Chapter 33 - Divine Realm Changes
After a lengthy discussion with the school management, Han Wu left the office, two contracts in hand.
The first was a labor contract for his 30 million skeletons. The school had desired to purchase his 30 million skeletons for ore mining operations within the Demonic Civilization. Though weak and clumsy, skeletons did not get exhausted, and they barely needed any food. They could work 24 hours a day without resting, making them the ideal workers for capitalist bosses. Han Wu, however, chose to rent rather than sell them.
The management had no choice but to add his condition to the labor contract. In exchange for renting out his skeletons, Han Wu would be able to earn a portion of the profits from the ore mine.
The second contract was related to his Demon Locusts. The Demonic Civilization was definitely not a place a weak locust could survive, but Han Wu’s Demon Locusts were an exception. His Demon Locusts had not only adapted to their new environment, but they could even reproduce normally. According to the school’s calculation, the population of the Demon Locusts in the Demonic Civilization would reach 30,000 after a hundred days.
The Demon Locusts weren’t sought after as a fighting force—they were way weaker than even skeletons—but as a method to get rid of Flesh Golem corpses. With their help, the principal would no longer have to worry about Flesh Golem corpses polluting the frontlines.
Han Wu had no objections to renting the 30,000 Demon Locusts out. He literally had millions more of them in his divine realm regardless.
Through these means, he successfully secured two contracts. The school paid him 300,000 Divine Points up front and subsequently promised to credit the daily earnings to him. Through this deal, Han Wu had just made it into the ranks of the wealthy.
Just as he exited the office, he spotted Qin Shuang leaning against the wall. It seemed she had been waiting for him.
“I’m going to enroll into the college after I’m finished with my Lord life form. The resources given by the college will help me grow faster,” she said suddenly, pausing to stare at him.
Looking ahead, Han Wu plainly responded, “Congratulations.”
“Are you going to enroll into Imperial College?”
“Yes. I must go there.” He was determined to enter Imperial College at all costs, driven by his desire to locate his missing parents in the Chaotic Starfield.
“Then I will enroll into Imperial College too. However, since I’m now a student on their reserved list, I’ll be able to enroll earlier and obtain more resources than you. I will grow faster too. You might not be able to catch up with me if we meet again by then. You still have time to become my slave before I become a student at Imperial College. I can protect you there once you enroll later. With me protecting you, no one will bully you.”
Han Wu smiled bitterly at her words. “Can you stop trying to make me your slave? With my current strength, I can live a relatively good life without having to be a slave.”
Qin Shuang was disappointed, but she didn’t pursue the matter further. Since there was nothing left to talk about, Han Wu decided to take his leave. “I need to sort out the rewards I’ve obtained this time, so I will head back first. Goodbye.”
“Goodbye…”
Though Qin Shuang didn’t want him to leave, she couldn’t find a reason to stop him either. Looking at his back, she sighed, “That idiot. He was quite cute when he was in that tiny skeleton body, though.” She opened her interface and saved a picture she had taken of Han Wu as the little skeleton as her wallpaper.
Han Wu returned to the Demonic Civilization for his army. Due to the labor contract, he had to leave most of them behind in the Demonic Civilization to mine, so after careful consideration, he chose to bring only the strongest to his divine realm.
Obviously, he had to take the Heroic Osteomancer and the Heroic Skeleton Reanimator along no matter what, as well as the three Skeleton Knights that could use the Skeleton Summon skill. He also decided to take all of the Minotaurs with him.
Once that was done, he returned to his divine realm. After checking his account, he found that the rewards for the exam had been credited to him. First was the Divine Essence card, glowing with a luxurious light that gave it an air of unattainability.
Han Wu promptly absorbed the Divine Essence, causing his information to change.
[Name: Han Wu.]
[Rank: Divine Being.]
[Divine Talent: Chosen One (Exclusive).]
[Divine Powers: Increased Growth, Sacrifice (Exclusive).]
[Divine Essence: 2.]
[Divine Points: 3.5 million (Self); 76 million (Others).]
[Faith Points: 79.03 million.]
[Core Level: 3 (Rank 2 Sacred Object: Law of Gluttony; Rank 1 Sacred Object: Poison Orb).]
[Core Race: Locusts (219 Unique; 49.08 million Elite; 23.8 billion Common).]
[Other Races: Swordwind Race (Heroic: Steelcutter Swordwind)]
[Other Races: Scorching Dwarves (Heroic: Divine Hammer; 2 Unique; 58 Elite.)]
[Other Races: Skeletons (Lord: Skeleton Lord; Heroic: Osteomancer, Skeleton Reanimator; 190 Unique.)]
[Other Races: Minotaurs (Heroic: Sarman; 14 Unique; 2589 Elite.)]
[Buildings: Rank 1 Furnace; Rank 2 Hive; Rank 1 Temple.]
[Special Equipment: Fountain of Life; Refinery; Icarus Wings]
There hadn’t been any noticeable changes after Han Wu absorbed the Divine Essence.
Maybe I still don’t have enough Divine Essence yet.
Ignoring the Divine Essence, he compiled the rewards he had obtained during the recent exam. Han Wu had obtained 1,800 Class Points from the exam this time, which meant he could exchange them for resources like Sacred Objects, Skill Gems, and weapons.
He had also looted quite a lot of treasures from the bases of the races he had exterminated. He had found three Heroic Templates, so he applied two on the skeletons and one on Divine Hammer. He also identified several Unique Seeds, skills, Sacred Objects, weapons, and items which could be used to complete different Evolution Paths.
Overall, he had obtained a lot more resources in the recent exam than in the previous major one. Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford to live a luxurious lifestyle yet—he had a lot of races to take care of.
His divine realm, measuring about 200 sq km in size, proved insufficient to accommodate five diverse races with their differing lifestyles. With this in mind, he spent 1 million Divine Points to expand his divine realm to 1,000 sq km, which was coincidentally the maximum limit a Divine Being’s divine realm could reach.
The Divine Points were used to acquire not only land but also a variety of items with the purpose of enhancing his divine realm to provide a more comfortable living environment for his recently acquired races. In addition, he supplied them with every necessary resource they required, including Unique Seeds, Sacred Objects, skills, and weapons, and proceeded to sell off the remaining items that none could use, obtaining 500,000 Divine Points in the process.
Even after all of that, he still had two important things he needed to do.
Han Wu’s first priority was to improve the strength of his Heroic life forms. He had to find a suitable Skill Gem for Steely and replace the four Hurricane Greatswords with something stronger. Sarman, the Minotaur, also needed a new totem.
As for the skeletons, the Skeleton Lord needed a large amount of resources to recover its strength, and both his Osteomancer and Skeleton Reanimator needed defense methods to survive against lethal attacks.
In total, he spent 30 million Divine Points just to strengthen his units. However, he didn’t regret spending so much—improving his units made him happy.
After all, his strength would increase once his Heroic life forms were done with their respective enhancements, which would consequently help him reach new heights in the future.
His final objective was to complete an Evolution Path for his locusts.
Although the locusts were initially fragile, they thrived in the peaceful environment afforded by their position as Han Wu's core race. Nevertheless, to achieve a level of power that would render them self-sufficient, they needed access to significantly more resources.
Han Wu had acquired several special items that could help him complete several Evolution Paths for his locusts, and he decided to test them out. After spending quite a lot of time, money, and resources, he had finally figured out two Evolution Paths for his locusts.
The first was the Abyss Evolution Path, dependent on the Source of Abyss he had obtained from the Abyss Demon base camp. With the Source of Abyss, he could successfully imbue his locusts with the properties of the Abyss, granting them immunity to demonic energy and improving their defensive capabilities. The success rate of this Evolution Path was a staggering 95%.
Locusts imbued with the Source of Abyss mutated into Elite Abyss Bugs, which were tougher than ordinary locusts and had enhanced vitality. More importantly, their defenses against status ailments and magic damage had increased drastically. Overall, it was a defense-oriented Evolution Path.
The second Evolution Path, which he called the Dark Cursed Path, involved the treasures he had obtained from the Dark Frogmen which allowed him to infuse the power of darkness into his locusts, granting them the power to curse their enemies. The locusts transformed by the Dark Cursed Path would become Elite Dark Curse Bugs, which could turn invisible and afflict their enemies with status ailments. After some experimentation, he determined the success rate of the mutation to be about 90%.
Aside from the two Evolution Paths, Han Wu also had the Heavenly Demonic Insects which boasted strong offensive power with their large horns.
The three different mutated insects synergized well and drastically improved their combat capabilities during battle, consequently increasing his strength as well.
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