59: Chapter 59: Tenfold Settlement Allowance, Lin Yuan's Unbelievable Treatment

"Class dismissed."

Teacher Lei Yan dropped those two words and strode out of the virtual classroom.

The moment he left, the classroom instantly erupted into a chaotic clamor.

"Hey! Dad! Quick, transfer money to my account! The streaming exam is going to the Demon God Plane, I need to buy armor! And anti-toxin potions!"

"Bro, do you know anyone from the underground banks? I want a loan to buy high-tier environment cards. As long as I can mine some ore in the peripheral zones, I can definitely pay it back with interest!"

The children of wealthy families tapped on their terminals one after another, calling their family logistics to apply for resource allocation.

The lavish rewards of the grand exam had made their eyes turn red with greed; they were willing to risk bankruptcy just to give it their all on the exam grounds.

Meanwhile, the commoner students without backgrounds quickly gathered together, forming cliques and factions.

"Brother Li, I have five thousand Goblin Shield Guards in my Divine Realm. Take me with you, I'll be your front line!"

"Sister Liu, I have a Water-element Divine Realm and can handle logistics and healing. Let's team up and lay low in the peripheral zones. I heard the low-tier demonic creatures there won't attack proactively."

Under the pressure of life and death, the barriers of class were infinitely magnified.

The rich relied on pay-to-win, while the poor relied on huddling together.

Lin Yuan sat in the corner, coldly observing this spectacle of all walks of life.

He didn't participate in any discussions and was about to log out of the virtual classroom when the terminal on his wrist suddenly vibrated.

[Received an encrypted coordinate invitation. Sender: Chu Yunxuan.]

It was him.

Lin Yuan's brow quirked slightly.

With the big exam imminent, this young master of the Chu family wasn't at home preparing supplies, but instead came looking for him.

One could guess with their toes that it was nothing more than the usual routine of forming factions and alliances.

He originally didn't want to bother.

But Lin Yuan thought about that Black Market Purple Gold Card.

He who eats another's food must be soft-mouthed; he who takes another's gift must be short-handed.

Since he had accepted the other party's benefits, he still had to give them some face on the surface.

"Let's go see what medicine this Young Master Chu is selling in his gourd."

Lin Yuan replied with an "Okay," and then brought Fatty Wang along with him.

Fatty Wang was his subordinate god; bringing him along to such an occasion could be considered letting him see the world.

Ten minutes later.

At Jiangcheng Spaceport, an all-silver, streamlined private interstellar spaceship was docked at the VIP pad.

Lin Yuan and Fatty Wang followed the tractor beam and boarded the ship.

There were no extra attendants inside the ship, only a closed independent lounge.

The hatch closed, and the ship lifted off smoothly, heading toward the low Earth orbit in the direction of the provincial capital.

"Brother Yuan, this ship is really grand. Even the seats are sewn with Tier 3 beast hides!"

Fatty Wang plopped his butt into the leather sofa, excitedly touching and looking around, completely shedding his usual timid and cowardly image from school.

"Stop touching things. Don't speak out of turn once we get there." Lin Yuan leaned against the back of the chair, closing his eyes to rest.

Fatty Wang chuckled, leaned in close to Lin Yuan, and lowered his voice, his tone filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

"Brother Yuan, right now in my Grassland Divine Realm, the grass is all dead and the ground is pitch black. But my pack of Black Demon Pigs has gone absolutely insane!"

The fatty gestured wildly with his hands and feet, "They eat toxins like they're candy, and their aggressiveness is maxed out!"

"How many are there?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Aside from the batch of rations sacrificed to you every day without fail, I've still stockpiled twenty-five thousand in my Divine Realm! Most of them are around Bronze 4-star strength!"

The fatty puffed out his chest, the fat on his face trembling, "With this kind of military force, among ordinary commoners, I'm definitely an existence that can walk sideways!"

Twenty-five thousand Bronze 4-star mutated demonic creatures.

For a commoner with an E-grade talent, this was already an unimaginable start.

"Brother Yuan, I've got it all planned out." The fatty rubbed his hands together, his eyes full of longing for the future, "For this big exam going to the Demon God Plane, I'm not greedy."

"I'll just take these twenty-odd thousand pigs and land in the outermost peripheral zone."

"Didn't Old Lei say the peripheral zones are safe? I'll just honestly and dutifully mine ore."

"If I encounter any stray low-tier demonic creatures, I'll just have the pig pack swarm them."

"I can definitely coast through and get a passing grade!"

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, saw the fatty's "the advantage is with me" expression, and nodded with a smile.

"Good plan." Lin Yuan praised him, then his tone became serious, "Remember what you just said."

"After the exam starts, stay in the outermost periphery. Whatever you do, don't go toward the core area."

"In the plane of an Abyssal Demon God, even if the laws are shattered, the pollution radiating from the core area isn't something your pigs can withstand." Lin Yuan specifically warned.

"Understood! I'll go wherever Brother Yuan points!"

"The core area is where you immortals play your high-tier matches; a lowly grunt like me won't go join the chaos."

Fatty Wang nodded his head like a woodpecker, carving Lin Yuan's warning deep into his heart.

Half an hour later, the ship vibrated slightly as it completed its docking.

The hatch opened.

Appearing before the two of them was an interstellar warship suspended in low Earth orbit.

The warship's surface was engraved with the Chu family's exclusive emblem, and its numerous gun barrels emitted a grim aura of war.

A bionic butler was waiting outside the hatch and bowed to lead the way.

Passing through the corridors, the two were led into an extremely spacious circular conference room.

In the center of the conference room was a holographic tactical projection table.

At this time, seven or eight people were already seated around the table.

Aside from Chu Yunxuan, who sat in the main seat.

The others were all top-ranked commoner ace students from Jiangcheng No. 3 High School.

Class Monitor Li Xiuqi was actually among them; seeing Lin Yuan enter, his expression became somewhat unnatural.

"Brother Lin, have a seat." Chu Yunxuan said with a smile, gesturing for Lin Yuan to sit in the core position to his right.

Lin Yuan didn't decline and sat down gracefully.

Fatty Wang very consciously stood behind Lin Yuan, acting as a qualified follower.

"Since everyone is here, I'll get straight to the point."

Chu Yunxuan pulled back his smile, pressed both hands on the table, and scanned the room.

"You all already know the rules of the big exam. The Demon God Plane is fraught with danger."

"Never mind you, even if the elite clansmen of my Chu family were to go in alone, there would be a risk of total annihilation."

Chu Yunxuan swiped on the holographic console, projecting the star map of [Ember-07] and marking several routes in red.

"If we want to take the rankings for Tianhai Province and get those massive resources, there is only one path to take—huddling together."

Chu Yunxuan looked directly at these ace students and threw out his plan: "After the exam begins, I will deploy my heavy-armored legion to withstand the pressure of high-tier demonic creatures on the main battlefield."

"Your clansmen will be responsible for clearing out the small fry on the flanks and handling logistics and resource collection."

The several commoner ace students looked at each other.

Calling it "clearing the flanks" sounded nice, but to put it bluntly, they were to be bait to draw fire and coolies for mining.

Li Xiuqi pushed up his glasses and asked boldly, "Young Master Chu, what happens if we encounter an irresistible force and all our believers die?"

"Our foundations are average; we can't afford that kind of attrition."

"Good question." Chu Yunxuan snapped his fingers.

The bionic butler on the side stepped forward carrying several trays.

On each tray lay a contract.

"I, Chu Yunxuan, never let people work for nothing." Chu Yunxuan's voice was firm and resonant, "This is a temporary alliance contract. The conditions are as follows:"

"First, all spoils of war during the exam will be automatically distributed according to the military merit system; my Chu family will not withhold a single bit."

"Second, if your believers are lost or even completely wiped out in battle, my Chu family will provide you with double the combat loss compensation at market price after the exam!"

"Third, as long as you sign this contract now, ten million faith points will be immediately deposited into each person's account as a settlement fee!"

As his voice fell, rapid breathing could be heard one after another throughout the conference room.

Double combat loss compensation!

Ten million faith points as a settlement fee!

To these commoner students who usually had to budget carefully even for a hundred thousand faith points, this was no different from a mountain of gold falling from the sky.

With this money, even if their believers all died,

they could just buy new troops after the exam and still make a small profit.

"I'll sign! Young Master Chu is so generous, from now on my life belongs to the Chu family!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Young Master Chu!"

The several commoner ace students' faces flushed with excitement as they signed the contracts one by one.

With a top-tier financial magnate backing them,

and even a guaranteed base salary, such a good deal couldn't be found even if one searched with a lantern.

So what if they were grunts?

As long as the pay was enough, even a grunt could pull the millstone to the max!

Chu Yunxuan nodded as he watched everyone sign the contracts.

Then, he turned his gaze toward Lin Yuan, who had remained silent the whole time.

His true target, from beginning to end, had only been this one person.

"Brother Lin." Chu Yunxuan's eyes were burning as he personally pushed the final contract in front of Lin Yuan, "I saw your performance in the starry sky war chess."

"Your mutated troops have extremely strong combat power. I very much need your close-quarters explosive power."

Chu Yunxuan offered a separate price: "As long as you join the alliance, your settlement fee will be ten times higher—one hundred million."

"Furthermore, you will have the priority to choose three items from all the spoils of war after capturing a Demon God stronghold."