Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?!

Chapter 719: Chapter 394: 7th Life: Mecha Mastery, Career Path!_2

As far as the eye could see.

This neighborhood was composed of low, rudimentary tenement buildings and numerous dilapidated structures.

However, even within the slums, there were varying degrees of quality.

The best location was undoubtedly the outskirts of the neighborhood, where there was ample sunlight and newly built improvement housing by the authorities to enhance the city’s appearance.

Both the living environment and condition were more comfortable than elsewhere.

Only the workers employed in Qiuye City could afford it.

But the deeper one ventured, the older and more decrepit the buildings became, and the environment turned increasingly dirty and chaotic.

Moreover, most of the sunlight was blocked by the tall buildings on the outskirts, making the lighting appear very dim.

Inside the neighborhood.

The buildings stood very close to one another, with only a narrow, dark passageway separating two adjacent buildings.

If someone’s arm were a little longer, they could reach out and touch the window on the opposite side, hence, these buildings were also called handshake buildings by many.

The interconnected maze of alleys and passages linked countless handshake buildings together, forming this chaotic and rundown neighborhood.

Many children aged three to four were running and playing in the passageways, and if they found an old soccer ball, it would elicit bursts of innocent and joyous laughter.

Some obese middle-aged women, on the other hand, squatted at doorsteps picking vegetables, casually pouring household sewage into roadside ditches.

Garbage piled up, sewage overflowed.

Damp and cold, never seeing sunlight.

This was where Lu Yuan’s family lived.

Originally, both Lu Mountain and his wife worked in some mechanical factory.

Though the salary was not much, the job was stable enough to afford living on the outskirts of Qiuye City.

However, after Lu Yuan was born, merely to buy the spirit liquid required to sustain his life, Lu Mountain emptied all their savings.

In the end, they were left heavily in debt and had to move their entire family to this place.

When Lu Yuan and his family walked through the one dark and damp passage after another, they finally arrived at a rundown building long overdue for repairs.

Lu Yuan entered the building, took a few steps to the right, and the first apartment was their home.

The ground floor was damp and dark without any light, so the rent was the cheapest.

A one-bedroom apartment with 30 square meters only cost four hundred star coins.

However, every night while sleeping, they could clearly hear the footsteps of all the residents going upstairs and downstairs, coming in and out.

Lu Mountain took out a key to open the door and pressed the light switch on the wall, letting a soft light illuminate the dark room.

The layout of the room was suddenly all visible.

Lu Yuan took a look around.

This house was very simple, with just a few pieces of second-hand furniture.

The originally narrow and cramped living room was split in half by a wooden board.

The outer area was the dining space, and a sofa was placed inside where Lu Mountain and his wife slept.

The only room was Lu Yuan’s bedroom.

"If not for me, my parents wouldn’t be living so hard..."

Lu Yuan silently looked at it all, feeling rather uncomfortable inside.

Although he had experienced many lifetimes of reincarnation, his Dao heart had become extremely resilient, yet he disliked owing others.

Especially the kind of unconditional nurturing and care from his parents, which made his feelings extremely complicated.

"I must become a Martial Artist or a Mecha Master as soon as possible; only then can I change our fate and allow my parents to live a better life."

Lu Yuan murmured to himself.

As for becoming a cultivator, it was temporarily not within his consideration.

Without sufficient resources.

Even with the cultivation technique and experience from his previous life, it would be difficult to tread this path.

If he forced himself onto the path of cultivation, it would not only severely overdraw his body’s potential but could even bring a fatal disaster.

"Fortunately, Hulao Star is far from the Central Star Realm, beyond the Star Alliance’s sphere of influence, where governance is backward and chaotic."

"Otherwise, with my top-grade spirit root, I fear I would have been killed in the cradle upon birth."

Lu Yuan said helplessly.

"The workgroup is rushing orders these days, so I’ll head back to work."

Lu Mountain took a few gulps of cold boiled water and hurriedly left the house.

"Ah Yuan, you go rest first, mom has half a day off today, I’ll make your favorite braised pork tonight."

Mother Lu, noticing Lu Yuan’s silence along the way, thought he hadn’t recovered from the heavy blow of dropping out of school, immediately comforted him in a soft voice.

"Mom, don’t worry, I’m fine, and you don’t tire yourself out too much."

Lu Yuan replied, then returned to his bedroom.

He locked the door, ensuring he wouldn’t be disturbed.

He focused his mind and called up a virtual panel only he could see.

[Talent: Reverse Cause and Effect]

[Available Future Outcomes Prepayment: 1/1]

[Prepaid Outcomes: 0]

[Prepayable Outcomes: Head Injury Recovery, Cooking Skill, Basic Martial Arts, Middle School Knowledge, Mechanical Master, Mecha Mastery...]

[Abilities Acquired: 0]

"It’s just a superficial wound on my head, it’ll heal in a couple of days."

"As for becoming a Martial Artist, it requires some initial investment, which, for penniless me, seems quite far off."

"What’s urgent now is to quickly master mecha knowledge; even becoming a mecha maintenance apprentice will provide a stable income."

Looking at the prepayable outcomes column, Lu Yuan pondered for a moment before decisively choosing the Mecha Mastery option.

The next moment.

Lu Yuan’s expression turned dazed, as countless knowledge and information about mechas suddenly surged in his mind.

This knowledge felt instinctual, as if it had always been part of him.

Once it appeared, it was imprinted deeply in his mind, never to be forgotten.

Soon after.

After absorbing all the information, Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a turbid breath.

Although outwardly, he seemed unchanged from before.

But when he turned and looked at a miniature mecha model on the desk, his mind involuntarily conjured the internal structure and operating principles of the model.

Without needing to think much, he could easily identify the defects and flaws in the mecha model and knew how to make it more perfect.

It could be said.

In his eyes now, even a true mecha was nothing more than a construct of thousands upon thousands of components.

"With my current mastery of mecha knowledge, I can easily overshadow those mecha maintenance masters with decades of experience and secure a job with a monthly salary in the tens of thousands."

"If I have enough materials, I might even be able to build a Zero-Type Mecha by myself."

Lu Yuan thought to himself.

Just like the Martial Artist realms, mechas also have level classifications.

According to combat strength, mechas are divided into zero form and tier one to tier nine.

Of these, the zero form is the weakest, belonging to the basic mecha class.

As for the tier nine mecha, it can rival gods, possessing destructive forces capable of shaking the heavens and the earth.

However, even the most basic zero-type mecha can easily split mountains and face a hundred opponents alone.

Just as he was imagining the future, suddenly his vision darkened, and sharp stabbing pain coursed through his entire body.

"Not good, I need to take an energy potion."

Lu Yuan’s forehead veins bulged, and he gritted his teeth tightly. He forced himself to his feet, found a potion from the drawer.

This potion was akin to an oral liquid, flowing with a certain green liquid inside a glass bottle.

Just seeing this green potion ignited an uncontrollable craving in every cell of his body.

Like a long-barren desert in dire need of rain.

Without further thought, Lu Yuan immediately opened the bottle cap and poured all the green liquid into his mouth.

Once the entire liquid was absorbed, the unbearable hunger within Lu Yuan’s body slightly diminished.

"Even though I possess a top-grade spirit root, I didn’t expect to live in such poverty."

Lu Yuan showed a self-mocking bitter smile.

This spirit liquid was a basic energy potion developed by the Star Alliance, containing a trace of Spirit Grass Essence, which could boost a Martial Artist’s cultivation speed or flesh body recovery ability.

But its price was extremely high, with each bottle costing twenty thousand star coins.

Spiritual energy is like water, cultivators like fish.

On this spiritually scarce Hulao Star.

Lu Yuan had to rely on consuming basic energy potions to nourish his spirit root just to barely maintain normal life signs.

Otherwise, he would dry up like fish out of water and die of thirst!

"I have to take one basic energy potion every month, which means twenty-four thousand star coins a year."

"But even with my parents working overtime every day, their combined annual salary is only around ten thousand."

"To cover the gap to buy energy potions, our family is already in debt by over a million!"

Lu Yuan clenched his fists, feeling quite distressed.

In shallow waters, no True Dragon can thrive.

For a world lacking spiritual energy, a top-grade spirit root is a curse.

It’s like throwing a baby shark into a drying puddle; even if it survives, its body would become severely deformed.

And only by quickly becoming a Mecha Master and earning sufficient cultivation resources can he completely change his fate!