You became an emperor by letting me AFK.

You Let Me AFK and You Become an Emperor (Author: Annaqiism)

Synopsis: The human race, which dominates the starry sky, claims that its greatest enemy is the four evil gods of the warp, but in the eyes of other races, there have always been five evil gods.

There are secrets circulating about the Human Emperor:

"She has survived from the dawn of civilization to the present day, spanning ten thousand years, and has become an immortal being."

"She's no longer human; the one on the supreme throne is artificial intelligence."

"She is a puppet, a vessel; the true power controlling the empire lies with someone else—the Heavenly Dao, which humanity believes in."

The Fifth Evil God emerged long ago, elevating humanity to the position of ruler behind the scenes and guiding the development of civilization from the Bronze Age to the Interstellar Age.

Its divine power is so great that it casts a glance upon the mortal world once every 10 years, known as a "round".

The irrefutable evidence is an excerpt from the revered "Heavenly Admonitions":

"If the code can run, don't mess with it."

"I get banned as soon as I leave the game running, so I have no choice but to cheat. If I'm not banned, I'm just playing a green card game."

"The Imperial fleet blots out the sky, no matter how many suns are in the sky."

Chapter 1 My program encountered an error.

He is gone.

Everyone prostrating around the altar could feel it.

A vast and boundless will gradually faded away, as if it had shifted its gaze and withdrawn its power to investigate the heavens and earth and trace the causes and effects.

The suffocating sense of oppression finally disappeared.

But no one dared to rise; they remained prostrate, all looking at the young woman seated atop the altar. As long as the high priest, who was acting as shepherd of the people, remained silent, no one was allowed to break the rules.

Everyone, please remain silent and await your decision.

The entire city-state, with its thousands of people staring at her in silence, felt an insignificance to the pressure that most people would feel.

The priestess had black hair, with the inside dyed snow-white, styled into two braids that draped over her shoulders, one in front and one behind—a distinctive feature—and was as beautiful as a fairy.

She was wearing a light blue cross-collar, right-fastening ceremonial robe, and was sitting cross-legged, looking down.

What's wrong with your eyes?

Upon closer inspection, one discovers that the priest's large eyes are flashing with strange "010101" runes, unlike anything ever seen before, more mysterious than any oracle bone inscription. Could it be the result of a divine connection?

Everyone's thoughts wandered, but they maintained a posture of reverence.

Since Feng Tianyin was resurrected after contracting the plague and was promoted to High Priest by the Heavenly Dao, she has engaged in countless strange behaviors.

But who could blame her for being so favored by heaven? All three final glances from the supreme gaze ended with her, and there must be some deeper meaning behind some incomprehensible behavior.

Not surprising, just wait for her order.

Little did they know that I was already processing their new information about "the Way of Heaven":

【Ding】

[Administrator access granted; large-scale model update based on the game "Civilization Evolution"; driver installed; information viewable]

To be honest, I didn't understand it at all, because it was just a string of code, but the following is much more straightforward:

[Initial City-State: Xia Yi]

[Development Stage: Ancient Slave Society]

Mainstream Culture: Interaction Between Heaven and Humanity

Current political system: Union of Chiefdoms

If someone from this era heard these terms, they would be completely baffled. But Feng Tianyin, who had been fed a lot of learning materials, was knowledgeable about astronomy and geography and had a thorough understanding of history.

Their current political entity can be described as "Da Qian," which is quite primitive.

They had just undergone the agricultural revolution and begun agrarian civilization, thus ending their life of living alongside pandas.

"A general description wouldn't be helpful to me; it should show information like population, arable land, and crop yield, right?"

'No data means it's the administrator's fault.'

After a moment's thought, Feng Tianyin guessed that accurate macro-level data was a privilege reserved for administrators and wouldn't be distributed. If she wanted to obtain macro-level data herself, she would have to rely on the bureaucratic system, which would inevitably lead to distortion.

Fortunately, some of the data was easy to obtain; a quick scan revealed everyone's height, weight, and background.

I've gained quite a few new permissions, one of which is the ability to scan and archive right now...

Phubi!

The priestess tilted her head to the side, and hot steam billowed from the top of her head.

"Sir, are you alright?"

Although this person was usually eccentric, his unusual behavior still frightened everyone. He didn't look unharmed at all. Could he have died again? Wouldn't that leave the group leaderless?

"It's alright, I'm just trying out the blessing that Heaven has given me."

Feng Tianyin put into practice the underlying logic instructed by the administrator: to play the role of a leader and guide the development of civilization.

Her sole and most important mission is to make the Great Qian Dynasty prosperous; everything else is secondary. She must carry out the evolution of civilization to the end and show me her limits.

"What instructions does Heaven have?"

"Reclaiming wasteland and cultivating fields to increase grain production. Our old, experience-based farming methods are no longer effective; we need to standardize agricultural calendars..."

Before she could finish speaking, Feng Tianyin suddenly twisted her neck to the right, her whole body convulsed, and the smoke coming out of her head became more and more severe.

"Notify the administrator that the self-check failed and an error message has been generated."

She kept repeating words we couldn't understand, and suddenly the whole room fell silent, no one daring to move. Was this some new manifestation of possession? We dared not ask, dared not move, and just waited.

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Server room duty room.

Xia He stared at the screen in silence, and after a long while, she murmured to herself:

"I could run just now, why can't I run now?"

She is a programmer for the game "Civilization Evolution," or, in today's newly conceived job title, an "AI content generator," who trains large models to improve the intelligence of NPCs.

Even after all the other employees in the team had gone home, Xia He, who had encountered a technical bottleneck, was still unwilling to leave.

Weird.

The flagship product in the NPC is the leader AI named "Feng Tianyin," which I designed and maintain myself. I just tested it online and entered a lot of data, and now it crashed and is lagging, with the screen full of garbled text.

Xia He was initially dissatisfied with her clumsy performance, so she poured her mind into it again, but now she's messed it up.

"Why is there no comment for this line? How am I supposed to fix it?"

"How can we run a project well when we're with this bunch of insects?"

Despite his verbal grumbling, the experienced programmer remained calm and methodical, meticulously investigating and fixing the issues, patching up every possible vulnerability before finally giving up.

One hour later.

It can continue running after the self-test.

However, Xia He did not rush to take action. Instead, she performed a "brain surgery" on Feng Tianyin to extract her log records, hoping to find any shortcomings.

The game begins in 4000 BC, while she entered the game in 3000 BC.

I was born into a priestly family; we were wealthy and had a happy childhood.

[Until I was 18, a plague swept through Xiayi, killing hundreds of people, including my family. The whole family perished.]

Three days later, I was resurrected, witnessed by many.

They said it was a miracle of resurrection, a blessing from heaven. Coincidentally, that was also the first year of the descent of the divine will; we clearly felt its will, and I was regarded as its agent.

A celestial being stroked my head, granting me eternal life.

When I was 28, the divine order descended upon me for the second time, bestowing upon me writing and mythology...

Right.

After implementing AI, Xia He did indeed operate it personally. For the previous 1000 years, he relied on setting up programs to play the game automatically, getting through the most tedious ancient era of the tech tree and civic tree.

Does their decision to intervene or not make the difference between their belief that "the vision of Heaven" exists?

Interesting, he's being treated like a deity.

Although it's unclear why direct manipulation is detected, you don't need to be so clear about things when writing code, otherwise you'll easily encounter a lot of errors.

Yeah.

Xia He was happy to establish her authority as the "cyber daughter" so that she could better implement her decisions.

In fact, their interpretation was quite accurate. Ever since Feng Tianyin was promoted to lead the Great Qian Civilization, she has possessed code-level indestructibility, immortality, and limited permissions. The recent event has further increased her learning materials and permissions.

The price is being a wage earner forever.

She has more than 30 years left before retirement, but she remains employed and can work tirelessly without rest.

The leader's most important job is to keep the Civilization Evolution game going and grow it to its limit.

"According to the log records, this part should be fine. Let's stop looking for it for now and check how the arrangements are for this round. We can deal with other issues later."

It's late enough today, time to go home. One last look at the panel:

【The Great Qian Civilization】

[Leader: Feng Tianyin]

The leader skill "Enlightenment" increases research progress by 50% and has a chance to directly complete the technology.

[Livability: Below the poverty line]

[Effective population control: 40K]

Productivity: 8 standard units

In addition to these, there are complex macro data such as combat strength and finances, and even relatively micro data such as factional loyalty, food production, and weather... There is a huge amount of information to process.