Losing five incubation nests means losing 50,000 Zerg units per day, which amounts to more than 1.5 million Zerg units per month…

  The longer this goes on, the greater the losses. Destroying a single incubation nest is equivalent to losing billions of Zerg units.

  Thinking about this, William felt an unbearable pain in his heart. But instead of dwelling on it, he decided to turn his grief into motivation and silently thought:

  "Now, my divine power is gone, the carrying capacity of my divine domain is at its limit, and I've completely hit a development bottleneck. It's time to return to the old ways of the swarm."

  Having made up his mind, William immediately contacted his class teacher, Lex.

  As soon as the call connected, before William could say anything, Lex's teasing voice came through.

  "Yo, kid, it's been less than a month since you got back, and you're already thinking of contacting me?"

  "Lex, I noticed that other classmates in the class have gone for practical combat training. I also want to go to a low-level war zone to improve myself through real combat," William stated his purpose seriously.

  "What are you thinking? Didn't you just receive 6 million divine power? You should take advantage of this period to stabilize your development for a few years. Once your strength improves, even if you don't ask, I'll take you to the low-level war zone for training," Lex advised William, though he was a bit puzzled by his request.

  "Uh... Lex, I've already finished my upgrades. My divine domain's followers increase by nearly ten million every month. If I don't expand the domain, I won't be able to sustain them anymore," William explained helplessly.

  "Holy… ten million… Didn't you have 6 million divine power? Buy some terrain cards to expand your divine domain!" Lex was shocked upon hearing William's current follower growth rate.

  If William's followers were weak and insignificant, Lex wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

  But the combat strength of William's followers was well recognized among ordinary-tier beings. Moreover, he had already found the path to transcendence.

  Although Lex didn't know the exact probability of William's followers advancing to the transcendent level, based on experience, such a vast population of ordinary-tier beings was bound to produce a considerable number of transcendent ones.

  With such a rapid expansion of followers, Lex felt that William’s strength was becoming overwhelmingly excessive.

  Hearing Lex's exclamation, William responded matter-of-factly, "The 6 million divine power is already gone. I don't have money to buy terrain cards to expand my divine domain."

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  "Damn… You used up 6 million divine power in just a month? Where the hell did you spend all of it?" Lex was once again stunned.

  For a rookie demigod to burn through 6 million divine power in a single month—that was unheard of.

  If William had invested all that divine power into terrain resources, his divine domain could have expanded to nearly 10 million square kilometers, reaching half the size of Lex’s current domain.

  "I spent it on developing my followers!" William saw nothing unusual about depleting divine power so quickly—after all, it had directly boosted his combat power.

  "Alright, fine, I won’t ask where exactly you spent it. That’s your business. Just tell me—how many transcendent followers do you have right now? I need to know so I can choose an appropriate area in the war zone," Lex shifted the topic.

  "I have around 30 million transcendent followers," William estimated honestly.

  He currently had over 20 million transcendent followers.

  With 12 transcendent incubation nests producing 120,000 transcendent followers daily, by the time they reached the low-level war zone, his transcendent Zerg count should reach around 30 million.

  Hearing William’s response, Lex fell silent.

  William thought Lex might not have heard him and was about to repeat himself when Lex finally spoke.

  "…Alright then, get ready. I’ve already approved your individual practical training application. I’ll go collect some teaching resources, and we’ll set off tomorrow."

  "Thanks, Lex. See you tomorrow!" William, satisfied with the result, quickly ended the call.

  What he didn’t know was that after the call ended, Lex, no longer needing to maintain his dignified teacher persona, couldn't contain his excitement. He started dancing in his divine domain.

  "Ga-ga-ga-ga… I'm rich! This kid is a total monster-level talent!" His eerie laughter echoed throughout his domain.

  Once he had laughed enough and calmed down, Lex thought to himself:

  "No, I have to report this to Uncle Wang. William needs special attention. Even in real combat, there are risks—we can’t afford to let anything happen to him. With him, our school might achieve far better results than ever before in this year’s Global League."

  Without delay, Lex immediately called the school’s academic director, Zous.

  As soon as the call connected, before Zous could even speak, Lex excitedly blurted out:

  "Zous, great news! William has a real shot at making a name for himself in this year’s Global League!"

  "He already has 30 million transcendent followers. If he stays on track, he might win the Global League championship in ten years!"

  Zous, shocked by the information, fell silent for a moment. He was familiar with William’s follower situation and closely followed the Global League each year. With a student of this caliber, William’s success in the league was practically guaranteed.

  "This is fantastic news! If William achieves success in the Global League, our school’s education funding next year will increase by at least 40%!"

  "Keep a close eye on him. If he performs well, I’ll submit a request for a bonus for you," Zous said, unable to hide his excitement.

  "Zous, besides sharing the good news, I need to tell you something else. William wants to go to a low-level war zone for combat training. I plan to take him deep into the barren resource wells, but I’m afraid my strength alone isn’t enough to ensure his safety," Lex admitted.

  "If he has that much potential, I’ll assign another teacher to accompany you."

  After a brief pause, Zous changed his mind.

  "No, that’s still too risky. We need to ensure absolute safety for such a talent. I’ll talk to the principal and arrange for a quality control supervisor to join you. Wait for my update."

  With that, Zous ended the call abruptly, presumably heading straight to see the principal.

  Zous' caution was justified. If William truly won the Global League, the benefits would extend far beyond increased education funding.

  It would also become a significant political achievement on Zous’ record, greatly boosting his career prospects.

  In the education sector of this world, without a history of nurturing outstanding students, climbing the ranks was nothing more than a pipe dream.