Chapter 166: Divine Kingdom’s Area Increases Greatly

The three of them received their orders and left; soon, only Yang Fan and Yang Da remained.

Yang Da bowed slightly, his tone calm. "Master, please do not give Yang San a hard time. You might not approve of some of his methods, but his loyalty is beyond doubt."

"Divine Kingdom Wars change in the blink of an eye; even higher-level intelligent life cannot predict every variable."

"I know." Yang Fan's gaze darkened slightly as he inquired, "This war served as a wake-up call. Although the overall combat power of the Divine Kingdom isn't weak now, our core methods are still too singular. We have almost no ability to handle unexpected situations."

Yang Fan looked at Yang Da. "Perhaps it is time to develop mechanical units."

"Master is wise; I indeed had this intention. Although we have the S-Rank building, the 'divine weapon world-forging platform,' which can continuously produce high-Rank weapons, they are ultimately just dead objects. However, the Mechanical Divine Kingdom system can forge truly 'Intelligent Weapons'."

Saying this, Yang Da raised his right hand and gave a light wave, causing a light screen to unfold before Yang Fan's eyes.

On the screen was an Intelligent Weapon, silver-white all over.

The moment an attack landed, the energy within its body instantly surged, and a pale blue protective shield automatically deployed, blocking all incoming impacts. The entire process happened without the slightest delay, as if by instinct.

"As long as there is sufficient energy, this type of Intelligent Weapon will automatically trigger its defense mechanism when attacked." Yang Da's voice was calm, yet it carried a faint, irrepressible trace of excitement. "If we can deploy this kind of defensive equipment on a large scale, the losses from this war could have been reduced by at least ninety-nine percent."

"The divine weapon world-forging platform is responsible for producing primary offensive weapons such as sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, while the defense system will be entirely handled by the Mechanical Divine Kingdom."

"Even if ordinary Believers are not intelligent life and cannot utilize the full performance of Intelligent Weapons, the basic protection and automatic response alone are far superior to the current cold weapon system."

Having said this, Yang Da's eyes were filled with longing.

After listening, Yang Fan suddenly spoke, "The reason the Mechanical Route hasn't been expanded is due to a lack of resources, right?"

"Master is wise. To develop an Intelligent Weapon system, we first need to purchase Research Blueprints and supporting High-rank Research Institutes from the Mall. Secondly, we need to screen Believers for mechanical modification, cultivating them into intelligent life to participate in R&D and testing."

"Furthermore, energy cores, computing power modules, and material iterations each require continuous investment, consuming a significant amount of divinity points."

Changing the subject, his tone returned to calm. "In comparison, the current top priority remains the F-Rank Evolution Pods. According to my plan, we need to expand the quantity to at least one million units first."

"By then, relying solely on the Evolution pods, one hundred million Believers can be stably strengthened into Fifth-order Beings every month. This device has no side effects on Believers, no expiration date, and can directly replace the long Cultivation process. Its role in the overall development of the Divine Kingdom is almost infinite."

Yang Fan nodded. The F-Rank Evolution Pod was essentially "accelerated Cultivation without side effects."

It absorbs the Spiritual Qi of the Divine Kingdom to recharge, which is equivalent to completing the Cultivation process for the Believers.

One month in reality is three thousand years in the Divine Kingdom.

Each Evolution pod can be reused a full hundred times.

As the population continues to explode, these facilities will only become more necessary and can even serve as a long-term investment with "no upper limit."

After a moment of contemplation, Yang Fan spoke, "Delay the purchase of the Evolution pods; the Mechanical Route can no longer be postponed. From now on, begin cultivating intelligent life. Purchase blueprints, establish a research system, and push forward the development of Intelligent Weapons."

Pausing, he looked at Yang Da. "You should also take this opportunity to improve your computing power and evolve into a Second-tier Intelligent Life as soon as possible."

The birth of just one Yang Da had already caused his Mental Energy to skyrocket dozens of times, resulting in a qualitative change in his learning efficiency. If more intelligent life were born in the Divine Kingdom, he in reality might also possess computing power close to that of an "intelligent life."

"Yes, Master." Yang Da bowed slightly.

The arrangements finished, Yang Fan's consciousness returned to reality.

In just three days, Yang Er completed the full reclamation of the Black Armored Beetle Race's Divine Kingdom.

As expected of a Danger-level Divine Kingdom, even after enduring a devastating war that left the entire realm in ruins, Yang Er still brought back buildings and resources worth three hundred million divinity points.

However, most of these buildings were biased toward the Beetle Race system and had extremely low compatibility with the Human Race Divine Kingdom.

Yang Da chose to list them all in the Mall for sale in exchange for general resources.

Afterward, Yang Fan entered the Divine Kingdom and absorbed that pitch-black divine kingdom core.

The Divine Kingdom shook, its borders expanded, and its laws were further perfected.

A piece of information surfaced in Yang Fan's consciousness: "Divine Kingdom Area: 19.5 million square kilometers."

It had increased by a full six million square kilometers!

Yang Fan's eyes flickered; the total gains from this single battle were far more than all previous Divine Kingdom Wars combined.

Danger-level Divine Kingdoms held great risks, but the rewards were equally staggering.

If he continued attacking Alien God-Kingdoms at this pace, it might not even take two years for his Divine Kingdom's area to surpass one hundred million square kilometers, allowing him to become a First-Order God!

Subsequently, after repeated discussions with Yang Da, Yang Fan made a new decision—to purchase two more war-type high-Rank intelligent lives, naming them Yang Si and Yang Wu, respectively.

With the current foundation of the Divine Kingdom, he indeed possessed the ability to invade danger-level demigod Divine Kingdoms.

But what truly made him wary was not frontal combat power, but the "unknown."

The Self-destruction Secret Technique of that Beetle Race demigod was the perfect example.

If he encountered similar extreme measures again, or even more bizarre systems, and was forced to retreat after a long, unsuccessful siege, there would be a risk of exposing the Divine Kingdom's coordinates.

After careful consideration, he ultimately chose a more stable path—expanding high-Rank command units, purchasing Ordinary-level Divine Kingdom coordinates, and engaging in multi-front warfare.

The advantage of his Divine Kingdom lay in the hundredfold time Evolution, with a source of soldiers far exceeding other demigods.

Instead of challenging enemies of equal strength, it was better to proactively use "dimensionality reduction strikes," trading quantity for quality. This wasn't a waste of the Believers' combat power.

To put it bluntly, Yang Fan still felt that "bullying the weak" was safer.

As the Divine Kingdom's area expanded again, Yang Da also temporarily adjusted the development strategy.

Investment in the Mechanical Route was temporarily slowed down, shifting resources back toward core industries such as Dragon Fish farming, monkey wine brewing, and Spiritual Veins.

The reason was simple: future investments in the Divine Kingdom would be a bottomless pit, and with the blessing of the Evolution Talent, the earlier the assets were laid out, the greater the harvest.

Ten days passed in a flash.

The losses within the Divine Kingdom from the battle with the Black Armored Beetle Race had been fully recovered.

Not only that, but new Believers were born within the Divine Kingdom.

A full hundred "first-tier intelligent lives" appeared. If coordinated with fully automatic Intelligent Weapons, their combat power would surpass that of Believers in the ordinary Qi Refining Realm.