I Have a God Simulator

Luh Yao sorted through the events of the elephant incident.

Lianzhen Star Monarch had used Paper Servant Dao Soldiers to control the [Substitute Body] Yaoo Che, acting under the guise of a child. It tamed the [Ten Directions White Elephant] and utilized the power of the Wish Species to influence both ordinary people and players, all in an attempt to draw out Nandou.

Hong Mouxiong was merely one example.

However, Lianzhen Star Monarch’s personality was also influenced by its Substitute Body. Its methods were child-like, and at times, it acted on impulse and appeared rather reckless.

When Nandou didn’t show up after a long wait, Lianzhen Star Monarch tried to capture the investigating Songx Shiyi and Isabel to further provoke the Nandou within the Security Bureau.

And then it was ganged up on by Luh Yao’s Apostle Corps and violently killed.

The root of the issue traced back to an affair between [Beidou] and the [Moon God] many years ago, though the specifics were unknown. But the general result was that the [Moon God] and Songx Shiyi had completed some kind of fusion, while the [Beidou] faction had been shattered, and several Star Monarchs had gone missing in the Void Cosmos.

This matter was tied to the hidden affairs of the Committee.

Luh Yao had no desire to dig any deeper.

The comforting part was that this risky, aggressive move had paid off.

Not only had he obtained his first Divine Format, but he had also figured out how to acquire this qualification.

As for the [Paper Servant Dao Soldiers], they could be considered a substitute for Isabel’s eyeball, but they were largely useless, as Luh Yao had no intention of parading around the real world.

Both Cancong and the Three-Headed Dog Harrow had said that most Pioneers of this era kept a low profile and remained hidden. Their predecessors all avoided attracting attention, one by one, and it was best to learn from them.

The only fly in the ointment was that Lianzhen Star Monarch’s title hadn’t dropped.

It was said that the power of a Titled Deity’s title could be inherited. He didn’t know if the drop rate was too low this time, or if it was something that couldn’t be obtained through brute force.

’I’ll try again next time I get the chance.’

After sleeping until noon the next day, Luh Yao got up and checked online to find that the intelligence fee had arrived in his bank account.

Two payments had been credited in total. The first was an intelligence fee of 4,200, and the other was a service fee of 3,000 yuan.

Luh Yao remembered that the first time he had assisted Songx Shiyi in entering an intersection zone as a volunteer, he had also received a payment like this. It seemed that, just as Songx Shiyi had said, this standard rate hadn’t changed in years.

Whether you were just crossing over for a quick look or taking down a Titled Deity, it was all a flat rate of 3,000.

In terms of on-time payments, the Committee was much more punctual than his company.

Luh Yao made up his mind.

He gave his company’s Boss Huang a call. The gist of it was that he was going to start a business with a classmate and was quitting.

On the other end, Boss Huang was a little surprised and made a few token efforts to retain him.

Luh Yao was insistent.

Boss Huang said that he had to at least finish out the month, or he wouldn’t be able to pay him for the days he’d already worked.

Luh Yao told him to forget it and hung up the phone.

After the call, he felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders. In any case, he no longer had to leave early and come home late every day, worrying that his boss would skip town one day.

’Working as Songx Shiyi’s specially-appointed intelligence agent is also a job, but it’s more reliable and a bit freer.’ Luh Yao mused, ’I can do more of the dining and intelligence work going forward, but I should get less involved in the dangerous operations.’

Goodbye, past.

My new life begins!

...

Luh Yao ordered some takeout and turned his attention back to the simulator.

A long list of notifications popped up on the screen.

[Shi Bao has invented the four arithmetic operations.]

[Chui Wujing has invented ratio and proportion.]

[Shang Xun has invented a unit of weight measurement: 1 Shi = 1000 Shells.]

[Shang Xun has invented a unit of power measurement: Horsepower.]

[Deng Cheng has taught the units of length measurement: 1 meter = 100 centimeters = 1000 millimeters.]

[Yao City has invented Statistics.]

[Shang Meng has invented equations.]

[The Yao Race has officially established measurements for quantities: mass, length, area, time, volume, the Sea Shell currency, etc.]

[The intelligence of the Yao Race has slightly increased.]

Luh Yao was almost overwhelmed by the sheer volume of updates.

’Wow, mathematics has finally broken through.’

He clicked through them one by one, slowly piecing together this sudden surge of creativity and invention.

The source of it all was Prophet Shi Bao, who had made a crucial breakthrough.

He had formally established the four arithmetic operations, giving everyone a method for combining and calculating multiple numbers. This resulted in a qualitative leap in the Yao Race’s computational ability and constructed the underlying foundation for mathematics and arithmetic.

On this foundation, inventions and creations in various fields could rapidly expand.

In the field of Refining and forging, the Artisan Chui Wujing worked out ratio and proportion. This brought clearer specifications and standards to all kinds of metal products and Artifacts, which made mass production much simpler and reduced both waste and error.

The old driver, Shang Xun, continued to optimize and improve his invention, the [Fire Steam Carriage].

He established units for weight and power to describe each Fire Steam Carriage, which made their performance more intuitive. Now, both builders and users could understand the characteristics of different vehicles.

Deng Cheng was something of an exception. It simply brought the units of length from [Fog Harbor] to Sand City, integrating this pre-existing achievement into the Yao Race Civilization.

Yao City, meanwhile, continued its tradition of collective effort and brainstorming. After numerous Scholars exchanged ideas and made continuous modifications and developments, the discipline of Statistics was formally brought to the stage.

The aforementioned achievements were all the result of many years of accumulation, based on the trial-and-error and summarized experiences of those who came before. After Shi Bao’s breakthrough with the four arithmetic operations, they finally broke through the bottleneck.

Only Shang Meng seemed a bit out of place among them.

Luh Yao remembered that name.

She was the female student in Shi Bao’s class who had said, "Math is too hard."

’Math is too hard, so you secretly cooked up equations to make it even harder for everyone, is that it?’

Luh Yao’s mind couldn’t help but drift back to his school days, to those top students with excellent grades who would always say they did poorly on tests or that certain topics were too difficult... only for their scores to come out and blow everyone away.

’I never expected you to be that kind of person, Shang Meng.’

Luh Yao opened the Golden Field’s back-end interface, preparing to check her records and give her a proper "critique."

His gaze swept down the page.

Shang Meng came from a minor merchant family in Yan City. Her family was in the grain business, mainly purchasing the three staple crops—wheat, potatoes, and soybeans—from Farmers and then selling them to islanders and some of the city’s chefs.

That was why when Shi Bao had posed the meat-pie problem, Shang Meng had given a very detailed answer that considered the practical side of things, because she herself was very familiar with these real-world situations.

Her family’s business was getting progressively worse. The reason was that the grain trade relied on high volume and thin profit margins, unlike other new commodities that boasted high individual profits.

In the grain sector, controlling costs was the real test of a merchant’s skill.

Because of their small scale and limited distribution channels, Shang Meng’s family was constantly being squeezed out by larger merchants, leaving them in a difficult situation.

Her father had no choice but to switch careers and get involved in various construction projects, starting to lead teams of workers to build houses and repair roads.

The reason Shang Meng had come to study at the School of Engineering was also to gain more knowledge to better help her family.

But by a twist of fate, she became very interested in the nascent discipline of mathematics.

Numbers are of great significance to a merchant. Numbers measure wealth; they describe and evaluate goods. Figuring out how to decrease the outgoing numbers and increase the incoming ones is the lifelong game of every merchant.

An innate sensitivity to numbers, learning that stood on the shoulders of her predecessors, and her own relentless, acquired habit of experimentation allowed Shang Meng to discover equations at the age of 29.

With this, she formally became a mathematics lecturer at the School of Engineering, completing the generational passing of the torch from her mentor, Shi Bao.

Her contemporary, Jiujian, had seemed more dazzling at the time. Now, he was running his family’s wine shop and seemed quite content with the life of inheriting the family business.

The game interface displayed a message.

—Great God, one of your Believers has performed a feat far surpassing her peers. Do you wish to transform her into a Hero?

A faint light emanated from Shang Meng’s body.

Luh Yao clicked "Yes."

In the character portrait, a young girl appeared, sitting in a chair. On the wall, an old man had written a series of numbers with a charcoal pencil. The combinations of digits formed a complex and esoteric totem.

A tangled scribble appeared over the girl’s head.

She was scratching her head, still trying her best to understand.

Below this portrait was a caption.

—It seems all problems can be math problems.

...

[Hero Lv2] Shang Meng

Attack 0 Defense 0 Knowledge 5 Mana 0 Luck 1 Morale 1

[Abilities]

Wisdom Lv1

Trade Lv2

Theology Lv1

Mathematician Lv1

...

At that moment, Shang Meng was standing before a wall in the School of Engineering, holding a charcoal pencil and performing calculations.

Sensing the gaze and Blessing of her God, she hastily knelt on the ground.

"Lord Yao God... thank you for everything you have given me, for allowing me to understand the meaning of numbers. I will continue to advance on the path of mathematics and conduct solid research, just like Teacher Shi Bao."

Luh Yao leveled her up to LV10.

A thought bubble appeared above Shang Meng’s head.

"My mind feels a bit clearer, and my limbs are much more nimble."

"But... the God who cannot be looked upon, the omniscient and omnipotent Creator, always rewards and gives Inspiration for every step of progress the Yao Race makes... Is it possible to use mathematics to calculate the pattern behind this? Could I even calculate the nature of that Divine Book, a Blessing from our God?"

Luh Yao wished her good luck.

If the Yao Race could one day learn advanced calculus, he would be delighted to gift them *Linear Algebra* and *Signals and Systems*.