The Era of Gods

He pondered for a moment and spent a unit of Creation Energy to remove most of the redundant and hidden genes from the Goblin Bloodline gene pool, as there was no need for selective pruning, so a unit of Creation Energy was enough to accomplish the task. He retained only one forgotten talent—time is

money.

This talent was from the goblins of the Goblin Empire at the height of its glory, which allowed goblins to do everything with maximum efficiency, almost like obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Unfortunately, with the destruction of the Goblin Empire and the curse of the gods, this talent disappeared.

Though this talent had no specific metrics, it was quite powerful, especially for an advanced race.

Then, Lin Xiao threw three talent cards into the Creation Rubik’s Cube—Higher Level of Enlightenment, High-level Enlightenment, and Afterglow of the Goblins—and loaded them all.

Up next were two specialties, Spiritual Power Genius and Clever Heart and Skillful Hands, also loaded into the Magic Cube.

The last skill card—Basic Meditation—was likewise loaded.

As for those basic knowledge cards—

Basic Exotic Mechanical Construction.

Basic Exotic Alchemy.

Basic Exotic Engineering.

Basic Weapon Forging.

Basic Armor Forging.

Basic War Machinery Manufacturing.

Since these are knowledge cards and not skill cards, they couldn’t be loaded directly; they had to be learned by the individuals themselves.

Lin Xiao planned to fuse several knowledge cards later into one that contained all the knowledge, thus saving the slots in the Divine Realm reserved for individual cards.

As he eagerly anticipated the formation of the card, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that the genetic strength of the goblin race was not capable of bearing so many powerful talents and specialties.

emmm.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully, his gaze landing on the last unit of Creation Energy, and after some contemplation, merged it into the Bloodline Origin of the goblins.

He did nothing else but increased the upper limit of the goblins’ genetic capacity.

Five minutes later, the fusion was complete, all talents, specialties, and skills merged into one mass, barely reaching the limit and not able to bear even one more card.

He quickly formed it into a card, and as a burst of crystal light burst forth, unsurprisingly, it transformed into an Ancient Card. Its attributes were as follows.

Five-Star Species Card—Wise Goblins (Ancient): Use this card to summon two thousand Wise Goblins.

Note: Half male and half female.

Race: Wise Goblins.

Category: Sub-human Species.

Rank: Intermediate race.

Occupation: None.

Talents: Extraordinary wisdom, time is money, Afterglow of the goblins.

Skill: Basic Meditation LV1.

Specialties: Spiritual Power Genius, Clever Heart and Skillful Hands.

Constitution: 0.6 (a minor might be stronger than you).

Strength: 0.7 (the outburst of anger from an eighty-year-old man might be stronger than you).

Agility: 1.2 (slightly more agile than the average person).

Spirit: 2+3+2 (Wise Goblins possess extraordinary wisdom and have exceptional innate spiritual power).

Evaluation: The scientific academy of the Ancient Goblin Empire once researched a topic on how to endow goblins with greater wisdom, more powerful spiritual strength, and more formidable magic abilities. Clearly, you’ve achieved it.

Good fellow, the spirit’s gone over five!”

Basic two points, talent of extraordinary wisdom adds three points, and the specialty of Spiritual Power Genius adds two points, totaling seven points.

At this moment, Lin Xiao somewhat regretted not choosing the Wrathful Magician. The Frost Magician only pairs well with the Fishman Magician and the Supreme Naga who deal with water all day, but not so much with the goblins who deal with forges all the time; they are better suited to the Wrathful Magician.

But he couldn’t have anticipated such a thing; how could he have known that a goblin, born from the fusion of so many Mythical Grade Cards, would be so extraordinary, with an innate spiritual base as high as seven points, even surpassing the Fifth Level Supreme Naga.

With an amused and helpless feeling, he loaded the card and then issued a Divine-mandate to the Supreme Naga Slarda. After that, he didn’t need to worry about it. He believed Slarda would handle the two thousand newly emerged Wise Goblins just fine.

The Wise Goblins temporarily had no combat power, although they could become Frost Sorcerers right from the start. Due to the initially small numbers, they had to be kept for breeding purposes, so they couldn’t join the fight that would soon follow.

However, the Frost Sorcerer profession might come in handy in a few days. According to the time conversion of one day in the Main World equaling one year in the Divine Realm, there was more than a year before the exchange meeting would begin. If he spent a bit more Power of Faith, he could get the newly born Naga Clan to enter the ancient arena and see if he could produce a batch of Transcendent-grade Frost Sorcerers.

He was quite looking forward to this; both Li Shengyuan’s Two-Headed Ogre Mage and the Kobolds’ dragon lineage Sorcerer had left a deep impression on him. Masters of Law were indeed overwhelmingly powerful.

By now, the two extra card slots were used up, and all the Creation Energy had been spent.

The third phase of the Summer Camp would definitely bring more card slot rewards, and because of the unexpected exchange meeting, the rewards might be even more generous.

Although the rules of the exchange meeting had not been announced, generally the later it gets, the harder it becomes and the higher the rewards. With a good performance, there’s a high probability of gaining at least two additional card slots as well as Ancient-quality cards.

In the Divine Realm, as the Species Card of the Wise Goblins was loaded, a portal opened in the upper left corner of the Divine Realm. A group of short humanoid creatures walked out of it.

These short humanoid creatures were only about one meter twenty-three in height, even shorter than the Fishmen, and they resembled Goblins only slightly, looking more like shrunken versions of Humans.

Although they appeared to be refugees, they didn’t seem ragged. The procession was orderly; their clothes were tattered but not messy. The many refugees among the Wise Goblins curiously looked around the wilderness filled with lush foliage, their clear eyes reflecting the light of wisdom.

To be honest, if he wasn’t sure they were derived from Goblins, even Lin Xiao himself would not believe these were the deceitful and dirty, cowardly and barbaric Goblins that people commonly imagine, they were simply like two different species.

The refugee procession moved through the wilderness, occasionally seeing wild bushes growing recklessly and the wild fruits glowing red within them. Strong adult male Goblins in the guard team picked the fruits, wiped them clean, and passed them to the female Goblins in the group.

When they passed a garden encircled with thorny bushes, they saw more than a dozen Flower Fairies dancing elegantly amongst the flowers in the center of the vast blooming garden. The fairies curiously watched the passing Wise Goblins from afar.

Lin Xiao, who was paying close attention to the Wise Goblins, had a thought. Unexpectedly, without his realizing it, more than a dozen little spirits had been born in the Divine Realm, all of them Flower Fairies.

Under the care of these Flower Fairies, the wilderness garden was very beautiful and full of life.

He stroked his chin in thought and issued a Divine-mandate to Slarda to list any little spirits within the Divine Realm as protected creatures.

These little guys were still young now, and the Divine Realm was not vast either. In the future, when the Divine Realm expanded and the energy was rich enough to give birth to Elemental Sprites, that would be remarkable.

Meanwhile, the Wise Goblins had long passed through the flowering shrubs, and as they were crossing a patch of lush weeds, a large wild orchard suddenly came into view. The Wise Goblins rushed over excitedly. The adult male Goblins spread out to stand guard, while the female Goblins went to pick fruit.

Just then, a dull sound came from afar, like that of a heavy object hitting the ground.

The male Goblins looked towards the low fruit orchard warily, at the large expanse of wilderness beyond. As time passed, the sound slowly approached, and a feeling of unease filled the void.

Suddenly, a goblin let out a loud cry, and all the Wise Goblins agilely jumped down from the trees and ran back. Many male goblins, armed with weapons fashioned from sharpened broken branches, huddled together, warily watching ahead.

Boom!

The earth trembled slightly, and immediately after, a figure as tall as a mountain to the goblins emerged from behind the jungle. A huge hand covered in scales easily snapped a tree trunk as thick as a thigh, and then a gigantic anchor fell from the sky with a ‘crash,’ smashing a large hole in the ground.

The Giant Beast stopped a hundred meters away from the Wise Goblins, but the rustling sounds didn’t cease; the dense jungle parted, revealing one enormous human-bodied, serpent-tailed creature after another, each of them just as massive to the Wise Goblins.

Goblins from the unknown realm, the Supreme Creator, the King of the Great Sea, the Divine-mandate of the Nagas and Fishmen has ordered me to welcome you.”

Slarda, who had received the Divine-mandate and come hurrying over with a large contingent of Supreme Nagas, looked down from on high and addressed the tiny beings before him.

And then, there was nothing else to report.

Having a bunch of ferocious creatures, resembling Giant Beasts, specifically coming to pick you up, is like humans venturing into the unknown, only to be approached by a group of monsters dozens of meters tall, telling you with a friendly face that they are there to pick you up — do you go, or do you go?

For the Wise Goblins, the situation they faced was exactly like that, with no choice at all. After weighing their own size against the others, they were sure they couldn’t outrun them and obediently followed Slarda back to Naga City.

Subsequently, the Wise Goblins settled in Naga City under the notion of being a servitude clan.

Just like the Small Fishmen, they were treated as servants by the Supreme Nagas.

This was the best arrangement and allowed the Wise Goblins to settle down.

After all, even if they were asked to sit as equals with the Supreme Nagas, they wouldn’t be comfortable.

Going forward, it was about guiding them to worship the Creator God and to reproduce in Naga City.

Lin Xiao didn’t guide them to do anything; trusting in their exceptional intelligence, he believed they would find their own work.

It’s like highly intelligent humans going back to the primitive times, seeing a primitive tribal society with nothing at all. They would definitely find ways to create various tools to improve their lives. This is the instinct of intelligence, and Lin Xiao didn’t plan to intervene.

After withdrawing his consciousness from the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao received a message from Lin Xu — an invitation to join a new group chat.

Upon joining, he found himself among six people: Ancient City, Lin Xu, Shen Yuexin, and a few others from Yunmengxing Province.

At that moment, there was already a conversation happening. When he entered, the talking stopped, and after about ten seconds, a guy he didn’t know well named Su Tong said:

So the big boss has arrived, everyone move down a rank in the group status!

So the big boss has arrived, everyone move down a rank in the group status! The old group was useless now, and only a few of them had entered the final phase of the Summer Camp, so there were many things that were not convenient to discuss in the other group.