The Three-No Saintess and Faith

After bidding farewell to his two enthusiastic otaku friends, Li Li wandered alone through the bustling exhibition hall, contemplating his future path.

The technological level of this world should be superior to Earth in the 21st century.

If he were to refer to the Creator Simulator, it would be akin to the late game stage.

Under normal circumstances, in the late game of the Creator Simulator, only the two most powerful races would remain, inevitably leading to all-out war until one side was completely annihilated.

The peaceful scene before him was likely the work of some Mod.

"Grumble—"

Without realizing it, Li Li had reached the food section of the convention.

He rubbed his rumbling stomach, patted his pajama pockets, and sighed helplessly as he looked at the golden fried chicken on a stall.

It seemed he had been thinking too far ahead.

The most pressing matter at the moment was to resolve the issues of income and identity.

Although he possessed the identity of a creator god, his physical condition was still that of an ordinary person. Until he found a way to harvest Faith Points, he could only be considered a Three-No individual who had suddenly arrived in this world.

He might end up scavenging for trash under a bridge tonight.

"Grumble—"

As his stomach protested again, Li Li cast one last glance at the fried chicken on the stall. Under the vendor's expectant gaze, he resolutely turned his head away.

It was only then that Li Li noticed a young girl had followed him at some point.

The girl had short, reddish-brown hair and wore a classic leather biker jacket. Her face was expressionless, and she was staring intently at him.

If it weren't for the moving grayish-white ears on her head and the thick tail swaying behind her, she would have possessed a rather cool and aloof aura.

—She seemed like she'd be perfect as a silent guitarist in a girl band.

"Is something wrong?" Seeing Li Li look at her, the girl quickly stepped forward, asking with concern, "Do you need me to do anything?"

She was practically pressed against Li Li, having breached the half-meter safety social distance.

Li Li took half a step back, looked left, looked right, and then glanced back at the fried chicken vendor who was spectating the scene. He then pointed to himself and asked, "Are you talking to me?"

The girl nodded slightly, looked at the fried chicken stall behind Li Li, and asked again, "Are you hungry?"

"A little hungry," Li Li swallowed. "Uh... do we know each other?"

"Yes," the girl stood on her tiptoes, leaned forward, and whispered into Li Li's ear, "I summoned you here, my Master."

With that, she took Li Li, who was still stunned, and under the fried chicken vendor's expectant gaze, led him towards the exhibition hall exit.

"Things here are too expensive. Come home with me first, I'll make you noodles."

Question:

If a beautiful girl you've known for less than three minutes wants to take you home to eat noodles.

What should you do in this situation?

Run, of course!

However, as a god in this world, the moment the girl grabbed his hand, Li Li sensed that she was a "special unit" who had faith in him.

So, he followed the girl back to her home.

Inside the studio apartment.

Li Li turned off his phone, pulled open the curtains by the dining table, glanced at the blood-red pupil hanging in the sky, and then turned to the girl, asking, "So, when you were working part-time at the convention, you impulsively imitated those cosplayers and ended up summoning me?"

The girl nodded without speaking.

She stood by the kitchen near the entrance, wearing an apron with a Little Panda pattern, intently watching the Italian pasta bubbling in the pot.

"So, this summoning was purely an accident?" Li Li confirmed again.

The girl nodded again, lowering her head, and said, "My wet nurse told me to abandon my past and live as an ordinary person, but I secretly pray every day, just like I did at the convention just now."

Her face remained expressionless, and her tone was consistently monotonous.

She was like an emotionless doll.

However, the tail swaying behind her still revealed her current mood.

"I see..."

Li Li gave a perfunctory reply, picked up his phone, and continued to search for information online.

He guessed that the girl was a product of the replacement mod "Beautiful Priestess."

The function of this mod was simple: it replaced the original Priest, who wore a strange mask, with a Saintess who had a cute character illustration.

It didn't have much impact on the gameplay, it just changed the character art and model.

But its likeability rating was number one, by a cliff.

Now it seemed.

That number one spot was well-deserved.

As for the girl's scatterbrained attitude, it was probably related to her race.

The girl was a member of the Beast-Ear Race.

The Beast-Ear Race were humanoid races with beast ears and tails. They could discern the hostility of other creatures and possessed extreme personalities.

In short, this race not only had exceptional looks, but they also produced extreme personalities like "Three-No," "Yandere," and "Tsundere," which wouldn't exist in reality.

Of course, such a "two-dimensional" race wouldn't be created by the politically correct official developers.

This was one of the Mods.

"It's ready to eat," the girl said, placing the pasta in front of Li Li. She then took black pepper sauce from the refrigerator and poured it over the steaming spaghetti. "This is really good. It's a tribute."

"Thanks. If you hadn't taken me in, I really wouldn't have known what to do tonight," Li Li said with a smile, thanking the girl.

He returned her phone and, without ceremony, picked up the noodles and started eating. At the same time, he pondered the information he had just found online.

The city he was in was called "Iron Wall City," located at the southernmost tip of the Bountiful Continent, and it was the first line of defense for the "Thirteen City Alliance."

As for why it was called a line of defense.

It was because the world outside Iron Wall City had been corrupted into a twisted, apocalyptic wasteland.

This world originally had various powerful civilizations that worshipped their own gods and possessed powers beyond ordinary comprehension.

However, regardless of how strong these civilizations were, they all eventually met their demise as their gods were successively corrupted by an unknown entity.

Now, the Thirteen City Alliance was the only remaining power for mortals.

Li Li guessed that the Thirteen City Alliance had managed to stand to this day because of a Mod called "Imperial Truth."

The effect of this Mod was that as long as the proportion of non-believers within a city reached 80% of the population, a barrier that isolated divine power would be generated.

Because although the "Creator Simulator" claimed to simulate the development of civilizations, it was essentially a free-for-all of religions.

This made some players very unhappy.

Thus, various Mods that deviated from the religious gameplay emerged.

"Imperial Truth" was one of them.

The residents of the Thirteen City Alliance learned the principles of divine power and the essence of faith from the moment they learned to read.

They defined "gods" as "individuals who can absorb spiritual power" and regarded "divine power" as a field similar to "physics."

In terms of results, the Alliance people had already produced blasphemous "Artificial Divine Power" a thousand years ago. Without the blessings of gods, they were able to perform some divine arts, successfully "Magicalization" them.

The birth of this achievement dealt a devastating blow to the authority of the gods.

The fact that a mobile game at the comic convention "gijinka-fied" the gods was enough to show the attitude of the Alliance citizens towards the gods.

It could be said that, apart from not having racial purity issues, the principles followed by the Alliance people were similar to a certain golden giant sitting on a toilet.

They defined "gods" with "the unknown" and deciphered "the unknown" with "science."

And ultimately became the only Noah's Ark in this twisted world.

Even though the frenzied gods greedily craved their flesh and blood.

This iron-walled city had stood unyielding and prosperous for thousands of years.

Li Li suspected that his inability to collect "Faith Points" was likely related to Iron Wall City's "god-prohibiting barrier."

It seemed he had to leave the city...

By the time he finished the noodles in his bowl, it was completely dark.

Li Li put down his chopsticks and opened his mouth, but suddenly got stuck.

He had intended to ask the girl to borrow some money, find an inn near the city gate to stay for the night, and then figure out how to join an exploration team outside the city the next morning.

But it wasn't until he was about to speak that he realized he hadn't even asked the girl's name... This was quite awkward.

Fortunately, the girl noticed Li Li's odd behavior. While clearing the table, she asked indifferently, "What's wrong?"

"I saw online that illegal immigrants can join exploration teams to collect resources in the wasteland," Li Li said. "As long as they contribute a certain amount, they can become Alliance citizens. Is that true?"

"You want to leave?"

The girl tilted her head, and her restless tail also stopped moving.

Li Li nodded. "I plan to go out of the city and see if I can collect some faith."

Li Li had nothing to hide from his exclusive saintess.

Hearing this, the girl gracefully stood up, put the dishes into the sink, then walked to the wardrobe and took out a box sealed with a talisman.

She tore off the talisman, opened the box, and handed Li Li a stone sculpture of a cloaked humanoid figure.

"What is this?" Li Li asked, taking the stone sculpture.

The moment Li Li touched the stone sculpture, he shivered, as if a vital energy channel had suddenly opened, making him so comfortable he almost cried out.

The next moment, Li Li saw a silver-white holy city burning in the sky, a brilliant kingdom sinking into the sea, and a fertile oasis rotting in the yellow sand... He became an observer, witnessing the demise of civilization after civilization.

The scene shifted. Survivors from different races lifted his shrine, raised the banner of the "Salvation Army," and followed the young and beautiful Saintess as they began a migration towards the distance.

They crossed mountains and oceans, their numbers sometimes growing, sometimes dwindling.

Until destruction arrived.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Li opened his eyes, sensing the abundant faith within him, unsure of what expression to wear.

—This was his statue.

Li Li had always thought religion was not a good thing.

That's why he planned to move out and live independently, trying his best not to alter the girl's original life path.

He knew the girl had feelings for him, but these feelings weren't normal. He knew that even if he suddenly ordered her to commit suicide, she would readily agree.

Yet, on the other hand, when people fell into despair, faith could become their hope to persevere.

The "Salvation Army," bearing his banner, had used his name to gather survivors, leading people to seek a way out of despair.

Suffering breeds faith.

As a Creator who had never shown himself, Li Li was the only object of prayer that people could turn to with peace of mind after the gods were corrupted by an unknown entity.

The abundant faith in the statue came from the purest prayers of these displaced souls.

"Hoo—"

Having extracted the last bit of faith from the statue, Li Li let out a long sigh and projected his consciousness towards the sky.

He passed over the city's barrier, broke through the limits of the clouds, and his vision expanded. Iron Wall City, the Bountiful Continent, the Endless Sea...

Until the entire world was within his sight.

The [Operation Interface], which originally belonged to the "player's" perspective, belonged to the Creator, had finally returned to his hands!

At this moment.

This world welcomed its master.

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