Chapter 485: Hidden Template
[Randomly selecting travel destination.]
[Randomizing…]
[Randomization complete. You have landed in the world of "One Punch Man"!]
Zhou Ning: ?
If he guessed correctly, this fish seller should be Gao Qiqiang, right? Sending Gao Qiqiang into the One Punch Man world, which is crawling with monsters—was the system out of its mind? Huh?!
Even so, Zhou Ning still decided to give Fish-Selling Qiang a hand. He spent 50 Travel Coins to choose the Moderate option, hoping the guy could survive and actually show some "the rougher the seas, the pricier the fish" momentum.
After finishing template cultivation, Zhou Ning opened the Travel Simulator and began a new round of travel, checking whether there were any templates available for purchase.
He didn't currently have money to buy the mediocre ones, but looking wasn't a crime.
He clicked the second option. The next second, three cards lined up in a row, shining brilliantly.
This time, unlike the three orange cards from last time, he got one purple and two orange—much more balanced.
The first was a purple card. It showed himself with brown hair, wearing a casual jacket. His gloves and his head were wrapped in blazing flames.
Personality: Values friendship, kind, responsible
Talents: Hyper Intuition (orange), Dying Will Peak (orange)
Skills: Dying Will Mode (advanced), Hyper Dying Will Mode (advanced), Zero Point Breakthrough · Revision (advanced), X Burner (advanced)
Title: Vongola Boss · Zhou Ning
Travel Price: 210 Travel Coins
For this kind of cheap template, Zhou Ning no longer needed to think. He bought it immediately.
This template leaned toward a neutral alignment, but to his surprise, it came with two crafting recipes: Dying Will Pill and Vongola Ring.
The Vongola Ring would require a lot of materials like the Iron Man Suit, so that one could wait. But the Dying Will Pill could be made right now.
Dying Will Pill
Consumable
Effects: After taking one pill, you enter Dying Will State. If you take two at once, you enter Hyper Dying Will State, unleashing your hidden power through self-reflection.
Not only was this thing stylish, its effect was strong. After consumption, your head would ignite with Dying Will Flames, and you'd enter a full burst state. Zhou Ning could only say: the more templates like this, the better.
The second card depicted himself with pinkish spiked hair, wearing a black combat suit. It was an animated template. His body was wreathed in a multicolored aura—deep red, light red, and purple—while debris floated around him. His gaze was cold and vicious.
Personality: Decisive, arrogant, confident, cruel, despicable
Talents: Combat Genius (purple), Saiyan Bloodline (red), Near-Death Recovery (red), Pain Growth (red)
Skills: Super Saiyan Basic Transformation (no level), Super Saiyan God (no level), Super Saiyan God 2, Super Saiyan God 3, Full Power (no level), Kamehameha (master-level), Instant Transmission, Ki Sensing, Kaio-ken (master-level), Spirit Bomb (master-level), and many more.
Title: Black Goku · Zhou Ning
Travel Price: 35,520 Travel Coins
Zhou Ning counted several times and confirmed he hadn't misread it—this thing was actually more expensive than Silver Superman! Incredible. And honestly? Utterly mediocre. Not interested at all.
If the second template was like that… what about the third?
When he saw the third card, Zhou Ning was genuinely surprised. Thanks to the Milestone effect "A Fortune in One Throw," the quality of newly refreshed templates would increase, and the chance of generating a hidden template went up significantly, with a tiny chance of generating a rare red template (1.2%).
This time he didn't get a red template, but somehow he rolled an already-transcended hidden template.
The image showed himself wearing a long robe of alternating red and black, a sword at his waist, and a wine gourd in his hand as he drank. The background was a snow-covered wilderness of mountains, with countless gleaming swords thrust into the ground.
Personality: Proud, calm, carefree, sincere
Talents: Nemesis Slayer (orange), Son of Destiny (purple), Strength of Titans (purple), Sword Master (red), Weak Point Strike (purple)
Skills: Basic Swordsmanship (god-level), Two Sleeves of Green Serpent (grandmaster-level), One Sword, Immortals Kneel (master-level), Longevity Art (grandmaster-level), Sword Opens Heaven's Gate (master-level)
Title: Sword God · Zhou Ning
Travel Price: 0
Zhou Ning took a deep breath, then exhaled. Honestly, he was very tempted.
Even though Nemesis Slayer and transcendent swordsmanship didn't guarantee defeating Golden Sparkle and the other mastermind, there was a major advantage to picking this Sword God version of himself. He already had a Descend Card for Sword God · Zhou Ning. If he used this one for simulation, he could effectively gild it—just like how the Oceanographer ascended into the White Emperor.
In a transcended state, such opportunities were extremely rare.
He didn't need much—just learning Shadow Clone and the Sharingan would be enough.
As usual, before starting the simulation, Zhou Ning selected Option One to check whether any insane talents appeared. If there was a red one, he'd consider it; if not, he'd go with Sword God · Zhou Ning for sure.
[You have chosen Travel Mode One]
[Please choose three of the following ten talents as selection criteria.]
[1. Martial Arts Prodigy (orange): You are a born genius. Any martial art becomes instantly comprehensible, easily mastered, and naturally interconnected.]
[2. Money Power (orange): In any world, you will start as a super-rich individual. You will never worry about money in the simulation.]
[3. Fashion Destroyer (gray): Your sense of style is terrible.]
[4. Fortune Catalyst (purple): Your attributes will scale based on your total wealth. The more wealth, the higher your stats.]
[5. Death Song (gray): Your singing makes listeners want to die.]
[6. Daughter of Destiny (orange): Your luck in this world will skyrocket—but your gender is fixed as female.]
[7. Wolverine's Heart (orange): You have great affinity with beasts (including Pokémon). For each animal companion (including Pokémon), your stamina increases by 20%. Stacks up to 5 times.]
[8. Van Helsing (purple): You will be sharp, agile, and cunning like Van Helsing, with extensive knowledge of hunting evil beings.]
[9. Soul Transfer (purple): You may choose to begin by soul-transferring into a story character.]
[10. Treasure Hunter (purple): You are skilled at locating treasure and naturally drawn to it.]
As expected, he was now basically the Emperor of Luck. This selection was outrageous—four orange talents, four purple talents, and incredible combinations. Talents 1, 2, and 4 formed a wealth-crushing build, while 6 + 10 created a luck build. In many other worlds, these combos could potentially clear entire routes.
But the problem was the lack of a red talent. This round was still an internal conflict—facing Golden Sparkle, a complete monster. Even these strong talents weren't enough to make Zhou Ning give up the once-in-a-millennium chance offered by Sword God · Zhou Ning.
Besides, there was another red talent he had been craving.
Decision made, Zhou Ning chose Sword God · Zhou Ning to enter the simulation.
On the card, Sword God · Zhou Ning tilted his head back and drank from the gourd, smiling. In the snowy land, as silver serpents of swirling snow danced around him, the countless swords buried in the ground all shot upward into the sky.
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