I Have a God Simulator

Luh Yao clicked the notification bar.

The screen jumped to a Land Boat Route outside White Castle. This was where the Earth Traveling Boats transported various materials. White Castle had specifically opened a new road to ensure timely access to necessary raw materials.

At this moment, an odd-looking carriage was traveling along the route.

In place of horses at its head was a box-shaped metal contraption. A copper horse head sat atop a large iron box, which was connected to huge iron wheels on either side.

The iron wheels propelled the carriage forward along the road with both speed and stability, quickly leaving the Earth Traveling Boats on either side in the dust.

The one driving the Fire Steam Carriage was none other than Shang Xun.

Luh Yao opened the encyclopedia.

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[Fire Steam Carriage]: A vehicle invented by Shang Xun, modified from a carriage and an Earth Traveling Boat. It uses a Fire Steam Furnace as its power source to drive its wheels for Fast Movement.

Life Value: 66/66

Mana Value: 0/0

Damage: 0

Defense: 1

Speed: 12

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Initially, Shang Xun had wanted to make the Earth Traveling Boat completely controllable by human means, but replacing the Crow Element with a Fire Steam Furnace proved to be completely unworkable.

The entire structure and operation of the Earth Traveling Boat were inseparable from its core, the Crow Element. The Wuzi Race relied on the Crow Element to temporarily merge with the Earth Traveling Boat, something outsiders could not do.

Remove the Crow Element, and the Earth Traveling Boat was just an earthen and stone vessel on land.

Getting such a heavy boat to move on the ground became an impossible task.

Shang Xun had to change his direction.

He set his sights on the Yao Race’s traditional vehicle: the carriage.

Compared to the Earth Traveling Boat, the carriage’s structure was more refined and intuitive. It was pulled by horses to move forward, a concept any member of the Yao Clan People could understand.

After repeated attempts, Shang Xun decided to use a Fire Steam Furnace to create a new kind of Iron Horse. The Iron Horse wouldn’t tire. As long as the coal and All-Purpose Stone in the furnace could still burn and provide power, it could run forever.

He consulted and sought help from other Scholars and Artisans in White Castle and managed to cobble together the Iron Horse.

The Iron Horse didn’t need a tail or four legs; it just needed a body and wheels on its sides to directly propel the carriage. The driver sitting in the back simply had to use a rudder to control the direction.

Building the Fire Steam Carriage wasn’t difficult; the idea was more important, and that was Shang Xun’s specialty. The real challenges came after it hit the road.

First was the wheel problem.

Uda City’s Refining and Mining Techniques were exquisite, their influence radiating across more than half the world and making the amount of usable metal for the Yao Race extremely abundant. Unfortunately, the growth of manufacturing techniques had not been as rapid.

Wooden or copper wheels weren’t hard enough and were prone to wear and tear, and the rapid forward movement of the carriage would also cause instability.

Furthermore, once the Fire Steam Furnace was lit, it would continuously spew steam, causing the wheels to turn nonstop. Stopping was also a problem.

Shang Xun replaced the copper and wooden wheels with iron ones and figured out a method to quickly extinguish the furnace fire by closing the furnace lid and pouring in sand.

Then there was the issue of road conditions.

The Fire Steam Carriage could travel on any road a normal carriage could, but on rainy or muddy sections, its heavy body made it more likely to get stuck in the mire or to skid and overturn.

Overall, however, the Fire Steam Carriage was still far more widely applicable than the Earth Traveling Boat. Anyone who understood Fire Steam Furnaces and carriages could drive one, and it could travel unobstructed even outside the Land Boat Routes.

Driving the Fire Steam Carriage, Shang Xun took a ship to the Eastern Continent and drove all the way to the Rose Garden in the Divine Valley.

He had fulfilled his promise and driven back.

Hongye was overjoyed. She sat in the Fire Steam Carriage, looking left and right, her face a mask of curiosity.

"You’re amazing, building a car so quickly."

Shang Xun operated the steering rudder. "I got lucky. It just so happened that White Castle was working on the [Brass Furnace Dragon], and I went over and got a reward. That’s how I was able to finish this thing."

Hongye asked curiously, "I heard from Lord Pinkman that the Brass Furnace Dragon is the most incredible invention of the Yao Race to date. What does it look like?"

"It’s like a squashed Dragon."

"Huh?"

"Just like that. Its appearance isn’t great, but the Brass Furnace Dragon is indeed a replica of a Dragon."

Shang Xun said, "It can perform Magic directly. As long as you stand in the Casting position, you can use the Brass Keel to trigger Magic with Dragon Language. Seeing it in person was quite a shock."

"We did an experiment. We used the Brass Furnace Dragon to cast the highest-level [Endurance Curse] on a pony. It ran around inside White Castle for a whole day, excited as could be. In the end, we had to knock it out, or it would’ve kept running and ruined its body."

"You all are truly remarkable!"

"The amazing ones are Lord Philos, the Prophets, and those Artisans. I didn’t help much."

"Nonsense. I heard it all from Lord Pinkman. Lord Philos has a very high opinion of you. He said you solved White Castle’s most important problem... Everyone says you’re a genius!"

"What kind of genius am I? I just got lucky and guessed right."

"You’re too modest!"

"I’m not being modest, I’m serious. It’s just that my family was poor, and I had to do all sorts of jobs to get enough to eat since I was a kid, so my head is full of miscellaneous things. I let my mind wander a lot."

"If I have anyone to thank, it’s Lord Yao God. Without our God’s blessing, I probably would have died on the streets as a child. My father had just died back then, and life was truly difficult."

"You’ve had it so hard. I’ll take good care of you from now on!"

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. No matter how Hongye looked at Shang Xun, she was utterly satisfied, with hearts practically popping over her head.

With Pinkman as their witness, Shang Xun and Hongye were officially married in the Rose Garden, becoming the first couple of the Yao Race to be a union between a Rose Envoy and a human.

The only heartbroken one was the Little Fishman.

Yu Gu had just returned from a trip to clear his head, only to witness the couple joyriding in their new car and holding a rose wedding, all while he had to shed tears of blessing from inside the vehicle... Afterward, he applied for another long vacation.

Pinkman approved it once again.

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The birth of the Fire Steam Carriage had a more direct impact on the secular world than even the Brass Furnace Dragon.

For most people, matters of the Extraordinary Realm like Magic were still too remote. What they could see were the most common aspects of life—food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Improving their lives in these areas was what mattered most.

Shang Xun, the inventor of the Fire Steam Carriage, readily published all its structural designs and technologies at White Castle.

For him, the important thing was getting the Fire Steam Carriage to run and to experience that feeling of flying. The salary of a Life-Long Scholar was already quite good, and he would receive subsequent subsidies from White Castle.

Yan City was the first to purchase this invention at a high price. Its merchants were extremely sensitive to the market and new products. They gathered Artisans with the utmost speed and manufactured the first batch of Fire Steam Carriages.

Just as the merchants had predicted, the appearance of the Fire Steam Carriage on the roads caused a huge stir and a frenzied demand.

The wealthy were the first to purchase Fire Steam Carriages one after another.

From then on, they no longer had to wait for Earth Traveling Boats. They could just drive wherever they needed to go, which was faster and simpler. Most importantly, they could enjoy the same pleasure of driving as the Wuzi People.

The Fire Steam Carriage was modified into two models: one was a private carriage, and the other was a large vehicle for transporting goods, with a cargo box that could be attached to the back, allowing for faster and greater cargo transport. Both models had their uses and quickly became the merchants’ primary vehicles for Trade.

The other cities were finally slow on the uptake and successively introduced the Fire Steam Carriage.

But he who is slow to start will always be behind. Whether it was Yao City with its superior technological reserves or the low-key but wealthy Saniluo, the Fire Steam Carriages they produced were always more expensive than Yan City’s. This led to Yan City gaining de facto control over most of the Fire Steam Carriage market.

The merchants might not have been good at invention and creation, but they were professionals when it came to controlling costs and reducing expenses.

Outside Yan City, Fire Steam Carriages with their Iron Horse heads came and went. The Earth Traveling Boats on the Land Boat Routes were gradually phased out, returning to the underground and to Uda City.

Luh Yao felt a little emotional.

’The Wuzi Race’s exclusive ability has a lot of potential, but their development skills are lacking. To this day, they still haven’t managed to further expand and develop the Crow Element into new fields.’

’This is probably due to the inherently conservative Traits of the Wuzi Race.’

’Fortunately, they have All-Purpose Stones. With money, they can just buy finished products, which also stimulates consumption.’

Luh Yao got up and stretched his back.

As he was stretching, a message appeared on the game interface.

[Uluu has discovered a Black Demon.]

[The Yao Race’s underground survey capabilities have slightly increased.]

Luh Yao immediately checked the encyclopedia.

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[Black Demon]: A precipitate formed from the decomposition of an Extraordinary Being’s corpse or a Fire Seed Artifact. It is a highly concentrated, high-density waxy grease that has evolved after absorbing large amounts of dead plants and animals, containing powerful but chaotic forces. It is extremely heavy and usually gathers and moves deep underground. A special creature.

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Luh Yao read the description several times.

’From the description, the Black Demon is a bit like petroleum.’

’Is the oil in the Yao Race World alive?’