I Have a God Simulator

Inside the Old Gods Exhibition Hall, sculptures of the Old Gods had been restored one by one.

There was Jack, clad in animal hides; the Totem Pillar of the Prayer God; the stone tablet where the Bright God had carved profanities; the Yangwu God, who was passionate about Sacrificial Offerings; the Haili God, shaped like an upright amphibian; the Tao God, a mushroom-like stone statue; and the three-headed Tri-Limbed God...

Luh Yao gazed at them, and the battles he'd fought against them felt like only yesterday.

He clicked to convert it into a wonder.

As 5,000 points of Faith were consumed, the rectangular museum, encircled by stone pillars, emitted a flash of white light.

—You will name it the ______ Museum.

Luh Yao thought.

'Yan City Museum? Too plain.'

'Old Gods Museum? That's a bit too arrogant.'

'I'll just call it the Museum of the Past.'

...

[Museum of the Past]: A museum built in Yan City that collects and exhibits various historical artifacts, storing the restored Divine Statues and legends of the Old Gods.

The Tier of this wonder can be increased by adding various ancient artifacts to its collection.

In the city where the Museum of the Past is located, all inhabitants gain +1 Wisdom, and there is a certain chance for Archaeologists to be born.

...

The wonder's description delighted Luh Yao.

Archaeologists could grow through their archaeological work, giving the profession high potential.

The requirements for upgrading the museum were also very straightforward.

As long as the Archaeologists, led by Fabiani, continued to conduct excavations everywhere and place the artifacts they collected into the museum, the wonder's Tier would increase.

And just as Luh Yao converted the wonder, exclamation marks popped up above the heads of the little people in the museum.

"The God's will has descended!"

"A wonder! This museum has received the Lord God's recognition!"

"The Museum of the Past! The God has bestowed a name upon it."

"Thank you, great God! Yan City has its first wonder!"

"We have our own wonder now! We've waited so long for this day!"

Prophet Doron Nunu announced on the spot, "To celebrate the God's Blessing, there will be an open-air banquet outside the Divine Hall tonight! Everyone is invited to attend."

Old Shangli added, "Please remember to bring your own food containers. The Divine Hall will only provide ale; you must bring your own food."

Mayor Tonghai also laughed heartily. "Everyone, come! Everyone!"

The little people of Yan City were ecstatic, their heads showing smiley faces.

...

Only then did Luh Yao remember.

Of the three cities, Yao City had the Beer Theater, the Monument, and the Divinity School, while Saniluo had the World City Library. Only Yan City had just now gotten its first wonder.

A wonder might not provide immediate benefits, but a city couldn't be without one. Otherwise, it would fall behind its sibling cities.

The people of Yan City had finally risen!

While everyone else was cheering, one little person stood alone to the side, lost in silence.

It was the Archaeologist, Fabiani.

He looked toward the [Old Gods Exhibition Hall], studying the Divine Statues of the Old Gods within, as thoughts appeared above his head.

"The fallen Old Gods cannot represent the truth. Truth is Immortal."

"Oh, Lord Yao God, I adore and revere you, but I also fear and shrink from your Wisdom. I long to be like the Prophets who follow you in the Divine Hall, yet I cannot face the disillusionment and betrayal of the past. You must find such foolish thoughts from someone like me laughable."

"I can only search for the traces that History has left upon this world, hoping to find some answers within them."

"The future cannot be judged, the present cannot be foreseen. Perhaps only the past can be seen and confirmed. Maybe this is the meaning of museums and Archaeology."

"This is what I have spent more than a decade trying to understand. Thank you for the freedom and tolerance you have given me."

"Praise be to you, our Celestial Father and savior."

Fabiani prayed in silence.

Luh Yao thought it was rather nice.

He shifted his perspective, focusing on Shang Li.

At some point, Old Shangli had stepped down from his position as mayor, and Tonghai had taken his place.

Luh Yao noticed that the Ghost symbol had finally appeared above Shang Li's head.

For a 108-year-old man, his life had been long enough.

Shang Li quietly left Yan City, traveling by carriage all the way to Yao City in the east. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a black robe, he looked like a perfectly ordinary old man.

After arriving in Yao City, Shang Li first took a stroll through the streets. Then, seeming tired, he sat down by the roadside to rest.

A young man passing by asked if he was feeling unwell.

Shang Li said he was fine, just old.

After a while, the old man got up and continued walking, this time making his way to the [Beer Theater]. After buying a ticket at the entrance, Shang Li followed the crowd inside and sat in the last row.

On center stage, the latest play, *Sunset*, was being performed, telling the story of how the Yao God drove out and shot down the Dark Sun. However, it was nearing its end, and people were beginning to leave.

Next up was another short play, *Death of the Demon*, about the Pig Fish Brothers' fight against the black bear Demon.

This was a classic play from the theater's early days. But because the story was so well-known, there were only a few people in the audience, most of them elderly.

Shang Li watched with great interest, a smile appearing above his head.

Before long, another little person walked in and sat down beside him.

It was Prophet Yaoshao.

Yaoshao was also getting on in years now, but compared to Shang Li, she was still a young woman.

A dialogue box appeared above Shang Li's head: "How did you get wind of this? I just came to watch a play."

"You need to take care of yourself."

"My health is good enough," Shang Li said. "For someone my age to live to see the dawn of a new era is already a grace from the Yao God."

Yaoshao said, "You're not the mayor anymore. You should get some proper rest."

"I hear the Flame Society's research on Magic Potions is close to success?" the old man suddenly asked.

"..."

Yaoshao was silent for a moment before finally admitting, "It still requires many more experiments. Magic Potions are inherently dangerous and powerful drugs. We can never be too cautious."

"You've all worked hard. The new era will depend on you."

Shang Li said abruptly, "I'd like to play a game of *Tribal War Chess*."

"Alright."

Yaoshao called over a Scholar from the Divine Hall Council outside, and someone quickly brought the war chess set.

By this time, the short play had quietly ended.

The two began to play.

After a while, ZZZs appeared above Shang Li's head. He had fallen asleep in his chair.

Soon, the word [DEATH] appeared over the old man's head.

Yaoshao was calm about Shang Li's death. She simply said, "Rest well."

Then she turned and left.

A moment later, a little Ghost person appeared.

Luh Yao took a look and saw it was the gamer boy Muke, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Muke stood by Shang Li's body and said, "You're finally dead. You lived a little too long."

Shang Li's Ghost slowly coalesced. "Were you just waiting for me to die?"

"Living too long is boring. Death is a new beginning."

Muke said, "Enough chitchat. Come with me to Saniluo. Ghosts can't stay away from Saniluo for too long, or their minds will get sluggish. Yulian told me to wait for you here."

"How did that guy know I would die here?"

"Hehe, Yulian said this is where you pulled off your first big deal, and it's a place you've never forgotten. He said you'd most likely choose to end it here. He had a feeling you would."

". . . Tsk, just a coincidence."

The two little Ghosts chatted as they walked south toward the Ghost City.

With that, the second-generation leader and mayor of Yan City had both retired from the stage of life.

Luh Yao stretched his neck.

Next up was the God's experiment phase.

He had already compiled a table listing some suitable species to introduce.

But before that, Luh Yao needed to make one important preparation.

Creating an exclusive experimental field.

The previously failed ladybug and earthworm species might not have been completely unable to integrate into the Pixel World; it was just that he had released them into the wild before they were fully developed. This meant one wrong move and they would die on the spot.

So, he needed to set up a dedicated experimental ground for releasing them. He would first conduct repeated observations for a period, wait for the species to begin reproducing, and then they would gradually integrate into the outside world once they reached a certain population size.

Even if a dangerous species emerged from the dimensional reduction, he could quickly contain it and prevent it from harming the Pixel World's ecosystem.

Luh Yao turned his gaze to the Eastern Continent.

'This place is perfect.'