Chapter 402: Stationing Troops

At this moment, a trace of mockery flashed through Yang Fan's eyes.

"Just like the military merit system on the Frontline."

"This is actually a monetary system established by the Han Family Military Government, except that its circulation range is limited to those participating in the war and serving on the Frontline."

"Even so, this is still likely one of the most important sources of wealth for the Han Family Military Government."

"Why can the Han Family do this? Because what it represents behind the scenes is power."

Yang Fan's voice gradually became lower.

"Only powerful individuals, powerful families, and powerful factional groups are qualified to control massive wealth."

"Power can be transformed into massive wealth, and the root of power comes from the strength one possesses or can control."

"Therefore, if these Divinity Points continue to be placed in the Divine Kingdom, they are at most just a string of constantly growing numbers."

"Only by investing them into the development of the Divine Kingdom, strengthening believers, expanding the army, and enhancing one's own strength do they truly possess value."

"I want to quickly enhance the strength of my believers."

"I want to expand the army of the Divine Kingdom."

"I want to acquire more deity coordinates."

"Only in this way can I grow at the fastest speed."

"After I possess sufficiently powerful strength, I can gain more say."

"And by that time, wealth will naturally converge towards me on its own."

Yang Fan took a deep breath and continued.

"An essay I once saw in the Taichu City library had a sentence by its author that I think makes a lot of sense."

"In this world, wealth is never the highest-level pursuit; wealth is merely the shadow left behind by strength and power."

"The weak chase wealth in order to change their fate."

"The strong master wealth because they themselves already represent the rules."

"Wealth is an appendage of power, and a deity's entire life is spent unconsciously chasing power."

After hearing this, Yang Da fell into silence.

"Divine Kingdom investment is ultimately just a minor path."

Yang Fan looked toward his own Divine Kingdom.

"The ancients once said, 'Eat whatever replenishes what you lack.'"

"Just like Origin Evolution, if you want to become a person above others, you ultimately still have to eat people!"

Yang Da opened his mouth, unable to help sighing in his heart.

Ever since he "educated" his master back then, Yang Fan's changes had truly been too great.

As expected, things like books can truly change a person's cognition.

Even deities are no exception.

"Master."

Yang Da said with cupped hands.

"If you want to minimize contact with the real world while consuming the resources accumulated by the Divine Kingdom and enhancing the combat power of the Divine Kingdom, there is another method."

"Oh?"

Yang Fan looked at him.

"Let's hear it."

"Secret Realm," Yang Da said.

Hearing this name, Yang Fan was slightly stunned.

Clearly, he did not expect Yang Da to suddenly bring this up.

The so-called Secret Realm refers to when deities fall, their Divine Kingdoms shatter, and the original land drifts in the Void Realm.

After a long time, countless Divine Kingdom fragments collide and fuse with each other, ultimately forming a special world.

Because they lost the constraints of complete Divine Kingdom rules, a large amount of special resources are often born within Secret Realms.

According to Rank classification, Secret Realms are divided into four Ranks: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow.

Respectively corresponding to high-tier Divine Kingdoms, mid-tier Divine Kingdoms, low-tier Divine Kingdoms, and Divine Kingdom fragments left behind by demigods.

Back when Yang Fan was still a freshman in Taichu City, under Sima Bang's introduction, he had once entered a Yellow-grade Secret Realm controlled by the Sima Family.

However later on, as the Divine Kingdom investment system gradually improved and Yang Fan obtained more and more resources, he gradually ignored this channel.

"Tell me in detail," Yang Fan spoke.

"Reporting to Master."

Yang Da said.

"The greatest characteristic of a Secret Realm is that there are no complete Divine Kingdom rule restrictions."

"Therefore, the Spirit Plants, mineral veins, and various special resources growing inside have growth speeds far exceeding the outside world."

"To a certain extent, they naturally possess the effects of resource-type talents."

"Therefore, major factions will all find ways to control Secret Realms and use them as stable resource production bases."

Speaking of this, Yang Da paused for a moment, then said earnestly:

"However, Master, a Secret Realm is not just a resource point; it is similarly a natural war base."

Yang Fan's gaze narrowed slightly.

"A war base?"

Yang Da said:

"That's right. Secret Realms are similar to resource stars, both being able to continuously output resources."

"But the difference is that Secret Realms are more suitable for stationing heavy troops."

Hearing this, a sharp light instantly flashed through Yang Fan's eyes.

"Stationing troops…"

Yang Da nodded and continued:

"Resource planets like Spirit Plant Stars and Spirit Vein Stars, although they can similarly provide a large amount of resources, are essentially just resource production bases."

"Although there are a large amount of resource-type buildings inside them, the Spiritual Qi attributes are relatively single, only suitable for the growth of a certain type of resource, and not suitable as a place for believers to Cultivate long-term."

"But Secret Realms are different."

"A Secret Realm itself evolved from the Divine Kingdom fragments of a fallen deity, leaving behind a portion of the complete Divine Kingdom's rules internally."

"Therefore, a deity can completely modify the Secret Realm according to their own needs."

"They can even establish military camps inside it and hoard a large amount of military force for the long term!"

"Moreover, as long as one possesses the Secret Realm coordinates, they can connect to the Divine Kingdom through a spatial passage."

"The resources in the Divine Kingdom can be transported over in a steady stream."

"Utilizing the existing resources of the Divine Kingdom, a large batch of believer legions stationed outside can be cultivated."

"When a Divine Kingdom War breaks out in the future, they can even directly open a spatial passage from the Secret Realm to dispatch a large army to support the battlefield."

Speaking of this, Yang Da's tone became earnest.

"In theory, as long as the Divine Kingdom has sufficient resource supply and masters enough Secret Realms, then there is no true upper limit to the number of believers."

Hearing this, Yang Fan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Such a good method to enhance one's own strength, why are you only telling me now?"

Yang Da was silent for a moment, then respectfully explained:

"Reporting to Master, everything has a price."

"With Master's current identity, wanting to obtain a private Secret Realm is perhaps not difficult."

"But wanting to station troops long-term in this manner has a consumption that is equally terrifying."

"Most importantly, Secret Realms, just like resource stars, will not receive the blessing of Divine Kingdom talents."

"That is to say, believers cultivating in Secret Realms, whether in growth speed or Breakthrough efficiency, will be far lower than native believers of the Divine Kingdom."

"With Master's current strength, among the same Realm, you are almost invincible."

"Your subordinate believes that at the current stage, there is no need to invest such huge resources to Cultivate a Secret Realm legion."

After hearing this, Yang Fan only shook his head.

"No, your considerations only apply to the present."

"But what I must consider is the future."

"Now that the Breeding-type talent has been upgraded to Grade A, under the blessing of the Hundredfold Evolution Talent, the number of believers will soon reach the carrying limit of the Divine Kingdom's area."

"At that time, continuing to restrict the number of believers would instead be a waste."

"And stationing troops in Secret Realms can precisely solve this problem."