I Have a God Simulator

During the Era Update, the Yao Race World was inaccessible, but the Golden Field was.

Luh Yao opened the Main God Space in his Divine Kingdom’s backend.

The Rule Power for the Yao Race World displayed [Updating], but the other two worlds, [Banquet Bird] and [Yunzhong Temple], could still be accessed.

In [Banquet Bird], King Wuzi was still leading the Wuzi tribe in their mining efforts. Because of the Era Update in the Yao Race World, they couldn’t return for the time being, so a huge pile of glittering All-Purpose Stones had accumulated at the bottom of the Cup World.

And this small world was now riddled with holes of varying depths.

[Yunzhong Temple] was even quieter. The catfish-headed Guest Monk continued to wander through the sand, and the Cloud Monks drifted to and fro with the wind. This world had stopped updating long ago, and everything remained as it was.

Luh Yao discovered through the interface that he could command the Clockwork Monkeys to prioritize repairing a specific world. He immediately locked all the monkeys onto the Yao Race World.

Banquet Bird was just a Mining Area, while Yunzhong Temple was too severely damaged. Repairing it would be a massive, time-consuming project, and he didn’t have the spare capacity for it right now.

This update also led him to a new realization.

’Perhaps I don’t need to completely link the worlds on the tree and merge them into a single whole.’

’The current scale of the Yao Race World is just right, enough to accommodate the lives and development of all the creatures within. I haven’t even truly integrated the Wuzi Kingdom and the Bos God Realm yet. That will take time.’

Luh Yao had originally planned to spend the next few days examining the detailed backend rules for Yunzhong Temple, running a few small experiments to prepare for delving deeper into that world.

Cancong’s arrival had postponed that plan.

Luh Yao had many questions for this unique individual who had lived through several millennia of human history, but his most pressing concern at the moment was the matter of Pioneers.

’What do Pioneers usually do? Breaking through into the Transcendent Zone is the ultimate goal, but before that, what are they supposed to do? How do they develop their Divine Kingdoms? How do they normally cultivate civilizations in Low Realm Dimensions, and how do they obtain the Fire of Faith?’

To these questions, Cancong had only one answer.

"Sorry, I don’t know."

The stick figure, consisting of only an upper body, spread his hands and twisted his head.

"I’m the Pillar-Cong, guardian of the Nine-Grain Pillar. I don’t know what the Pioneers are specifically doing..."

"However, Pioneers all search for Unowned Worlds. In an Unowned World with complete rules, there’s a certain chance that an Exotic Object will be born."

"If they’re lucky enough to capture a suitable Exotic Object, it could not only become the prototype for a [Myth] but might even allow their Divine Kingdom to break its limits and develop or add special rules. Exotic Objects are one of the things Pioneers desire most."

Luh Yao remembered that the Silvanus Tree had been described as an Exotic Object. It propped up a Main God Space and served as the hub for the worlds on the tree; its value was self-evident.

According to Cancong, Unowned Worlds were strategic resources valued even by Pioneers who were Main Gods, and their core value lay in Exotic Objects.

"But it all depends on luck."

Cancong added, "Exotic Objects themselves exist in a state between life and death, and their methods of growth and development are bizarre. Some are naturally averse to being touched or controlled and will mutate or even self-destruct at the slightest contact. Others don’t resist being taken, but they’ll make all sorts of demands."

"Furthermore, a considerable number of Exotic Objects will hunt Divine Beings, as a Divine Body is the best form of sustenance for them. They are extremely complex and unpredictable. Danger and opportunity coexist within them, just as they exist between life and death."

Luh Yao was immediately reminded of a certain group.

"Are Curse Insects a type of Exotic Object?"

Cancong said, "They were at first. But later, the Pioneers no longer considered Curse Insects to be Exotic Objects. Curse Insects cannot be controlled. Hunting Divine Beings is their greatest instinct, and it cannot be suppressed or restrained. They have always been considered a pure disaster."

Luh Yao snapped back to reality and asked with a frown, "Didn’t you say you cut away your memories? Why do you remember all this so clearly?"

"Because of this."

Cancong raised his arm and pointed to his thick eyebrows. "These are the fragmented memories I retrieved earlier, but this is all I have."

Luh Yao didn’t press the matter.

’We’re just partners. It’s normal for both sides to hold something back.’

’As long as Cancong can help me teach Pasha, that’s all that matters.’

’The Snowman wasn’t slacking off, but it really wasn’t a good teacher. If it taught Pasha to be a Dragon obsessed with opening chests and stealing treasures... that would be a problem.’

At 9:12 PM, the Era Update concluded.

Luh Yao clicked to return to the Yao Race World.

...

A series of notifications appeared on the screen.

[Era Update complete.]

[The Rule Power has further repaired and perfected this world.]

[World temperature has risen slightly. All plant-based life forms will now grow faster and have more diverse evolutionary paths.]

[Species carrying the Poison Element will experience accelerated growth and possess higher resistance.]

[Climate change has intensified. Droughts, floods, landslides, Earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions will become more frequent. All life in the world will face more challenges and changes.]

[Powerful Calamity Beasts will awaken alongside various natural disasters. They will continuously expand the range of these disasters, bringing more destruction and devastation.]

[Water Elemental Creatures will be born in torrential rains, lakes, and oceans. Fire Elemental Creatures will be born in underground magma and volcanoes.]

[Poisonous Mosquitos will be reborn from the warm soil. They will once again appear all over the world, displaying their much-vaunted poisonous proboscises to all living things.]

[As this world is no longer suitable for Apprentice Deities, Apprentice Deities will no longer be deployed here.]

[The new Era has officially begun. The flow of time has been corrected. This will be the best opportunity for your ascent on the Stairway to Divinity.]

...

Luh Yao read it line by line and translated it for himself.

Buffs: Plant-type, Poison-type.

Nerfs: More natural disasters, new Calamity Beasts and Poisonous Mosquitos, Water Elemental Creatures in the water, Fire Elemental Creatures in fire, and no more apprentice players.

He interpreted it further.

’A symbolic buff to the least impactful group, plants, followed by a huge nerf to the stable climate. Now, both water and fire environments have become more unpredictable.’

’The Poisonous Mosquitos are clearly Poison Attribute, so they get a buff right from the start.’

’Calamity Beasts are just amplifiers for natural disasters. It doesn’t look like there’s any reward for killing them. But if they’re active, they’ll be a plague on every other species in the world.’

’New players will no longer spawn, which makes Fire Seed Artifacts much harder to obtain.’

Luh Yao knew this was just the mechanics of the world’s rules at work. They were constantly balancing things, nerfing the strong and buffing the weak, while also trying to reject the God controlling the world.

’But is there a way to customize the patch myself?’

Luh Yao casually asked Cancong, who was on the desk, "Can the Era Update be adjusted from the backend?"

"You are a Pioneer. Of course you can," Cancong replied.

Luh Yao’s eyes lit up. "How do I do it?"

"You just need to adjust the relevant world rules."

Luh Yao’s face darkened.

’Isn’t that obvious?’

’The question is *how* to adjust them.’

’A Fragment World has numerous, interconnected rule entries. Every line of description and its associated data follows its own internal rules and patterns.’

’It’s a massive, organic whole. Maybe there’s a bulge somewhere that looks wrong. If you just smack it down, you might cause internal Bleeding and organ rupture in the organism.’

When it came to specific methods, Cancong was once again completely clueless.

It seemed he really didn’t know much about Pioneers.

Luh Yao first clicked on the map and went to the northern Dragon Nest.

The situation here was a little strange.

The Ice Giant Monsters were lying scattered on the ground, on the verge of death. They all had the [Weakness] status above their heads. There was no sign of Pasha in the Dragon Nest either.

Next to these Giant Monsters were little Physician figures dressed in white. Carrying medicine chests on their backs, they went from one Giant Monster to the next, administering medicine.

The Physicians were talking among themselves.

"These Poisonous Mosquitos are terrifying... Even the Ice Giant Monsters who went south to help couldn’t withstand their venom."

"The warmer the place, the more rampant the poisonous mosquitos. It seems we’ll have to move more of the injured to the north. At least there they can recover in peace. Otherwise, they’ll just get stung repeatedly by the mosquitos, and their recovery will be even slower."

"Thank goodness for the [Life-Saving Pills] and [Antidotes]. Otherwise, the pain and intense itching alone would drive the Giant Monsters mad."

"All we can do now is hope the reinforcements from Crystal City arrive soon."

"Sigh, who would have thought these mosquitos would turn out to be the most troublesome disaster."

Watching the little people’s conversation, Luh Yao realized the lethality of these Poisonous Mosquitos might be greater than he had anticipated.

He clicked on the entry for the Poisonous Mosquito.

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[Poisonous Mosquito LV3]

Life Value: 3/3

Mana Value: 1/1

Damage: 2

Defense: 0

Speed: 7

[Disguise]

Enters a disguised state, making it difficult to detect.

[Severe Poison Absorption]

Sucks the host’s blood to absorb the host’s power and evolve, while injecting mosquito venom into the host’s body, causing the host to feel pleasure. When there is too much venom, the host will feel unbearable pain and itching, and may even fall into a coma. The ability’s effects are related to its level.

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