"Is it that simple?"
When Xu Luo heard this request, his first reaction was to suspect there was a trap.
"It's that simple."
Wang Dezheng nodded.
"The Wang family doesn't want to be your enemy, nor do we want you to be ours. So consider it paying for peace. Not just for you, but for anyone with talent and potential, we do this."
Xu Luo was silent.
"I can also give you a credit limit of two million units of faith power. You can shop in any Wang family mall in the main city of the Divine Realm as a gesture of our sincerity."
Wang Dezheng spoke very sincerely.
Xu Luo raised his eyebrows. It seemed genuine. Who cares? He wasn't a public official, so there was no issue of bribery. And since he didn't have to do anything in return, why not accept the free stuff?
"Then thank you, Uncle Wang. As long as the Wang family doesn't target me, I won't be an enemy to the Wang family."
Xu Luo spoke earnestly.
However, his words left room for himself, given that the Wang family wouldn't be his enemy.
"Xiao Luo is really smart!"
Wang Dezheng laughed heartily.
"Alright, since you're here, eat up before the food gets cold."
Given the mutual goodwill, this meal was enjoyable for both host and guest.
Xu Luo also took the opportunity to ask about some information he couldn't access, learning about some of the power divisions in Tianhai City.
After the meal, Xu Luo proposed to leave.
Wang Dezheng had his butler arrange a car to send him off.
In the living room, only Wang Dezheng and his daughter were left.
"Dad, isn't it too much to offer such good conditions just to win someone over?"
Wang Xiaoling was puzzled. Not only did they give a credit limit of two million units of faith power but also purchased two thousand sets of armor and weapons at market price. It seemed like a loss!
"Do you think this is a high price to pay?"
Wang Dezheng smiled.
"If I wasn't afraid of scaring him, I'd directly give him ten million units of faith power to help him grow immediately."
"Ah?"
Wang Xiaoling was shocked.
"Dad, you didn't do something to betray Mom, did you?"
"What are you talking about!"
Wang Dezheng instinctively glanced at the door.
"I'm just investing in a talent in advance."
"Investing in a talent, but isn't this too much of an investment?"
Wang Xiaoling still didn't quite understand.
"Although I admit he's powerful now, even possessing a silver-tier lord creature, this lead is temporary. Once others catch up in the Divine Realm, their forces will quickly multiply."
"That's just what you see."
Wang Dezheng sighed.
"He really has no one supporting him and fewer resources than you, but he can plunder!"
"Plunder?"
Wang Xiaoling's eyes widened.
"Is Xu Luo an invader?"
"Haha, what are you talking about? I'm just saying he has that potential."
Wang Dezheng quickly corrected himself, knowing he had misspoken.
In reality, he valued Xu Luo because he knew more information.
The Wang family rose from his father's generation, with one brother in politics and the other in business. His brother is now the second in command in the Ministry of Education, so they know things others don't.
That's why he went to great lengths to win over Xu Luo, and even after failing, he continued to show goodwill.
"Xiaoling, our family started too late and lacks deep foundations. In the Divine Realm, our base is weak. So, it's always good to have good relationships with others."
Wang Dezheng advised earnestly.
"Many geniuses may fade into the crowd, but what if one rises? What does this little investment matter now? We're just casting a wider net."
"I see."
Wang Xiaoling nodded, half-understanding.
Wang Dezheng sighed internally. His son was a bit disappointing, and although his daughter was somewhat talented, she was only above average in Tianhai. In the larger region, she was nothing, let alone globally.
Xu Luo didn't know about the conversation between Wang Dezheng and his daughter, nor did he realize his aggressive invasions of other Divine Realms had started to draw attention.
After returning home, he took a simple shower. He no longer had to eat tasteless nutrition meals and directly lay in the game pod to enter the Divine Realm.
Returning to his Divine Realm, this time, he had suffered heavy losses!
Out of the 25,000 Zerg sent to battle, only a few thousand returned.
Fortunately, enough time had passed in reality for his Divine Realm to accumulate a lot of eggs again.
With the previous stockpile, Xu Luo made up a round number, replenishing each of the three types of Zerg to 30,000.
He also spent a lot of faith power to upgrade them all to Bronze Tier 9.
With the Zerg replenished, the supply of faith power was restored.
However, his original accumulation was nearly exhausted.
To his surprise, the previously unremarkable Overlord System sent a message.
[Stored Evolution Points exceed three million. Basic conditions met. You can consume three million evolution points and ten million units of faith power to split the Zerg Queen Mother, creating a new queen.]
A simple message, but for Xu Luo, it was like a stormy undercurrent.
What did this mean?
It meant the Zerg were about to see an exponential increase in numbers.
At first, he thought that with only one queen producing a thousand units daily, it would be impossible to amass a huge Zerg army.
But now, the emergence of a second queen gave him infinite possibilities.
If there could be a second, there could be a third.
As long as it progressed slowly, the scene of a million Zerg army overwhelming enemies wouldn't be impossible!
Moreover, although the Zerg started weak, they could be continuously strengthened later on.
Currently, the Mantis Zerg and Beetle Zerg had been upgraded to elite levels, and it wasn't impossible to upgrade them to silver in the future.
The only pity was that although he had enough evolution points now, there was still a shortage of faith power. Even if he did nothing, he would need to wait two days in reality.
Also, with the increased number of Zerg, the daily consumption was substantial. He needed to save some evolution points, or he wouldn't have enough faith power when the time came.
With 90,000 Zerg, the consumption had increased after their size grew, now requiring 60,000 evolution points daily. It took 600,000 mayflies working hard all day to meet this demand.
Fortunately, there were now a million mayflies in the Divine Realm, so besides meeting daily consumption, some could be saved.
However, the damage to the terrain caused by the mayflies was considerable.
Converting the mayflies' harvested resources into faith power, the daily consumption was about a few thousand units.
Although the Zerg only needed evolution points, these points also required resources to obtain.