Chapter 12 - Law of Gluttony

The other homeroom teachers were envious of Tian Wen. After recruiting three of the top-ranking students into his class, it was clear that Tian Wen’s teaching performance rating would skyrocket.

However, the homeroom teachers couldn’t do a thing, as it was up to the students themselves to make the final decision regarding what class they wanted to join. They had just earned that right through the exam, after all. The teachers could at most try to persuade the students without pressuring them.

Tian Wen chuckled happily, “Good, good. I welcome the three of you to my class. Here, this is a welcoming gift for all of you.”

He reached into his pocket and took out three high quality cards before handing them to the three.

Qin Shuang didn’t even check the contents of the card before shoving it directly into her divine realm. As she was absurdly rich, she didn’t feel any need to look at a gift from a teacher.

Zhang Xiaolong, however, was quite pleased with what he had received. It was a certain resource that would be of immense help in growing his core race.

And Han Wu? His heart raced as he checked the contents of his card.

[Rank 2 Building: Hive. Occupies 1 sq km. Can hatch a million insects in a realm-year.

Effect: Insects hatched from the Hive will always inherit the effects of selected Sacred Objects]

It was something tailor made for insect-type races. If Han Wu built it in his divine realm, he could set both the Explosive Heart and Molten Crystal onto the Hive. This would give him a guaranteed method to create more of his most powerful locusts.

With the Hive, Han Wu would obtain a million Magma Locusts without fail each day. It was much faster than relying on luck and using Increased Growth to rebuild his army of Magma Locusts.

Han Wu was excited. “Thank you, teacher!”

“No need to thank me. Make sure to pay me back with good results.”

Xu Mei observed what was happening with pleasure. She was genuinely happy that Han Wu was able to change classes. She looked forward to how much Han Wu would grow.

“Please, may I have the homeroom teachers’ attention? Today is just a minor test for these young students to change classes. However, in seven days, we will be having our major exam. As it will be organized by the school, this will directly impact how many resources your class will be receiving in the coming year. I am certain that everyone here understands the importance of such an exam.”

The homeroom teachers perked up when they heard the news.

“I am confident in my students.”

“Ms. Xu, I’ll make sure that my students don’t embarrass the school.”

“Your students might not embarrass the school, but I’m certain that my class will be one of the top three classes for this year!”

Every homeroom teacher pledged their forecasted results, except for Liu Letian. He felt too much shame to do so, as his top students had been transferred to another class.

***

After school, Han Wu immediately entered his landing pod in order to inspect his divine realm as he hadn’t had the time to check the damage the war had done to his divine realm yet.

He quickly calculated his remaining units.

[Locusts: 2.04 million]

[Bomber Locusts: 5000]

[Magma Locusts: 300]

[Scorching Dwarfs: 52]

[Heroic life form: Steelcutter Swordwind]

He only had these units left. It was terrible. He would definitely come up last if he joined the exam seven days later with this number of units.

I need to quickly regrow my units and increase the number of my locusts, but first, I need to check what happened to the dwarves.

He focused on the new name of the dwarves: Scorching Dwarf. He recalled that the dwarves in his divine realm had been Common dwarves.

Why did their name change after the war?

Han Wu projected his visage into the ore mine to inspect it up close. He was surprised when he saw the appearance of the dwarves.

A stout body, strong limbs, and a lush beard were the three characteristics of a dwarf. However, the Scorching Dwarf had two more notable characteristics: burning-red skin and lava-like blood.

Han Wu could even see part of their veins burning brightly underneath their red skin. He quickly inspected one of the new Scorching Dwarves up close.

[Race: Elite Scorching Dwarf (Evolved into an Elite race after the Common Dwarf experienced a harrowing war)]

[Rank: Elite]

[Talents: Forging, Burning Blood]

[Faith Level: Worshipers]

[Faith Points: 20,000/realm-day]

[Reproduction: 1/realm-year]

[Lifespan: 80 realm-years (Infant: 5 years. Adolescent: 10 years. Adult: 55 years. Elderly: 10 years)]

[Talent: Forging: Increases the proficiency of crafting equipment.]

[Talent: Burning Blood: Massively increases fire and heat resistance. Increases probability of learning fire-type skills.]

They evolved into Elite life forms? Sigh... If only they were my core race...

Han Wu was certain that the Scorching Dwarves were a strong race based on the information he had on them. He was certain that he would be stronger than his peers as long as he properly nurtured them.

Unfortunately, the Scorching Dwarves weren’t his core race. Han Wu sighed and lamented about how fate continued to play tricks on him.

He appeared in front of the Scorching Dwarves to congratulate them for their valor and pushed them to reproduce more offspring so that their race would grow stronger.

For the next few days, Han Wu attended classes as usual during the day and worked hard on increasing his units at night. With the help of Increased Growth, Han Wu used four days to restore the number of locusts he once had.

His divine realm reached its limit when he had 7.3 billion locusts. He decided to sacrifice 7.2 billion of them, and watched as the life force disappeared into the massive array.

He was once again presented with three rewards once it was over.

[Option 1: Rank 2 Sacred Object: Law of Gluttony (Incomplete). After equipping to the core, the core race will acquire the trait Gluttony. After consuming food equivalent to a thousand times of the body’s basal metabolic rate, the unit will evolve automatically. (Incomplete Sacred Object. Currently usable only on Common life forms)]

[Option 2: Heroic Template. Evolves any Unique life form to the Heroic rank]

[Option 3: One Divine Essence]

Han Wu wanted to choose all three because they were amazing.

The Rank 2 Sacred Object Law of Gluttony wasn’t something that could be measured in money because it could automatically complete a life form’s Evolution path. Even though it could only ascend Common life forms to Elite life forms for now, it was still a tantalizing reward.

Han Wu could use it to improve all of his Common locusts to Elite locusts automatically.

If he could evolve all his Common locusts into Elite Locusts, the amount of life energy he would obtain from Sacrifice would be immense.

But that was only in theory. In practice, having 7.3 billion locusts with an unending appetite would destroy his divine realm and empty his savings completely.

The second option, the Heroic Template, was also a rare reward. It could evolve any Unique life form to a Heroic life form. It was an equally precious choice.

Heroic life forms were highly sought after commodities, as justified by Steelcutter Swordwind’s recent performance.

Han Wu could already envision how many Demigods would fight over the Heroic Template if he decided to sell it.

The third option, a single Divine Essence, was the simplest yet most effective reward. A single Divine Essence was equivalent to a 100 million Divine Points or 10 quadrillion Faith Points.

Han Wu would quite literally become a billionaire.

He carefully considered all three options before choosing the first one. The Rank 2 Sacred Object Law of Gluttony would benefit his core race the most.

It was a valuable reward that would only prove its worth over a long period compared to the Heroic Template or the single Divine Essence.

However, he soon faced a problem—he could not afford to sustain a lot of locusts with the gluttony trait for now. He had to compromise and choose to equip it to the Hive instead. This way, he would only obtain a million locusts with the gluttony trait every day, or every realm-year.

Three days passed afterwards without any incident. The major exam was going to be conducted soon. Han Wu checked his divine realm and spotted an unusual locust—a massive one, measuring one meter in length. It stood out amidst the hundreds and millions of Common locusts.

How lucky! It was a Unique locust.

Han Wu named it the Sapper Locust.