I Have a God Simulator

"This is Song Shiyi. She’s here about Uncle Jia’s matter," Amy said, introducing her to Sister Peng.

Sister Peng beamed the moment she saw the pretty young lady. The more she looked at Song Shiyi, the more she liked what she saw. "Quick, come in, come in! So beautiful. Youth is a wonderful thing... Just look at that skin, that face."

Song Shiyi smiled shyly.

After Amy and Song Shiyi came in, they noticed Luh Yao standing there.

"This is Luh Yao," Sister Peng introduced casually. "He’s from our company, a nice young man. Your dad had him bring me some snacks."

"Oh. We’ve met," Amy said with a nod.

Seizing the opportunity, Luh Yao said, "I’ll let you all talk. I have some other things to attend to, so I’ll be on my way."

"Wait a moment, Mr. Luh."

It was Amy who spoke.

"I remember Officer Fu spoke with you for a while, right? We actually came here today to find out more about his situation."

Luh Yao thought, ’Just as I expected.’

He immediately recounted what had happened that day.

There was no need to hide the fact that Fu Chenggang was secretly investigating Peng Xiaoyi.

After he finished speaking, he said his goodbyes and left.

While trying to unlock a shared bike downstairs, several turned out to be broken. Luh Yao wasted a bit of time before running into Song Shiyi, who was also leaving the complex.

Song Shiyi said, "My car will be here any moment. I can give you a ride."

Luh Yao quickly shook his head. "No, thanks. I like riding bikes."

"Mm. Exercise is good for you."

Then she asked, "Do you know Jia Xiaokai?"

"Jia Xiaokai? Who’s that?"

This was the first time Luh Yao had heard that name.

"Your Boss Huang’s cousin, and one of the company’s partners. You don’t know him?"

Luh Yao shook his head.

He hadn’t heard of such a person in his several months at the company. Then again, Luh Yao had never really fit into the company’s inner circle.

A black Audi A4 pulled up to the curb.

Song Shiyi politely said goodbye to Luh Yao, got in the car, and left.

Watching the car drive away, Luh Yao recalled what Song Shiyi had said to Isabel.

Divine Players would cross paths in the real world, and these encounters maintained a kind of synchronization with the Low Realm Dimensional worlds.

He had heard of the six degrees of separation theory.

It states that no two strangers are separated by more than six intermediaries. In other words, you can meet any stranger through a maximum of six people.

Whether or not Song Shiyi had figured out he was a player, she didn’t seem to bear any ill will for the moment. She was focused on investigating Fu Chenggang.

Luh Yao had no idea what the connection was between Fu Chenggang and Jia Xiaokai.

As a total bystander, the most he could do was enjoy the show.

...

Back in front of his computer, Luh Yao poured a cup of hot tea and continued to observe the world in the simulator as he drank.

One look, and he nearly choked on his tea.

The mine on Mingyue Island had, to his surprise, been completely depleted.

The top-left corner of the game interface displayed:

All-Purpose Stone: 443

The Divine Statue ruins had been completely excavated, and at the bottom of the mine pit, the Burrower Monsters had even dug up a strange round tower.

It seemed to be formed from countless condensed crystals, shaped like a hemisphere inverted on the ground. It was a uniform deep blue, and its interior was impossible to see.

Isabel knelt on one knee and said, "My lord, most of the [All-Purpose Stone] is scattered around this ancient structure."

"There should be a treasure inside that can generate these precious minerals."

"However, the Round Tower is shrouded in a powerful force, and I am unable to open it."

Luh Yao moved his mouse.

The Round Tower displayed [Ancient Unidentified Ruin].

Luh Yao tried to cast a Miracle, blasting it with a bolt of lightning.

[Your Miracle is ineffective due to the protection of a wonder.]

’Protection from a wonder?’

This was the first time Luh Yao had encountered such a situation.

’The crystal Round Tower is a wonder?’

Luh Yao immediately ruled out one possibility: it couldn’t have been built by the Bright God.

Otherwise, he would have long since created Apostles, indiscriminately slaughtered the rat swarms, or directly entered the Divine Hall of the Gods to Ascend to the Crawling Area.

In other words, this Round Tower wonder existed before the Bright God appeared.

There were ready-made mine tunnels underground, so the Bright God likely discovered this thing. But he couldn’t break it open with Miracles, so he just left it buried.

However, Luh Yao had seen this kind of intimidating "ineffective" message before.

[Your Miracle is ineffective due to the protection of a Divine Totem.]

In reality, it was a polite warning, like a declaration from the totem’s or wonder’s creator: ’This is my territory, a sacred and inalienable part of it. I’m warning you, stay away!’

Luh Yao tried a few things but found he couldn’t perform any actions on the Round Tower. It would only display the text "Unidentified Ruin." He could neither open it nor claim it as his own.

If negotiations weren’t an option, then there was no need to negotiate.

He glanced at the top right corner.

After these days of rest and recuperation, through the tribe’s population growth and the gathering of Ghost Souls, his Faith had recovered to 6,400 points.

Luh Yao cast a Miracle.

He started with thirty [Lightning] strikes, just to show some respect.

As the lightning continuously crashed down, the crystal Round Tower trembled slightly but still held firm.

Luh Yao increased the intensity, unleashing a second round of thirty strikes.

Cracks began to appear on the Round Tower’s surface.

’It’s working!’

Luh Yao’s spirits lifted, and for the third time, he blasted it with another thirty [Lightning] strikes.

The Round Tower began to totter, but it still struggled to maintain the stability of its external crystal structure.

It wasn’t until Luh Yao launched another round of thirty-five lightning strikes that the crystals on the Round Tower’s surface finally gave way and shattered. After the unidentified wonder broke into pieces, a glowing object was revealed inside.

Luh Yao did the math.

He had used a total of 125 lightning strikes, consuming 2,500 Faith, which was exactly half the Faith cost of building a wonder.

It’s easier to destroy than to build.

’What do you mean, "ineffective"?’

In a simulator where Faith is power, that was just another way of saying "not enough firepower."

Luh Yao moved his mouse over the orb of light beneath the Round Tower.

The halo of light on its surface quickly dissipated, revealing a slowly twisting blue crystal underneath.

...

[Deep Sea Stone Spirit]: Faith +5/hour. Can summon one [Deep Sea Lord] and gain its allegiance.

A special substance formed by Rule Power that cannot be enhanced. It can very slowly condense Stone Elements to generate islands and All-Purpose Stone. This effect is lost after summoning. A treasure of the Undersea Walker clan.

...

Luh Yao felt like he had seen the name Undersea Walker somewhere before.

He remembered. In the [First Floor of the Black Abyss], the group of Ghost Souls who were willing to have Faith in Luh Yao had [Undersea Walker] displayed above their heads.

Luh Yao immediately gave the order. Isabel quickly returned to the Western Continent and found Dinar, the leader of the Undersea Walkers, in the Ghost City Saniluo.

In response to the Apostle’s questions, Dinar told her what he knew.

"Lord Apostle, our clan has indeed lived under the deep sea for generations."

"According to the stories of our ancestors, the Undersea Walker clan existed long before the Gods appeared in this world..."

"Back then, our ancestors built nests under the deep sea, and also the great Holy Round Tower."

"The people lived in the nests, and the Holy Spirit Round Tower was used to store treasures and protect the entire clan."

"Later, two Gods descended. To vie for this Unowned World, They began a terribly brutal Divine War."

"The Undersea Walker clan, living at the bottom of the sea, was affected, suffering countless deaths and injuries. In the end, our ancestors could not bear it any longer and had to rise up and fight back to protect themselves."

"Our ancestors used up all the treasures in the Holy Spirit Round Tower to protect everyone’s safety."

"Among them, two treasures were the most powerful and played a crucial role."

"One was [Aegir’s Fire], and the other was the [Deep Sea Lord]."

"Aegir’s Fire could call down natural disasters and shoot out burning boulders like fire from the heavens. It was said to be a wondrous object formed by Rule Power at the beginning of the world’s creation."

"The Deep Sea Lord was a powerful giant beast. It protected the Undersea Walker clan and even killed a High-Class Apostle."

"A [Deep Sea Lord] holding [Aegir’s Fire] guarded the seas. Neither monsters nor Apostles could overcome its power."

Luh Yao listened with growing interest.

’To be able to kill a High-Level Apostle, the [Deep Sea Lord] must be of a high level.’

Dinar continued, "But as the Divine War came to an end, [Aegir’s Fire] and the [Deep Sea Lord] lost their purpose."

"When directly facing a God, even these treasures were powerless. The final victor, the Dark God, locked the entire Undersea Walker clan in the [Black Abyss]."

"It is said that before the Divine War ended, our ancestors hid [Aegir’s Fire] and the [Deep Sea Lord] to prevent the Gods from taking away our clan’s last hope."

"But too much time has passed. No one knows where our ancestors put the treasures."

"In the Abyss, we were constantly fighting and killing each other. Even the residual Ghost Souls of the dead would attack one another. We truly couldn’t bear that life, so we are deeply grateful to Lord Yao God for granting us this new beginning..."

"In the Black Abyss, we came to realize just how powerful the Dark God, a Main God, once was... These treasures, which are priceless to us, were utterly insignificant in His eyes."

Luh Yao tuned out everything else.

Only one sentence registered with him.

[Aegir’s Fire] was still hidden in this Fragment World.