96: Chapter 96. They got rich.

The friend requests in the software backend had already exceeded five thousand.

Gu Han opened the list, selected all with one click to approve them, and immediately followed up by setting friend messages to "Do Not Disturb."

If it were before, when he hadn't gotten rich yet, he might have really picked a few major factions to make contact with and pull in some investment for himself.

But now, with 4.5 billion lying in his account, his backbone was forged from refined iron—rock solid—and he didn't need to answer to anyone.

Cooperating with major factions would inevitably require contact, making it very easy to be dragged out from online.

After handling these complicated loose ends, Gu Han finally opened the tournament interface and found that glittering champion gift pack.

Click to claim.

One was an anonymous fund card with a face value of 100 million credit points. Gu Han casually topped up this 100 million into his black market account; he didn't plan to transfer this money to his Divine Kingdom account yet. Not to mention that it was currently frozen, even in normal times, suddenly having that much money would easily lead to the authorities knocking on his door.

Some say the black market software is equally unsafe. In reality, there is no truly safe environment; you are limited by whatever protects you, unless you stand at the very pinnacle.

Overthinking will only cause internal friction; it is better to convert all resources into strength.

Gu Han used the second card, and a plant with a strange form appeared in his Divine Kingdom, with lush roots, each fine tendril appearing to flow with golden liquid.

This was the S-rank divine plant—[spirit root network].

Consuming its leaves could change a believer's spirit root aptitude, which was also the fundamental reason Gu Han had exhausted his resources to win the championship.

Gu Han felt a sense of relief, like a light boat having passed ten thousand mountains.

In this battle, most of the Divine Kingdom's regions had been shattered, the ecological environment severely damaged, and a large number of creatures affected by the fighting. Gu Han casually bought a large batch of species and handed them over to the Ant-men to rebuild.

Fortunately, the Reproduction area previously used for the Six-Winged Beast had now been cleared. Gu Han planned to fill it with cross-bred spirit root network, finding a plant that was easy to raise, fast to mature, and had developed root systems to use as a parent plant.

Radishes, yams, potatoes—get them all arranged. Conduct multiple sets of experiments to filter out the best. Once they are mass-produced, why eat the leaves? Just eat the roots directly to raise spirit root aptitude at the fastest speed.

Then why don't I just cross-breed the spirit root network with intelligent creatures to create believers? Then it would be a walking spirit root network itself; wouldn't cultivation aptitude be improving every minute!

Gu Han swallowed.

Does the spirit root network eat its own roots? This idea is too absurd, but theoretically, it is absolutely feasible.

It's worth a try. Gu Han made up his mind, arranged everything, and exited the Divine Kingdom.

Now that he had money, he could browse the mall to look for suitable intelligent races.

He opened his handheld device and subconsciously scanned toward the Yitao.com software. Gu Han sneered internally: "Sorry, I don't know you at all!"

Back when the otherworld rift opened, he wanted to view a pure-blooded Flame Dragon cub, and this damn platform immediately popped up a contemptuous box stating insufficient funds and no permission to view: [Your account assets have not reached the permission level to view the base price of this product; please strive to improve your wealth level!]

Times have changed; now I have 4.6 billion, so screw you, you damn platform.

Gu Han decisively uninstalled Yitao.com, then skillfully opened the black competition software, which could directly access the black market.

He entered "intelligent species" into the search box.

The page refreshed instantly, with countless strange races.

[Titan Race]: Average adult height of ten meters, lifespan of thousands of years, low Reproduction ability.

Known extraordinary trait: [Bigger is Truth]. No Titan will refuse to grow larger; their body size will self-adapt to the Divine Kingdom's area and keep growing.

Price: 50 million credit points each.

This race is excellent Reproduction material. Who doesn't like big things? A regular Titan could probably flatten a level three believer with one slap, but they take up a bit too much space and aren't suitable for the Divine Kingdom for the time being.

[Fish-men]: Sub-human race, extremely fast Reproduction speed, strong physique. Adapted to marine environments, lifespan of several hundred years.

Known extraordinary trait: [Cannot Be Hit]. It might be a fish, or it might not, but it is very slippery. Cannot be hit; unaffected by enemy combat skills.

Price: 2 million credit points each.

This extraordinary trait should be able to immunize against skills like turning corpses into undead and group weakening. My skills don't count as combat, so they should work on them, right? Otherwise, this would be too overpowered.

[Merfolk]: Sub-human race, water affinity, fast Reproduction speed, powerful mental strength.

Known extraordinary trait: [Racial Discrimination]. They extremely hate Fish-men and hate all races with feet. Attacks against other races with feet are guaranteed to be critical hits.

Price: 1 million credit points each.

This kind of believer cannot be raised together, otherwise they will be infighting every minute.

[Mushroom Person]: Fungal combination, strong adaptability, asexual Reproduction, fast growth speed, low intelligence.

Known extraordinary trait: [No Distinction Between You and Me]. You are the flesh that fell off my body; aren't you me? Mushroom People make no distinction between you and me; they can merge or split at will and share memories.

Price: 100,000 credit points each.

If this were cross-bred into Spirit Root Mushroom People, they could eat their own Spirit Root Mushroom to improve aptitude daily. If they could activate the extraordinary trait and collectively share insights, then the path of cultivation would be smooth sailing.

Most importantly, it's so cheap; this is perfect for Reproduction material. Unlike the Titan Race's size restrictions, Gu Han added it directly to the shopping cart and would have the exclusive customer service help handle it later.

After all, goods in the black market aren't necessarily real. There are no platforms or legal constraints here, so it's easy to get scammed. Handing it to them will be more expensive, but there is a guarantee.

Browsing the mall is truly addictive; Gu Han didn't even pay immediately to conduct experiments, intending to keep looking.

Just at this moment, the handheld device vibrated; it was a call from the Police Security Bureau.