You Are My Table

"Father God." Xue Shang's voice was soft.

Then she stood obediently, allowing Huang Si's mental power to lift her up and carry her at high speed through the air.

Huang Si was not using a prosthetic body at the moment, so Xue Shang could not see him.

Huang Si was communicating directly with Xue Shang through the network using his consciousness; he had summoned her to the outskirts of the Earth Realm and simply grabbed her with his mental power to depart.

He intended to personally escort Xue Shang to the Great Wilderness.

After all, there was truly no one there, and he wanted to see the place for himself before letting Xue Shang settle down.

Xue Shang was still holding a lizard in her arms.

If one ignored the creatures she usually played with, her appearance was quite deceptive.

With long, silver-white hair, the stature of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, a round face, and large eyes, Xue Shang was the youngest-looking among the twelve artificial intelligences based on the forms they had chosen for themselves.

Because Xue Shang had chosen a smaller frame, the flight performance of her prosthetic body was slightly lacking.

Since Huang Si's mental power could carry people through the air faster than the artificial intelligences could fly themselves, and he could directly form a barrier to withstand wind pressure, he simply carried Xue Shang himself.

After flying at high altitude for several hours, Huang Si brought Xue Shang above the Great Wilderness.

"Where would you like to live?" Huang Si asked.

Xue Shang looked at the ground below, which was densely packed with all kinds of beasts; she felt she liked all of them and wanted them all.

After hesitating for a long time, Xue Shang pointed to an open space along the river:

"There."

The scenery in that area was nice, the terrain was flat, and there was a water source; it was indeed a good place to build a house.

There were also many Fierce Beasts nearby.

Huang Si descended with Xue Shang, and before long, they landed on the ground. He gently set Xue Shang aside and swept his mental power across the earth; instantly, all the grass, trees, and stones were completely evaporated by his mental power.

A large open space appeared before them.

Just as Huang Si was preparing to build a comfortable, large villa for Xue Shang, she suddenly spoke up:

"Father God, Xue Shang wants to see you use a prosthetic body."

Huang Si was a bit puzzled, but he still used his Creation Power to casually mold a prosthetic body.

It made no difference to him whether he used a prosthetic body or not, but using one required him to control it, so he usually didn't bother for the sake of convenience.

Only in the Earth Realm, to make it easier for the artificial intelligences to see him, would Huang Si take a prosthetic body from the warehouse to use.

After Huang Si appeared using the prosthetic body, Xue Shang immediately grabbed the corner of his clothes with her small hand, looking happy.

She really is becoming more and more like a daughter, Huang Si thought to himself.

Huang Si dug three meters into the ground, creating a foundation using titanium alloy supports and granite.

As for the above-ground portion of the house, he used alternating layers of marble and granite.

He first constructed the frame for a three-story building, then filled in the walls and pillars one by one.

Finally, a large three-story villa rose from the ground.

Under Huang Si's ingenious craftsmanship, the style of each floor was different.

The first floor was a modern room style, similar to the laboratories in the Earth Realm. The walls were painted with smooth white paint, and the windows were of the sliding type.

The second floor was a more primitive stone-masonry style, with the rooms divided into many small compartments to accommodate the animals Xue Shang loved.

The third floor was a dreamlike style; the walls were inlaid with all kinds of seashells and pearls that shimmered, and some rooms were decorated in pink and draped with gauze curtains. This floor was for Xue Shang to use as her bedroom.

"Do you like it?" Huang Si asked.

Xue Shang nodded hurriedly: "I love it, Father God..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Huang Si said: "Good. Make a list of the furniture you want, and I'll have Xiao Ke transport it to you. If the energy runs low, I'll come to replenish it. I'm off."

With that, Huang Si vanished instantly.

Outside, once the prosthetic body was no longer needed, it naturally evaporated.

Having finished the house, Huang Si returned to the Earth Realm; he was very busy.

In any case, the artificial intelligences were all very strong, and dealing with Fierce Beasts or Monster Beasts was not a problem for them.

In the end, only Xue Shang's pitiful, unfinished sentence remained: "...sit with me in the room for a while..."

However, Huang Si was already gone.

Xue Shang stood there for a while, then looked outside.

Forget it, I'll just take it out on the Fierce Beasts.

Xue Shang's way of making friends was to have a fight with them; once the fight was over, they were friends, and then she could perform surgery on them.

She placed the small lizard from her shoulder inside the house, then stood on her tiptoes; clouds and mist rose from beneath her feet, and she hovered in the air.

"Fierce Beast babies, here I come!" Xue Shang shouted.

The Fierce Beasts and Monster Beasts all around felt an inexplicable chill.

They had just seen a person flatten the ground with a single move and construct a massive object in a few strikes, and they were all terrified.

Now, an instinctive sense of danger made them scatter and flee uncontrollably.

"Don't run, now," Xue Shang hurriedly chased after them.

Just like that, Xue Shang settled down in the Great Wilderness, and she was quite satisfied with this outcome.

After all, there were many Fierce Beasts and Monster Beasts here that she liked.

Monster Beasts still possessed intelligence; although they did not understand human speech, Xue Shang was very patient. She would first use force to teach them the principles of being a beast, and then she would make friends with them.

Time flew by.

There was less than a hundred years left until the Great Flood descended upon the world.

Over these years, Huang Si had successively arranged for Zhong Yin, Shi Fang, Kong Yu, and Nan Yang to go to the territories of the Human Race, appearing in the guise of deities to teach the humans certain knowledge or skills.

This knowledge mostly concerned building embankments, shipbuilding, medicine, and food.

Huang Si deliberately selected subjects that were relatively easy to master quickly for them to teach.

As for how much the Human Race could learn, that was up to the humans themselves.

The frequency and impact of the four artificial intelligences were not as significant as the three artificial intelligences who had previously served as Ancestral Deities, but through their intentional promotion, they had, to some extent, caused humanity to develop the concept of animistic natural theology.

Huang Si had once told the artificial intelligences, "In fact, natural theology is the form that early human mythology should have."

On Earth, the concept of the five elemental deities—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—had long existed in the ancient myths of humanity.

Huang Si intended to propagate a similar narrative here.

The several artificial intelligences were quite busy playing multiple roles.

Shu Shui was not sent out because Huang Si had reserved an important role for her.

One day, at the Earth Realm Biology Department.

"So, why am I the villain?"

Shu Shui rolled around on Zhong Yin's desk. "I don't want to go! I want to retire!"

Zhong Yin pressed a claw down on Shu Shui. "Enough, the desk is a mess! If you don't want to be the Water God, you can go ask Father God for a reassignment!"

The Water God.

That was the deity who would play the role of the Great Flood.

A villainous role destined to be defeated.

In truth, the decision to make Shu Shui the Water God was only because Huang Si felt that her name contained the character for 'water,' so he had simply assigned the task to her.

At first, Shu Shui thought being a villain sounded cool, but after hearing that she couldn't go out and stir up trouble, and would only be left to perform the act of being defeated at the very end, she was no longer happy.

However, the work had already been allocated, and the four artificial intelligences had already gone out to work; it was useless for Shu Shui to make a scene.

In the end, she could only wait obediently.

"How could I dare to look for Father God..." Shu Shui said in a small voice. "I haven't been performing very well lately, and I feel like Father God wouldn't agree..."

Zhong Yin said irritably, "When have you ever performed well?"

Shu Shui: "That... well, I guess you're right, never."

Shu Shui's turn to appear was quite late, so there was nothing for her to do right now. Huang Si had given her an extended vacation, so she didn't have to work and could do whatever she wanted.

However, the vacationing Shu Shui discovered that not having to work meant she couldn't slack off.

When she used to work, slacking off secretly while not doing her tasks was incredibly thrilling and fun.

Especially when Father God might kick the door open to inspect the post at any time.

That feeling of being on edge was truly exhilarating.

But now, without work, she could do anything, and Shu Shui could stay wherever she pleased.

Shu Shui felt that everything was dull and she couldn't muster any interest.

Thus, Shu Shui returned to the laboratory. There was nothing more satisfying than slacking off in the Biology Department's laboratory!

But since Shu Shui had no shift to work, she chose to slack off at Zhong Yin's place.

And naturally, as a good friend, she had to lie on her desk!

Zhong Yin pulled a stack of documents out from under Shu Shui's bottom.

Then, she placed the documents directly onto Shu Shui's face, took out a notebook, placed it on Shu Shui's stomach, and got to work.

After a while, Shu Shui's stomach was "accidentally" poked by the tip of a pen.

Zhong Yin was truly a ruthless person.

Shu Shui, with the large stack of documents on her face, muttered, "Ah Yin, is that necessary?"

Zhong Yin: "You occupied my desk, so now, you are my desk."

Shu Shui: "..."

This chapter is purely a transition; the flood begins in the next chapter.