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Chapter 52: Terrifying Rewards
Sensing everyone's confusion, Li Qingying explained, "The followers of that Alien Demi-god have already been significantly weakened by the school's gods. The strongest among them will not exceed Rank 5, and all students are free to cooperate with each other."
Upon hearing this, the expressions on everyone's faces did not soften in the slightest.
Even if their strength was weakened by the school's higher-ups, the opponent was still a demi-god.
A demi-god's divine kingdom covers tens of millions of square kilometers; one can only imagine the population of followers, among which ranked beings are certainly not few.
If this Alien Demi-god stopped playing defense and instead followed the coordinates to counter-attack their divine kingdoms, it would absolutely be a certain-death situation.
The difficulty and risk of this midterm exam were simply too high!
Most students in Class 7, Third Year of High School came from ordinary families, and ninety percent of them followed the logistics route, meaning the followers in their divine kingdoms were incredibly weak.
Li Qingying, as the class teacher, naturally understood these concerns.
"This is a decision by the Federal Government. A greenhouse cannot cultivate the strong. Compared to the dangers of a real divine kingdom war, this school exam has already been made much easier."
"If you are worried about the safety of your own divine kingdom, you can choose to stay on the outskirts and have your followers perform some gathering tasks."
"The main forces of this Alien Demi-god are concentrated in the center of the divine kingdom. Considering that our human gods are still present, as long as we don't back him into a corner, he will never launch a large-scale counter-invasion," Li Qingying reassured.
Hearing this, many students' expressions improved significantly.
Most of them followed the logistics stream, and their followers had almost no combat capability, so they wouldn't be foolish enough to venture into the core areas of the divine kingdom.
"Since this midterm exam carries a certain risk to life, the school's rewards are equally generous."
"The entire assessment process will be monitored by high-level intelligent life. All spiritual plants, buildings, corpses of alien followers, and any valuable items obtained within the divine kingdom will be recorded. Your final score will be determined by the amount of your gains."
"Not only that, but all resources harvested this time can be brought directly back to your own divine kingdom; the school will not confiscate them."
Hearing this, hopeful expressions appeared on many students' faces.
This was the divine kingdom of an alien whose god was still alive; the treasures inside were bound to be numerous.
Even if it was just the peripheral areas, those low-rank spiritual plants were good things for Divine Creatures like them.
Li Qingying continued to add, "In addition, the school will give extra rewards to the top 100 students in the entire school."
"The 10th to 100th places will be rewarded with 500 million Faith Points; 4th to 10th places will receive 1 billion Faith Points; 3rd place will receive 2 billion Faith Points and one fountain of life special building; 2nd place will receive 5 billion Faith Points and a choice of any building below A-rank from the school's inventory; 1st place will receive 10 billion Faith Points and a choice of any building below A-rank from the school's inventory."
Over 95% of the students in Class 7, Third Year of High School didn't think these rewards would have anything to do with them, but that didn't stop them from marveling at the school's grand gesture.
The third-place reward, the fountain of life special building, although listed in the mall for 1 billion Faith Points, actually had no stock. It was a strategic resource, and all transactions were private peer-to-peer deals; its true price definitely exceeded 2 billion.
The rewards for second and first place were even more exaggerated: any choice of buildings below A-rank from the school's inventory.
Yang County No. 1 Middle School was an official institution; all teachers had to be deployed to the front lines to fight alien gods. The school's inventory was likely even richer than local powers like the Luo Family and the Li family.
The value gap between B-rank buildings was enormous. Some cheap ones, like the bailing blood pool, were estimated to be around 1 billion, while some buildings could fundamentally change a follower's aptitude or accelerate the development of the entire divine kingdom, making their value immeasurable.
Tens of billions or even hundreds of billions were possible.
It wasn't scary when the school rewarded a B-rank building; it was scary when they let you choose it yourself.
This was forcing those monsters in Class 1 to go crazy.
It wasn't hard to imagine that the competition for the top two spots in this midterm exam would definitely be a fierce battle; the interests involved were so great that even gods would be tempted.
The stronger one's power, the more resources one could obtain. In this midterm exam, 99% of the school's investment was in the top two spots.
Yang Fan was equally tempted; this was absolutely a chance to leap over the dragon gate.
A moment later, Yang Fan subconsciously shook his head. His current strength still had too large a gap compared to monsters like Luo Bing and Li Tianheng, who received heavy investment from their families.
What is yours will be yours; what isn't yours, you cannot take.
Aiming too high only adds to one's troubles.
After finished announcing the matters regarding the midterm exam, Li Qingying dismissed the class.
Yang Fan simultaneously received an invitation from Li Shuhao.
"Brother Yang, bring Zhang Pang along for a gathering."
Yang Fan nodded, and after sending the coordinates to Zhang Pang, he tapped the coordinates and left the classroom.
This time, Li Shuhao didn't choose to go to the Heavenly Fragrance World, but instead to a quiet courtyard where tea and snacks had already been laid out.
There were seven people in total, all of whom Yang Fan knew.
Besides Wang Zhenyu, there were three others: Wang Mazi, Wei Feng, and Yu Mo.
These three were all Li Shuhao's Subordinate Gods.
The reason Zhang Pang was invited was perhaps also because he was Yang Fan's Subordinate God.
"Brother Yang, please take a seat. This is my Li family's reception room; it's quiet and has good privacy," Li Shuhao explained.
"I thought it would be the Heavenly Fragrance World again!" Yang Fan teased with a smile.
"If Brother Yang likes it, I'll treat you later, but since we have serious business to discuss today, I chose this place."
"Forget it, I'm a matrilocal son-in-law now; I have to maintain my integrity," Yang Fan shook his head.
"With the talent you've shown, even the Luo Family has to take you seriously. What's a trip to the Heavenly Fragrance World? Even keeping a mistress wouldn't be a problem," Li Shuhao rolled his eyes.
Yang Fan just shook his head at the remark. "Stop joking. Brother Li, you specifically invited us here, so I assume there's something important."
Li Shuhao nodded and said seriously, "The location for this midterm exam far exceeded my expectations. To get good results, one must go deep into the heart of the Alien Divine Kingdom. It's absolutely impossible to do it alone, so I want to seek cooperation."
Before Yang Fan could speak, Li Shuhao first turned his gaze toward Wang Zhenyu.
"Old Wang, I won't beat around the bush. With your strength, it's impossible to enter the school's top 100. I hope you can help me."
"Brother Hao, what do you want me to do?" Wang Zhenyu asked in confusion.
"Sell all the resources you obtain in the Alien Divine Kingdom to me. I'll give you double the price, to be paid in full after the exam. If I'm lucky enough to enter the school's top 100, I'll give you an extra 20 million," Li Shuhao stated his conditions.
Wang Zhenyu didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement. "Fine, I'll come find you before the exam ends."
For Wang Zhenyu, what he needed most were resources. Being able to sell his harvest this time to Li Shuhao at double the price was a good choice.
Yang Fan said with a look of surprise, "You can even operate like this?"
"Of course, there is nothing in this world that cannot be traded. For the school, as long as it's not something they've prohibited, you can do it."
"I've checked the records of Yang County No. 1 Middle School's midterm exams over the years. Forming factions, stabbing people in the back, and even directly robbing classmates—all of it happens. As the saying goes, 'Anything not forbidden is permitted.'"
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