Creator Divinity

"Greedy, definitely..."

"But this kid really is capable."

"He actually managed to make a steamship."

Although deities understood the principles and construction of steamships,

teaching their followers how to build one was extremely difficult.

Unless they had a follower race with special talents,

there was no way to teach them such things.

Chen Changhe's steamship looked rather shabby.

But it was still remarkably fast.

"Could Chen Changhe's Goblins really have Gnome blood?"

"How did he manage to merge those two races?"

Goblins and Gnomes looked very similar.

But the two races were natural sworn enemies.

Gnomes considered Goblins ugly and stupid.

Goblins considered Gnomes greedy and shameless.

Once those two races encountered each other, it was already a blessing if they did not immediately start fighting.

Trying to merge their bloodlines

was practically impossible.

The steel steamship continued sailing across the ocean.

In order to attract the Fishmen's attention,

Chen Changhe ordered the Orks to place more than a dozen large drums aboard the ship.

They sailed while beating the drums.

Before long, they drew in massive schools of Fishmen.

As the rulers of the ocean,

they would never allow lowly Goblins to sail across their waters overhead.

Though they found the ship's shape rather strange,

quite a few Fishmen still boarded it.

These Fishmen had always been the most terrifying pirates on the ocean.

Even human vessels making long voyages had to obediently offer tolls when passing through their waters.

Let alone lowly Goblins.

This plane also had Goblins.

And in the hearts of the native inhabitants of this plane,

the word Goblin meant stupidity and weakness.

If they had faced a powerful enemy,

the Fishmen might have been more cautious.

But Goblins...

Who would fear trash like Goblins?

With such thoughts,

batch after batch of Fishmen charged onto the deck.

Then they became Chen Changhe's quest progress.

Chen Changhe used their lives to complete his quest, while their corpses became food for the Snotlings and Orks.

Before long, Chen Changhe completed the quest and received the corresponding points.

But after completing it, he accepted the quest again.

This was a long-term quest.

There was no limit on the number of times it could be completed.

It was simply troublesome to complete.

That was why few students had accepted this quest before.

By the time Chen Changhe reached land,

he had completed the quest six times.

His total points had reached 360.

Although he was still not on the rankings, he had already climbed into the twenties.

Naturally, he himself had no idea of his ranking.

"Chen Changhe's ranking is rising incredibly fast..."

Zheng Dongfeng could not help but sigh.

Although he had three fewer days to develop than everyone else,

at this rate,

the kid might still take first place.

"He's strong and smart, too."

Ordinary people would never think of using drumbeats at sea to lure Fishmen over to their deaths.

"But that's also because the kid is strong."

If it were anyone else,

they would not be able to avoid the Fishmen fast enough. How could they deliberately lure them over to fight?

"I wonder if Chen Changhe is willing to sell those iron ships..."

They could buy some and use them as rewards for the students at the school.

After all, not every student had ocean-dwelling follower races.

No one knew what sort of environment students would face during the College Entrance Examination.

Making some preparations beforehand

was better than being completely lost when the time came.

"And those strange firearms."

Along the way, Chen Changhe's followers had used Goblin Horn Guns several times.

Zheng Dongfeng naturally did not think much of the Goblin Horn Guns' power.

His main follower races could ignore the bullets fired from Goblin Horn Guns.

Zheng Dongfeng was a deity, after all.

And he was an experienced deity who had been through battlefields.

He had seen weapons far more terrifying than this.

But at the level of high school students, this kind of weapon was absolutely excellent.

"Chen Changhe's followers are impossible to buy, but he'll definitely be willing to sell these weapons."

Zheng Dongfeng was now certain that Chen Changhe's followers possessed both Goblin and Gnome bloodlines.

They were very likely a newly born type of follower race.

New species could be strong or weak.

The strong ones were like Dark Goblins.

The weak ones included certain special plant-type followers.

But all of them represented beneficial improvements.

Even more precious was the Creator Divinity.

If Chen Changhe could obtain this divinity,

he would not even need to take the College Entrance Examination.

Every university in the country would be his for the choosing.

Even the very best ones would be no exception.

Goblin Horn Guns posed no threat to him.

But for students who were also Divine Beings,

it was different.

If they brought some along as rewards,

then Third Middle School's students would perform better in the College Entrance Examination.

As principal, Zheng Dongfeng cared about his students' grades at all times.

Although he had said before that the College Entrance Examination was not the only path,

he understood even more clearly

that succeeding in it meant more resources, better learning opportunities,

and greater acceptance within deity civilization after becoming adults.

The era of ruthless competition had arrived.

The days when one could rise to prominence simply through passion and hard work in the Outer Domain were over.

Without the College Entrance Examination, one could not enter a university.

There was indeed still a possibility of becoming a deity.

But that would mostly happen more than a decade later.

And their potential would generally be mediocre.

There would be almost no possibility of advancing any further.

But if one entered a university

and gained the resources and opportunities it provided,

one could increase one's strength much more quickly.

Many children could become deities while still in school.

That was the difference.

"If I can cultivate one more, then I'll cultivate one more..."

"I wonder whether Chen Changhe's weapons have a high production output."

"If it is high, I can contact some old friends and take the military procurement route."

Zheng Dongfeng knew Chen Changhe's background.

He had nothing.

Zheng Dongfeng did not know whether Chen Changhe's origins were genuine.

In his eyes, Chen Changhe could not possibly be the child of two ordinary people.

He was very likely the hidden illegitimate son of some powerful deity.

But he was certain that Chen Changhe was truly poor.

For all that time before, he had not even filled up his divine card slots.

It was precisely because of this that Zheng Dongfeng hated Zhu Caigou, who had already fled, even more.

"That bastard has completely ruined a student's future!"

Without that nearly year-long gap, given Chen Changhe's strength, he might even have had a chance to become the top scorer in the College Entrance Examination.

If that really happened,

he would laugh in his dreams.

But now...

"Catching up will be difficult..."

Still, if he was properly nurtured,

there would be no suspense in Chen Changhe becoming Huangshan's top scorer in the College Entrance Examination.

Once he entered university after the College Entrance Examination and his resources caught up,

his strength would also rise rapidly.

"Maybe once he graduates, he'll be on the same starting line as me..."

It would be a lie to say Zheng Dongfeng was not envious.

Zheng Dongfeng had spent who knew how much effort to reach where he was today.

But he was happier for Chen Changhe.

"After all, this kid is my student too..."