Hi amc28016, congrats on your new snake. I've heard of them, but I don't really know anything about King-Corn hybrids and if or how they differ from Corn snakes. Maybe someone else will chime in. Post some pictures, I'm interested to see what he looks like!
Assuming they have the same or similar needs as regular corns, heat from a light isn't really important for them so much as supplemental heat from below-- "Belly heat"-- to aid in digestion. Most people use a heat mat or heat tape with some kind of thermostat to regulate the temperatures.
As long as your bedding is safe (not pine, cedar or anything else smelly) and if you've got a heavy water bowl and a place for them to hide you should be all good. But, I did notice you said you are feeding live mice-- It's best for the snake, and more humane for the mice, if you feed frozen-thawed. Specifically, when the snake is older and eating adult mice, the snake can easily be injured by them.
Your quote is interesting and reminds me of one of the things in the bible that made me pull away from my faith-- Because Satan appeared to Eve as the serpent in the Garden of Eden, God told the snake, "You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life." (I looked it up, I don't have passages memorized!) Even as a young person I thought, "Err... no. That's not why snakes crawl on their bellies!"
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