The Era of Gods

He pondered for a moment, consuming a unit of Creation Energy to remove nearly all the redundant hidden genes in the goblin bloodline gene pool, an easy task not requiring finesse so a single unit of Creation Energy was enough, leaving only one forgotten talent: Time is money.

This talent belonged to the goblins during the most glorious era of the Ancient Goblin Empire, enabling them to maintain utmost efficiency in everything they did, almost obsessively so.

Unfortunately, as the Goblin Empire fell and the goblins were cursed by the gods, this talent faded away.

Although this talent had no specific numeric value, it was incredibly powerful, especially for an advanced race.

Then, Lin Xiao inserted the talent cards for Higher Level of Enlightenment, High-level Enlightenment, and Afterglow of the goblins into the Creation Rubik’s Cube, loading all of them.

Following that, he threw in two skills, Spiritual Power Genius and Clever Heart and Skillful Hands, into the Magic Cube for integration.

The last skill card—Basic Meditation—was also loaded into it.

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 rather than skill cards, they couldn’t be directly loaded onto them; they would have to learn them on their own.

Lin Xiao planned to get a few more knowledge cards in the future and fuse them all into one card that contained all this knowledge, saving up space for loading one card after another into the Divine Realm.

After integrating all talents, skills, and specialties, Lin Xiao, who was eagerly awaiting the card’s formation, suddenly froze. He realized that the genetic strength of the goblin race was insufficient to bear so many potent talents and specialties.

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He stroked his chin thoughtfully and looked at the last unit of Creation Energy, considering it for a moment before deciding to infuse it into the essence of the goblin bloodline.

He did nothing else but increase the genetic capacity of the goblins.

Five minutes later, the fusion was complete; all talents, specialties, and skills had integrated just enough to reach the limit, incapable of bearing even one more card.

He quickly solidified it into a card, a burst of crystal light shone, and as expected, it turned into an Ancient Card with the following attributes.

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

Note: Half male, half female.

Race: Wise Goblins.

Category: Sub-human Species.

Rank: Intermediate race.

Profession: None.

Talent: Exceptional wisdom, Time is money, Afterglow of the goblins.

Skills: Basic Meditation LV1.

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

Constitution: 0.6 (Even underage youths may be stronger than you) Strength: 0.7 (An eighty-year-old man in a fit of anger would be stronger than you)

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

Spirit: 2+3+2 (The Wise Goblins possess exceptional wisdom, granting them extraordinary talent in spiritual power.)

Evaluation: The science academy of the Ancient Goblin Empire once researched a topic, how to grant goblins higher intelligence, greater spiritual power, and more potent casting abilities. Clearly, you have achieved this.

“Wow, the spirit is over five!”

Base two points, exceptional wisdom adds three points, spiritual power genius another two points, totaling seven points.

At this moment, Lin Xiao regretted not choosing to be a Flame Magician; Frost Magicians suit those Fishmen Magicians and Supreme Nagas who play with water all day, but not so much for goblins who deal with forges all the time- they’re better suited to the flame.

But he couldn’t have known in advance; how could he have foreseen that goblins resulting from fusing so many Mythical Grade Cards would turn out so impressive, their innate base spiritual power reaching as high as seven points, surpassing even that of a Fifth Level Supreme Naga.

With a sense of bitter-sweet emotion, Lin Xiao loaded the card and then issued a divine mandate to the Supreme Naga Slardar. After that, he didn’t need to worry about it anymore, for he believed that Slardar would handle the newly emerged two thousand Wise Goblins well.

For now, the Wise Goblins couldn’t offer much combat power. Although they could become frost sorcerers right from the start, their numbers were too small in the early stage and needed to be reserved for seeding and breeding. They could not join the upcoming battles just yet.

However, the frost sorcerer profession might come in handy in a few days. According to the time flow of the Divine Realm-one year there for each day in the Main World-there would be more than a year before the exchange meeting began. If he spent some extra Power of Faith to have the new Naga Clan enter the ancient arena, maybe he could get a group of transcendent-grade frost sorcerers.

He was really looking forward to this. Both Li Shengyuan’s two-headed ogre mage and the kobold dragon lineage sorcerers had made a profound impression on him. Indeed, a mage was powerful without peers.

As a result, the two extra card slots were used up, and all the Creation Energy was spent.

In the next phase of the summer camp, there would definitely be extra card slot rewards, and because of the sudden exchange, the prizes might be even more generous.

Although the rules of the exchange were not yet announced, it was generally the case that the difficulty increased as one progressed, and the rewards became higher. If his performance was good, it was highly likely that there would be more than two card slots and ancient-grade cards available.

Inside the Divine Realm, as the Wise Goblin Species Card was loaded, a teleportation gateway opened in the upper left corner of the realm, and a group of small humanoid creatures stepped out from it.

These small humanoid creatures were only around one meter twenty to thirty centimeters tall, even shorter than the Fishmen, and they looked somewhat similar to Goblins, but even more so like shrunken versions of Humans.

Although they looked like refugees, they weren’t in disarray. The group was orderly; their clothes were worn but not messy, and the many Wise Goblins curiously surveyed their new surroundings, a wilderness full of lush vegetation, their eyes clear and shining with intelligence.

Honestly, if Lin Xiao hadn’t been sure that these were refined from Goblins, even he would’ve found it hard to believe that these were the same Goblins known for being sly and dirty, cowardly, and barbaric in common impressions; they were practically two different species.

The refugees passed through the wilderness and sometimes could see bushes growing wildly with bright red berries in them. The adult male Goblins of the guard team picked the wild fruits, wiped them clean, and handed them to the female Goblins in the group.

When passing through a circle of a thorn-enclosed garden, they saw more than a dozen little Flower Fairies dancing among the flowers in the central part of the garden. Seeing the Wise Goblins pass by, the fairies looked on with curiosity from afar.

Lin Xiao, who had been keeping an eye on the Wise Goblins, was moved. Unbeknownst to him, a dozen or so little spirits had already appeared in his Divine Realm, all of them Flower Fairies.

Under the care of these Flower Fairies, this wild garden was incredibly beautiful, full of vitality.

He pondered for a moment, rubbing his chin, and issued another divine mandate to Slardar, declaring any little spirit within the Divine Realm as a protected creature.

Now these little ones were still small, and the Divine Realm was not large, but in the future, as the Divine Realm expanded and the energy grew denser, the emergence of Elemental Sprites would be truly remarkable.

Meanwhile, the Wise Goblins had long since passed through the flowerbeds, and as they traversed a patch of lush weeds, the landscape suddenly opened up to reveal a large wild fruit forest. The Wise Goblins rushed towards it excitedly, with the adult male Goblins spreading out to keep watch, while the females went to pick fruit.

Just then, a mysterious heavy sound suddenly came from afar, as if something heavy was striking the ground.

The male Goblins watched vigilantly towards the other side of the short fruit orchard, towards a vast wild forest. With time passing by, that sound grew closer and the air was filled with a sense of unease.

Suddenly, a goblin let out a loud yell, and all the Wise Goblins nimbly jumped down from the trees and ran back. Numerous male goblins, brandishing sharpened weapons made from broken branches, formed a circle and looked ahead with vigilant expressions.

“Boom!”

The earth trembled slightly, and immediately following, a figure as tall as a mountain from the goblins’ perspective strode out from behind the jungle. A gigantic hand covered in scales easily snapped a tree trunk as thick as a thigh, and then a huge anchor descended from the sky with a ‘crash,’ creating a large crater in the ground.

The Giant Beast stopped a hundred meters away from the Wise Goblins, but the rustling sounds did not cease. The surrounding dense jungle parted to reveal creatures with human torsos and serpentine tails, towering just as high as the Giant Beast to the Wise Goblins.

“From an unknown domain, creatures of the goblin kind, the Supreme Creator, the King of the Great Sea, the Divine-mandate of the Naga and Fishmen, has commanded me to welcome you.”

Slarda, having received the Divine-mandate and coming early with a large group of Supreme Naga, looked down from on high at the tiny creatures before him and thus spoke.

Then there was no ’then¹.

Running towards you, looking fierce and bestial like Giant Beasts, to specifically fetch you- it’s as if humans ventured into an unknown place and a group of monsters dozens of meters tall came running over amiably, telling you they are specifically there to fetch you. Will you go, or will you go?

To the Wise Goblins, that was precisely the situation they faced. They truly had no choice. Possessing wisdom, they quickly realized that they couldn’t outrun them based on the size difference and obediently followed Slarda’s command to return to Naga City.

Next, the Wise Goblins settled down in Naga City under the name of a servant Clan.

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

This was the best arrangement, and it also allowed the Wise Goblins to be at ease; after all, if they were to sit at the same table as the Supreme Naga, they would not feel comfortable with that.

Moving forward, they were guided to worship the Creator God and to reproduce in Naga City.

Lin Xiao didn’t guide them to do anything. He believed that with their outstanding intelligence, they would find work for themselves.

It was like highly intelligent humans going back to the primitive Stone Age, encountering a primitive tribal society with nothing to its name. They would surely think of ways to create various tools to improve their lives. It was an instinct of intelligence, and Lin Xiao did not intend to interfere with them. Withdrawing his consciousness from the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao received a message from Lin Xu— an invitation to join a new group chat.

After joining, he found there were six people inside: Ancient City, Lin Xu, Shen Yuexin, and a few others from Yunmengxing Province.

By the time he arrived, people were already chatting. As he entered, the conversation stopped, and after ten seconds or so, a guy named Su Tong, who he was not familiar with before, spoke up:

” So the big shot has arrived, I’ve moved down a rank in the group!

The old group was no longer of use- now only a few of them participated in the final stage of the Summer Camp, and many things were not so convenient to discuss in another group.