15: Chapter 15 [Time Flies]

The talent [ Destiny Magic Dice ], which had been dormant for nearly a month, finally refreshed with a golden die buff again today.

Over the past month, Fang Yun had used his two chances every day only to get some blue and white dice, leaving him wanting to cry with no tears as he felt his talent was about to become useless.

Fortunately, by the end of the month, there was finally a new change.

At this time, after thirty years of development in Fang Yun's Divine Kingdom, the Barbarians in the tribe had reached over eight thousand people, with a total population of nearly fifty thousand, and every single one of them practiced the Primitive Body Refining Technique.

The residents of the tribe could directly master basic skills at the ancestors stele, and the embryonic form of society had already appeared.

With the bonus of the [ Golden Age ] talent, their wisdom was generally quite high; they could not only master existing skills but also improve them.

The once crude camp was now replaced by rows of stone houses, and the gathering place had expanded several times over, completely transforming into a large town.

The surrounding crops were also planted by them in different places respectively, among which the more precious crimson blood spirit-veined fruit tree was planted on farmland with higher fertility.

The remaining crops were planted outward in sequence, neatly arranged, showing that the tribe's Planting technology was also improving.

This actually reminded Fang Yun that he had always used E-grade primitive farmland before, and now he could consider replacing it with D-grade irrigated farmland featuring higher fertility.

The believers also had simple clothing on their bodies, but due to the lack of cloth, most of them still primarily wore leaves.

There were also teachers in the tribe specially responsible for teaching knowledge and martial arts, and all developments were proceeding in an orderly manner; Fang Yun couldn't stop praising inwardly at how fast the civilization was developing.

He was even somewhat reluctant to replace the [ Golden Age ] buff.

But the golden die [ Time Flies ] that had just been refreshed today made it even harder for him to refuse.

[ Destiny Magic Dice has been triggered. Golden die 'Time Flies', do you want to replace 'Golden Age'? Current refresh count: 1. ]

[ Time Flies: After use, the Divine Kingdom immediately accelerates a hundred years of development (Note: This buff is a one-time buff and will disappear after use; you can wait for the next refresh). Creature growth speed increases by 100 times, plant maturation speed increases by 100 times, building construction speed increases by 100 times, and civilization evolution speed increases by 100 times. ]

[ The greatness of mortals requires a thousand years of accumulation, while the greatness of gods requires only a fleeting moment. ]

Undoubtedly, this buff was extremely powerful; with a hundred years of development speed in an instant, the Divine Kingdom's resources and population would skyrocket, though it was somewhat regrettable that this was a one-time talent.

How wonderful it would be if it could maintain a hundredfold buff all the time.

Without lingering in fantasies, Fang Yun immediately considered how to use it to maximize his returns.

After replacing this talent, the benefit was that he could immediately accelerate a hundred years of development for the Divine Kingdom, while the cost was that Golden Age would be replaced, and subsequent magic dice buffs would be uncertain.

Fang Yun fell into contemplation, truly hesitating in the face of this choice.

Soon, Fang Yun took a deep breath to calm his mood.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained; let's do it."

"An SSS-grade talent is so powerful, and my own future also holds infinite possibilities. If I don't even dare to fight for an opportunity delivered right to my eyes, what is the point of possessing an SSS-grade talent?"

Fang Yun muttered to himself, as if trying to persuade himself.

After making his decision, he did not replace it immediately. On one hand, today was the end-of-the-month assessment day for the Divine Kingdom's prosperity. Fang Yun's Divine Kingdom had already received millions of credit points poured into frantic construction by him, and coupled with a hundred-year acceleration, he didn't dare to imagine how exaggerated it would be.

On the other hand, this was also to maximize the bonuses from [ Golden Age ]. The buff refreshed at midnight every day, and he couldn't be sure if the next buff would be better than this one.

He decided to fully utilize today's buff and choose the one-time talent [ Time Flies ] for acceleration right before the refresh.

He would never waste even a tiny bit of the buff; the construction of the Divine Kingdom required such careful budgeting.

It was almost time for class. Because the end-of-the-month assessment was taking place today, the Divine Kingdom evaluation could not be conducted through the virtual space, so Fang Yun needed to go to school in person.

In the private garage of his villa, he directly selected a low-profile black private flying shuttle and headed to school. By the time he reached the classroom, almost everyone had already arrived.

As soon as Fang Yun walked into the classroom, he saw Wang Xinrou smiling and waving at him. Fang Yun also asked with a smile: "How is it, Old Wang, the Fang Family didn't short you on early-stage resources, did they?"

Hearing Fang Yun's form of address, Wang Xinrou's face darkened. What the hell was Old Wang?

She glared fiercely at Fang Yun, but unfortunately, her sweet face and petite figure made this expression completely devoid of lethality, instead making it look somewhat like coquetry.

"Of course they didn't short me. I maxed out all the resources I needed. Humph, you'll definitely be shocked during the evaluation later." Wang Xinrou clenched her small fist and shook it threateningly in front of Fang Yun.

Fang Yun was also amused by her, and he waved his hand and said: "Then I'll wait and see later."

Just at this moment, Feng Qingchen walked into the class, and the noisy classroom instantly quieted down.

"Students, today we will conduct the first Divine Kingdom prosperity evaluation after awakening. This assessment will be hosted entirely by the Federation's highest intelligent life form [ Yuan ] from beginning to end. Later, everyone will step forward, and Lord [ Yuan ] will connect to your Divine Kingdoms to conduct the evaluation."

"The evaluation dimensions will be conducted from various aspects such as population size, resource reserves, ecological circulation, architectural planning, development potential, and faith output. Rankings will be made based on the combined scores of each dimension, so everyone doesn't need to be nervous."

As soon as Feng Qingchen finished speaking, the classroom instantly broke into discussions.

"It's finally here, I'm dying of nervousness."

"What's there to be nervous about? Just go right up and get it over with."

"I heard that the reward given by the class this time is an advanced resource card. I wonder if it's true?"

"It's possible. Teacher Feng is a true deity after all; casually leaking a little something from between her fingers is enough to stuff us full."

Some people were excited, while others had ugly expressions. A girl couldn't help speaking up: "This kind of evaluation is completely unfair and meaningless."

Someone next to her said: "Keep your voice down, are you crazy?"

Disregarding the dissuasion of the person beside her, the girl who spoke continued: "Those with high-tier deities in their families can casually smash millions of faith values into it, and their Divine Kingdoms will definitely be more prosperous than ours. What do ordinary families like us have to compare with them?"

Fang Yun: ...

He felt a bit offended.

"Shut up. If you don't want to participate, get out. Is it useful to sit here complaining about heaven and blaming others when your own family is incompetent? Will anyone pity you? When you go to the battlefield in the future, will those alien races spare your life just because you are incompetent?"

"What is wrong with people's parents working hard and using resources to cultivate their children? By what right do you demand that everyone must stand at the same starting line as you?"

Feng Qingchen sternly interrupted the student who had just been complaining, and the other party was so frightened that she didn't dare to make a sound.

She hadn't expected that Teacher Feng, who was usually amiable, would suddenly become so terrifying; she was just complaining a few words.

Feng Qingchen originally had harsher words, but after thinking about it, she still didn't say them out.

Her gaze slowly swept across everyone, and an invisible pressure enveloped the entire class.

"Next, we will begin testing in order. First, Zhao Mingming."

Hearing this, a tall and thin boy stood up, came to the podium, and stood still as an invisible ripple swept across the place where he stood.

[ Divine Lord: Zhao Mingming ]

[ Divine Kingdom Area: 300,000 square kilometers. ]

[ Divine Kingdom Believers: Primitive Human (12,032), daily faith value obtained 12.032. ]

[ C-grade Talent: Heart of Flame. ]

[ Current Building: E-grade Mysterious Bonfire. ]

[ Resources within Divine Kingdom: D-grade Fire Crystal Mine × 1, Fire-patterned Grass × 560, Scarlet Flame Flower × 5,100, Blazing Lizard × 1,230, Fire Crystal Spirit Rice × 5,000. ]

[ Comprehensive Evaluation: 342 points, barely able to meet the daily life needs of believers, with excessive resource-type plants. The Divine Kingdom's ecology is basically missing; it is recommended to continue strengthening and improving the Divine Kingdom's ecology in the future. ]

Having completed the evaluation, Zhao Mingming's expression was somewhat ugly. He hadn't expected his score to be so poor. However, he had already invested so much; did he really have to mortgage the mineral veins in his father's Divine Kingdom?

Zhao Mingming returned to his seat in a daze.

The other classmates just watched indifferently. In this world, no one would sympathize with the weak; the law of the jungle prevailed, and the weak could only attach themselves to the strong.

It is said that there are only interests and no emotions among gods, and these divine creatures who had yet to ascend to godhood seemed to have seen through this point early on.