I Have a God Simulator

Ju had three Miracles: Decomposition, Statistics, and Evolutionary Screening.

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[Decomposition]: Consumes 30 Faith to break down a single material entity into more basic elements. Repeated decompositions require Faith equal to 30 to the power of X. If the target is a living creature, an additional amount of Faith equal to its current Life Value must be consumed first.

[Statistics]: Consumes 40 Faith to deduce the essence and laws of phenomena by collecting, organizing, and analyzing large amounts of quantitative data.

[Evolutionary Screening]: Consumes 100 Faith to perform an evolutionary simulation on a selected individual. If the target is a living creature, an additional amount of Faith equal to its Inference level × 100 is required.

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Among the three Miracles, Decomposition was Ju’s only method of attack.

At Luh Yao’s request, Ju demonstrated it on-site.

It floated in mid-air, illuminating the corpse of a Tri-Colored Insect that had died earlier on the rock salt. Soon, the desiccated insect turned into four small piles of debris.

"These are the four basic chemical compounds that make up a Tri-Colored Insect. With the addition of water, they form the most basic structure of a Tri-Colored Insect’s body."

Ju explained that to decompose it further, the Faith cost would increase exponentially.

Using the Tri-Colored Insect as an example, a second decomposition would cost 900 Faith. A third would require 27,000, a fourth 810,000, and a fifth would reach a terrifying 24.3 million.

The closer one delved into the essence of matter, the more exorbitant the cost.

On the other hand, since Ju’s speed reached an astonishing 148 points, it was very difficult for an enemy to escape its attack range once the decomposition attack began.

What interested Luh Yao most were the two remaining abilities: Statistics and Evolutionary Screening.

Especially Evolutionary Screening.

Ju demonstrated the effects of this Miracle.

It selected a Y-shaped Tri-Colored Insect and cast a beam of light that enveloped it. The light passed through the insect’s body, projecting a blurry silhouette into the air behind it.

The projection in the air slowly twisted, gradually coalescing into a larger, X-shaped insect.

The projection displayed [Tri-Colored Insect LV5].

"Based on the current environment, a Tri-Colored Insect that evolves further and gains Wisdom will become a Unit Insect."

Ju explained as it demonstrated, "And now, for the next stage."

The beam of light continued.

The X-shaped insect in the projection continued to change, slowly growing into the shape of a hash mark.

Above the hash-shaped insect, the text [Tri-Colored Insect LV10] appeared.

The evolution continued.

Ju’s simulation proceeded in five-level increments, deducing the next stage step by step.

The simple creature grew more limbs.

Ju explained that because Tri-Colored Insects are low-level creatures, physical memory is more effective and easier to pass down than mental memory. They use their bodies to determine their orientation and expand their sensory range, which is why their bodies become more refined and extended.

Upon reaching LV20, the Tri-Colored Insect’s form underwent a drastic transformation.

Its once octopus-like body contracted and condensed. It grew a hard shell on its back, making it resemble a small crab or scorpion, and it moved on tiny limbs beneath its shell.

This reminded Luh Yao of an ancient creature from Earth: the horseshoe crab.

The evolutionary simulation progressed.

The Tri-Colored Insect’s shell grew wider, and its limbs became thicker, as if it were transitioning into a predator.

But upon reaching LV40, the Tri-Colored Insect took a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn, as if it had undergone some kind of mutation.

Its appearance was now completely different. It had a cylindrical head followed by an extremely long, thin tail, making it look like an electrical cord with a plug.

Ju explained, "Having evolved to this stage, the Tri-Colored Insect has begun to master an ability with great potential. Please watch."

Luh Yao watched as the plug-shaped Tri-Colored Insect stretched its body, its tail connecting with those of other Tri-Colored Insects in a crisscross pattern, like threads being woven into a piece of fabric.

"This is biological integration."

The number 15 lit up, glowing above Ju’s head, indicating its inner pleasure.

"Biological integration allows all of their information to be passed down to the next generation. Through the continuous transmission and integration of this information, the Tri-Colored Insects will achieve the convergence and primitive accumulation of their entire race’s civilizational knowledge."

"The Tri-Colored Insect is an excellent operator race."

Luh Yao grew curious and asked It to use this Miracle to examine the various peoples of the Yao Race.

After receiving its orders, Ju ascended high into the air.

It flew continuously around the Yao Race World, patiently searching and screening.

The entire process took about an hour, and Luh Yao was starting to lose his patience.

Ju finally stopped in mid-air.

"Navigator, I have carried out your command. Using [Giant State Numericalization], I have derived the numerical formulas for the active species on this world’s surface and have organized and analyzed them with [Statistics]..."

"There are too many variables among the life forms here, and the complexity of redundant information causes the margin of error in calculation to far exceed the acceptable threshold. The same evolutionary path could produce a multitude of different results. There are many excellent life forms here, but none are quality operators."

Ju had an entire operational process.

[Giant State Numericalization] → [Statistics] → [Evolutionary Screening]

Whether it was the environment, the rules, or the species, there were simply too many variables. Ju’s conclusion was that evolution could not be accurately simulated—even if a simulation were run, the margin of error would be too great.

For the same reason, Ju could not evaluate the Yao Race World as a whole.

Luh Yao then sent It to Yunzhong Temple.

The environment and rules there were simple, eliminating many interferences. The Vortex World’s disadvantages actually became an advantage when it came to Evolutionary Screening.

In Sand City, Ju gave its highest rating to the Desert Rose.

"This is a stable and controllable life form. Its [Counterattack] and [Sand Eating] abilities are mechanisms with great potential. If it could be combined with one or two other species, it might be possible to build a regional algorithm."

As for the highly mobile Ghosts, Wuzi People, Little Elves, and Pine Slipper Rats, and even the outsider Bamboo People, Lumin, and Funeral Race, Ju’s evaluation was the same.

"They have too many inherent variables. They are not suitable operators."

Ju’s evaluation criteria were based entirely on computation.

Suddenly, the golden number 15 lit up above Ju’s head again, expressing its excitement.

"Excellent operators!"

It flew deep into the sea of sand in Yunzhong Temple, hovered in the air, and cast a curtain of light down on the creatures on the ground.

On the ground was a group of small insects, slowly making their way forward.

Luh Yao took a look. ’Shell Cockroaches?’

"Excellent group coordination, outstanding Endurance, and strong adaptability to their environment and food source... This is a biological algorithm that can complement the Tri-Colored Insects. With just a little guidance, they could be used for computation immediately."

The light above Ju’s head flashed continuously, showing its ecstatic state.

Luh Yao understood.

To use living creatures as operators, they needed to be social, have strong instinctual drives, and possess a simple internal structure. These traits formed the foundation for large-scale computation.

It sounded simple, but it wasn’t.

"Respected Navigator, please allow me to transplant this species to [Sun Casting Bay]. Unlike the Tri-Colored Insects, they can adapt to more extreme and harsh environments. They will form an outer-layer algorithm. If the Tri-Colored Insect algorithm produces an error, they can consume the malfunctioning unit and provide feedback..."

Luh Yao agreed immediately. Take them, take them. He would give Ju as many as it wanted.

Besides, the Shell Cockroaches were just an early experiment. Now, left in the desert, they were little more than a group of Cleaner Fish.

Watching Ju suck up more than half of the Shell Cockroaches with a beam of light, its head flashing in a state of pure glee, a strange sentiment welled up in Luh Yao’s heart.

Every form of life finds its own path.

It was just a matter of opportunity, of whether a species could encounter the right circumstances and environment within its limited lifespan.

The difference between the Yao Race and the Shell Cockroaches was that the Yao Race could actively transform their environment to make nature itself conform to their needs.

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Ju brought the Shell Cockroaches back to the Divine Kingdom and immediately began to construct its "cockroach algorithm" without a moment’s rest.

Luh Yao, meanwhile, turned his attention to a more distant place.

Ju had used its Divine Kingdom to merge with the existing [Sun Casting Bay], but this integration was mostly limited to the shell of the Screw-Shaped World. Ju had not interfered with the native ecosystem within.

This Screw-Shaped World had a peculiar geological structure, divided into two distinct spatial systems.

One was the conventional landscape on the world’s screw-like surface. This surface had diverse terrain: vast plains, mountains and hills, rivers and forests. It contained a comprehensive set of geographical features and was the primary region Ju used for its computations.

Luh Yao called this space the Surface World, analogous to the surface of the Yao Race World.

The other spatial system was the Inner World, the space within the mouth of the screw-shape. This area was like a gigantic, spiraling cave, with the environment on each descending level being completely different from the last.

The interior of the Screw-Shaped World had been artificially hollowed out, leaving only the very bottom section intact, making it truly resemble a conch shell.

The mouth of the Inner World was shrouded in a black fog. Beneath this mist lived a group of small people shaped like tin soldiers.

They had metallic bodies, and on their heads rested a crystal that looked like a hat. The crystal emitted a faint glow, but it was not enough to illuminate their surroundings.

Each of the crystal people held a Hanging Lamp to illuminate the area directly overhead. They moved cautiously through the black fog, the protective light keeping the Fog Beasts at bay. They were constantly searching the ground for scarce materials, sometimes finding the corpses of their own kind.

The Lamp Race.

Luh Yao wasn’t too surprised to see these little people.

He had suspected from the beginning that [Fog Harbor], where the Lamp Race lived, wasn’t too far from the Vortex World.

Otherwise, the Lamp Race’s small number of Ghosts would have had a hard time reaching a place as distant as Yunzhong Temple.

Fog Harbor, located on the topmost level of Sun Casting Bay, was essentially a massive, man-made mountain of garbage where all sorts of discarded materials had been piled up.

The vast amount of trash completely sealed the mouth of the screw-shape. Its edges were formed by towering mountain walls, where Fog Beasts watched menacingly from above.

Fog Harbor was like an upside-down bottle cap. All the Lamp Race lived inside it, while a dense, sprawling black fog covered the top, keeping them in a constant state of Fear and anxiety.

Luh Yao checked the back-end data for Sun Casting Bay and found that the Lamp Race now numbered only 2,021, a figure that included a portion of unlit, slumbering members.

Within clusters of dim light under the black fog, the small figures of the Lamp Race bustled about, mending their Hanging Lamps and refilling fuel. They would never know, however, that the eerie mist lingering over their heads, and the beasts within it, were nothing more than a livestock pen custom-built for them by the Firefly God.

The goal was to force the Lamp Race to endlessly produce lamps, create Celestial Lanterns, and even craft the precious imitation sun, the [Crown of Light], only to then sell off these creations along with the Lamp Race members themselves.

Luh Yao clicked his mouse, erasing the black fog.

A period was put on Fog Harbor’s long, dark history. The light that should have always been there finally arrived.

The small figures of the Lamp Race, once hurrying about their work, raised their heads one by one to look at the Sun peeking through the clouds above.

"The black fog is gone? It’s scattered... It’s scattered!"

"Oh my God, oh my God! Our Sun has returned! It’s still there!"

"The Fog Beasts are gone? It’s so bright! Is that the Sun? It’s so beautiful... Am I dreaming?"

"So this is how small Fog Harbor is..."

The small figures of the Lamp Race all put down their tools, lifting their crystal-adorned heads to gaze at the Sun for a long, long time. Even so, each one of them clutched their Hanging Lamp tightly, terrified that the darkness might return.

Just then, Isabel descended from the sky on her Magic Staff and announced to all the Lamp Race, "The great Lord Yao God has broken your shackles! The age of darkness is over! You are free!"

The small Lamp Race figures looked at one another in bewilderment.

"What is ’free’?"

"New Lord God, are you abandoning the Lamp Race? Please, don’t abandon us!"

"Lord God, we are very useful! We are Lamp Makers! We can make all sorts of Hanging Lamps... Not long ago, a great artisan even created a Celestial Lantern!"

"Please believe us! We will work! We will labor! We will toil without rest..."

What the Lamp Race expressed was mostly unease—the confusion and terror that came with the end of their established Order.

Luh Yao frowned as he watched.

’That bastard Firefly God was truly ruthless, treating the Lamp Race like blindfolded cattle.’