Chapter 669: Creation Game

Today, Yu Lin was playing games at a newly opened game hall.

At the top of the game list was a game called "Genesis".

The cover showed a hand reaching out from the clouds, its fingertip touching a countless-worlds phantom.

It was jointly created by major game companies from various nations, incorporating each nation's creation myths.

Hmm.

Even beings without any act of creation were all crammed in by them.

It featured a massive free‑for‑all, a big hodgepodge.

When the game's creation is finished and the world fully develops, multiplayer can still be enabled.

Cooperate, attack betrayals… use any means to expand your own world!

Enter free‑for‑all mode!

"Start!"

Yu Lin pressed the select button and entered the game.

The screen shifted, revealing Chaos.

There was no sky, no earth, no light, no darkness, only a grayish mist slowly swirling.

In the center of the screen a line popped up: 【Welcome to Genesis, please choose your creator identity.】

Below a long list of names appeared—Jehovah, Ahu La·Mazida, Pangu, Atum, Aomeitekutili, Heavenly Central… clicking a name would display a brief description beside it.

Yu Lin didn't look closely; he chose Random.

The names on the screen began to scroll rapidly.

He pressed Stop, the scrolling decelerated, jumping one slot at a time, and finally halted on a name.

【Your identity is: God】

【Please enter your name】

Yu Lin entered his own name and confirmed.

The screen dimmed briefly, and when it lit up again, the view became a pure void.

There was no color, no shape, nothing at all.

In the exact center of the screen a line of text floated up, in large golden letters, each stroke drawn slowly as if someone were writing.

【Yu Lin (God)】

A new prompt appeared below:

【The world is not yet formed, please begin your creation.】

Yu Lin added Light.

A crack split the void on the screen.

Light poured out of the fissure, gray‑white, colorless, yet it was Light.

It spread across the entire view, illuminating every corner brilliantly.

A line of golden text popped up at the bottom of the screen.

【Yu Lin (God) says: Let there be Light.】

【And there was Light.】

Yu Lin typed: With Light comes Darkness, separating day and night.

【Yu Lin (God) separated Light and Darkness.】

【Yu Lin (God) called Light "Day" and Darkness "Night".】

【There was evening, there was morning.】

【The world attained its first day.】

The Light and Darkness in the view began to alternate, bright for a moment, dark for a moment, rhythmically like breathing.

The time display on the screen jumped to the second day.

Yu Lin among the many options that appeared.

The same as before.

He chose 【Add Air】.

In the view, a transparent arc appeared over the alternating Light‑Dark background.

The arc stretched from the left side of the screen to the right, dividing top and bottom.

The light above was a bit stronger, the light below a bit dimmer.

A line of golden text popped up at the bottom of the screen.

【Yu Lin (God) says: Between the waters there must be Air, separating the waters above and below.】

【Yu Lin (God) thus created Air, dividing the waters below the Air from the waters above the Air.】

【Yu Lin (God) called the Air "Heaven".】

【There was evening, there was morning.】

【The world attained its second day.】

Third day.

Yu Lin chose 【Add Land】 and 【Add Plants】.

In the view, the dark region below the Air began to surge, as if something was rolling beneath the water. Black

Darkness rose from the water's depths, stacking together, revealing the water's surface.

It was land, gray‑brown, its surface rough, without grass or soil, only barren rock.

The water receded to the edges of the land, gathering into seas.

Things began to grow on the land.

First came grass, little patches sprouting from the rock crevices, tender green.

Then came seed‑bearing vegetables and fruit‑bearing trees, their branches and leaves spreading from the ground, growing taller and denser, soon covering a vast stretch of land.

Golden letters popped up at the bottom of the screen.

【Yu Lin (God) said: The waters of the world must gather in one place, so that dry land appears.】

【Yu Lin (God) called the dry land "earth" and the gathering of water "sea."】

【Yu Lin (God) said: The earth shall produce grass, seed‑bearing vegetables, and fruit‑bearing trees.】

【The earth produced grass, vegetables, and trees, each according to its kind.】

【There was evening, and there was morning.】

【The world attained the third day.】

Fourth day.

Yu Lin selected 【Add Light Body】.

In the scene, two Light Dots lit up on the heavens.

The larger one shone by day, the smaller one by night.

The large Light Dot moved across the heavens, with the small Light Dot following behind it.

Radiance poured onto the earth, brighter than the light of the first day, with heat and direction.

More Light Dots appeared on the heavens, countless, scattered across the night backdrop, twinkling.

【Yu Lin (God) said: There shall be Light Bodies in the sky to separate day and night, to serve as signs, to mark seasons, days, and years.】

【Yu Lin (God) created two great Light Bodies, the larger governing day, the smaller governing night, and also created the myriad stars.】

【Yu Lin (God) arranged these Light Bodies in the sky, illuminating the earth, governing day and night, distinguishing light from darkness.】

【There was evening, and there was morning.】

【The world attained the fourth day.】

Fifth day.

Yu Lin selected 【Add Aquatic Creatures】 and 【Add Flying Birds】.

In the sea on the screen, fish of all sizes rose from the deep, their Scales flashing in the light.

Birds appeared in the air, taking off from the sea surface and the land, wings spread, circling beneath the cloud layer.

Fish swam in the water, birds flew in the sky, and the land lay quietly between them.

【Yu Lin (God) said: The waters shall teem with living things, and there shall be birds flying above the ground, in the sky.】

【Yu Lin (God) created great fish and all kinds of living animals that the water produced, and also created various flying birds, each according to its kind.】

【There was evening, there was morning, and there were living creatures.】

【The world attained the fifth day.】

Sixth day.

Yu Lin looked at the options on the screen: 【Add Livestock】【Add Insects】【Add Wild Beasts】【Add Humans】.

Only a child would be picky; he clicked them all.

Willful!

Livestock emerged on the land—cattle, sheep, camels—moving in herds across the grasslands.

Insects crawled out of the soil—ants, locusts, bees—countless.

Wild beasts emerged from the forest—lions, tigers, bears.

Finally, Yu Lin selected 【Add Humans】.

On the ground in the scene, a mud‑shaped humanoid appeared, lying there with its eyes closed.

Another woman appeared, standing beside the man.

【Yu Lin (God) fashioned a man from the earth's dust, breathed life into his nostrils, and he became a living soul, named Adam.】

【Yu Lin (God) caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep, removed one of his ribs, and then stitched the flesh back together.】

【Yu Lin (God) used the rib taken from the man to fashion a woman, and led her to the man.】

【Adam named her Eve.】

【Yu Lin (God) looked at all that he had made and found it very good.】

【There was evening, there was morning, and there were humans.】

【The world attained the sixth day.】

The screen dimmed, then lit up again.

A line of large characters floated up from the center of the screen.

【The world's prototype is complete.】

【Achievement unlocked: Creation.】

【Reward: Home decoration—Eden Garden】

The view switched to a garden.

The garden was vast, stretching from the left side of the screen to the right, endless to the eye.

The garden was filled with all kinds of trees—some bearing figs, some olives, some pomegranates—and the largest tree at the center bore fruit that glowed red.

Adam and Eve walked naked through the garden, without shame or fear.

Because they had not yet gained understanding.

A portrait frame appeared on the right side of the screen, showing the name Yu Lin that he entered, with a value beside it: 【Divine Power: 100】.

A new prompt popped up at the bottom.

【You placed Adam and Eve in Eden Garden.】

【You instructed them: "You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden, but you must not eat the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil, for on the day you eat it you shall die."】

【Adam and Eve lived in the garden, unaware of day or night.】

Yu Lin pressed the fast‑forward button.

The screen flickered rapidly; Adam named the various animals, Eve combed her hair by the river, and the Snake slithered across the grass.

A dialog box popped up in the lower‑right corner of the screen.

【Snake said to Eve: "Did God really say you may not eat the fruit of any tree in the garden?"】

【Eve replied: "We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden, but the fruit of that one tree in the middle, God said we may not eat or touch it, lest we die."】

【Snake said to Eve: "You might not die, for God knows that the day you eat, your eyes will be enlightened, and you will be like God, able to know good and evil."】

Choice: 【Allow the event】【Prevent the event】.

Yu Lin chose 【Allow the event】.

First playthrough.

First follow the original storyline.

Then mess around.

At worst, spend money to restart!

On screen, Eve plucked the fruit and ate it, then gave it to Adam, and Adam ate it too.

Both of their eyes brightened, no longer the hollow, ignorant clarity, but now filled with substance and weight.

Realizing they were naked, they fashioned skirts from fig leaves.

The wind blew through the garden; hearing a sound, they hid among the trees.

As if.

Avoiding Yu Lin's gaze from in front of the screen!

【Yu Lin (God) called Adam, saying to him: "Where are you?"】

【Adam replied: "I am in the garden; I heard your voice and became afraid because I am naked, so I hid."】

【Yu Lin (God) said: "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat the fruit of the tree I forbade you to eat?"】

【Adam said: "The woman you gave me, who dwells with me, gave me the fruit of that tree, and I ate it."】

【Yu Lin (God) asked Eve: "What have you done?"】

【Eve replied: "The Snake tempted me, and I ate."】

Choice: 【Judgment】【Pardon】.

Yu Lin chose 【Judgment】.

【Yu Lin (God) said to the Snake: "Since you have done this, you shall be cursed; you will crawl on your belly and eat dust for the rest of your days."】

【Yu Lin (God) said to Eve: "I will greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy; you shall endure great suffering in childbirth and in raising children. You will desire your husband, and your husband will rule over you."】

【Yu Lin (God) said to Adam: "The ground will be cursed because of you; you shall toil all your life to obtain food from the earth."】

【Yu Lin (God) said: "Man has become like us, able to know good and evil; now I fear he will reach out and take fruit from the Tree of Life, and live forever."】

【Yu Lin (God) sent them out of Eden Garden, to till the soil from which they came.】

On screen, Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden.

The garden's gate closed behind them, guarded by a Cherub, with flaming swords rotating on all sides.

Adam and Eve walked across a wasteland; Eve bowed her head, her eyes reddened, while Adam stared ahead, expressionless.

A new prompt popped up at the bottom of the screen.

【You have exiled the first‑born humans.】

【Eden Garden is temporarily closed.】

The upcoming storyline.

Yu Lin directly pressed fast‑forward and clicked auto‑select.

Anyway, it's already known.

He even took part in some of it himself.

It's fine.

The screen fast‑forwarded.

Adam and Eve gave birth to Gai Yin and Abel.

Gai Yin farmed, Abel tended sheep. A dialog box popped up in the lower‑right corner.

【Gai Yin offered the produce of the field as a sacrifice to Yu Lin (God).】

【Abel also presented the firstborn of his flock and its fat as an offering.】

【Yu Lin (God) favored Abel and his offering, but did not favor Gai Yin and his offering.】

【Gai Yin became furious, his complexion changing.】

【Yu Lin (God) asked Gai Yin: "Why are you angry? If you act rightly, won't you be accepted? If you act wrongly, sin will lie at the door. It will desire you, yet you must subdue it."】

【Gai Yin spoke to his brother Abel in the field; Gai Yin rose, struck Abel, and killed him.】

Choice: 【Judge Gai Yin】【Exile Gai Yin】【Execute Gai Yin】.

【Exile Gai Yin】.

【Yu Lin (God) said to Gai Yin: "What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out from the ground to me. The earth opened its mouth and received your brother's blood from your hand. Now you are cursed by the ground. You will till the soil, but it will no longer serve you; you will wander the earth."】

【Gai Yin said to Yu Lin (God): "My punishment is too heavy, beyond what I can bear. You now drive me from this land, so I shall never see your face again. I will wander the earth, and anyone who meets me will kill me."】

【Yu Lin (God) said to him: "Anyone who kills Gai Yin will suffer sevenfold retribution."】

【Yu Lin (God) placed a mark on Gai Yin so that anyone who meets him would not kill him.】

【Gai Yin left Yu Lin (God)'s presence and went to live in the land of Nod east of Eden.】

The scene continues to fast‑forward.

Humans multiply on the earth, becoming more and more.

They built cities, forged copper‑iron weapons, played the lute and flute, and grazed livestock in the fields.

Red numbers begin to appear at the bottom of the screen, flashing continuously.

【Humans increase on the earth.】

【Evil also increases.】

【The evil on the earth is great; all their thoughts all day are wicked.】

【Yu Lin (God) sees that the evil on earth is great, regrets creating humans, and feels sorrowful.】

Options: 【Destroy humanity】【Ignore】.

【Destroy humanity】.

【Yu Lin (God) says: I will wipe out from the earth the people I created, the beasts, the insects, and the birds of the sky, because I regret having created them.】

【Only Noah receives grace in Yu Lin (God)'s sight.】

【Noah is a RighteousOne, a perfect man of his age, walking with Yu Lin (God).】

Options: 【Guide Noah to build a ship】【Give no guidance】.

【Guide Noah to build a ship】.

【Yu Lin (God) says to Noah: All flesh‑bound beings have reached their end before me, for the earth is filled with their violence. I will destroy them together with the earth. You must use Ge Fei Wood to make an ark, constructing it compartment by compartment, coating the inside and outside with Pine Resin.】

【Noah did so. He obeyed everything Yu Lin (God) commanded.】

【The flood flooded the earth for forty days; the waters rose and lifted the ark from the ground. The deluge lasted a total of one hundred fifty days.】

【All flesh‑bearing creatures on the earth—birds, livestock, beasts, crawling insects, and all people—died.】

【Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained.】

The flood in the scene receded.

Noah stepped out of the ark, built an altar on the dry ground, and offered various clean livestock and birds upon it.

A tooltip pops up in the lower‑right corner of the screen.

【Yu Lin (God) smells the fragrant aroma and says in his heart: I will no longer curse the earth because of humans, nor will I continue to destroy all living things as I have done. While the earth remains, sowing, seasons, day and night will never cease.】

【Yu Lin (God) Blesses Noah and his son, saying: Be fruitful and multiply, filling the earth.】

【Yu Lin (God) places a rainbow in the clouds as a sign of his covenant with the earth.】

【Flood Era ends】

The scene switches rapidly.

Humans multiply again and build the Babel Tower.

Yu Lin confounds their speech, scattering the peoples across the whole earth.

Abraham left Ur, Isaac was nearly sacrificed on Mount Moriah, and Jacob dreamed of a heavenly ladder at Bethel.

Joseph was sold to Egypt, interpreted dreams in prison, and became Egypt's prime minister.

Moses received the TenCommandments in the burning bush, Joshua led the people across the Jordan River, David killed Goliath with a stone, and Solomon built the Temple.

Yu Lin continues to press the fast‑forward button, speeding ahead.

The events on the screen flash by like a revolving lantern.

【Humans sin】.

【You send a Prophet to warn them】.

【They do not listen】.

【You send another Prophet】.

【They still do not listen】.

An option box pops up in the lower‑right corner of the screen.

【The earth is filled with evil】.

【You decide:】

Options: 【Send down heavenly fire】【Send down plague】【Send down flood】【Send the sole Holy Son Descends】.

【Send Holy Son Descends】.

The scene darkens.

A light rises from the darkness, not very bright but warm.

Within the light stands a woman's silhouette, cradling a baby.

The baby's eyes are still closed, yet a tooltip begins to appear at the bottom of the screen.

【You have sent the Holy Son Descends】.

Yu Lin is about to continue, when a faint cough sounds behind him.

"Young man, you're playing this game too?"

Yu Lin turns his head.

An old man stands behind him, his beard and hair all white, his face kind, wearing a light‑gray jacket, holding a cup of milk tea.

He has a foreign face, his eyes blue like a winter sky.

He points at the screen, then looks at Yu Lin.

"I don't quite understand how to play. Could you teach me?"

Yu Lin glances at the Holy Son Descends scene on the screen, then at the old man.

The old man smiles shyly, lifts his milk tea for a sip, and waits for his answer.

Alright, I'll teach you.