30: Chapter 30 The Blessing of the Sacrifice

He typed "E-Rank divine building" into the search bar.

Thousands of product listings instantly popped up on the light screen.

[Miniature Spiritual Qi Spring]: E-Rank, price 600,000. Effect: Slowly produces spiritual Qi, increasing the spiritual Qi concentration of the Divine Kingdom.

[War Banner]: E-Rank, price 800,000. Effect: Increases attack power by 5% for a short duration.

[Harvest Scarecrow]: E-Rank, price 1.2 million. Effect: Increases Divine Kingdom crop yields by 20%.

Gu Han flipped through a few pages, his brow furrowing slightly.

The effects of these buildings were all quite mediocre. While they might be good for ordinary people, for Gu Han, these effects could all be resolved by Reproduction new species.

Take that spiritual Qi spring, for example. He had already planted a bunch of spiritual plants last night, and after crossbreeding them for a few generations, their spiritual Qi output would definitely be higher than that lousy spring.

He tried several different search terms but couldn't find anything satisfactory. In the end, he simply sorted the results by price from high to low, figuring that picking the expensive ones first couldn't go wrong.

After flipping through a few pages, an altar-like building caught his attention.

[blessing of the sacrificer]

Grade: E-Rank.

Price: 1.9 million credits.

Effect: The Divine Lord can designate a single race of followers. By continuously offering voluntarily sacrificed living organisms to the altar, they can accumulate "extraordinary heritage" for that race. Each sacrifice increases the race's chance of breaking through to the next level of extraordinary by 0.00000001%.

Note: Only one available, urgent online sale, no bargaining, all sales final, no returns.

Gu Han was first shocked by the building's effect, surprised that such a building was only E-Rank. But then, seeing that long string of zeros, his breath caught for half a second.

0.00000001%?

That meant it would require ten billion living organisms to be sacrificed to guarantee a breakthrough, and they had to be voluntary, which meant they must be an intelligent race.

No wonder it was only rated E-Rank despite this effect; the conditions were simply too harsh.

For any Divine Kingdom host, nurturing an intelligent lifeform cost a significant amount of credits. Even if sold, they would be worth at least one to two hundred thousand. This investment was just too massive.

Even sacrificing one hundred million would only give a one percent chance. Moreover, these sacrificed creatures had to do so voluntarily, making it even harder to achieve.

Thinking about it carefully now, if it weren't for the fact that it could help an entire race increase its chance of breaking through to the next level of extraordinary, this building probably wouldn't even qualify for an E-Rank.

"This is a great item."

Gu Han grinned and, without hesitation, forwarded the product link to Teacher Qin Lin, asking her to have the principal help purchase it.

For others, buying this thing would be digging their own grave, but he was different!

His Divine Kingdom was currently filled entirely with Ant-men!

Just how terrifying was the Reproduction speed of the Ant-men? A single queen could lay over a hundred eggs a day, and the incubation cycle was extremely short.

More importantly, the average lifespan of the Ant-men was only twenty to thirty years.

Under ten-times speed, in just two or three days in reality, a generation of Ant-men in the Divine Kingdom would die of old age.

Since they were going to die sooner or later, it would be better to send them to the altar to make a final contribution when their lifespans were nearing their end. Given the Ant-men's nature of sacrificing themselves for the colony, this would be absolutely effortless.

In the early stages, there might not be any visible effect, but as long as the base population was large enough and enough time passed, this 0.00000001% chance would snowball and grow larger and larger.

In the end, everyone in his Ant-man Race would be like dragons, upgrading without any obstacles.

Teacher Qin Lin's reply came swiftly: [Did you send the wrong link?]

Gu Han typed: [I didn't send the wrong one, Teacher. I want this one. Please ask the principal to buy it and send it to me.]

There was a dead silence on the other end for a full minute.

Immediately after, Teacher Qin Lin called him directly via voice call.

Gu Han picked up, and Teacher Qin Lin's voice, suppressed with anger, came through his earphones: "Gu Han, did you get carried away just because you saw the word 'extraordinary' on it?"

"I've looked over its attributes carefully," Gu Han said calmly.

"Look over my foot!" Teacher Qin Lin said anxiously. "This thing is a bottomless pit! Do you know how many creatures you have to sacrifice just to reach a 1% chance? One hundred million! What are you going to fill it with? Do you have that many resources to nurture them?"

"And this thing requires voluntary living sacrifices. Did you even read that clearly?"

Teacher Qin Lin advised him earnestly. She truly saw Gu Han as a promising student and didn't want to see him take a wrong turn.

"Teacher, I know what I'm doing." Gu Han didn't explain his plans too much; the fewer people who knew about this, the better. "My Divine Kingdom's situation is rather unique, and I have high hopes for this altar."

"You..." Teacher Qin Lin was exasperated by his stubborn attitude. "Fine, 1.9 million, right? I'll go talk to the principal. Don't regret it when the time comes."

The call was abruptly hung up.

Gu Han shrugged.

...

The Principal's Office.

Principal Zhang Anhai held his purple clay teapot, leisurely savoring this year's new tea.

"Principal, this is the divine building Gu Han chose."

Teacher Qin Lin pushed the door open and walked in, slapping a printed product list onto the desk, her expression none too pleasant.

Principal Zhang Anhai set down his teapot, picked up the list, and glanced at it.

*Pfft—*

A mouthful of hot tea sprayed directly onto the desk.

"*Cough, cough...*" Principal Zhang Anhai wiped his mouth, his eyes widening. "1.9 million for that piece of trash?"

This [blessing of the sacrificer] was a notoriously deceptive item in their circle. It had dropped from an A-Rank rating down to E-Rank, having been passed through a dozen or so Divine Lords, and was specifically used to scam newbies who dreamed of having their followers break through to the extraordinary level.

"He insisted on buying it himself, I couldn't dissuade him." Teacher Qin Lin pulled out a chair, sat down, and rubbed her temples. "This kid is too stubborn; he won't listen to anyone else's advice at all."

Principal Zhang Anhai leaned back in his executive chair, his brow furrowing deeply.

He had originally thought Gu Han was a shrewd and strategic genius, which was why he had made an exception to grant this sponsorship.

But this was it? If Gu Han had used the 1.9 million to buy any other building, he wouldn't be this angry.

"Isn't this just nonsense!" Principal Zhang Anhai tapped his fingers on the desk. "He has a C-Rank Divine Kingdom, which already has limited development potential. Instead of buying buildings that increase resources to lay a solid foundation, he goes for this kind of illusory stuff. Does he think he has infinite resources to squander?"

Teacher Qin Lin sighed. "I said the same thing, but he insisted on this."

Principal Zhang Anhai stared at the list for a long while, finally shaking his head as a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

It seemed he had still overestimated this Gu Han.

Perhaps winning first place yesterday really was just a stroke of dumb luck, a mere fluke.

In the end, he was still just a C-Rank; his vision and perspective were limited by that.

"Alright, I'll place the order now, and it will be teleported to his Divine Kingdom in a moment."

Teacher Qin Lin hesitated. "Principal, as for Gu Han..."

"Let him be." Principal Zhang Anhai waved his hand, his interest entirely gone. He had originally wanted to ride this wave of popularity to turn Gu Han into a hot topic and boost the school's reputation.

"The path is his own choice. Focus your energy on the other top students in Class One. Especially that Zhao Xu—even though his academic classes are a bit of a mess, his father has the money to nurture him. Guide him well, and let's get some results in the War God League three months from now."

"As long as he can make an appearance in the league, our school's education funding and social sponsorships for next year will be secured. Just let him mess around. He'll put that building up for sale online in less than three days."

Teacher Qin Lin opened her mouth, wanting to say something more, but ultimately swallowed her words.

"Alright, Principal."