Chapter 6: Classroom: Divine Creatures

“First, congratulations to all students for awakening your Divine Kingdoms yesterday and becoming Divine Creatures. I want to specifically praise three people. Yang Fan received a C-grade evaluation, Li Shuhao received a C-grade evaluation, and Wang Zhenyu received a D-grade evaluation. Although the awakening of a Divine Kingdom has a certain degree of randomness, in this world, luck is also a form of strength. Teacher congratulates you all,” Li Qingying said while lightly clapping her hands.

All the students in Class 7, Third Year of High School came from ordinary families. With two C-grades and one D-grade in this awakening, Li Qingying was already very satisfied.

The rest of the students looked at Yang Fan and the other two, their faces also filled with envy.

This wasn't because of the evaluation itself, but because of the Ministry of Education's resource allocation that the evaluation represented.

Although the resources rewarded by the Ministry of Education could not be used for other daily expenses, at least they didn't have to ask their families for investment, which was a disguised way of reducing the burden on their families.

“Since the dawn of the Age of Gods, human lifespan has increased significantly. You are still young; do not fall into the trap of temporary gains and losses and forget your original intentions,” Li Qingying changed the subject.

“We understand, Teacher.”

“Good, let's start today's lesson. What do you think a Divine Creature is?” Li Qingying pointed to the four large characters on the blackboard.

“Aren't we exactly that?”

“Gods who possess a Divine Kingdom?”

“Ordinary people who have undergone awakening are Divine Creatures.”

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The students below were chattering away, all eagerly answering.

Li Qingying gave a light chuckle and looked toward Yang Fan: “Student Yang, what do you think?”

“Ah?” Yang Fan was startled. Although he always listened attentively in class, he never thought about answering questions. Why did the teacher take the initiative to ask him today?

“Ahem, my thoughts are about the same as everyone else's.” Yang Fan scratched his head and gave a silly laugh.

Seeing this scene, a trace of disappointment flashed in the depths of Li Qingying's eyes.

“Is he just an ordinary student?” Li Qingying sighed inwardly.

Li Qingying then shifted her gaze to Li Shuhao and continued: “What does Student Li think?”

“The core of a Divine Creature is not divinity, but the 'creature' part. After awakening, we have a Divine Kingdom, and the Divine Kingdom is like a sheepfold, while our believers are the penned-in lambs. Similarly, one can conclude that if one does not become a God, one remains a link in the biological chain. From a certain perspective, we are also lambs now, or a link in the biological chain,” Li Shuhao said his opinion in a flat tone.

As he finished speaking, many gazes turned toward him. Some were curious, some surprised, some thoughtful, and some speechless.

Yang Fan looked at him, a different glint also flashing in his eyes: “This guy is somewhat interesting. It's just a pity that even though he knows he's a lamb, he has to act like a 'thinking lamb.' He's not steady enough.”

Li Qingying's eyes lit up: “Who did you hear that from?”

“In my spare time, I like to log into the school library to read books.”

“Very good, your insight is quite good. Although it's a bit unpleasant to hear, the core idea is correct.

So-called Divine Creatures still haven't escaped the scope of being human. Aside from your lifespan, your physical bodies are still fragile. You'll starve to death if you don't eat for ten days, die of thirst if you don't drink water for three days, and a minor traffic accident could potentially end your life.

Divine Creatures are just slightly higher-level biological beings; they are still fragile.

I know you've just awakened your Divine Kingdoms and are full of high spirits, but I regret to inform you of a statistic: ninety percent of the people in our class won't even be able to break through to become a Demigod.” Li Qingying's expression was incredibly serious.

The classroom was very quiet. Many students looked unhappy. After all, their parents weren't Demigods either, just Divine Creatures engaged in logistics work, and most of their parents' expectations for them were to break through to become Demigods and change the family's destiny.

“Teacher, how can one break through to become a Demigod?” a student raised their hand to ask.

“Work hard to develop your Divine Kingdom and make your believers strong enough. Of course, if you want a quantitative indicator, even if you do nothing every day, you should be able to obtain 1,000 Faith Points just from the faith of your believers.”

“Obtaining 1,000 Faith Points just through faith alone!” Many students' mouths hung wide open, their eyes filled with disbelief.

1,000 a day means 30,000 a month. You have to know that many people's parents together can't even earn 5,000 a month. Moreover, this isn't from selling Divine Kingdom resources, but the most basic acquisition of Faith Points.

“Don't be surprised. Once you truly become a Demigod, perhaps you won't even care about this bit of income.”

Yang Fan lowered his head, thinking secretly: “I still have to work hard to raise the life level of my believers. With the strength of the believers in my Divine Kingdom now, even if their population grows to a million, the Faith Points they could provide daily would probably only be in the single digits.”

This was also why a Divine Kingdom couldn't make a God stronger through a 'human wave' tactic. If the population grew without limit, the Divine Kingdom would eventually be unable to support them.

Soldiers should be elite, not just numerous.

“Students, I'm not trying to discourage you, but to let everyone recognize reality. To become a Demigod, you need to make your believers strong enough. I looked at everyone's Divine Kingdom awakening reports yesterday; 70% of you have no talent, and of the rest who do have talents, most are lifestyle-type talents.

Just imagine, if your believers spend most of their time on administrative tasks like mining, farming, and hunting, how can they become stronger?”

Hearing this, everyone looked troubled, and some students even began to look anxious.

“I know your difficulties. Everyone's family conditions aren't great, and after becoming Divine Creatures, your first thought is to help reduce the burden on your families. However, as your teacher, what I want to say is that if you want to break through to become a Demigod, then from now on, you must try every possible way to work hard to improve the strength of your believers.

Buy Resource Cards, Breeding Cards, all sorts of cultivation methods and Spiritual Plants, and invest them all into the development of your Divine Kingdom. If conditions allow, have your families provide support.

To break through to become a Demigod, the core isn't talent, but resources.”

At this point, Li Qingying couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart.

What the students of Class 7, Third Year of High School lacked most were resources. If they were the top students of Class 1, their teacher would probably have a completely different teaching model.

“Teacher, after promoting to Demigod, does one escape the scope of being human?” Li Shuhao asked curiously.

“Of course. The strength of the believers will feed back into the body of the corresponding God. You've only just awakened, so it might not be obvious yet. After a while, once the Divine Kingdom goes through its golden development period, you will gradually feel your constitution changing; even leaping onto roofs and walking on walls will be no problem.

As for breaking through to become a Demigod, I can clearly tell everyone that even if you were hit by a supercar traveling at 2,000 kilometers per hour, there would be no danger to your life.”

“Then what about a God?”

“If the Divine Kingdom is not destroyed, the God does not die,” Li Qingying said with a certain tone.

This sentence was meant to encourage everyone. In fact, she had another sentence she didn't say: once one truly becomes a God, if there is a life-and-death grudge, they wouldn't strike in the real world at all, but would instead directly send troops to the Divine Kingdom.

Li Qingying's class passed quickly. During the lesson, the students were all actively discussing, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for class to end.