6: Chapter 6 Resources are King, Stifling the Future

"Please enlighten us, My Lord."

Seeing the two of them looking so eager for knowledge, Lin Xiao had no intention of keeping them in suspense. He spoke directly and clearly.

"The reason these powerful clans and major forces are willing to risk losing everything is, of course, to strangle the future of these geniuses."

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No matter what, the two of them never expected this answer. To strangle the future of the investees? Then what about their previous investment?

"Don't understand?"

The two of them nodded vigorously.

"It's actually not hard to understand. Why are clans like the Chen Family considered powerful clans? It's simply because they have monopolized a certain resource in Anping County."

"Take the Hu Family, who are in the grain business, for example. Everyone knows that if you want to do grain business, you need the Hu Family's approval. If they don't agree, you can't even enter the industry."

"With this alone, the Hu Family can reap a massive amount of faith points from it. Meanwhile, a large number of young people with decent talent emerge in the county every year."

"Although the probability is very low, it's undeniable that these young people have a chance to grow into Third-order Deitys. Even if that probability is as low as one in a hundred million."

"But every year, a massive number of such young people emerge. Now the problem arises. Facing a group of possible potential enemies, directly killing them is forbidden by Federal Law."

"It's also easy to cause public outrage. But if you just leave them alone, what if one or two Third-order Deitys really emerge, and they happen to take an interest in the grain business? What then?"

The two were not truly stupid; they were just caught in the middle of it. The inertia of the world had prevented them from considering any other direction.

Now that Lin Xiao had pointed it out to this extent, even a fool would have reacted. Su Xue's face was full of disbelief.

"They can't kill them by force, so they can only use soft tactics. The high-amount faith point investment is called a contract, but it's actually strangling the other party's possible future."

"After all, all the contracts state very clearly that after becoming a god, the profits from land reclamation will be split fifty-fifty, and they must also work at a designated post for a certain number of years."

"Taking away half of the other party's future harvest and then using time to wear down their potential. In this way, the other party will completely lose any possibility of threatening them..."

Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction, finding that these two kids were not as stupid as he had imagined.

"So back to the previous question, why do top-tier forces like the Star Academy absorb a large number of high-talent Divine Beings every year?"

Combining the contract tactics of the Anping County clans just now, Wang Tao muttered to himself in a daze.

"Locking in resources, wearing down potential, strangling the future... ensuring that no possible threats emerge among these geniuses. Moreover, high talent means less investment and faster results..."

Shattered. Their worldview completely shattered at this moment. There had never been a moment that made them feel so deeply that the sky of the Divine Realm was so dark.

Looking at the two of them with their hearts as dead as ashes, Lin Xiao shook his head indifferently.

"This is just a normal means of maintaining one's status. If your positions were swapped, you would also hope for your own family and descendants to be prosperous and immortal."

"Besides, these things are too far away for you. At present, you two, including myself, are not yet worth the attention of these T0-level forces."

"Back to the original question, do you still think the area of the God Kingdom and talent are important now? Do forces like the Star Academy rely on these to remain prosperous forever?"

If it were before, the two wouldn't have hesitated at all; the area of the God Kingdom and talent were definitely the most important. But now they were a bit lost.

"Since none of these are important, then what is?"

Hearing the other party's subconscious rhetorical question, Lin Xiao snapped his fingers. He conjured another Spirit Fruit in his hand and tossed it.

"This, of course."

"Spirit Fruit?"

Compared to Wang Tao, Su Xue's reaction was much faster. Looking at that Spirit Fruit, a flash of insight crossed her mind, and two words escaped her lips.

"Resources?!"

"After talking for so long, we've finally gotten to the point. Whether it's faith points, various types of buildings, cards, or even the steady stream of Divine Beings awakening every year."

"In the final analysis, they are all a type of resource. Whether it's Xuanyuan Star, the Star Academy, or the Ministry of Education."

"What they have been doing is all the same thing: monopolizing resources, carving up resources, and distributing resources."

"When massive resources are firmly controlled in their hands, any genius who wants to rise cannot bypass these sky-shrouding divine mountains."

"Just like you, the reason you are willing to sign the Slave God Contract is, in the end, to exchange everything you have for the growth of the resources in my hands."

"My Lord. We..."

Waving his hand, Lin Xiao interrupted the words the two wanted to say in explanation.

"No need to explain to me; I don't mind these things. That's enough for the digression; next, we should talk about the development of your God Kingdoms."

Hearing the main business, the two straightened their bodies.

"Roughly how many faith points did the Ministry of Education give you as a reward?"

"Ten thousand."

The two answered very straightforwardly this time, and they were no longer self-conscious because of these things. My Lord said that in the future, they would be his face.

Hearing this amount, Lin Xiao's mouth twitched. No wonder a massive number of Divine Beings couldn't rise every year; ten thousand faith points wasn't even enough to buy an E-grade resource investment.

[Name: marrow cleansing pill (C-grade)]

[Description: Long-term consumption can improve the constitution of Believers in the God Kingdom. 1 pill per Believer per month is the best effect. Price: 10,000 Faith Points/bottle]

The moment it was listed, 10 bottles of marrow cleansing pills were snatched up instantly. After deducting the 10% transaction tax, 90,000 faith points were received.

Connecting to the entire federation's virtual network allowed all gods to buy all necessities without leaving their homes.

Because of this, all Divine Beings and gods could be both buyers and sellers. A 10% transaction tax made it an astronomical daily cash cow.

One could imagine how thick the resources in the hands of the forces controlling the virtual network behind it must be. And this is the windfall profit brought by monopoly!

After adding the two's wristwatches, Lin Xiao directly transferred forty thousand faith points to each of them.

"My Lord, you this..."

"Alright, no need for sentimental words. Your main task now is to work hard to develop your own God Kingdoms."

"Basic Civilization Cards, breeding, planting, animal husbandry, and so on—buy a full set of those, and then buy an E-grade reproduction card to have your Believers work hard to increase the population for me."

"Before your God Kingdom's population breaks four hundred million, don't do anything else. If there's not enough food, buy it; if there are not enough houses, buy them; if the area of the God Kingdom is not enough, expand it."

"If you don't have enough faith points, come to me for them. Your Believers' only current task is to make people. After the newborns are 18 days old, they will continue to make people for me together."

"I've calculated it. Taking 100 population as an example and maintaining the E-grade reproduction card state, it will take at most 45 days to bring the population to four hundred million."

Listening to Lin Xiao's instructions, the two had faces full of shock. What kind of playstyle was this? Four hundred million people, even if the Believers in the God Kingdom completely obeyed everything the God Lord said.

With scientific breeding, reproduction, and slaughtering, and without exploitation, involution, oppression, or unequal distribution, the self-sufficiency rate in the God Kingdom would soar to 95%.

But for the remaining 5% gap, they would need to fill it with at least three to four hundred thousand faith points every day!

Even using poultry and livestock that were half the price, to maintain a scale of 400 million Believers, they would need to invest 150,000 faith points daily!

Doing nothing and waking up already owing the God Kingdom 150,000 faith points? Is this how the children of big families play?