No strange things are allowed to evolve!

He said to Sebastian.

"Understood, please follow me."

Sebastian led Jiang Shu to the role-playing area and then let Jiang Shu choose an incubator that interested her within the area.

Before long, Jiang Shu's attention was drawn to one of the hatcheries.

The hatchery itself is at the Calamity level, which is not very difficult. The content is relatively simple and old-fashioned, with the opposing sides playing the roles of two gods who lack faith and incense offerings.

The ultimate goal is, of course, to defeat the other side, but before that, both sides need to cultivate their own power.

How do we cultivate them?

It involves using divine power to recruit believers, who then provide faith to the group in return, thereby gaining even greater divine power.

There are three main difficulties.

The first challenge is that the initial divine power is not much, so the targets for recruitment need to be carefully selected. Different believers can provide different amounts of faith. If the believer's aptitude is too high, the divine power may not be enough to support the believer's wishes and gain their loyalty. However, if the aptitude is too low, it may be a case of losing more than you gain.

So how to get started is the first challenge. If this is not handled well, the investment may exceed the return, resulting in being trapped and development stagnating.

The second challenge is how to maintain the loyalty of believers.

Because it is not only necessary to win their loyalty, but also to continuously perform miracles to maintain their loyalty, otherwise their loyalty will continue to decline, and the faith they provide will also continue to decline.

This is what is meant by the Chinese not keeping idle gods. If you don't use your divine power to give them something in return for too long, they will naturally stop believing in you.

Therefore, how to allocate divine power is the second problem. If this is not handled well, the capital chain may break, income may not cover expenditure, and the company may suddenly collapse.

The third challenge is how to develop oneself while interfering with the other party, and at the same time, prevent the other party from interfering with one's own efforts.

Believers can be robbed, because people's desires will continue to expand. If you satisfy a believer's wish, he will turn around and have a bigger and more difficult wish to fulfill.

You can leave it alone, as long as you restore his loyalty before it drops to the point where he might leave the ranks of believers. However, if another god seizes the opportunity and fulfills his wish before you do, the believer will become a member of the opposing faction and provide faith to the other side.

Although there are protective mechanisms in place, when a believer's loyalty is above a certain level, often right after their wish has been fulfilled, they will not be easily swayed or turned against. However, if they are suddenly attacked without warning, causing some areas that have not been managed for a period of time to fall, it can still disrupt the overall progress.

In short, these three challenges are interconnected and together form the underlying logic of this incubator.

They formed gangs and seized territory.

Seeing that Jiang Shu seemed very interested in the hatchery, Sebastian was a little surprised: "Young Master, although this hatchery is a role-playing game, its main theme is simulation management, and it has nothing to do with puzzle-solving or combat."

"Hmm...that's what they say, but sometimes I do want to try something new." Jiang Shu rubbed his chin.

It's true that he's not good at simulation management games.

If he knew how to do business, he wouldn't have become a self-employed individual online.

However, his major is a perfect match for fulfilling his wishes.

There is also a second stage of offering.

With this skill, he is invincible in this hatchery.

It's important to understand that what he cultivates is unlikely to be traitors whose loyalty might waver and who need to be guarded against turning against him; rather, they are genuine fanatics.

operations?

Do not understand.

Why not just mass produce troops?

confrontation?

Do not understand.

Isn't this just one-sided torture and killing?

"How about we look at some other games you're familiar with?" Brother Bing said with some concern. "After all, it's your first game. Try to get off to a good start and gain an advantage if possible. Don't be overconfident."

"There's no difference." Jiang Shu said dismissively, "Everyone here is here to win. Just because I'm good at a certain type of game doesn't mean others aren't good at it."

"Well, that's still better than someone else being good at something you're not, right?" Brother Bing sighed.

"It's fine, this one will do."

Jiang Shu smiled and joked:

"At worst, I'll just not go all in. And if I lose, I can just go to the advanced arena and smurf the low-skilled players, right?"

"Uh..." Brother Bing was speechless: "So that's what you were thinking? Why bother?"

"That's not entirely true." Jiang Shu laughed it off when he saw that Brother Bing seemed to take it seriously, but didn't offer any further explanation.

As I said before, time will tell.

Sebastian, on the other hand, demonstrated the qualities expected of a mature butler.

To faithfully carry out one's master's orders without a trace of doubt.

Although his behavior revealed a degree of distrust.

"How about ten points for the bet?" Sebastian asked. "That's the minimum for the high-stakes game."

Jiang Shu naturally disdained such petty squabbles.

He waved his hand and made a small demand.

"Ten evolution points, one hundred points!"

“This…” Sebastian’s hand trembled: “One hundred points… While it’s not exactly a gamble, it’s still a significant investment. Are you sure?”

"If this weren't my first time, I would have gone all in." Jiang Shu confidently raised his head.

“But…” Sebastian hesitated for a moment, “the stakes are so high, there’s no guarantee anyone will take the bet.”

"If it doesn't work, just lower it again. You can just go for it."

"Ok."

Reluctantly, Sebastian had no choice but to match opponents for Jiang Shu as requested.

Anyway, I've already advised him several times, and I've done everything I could. Even if we lose, it's not his fault.

Sebastian thought that with such a big bet, he might not be able to find anyone willing to accept the challenge, but to his surprise, he was matched successfully in just over ten seconds.

"I never thought anyone would dare to run this incubator."

Amidst a burst of laughter, a bald man skipped and hopped towards them with cheerful steps.

Upon seeing him, Sebastian felt a sense of familiarity.

Just as he remembered who the other party was, the referee, who had been silent all along, announced: "Both sides are in position and ready to enter the hatchery at any time."

Just then.

"Wait...wait a minute!" Sebastian hurriedly said to Jiang Shu, "Cancel, cancel it right now!"

He was so anxious that he forgot to call him "young master".

Jiang Shu was taken aback: "What's going on?"

"That guy..."

Sebastian pointed to the bald man with a strange smile on his face and said:

"He guards a few incubators where he has a 100% win rate year after year. Whenever someone places a big bet, he will fight at lightning speed. After earning enough points, he will go all in at the final arena. After losing, he will come back."

Unexpectedly, this incubator was one of them.

He only has 300 points now, but his true strength... is over 1000!

"What?" Jiang Shu exclaimed in surprise.

It's actually the legendary... dam making money and space exploration spending?!

Seeing this, the bald man's smile widened, and he shook his head: "Just a little water is no fun."

Then he looked at Jiang Shu provocatively: "So, new face, want to stop? If you stop, you only have to pay out 10% of your bet, but if you go in, you'll lose."

“It’s alright.” Jiang Shu shook his head: “It’s only a hundred points. I can afford to lose. But compared to losing in the incubator, surrendering without a fight and paying out 10% of the stake is much more infuriating.”

"Oh?" The bald man's disdain vanished. "Interesting."

Seeing that Jiang Shu was knowingly heading into danger, Sebastian and Brother Bing were about to say something, but then they decided to try harder.

But both of them had already placed their hands on the table at the same time.

The next moment, the two disappeared from the hall.

On the table, two light screens appeared, each displaying a scene of the two people in the incubation field.

"Spicy or not, itchy head, the match officially begins."

The referee took out a small wooden mallet and tapped it on the edge of the table:

"The bet is made!"

Jiang acted too quickly; Brother Bing had no time to stop him. Seeing that the die was cast, he could only ask with a wry smile, "What do we do now?"

Sebastian sighed, "Let me study the advanced arena more carefully this time. I won't miss any of the opponents I need to pay attention to this time."

"I swear in the name of Sebastian, I will make my master enjoy frying fish!"

Chapter 214 Each Displays Their Unique Abilities

[Incubator: Apprentice Deity]

[Type: Multiplayer (Competitive)]

Number of evolved beings in this round: 2

[Difficulty: Calamity]

[Introduction:]

[You are a newly appointed apprentice deity, but you currently have no followers, therefore you have no source of replenishment or increase of your divine power.]

Besides, you have a formidable rival; only one of you can become a true god.

Cultivate your power, thwart all your rivals' schemes, gain supreme divine power, and become a true god!

【...】

[Mission Objective: Defeat your opponent, preventing them from gaining divine power and disqualifying them from becoming a god]

[Reward: 10 Evolution Points]

……

"It is suggested to change it to..."

Looking at the incubator's introduction, Jiang Shu pondered to himself:

"I'm an intern with no salary. The company doesn't pay me, so I have to earn it myself. And I can't even enjoy the money I earn. I have to use it to develop business and compete with other interns because only one person can be promoted to a full-time position in the end."

"Haha, how tragic."

The bet only listed evolution points, not points, but Jiang Shu didn't find it too strange.

Since the concept of points is not inherent to the Anti-Incubation Grounds, but rather given to it by the evolvers within the Anti-Incubation Grounds, the points system should be managed by the external referees.

Having figured these things out, Jiang Shu began to observe his surroundings.

He is currently in a large mountain.

The memories flooding into his mind like a tidal wave, or rather, the established narrative, told him that he was now a mountain god.

There is a village on the mountain called Zhao Village.

It seems this must be where he opened his gold mine.

Then, on another adjacent mountain, there is a village called Wangzhuang.

Another mountain god is worshipped there.

That was Jiang Shu's competitor, the bald man who made money from the dam and spent it on aerospace.

"So it's just a mountain god... No wonder it's only a calamity-level being, how petty."

Just as he was complaining, a panel suddenly appeared in front of him—

【Divinity: 10】

[Number of believers: 0]

[Faith: 0]