Chapter 317: Signing the Contract

Hearing that it was serious business, the breakdown on Li Tianheng's face instantly vanished.

The entire person switched back from "fantasy disillusionment mode" to "combat state".

"Don't worry, Brother Yang!"

"Mission guaranteed to be completed!"

Afterward, Li Tianheng took out a faintly glowing contract scroll from his embrace and handed it to Yang Fan with both hands.

This was a Subordinate God Contract custom-made by the Human Federation for the Frontline.

Unlike conventional divine kingdom contracts, the restrictions of the divine kingdom's rules were weaker, but the constraints of federal law were stronger.

In essence, it was a short-term cooperation contract characterized by "high freedom but strict supervision".

Both parties could dissolve it at any time, and permanent binding did not exist.

Therefore, it was also known as—a short-term Subordinate God Contract.

As for the clauses on the contract regarding resource distribution, post-war profit-sharing, and others, Li Tianheng filled them all in as "zero" without any hesitation.

To him, Yang Fan's initial investment of one hundred thousand Divinity Points was already full of sincerity.

Even if Yang Fan didn't make a move at all this time, he was willing to bear all the costs.

Yang Fan and he simultaneously pressed their hands onto the contract.

The next instant.

The contract suddenly ignited a pale golden brilliance, spreading out like water ripples, transforming into two streaks of light that plunged into the centers of their brows respectively.

Yang Fan's gaze narrowed slightly.

He could clearly perceive that an indistinct passage had appeared between his divine kingdom and Li Tianheng's divine kingdom.

The passage existed, but it was extremely unstable, as if it could snap at any moment.

If high-tier believers were to be teleported, it was highly likely to directly tear apart the passage structure.

Yang Fan understood in his heart that this was the natural restriction of the divine kingdom's rules.

Even after signing a Subordinate God Contract, it was still very difficult for a deity's believers to enter a demigod's divine kingdom.

"Brother Yang."

Li Tianheng took a deep breath, and his speech speed noticeably accelerated after getting into state.

"My current divine kingdom has a total population of about three billion."

"Among them, about 1.3 billion are elderly and women and children, and about 1.5 billion are battle-ready believer soldiers."

"The divine kingdom has a reserve of two million doses of Blood-Coagulating Powder."

"Ten million sets of C-grade weapons, two hundred million sets of D-grade weapons, and one billion sets of E-grade weapons."

He paused for a moment and continued:

"That set of the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array rewarded by the school has already reached Major Achievement."

"In addition, I also bought two E-grade Formations from the Mall—the Locking Heaven Array and the Extinguishing God Array, both of which have currently reached Minor Achievement."

Speaking of this, his eyes lit up slightly.

"Right, previously when the school organized the Divine Kingdom Defense War, your divine kingdom gave me quite a bit of inspiration."

"I later bought five thousand Thousand Poison Swamps myself."

"On the side of the City of Technology, two City-Annihilating Cannons are also equipped."

"If we lure the enemy into my divine kingdom to fight, it should be able to cause quite a bit of depletion."

As he spoke, the more Li Tianheng talked, the more excited he became, and his expression grew increasingly proud.

Although he had lived extremely hard lives at the Frontline these years, the development of his divine kingdom had truly been piled up solidly.

In his view, although his journey all the way here was a bit disheveled.

But placed among all the classmates of Yang County No. 1 Middle School's current cohort.

Aside from the "monster" Yang Fan, he had already steadily suppressed everyone, and even Luo Bing was not his match.

Thinking of this, his confidence grew a bit more.

However, as Yang Fan listened to his recounting, his expression gradually turned somewhat peculiar.

"Cough."

He paused, and still couldn't help speaking up.

"Didn't you develop through loans? How come… the divine kingdom feels so weak?"

The moment the word "weak" fell, Li Tianheng froze entirely.

"No way? Brother Yang?"

His eyes widened.

"My divine kingdom's combat power is still weak?"

"I'm not bragging, but with just this configuration of mine, among those demigods just now, it can already be considered part of the strongest batch."

The more he spoke, the more anxious he became, even carrying a hint of grievance.

"Over a billion battle-ready population!"

"Just the food expenses for the divine kingdom every day are an astronomical figure."

"If it weren't for fighting the Divine Kingdom War, I would have already issued a Divine Decree to restrict believers from reproducing."

He sighed, his tone even revealing a trace of helplessness over "excessive financial pressure".

"If they keep reproducing, I really can't afford to raise them."

Yang Fan continued to ask, "What is the specific strength of these battle-ready believers?"

Mentioning this question, Li Tianheng's expression immediately regained its confidence.

"Because of the sequelae of my "Mad Blood" talent, I previously took out a loan to buy a large amount of Fountain of Life."

"The overall environment of the divine kingdom has improved greatly, and the growth rate of the believers has also been pulled up a lot."

His tone paused, and he raised his hand to gesture.

"Among the current battle-ready believers, there are about 500 million Tier 5 Beings."

"The rest are basically Tier 4 beings."

Speaking of this, he was obviously somewhat smug.

But soon, he added another sentence, as if emphasizing the "gold content".

"There are also believers at the Qi Refining level, which once reached twenty at their Peak."

"Of course, later their lifespan reached its limit and without a new Breakthrough, there are now fourteen left."

He shrugged.

"You know too, Brother Yang, breaking through from Tier 5 to Qi Refining is inherently a major hurdle, and sometimes it depends on luck; this kind of fluctuation is very normal."

He spoke as if it were a matter of course, even carrying a bit of "industry common sense" flavor.

Yet as Yang Fan listened, he fell silent for a fraction of a second.

A moment later, he couldn't help muttering inwardly: "After leaving the Primordial Academy, are the demigods outside… all this 'weak'?"

Judging by his current Mental Energy perception.

Being at the same demigod tier, the power fluctuation on Li Tianheng's body was not even one-thousandth of Ye Jianfeng and the others' power.

The gap was so large that it was somewhat outrageous.

"Find any room to stay in."

Yang Fan pulled back his thoughts and spoke indifferently.

"I'll go buy divine kingdom coordinates first."

"During the Divine Kingdom War, just listen to my arrangements."

"Many thanks, Brother Yang!"

Li Tianheng stood at attention almost immediately.

"No, many thanks, Adoptive Father!"

"I'll just stay in the corner!"

After saying that, he walked straight towards the nanny room at the very edge of the villa.

"If you need anything, just call me."

"Pouring tea and serving water, cooking and sweeping, I actually know how to do all of it."

Looking at his back, Yang Fan helplessly shook his head.

There were many rooms, and he didn't care where the other party wanted to stay.

However, Li Tianheng's subconscious "self-demotion" was also understandable.

After all, the gap in status and strength between the two sides was indeed no longer on the same level.

Returning to his room, Yang Fan put on the virtual helmet and entered the Frontline military merit exchange interface.

Regarding the military merit System, he had already understood it very clearly through Yang Da.

Besides being able to exchange for high-tier war buildings, divine kingdom coordinates could also be purchased here.

The next instant, the divine kingdom coordinate exchange interface slowly unfolded.

Different from ordinary resource exchanges, this page was obviously more "grim", and the interface presented a structure similar to a star map.

Countless light spots floated in the Void Realm, and every single light point represented a purchasable divine kingdom coordinate.

As for the color of the light spots, it represented the danger Rank and reward rating.

[Divine Kingdom Coordinate · Purchase Interface]

Demigod-grade Divine Kingdom Coordinates:

[Coordinates: ******]

Race: Ashen Bone Clan (Humanoid Bone-based Civilization)

Strength Rating: Grade B Lower-Middle

Divine Kingdom Scale: About 25.6 billion units of living beings

[Divine Kingdom Defense System]

White Bone City Wall (Grade B Defense Building): Can absorb 30% of physical impact

Bone Spirit Corridor (Grade C Defense Building): Can continuously summon skeletal guards

Blood Sacrifice Altar (Temporary Enhancement): Can increase overall combat power by 20% in a short time

(Can be expanded)

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[Potential Supporting Deities Behind the Scenes]

Main God: Lord of Ashen Skeletons (First-Order God)

Support Tendency: Medium-Low, mainly focusing on basic supplies.

Probability of successful deduction after a successful invasion: Low

[Risk Assessment]: Medium

[Coordinate Price]: 100,000 Divinity Points

[Coordinates: *****]

Race: Molten Zerg (Zerg Civilization)

Strength Rating: Grade B+

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