God Simulator

 Mia woke up from bed and found herself in that strange and strange world again.

Over the head are drooping tree vines and fireflies tied with twine. This method of using bugs to emit light is a unique local lighting method.

Mia walked out of the tree house and pushed aside the rough vines hanging at the door. Below are layers of intertwined tree trunks, each of which can accommodate one or two people walking. Children run and jump nimbly in the trees, clinging to tree vines like monkeys to climb and swing nimbly.

 There is a faint fishy smell in the air.

 She looked up at the sky.

It is night, and the stars are shining in the sky, but they are dim and sparse, far less clear and clear than those over the Resurrection Kingdom.

 Mia looked down again. Under the magic tree where people gathered was a sea of ​​gray-black fog, as if a fire had been burning on the ground and thick smoke was constantly rising.

 This is her third visit to Dagos.

 The first time, Mia thought she was in a dream and accidentally fell and injured her leg. The second time she entered, she read the few books and wooden inscriptions in the village, and asked the elders in the village indirectly, and gained an understanding of the world beyond the star.

 “Sydney, are you awake?”

The person who greeted her was a smiling old woman who looked about seventy or eighty years old. The old man was hunched over and holding a cane with a non-slip hook.

Mia said: "I just woke up, Granny Qiao."

 In this world, the body Mia uses belongs to a girl named Sydney, who is a hunter.

“There is not enough dried fruit and water, and the leaves of the magic tree are inedible, and the children are very hungry. Can you please go hunting outside?”

Grandma Qiao said: "Although your injury has not recovered, I let you go out... but the food reserves are really insufficient. Winter will come soon, and it will be harder to go out then."

"good."

 Mia agreed immediately.

 “Old Jero is going with you, be careful.”

 Mia nodded.

As the only four hunters in the village, every time they go hunting is a journey of life and death. Shucun requires two hunters to act together to look after and rescue each other.

 Back at the tree house, Mia started to pack her bags.

 Hunter's tools include ropes, hooks, masks, hunting knives and war bows.

The hook line consists of a hook and a special rope, which is tied to the hunter's arm and can be shot into the tree trunk from a long distance at any time, so that the hunter can grab the rope and swing to the next landing place.

 The mask is composed of multiple layers of linen and herbal medicine to reduce the inhalation of [dead air].

 Hunters need to enter the lower level of the tree village to hunt. The place close to the ground is filled with death and monsters are everywhere. If humans stay there for a long time, they will suffer from convulsions, bleeding from the mouth and nose, or even coma and death.

 Because of this, people live higher and higher to stay away from the dead air that is constantly rising and rising from the ground.

 Hunting knife is as long as the forearm, with a thick back and a curved hook at the tip. This structure facilitates chopping and dividing food and materials, as well as digging between soil and rocks.

Mia’s war bow is made of elm wood. This is reserved for women, men use ash trees.

 These two types of wood can carry the power of [Rune Runes].

 According to the experience of generations of people, elm is the most suitable wood for women, and ash is the wood that best brings out the strength of men.

After taking inventory and packing, Mia strapped on the backpack for carrying prey and walked out of the tree house.

 Old Jero is already waiting outside fully armed.

 He has gray beard and hair and is still forty years old. The children in Shu Village call him Old Jero.

 In this world called [Dagos], people usually live less than fifty years old, and old Jero is indeed an old man. There are very few people who live as long as Granny Qiao, and all the old people at the same time as her died decades ago.

 “Go and worship God first.”

Jero led Mia to a wide area in the trees. Here is a huge tree branch, with a statue of a **** standing in the center. Several old people are kneeling before it and chanting words.

 Hunters will worship the gods before going out to pray for good luck.

Mia is no stranger to this, because the Yao people also have such rituals and customs.

 Everyone will worship Yao first, and then pray to other gods according to different tendencies and fields.

Some people worship the White God to pray for wealth, some believe in King Wuji in the hope of winning the favor of the earth, some pray to the God of Ju for wisdom, some praise the King of Light, some admire the Marshal of Long Cavalry, and some People are in awe of billions of incarnations…

 All tree villages in [Dagos] believe in the [Thousand-Faced God].

 Mia stood in front of the statue, staring ahead.

The God of Many Faces sits on a tall throne. He wears a broad-brimmed hat with wide wings on both sides.

There was a large crow on each of His left and right shoulders. The beaks of these two birds were facing His ears, as if they were whispering to the gods. Lying at His feet were two wolves. The two beasts were loyally scanning all directions.

The God of Thousand Faces holds a spear in his hand and looks down at the world from his throne. His blurry face cannot tell whether it is contempt, majesty or coldness.

Jero knelt in front of the wooden statue of the god: "O omnipotent God with a Thousand Faces, please give us good luck. May we harvest prey this time and return safely."

 When in the country, do as the Romans do.

Mia also prayed like the old hunter.

This [God of Many Faces] is the only **** in [Dagos], but in local history, it has never appeared since the [Cataclysm].

 According to oral traditions and wooden board records, a long time ago, people still lived on the ground, and every large settlement had a magic well. Residents can use magic bottles to load magic energy to provide heating and cooking for each household, as well as to drive [Rune Runes].

Two giant crows fly around the world every day, and then report what they see and hear without reservation to the God of Many Faces - the two birds on the shoulders of the statue.

That was the most glorious golden age of [Dagos]. Gods shrouded the sky, all things competed, and everything was full of vitality.

An ordinary day later, the giant crow disappeared from the sky and never appeared again.

 The gods never responded.

In the long and fearful godless era, people ushered in a catastrophe. The blowout of the underground magic well made the whole world full of monsters, and the air of death covered the entire earth.

 In order to avoid monsters and death, some people climbed up the big trees that grew crazily in the flooded magic wells, while others burrowed deep into the ground.

Even so, the Dagothians still believe in the God of Many Faces.

 They believed that one day in the future, He would return like lightning. The departure of the God of Many Faces is to test the bravery and tenacity of the Dagos people, and when He returns, the entire world will regain its glory and become stronger than ever before.

 In the past, the God of Many Faces showed kindness and love to this place, and the runes were the treasures he gave.

 …

 Mia followed the old hunter Jero as he jumped using tree vines and hooks, and kept landing under the tree.

Mia was originally not good at wild climbing. She was a student at United Friendship University. She mainly studied mathematics and astronomy and studied under the famous demon lecturer Yuan Qing.

The owner of this body, Xue Li, although she is only fifteen or sixteen years old, her physical fitness is very amazing, with both strength and flexibility. She is not far behind those athletes trained by Kua Fu Chai Sun.

Whether walking or running, it’s more about body inertia. Mia only needs to follow the body’s muscle memory.

As for the shortcomings, it is that Sydney's mind works too slowly.

In the past, Mia could immediately calculate mathematical problems or various derivation based on conditions, but it was particularly difficult to calculate with this body.

 Sydney's talents are all physical, and her hands are faster than her brain.

Old Jero warned: "Xueli, you still need to use your legs carefully, although you always recover quickly. But try not to fight those monsters hand-to-hand, use a war bow, and don't get close."

Mia nodded: "I still feel that my body is not working well. You can shoot arrows later."

  “Also good.”

According to Granny Qiao and others, Xueli is a cheerful, talkative and courageous hunter. They were very surprised that Xueli became taciturn after being injured. The villagers could hardly imagine that inside this body was another person from a distant world.

Two hunters entered the hunting area, pulled up the masks around their necks, and found a hidden area to search for prey.

 There is already gray fog lingering here, and the visibility is much lower than before.

 After waiting for a while, a shadow came not far away.

 The two hunters remained motionless.

The visitor stopped and looked around from time to time. It slowly approached and its face was revealed.

It was a large lizard with gray cuticles. It was about two adults long. Its limbs were crawling on the ground. There was a single horn that curved upward at the tip of its nose.

　　is [Horned Lizard].

 Good luck.

Horned lizard is a low-risk prey. It is not afraid of toxins, has rough skin and thick flesh, and is an irresistible natural enemy to most insect monsters. But for Dagoth's hunters, as long as they can hit its eyes, they can get their prey.

Mia saw that Old Jero had drawn the ash wood war bow and aimed the sharp arrow at the enemy.

There are two magic horns at both ends of the war bow, and the bow blade is engraved with the [rune rune] - "Uruznid Surisaz".

 This is actually a three-paragraph phrase.

Uruz represents the male user and is the invocation of the rune.

Ned points to "restraint" and "oppression" to confirm the continuous effect of power.

Surisaz is "thorns and thorns", condensing the external form of strength.

 To unite, it is to identify the male user, and determine the power characteristics as the way to entangle and restrain the enemy, and to expand through piercing.

The magic horns at both ends of the string groove are specially made energy storage containers. A certain amount of magic energy can be obtained by sealing it and soaking it in a magic bottle, which can then be used to push runes.

 The first time she saw this magical prop, Mia was very puzzled.

 This is an incredibly powerful technology. But in this world, people can only use it on a few limited props such as war bows, hooks, and magic bottles. The development of both magic energy and runes has been in a state of stagnation for a long time, even worse than before the cataclysm.

Now, she gradually understands.

  To understand and apply the 24 runes, it requires the cooperation of various basic knowledge.

 Including the most basic linguistics, logic, theology, mathematics, casting and smelting, materials and engineering, etc. If placed in the Yao clan, using element theory and crystal structure technology as theoretical experimental support, and then using the [Crystal Structure Phase Dissociation Cannon] for field testing, the decipherment and the development of new combinations can be gradually completed.

Mia also had the idea of ​​​​learning the runes and bringing them back to the Yao civilization, so she was fully prepared this time.

 But in Dagos today, there is no soil for further development of technology.

They can only use the runes in the simplest and most common combinations according to the old methods passed down from their ancestors.

At this time, the eyes of the old hunter holding the war bow turned white, and his whole body was integrated with the power of the runes.

　　咻!

 After the sound broke through the air, the horned lizard's head shook violently and let out a hissing roar.

It desperately shook its head that was hit by the arrow, its body kept twisting on the ground, and it opened its mouth and roared around, as if to threaten the lurking enemies.

 Old Jero just calmly and steadily drew the bow again and aimed at the target.

　　咻!

 The horned lizard's injured left eye was shot again, and it flopped wildly on the ground.

 Then Old Jero and Mia added two arrows respectively. Mia shot the horned lizard in the nostril, while Old Zero specifically attacked the eyes.

 The horned lizard lay limply on the ground, just breathing heavily.

"Walk."

 Old Jero took Mia around behind the horned lizard. He took out his hunting knife and slashed at the tail of the horned lizard, and Mia did the same. The two hunters quickly cut off a two-arm-long section of tail.

They picked up the tail and quickly evacuated towards the way they came.

If you have enough time and energy, you can kill the horned lizard. But other predators are likely to appear along the way, which is extremely dangerous for hunters.

 The hunter's duty is to capture the meat of his prey, not to kill it.

 "Uruznid Surisaz" can not only pierce the enemy, but also temporarily restrain the enemy.

 It is much easier to cut off the tail of a horned lizard, and the tail bone, meat, and cuticle are all useful food and materials.

Not long after the two escaped, the horned lizard was suddenly pulled underground by something, leaving only a sunken hill on the ground.

 Mia and old Jero were so angry that they dared not speak out.

 After confirming that there was no problem, the two began to further search for other food and materials.

 When the mask turned black and particles dropped, the two hunters immediately turned back. This is a sign of danger. If you stay there any longer, the dead air will break through the protection of the mask and enter your mouth and nose, causing bleeding and more serious internal damage.

 …

 Mia and Old Jero each carried a bag and displayed the harvested prey in front of the statue.

 Children gathered around the strong and powerful long tail. The long tail of the horned lizard was still shaking slowly, and its cross section showed bright red and tight fleshy texture and solid white bones.

 “What a big lizard tail! Sydney is still so awesome!”

 “There is broth to drink this winter!”

 “I really want to eat it now…”

 …

 The old people weighed the meat, stored it, and then began to focus on other things.

Old Jero's bag contained several common herbs, a bunch of edible roots, a few large firefly eggs, some flints for fire, and sharp gravels for tools.

 But what Mia brought back was in a different style.

“Sydney, what is this?” An old man pointed to the eye-catching and heavy slate in his bag.

"This is a record stone tablet. There are more than a dozen others near a mountain col below."

Mia said: "According to the drawing record above, there is a magic well not far from the magic tree, and there is a huge monster living under the magic well. Although the description is very simple, it is very realistic to the general environment around it and can find correspondences. landmark."

She pointed to the stone slab.

There is a well carved on the stone slab, and under the mouth of the well is a huge snake-like thing, which seems to be sleeping.

“The magic well should be related to this monster, so the flooding and gushing of the magic well may also be related to it.”

 “Oh, so that’s it.”

 Someone asked about another thing: "This skin is really complete."

Mia carefully unfolded the piece of animal skin and explained: "This leather has been tanned and is a tool that has been artificially processed. A red pigment is used on it, which should be a powder ground from some kind of stone, mixed with grease to make a simple Ink.”

 Old people came over one after another.

On the skin are painted a group of small red people running around, while a winding red snake is hunting them everywhere and swallowing them into its belly.

 There is a strange rune painted below.

 “Aivaz”…destruction and creation. Grandma Qiao squinted her eyes and said, "It seems like I'm asking for help." This should be a request for help from people underground, I hope we can see it. "

“They were indeed attacked by monsters…There was nowhere to hide on the ground, and there was only a dead end underground.”

“It’s a pity, may their souls rest in peace.”

 One of the children looked at Mia: "Sydney, I feel like you have become different recently, you seem to be a lot smarter! Did the injury last time make you change so much? Have you been inspired by the gods?"

Mia thought to herself that she had indeed received a revelation from the gods. It's just Yao, not the gods here.

She said: "I was just thinking that to live better, it might take more than just hunting."

Grandma Qiao looked at her: "Then what should we do?"

Facing the elder's inquiry, Mia was not timid at all: "This world is in danger and may be destroyed at any time. If we want to survive, we have to get out of here."

“Well, everyone knows that no matter how tall a tree grows, it cannot break away from the earth. Birds will always return to the ground.”

 “Yeah, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

 The old people sighed.

Grandma Qiao looked at Mia: "Continue to express your thoughts."

Mia was silent for a while.

"I think we need new gods to lead us away."

 Everyone looked at each other.

 “Sydney, you...”

 Mia is prepared to deal with all kinds of disasters and accusations.

But this step must be taken, otherwise the worsening death energy here will continue to rise. The magic tree is being chewed by various monsters, and its vines and roots cannot protect against all attackers. Sooner or later, one day, either the magic tree will collapse, or the monster below will completely climb up the tree.

Grandma Qiao’s old eyes became sharp: “Do you know how to offer sacrifices to other gods?”

 “Have other gods descended here?”

 “Xueli, tell me quickly.”

 The old people were talking a lot.

 This... seems to be different from what I thought.

 Everyone seems to accept other gods equally.

"I have indeed been blessed and inspired by a great god. He is the master of thousands of worlds. His power is spread over the mountains and oceans. Demons and gods also pay allegiance to him. Unstoppable natural disasters also creep at his feet. As long as you believe in him , if you offer loyalty and humility to Him, you will be rescued by the Yao civilization..."

Mia talked about the miracles of Yao.

 The elderly and children in Shucun were all very excited after hearing this!

 “Let us build a statue of this great **** Yao! We must try it no matter what!”

 Mia understood clearly in her heart.

In a desperate world, everyone’s desire to survive can break all rules and regulations, and they will seize any little bit of hope.

 Mia used her knowledge of mathematics and geometry, as well as the compulsory sketch required by the school, to sketch out the construction drawings of the statue of Yao.

 Everyone began to be busy building the idols.

 …

After being so busy that she was exhausted, Mia wrote a diary on the bark of the bedside and left it for Xue Li to read when she came back.

 She sat on the bed and looked at the dark sky outside the tree hole.

 The stars are dim.

 On the other side of the world, I don’t know what the Sydney that occupies my body is doing now.

Today is the key project report day...my graduation assessment...

Thinking of this, Mia felt a twinge of pain in her brain.

  Let’s hope she doesn’t screw up too much.