[Life Restart Simulator]
[Each time you start a life simulation, you need to consume 100 points of positive energy. The simulation has no built-in cooldown.]
[During the simulation, you can choose to enter somatosensory mode, in which you have the right to decide the direction of the plot.]
[Each somatosensory mode session shall not exceed 24 hours.]
[Each time you enter somatosensory mode, you will need to consume 10 points of negative energy.]
[Three somatosensory modes are randomly given for free during each simulation.]
[If you are not satisfied with the ending, you can consume 100 points of positive energy to restart. You will not receive rewards if you restart. If you choose not to restart, you will not be able to enter this dungeon again in the future.]
[Doing bad things can earn negative energy; doing good things can earn positive energy.]
[The current protagonist has 900 points of positive energy and 90 points of negative energy.]
[End of description. Wishing you a happy game.]
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"After traveling through time for a year, has my golden finger finally arrived?"
Yilan stopped wiping his body. The remaining water droplets from his morning exercise and shower flowed down his angular muscles, showing off a physique that could make any woman scream.
[Do you want to start the life simulation now?]
"Is time suspended during the simulation?"
Yilan asked a very important question.
[In text mode, time flows at the same speed as in the real world. In somatosensory mode, time flows ten times faster in the simulator than in reality.]
In other words, spending 20 hours in somatosensory mode is equivalent to only 2 hours in reality.
"Then let's wait a bit."
After a year of settling down, Yilan had already developed a calm and composed demeanor.
He walked out of the bathroom, and the maid standing outside immediately lowered her head and handed him his clothes.
Yilan stood in front of a floor-length mirror, wearing a white undershirt and a white robe with gold trim embroidered with mysterious religious runes. The boy in the mirror was nearly 1.8 meters tall, with slightly long silver hair that messily draped over his forehead, partially covering his eyebrows. His deep black eyes resembled an unfathomable pool of water, and his entire being exuded a mysterious and solemn aura.
"Noelle, lower your head."
Yilan took out a rose freshly picked that morning, gently smiling as he placed it on the shy little maid who had lowered her head, keeping the replacement rose for himself.
"You don't actually have to change it every day," Noelle said softly. "I think the rose from yesterday was still fresh."
"The cutest Noelle should be paired with the most beautiful rose. Besides…"
Yilan smiled, his tone somewhere between serious and teasing: "Slight oxidation won't change a rose's appearance, but it can create odd smells and even mold—Noelle, you don't want your beautiful silver hair to grow mold, right?"
[Negative Energy +2]
The system's sudden prompt made Yilan twitch involuntarily. The solemn yet gentle expression on his face could no longer be maintained.
Okay, he admitted that what he said was a bit manipulative.
Judged by the standard of the Seven Deadly Sins, he had just committed the sin of lust—and also deception.
——Anyone who has played Genshin Impact would know that pure-hearted Noelle thinks the rose symbolizes secrecy, and is unaware of its romantic connotations.
Yilan's plan was to give Noelle a rose every day, storing the old ones using alchemy. Once he had 99 roses, he'd reveal their true meaning and confess his love.
He was 100% confident that this plan would absolutely win Noelle's heart in one go!
He didn't think there was anything wrong with his actions. Since he had transmigrated into the Genshin Impact world, it made sense to marry a few characters he once adored, right?
And it wasn't like he was planning to abandon Noelle after winning her heart. Are you kidding? If he actually won her over, he'd love her passionately day and night.
Still, this move brought him an unexpected realization.
"So the system scores based on actions, not intent?"
Simply put, the system's scoring mechanism didn't care about whether your intentions were good or bad—only whether the deed was good or bad.
A white lie was still a lie, and therefore earned negative energy. That was the long and short of it.
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After finishing the breakfast Noelle had prepared, Yilan got ready for work. When he opened the door, he saw snowflakes drifting down from the sky.
"It's winter now."
Yilan extended a hand, catching a crystal snowflake in his palm, muttering to himself.
Due to technical limitations, the game couldn't change the seasons within the same region—but on the continent of Teyvat, the four seasons definitely existed.
If this were the real world, the West would be celebrating Christmas now. Unfortunately, there was no such festival in Mondstadt.
As for Liyue, it should be around the time of the Lantern Rite.
The closest thing Mondstadt had was the Windblume Festival.
The Windblume Festival, held every March, commemorated the early days of exploration and hunting when Mondstadt was first established.
It also featured a knight induction ceremony.
Thinking of this, Yilan turned to look at Noelle, who was following behind him.
"Are you confident?"
He smiled gently. "The Knights' induction ceremony begins in three months."
"I'll definitely succeed this time!"
Noelle clenched her fists before her chest, looking adorably determined.
"Besides, I have Master Yilan's help now. If I fail again, it would mean I wasted your effort in training me."
"Do your best, but don't pressure yourself too much."
Yilan gently patted Noelle's head, then stepped into the snowy wind under her hopeful gaze, gradually disappearing from her sight.
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His full name was Yilan Gunnhild.
As the name implied, he was the adopted son of the Gunnhild family.
Barbara was his younger sister, and Jean was his elder sister.
He currently served both the Knights of Favonius and the Church. He was a Brilliant Knight of the Knights of Favonius, and a high priest in the Church.
It sounded impressive, but he felt his current situation was a bit awkward.
He didn't have a Vision.
In terms of raw destructive power, he couldn't compare to Noelle—but that didn't mean he couldn't defeat her.
In today's Mondstadt, besides the monster known as the Grand Commander, there were also Jean, Diluc, and Lisa—each absurdly powerful in Genshin Impact lore.
Everyone else, including those with Visions—like Fischl and Noelle—were no match for him.
This was why he was called the Brilliant Knight: a man who could rival divine beings in raw strength, a beacon for ordinary mortals.
By the way, both the title of "Brilliant Knight" and his high priest role were achievements he had earned himself after transmigrating.
His body's former owner had simply been a good man with some talent, perseverance, and poor adaptability.
Yilan would never deny the solid foundation the original owner had laid.
But this was likely the limit of this body.
Maybe in 30 or 40 years, with a few secret techniques, he could reach the Grand Commander's level, and maybe even compete for the title of [Captain], the strongest human.
But that was it.
He'd never reach the strength of the Seven Archons.
That was shameful—for a transmigrator, at least.
But now, he saw a new path forward.
"System, start simulation."
After finishing his daily tasks and earning 10 points of positive energy, Yilan arrived at the Mondstadt Library that afternoon and began his first simulation.