After returning home, Yilan did not rush to bed.
After all, it was still morning. If he went to bed now, it would be difficult to fall asleep when he woke up in the evening and wanted to sleep again.
It seemed that Jean had something important to tell him tomorrow, so he had better make sure he had enough energy by then.
So he decided to put it off until nighttime before going to bed, and before that, finish the Sims he had paused earlier.
"Begin simulation," Yilan said in his mind, and the simulation continued.
[At the age of 17, as the acting head of the shrine, you attended this year's Thunder God's birthday. At the banquet, you met the chief priest of Narukami Taisha, Lady Yae Miko. She was very curious about your recent success and took the initiative to talk to you.]
[She praised you highly for being able to deal with so many adults at such a young age; and you also praised her contributions to Inazuma over the years. After a "harmonious" conversation, you found that you and she were the same type of people.]
[At the banquet, you also met guests who came from Watatsumi Island — Sangonomiya Kokomi and a shrine maiden from Watatsumi Island.]
[But now, Sangonomiya Kokomi, who is still young and about the same age as your sister, is obviously not the "living god priestess" of Watatsumi Island yet. She is just like Kamisato Ayaka, who is hiding behind you, and was brought here to see the world.]
[Although you were there to celebrate the birthday of General Raiden, you noticed that the envoys from the Sea Island were not very respectful. After all, to them, General Raiden was the enemy who killed the "Sea God" Orobashi. You realized that the people on both sides had a long-standing conflict.]
[You let Ayaka go play with Kokomi, and you started chatting with the shrine maiden. During the conversation, you learned that life on Watatsumi Island was very difficult because the land was at risk of becoming "sanctified" at any time, making it hard to develop agriculture there. This time they came to Tenshukaku to seek help from the Shogunate.]
[The banquet ended in the evening. Ayaka happily told you that she and Kokomi had become good friends, while you were thinking about how to resolve the future war between Watatsumi Island and the Shogunate.]
"Yes, how can we resolve the Inazuma Civil War between Watatsumi Island and the Shogunate?"
Outside the Sims, Yilan was also lost in thought.
"Should I solve this civil unrest like in the main storyline?"
But he immediately rejected this idea.
How should he put it…
The personalities of several characters in the Inazuma version were well designed, the side plots were also great, and the text in the Abyssal Palace was even more amazing for him, a fan of the plot.
But the main storyline… ahem!
Resolving the Vision Hunt Decree was equivalent to resolving the Inazuma Civil War?
It was not that simple!
The Vision Hunt Decree was at best the fuse of this civil war. After all, it was rare for even one person among thousands to have a Vision.
Since it had nothing to do with themselves, why would ordinary people fight for the Vision Hunt Decree?
Moreover, according to various records, many civilians died in this civil war. If he had followed the original route, he would probably have received a D rating.
Some of the civilians died from evil spirits, some from war, and more from hunger. The side story "The Almighty Gourmet Supremos" described that many Shogunate soldiers simply became bandits because they couldn't get enough food…
"Wait, hunger?"
A flash of inspiration came to Yilan's mind, and he felt he had grasped the key to success.
He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but his thoughts at this moment were also reflected in the Sims.
[At the age of 18, after a series of secret arrangements, you prepared a new identity for yourself — a returnee who had studied at the Sumeru Akademiya, named Yilan. In order to hide your appearance, you wore a mask that covered half your face, and lied that you were accidentally burned while doing an experiment.]
[With the help of the entire community, your identity was not suspected at all. After settling down, you began to study agriculture.]
[Although you were not an agronomy major in your previous life, you had a vision that was ahead of your time and knew which direction to develop in. You hired a group of people who were good at agronomy and guided their research. Soon, you developed seeds and fertilizers that were ahead of the continent of Teyvat.]
[But you didn't promote these seeds and fertilizers.]
[At the age of 19, you used the identity of Yilan to buy a large amount of land, and then promoted the seeds and new fertilizers you researched on the purchased land.]
[Your new seeds and fertilizers were a huge success, producing five times more food than ordinary fields, but you only claimed twice as much.]
[You sold the grain you produced to the Inazuman people at a low price. You won the praise of the people and were given the title of "Benevolent Merchant." However, these foolish people did not know that you, whom they called "Benevolent Merchant," were secretly training your own army.]
"..."
Looking at the text in the simulation, Yilan couldn't help but sigh.
On the one hand, he felt a little amazed that the self in the simulator and the real self were indeed one and the same, and even the methods they came up with were the same.
But on the other hand, if this continued, then the ending of this simulation would be…
[At the age of 20, you made a breakthrough in your research on seeds and fertilizers. The yield per mu of your land was already ten times that of other fields, but you only claimed that it was three times. You sold a small amount of grain at a low price to gain fame, and kept most of the grain for yourself to recruit soldiers.]
[At 21 years old, you now had two identities. On the surface, your name was Kamisato Ayato, and you were the acting head of one of the three Inazuma Commissions, and a powerful figure in Inazuma.]
[Secretly, your name was Yilan, and you were the largest grain merchant in Inazuma, controlling 10% of Inazuma's grain trading share — of course, this was just the data on the surface. In fact, most of the grain merchants were now secretly controlled by you, and you actually controlled more than 50% of Inazuma's grain trading share.]
[In addition, your plan to secretly cultivate power was going very smoothly. After all, there were always people in this world who were eager for more benefits, and you had enough benefits to give them.]
[A school called "Iwanzo-ryu" led the vast majority of its disciples to join you.]
[Without anyone noticing, you had secretly become one of Inazuma's most powerful forces.]
[At 22 years old, although the Vision Hunt Decree had not been issued yet, the current Inazuma situation was still far from peaceful. There were frictions with Watatsumi Island outside and the Umiranki inside. You also sent out the subordinates you secretly trained.]
[Of course, you were not asking them to resolve disputes, but rather to let them rob each other — in other words, to create more disputes and feed the war with war.]
[As you juggled two identities, you were naturally very busy every day. Even the number of times you met with your sister Ayaka had become much less. One day, you finished your official duties outside, and when you returned home, you happened to see Kamisato Ayaka.]
[Entering somatosensory mode…]