21: Chapter 21 The Core of the Divine Kingdom

"Please come in."

The person who arrived was none other than the homeroom teacher, Teacher Qin Lin.

"Principal, you wanted to see me?" Teacher Qin Lin walked in and glanced at Gu Han, who was standing in front of the desk.

"Little Qin, you've come at just the right time." Principal Zhang Anhai pointed at Gu Han with a smile, "This kid has agreed to participate in the Academy War God Professional League three months from now. Take him to go through the procedures and explain the details of the league to him. While you're at it, take him to select a class and see if he wants to awaken the Divine Kingdom Core."

Gu Han caught a strange term—awakening again!

"What does awakening the Divine Kingdom Core mean?" He turned to look at Teacher Qin Lin.

"But that's something only fourth-year students come into contact with..."

Principal Zhang Anhai raised his hand to interrupt Teacher Qin Lin: "If he wants to participate in the professional league, how will he compete with those wealthy geniuses? Others have already awakened long ago. Explain it to Gu Han and see what his own wishes are."

Teacher Qin Lin had no choice but to nod at Principal Zhang Anhai, then led Gu Han out of the principal's office.

After leaving the principal's office, the two walked side-by-side along the tree-lined path of the campus. Many students around them cast glances and whispered to each other; clearly, the news of him taking first place in the assessment had already spread throughout the school.

Teacher Qin Lin brought Gu Han to a quiet side path before she began to explain.

"What is taught in textbooks is only basic theory. To ensure the safety of the vast majority of ordinary students, some advanced knowledge is deliberately hidden by the Education Bureau." Teacher Qin Lin said as they walked, "The Divine Kingdom Core is the key hub for the God Lord to formally establish a deep link with the Divine Kingdom."

"Awakening it allows you to independently control the time flow of the Divine Kingdom, which can be accelerated up to ten times. The buffs that the Divine Kingdom Core feeds back to the God Lord through the Divine Kingdom world will also be ten times stronger."

Gu Han stopped abruptly and gasped.

Ten times the speed!

One day in the outside world is one year in the Divine Kingdom. If it's accelerated ten times, that means one day in the outside world is ten years in the Divine Kingdom!

For him, who urgently needed time to cultivate his Zerg army and wait for that batch of mutated spirit-awakening plants to grow, this was simply fantastic news.

"Don't get happy too soon." Teacher Qin Lin turned around, looked at Gu Han's reaction, and poured a bucket of cold water at the right time. "Everything has a price. Once the Divine Kingdom Core is awakened, you and your Divine Kingdom will prosper together and suffer together."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Before awakening, the Divine Kingdom is just a small world linked to your consciousness. Even if the Divine Kingdom is destroyed, at worst, you just start over." Teacher Qin Lin's tone became extremely serious, "But after awakening the core, everything in the Divine Kingdom will directly affect your physique."

"If the Divine Kingdom is prosperous, your life level will jump, and your lifespan will extend. But once the Divine Kingdom suffers serious damage and the core is harmed, you will also be seriously injured. If the core is shattered..."

Teacher Qin Lin paused for a moment and said solemnly, "You will die with it."

Gu Han's heart shook.

No wonder there were no records related to this regarding Divine Kingdom knowledge; since it involved the lives of God Lords, the authorities were consciously controlling it.

"Therefore, God Lords who follow the Life Class path will absolutely never awaken the Divine Kingdom Core unless necessary." Teacher Qin Lin continued walking, "Without combat power in the Divine Kingdom to protect the Divine Kingdom Core, it's better to just steadily farm and raise livestock, earning some credits to get by, rather than having ten times the speed."

"So, those on the War God Path all awaken it?" Gu Han caught up with her.

"Indeed, only God Lords on the War God Path have the ability to protect their own cores, but not all of them choose to awaken it." Teacher Qin Lin explained, "The War God Path faces endless invasions, looting, and divine wars. Without the time advantage brought by the core, one has no qualifications to compete with peers who have awakened the core. It all depends on personal preference."

Pros and cons coexist.

Either be an ordinary person, live a stable life, and eventually fade into the crowd, or risk your life to strive for ten times the development speed and powerful strength.

Gu Han quickly calculated in his mind.

Others were afraid of external enemies breaking in and shattering their cores, but he was not worried at all.

As long as they dared to step half a step into his Divine Kingdom, no matter what kind of starry sky behemoth they were, as long as they were within the biological category, he would just throw a "Forced Breeding" at them and arrange for them to mate with the Zerg on the spot.

Those who offend my Divine Kingdom shall be bred to death!

The old coot of a principal had even used his sister's tuition as bait for the sake of the school's ranking, but this could also be considered opening up a new world for him ahead of time.

Thinking of this, Gu Han made up his mind.

"Teacher Qin, I want to awaken the Divine Kingdom Core."

Teacher Qin Lin was not surprised by his answer.

"Alright, I'll take you to the city's Police Security Bureau to fill out the application."

Teacher Qin Lin took Gu Han to the school parking lot and sat into a silver hovercar.

The car rose into the air and drove towards the center of Jiangcheng City.

The car was very quiet. Teacher Qin Lin held the steering wheel and suddenly spoke.

"You have chosen this path, so you must be careful everywhere from now on. However, don't worry too much; as long as you are still a student, the Huaxia authorities will ensure your safety to the maximum extent. This league also has a perfect protection mechanism, so it won't really cost any lives."

Gu Han leaned back on the passenger seat and watched the buildings flashing by outside the window.

"What about after graduation?" he asked.

"Those who have awakened the Divine Kingdom Core possess extraordinary power and are no longer mere mortals. Ordinary laws simply cannot restrain awakened God Lords."

"Once you enter society, struggles between God Lords happen every day for the sake of resources. However, they won't be too blatant in trying to kill each other; after all, we still live in a society ruled by law."

"Then what if I join the army?" Gu Han asked at the right moment.

"If you join the Military Defense Department, you will be under the protection of the nation's gods. Or, if you attach yourself to those top-tier major powers, you will also be under the protection of powerful gods, which will be safer."

Gu Han listened and nodded silently.

As expected, this was the impact that extraordinary power brought to mortal society. It was definitely more than just what he had learned. Even what he saw before him might just be the tip of the iceberg of the Divine Kingdom civilization; it was still very necessary for him to choose to continue his studies.

"I didn't expect you to agree to the principal's request to participate in the league..."

Teacher Qin Lin explained the War God Professional League to Gu Han along the way.

The hovercar slowly landed at the Jiangcheng City Police Security Bureau.

Teacher Qin Lin led Gu Han through the lobby and to a special window that handled Divine Kingdom affairs to queue up. Many students were there to apply for the awakening of the Divine Kingdom Core.

Gu Han scanned the code in advance and carefully read through the awakening application form and the liability risk clauses, but he ran into trouble at the last column.

"I'm already an adult, why does this still require a parent's signature?"