30: Chapter 30, Grade B Building: The Altar of Abundant Springs!

After leaving the heavily guarded underground military base, the black anti-gravity off-road vehicle dropped Lin Yunfei off at the main gate of Tianwu First High School.

At this time, the campus had returned to its usual peace, but discussions about the major exam still echoed in every corner.

As soon as Lin Yunfei got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure pacing back and forth beside the stone lions at the school gate.

It was his head teacher, Instructor Chen Zheng.

Seeing Lin Yunfei step down from the military special vehicle, Instructor Chen Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurried forward, his normally stern face now plastered with an incomparably brilliant smile.

"Good lad! I knew you could do it!"

Instructor Chen Zheng patted Lin Yunfei heavily on the shoulder without any shyness, his eyes filled with excitement and pride.

"The tenth place! In the civilian classes of Tianwu First High School, we haven't had a student break into the top ten in a full five years! This time, you've won this old man a tremendous amount of face!"

Lin Yunfei smiled slightly, his attitude remaining humble: "It's all thanks to the mentor's usual sound guidance."

"Alright, stop buttering me up; you have more ideas in your belly than anyone else." Instructor Chen Zheng laughed heartily, then turned solemn. "Let's go. I waited here for you precisely to take you to claim the honor that belongs to you."

"Let's go, to the Alliance Hall in the city center to claim the official grand prize for the top ten!"

The two boarded the school's exclusive hovering vehicle and headed straight for the center of Tianwu City.

Half an hour later, the vehicle stopped in front of a magnificent building that pierced the clouds like a sharp sword. This was the Federation's official office hall in Tianwu City, as well as the location of the treasury where awards from previous major exams were stored.

After showing their identity credentials for the top ten, the staff respectfully guided the two into a secret room radiating a soft glow.

"The reward rules for the top ten are very simple."

Instructor Chen Zheng pointed at the rows of shimmering virtual display cabinets in the center of the secret room and explained to Lin Yunfei: "You can choose any item from the official Grade B resource pool. Whether it's high-tier weapon blueprints, powerful formations, or precious kin bloodlines, everything is available."

"Go ahead and pick the item that can instantly boost your combat power the most. Although the major exam is over, the resource contention war between high schools is about to begin, and combat power is the ultimate truth."

Lin Yunfei nodded and stepped into the display area.

Although the Alliance official treasury was not as profound in foundation as the Interstellar Expeditionary Army's Grade A logistics treasury, it was definitely dazzling.

[Grade B Blueprint: Thunder Storm Battle Armor (Can imbue heavy armor with lightning attributes)]

[Grade B Bloodline: Berserk Orc Gene Sequence (Can mutate civilian kin into Orcs after injection, doubling combat power)]

[Grade B Formation: Four Symbols Annihilation Formation (A large-scale killing array driven by four different elements)]

Looking at these items emanating enticing radiances, if it were any ordinary student, they would probably have been so excited with red eyes that they would wish to embrace all of them.

But Lin Yunfei's heart was extremely calm.

Having experienced the conversation with Major General Lu Shuang last night and the process of selecting the three divine trees in the Grade A treasury, his perspective had long since jumped out of the narrow circle of "pursuing short-term combat power".

"Weapons will rust, battle armor will be shattered, and forcibly injected bloodlines will only destroy the pure cultivation foundation of the human race."

Lin Yunfei analyzed calmly in his heart.

"What I want is not a fleeting flash in the pan, but a foundation that can mutually fit with my divine kingdom and bring continuous, long-term returns!"

His gaze directly skipped the weapons and armor placed in the most prominent positions and walked straight to the most remote and unpopular [Architecture and Infrastructure Blueprint Area] of the treasury.

Instructor Chen Zheng followed behind, and seeing Lin Yunfei's action, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. But knowing that this student's intellect far exceeded ordinary people, he did not voice any disturbance.

After searching through the architectural area for a moment, Lin Yunfei's gaze finally locked onto an antique parchment scroll radiating a heavy, earthy-yellow glow.

[Grade B Building Blueprint: altar of the abundant spring]

[Tier: Grade B (Wonder-class auxiliary building)]

[Trait 1: Vein Nourishment (After completion, the altar will automatically bind to the divine kingdom's ley lines, slowly and continuously improving the soil structure across the entire divine kingdom and raising the upper limit of soil fertility).]

[Trait 2: Endless Vitality (Any crops and spiritual plants covered by the altar's halo will have their growth cycle shortened by thirty percent, and they will be immune to the vast majority of low-level pests and diseases).]

[Trait 3: Contention of All Things (Carries a minuscule one-percent probability to prompt ordinary crops to undergo beneficial mutations towards spiritual plants upon reaching maturity).]

Looking at the detailed introduction of this blueprint, the corners of Lin Yunfei's mouth finally curled into a satisfied smile. He had his eyes set on just one of its traits: Vein Nourishment!

The trait of his golden entry Transcendent Breeding was too overbearing, but such overbearing power often harmed the ley lines, which also caused his soul-condensing flower to never achieve high yields!

"This is it."

Provisions must go before troops.

This is an eternal iron law of warfare!

Although Lin Yunfei currently only had three thousand Tier 1 heavy-armored warriors, seeming invincible, the gambling agreement he made with the military was to leap to a Tier 2 divine kingdom within three years!

To reach Tier 2, the population base must not stay at a mere thirty thousand. He needed one hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, or even millions of people! He needed a terrifying iron torrent with a scale of over thirty thousand people!

And the spiritual rice and food consumed daily by so many people and armies would be an astronomical figure.

If he only relied on the divine kingdom's existing thousand mu of spiritual rice fields, he would sooner or later face a severe food crisis. Once the food supply was cut off, without any external enemy invasion, the divine kingdom itself would completely collapse due to famine.

This was the biggest bottleneck restricting the development of the divine kingdom!

And this altar of the abundant spring blueprint, although it could not instantly grant the armored soldiers earth-shattering power, could fundamentally solve Lin Yunfei's worries behind rapidly expanding his troops.

Slowly improving the soil meant that the wasteland would gradually turn into truly fertile soil; shortening the growth cycle by thirty percent, coupled with time acceleration cards, would usher the human race into wave after wave of crazy bumper harvests!

As for that one-percent beneficial mutation probability layered with the second trait of Transcendent Breeding, as long as the base was large enough, a massive amount of high-tier spiritual rice and rare medicinal herbs would definitely emerge in the future divine kingdom.

"Instead of pursuing short-term bursts, I pursue long-term compound interest."

Lin Yunfei reached out and grabbed that parchment scroll firmly in his hand, "This is what I truly need."

Seeing that Lin Yunfei ultimately chose a farming architectural blueprint, a flash of astonishment crossed Instructor Chen Zheng's eyes.

"Yunfei, are you sure you want to choose this? This thing takes effect very slowly, and it might take years or even over a decade to see results. You are currently right at the forefront of needing an urgent boost in combat power."

Lin Yunfei turned his head, looked at his mentor, his eyes revealing confidence and composure.

"Mentor, rest assured. Since I have chosen it, I will definitely make it display its maximum value. For others, it takes years, but for me, it might just be the blink of an eye."

Looking at the teenager's firm gaze, Instructor Chen Zheng ultimately smiled helplessly and did not persuade him further.

"Alright, since your mind is made up, your mentor wishes that you walk steadier than anyone else on this path!"

After leaving the Alliance Hall, Lin Yunfei declined Instructor Chen Zheng's invitation to dinner, and under the pretext of needing seclusion to consolidate the divine kingdom, he returned to his old apartment alone.

Returning to his room.

Lin Yunfei locked the door from the inside, drew the curtains, and took a deep breath sitting in front of the desk.

"It is time to take stock of the final harvest from this major exam."

He opened the creation terminal on his wrist and brought up his personal asset panel.

Lines of heart-accelerating numbers jumped on the holographic light screen.

First was the funding representing official rewards and basic support.

[Top Ten Major Exam Ranking Special Subsidy: One million faith points (Interest-free loan, interest-free within ten years)!]

This money was originally used to subsidize civilian geniuses through the most difficult early stage. For ordinary students, this was already a huge sum they would never dare to dream of.

Following closely was the point balance he exchanged in the abyss examination room by relying on the Xuanwu Great Formation to slaughter tens of thousands of monsters.

[Abyss Hunting Points Conversion: One hundred and fifty thousand faith points!]

Although these points could not buy top-tier resources, they were enough to purchase a large amount of basic supplies and daily consumables.

Finally, it was also the most heavyweight sum of funds.

That was the strategic advance payment directly transferred into his account by the military after he signed that life-and-death gambling agreement last night!

[Interstellar Expeditionary Army Grade B Contract Advance Payment: Three million faith points!]

Lin Yunfei looked at the very bottom of the terminal, at the final string of numbers automatically summarized by the system.

[Current total account balance: Four million one hundred and fifty thousand faith points!]

Four million one hundred and fifty thousand!

Lin Yunfei's breathing became somewhat heavy.

No matter how steady his temperament was, looking at this cash flow so huge that it was enough to buy half a micro spiritual vein right now, he still felt a wave of surging emotions.

From a month ago, a poor student who had to meticulously budget even to buy an ordinary climate card, to now a military strategic cooperative officer holding millions in heavy funds, harboring three rare divine trees and a Grade B wonder blueprint.

"Over four million faith points are enough for me to conduct an unprecedented great leap of the divine kingdom."

Lin Yunfei's eyes flashed with a fanatical yet rational light.

"The three divine trees need soil for cultivation, and the altar of the abundant spring needs faith points to build. High Priest Xi's formation requires stronger comprehension to deduce, and Leader Yan Er and those three thousand armored soldiers also need Azure Dragon Fruits to strengthen their physical bodies."

Everything is ready!

"Let me see, under the infusion of this huge sum of money and massive resources, what a brilliant light of civilization the wasteland human race can burst forth with!"