Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Xu Sheng looked at the old man with a suspicious and alarmed expression.

He noticed the old man clutching his arm in pain, yet there was no trace of blood on the limb. Instead, a white bar suddenly appeared above his head, and part of the bar, roughly one-tenth, was missing.

This white bar seemed to have been on the bald man's head just now.

If it completely empties, it turns into a box!

Xu Sheng shuddered and then looked at Shi Dan, finding that he too had a white bar above his head with a small segment missing—

Right, just now, both he and Shi Dan had been punched several times by the bald man.

Could it be that when they were attacked, a portion of the white bar diminishes?

This represented their life!

"Big brother, why did a white line appear on your head?" Shi Dan, having noticed the white bar above Xu Sheng's head, asked with some curiosity.

"You have one, too."

Xu Sheng's expression was somewhat unsightly as he pulled the old man over to share his speculation.

"So that's how it is."

The old man had a look of realization, but his face was contorted, not with rage but with pain.

Even though the arm that had been struck didn't suffer any visible damage, it felt extremely painful, as if affecting his soul.

"What about this box?"

Shi Dan approached the box that the bald man had transformed into and found that it could be opened. Inside was a handgun, a pair of boxer briefs, a yellow medicinal product, and two cans of blue pop-top cans.

"What are these things?" Qianli Xing picked up the handgun. It was this object that had injured his arm.

"Probably some kind of unique concealed weapon," Xu Sheng speculated.

"Then it's mine." Qianli Xing clipped it to his waist but accidentally triggered the trigger.

Bang!

Instantly, the old man clutched his groin with both hands and collapsed to the ground once more, a chunk of the white bar above his head dwindled.

Hiss—

Xu Sheng and Shi Dan could imagine the agony.

Even if the object looked fine, the pain would reflect onto their souls and not diminish by much.

"Are you okay, old man?" Shi Dan looked with sympathy—getting hit by that thing would hurt a lot, let alone being struck by such a powerful concealed weapon.

If it were in reality, he would definitely be in excruciating pain!

This elite from the desolate world, except for certain aspects designed according to the game, conformed to reality. Using a gun on oneself would cause blood loss.

"I'm... I'm fine."

Qianli Xing eventually toughed it out and shakily got back on his feet, looking pale as he turned the muzzle of the handgun in another direction.

Xu Sheng: "Moment of silence."

Shi Dan: "Moment of silence."

Qianli Xing ignored the two and continued to look at the other items in the wooden box.

Those boxer briefs...

Although the material was special, he was not interested in it. However, the three bottles and cans caught his eye.

"What are these?" Qianli Xing asked.

Shi Dan picked up one of the blue cans, shook it, and said, "There's water inside, probably this man's water bottle."

Qianli Xing immediately picked up another can, searched it, and found a ring at the top. After a tentative pull, he opened it.

Hiss!

Instantly, a gas emerged.

The old man extended his arm cautiously, keeping the gas away from himself in case it was poisonous.

After a while, seeing no other reaction, he quietly brought the can closer to his face and with the other hand cautiously fanned it to sniff the scent.

"Do you know what this is?" Xu Sheng asked, though he was well-educated, such matters were better understood by those who had truly traversed the 'rivers and lakes.'

The old man shook his head, "I only smelled a hint of sweetness."

Sweetness?

Sugar!

Then this substance probably wasn't poison.

However, to be cautious, Qianli Xing found a stone and poured a drop on it, only to see the brown liquid fizz with tiny bubbles.

"Hiss—"

"Poison!"

Qianli Xing exclaimed in shock, quickly tossing away the blue medicated can in his hand.

The vigorous bubbling indicated that the substance was highly toxic!

Although the other two were not well-versed in poison, seeing such a violent reaction from the liquid on the stone, they guessed that it definitely was a deadly toxin.

Shi Dan quickly threw the other unopened blue medicated can away.

Too dangerous!

Xu Sheng looked at the last yellow medicinal product in the box.

"And what's this?"

He opened it in the same way Qianli Xing had, but inside there was only a thumb-sized white pill.

"This should be some kind of medicine," Qianli Xing said, unsure, as with only one pill, they couldn't perform the same test as with the liquid, "Keep it for now, it might be useful."

After speaking, he picked up the unopened blue can that Shi Dan had thrown away.

"Why are you picking that up?" Shi Dan asked.

"It might be useful."

Qianli Xing put it in his bosom.

Bang bang!

Suddenly, two more gunshots rang out not far away, and the three men immediately became alert and quietly followed the sound.

Having moved away from the beach and at the foot of the hillside, three pairs of eyes peered over the edge of the dirt slope to see, on the road not far away, two people shooting at each other with hidden weapons.

Both parties' hidden weapons were long and bar-shaped, resembling fire pokers.

One of them resembled the bald man they had encountered earlier, except he was wearing a black-and-white vest and carrying a small bag on his back; otherwise, he looked almost identical.

The other was a woman who had a larger backpack, with a crossbow hanging on it.

However, both their gazes were dull as they aimed their fire pokers at each other and fired.

"They've started fighting each other!" Shi Dan whispered softly.

"Look, when they get hit, the white line on their heads drops!" Xu Sheng pointed out, referring to the white outlines on their heads.

Bang!

Eventually, the bald man fell first, turning into a wooden box.

Then, the woman, moving with stiff steps, approached the wooden box, opened it, and took the man's fire poker, tossing aside her own crossbow.

She then extracted a blue bottle from the box, opened it, and drank its contents in one gulp.

"She's ingesting poison!" Shi Dan exclaimed in shock.

"Keep watching," Xu Sheng signaled for Shi Dan to keep quiet.

After the woman drank the "poison," a yellow line appeared under the white outline on her head and began dissolving; the line, which represented her life, was gradually increasing.

Qianli Xing was shocked as he looked at the blue bottle in his hand: "This isn't poison, it's Healing Medicine!"

He was filled with regret!

He had actually thrown away a bottle!

Immediately, he opened the bottle, consumed its contents, and felt his whole body relax, as if he had returned to his wedding night.

Underneath the lifeline on his head, a yellow line appeared, dissolving slowly as his own life bar was slowly restored.

"What a miraculous medicine!"

Qianli Xing exclaimed in admiration.

Looking further, they saw the woman retrieve a large white pouch with a big red cross from the box, press it with both hands, and place it over her chest.

Suddenly, the pouch disappeared, and her lifeline on her head was restored by more than half, about seventy percent of the total life bar. Spot an error? Visit the original post on M&VLEMPY&R.

"That's the real miraculous medicine!"

Qianli Xing's eyes widened in awe.

If he could bring these medicines back to his world, he could fully recover as long as he had a breath left in him.

After using the medicine, the woman turned her head to look in their direction.

Being an artificial intelligence, capable of locating players, the trio could be discovered by the AI no matter how well they hid.

The woman, with stiff steps and holding a fire poker in her hands, began running towards them.

"She's spotted us!" Shi Dan cried out.

"Watch Laozi's move!" With a fierce look in his eyes, Qianli Xing pulled out his pistol, jumped out, and ran toward the woman with swift, zigzagging movements.

Bang!

The woman fired a shot but couldn't hit anything.

It wasn't because the old man's skills were superior, but rather because, as an AI, the accuracy of her shooting was entirely up to chance, depending on luck to hit the target.

Qianli Xing's mouth curled into a wicked smile as he ran; he pulled the trigger aimed at the woman's head.

Bang Bang!

In an instant, two-thirds of the lifeline on the woman's head disappeared.

"Hitting the head causes the life value to drop more," Xu Sheng seemed to have realized something, "Damage here is not much different from reality, only weakened."

If that pistol hit the head in reality, he figured it would have been quite disorienting.

Therefore,

either the rules here were special,

or this place was a dream.

Bang!

With one final shot from Qianli Xing, the woman fell and turned into a wooden box.

Xu Sheng and Shi Dan approached and together with the old man, they looted the spoils of war.

They probably also realized where they were – a world where one must continuously slaughter others and seize their loot.

"A small bag can hold so much stuff!" Qianli Xing exclaimed as he acquired a Level 2 bag from the wooden box of the woman, capable of holding five times what the bag itself could contain.

Such ability to alter space!

Definitely a treasure!

"It's similar to a Qiankun Bag." Coming from the great lands of Daqian, although Xu Sheng was not a Cultivator, he was aware of the existence of Qiankun Bags.

After dividing the spoils among themselves, they noticed a blue barrier on the distant sea steadily approaching.

Xu Sheng, quick-witted, immediately guessed, "That must be a method to force us and the others to gather."

Qianli Xing cursed, "This is like rearing gu insects!"

Shi Dan, being young, was not very clear on the concept, but he also knew that the barrier was dangerous and not to be touched.

Thus, the three had no choice but to head inland.

As they continued moving forward, they traversed mountains, crossed grasslands, and even entered large houses, where they found various weapons and medicines and figured out their uses.

Qianli Xing even learned to drive a car.

Vehicles were present by the roadsides and in residential areas. Qianli Xing gave it a try and managed to operate it, which greatly sped up their journey.

This was because the vehicles in this illusionary world were designed for dummy operation; they didn't require ignition, had no clutch, and made no distinction between manual and automatic—pressing the gas pedal meant acceleration, the brake pedal meant deceleration and stopping, and the steering wheel controlled direction.

Any person with normal intelligence wouldn't find it too difficult to get the hang of it.

"This thing is much faster than my legs and has more stamina," Qianli Xing said, lovingly attached to the car beneath him, considering it a treasure incomparable in value if he could bring it back to reality.

Finally, the final circle arrived!