142: Chapter 142 If Only I Could Do It Again

Before long, two Black-Armored Ant-men descended from the air and respectfully handed over two loading cards shimmering with a faint light.

After Gu Han checked them one by one, his face filled with joy; the nuclear fire crystal from these three demigods totaled over fifty tons.

"These Advanced transcendent believers are truly useful. Since they are mainly into Body Refining and fear no high temperatures, their mining efficiency is much faster than the Ant-men." Gu Han weighed the loading cards and couldn't help but exclaim.

Gu Han didn't plan on killing everyone right now; since there was ready-made labor, it would be a waste not to use them.

He turned and ordered the Ant-men legion behind him, "Surround all the level five believers left behind by those demigods."

Those who obeyed would stay to mine, while those who resisted would be killed on the spot.

Once the order was given, the swarming Ant-men poured into the cave like a black waterfall. Not long after, continuous, short screams echoed from within the cave, followed immediately by a chorus of pleas for mercy.

A small portion of the resisting believers were beaten to death by the shrimp men, their corpses dragged out, while the remaining forty thousand level five believers continued to extract Ore.

Gu Yanxiao stood to the side, watching those level five prisoners of war constantly hauling out nuclear fire crystal, and couldn't help but scan them with his smart assistant.

The attribute introduction for the nuclear fire crystal immediately popped up on the light screen.

Gu Yanxiao's eyes widened, and his breathing became heavy.

"Th-this is..." He pointed at the screen, unable to squeeze out a complete sentence for a long time, so shocked he was somewhat incoherent. "Money, this stuff is worth as much as gold—no, there's so much of it."

He could roughly guess that the Ore in the vein wasn't bad if it was something even demigods would fight over, but he hadn't expected it to be this kind of scarce strategic resource.

"Son, those demigods suffered such a huge loss; they'll definitely come back for revenge, right?" Gu Yanxiao swallowed hard and turned to look at Gu Han.

He habitually advised, his tone filled with thick, unresolvable worry, "The contract established by the contract stone has limited binding power, after all. We still need to be careful; better safe than sorry."

Gu Han threw an arm around his dad's shoulder and said with a grin, "Dad, just put your heart at ease. Don't you think I know this? Besides, I'm not the type to kill everyone; one should be forgiving when possible."

Seeing that Gu Yanxiao was still a bit uneasy, Gu Han put away his smile and hurriedly said seriously, "Dad, now that I'm here to back you up, you should start planning for yourself. Your Divine Kingdom is starting over; have you thought about what kind of believers you want to raise next?"

Gu Yanxiao was stunned.

He had asked himself this question countless times late at night when he couldn't sleep, but the slaps of life always reminded him not to hold onto fantasies.

If only it could be done over, what kind of believers should he choose to reverse that failure from years ago?

His fists clenched slowly and unconsciously, veins bulging on the back of his hands.

"Cyst Demon." Gu Yanxiao gritted his teeth, spitting out the three words one by one. "If my believers had been Cyst Demons back then, I would absolutely not have lost!"

Gu Han was thoughtful; his dad was quite open-minded—if you can't beat them, just join them.

If the extreme poison of the Cyst Demons was combined with his dad's [Blade of Breaking Formation] to reduce the target's defense by half, and the toxins entered the body directly, the damage would indeed be explosive.

Furthermore, the transcendent path of the Cyst Demons was very smooth; as long as they consumed enough Advanced poisonous substances, they could rapidly build up transcendent combat power.

Moreover, his dad's skill, [Blade of Breaking Formation], was currently only in a semi-Awakening state; to fully Awaken, he needed to become a god quickly.

Although Cyst Demons formed quickly in the early stages, their transcendent characteristics hadn't been discovered yet, and their attack methods were singular, relying mainly on poison mist to harm others, making them very easy to target and counter.

Perhaps he could customize a race specifically for his dad; a bold idea popped into Gu Han's mind.

But he still needed to conduct some experiments. Still, he nodded in agreement, "That's a good idea. However, one must eat one bite at a time. Your Divine Kingdom's environment hasn't fully recovered yet; let's start with restoring the environment first."

Gu Han patted his dad's back, "After we go back, I'll allocate a batch of poisonous plants to you. Cultivating poisonous plants is a deep subject; let's lay the foundation first, then we'll get believers."

Gu Yanxiao nodded heavily, "Alright, I'll listen to you."

Over the next few hours, the mining progress in the cave was rapid.

In the end, the vein was completely hollowed out. Gu Han gained another twenty-plus tons of nuclear fire crystal, which, added to what the three laborers had dug up before, totaled over eighty tons.

Wild King still wasn't satisfied; he swung his large fists, smashing the depths of the cave to pieces, crawled in to explore a large circle, and only returned to report after confirming there was nothing left.

"Retreat." Gu Han ordered decisively.

This place had already been targeted by those demigods, and staying too long might lead to complications. Who knew if those guys would act out of desperation and drag other gods along to mount a counterattack.

The Ant-men army dragged the corpses and took the prisoners of war back to the Divine Kingdom.

As soon as they landed, Gu Han again instructed his dad to keep it strictly confidential and absolutely not leak what happened today, especially to outsiders.

"Rest assured, I know the gravity of the situation." Gu Yanxiao promised repeatedly, then exited the Divine Kingdom connection, his consciousness returning to reality.

After sending his dad off, Gu Han immediately flew toward the Volcanic Zone in the east.

He poured out the eighty-plus tons of nuclear fire crystal from the loading cards, dumping them all into the depths of the volcano at once.

"Boom!"

The entire Divine Kingdom shook violently, as if a massive earthquake that moved mountains and shook the earth had occurred.

A pillar of dark red fire erupted from the crater, shooting straight into the sky. That extremely pure fire-type energy instantly turned into a gale, sweeping across the sky of the entire Divine Kingdom.

The temperature within the Divine Kingdom was skyrocketing crazily.

In just a few minutes, the average temperature of the entire Divine Kingdom had risen by over a dozen degrees!

"Damn, I overdid it!"

Gu Han was startled; the power of this nuclear fire crystal far exceeded his estimates.

He hurriedly opened the trading platform, spent a large amount of credit points, and bought several polar cards in one go, slamming them onto the northern ice field.

Under the clash of cold and heat, fierce winds raged within the Divine Kingdom, which barely managed to suppress that violent heatwave and restore the temperature to a relatively balanced level.

Just as Gu Han breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to handle other matters.

He suddenly caught sight of a group of tattered, supporting-each-other figures appearing on the outskirts of the Volcanic Zone.

It was the Yanhuo Clan.

These guys had previously provoked him because they believed in the original god, so Gu Han had thrown them directly into the polar ice field; they had actually snuck back.

Leading them was none other than that Yanhuo Clan Clan Chief who had sworn eternal allegiance to the original god.

At this moment, this Clan Chief fell to his knees on the scorching volcanic rocks with a thud, his hands gripping the ground tightly, feeling that massive fire source that he both loved and hated.

"Great God! We were blind at the beginning."

The Clan Chief shrieked at the top of his lungs, crying and wailing, "We were wrong! We truly know we were wrong! We beg you to have mercy and let us return to the embrace of the volcano!"

"We are willing to abandon our old god and change anew. Command us in your name at any time; we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

The Yanhuo clansmen behind him kowtowed in unison.

Gu Han looked down at this group of people who had changed their tune—truly realistic.

"Only those who are transcendent are worthy of being my believers. I only allow you to live on the outskirts; behave yourselves."

Continuing to add updates, I've already reached three hundred thousand words. Originally, I could have done two updates a day, and I would have been able to stay on the new book list to attract other readers.

The situation, which was already losing volume, has become even worse.

Thanks to the readers who have been silently supporting me; it was you who sent me to the new book list. If I could do it all over again, I would still choose to add updates.