Chapter 2: Developing the Divine Realm
At this moment, Xu Luo finally had the chance to thoroughly inspect his divine realm.
Trial God: Xu Luo
Divine Office : None
Divine Rank : Epic (Demigod)
Divine Realm : ...
Subjects : Zerg
Faith Power : 0
Believers : Zerg Queen (1), Ordinary Zerg (10,000), Mayflies (10,000)
Output : 101/day
Evolution Points : 10,000
Seeing his divine realm's stats, Xu Luo didn't know what to think.
Mayflies don't provide faith, and the 10,000 Zerg barely contribute, with the 100 points mostly provided by the Queen! It takes a million faith power to condense into divine power and ignite the divine fire—how long would that take?
Fortunately, there was the Queen. Without her, Xu Luo would probably have given up on the divine realm path and focused on his studies, aiming for a regular university.
Zerg Queen : Leader of the Zerg, capable of laying eggs and mentally linking with the entire swarm to control them.
Rank : Bronze tier-nine (Lord level)
Skill : Egg Laying (100/day)
Though only bronze tier, the Queen was quite large, akin to a small car. Despite her ugly appearance and low intelligence, she was loyal, with a fanatic level of faith.
Seeing Xu Luo, the Queen acted affectionately—or rather, respectfully.
Xu Luo then fused the newly obtained gene templates with the Queen, allowing her to choose from three templates when laying eggs, avoiding the production of the most basic Zerg.
He could also spend evolution points to evolve the initial 10,000 bugs into any of the three types. Xu Luo didn't rush the evolution process because Zerg need feeding; evolved ones eat more, increasing the feeding pressure. Without combat needs, he fed the 10,000 evolution points to the Queen, producing 100,000 mayflies.
Mayflies can gather anything and return evolution points. Although a single mayfly can't gather an evolution point in a day, their numbers compensate. With time, the evolution points would accumulate.
With 110,000 mayflies, he could get about 1,100 evolution points per day in divine realm time, which is faster than real-time.
However, as the mayflies gathered resources, Xu Luo realized a problem—his divine realm was too barren and not very large. As mayflies collected, the realm shrank, albeit slowly, but he felt it as the divine realm's master.
Though a thousand-mile radius wouldn't be depleted quickly, such unrestrained gathering couldn't last long. Yet he couldn't stop them; Zerg need evolution points for feeding and evolving, making gathering essential.
Collecting more resources became a priority. To expand his divine realm, he had only one option: destroy others' realms and absorb them into his own.
Should he become an invader?
Xu Luo hesitated—not for moral reasons, but because he lacked strong species. Even becoming an invader wouldn't be easy!
**[You have received an email!]**
As Xu Luo observed the mayflies gathering resources, a divine realm notification appeared.
Knowing each other's names, divine realms could communicate and trade.
Though unsure who contacted him, Xu Luo opened the email, finding Xiang Yang, the classmate who had boasted earlier.
"Xu Luo, your starting species is reptiles, so you have no chance of getting into a Divine Realm University. Trade your realm to me for 10,000 credit points. That's more than you'd earn working for years."
The message's tone and condescending attitude angered Xu Luo. Even having lived two lives, he couldn't stand it.
A divine realm is a new god's foundation in the World of Gods, akin to an initial base. Becoming a god and changing one's fate all rely on it.
Losing the divine realm means losing the capital to explore the World of Gods. Xiang Yang's offer to buy someone's future for 10,000 credits was insidious.
Meanwhile, in a villa, Xiang Yang's expression darkened at the lack of response to his email.
"No reply yet? This kid won't give in easily!"
Despite saying this, Xiang Yang sent another email to Xu Luo.
"Xu Luo, you have no hope of becoming a professional god warrior. Why cling to a spot? Sell your realm to me. I'll become stronger after absorbing it, and you'll share in my fame! If you don't agree, after school tomorrow..."
Xiang Yang dared to threaten because he knew Xu Luo had no family background, with parents just regular employees, while his own family had status and accomplishments in professional god warriors. Their starting points were vastly different.
"Idiot!" Xu Luo simply replied with two words.
Even if he had no future prospects, he wouldn't sell his realm to someone like Xiang Yang.
"Bastard!"
Angry at the reply, Xiang Yang, the young master of the Xiang family, was not used to such treatment.
"Uncle Zhong, buy me a positioning card right now!"
He ordered after contacting someone.
"An ignorant fool. If you won't give it, I'll take it!"
In Xiang Yang's view, with his Goblin start, bullying someone with a reptile start was easy.
Without hesitation, he used his family's resources to buy a positioning card, aiming to invade Xu Luo's realm.
Both being in beginner divine realms and the same school class made invasion convenient.
Xu Luo didn't even consider the possibility of losing.
Unaware of the impending invasion, Xu Luo exited his realm, synthesized some nutritious substances resembling toothpaste in reality, and reentered his realm after dinner.
New divine realms are fragile and prime invasion targets.
Though everyone's realms are newly established, wealthier individuals like Xiang Yang could buy stronger species or equipment for invasions. The first week saw the most students dropping out of divine realm classes.
Xu Luo didn't feel safe without monitoring his realm.
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