same guns Wayne has!"

"I'd choose a devil fruit! Even though it says it's unavailable, it doesn't mean it exists. It's interesting to think about having all sorts of different abilities."

"Who on earth is my husband? He even has these things."

"The protagonist, the protagonist, you know? Is it strange that the protagonist has some treasures?"

XB's mouth was watering as he watched. The Stone Mask, the Devil Fruit with the phrase "temporarily unavailable", the Mini Mechanical Warrior Cards, the Browning M1906 pocket pistol, the M1 Garand rifle... to him, they were all goddamn artifacts!

As long as you give him some random skills, he will be the coolest guy in the game, and will definitely crush other professional players by countless progress.

Take another look at the price.

XB: …

It was totally beyond his current affordability. Those awesome-looking guns all started at 15 Vectra, the mini mechanical warrior card was 50 Vectra and required 10 points of favorability, and the devil fruit was a whopping 500 Vectra.

Are you trying to embarrass me, Fat Tiger? XB couldn't help but shed tears of poverty.

The item store made XB feel the disparity of life, and when he clicked into the skill store, he was even more heartbroken.

Why is there nothing missing?

Among the general skills alone, there are skills that are extremely powerful at first glance, such as Marksmanship, Mysticism, and Mechanical Mastery.

Looking down, he was even more shocked.

What are these?

Flying guns! Armament Haki! Ripple Breathing! Mozambique Shooting! Rapid Pursuit!

Especially the Ripple Breathing Method, which can passively increase strength and agility with just one skill, and can continuously increase strength and agility by practicing it every day!

"This must be the protagonist's exclusive skill, it must be the protagonist's exclusive skill!" XB gritted his teeth and roared in his heart.

What made him even more excited was a knowledge book for changing to the hidden profession [Wandering Gunner]. It was priced at 30 Viktoria, which was not expensive, but it required 30 points of favorability from the protagonist!

Hidden profession! XB looked at Zhou Ning in shock.

Zhou Ning guessed his thoughts and responded with an unfathomable smile. He'd just randomly placed a miscellaneous book in there and changed the description. He'd set the favorability level himself, and it wasn't up to him to decide how much. He was releasing it now just to paint a good picture for the players. It might be a bit of a rip-off right now, but there would always be a payoff in the future.

"It turns out the protagonist's profession is called Wandering Gunner!"

After hearing the news, not only XB, but also the viewers in the live broadcast room became excited. It is worthy of being the protagonist's profession. It looks very mysterious and high-end at first glance!

Although he could not meet the requirements for the time being, XB was not discouraged. Instead, he was ambitious because he saw the direction of the future!

He then looked at his money and experience, which was just enough to learn a shooting mastery. Without hesitation, he immediately bought it and chose to learn.

I’m definitely going to be the roaming gunman!

……

[Your skill [Shooting Mastery] has been learned. You gain 2000 experience points and 10 Roshen.]

The money spent by players on learning skills will be fully returned to Zhou Ning as tuition.

According to the setting of Apocalypse, imparting skills is equivalent to teaching, and your own skills will not change.

So no matter what skills XB learns from him, he will only benefit from it, not from it. This is much faster than doing alchemy by himself.

After cutting the first chives in his life, Zhou Ning stretched and opened the simulation panel.

The University of Wick is located in the east of Docklands. It takes about 20 minutes to reach the Witsel Church Square in the city center at full speed, which is enough time to conduct a simulation and improve one's strength.

Zhou Ning was determined to win the reward for the A-level mission.

After checking the balance of the time-travel coins, Zhou Ning found that the Hall of Wonders had given him 19 time-travel coins and that he had received 1 minimum living allowance for staying overnight. So he chose to spend 50 Victor Towers to recharge 5 time-travel coins and chose to travel again.