I Have a God Simulator

On the battlefield, Yan Jiu knelt piously on the ground. The [Weakness] status hovered above his head, and his health bar was nearly empty.

A dialogue box appeared above the small figure.

"Great Lord God, Your foolish follower has once again been saved by Your mighty power. No words can express my gratitude and shame..."

"You are always merciful and tolerant of our blindness and arrogance, yet we often can’t even protect ourselves, let alone make the most insignificant contribution to You."

"I must confess to You honestly."

"After entering Yunzhong Temple, I became a Sandwalker under the guidance of the Lord Guest Monk. I felt I had reached a new stage and thought I finally had a chance to grow closer to the Lord Apostles."

"So I rushed my Ascension, hoping to improve myself further... But after growing a little, I realized the distance between myself and the Lord Apostles was far greater than I had ever imagined."

"The weaker and more ignorant I was, the more arrogant and conceited I became."

"This eagerness for quick success caused my Ascension to fail, stranding me in this Divine Kingdom, where I have survived until today only by the tolerance of its God."

"I have committed the sin of pride, and now I’ve even troubled a Lord Apostle to come and rescue me. I am truly too ashamed to face you..."

Yan Jiu repented ceaselessly.

Forrest’s appearance seemed to make him forget that he was on a Divine Kingdom battlefield. Years of wandering had ignited his desire to confide and express his longing.

Luh Yao understood.

’Young people get stressed out after just a few years of working away from home, let alone someone like Yan Jiu, who has been gone for decades, believing he’d never have the chance to return.’

Decades of tempering in foreign lands had brought Yan Jiu to LV33, and his Attributes had improved considerably, once again raising the upper limit for an Extraordinary Being of the Yao Race.

Luh Yao had previously assumed that Yan Jiu was most likely wandering in some insignificant Gravel World, perhaps even far from the Ring Realm Group where Yunzhong Temple was located.

He was very happy that this lost pixel figure had not only been recovered but had also grown considerably.

Fortunately, Yan Jiu was a Hero, so Luh Yao could control him directly.

With a click of his mouse, he moved Yan Jiu to a safe area in the rear of the Ghost Realm, with Forrest guarding him the entire way. Wherever they passed, the Ghosts and Ghouls hid far away, too terrified to even breathe.

After placing Yan Jiu in a safe spot for the moment, Luh Yao looked back.

The arrival of the Divine Descendant Giant had intimidated both sides in the vicinity, bringing the local battle to a temporary standstill—no one could make sense of the situation, unsure of whose side the giant was on.

After all, Forrest had kicked Black Tombstones, torn Bamboo Beasts apart with his bare hands, and attacked anyone in his path, making him an enigmatic third-party combatant.

The mere presence of an LV99 Extraordinary Being was a massive source of Deterrence.

But in the other battle zones, the warriors of the two Divine Kingdoms were still locked in a desperate, bloody struggle.

Luh Yao opened the Golden Field interface and began working in the background.

Ammunition selected: 1 Micro Gravel-Level Boundary Cannon.

Begin orbital acceleration.

Acceleration complete in 3 seconds.

Adjusting angle.

’The target is right here in the Ring Realm Group. It’s practically right under my nose. Their movement trajectories are completely predictable, so precision is pretty much guaranteed.’

Luh Yao clicked to fire.

The Gravel Cannon was ejected from orbit, slamming at high speed into the space between the two adjacent worlds.

Hit!

Yes!

Luh Yao clenched his fist as he watched.

’My first real, successful Boundary Cannon shot, and it happened in live combat!’

But soon, his smile slowly faded into confusion.

’The result of the shot wasn’t quite what I had in mind.’

The first part went as planned: the Boundary Cannon accelerated and slammed into the overlapping Divine Kingdoms, scoring a precise hit on their border zone.

All three worlds were rocked and shaken by the Gravel Cannon’s blast. A large amount of debris broke off and scattered, but it was immediately caught by the Vortex World’s Binding, becoming another part of the Ring Realm Group, drifting slowly in orbit.

What happened next was beyond Luh Yao’s comprehension.

’My plan was to use this single, decisive, close-range blast to violently force the two Divine Kingdoms apart, ending their overlap.’

’If they wanted to keep fighting, they’d have to Sail and accelerate all over again, which would drive up the cost.’

’It was a shot meant to make them cool their heads.’

But in reality, the Gravel World simply fused with them, turning the whole thing into a lump of three stuck-together worlds.

The egg-shaped Ghost Realm and the disc-shaped Bamboo Reed Kingdom were now joined by a lightbulb-shaped Gravel World—this Boundary Cannon was one of the first Gravel Worlds Luh Yao had seen.

Now, the three worlds were combined into a bizarre shape.

An egg and a lightbulb on a saucer, like a prop for a sketching class.

Luh Yao tried adjusting Yunzhong Temple’s pull, but he couldn’t separate the three; he could only make them orbit as one.

The trio seemed to have reached some kind of equilibrium via Rule Power, maintaining a bizarrely stable synchronization, like three magnets stuck together.

’What now?’

Luh Yao scratched his head.

’Maybe... one more shot?’

’That sounds like a good idea.’

’The last Boundary Cannon was too small, which led to the error. The root of the problem was insufficient firepower.’

Luh Yao adjusted his approach.

Ammunition selected: 1 Small Gravel-Level Boundary Cannon.

Accelerating.

Adjust angle... Fire!

After upgrading the Boundary Cannon model, the cost doubled. This single shot consumed 80,000 Fire of Faith.

The increased firepower had an immediate effect. The small Boundary Cannon struck the lightbulb-shaped Gravel World head-on. The violent impact sent them flying apart, with the Boundary Cannon veering off course and disappearing off-screen.

The Divine Kingdom Adhesive tumbled into the outermost orbital ring, where it continued to spin ceaselessly, spewing out vast clouds of debris and dust.

Luh Yao watched patiently for a while.

’The Rule Power is surprisingly resilient. I don’t know if it’s because the rules changed again, but the Divine Kingdom Adhesive just kept spinning.’

But the two Divine Kingdoms still hadn’t separated; they remained intertwined.

Luh Yao rubbed his brow.

’The durability and resilience of these Divine Kingdoms are higher than I thought.’

’Still not enough firepower!’

Undeterred, Luh Yao tried again, firing two more Micro Gravel Cannons.

Through successive bombardments, he deliberately avoided a direct hit on the Divine Kingdoms, instead pounding the lightbulb-shaped Gravel World. The "lightbulb" was blasted away until only its columnar base remained. The Divine Kingdom Adhesive became battered and broken, constantly shedding dust.

Luh Yao was running out of ideas.

’A couple more shots... I don’t know if it’ll separate them, but the two Divine Kingdoms will definitely be in serious trouble.’

He let out a long sigh.

’Man, I really tried.’

This round of continuous test-firing alone had already cost 260,000 Power of Faith, more than double the current combined Faith reserves of the two Divine Kingdoms.

’Since you two are so fated to be together, you might as well live happily ever after.’

’As the old saying goes, it’s better to tear down a temple than to break a fated bond.’

’With an extra roommate and neighbor, these wandering days won’t be so lonely.’

Luh Yao clicked to enter the [Ghost Realm].

Inside the Divine Kingdom, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Dark clouds hung low in the sky as rain poured down in sheets, turning the ground into a sodden mire. Fierce winds whipped the curtains of rain, shrouding the entire world in a hazy, murky gloom.

The remains of the giant, columnar mountain of a Gravel World were suffering from massive landslides. Mud constantly gushed from its peak, unleashing indiscriminate destruction and pollution upon the two adjacent Divine Kingdoms.

To Luh Yao’s surprise, the Ghouls were actually working together with the Bamboo People, building bamboo structures atop the Black Tombstones and digging long trenches to channel the floodwaters away from the graveyard area.

Meanwhile, in the Bamboo Reed Kingdom, the Funeral Race was collaborating with the short native Lumin. They had constructed light bamboo bridges capable of withstanding the force of the mudslides. Atop these bridges, they erected Black Tombstones, which acted as crucial hubs and support points...

’I don’t know exactly what happened, but it seems my objective has been achieved.’

The war seemed to be over.

’Using a natural disaster to end the war... it worked.’

Luh Yao gave himself a thumbs-up.