After reading the descriptions of the ten cards, Zeng Shen focused his consciousness and deployed all ten resource cards into his divine realm.
As he deployed the resource cards, another series of notifications sounded.
[Congratulations, host. You drew 3 green cards: Divine-Powered Rocket Launcher.] [Congratulations, host. You drew 2 green cards: Divine-Powered Battle Vehicle.] [Congratulations, host. You drew 2 green skill cards: Air Shield.] [Congratulations, host. You drew 1 green skill card: Flight.] [Congratulations, host. You drew 2 blue follower cards: Mechanical Domestic Maid and Mechanical Combat Maid.]
Ignoring the Divine-Powered Rocket Launchers and Divine-Powered Battle Vehicles, the two regular green-card draws, Zeng Shen turned his attention to the new items.
[Air Shield: Low-tier skill. Consumes 20 faith points or a certain amount of stamina to form a transparent air shield in front of the user. It can withstand one attack from a mutant beast or deity of the same tier, or continuously withstand attacks from conventional firearms until the energy within the shield is depleted.] [Flight: Low-tier skill. Consumes 100 faith points or a certain amount of mental energy and stamina to travel through the air for thirty seconds.]
"Good stuff. With these two skill cards, won't I be just like an expert in a martial arts novel, impervious to blades and bullets and able to run across rooftops and walls?"
Zeng Shen immediately learned both skills and upgraded Air Shield to intermediate level before turning his attention to the two blue cards.
[Mechanical Domestic Maid: Grade B mechanical heart, upgradable. Modeled after Aerith from Final Fantasy, this mechanical domestic maid possesses numerous household skills and is indistinguishable from a real person. Absolutely loyal and obedient to the host, she can manage his daily chores and divine realm affairs, as well as competently perform simple workplace tasks.] [Mechanical Combat Maid: Grade B mechanical heart, upgradable. Modeled after Tifa from Final Fantasy, this mechanical combat maid is proficient in numerous close-combat techniques and possesses remarkable punching skills. Indistinguishable from a real person, she is absolutely loyal and obedient to the host. She can hunt troublesome mutant beasts for him. The host can also train with her in combat each day, improving his strength while gaining an additional opportunity to earn divine rank experience.]
"Ah!"
"Mechanical beings modeled after Aerith and Tifa! Those two were my favorite heroines in Final Fantasy. I even fantasized about them. I once spent two semesters earning pocket money, but still couldn't afford their figurines."
"And now they're both right within my reach."
Excitement shone in Zeng Shen's eyes. He quickly withdrew his consciousness, opened the divine realm gate, and appeared before the seat in his divine palace. Then he took out the two blue follower cards and focused his consciousness. Both cards instantly dissolved into faint streams of blue light.
[Congratulations, host. You gained a fervent believer: Mechanical Domestic Maid.]
As the notification sounded in his ears, a tall figure wearing high heels soon appeared before Zeng Shen.
The tall woman wore a black-and-white maid uniform with a plunging V-neck, its fabric hugging her proud, fair, delicately sculpted body. Her long, wavy blonde hair fell in silky curls over her shoulders. Beneath long eyelashes, her deep-blue eyes held a mysterious elegance that lent her beautiful, mixed-race features an exotic charm.
"Divine Lord, thank you for awakening me and granting me life, giving me the chance to serve at your side."
The moment she appeared, the mechanical domestic maid bowed to Zeng Shen. She bent a little too deeply, giving him an unobstructed view of the proud, snowy-white curves that her dress could barely contain. He immediately grew restless, recalling the description on her card.
This mechanical domestic maid, who was just like a living person, belonged to me now. Not only could she take care of my daily needs, I could do whatever I wanted with her.
A bold fantasy instantly spread through Zeng Shen's mind, but just then, another notification quickly sounded in his head.
[Congratulations, host. You gained a fervent believer: Mechanical Combat Maid.]
Zeng Shen hurriedly looked to the domestic maid's right, where a young woman-the mechanical combat maid-had suddenly appeared.
Like Tifa, this mechanical combat maid had long, jet-black hair that fluttered in the breeze and an angelic face with a perfectly tapered chin.
Her willow-leaf eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, tiny cherry lips, high nose bridge, and voluptuous figure looked just like Tifa's in-game model, bringing together all the beautiful features of an Eastern woman.
Most striking of all, however, was her sharp gaze, tinged with indifference, which seemed to radiate a cool severity. How could any man look at such a flawless woman and not long to have her?
Zeng Shen thought to himself.
"Divine Lord, thank you for awakening me and granting me life, giving me the chance to serve at your side."
The mechanical combat maid also bowed slightly, greeting Zeng Shen in a birdlike voice.
Coming back to his senses, Zeng Shen bestowed names on them.
"From now on, you'll be Xiao Ai, and you'll be Xiao Di. You don't need to call me Divine Lord, either. Just call me Master. And there's no need to address me so formally."
"Yes. Thank you for giving us names, Master."
Zeng Shen nodded. He wanted to assign Xiao Ai some affairs to manage in the divine realm, then spar with Xiao Di to gain divine rank experience.
But when he looked up, he saw the sweet smile on the domestic maid Xiao Ai's face, paired with her innocent gaze.
At once, Zeng Shen felt her warmth and affection, her lovely beauty seeming to radiate an ever-present, heartwarming gentleness.
Then he looked at the mechanical combat maid Xiao Di's slightly raised, confident chin and pale-red lips.
Once again.
Zeng Shen grew restless. He felt that the arrangements for his divine realm could wait a little.
In that instant, he wrapped his arms around them, their skin faintly cool but otherwise indistinguishable from a real person's, and passed through the divine realm gate back into his bedroom.
Two hours later, a notification sounded in his mind.
[Host was utterly defeated in successive battles with Xiao Di. Divine rank experience +6.]
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[Congratulations, host. Your believers contributed 1,030 faith points.]
Early the next morning, around four.
The sky was gray and hazy.
Zeng Shen woke with a full bladder and heard the notification in his ears. After quickly relieving himself, he returned to the bedroom, wrapped his arms around Xiao Ai and Xiao Di, whose different styles offered different experiences, and closed his eyes heavily once more.
But rather than going back to sleep, he focused his consciousness and appeared in the sky above his divine realm.
Zeng Shen looked toward the mountain ridge ten thousand meters from Emerald Valley. He had previously placed his two small open-pit iron mines beside that ridge.
And now.
He took out the two copper mine cards and two silver mine cards he had obtained yesterday and quickly deployed them below.
Then he deployed all five intelligent mining vehicle cards, the three divine-powered copper smelting furnaces, and the spatial warehouse he had drawn last time.
"From now on, this mountainous area will be my industrial zone."
"I haven't named it yet, have I? What should I call it?"
"It's in the southern part of the divine realm, and there are so many mountain ridges. How about Lingnan Industrial Park? Lingnan District for short."
After naming the area, Zeng Shen also deployed his other spatial warehouse card in Bast Town. Then he slowly withdrew his consciousness, planning to put Xiao Di in charge of Lingnan District.
As for Xiao Ai.
He planned to have her take responsibility for tending to the followers and species in his divine realm first.