The Era of Gods

Chapter 659: Chapter 659 Integration

“If I remember correctly, he was just a sophomore last year… Oh, now the junior year has started….”

Although he wasn’t as freakishly talented, being able to achieve Divine Enthronement early in junior year still followed the pace of those peerless geniuses on the prodigy list of the Main World.

Of course, that’s just in terms of speed, his actual strength, potential, and depth definitely couldn’t compare to those real super elites. But, compared to his always displayed abilities and other students at his university, it was quite impressive.

Hearing this name, Lin Xiao, who originally planned to agree to the exchange condition of dispatching a small squad for the hire, changed his mind, and said to his subordinate:

“Please invite her to my office!”

Ten minutes later, Dai Lingtong, somewhat nervous, followed the messenger to the front of a large gate guarded by two soldiers within the military camp at the outpost base. The messenger knocked on the door, and a crisp, forceful voice came from inside:

“Come in!”

The messenger gestured for her to enter; Dai Lingtong nodded in thanks, took a deep breath to calm her nerves, and pushed the door open.

Instead of seeing a middle-aged or elderly military officer full of authority as she had imagined, she was greeted by a young man in neat military dress, his hands clasped in front of him on the desk, smiling at her.

At first glance, Dai Lingtong felt the man looked somewhat familiar, but the context of the moment, along with the dazzling gold stars on the shoulders of the young man, told her he was a major general, which made her too afraid to think much at the moment. She saluted the somewhat familiar man before her, as she had learned during military training when she entered university, and said crisply:

“Greetings, Titan Battle Group commander!”

A gentle yet powerful voice responded:

“My name is Lin Xiao!”

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She quickly added:

“Major General Lin Xiao… hello…”

This name made her heart skip a beat, so familiar, and subconsciously she looked up….

It was still that face, but compared to the brief glance earlier which she had quickly averted, now looking closely, she immediately recognized that the young general wearing the major general stars was none other than Lin Xiao.

“This…”

She instinctively covered her rosy mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

“Surprised?”

Lin Xiao walked out from behind his office desk with a smile and stood in front of her, asking:

“So, what do you need from me?”

“You… are you really that Lin Xiao?”

Lin Xiao laughed:

“What do you think? Want me to check for you?”

Dai Lingtong’s face immediately blushed, she instinctively stepped back then steadied herself, overwhelmed with embarrassment.

Lin Xiao didn’t continue teasing her. After all, she was a girl, and teasing her any further would have been harassment. He snapped his fingers, and a chair flew behind her.

“Sit down. Are you looking for me because you’re in some kind of trouble?”

She obediently sat down. Although she was still shocked, she was now able to think clearly. She nodded and said:

“Yes, I originally came to the outpost base to hire a military squad to help us….”

She paused there, then asked again:

“Are you really the Titan Battle Group commander?”

No sooner had the words left her mouth than she realized she’d asked a foolish question. She covered her face with her hand, too embarrassed to look.

Lin Xiao spread his hands and swept over his spacious office with a smile, saying:

“Do you think my major general rank insignia is fake, or that I put up a staged scene here, or maybe I hired a bunch of extras to act in the base commander’s office for you?”

But he was just teasing. Seeing her shy and embarrassed outburst, he did not continue but said:

“Normally, the base doesn’t accept hires, and that hasn’t changed.”

Dai Lingtong’s face involuntarily displayed a hint of disappointment, but it shifted again with his next words.

“However, I can personally send an Incarnation to help you. By the way, which dimension have you descended into, the Primary Material Plane?”

“No, the Phamore Dimension.”

“The Phamore Dimension? That’s quite a coincidence, I just happen to have an Incarnation on the way to that dimension, and he’s probably about to arrive.”

It was indeed quite the coincidence. Fu Haofei’s Mage Academy was in the Gaman Duchy of the Phamore Dimension, and he had an Incarnation heading there.

“In that case, consider it my personal acceptance of your hire.”

He extended his hand and said:

“Bring me the items.”

Dai Lingtong was taken aback for a moment, but after some hesitation, she handed over the two Divine Cards.

After receiving the cards and examining the specific attributes of the two seven-star cards, Lin Xiao nodded in satisfaction and said to her,

“I won’t take advantage of you. As you said, the Gemini God Card will serve as payment for hiring one of my incarnations, and I’ll take the Abyssal Blood Pool Card as well. What do you need in exchange?”

By now, although the shock in Dai Lingtong’s heart still lingered, she had collected herself and proposed a series of materials she required.

After listening, Lin Xiao pressed a button on the desk, and a secretary entered. He handed the list to the secretary,

“Prepare double the amount of these materials on the list and give them to this lady!”

The secretary took the list, performed a bow without a sideways glance, and left without paying her any attention.

As soon as the secretary left, Lin Xiao clapped his hands and said to her,

“Now that official business is over, it’s a rare opportunity to meet. I’d like to invite you to a meal. Would my old friend do me the honor?”

She nodded slightly, her cheeks coloring with a hint of shyness.

Well, just after a simple meal, she left the Outpost Base with the materials and a heart full of amazement to return to the Phamore Dimension. She couldn’t wait to share the day’s experience with her team.

After seeing Dai Lingtong off, Lin Xiao returned to his office, dismissed everyone present, and took out the two cards to place on the desk, along with a stack of cards set to one side.

Of course, he wasn’t going to directly load the two cards into his Divine Realm. As before, he intended to merge them with other cards and Creation Energy to enhance them into even more powerful cards.

Especially that Gemini God Card—the ten percent twin birthrate was a bit low.

Even though the current rate made it a top-tier Divine Card for him, if he used the Creation Rubik’s Cube to enhance it again, combined it with other similar-type cards, and enhanced it once more with Creation Energy for a qualitative transformation, wouldn’t that be incredibly satisfying?

He set the Gemini God Card aside and picked up that seven-star Epic card—the Abyssal Blood Pool.

Inspecting the card closely, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental; since his Divine Enthronement, he had seldom strengthened and used cards.

His strength had grown too quickly, so fast that he scarcely had time to find suitable high-tier God Cards for himself, and ordinary cards were useless to him, making no difference whether he had them or not.

The effect of this card was that once loaded into the Divine Realm, it could spawn an Abyssal Blood Pool containing diluted Stygian Water, from which demons could be birthed.

To most, it would seem like a card of little value.

What is Stygian Water? It is the absolute nemesis of any deity. Any being with divinity that comes into contact with Stygian Water will lose their divine power. The infamous Styx Oath is sworn upon the Stygian Water, and any violation of the oath would lead to the offender being dragged into the Lethe, stripped of their divine power and falling from grace.

That’s a force completely irresistible even to a True God. It is rumored that there have been records of a god with great divine power falling due to breaking such an oath.

Of course, that’s just a rumor without concrete evidence. Besides, Lin Xiao didn’t quite believe it to be true… great divine power, after all!

But he also wouldn’t recklessly try it himself; some things are better left untested.

The Abyssal Blood Pool…

Lin Xiao spread out a stack of cards he had taken from the Titan Battle Group’s storeroom. The lowest was of five-star Epic quality, including several seven-star God Cards, and most were six-star Demigod cards. They were somewhat related to the two cards in hand and could be merged.

He picked out the ones that matched with the Gemini God Card, left more than thirty cards of varying quality, chose some after going back and forth, and after a moment of contemplation, his consciousness sank into his own Divine Realm.

There, within his vastly expanded Divine Realm, stood a towering ancient tree crystallized in its entirety—The Creation Ancient Tree.

This thing had the ability to devour various creatures’ flesh and genes, or refine various minerals, freely creating any needed combat creature.

However, because his God Realm’s primary Kin was too powerful, biological legions were unnecessary, leaving it to provide golem models for the vast Golem Legions. Its main purpose had not yet come into play.

It was, in essence, unneeded and took up space, somewhat of little value.

Another thing of little value was situated in the Heaven Divine Realm—the Eternal Cloud Palace.

This was an altar resembling those in the Ruins of Myriad that worshipped the Eternal Flame. It could consume ten units of Divine Power each month in lieu of metal, minerals, and other resources to summon a rank 7 Titan Giant Puppet, or it could consume one thousand units of Divine Power every ten years to summon a Rank 8 Thunder God Lord. Whatever was summoned, be it Titan Giant or Thunder God Lord, could not leave the current Divine Realm.

Over the years, a considerable number of Titan Giants and Thunder God Lords had been amassed. They now formed the main defensive force of the Heaven Divine Realm’s space.

But to Lin Xiao, it still felt rather inconsequential.

Setting aside their strength, the limitation that they couldn’t leave the Heaven Divine Realm space was their greatest flaw; after all, no matter how good something is, it is useless if it fills the space and can’t be taken out.

Lin Xiao planned to modify the Abyssal Blood Pool Divine Card, merging these two unique items with other practically valuable cards to create a top-tier card that suited his desires.

After all, he had now amassed a considerable amount of Creation Energy to use without the need to be as frugal as before.

In fact, Lin Xiao was already contemplating a restructuring of his Divine Realm.

With his strength growing rapidly, his True Body Card was at medium Divine Power, and he was still a long way from promoting to Powerful Divine Power. The vast amount of Divine Power he would generate during this period could only be stored. But instead of storing it, he chose to expand the area of his Divine Realm, which had grown manyfold compared to two hundred years ago.

It was foreseeable that when he eventually promoted to Powerful Divine Power, his Divine Realm would continue to expand and his God Realm Kin would grow even stronger. Whether he wished it or not, the internal structure of the Divine Realm would have to be adjusted as the Divine Realm expanded.

With a single gesture, a point of light flew out in front of him quickly sketching the outline of the Creation Rubik’s Cube. As the luminous lines extended, the Creation Rubik’s Cube took solid form.

As Lin Xiao’s True Body’s strength increased, the features of the Creation Rubik’s Cube were also continually enhanced. While it had not acquired any new functions, all the original functions had been strengthened countless times compared to before.