52: Chapter 52 Fourth Life, All-in Failure? Watch Me Turn the Tide (The End)

As a familiar white light flashed by, Wang Shi returned once again to the high-dimensional space where his true spirit consciousness resided.

The moment he returned, he couldn't wait to see what kind of evaluation he had received for his previous life and how many points he could earn.

With a thought, a glowing white virtual panel slowly unfolded in the void before him—it was the simulator's settlement panel.

【Fourth Life: You had a rough start. You were immediately faced with the risk of a total collapse, even doubting your own all-in strategy at one point. After a bout of despair and complaining, you regained your confidence and pulled yourself together. You were unwilling to let this life end so hastily, as doing so would not only make revenge impossible, but your growth plan would also completely collapse. After a night of deep contemplation, you felt that a man should be ruthless to himself. You decided to follow the "Wang Gao" path in this life; you wanted to climb step by step to the very top, you wanted to become the Wang Gao.】

Soon, you used the past savings of your predecessor to change your living conditions, and at the same time, relied on your meager martial arts talent to sneak into the Yingwu Hall of the Tianhuang Princes Mansion.

Over eight years of study, you made many friends and gathered a lot of intelligence. After some analysis, you went around in circles and returned to the Third Prince's courtyard where you started. Relying on your clean background and an accidental opportunity, you successfully became the personal bodyguard of the Third Prince, Heir Xiao Heng.

In the subsequent, intensifying struggle for the succession, you worked diligently for Heir Xiao Heng, and one night, you suddenly made a move against the Second Prince. The invincible Second Prince, dead. You completely won the trust of Heir Xiao Heng, becoming his absolute confidant and spokesperson. Together, the two of you sowed discord and fanned the flames against the First Prince and the Second Prince. Finally, after three years, the Old Prince came out of seclusion.

By snitching and showcasing Heir Xiao Heng's martial arts talent—ranked first among the same generation in the Tianhuang Princes Mansion—he successfully suppressed the other princes and was officially named the Heir by the Old Prince. You were very gratified; you felt your good days were coming, your great revenge was about to be exacted, and the path of "Wang Gao" was getting closer and closer.

However, the two of you ultimately lacked a solid foundation, and being parachuted into power made it difficult to convince the masses. Heir Xiao Heng complained to you, and you told him that the only way at this time was to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. And for this chicken, you chose the garrison general Lin Lantian. After all, he was your highest-ranked enemy, and his name just screamed "minor villain." What if he couldn't take it and assassinated you in secret? This life could not be ruined at his hands.

You and Heir Xiao Heng lured him into making a move while simultaneously asking the Old Prince of the Tianhuang Princes Mansion to provide backup. You succeeded; Lin Lantian indeed made his move. However, under the hands of the Supreme Prince, he appeared so vulnerable, not at all like someone of the same realm. To save his life, Lin Lantian revealed many secrets, and for the first time, you saw a glimpse of the world's full picture: the Human Race, the Demon Race, and the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall. You were greatly shocked and secretly swore in your heart that sooner or later, in one of your lives, you would also be able to witness such a magnificent world.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkey was very effective; Heir Xiao Heng's position as the Heir was completely solidified, and even First Prince Xiao Jing came to concede. He appeared very magnanimous, entrusting everything to Heir Xiao Heng, and decided to go to the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall to forge his own future. You were very surprised, truly looking at this First Prince for the first time, and felt that he might be a "Yuan Shen" of adversity.

However, after many generations of inheritance, the stubbornness of the bureaucratic system throughout Tianhuang City far exceeded what the two of you had imagined. The purge of the Second Prince's faction did not go smoothly; people often popped up to plead for mercy, and those people frequently had their sentences reduced during sentencing. Heir Xiao Heng was extremely furious, feeling that he had clearly won fair and square, so why had it turned into begging on his knees? You seized the opportunity to offer treacherous advice and established the Yanling Guard. Hehehe, it was a success.

The establishment of the Yanling Guard was remarkably effective, and you were finally just one step away from the pinnacle of the "Wang Gao" path. You planned to stir up a massive purge throughout the entire Huangyan Prefecture after Heir Xiao Heng officially ascended to the throne, and even use the power of the Tianhuang Princes Mansion to sweep through the surrounding prefectures. Presumably, the evaluation would be off the charts by then; even touching the purple rank would not be impossible. Alas, heaven has unpredictable winds. You had gotten a bit carried away; you aroused the dissatisfaction of the Old Prince, King of Tianhuang Xiao Zhan. He felt that you, a mere servant, were acting too cocky and were difficult to control. Coupled with the memory of the past tenderness with Noble Consort Lin, he decided to take your life to vent her anger, and at the same time, use you as a living case study to teach Heir Xiao Heng one final lesson.

Noble Consort Lin agreed and soon took action. At the same time, your true spirit talent, Crisis Sense, was triggered. You felt the danger and went to Heir Xiao Heng to ask for help. However, it was the Old Prince who wanted you dead. After many twists and turns, that sense of crisis did not weaken in the slightest; instead, it intensified. You seemed to understand something. In the final days, you began to arrange your affairs and simultaneously fabricated a tragic life story that was both realistic and emotionally moving. You prepared to leverage the genuine feelings Heir Xiao Heng had for you to trick him into avenging you and reducing that old geezer, Fang Xiaoru, to ashes. You were truly a sinister, bad person, but his feelings for you were real, and you succeeded. He promised you that, no matter what, he would definitely avenge you.

He even risked the stability of his throne to seek an audience with the ancestor, attempting to have the Grand Supreme King in White, who had undergone three blood exchanges, protect you. As expected, he failed. He was somewhat dejected, but you appeared calm, with a hint of understanding in your eyes. While comforting him, you continued to play the emotional card. On the day of the official ceremony, he urged you to hide, but you refused. You felt that he probably couldn't protect you, even after ascending to the throne. Besides, you had already gotten your money's worth, and you didn't want to make things too difficult for him; you wanted to complete your final dance. Sure enough, while en route, you encountered an assassination—it was a direct kill shot. You barely managed to dodge using your Crisis Sense, but after struggling for a few minutes, it was ultimately to no avail. You died. In this life, you ultimately failed to achieve full success and perished halfway.】

Evaluation: Blue Seven Stars. Reward: 7000 points. True Spirit Talent: Crisis Sense.

Wang Shi was somewhat surprised, yet also somewhat understanding. As expected, he knew that to be able to pose such a crisis for him within the heavily guarded Tianhuang Princes Mansion, and to feel that he could not escape no matter what, it must have been someone from the upper echelons of the mansion. That King of Tianhuang Xiao Zhan had made a move did not exceed his expectations. It was just that he hadn't expected it to be to vent Noble Consort Lin's anger, and to use him as a living case study! "That adulterous couple!" Wang Shi cursed in a low voice, feeling quite indignant.

Wang Shi sighed, "The fourth life, I still got carried away. The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point; the closer you get to the peak, the easier it is for things to go wrong. I just didn't expect it to be something like this." He felt a bit depressed, but he never regretted his choices. Whether it was the all-in stat allocation, or this life's Wang Gao plan and betting on Heir Xiao Heng, the reason for everything was simply that the chips in his own hands were not strong enough and he relied too much on external forces. That was why, at the final moment, he was easily sanctioned by a higher power. He shook his head; overthinking was useless. He casually opened the simulator panel, preparing to allocate points for the next life.