Lu Yao constantly reminded himself not to judge people by their appearance.
But this ball… it’s really an ugly ball.
What does it look like?
It’s neither snow white nor smooth, lacking the geometric beauty in mathematics, nor the imposing aura of the previous skeletal whale.
It reminds Lu Yao of the dung ball pushed by a dung beetle.
If the dung ball is dyed white and rolled in mud and sand, it would look like this thing in front of him.
The large bone ball has many rough branches and numerous rough gaps. If one didn’t know that its material is bones and only observed it from the pixel quality of the simulator, it would look like a mud ball made of clay.
Putting aside the bone ball itself, Lu Yao has at least determined one thing.
The aesthetic sense of the skeleton person, Phileas, is not ideal.
The previous skeletal whale was the same. Clearly, it was a mighty sea giant, but it was turned into a flat fish in the sea.
Lu Yao clicked on the bone ball to see its detailed description.
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[Skeletal King Chiu LV50]
HP: 2880/2880
MP: 553/553
Damage: 47
Defense: 132
Speed: 11
[Daytime Dormancy, Nighttime Activity]
Moves during the night with double speed.
[Skeletal Creature]
A creature composed of bones, its strength is related to the number of bones and the pre-death level of the bones.
[Symbiote]
Exists in a symbiotic form, gaining additional benefits.
[Bone Chiu Impact LV15] (30 MP)
Creates numerous ball-shaped bone chius, damage is related to the level of ability.
[Whale Fall LV1] (0 MP)
Decomposes into numerous skeletal worms and regenerates in other areas.
[King Chiu Form] (100 MP)
Switches to King Chiu form, speed +5, defense -50, gains the ability to “drill underground.”
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Lu Yao was somewhat surprised. This thing on the panel wasn’t too bad, but its defense was severely lacking.
The bone ball at the top of the Skeletal King Chiu opened up, revealing a skull.
It was Phileas.
At this point, it had already symbiotically merged with the Skeletal King Chiu, serving as the brain and controller of this skeletal creature.
“God Yao, the Skeletal King Chiu is the strongest skeletal creature I have ever created!”
A smiling face symbol appeared on the skull.
“This giant must have been of extremely high rank in its previous life. It’s so lucky to find such a complete set of bones. Thank you for your favor!”
Lu Yao directly attacked the Skeletal King Chiu and found that he could indeed activate the “manual mode.”
He immediately took control.
The health and mana bars appeared in the lower left corner, while the three active skill slots were in the lower right corner.
Lu Yao moved the mouse and clicked on “Bone Chiu Impact.”
Small balls suddenly spewed out from the white giant ball, splashing around and transforming into small bone beasts.
They ran around patrolling the area. If they didn’t find any enemies, they would return one by one and enter the giant ball.
Lu Yao understood.
This ability was self-division, similar to how the skeletal whale divided into bone fish. The skill mechanism was the same. It was somewhat like the Protoss carrier’s small planes in StarCraft.
He then clicked on “Whale Fall.”
The entire Skeletal King Chiu instantly scattered into white sand. These gravel turned into countless small worms, scattering and escaping, relying on their own abilities.
Lu Yao used the mouse to select and concentrate them. The numerous skeletal worms gathered together again, reconstructing the bone ball shape of the Skeletal King Chiu.
Indeed, it was a good skill for escaping.
Finally, Lu Yao tried “King Chiu Form.”
The white bone ball shook, and short and powerful limbs, a long-shaped head, and a flexible rat tail emerged from under the white bone shell.
In the King Chiu form, the defense of the Skeletal King Chiu greatly decreased, but it gained the ability to “drill underground.”
Lu Yao clicked on the ground next to it.
This strange-looking skeletal creature quickly dug a hole with its claws and turned into a giant drill, drilling into the ground.
The mark of the Skeletal King Chiu appeared underground. However, since the simulator didn’t display the vertical layers underground, it was a bit difficult for Lu Yao to operate from an overhead perspective.
What’s absurd was that the underground King Chiu had the same speed as on the surface.
This skeletal creature clearly had extremely strong defense but was good at escaping and hiding.
Lu Yao figured out something: all the skills of the Skeletal King Chiu were for safely escaping!
The Skeletal King Chiu was very suitable as a scout.
It could not only drill underground and move at night, but also had astonishing defense and the ability to disperse quickly. Its driver, Phileas, had good intelligence and could quickly assess the situation.
After receiving this honorable mission, Phileas said, “God Yao, I will definitely find the location of the heretical god for you! Please wait for good news from me!”
After speaking, the skeleton person drove this heavily armored giant monster into the ground and began the search.
…
While battles had to be fought, production and development couldn’t be neglected.
Lu Yao shifted his attention to the pixel people.
After the Twin Cities were established, Yao City and Salt City became two cities with distinct styles.
As the birthplace of the original temple, Yao City’s atmosphere of worship to the gods was growing stronger. The citizens pursued theology and knowledge, turning it into a cultural holy city.
Yao City built a special building, the “Theological Academy.” The pixel people entering and leaving the Theological Academy wore robes and held the “Gospel of the Gods,” lecturing and debating everywhere.
[Yao City has invented the Theological Academy.]
[The prototype of the wonder, Theological Academy, has been discovered.]
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[Yao City has built the first school.]
[Yao City has invented the apprentice system.]
[Yao City has invented a new profession: scholar.]
[The intelligence of all residents in Yao City has increased.]
Lu Yao was both surprised and delighted.
The school he had been longing for had appeared!
To be honest, there were several times when Lu Yao had the urge to cheat.
He could completely transmit the concept and system of the school to the pixel people through Isabella, allowing them to quickly understand and apply it in the pixel world…
But in the end, Lu Yao resisted.
As he gained a deeper understanding of the simulator, Lu Yao had seen the operations of different divine players.Lisa was a warmonger, completely abandoning the development of her tribe, all her actions were aimed at extracting more faith in a short time.
Pray to the Gods positioned the Donghai clan as a barracks for creating sea monsters, turning the tribe into a flesh factory.
The Light God adopted a patriarchal protection for the tribe, causing the islanders to remain infantilized for a long time, and eventually completely ruined.
The Yangwu God was slightly better, but his focus was also on enhancing faith artifacts, indifferent to population loss, causing civilization itself to stagnate.
These were all failed experiences right before their eyes.
At least in this broken world, the results proved that their methods were not working.
Lu Yao thought.
Both population and faith must be valued, they need to complement each other, and it would be best to achieve a virtuous cycle.
Those who knew this pixel world best were naturally the little people living in this world.
To carve out a development path that fits the characteristics of this broken world, space must be given for the little people to develop and play. Their thoughts and actions should not be constrained, they should be given as much freedom as possible to stimulate their creativity. At most, some natural disasters could be used to put some pressure on them.
The little people who believed in Lu Yao developed the best, which was proof that the path was correct.
Of course, the little people were not all good.
Many pixel people were inexplicably stupid, sometimes they showed a flash of brilliance, sometimes they were hell-bent on self-destruction, sometimes they tried to lie low…
Lu Yao slowly found his own way of guardianship.
He had to be careful not to let the little people self-destruct.
But he also had to accept their stupidity and growth, rebellion and surprise.
…
Lu Yao turned his attention back to Yao City.
At this time, Hamira was giving a speech outside the Theological Academy.
She told the scholars, “We have to prove that Yao City is the future for everyone, it is the legitimate successor of the divine will.”
“We will lead everyone forward, guiding everyone towards a glorious and abundant future. No matter what challenges we face, we will overcome them, for God Yao is with us!”
“So, scholars, announce your great discoveries!”
“Let that neighboring city filled with the smell of copper understand what great and noble wisdom is! Why Yao City is the firstborn of the gods!”
Several prompts popped up in the simulator.
[Yao City has updated the world map.]
[Yao City has created the first world model: The Country in the Water]
[The knowledge of all people in Yao City has been slightly improved.]