Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

How about striking while the Fuling potion is still taking effect and inserting the arrow?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Ning rejected it. He wanted this thing for self-protection, not for suicide. What if he really died?

After checking the time-travel coins, Zhou Ning saw that he could do ten consecutive draws. He didn't plan to save them, so he simply clicked on the ten-draw combo again.

[You have obtained a rare treasure: Einstein's manuscript on the theory of relativity.]

[You have obtained a rare item: the first issue of Playboy magazine from 1953.]

[You have obtained a rare item: Vampire Zhou Ning's Nobel Prize trophy.]

……

Zhou Ning was speechless. He had obtained three rare items in this round of ten consecutive wins, breaking the historical record, but they were no different from miscellaneous items. None of them were useful.

This Fuling potion turned out to be completely unreliable.

The five 14th companies had a total of 17 rifles and pistols. Zhou Ning piled the guns into the suitcase while checking his recent gains.

I just discovered a hidden mission in the third round of ten. After accepting it, a prompt popped up on the panel:

Hidden tasks: (can be triggered under special circumstances)

[Famous Gun Collector]: As a collector, you are particularly passionate about collecting famous guns. Please achieve the achievement of collecting 5 famous guns in the simulation and the real world. (2/5)

Mission Tip: A truly famous gun does not lie in its firepower and range, but in its historical value. Come on, collectors!

Reward: Random firearm x1

Collector Zhou Ning: ...

This task was very simple and the reward was also very ordinary. Zhou Ning did not plan to do it specially. It could be completed automatically by drawing the lottery.

I took another look at the other two hidden tasks. The reading progress of [Literary Life] has reached 2327. Conservatively speaking, it will take another 2 simulated worlds. The simulation progress of [A Better Tomorrow] is now 2/3. If I'm lucky, it can be completed in the next simulated world.

There's still a long way to go! Zhou Ning couldn't help but sigh.

After putting all the guns into the box, Zhou Ning hurried out with the box and headed for Xilin Grocery Store.

……

The horse-drawn carriage was slowly moving along the muddy and dirty road.

The road leading to Xilin Grocery Store is originally the old city area. The number of homeless people has been gradually increasing in recent days. They can be seen walking in groups on the streets everywhere outside the car window.

Perhaps this is the consequence of the assassination of Charles VI. Zhou Ning felt a little heavy in his heart and said silently in his heart.

The present-day Braxton has a system of poor relief laws originating from the Kingdom of Falconry: magistrates were empowered to administer poor relief, levy poor taxes, and issue poor relief fees on a parish basis. The elderly and disabled received relief at home; poor children were fostered in designated homes and, upon reaching a certain age, were apprenticed; and vagrants were imprisoned or sent to a reformatory.

This was originally pretty good, but as the economy gradually declined and poverty intensified, the amount of financial expenditure that Braxton had to spend on poor relief increased, and the Poor Law gradually became meaningless. It was only natural that the current situation had emerged.

This is also what makes the game "Apocalypse" special.

Unlike other games, the intelligent computer in "Apocalypse" never interferes with the course of history. Instead, it coldly and precisely controls the operation and evolution of the game world based on programs and data.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between games and reality.

Zhou Ning withdrew his gaze from the window and immersed himself in the game forum.

He had been so busy these past two days that he had no time to peek at the screen. The popularity of the forum had grown to a level that Zhou Ning was a little confused about. The number of registered users had reached 3000 million. You know, this game had just started closed beta testing.

Clicking into the discussion area, Zhou Ning saw the fourth episode of the TV series that had just been released in the pinned post. However, he did not click in immediately. Instead, he clicked into another popular post at the top out of curiosity.

The name of the post is very eye-catching: Apocalypse NPC Strength Analysis Post.

The post was made more than an hour ago by a beta tester named Grantham.

He was randomly born in the religiously fanatical Kingdom of Sifarik. On the day of his birth, he witnessed with his own eyes the scene of the Knights of the Earth Temple punishing heretics.

In a video he released, you can see an armored knight with golden flames burning all over his body. He raises his spear and stabs at the pagans in front of him. There is even a golden beam of light bursting out from the tip of the spear, which looks very cool at first glance.

"This armored knight is called Emlyn, Spear of Justice. His class is a Templar Knight, which is also one of the main classes. There are at least dozens of knights as powerful as him in the Church of Mother Earth, and above them are even more powerful bishops, cardinals, and popes. Although Wayne Sternwell may indeed be the protagonist, he is probably a growing type of protagonist. He is definitely not strong at the moment, even compared to Emlyn. I don't know if you have noticed that the enemies Wayne faced in several battles were somewhat weak. His record is too weak and unconvincing."

"The only two opponents who were stronger, Holvig and Elvis, were only defeated with Sherlock's help. Putting aside other things, if a wizard like Elvis were to face off head-on, I bet the protagonist would most likely lose."

Next, Gransom analyzed many of Zhou Ning's shortcomings in a very eloquent manner, and finally concluded that there are many strong people in "Apocalypse", and each profession is very powerful. You should be cautious when choosing a profession and not blindly chase stars.

Zhou Ning narrowed his eyes and frankly said that what he said was correct. At least it was much more professional than XB. Of course, he was not that strong at the moment.

But the last thing he should have done was to use Elvis as an example. Based on what we have learned about the Dogbit AI during this period, the fourth episode of the series will most likely include his fight with Elvis.

After looking at the replies, there were some who agreed, but there were more who criticized. Zhou Ning's fans were mostly young girls with rich experience in online combat. Grantham responded a few words at first, but was then angered by the criticism.

For a moment, it was extremely lively, like a large-scale online quarrel scene.

Zhou Ning's mouth twitched slightly. Instead of continuing to browse the posts, he clicked on the pinned TV series and started watching.

As soon as it was opened, barrages of comments floated out like snowflakes.

"Four brushes."

"The whole process is exciting and there is no boring moment."

"@Grantham, what do you think of this video?"

"God knows how many times I've watched this video."

So you don't need to look at Zhou Ning to know that the protagonist of this video is most likely him.

Unlike previous TV series that often lasted more than an hour, this TV series is not long, only more than 1 minutes.

The video begins in a dilapidated house with a garden, and then flashes to the interior where a group of people in black robes are discussing a plan next to a crimson altar.

From their conversation, the audience can learn that the Curse God Cult is joining forces with two other forces to promote a grand plan called "The Coming of the Kingdom of God." The assassination of Charles VI is only part of the plan.

In order to smoothly advance the plan, several people must be eliminated, including Wayne Stewell, who had obstructed their plans several times before and became a target of killing or recruiting.

Zhou Ning: ...

What do you mean? Do you really think you're easy to bully?

He paused the video and moved the progress bar back to the beginning of the video.

He saw a dilapidated house with a garden and a blue roof, a typical middle-class style of Braxton. There was a river not far away, which could be the Seton River flowing southeast through the city, or it could be the canal in Docklands.

It's definitely not difficult to find it as long as you take a carriage and check along the river.