The God-Making Plan

"Crackle, crackle..."

A huge bonfire.

Burning in an open space.

The flames almost illuminated the night.

Chen Ye and Tang Zichen were quietly watching from the side.

The two of them weren't there to play with fire, of course.

They were burning the corpses of zombies.

Although the hundreds of small zombies had almost all been cut in half by Chen Ye earlier, they hadn't actually died.

They needed to be burned to be completely killed.

If Chen Ye knew magic, dealing with them wouldn't have been difficult.

The key was that he didn't.

Burning them with fire was the best solution for Chen Ye and Tang Zichen.

It was already late at night.

After a night of being on edge, plus the physical exertion of moving the zombie corpses, Tang Zichen looked rather tired.

Seeing this, Chen Ye said, "Class monitor, why don't you get some sleep? I'll keep watch."

Tang Zichen didn't agree.

She looked at the evolved zombie that Chen Ye had pinned under his foot, frowned, and couldn't help but ask, "Chen Ye, what do you plan to do with this zombie?"

"I'll keep it for now," Chen Ye said with a smile. "It's useful to me."

Tang Zichen, being intelligent and perceptive, quickly realized what Chen Ye was thinking.

"You're not planning to keep it because it can summon regular Jumping Corpse monsters, and then use its summoning ability to lure Jumping Corpse monsters for you to kill, are you?"

Chen Ye wasn't surprised that Tang Zichen saw through his intentions.

His thoughts were quite easy to figure out.

Otherwise, what use would a zombie be to him, a man?

It was normal for Tang Zichen to figure this out, given her intelligence.

"That's right!"

Chen Ye smiled. "With this guy around, I can wipe out all the monsters in the Secret Realm in the remaining nine days!"

"According to Teacher Liu, killing one Jumping Corpse monster gives about six points of potential. By then, our stats might even break a thousand!!"

Hearing this, Tang Zichen couldn't help but laugh.

This girl usually didn't smile and always had a cold expression on her pretty face. At this moment, with a slight smile, she was truly as beautiful as a flower.

"Chen Ye, you're thinking too simply!"

"Is something wrong?" Chen Ye looked confused.

Tang Zichen continued, "Secret Realms have a reward cap. You didn't know that, did you?"

Chen Ye was stunned.

He really didn't know.

Seeing this, Tang Zichen shook her head. "Think about it, if Secret Realms didn't have reward caps, with our country's population and strength, couldn't we artificially create gods!"

"If they sent a new army, all with C-class Hero talents, equipped with firearms into a Secret Realm, and captured Jumping Corpse monsters whenever they encountered them, then let someone with good talent kill them, wouldn't that be similar to what you're thinking now?"

"Then, they could create an unparalleled expert just by sheer numbers."

"Such a simple way to create gods, even I can think of it, do you think the higher-ups wouldn't? Then why hasn't anyone acted on it?"

Hearing this, Chen Ye suddenly understood.

Tang Zichen added, "The original intention of Secret Realms was for everyone to share the monster rewards equally. Whether it was the random teleportation locations or the reward limits, they were all for this purpose."

Chen Ye couldn't help but ask, "Did Teacher Liu also tell you about the reward cap?"

"No, it's on the internet. I guess you don't go online much?"

Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

If even this information required Old Liu to treat him differently, it would be a bit much.

Fortunately, Old Liu wasn't that kind of person.

He had only transmigrated to this world less than two months ago, so it was normal for him not to know about this.

"The reward cap was probably discovered through testing by someone?"

"Yes, the method I just mentioned was tried by foreign consortiums a long time ago, and that's how they discovered that Secret Realms have reward caps."

"Then what is the reward cap for Secret Realms?"

"It's different for each Secret Realm. For Secret Realm 1, where we are now, the reward cap is 120 potential points per person, regardless of whether you're in a team or not."

120 potential points?

This means killing 20 small zombies alone is almost enough!

Killing more doesn't give any more potential.

Chen Ye frowned immediately.

This cap is a bit low!

Most importantly, he had already killed over a hundred zombies. Wouldn't a large portion of that have been for nothing?

"That's not right!"

Chen Ye suddenly thought of something and said, "If the reward cap is this low, why did Li Zhongxi from South Korea kill hundreds of people consecutively to feed the Jumping Corpses? Creating such a tragedy?"

"You don't seriously think it's easy to get the maximum reward, do you?" Tang Zichen retorted. "For you, it's indeed easy, but for others, just surviving in the Secret Realm is difficult!"

"Besides, Teacher Liu also said that the potential points obtained from killing monsters that were previously humans killed by Jumping Corpses are also very few."

"Li Zhongxi had many accomplices back then. If he didn't create more monsters, how would there be enough to go around?"

"Also, Li Zhongxi's ultimate goal was for an additional reward."

"The additional reward is for the person who kills the most monsters. He had to maintain his leading position in monster kills for that extra reward... Only such a wicked plan would fit his requirements."

After hearing Tang Zichen's explanation.

Chen Ye understood.

This way, everything made sense.

No wonder no one had initiated a God-Making Plan.

It turned out the Secret Realm already had a contingency, using the reward cap to block unfair competition.

Since they couldn't create gods, and their teleportation locations were scrambled, and the Secret Realm maps were vast, it's believed no one would be willing to waste a lot of human resources for a small additional reward.

Because the gains wouldn't outweigh the losses.

Unless they took Li Zhongxi's path.

However, Li Zhongxi's fate was enough to make future people hesitate.

"Chen Ye, the Jumping Corpses you just killed are enough for us to get the maximum reward, and it can even guarantee the additional reward for us."

Tang Zichen said.

Chen Ye was very disappointed to hear this.

He had been thinking of controlling the evolved zombie to attract a large number of small zombies to kill, aiming for a quick massive gain!

He hadn't expected this BUG to have been patched long ago.

Chen Ye immediately seemed to lose his spirit, appearing listless.

He pointed at the evolved zombie at his feet and said helplessly, "So, this guy is actually useless now?"

Tang Zichen nodded and added, "If you're not reassured, you can use it to attract some more Jumping Corpses and kill them. Maintaining a leading position in monster kills will ensure you get the additional reward 100%."

"Oh right, what exactly is the additional reward?" Chen Ye asked.

Tang Zichen replied, "As far as I know, the additional rewards for the first three Secret Realms are also potential points, and the quantity won't be too large, about a quarter of the maximum reward."

A quarter of 120 is 30.

This means that their maximum potential gain in this Secret Realm would only be 150 points.

Upon reaching this number.

Chen Ye was very dissatisfied.

But no matter how dissatisfied he was, there was nothing he could do.

Since they were already here.

They couldn't just leave, could they?

This is a transitional chapter to patch up some plot holes. The zombie dungeon is about to end, and the real exciting parts are coming soon. I hope all you great readers can be patient and follow along. Thank you.