Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

Regardless of the immediate impact, we should focus on long-term gains and losses.

"This is 'human nature'!" The last word "human nature" in the night gave St. Peter goosebumps and a deep sense of shock.

The allure from the East made this man, known as Saint Peter, blush slightly, feeling unworthy of the title of saint.

The other party is a saint—he is also a 'saint'.

He's even a fellow traveler of God!

Yet, as a disciple of God, he did not understand human nature as well as any mortal in human history, nor did he know how to persuade people to do good.

Evil in this world can never be eradicated!

Even God himself can be petty and narrow-minded at times, and may even fly into a rage and want to destroy all of humanity.

Even God cannot be expected to be absolutely just and kind, so how can you expect so many people in the world to be completely good?

Human nature may not withstand the test, but that doesn't mean the world cannot be guided towards a better future.

Making the world a better place does not conflict with guiding people towards goodness.

A little selfishness is no big deal, because hospitality is rewarded.

When people around see this, they will follow suit, and when they encounter other people in need of help, they will be more willing to try to help others.

A thousand pieces of gold to buy a horse's bones, a piece of wood to establish trust—!

The night is using tangible rewards to make people more willing to believe that kindness can be rewarded.

Kindness doesn't always bring rewards, but the occasional instance of one or two people receiving substantial rewards can motivate those around them to be more inclined to do good rather than evil.

When there are more good people, there will naturally be less evil.

It's always better to get people to focus on doing good than on doing evil.

Of course, in order to curb the trend of getting something for nothing, the Night did not directly reward them with large sums of money like Christ and his disciples did, but instead taught them skills for self-reliance.

By working harder and receiving greater rewards, one can not only gain a sense of accomplishment, but also be motivated to work diligently and tirelessly in pursuit of a better future.

Finally—when St. Peter understood that the difference between Ye Mingming and God was only in subtle experiences and some actions, but in fact, there were many deeper meanings hidden behind them.

St. Peter almost knelt down on the spot.

That was something that none of the twelve disciples, plus the original God, could have imagined.

So, to be honest, looking back now, what they did not only failed to guide people towards good, but instead led them astray, fostering laziness and inciting greed.

"There's another reason why we don't give large sums of money directly. If a poor person suddenly becomes rich, it's like a child carrying gold walking through a bustling market. It will inevitably attract the envy and greed of those around them," Dan Ye casually added.

Saint Peter: !

No wonder—no wonder…

You even thought of this step! You've considered everything!

At this moment, it was no longer just about power; in St. Peter's eyes, it was also about the night of a giant of thought, as if his entire body was shining.

If St. Peter had grown and matured alongside the evolution of human history, his perspective would naturally have broadened, and he would have gradually come to understand these principles.

But now, in a world that is too straightforward like a fairy tale, and whose thinking is as simple as a blank sheet of paper, like a naive young woman, it would be really difficult for Saint Peter to immediately discover the key to these problems and the reasons behind Ye's actions when he tries to summarize and generalize on his own!

Unless you're a naturally gifted player!

The sacred being born with knowledge!

They are gods who have been blessed with food throughout the long river of mythology.

Chapter Fifty-One: The World's First Batch of Buckwheat, the Minotaur God, and the Ox!

But even those with natural talent have their limits!

Even someone as wise as Zhuge Liang couldn't have invented the Industrial Age in ancient times.

This is something that can only be accomplished by returning to the conceptual universe and re-anchoring the night of mythological and human history.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the night—every time he completes a story… he gets one step closer to a spiritual leap in this world.

He is gradually transforming from a savior to the one true God.

Meanwhile, Christ, who had just arrived late and begun his journey, led John in an attempt to find St. Peter by following the same old route.

However, they encountered problems when they reached the first hurdle.

Those who were supposed to make mistakes didn't, and those who needed help have now earned money through their own abilities and no longer need assistance.

—What happened?!

Finally, in order to set things right, Christ secretly used magic to incite greed in people's hearts, causing those who should have erred to err again, and then stepped forward to punish them.

He said to St. John, "Indeed, it is hard to change one's nature. Those who seem to have become kind this time cannot resist temptation and make mistakes so easily. They should be punished. Only in this way can they learn self-discipline and return to propriety next time, truly turn to goodness, and no longer be tempted by the devil."

St. John: ...

Although I feel there are some problems, since it is the will of Christ, it must be right.

Even though I am currently just traveling and have not yet worshipped Christ as God, Christ knows many truths and has a very mysterious and powerful strength. What such a noble person says must be true.

After that, the two stayed at a house and promised the hostess that they would repay her with work.

Just like in the previous timeline, the Christian deliberately procrastinated, sleeping in the straw hut for several more days instead of doing any work. This angered the mistress, who went in with a stick to hit him, but each time she hit St. John.

Little did they know that their every word and action was being observed by Ye and the others who were also traveling in the vicinity.

According to the original sequence of events, the story here should have taken place after God and Saint Peter finished their journey, when they met Saint John—and then the three of them would be together.

But clearly Christ could not find St. Peter now, so he could only go ahead with St. John.

Until this moment—they had not realized that Saint Peter, whom they had been longing for, had arrived, and not only had he arrived, but he had also brought his good bro. The two of them had now seen them from the shadows.

Christ: "Tomorrow I will sleep for another day—you go and help with the work, but don't thresh the rice normally. Instead, set it on fire, and then I will use magic to give this family a perfect harvest."

Although St. John did not want to do this, he dared not disobey Christ and could only agree.

Seeing this, Saint Peter's face darkened.

He remembered!

At that time, among the three disciples, Christ favored John more than Peter, so even Peter had to become the one who suffered the most.

The day after he stayed overnight, he got up early to tell Christ and the others to go to work, but he refused and insisted on sleeping. As a result, when he was beaten, he changed his sleeping position three times and was hit by the hostess each time.

After gaining divine power, Peter thought about it carefully and realized that he had always suspected Christ of playing tricks in secret. Now he saw Christ secretly performing magic.

This time, without him, it was St. John who got beaten.

Christ truly abandoned all shame in order to demonstrate his sainthood to the world.

Destroy the rice first, then give the people the benefits.

This is so Jesus-like...

He was once tricked by him in this way, and followed his instructions to cut off the king's daughter's head. However, the king's daughter was not immediately resurrected. Instead, when Peter was about to be sent to the execution platform by the angry king, and was just one second away from having his head cut off, Christ stepped forward to declare that the other party's daughter was alive.

This is not only a way to demonstrate one's divine power in front of others, but also a way to win people's hearts. Even when St. Peter finally realized this, he didn't think much of it, only marveling at Christ's clever methods. But after learning so much during his time traveling at night...

Looking back at what Christ had done in the past, St. Peter suddenly felt incredibly petty, even shameless.

Later, when they saw that St. John had actually obeyed and burned the rice, the farm owner and his wife arrived and saw that the whole year's harvest had been burned to ashes. They burst into despair and cried loudly. They were furious and filled with endless anger at the perpetrator.

Even Saint John stood there awkwardly, staring at the rice that hadn't materialized, and even seeing some of the good rice visibly burnt. Suddenly—this future saint blushed—overwhelmed with immense guilt and terribly ashamed.

'How could this be?! Has Christ deceived me? Didn't he say he would secretly perform magic?' St. John was speechless.

Christ seemed to have just woken up. St. John was being held back by the farm owners, who looked at him with murderous intent. Christ arrived late and was about to say something!

“Peter—go and help this poor family. Food is hard-earned—let this year’s hard work be rewarded.” A voice that seemed somewhat 'familiar' to Christ rang out at this moment.

And—Peter?!

The next moment, Saint Peter appeared!

Suddenly, everyone—St. John, Christ, the farm owner, and the lady of the house—looked over.

Ignoring St. John's bewilderment, Christ's tremor, and the hopeful gaze of the host and hostess, St. Peter simply walked to the threshing floor and made the sign of the cross on his chest.

Unlike St. John, he still retained his own power, and performing miracles was not difficult for him, so this time he did not even need to borrow the power of Christ. Then—the fire began to die down, and the half-burnt grains stuck together.

The rice grains were burned black, deformed, and burst; they looked completely unrecognizable.

However, thanks to St. Peter's blessing, the grains of millet remained white and plump.

These small, dark, angular grains are the first buckwheat in the world, as described in the Bible and mythology.

When they saw the plump, bursting new grain, the farm owners immediately stopped crying and were overjoyed, deeply grateful to Saint Peter!

At this point, Christ finally realized what had happened and understood—he had been taken away right before his eyes by St. Peter's myth of guiding humanity to discover the world's first buckwheat (limited to the world of biblical mythology)!

No, that's not the key point!

Rather, it was Saint Peter who used divine magic, but did not use the power of faith in Christ. Because he did not use the power of faith, Christ did not receive any faith from this legend!

Chapter 52 Hello Christ, I am Satan

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So all the preparations before were in vain, a complete waste of effort.

Because of St. Peter's sudden intervention, his image in mythology has been reduced to nothing more than being lazy and gluttonous—and in the end, he even ordered St. John to set fire to make things worse.

What could have been a unique and educational story has now become a mere backdrop, or even a stain, serving as a stepping stone for the protagonist—the antagonist in the story.

what happened? !

How could Peter possibly still be performing such divine magic! Who is he on?!

Without faith, one cannot use the divine power that comes with faith. St. Peter, in particular, used gestures related to the faith in 'the Lord,' which are specific techniques and divine powers of a Christian.

At this moment, Christ could only think of one answer.

And then there was that familiar voice I'd heard before!!!

Suddenly—St. Peter appeared before Christ, looking at his former friend with a complicated expression.

Then think about how you become friends with someone who outwardly calls you "my dear friend" or "my eternal brother," but then silently betrays you one by one, a ruthless Christ.

Brothers and friends are meant to be used; friends who can't be used as tools aren't good friends.

Thinking of this, all past affection vanished, leaving only a final expression of contempt—but St. Peter's expression remained calm, revealing nothing, he simply said coldly: "To reverse cause and effect, to sow chaos in people's hearts!"