There were 100 of them listed, for 1 Faith point each.
-What an easy way to earn Faith points,- Sunny grinned.
He immediately understood the market. It was a clever way for some Gods to generate Faith by cultivating these basic ‘food’ items. He bought the fruit to see if he can get some seed from it.
He scrolled for a while longer, but found nothing else that interested him at his current Faith level.
He closed the trading platform and glanced at his Faith points.
Faith points: 24
-Finally- Sunny exclaimed and opened the System shop to Buy the Basic Hydrological Cycle (D-Grade).
-Purchase Basic Hydrological Cycle,- he commanded.
Confirm purchase: Basic Hydrological Cycle for 20 Faith Points?
-Confirm.-
Current Faith: 24 -> Remaining Faith: 4
A surge of divine knowledge flowed into Sunny, not just about water, but about the fundamental forces that govern it.
He focused his will on Veridia. Beneath the surface, the planet’s core began to stir, a slow, gentle hum that wasn’t a precursor to disaster, but to creation.
A small portion of Veridia’s ocean water was drawn into the atmosphere, forming the first true clouds.
Over the exposed land, these clouds condensed and released their precious cargo as rain.
The rainfall was light at first, then steady, carving out small channels in the soil.
Over time, these channels deepened, becoming rivulets that fed into nascent streams, and eventually, into winding rivers.
Freshwater lakes began to form in low-lying valleys.
The formerly uniform land was now a mosaic of biomes, with moist riverbanks, serene lake shores, and lush valleys providing fertile ground for new life.
The terrestrial evolution, already accelerated, was now supercharged.
Sunny leaned back, his remaining Faith a mere sliver, but his satisfaction was immeasurable.
He had successfully navigated a misfortune and made a major investment in his world’s future. He had come a long way in just two and a half hours.
Chapter 9: Ch 9 : Dawn of a New Age
Chapter 9 - Ch 9 : Dawn of a New Age
Sunny held the vibrant yellow fruit he had purchased from the Trading Platform.
He bit into it, finding its taste surprisingly sweet and pure, far better than any fruit he remembered from the Blue Planet. -Well, what did I expect?- Sunny mused to himself, savoring the moment slowly. -These fruits, unlike Blue Planet’s, aren’t made using chemicals or produced in pollution.-
Just then, as he finished the last bite, he noticed a single, small seed nestled within the fruit’s core.
His eyes widened slightly, a spark of divine inspiration. -A single seed?
It’s enough under 10,000x time and 10x evolution rate,- Sunny thought, already formulating a plan.
He used a fraction of his Faith points to carefully bury the seed in a fertile location on his nascent land, planting the potential for a new species.
He didn’t dwell on it, maintaining his pragmatic divine approach. -If it grows, it’s good; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter.-
He was now waiting for his Faith points to reach 20+ again so that he could purchase The Microbial Diversity Pack (C-Grade), an essential safeguard against future biological misfortunes and a vital component for a healthy, resilient ecosystem.
Time ticked by slowly for the Gods in their ethereal realms, but for their planets, driven by cosmic energies, it was an entirely different thing.
Days, weeks, and even months of planetary evolution could unfold in what felt like mere moments to a deity.
As Sunny patiently observed Veridia’s steady growth and his Faith’s gradual replenishment, the cosmic channels of the God Chat offered a constant, chaotic, yet often informative glimpse into the diverse lives, and challenges, of his fellow nascent deities.
In one particular sector of the universe, a burly man, his face framed by a full beard and his muscles bulging like a seasoned bodybuilder, wore an unkind smile that rarely touched his eyes.
His planet was a swirling inferno, a landscape of raw power with no trace of blue oceans or green forests; only molten lava and towering volcanoes dominated.
Yet, in these lakes of superheated rock, countless small, fiery-red fish-like creatures flowed and shimmered like exotic koi in water.
The forms of these beings were sometimes solid, sometimes ethereal, the very living spirits of the fire element.
-Just wait, Kitsune, I will tear you to shreds,- growled the speaker, a voice rumbling with the deep, vengeful fury of magma flows. This was Vulcan, a God consumed by a deep, burning enmity for Kitsune.
He had been thoroughly scammed by her early on in the competition.
He might have accepted the loss, blaming his own foolishness, if Kitsune had at least provided him with accurate information.
But the data she had supplied was outright false, a deliberate deception.
It was only thanks to his unique, inherent talent, a divine gift of the forge and elemental command, that he was able to form these incredibly resilient fire spirits in the first place, allowing him to claw back from the brink of total failure.