Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

he next day dawned bright and clear, with many people arriving early at No. 1 High School to watch the competition.

No one knew what the rules for this regional league would be like.

Yesterday's exhibition match was exciting enough, making today even more anticipated.

People from various schools began to enter the venue gradually.

Forty-two cities, a total of 420 students, competing for 20 spots to participate in the global league.

One can imagine how intense this would be.

On this day, Xu Luo also arrived quite early at No. 1 High School. Having come here multiple times, he was already familiar with the place.

His previous access permissions hadn't been returned.

"Old Xu, you're early!" Cha Lei popped up from somewhere, greeting him enthusiastically.

"Hey, you're well-informed. Tell me, any inside information? Like what's today's competition mode?"

Xu Luo trusted this kid's ability to gather information.

"You think I'm a god or something?" Cha Lei rolled his eyes helplessly.

"This is directly set by the 11th District Education Department. It was one thing to know some inside information before, but this kind of thing, how could I know? If my old man dared to tell me this, he'd be asking to lose his job. Besides, his level doesn't even qualify him to know this!"

"You're right!" Xu Luo stroked his chin, deep in thought.

He didn't have any other intention, just a bit curious about what mode it would be.

He heard that this year's competition was different from previous years.

The city leagues before were quite boring. It was either a points match or individual battles, very dull.

"Although I don't know the competition mode, I do know some other things!" Cha Lei smiled smugly.

"If there's anything you want to know, you can ask me! But remember, you owe me a meal!"

"Heh, they're all small fry, what's worth caring about!" Xu Luo deliberately spoke arrogantly, just to not let him have his way.

"Old Xu, you're getting cocky, weren't you very low-key before? When did you become so high-profile?"

Although he knew Xu Luo was joking, Cha Lei still felt Xu Luo had changed quite a bit.

"Heh, people change."

As they talked, they slowly walked into the venue with the crowd.

They didn't notice that not far behind them, others had overheard their conversation.

"Who's that? Talking so arrogantly!" A young man frowned in displeasure, asking. All were geniuses selected from various cities, so it was natural for no one to submit to others. Suddenly hearing someone say others were all small fry, including himself, he was naturally unwilling!

"You don't know him? That's Tianhai City's number one genius! Didn't you watch yesterday's exhibition match? He completely dominated Fang Xuefeng, it was almost unbearable to watch at times!"

The girl beside him chuckled.

"Don't take his words to heart. Isn't it just joking between friends? Don't you usually claim Tianhe is yours when you're drunk? Did any of us say anything? Of course, if you feel he's looking down on you and want to go teach him a lesson, I support you!"

"He dominated Fang Xuefeng?" The young man was very surprised.

He thought the exhibition match was boring, so he didn't come yesterday, instead going shopping.

Tianhai was much more prosperous than their Tianhe City, holding an incomparable attraction for a youth like him.

"That freak Fang Xuefeng, there's actually someone even more powerful than him?"

"Of course! There's always someone better, what's so strange about that?" The girl wasn't surprised.

"But this Xu Luo is quite interesting."

"Ming Luo, you can definitely defeat him. Fang Xuefeng is the same as him, they're both just built up by resources. What's so great about that?" The young man said indignantly.

He knew what kind of treatment Fang Xuefeng enjoyed.

"You're underestimating others too much!" Ming Luo shook her head, not explaining much to him. Without reaching a certain level, he wouldn't understand that to reach their stage, it wasn't just about resource assistance, but more importantly, one's own talent.

If talent didn't reach a certain level, no amount of resources would matter, because talent determined one's upper limit.

As they walked, Cha Lei was still trying his best to tell Xu Luo the information he knew, to at least give him some idea.

Others had long been collecting information on their competitors, but this guy was different. First, he had special training for a month, and after that, he suddenly disappeared for several days, almost missing the exhibition match.

"I've ranked them based on their past performances, it might not be accurate. Maybe during this time, someone has made rapid progress under powerful capital cultivation. Although you're very strong, Old Xu, you still can't be careless!"

Cha Lei first gave a warning.

"Apart from you, I think the second place should be Fang Xuefeng. Although that guy is quite arrogant, he's still quite formidable!"

Although he didn't really like the snobbish Fang Xuefeng, Cha Lei still acknowledged his strength.

"Fang Xuefeng's strength is indeed not bad."

Not knowing how his unit development was, Xu Luo had to admit that at the high school stage, Fang Xuefeng's avatar strength was indeed very good. Although not comparable to him, it was much better than other high school students.

"Fang Xuefeng's creatures are mainly harpies, and then griffin riders, all flying units, so you need to be careful. I remember your units were quite lacking in attack methods against flying units!"

Cha Lei reminded him. The information he knew was from before. At that time, Xu Luo indeed didn't have much to do against flying units. The Zerg's low-altitude flight was useless against these true flying units.

But now there was no need to worry anymore.

He didn't need to worry about battles within the Divine Domain. What he needed to consider more was how to fight and advance in the void.

At different levels, the perspective on problems was also different.

"He actually has griffin riders?"

However, hearing the name griffin riders, Xu Luo was quite curious.

In his gene bank, he didn't have the genes of this creature yet.

"I heard he got two griffin eggs while playing card games in the Divine Domain main city, and slowly cultivated them. There aren't many, only seven or eight. Only two adult griffins, the others are not yet mature and don't have much combat power."

Cha Lei spoke in great detail.

"You even know this?"

Xu Luo looked at him in surprise. This information was truly well-connected!

"You think everyone's like you? Studying and training every day!"

Cha Lei complained helplessly.

"I surf the internet every day, make new friends, listen to their gossip. These things can be found out after seven or eight turns. Fang Xuefeng is so famous, many people know about his affairs."

"Mm, alright, you're indeed very capable. No one would object to giving you the title of 'Information Broker'."

Xu Luo said perfunctorily.

"Information Broker?"

Hearing this name, Cha Lei's eyes lit up.

"I think this name is not bad, very suitable for me. In the future, I'll call myself Information Broker. Later, I'll specifically open a company, just doing intelligence work."

"Mm-hmm, you're the most capable, you'll definitely succeed!"

Xu Luo nodded.

"Besides Fang Xuefeng, who else?"

At this moment, he was really curious about what the geniuses from other cities were like.

Of course, he wasn't coveting their creature genes, just purely curious, wanting to know what creatures they had.

Mm. Just like that!

"The second one is called Ming Luo, from Tianhe City. I only know her units are very powerful, but I don't know the specifics. There's very little information about her, and she's very mysterious herself."

Cha Lei scratched his head. For him, information he couldn't find out made him even more curious.

"But according to some rumors, this girl's performance might be comparable to Qianqian!"

"That powerful?"

Comparable to Qianqian, that was truly very strong.

During the month at No. 1 High School, Xu Luo had faced Qianqian quite a few times, not just in avatar battles, but sometimes also in unit battles.

At that time, Xu Luo realized that Qianqian hadn't gone all out in previous competitions. Her goblin technology had reached a not-low level.

For that Ming Luo to be comparable to Qianqian, although he didn't know her specific achievements, she was indeed very formidable!

"In the ranking I've given, for this grade, you're undoubtedly first, then Fang Xuefeng, third is Qianqian and Ming Luo tied!"

Cha Lei grinned, looking smug.

"You didn't sell this ranking, did you?"

Xu Luo looked at him suspiciously.

Based on his understanding of Cha Lei, this kid was really capable of doing such a thing.

"Hehe, just earning some pocket money!"

Having his actions guessed by Xu Luo, Cha Lei felt a bit embarrassed.

"Don't worry, I won't reveal your real core secrets. What I exposed are just some common information. I'm very discreet!"

"How much did you sell it for? I want 30%!"

Xu Luo directly held up three fingers.

"30%? Why don't you just rob me?"

Cha Lei indignantly turned on the lighting function of his personal assistant.

"What are you doing? Robbing isn't as fast as this, and there's no risk!"

Xu Luo turned his head to the side.

"Hey, don't shine that light!"

"What am I doing? I want to take a good look at you. It's too dark!"

Cha Lei complained.

"I worked day and night to make this qualifying guide, called in so many favors, collected so much information. I finally managed to produce it, and now you want to reap the benefits!"

"So, will you give it to me or not?"

Xu Luo stared at him with a dangerous look.

"I think 30% is too little, let's make it 50-50!"

"Ah ha, the weather is nice today!"

Cha Lei rubbed the back of his head, looking in another direction.

"Well, Old Xu, let's talk about the 30% thing. 50% would hurt our friendship too much!"

When it came to money, Cha Lei became shrewd.

"Tell me, how much for one copy, and how many copies have you sold?"

Xu Luo put his arm around Cha Lei's neck. Unexpectedly, this kid was quite a money-making talent!

In the future, he might really be able to make a name for himself in the World of Gods by selling information.

"Not much!"

Cha Lei said in a low voice.

"Twenty per copy, and I've only sold 8,000 copies so far."

"8,000 copies?"

Xu Luo looked at him in shock.

"You've sold so many?"

Twenty per copy, 8,000 copies was already 160,000. An ordinary person's monthly salary was only two to three hundred. This was already a huge sum that many people couldn't earn in a lifetime.

"So many people are buying?"

Xu Luo really couldn't understand.

"People are willing to pay twenty when it's so expensive?"

"This is where you don't understand!"

Cha Lei looked at Xu Luo smugly.

"I might not be as good as you in battle, but honestly, Old Xu, you really don't understand business!"

Xu Luo raised an eyebrow, looking at this kid, waiting to see what he could say.

"You should know that although twenty is not a small amount for many ordinary people, who are the people who can come here to watch the competition? They have time to watch the competition, which means they have a not-low income and also have time. Is it worth making a fuss about spending twenty to learn about the hot students for advancement?"

Cha Lei gave a look of 'you've seen too little of the world'.

"Besides the audience, those students and teachers from various schools also want to understand how strong other schools are. At this time, with a detailed dossier in front of them, won't they rush to buy it?"

"That makes sense."

Xu Luo nodded.

"I didn't expect you to be a business genius!"

"That's right, Old Xu. I'll give you 30% of the earnings, but you also need to help me fend off other troubles."

Cha Lei said very seriously.

"I want to cooperate with you in the future, but if I have trouble in the World of Gods, you need to help me!"

"Of course!"

Xu Luo agreed without much thought.

Cha Lei was his friend. If he had trouble, how could he just stand by and not help?

"Let me tell you, actually, these people in reality aren't the main buyers."

Cha Lei looked around, suddenly speaking mysteriously in a low voice.

"Oh? Are there people online buying this in large quantities?"

Xu Luo was confused.

"What are they after?"

"You're so dumb!"

Cha Lei had a 'why aren't you getting it' look on his face.

"Don't you know there are so many people doing sports betting? You guys all have certain odds! Those people buy this to understand each student's strength, so they can place bets! This is a guide, giving them a direction!"

"You're really a genius!"

After reacting, Xu Luo couldn't help but admire this kid's mind.

This idea was so out of the box, an ordinary person really couldn't think that far.

Who would have thought he had set his sights on those betting people!

But it must be said, this was really a good idea. Just looking at the constantly rising sales data on Cha Lei's personal assistant, one could see how popular this guide was.

Xu Luo couldn't help but sigh that everyone's talent was different.

Although Cha Lei's Divine Domain development was average, he had this kind of mind, very sensitive to business opportunities.