bookbashuk Chapter 238 Two Choices
Chapter 238 Two Choices
Chapter 238 A Choice
Billions of stars surrounded this floating continent like servants, their light stretched into soft bands by the continent's enormous size. The total mass of this continent alone was equivalent to the total amount of matter in the observable universe in Xu Qing's previous life.
"Such a colossal celestial body, defying the common sense of physics, could only exist in this kind of fantasy world." Xu Qing gazed at the magnificent scene before him and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
But he knew very well that no matter how stunning the visual impact of this continent was, it was not the core area of the original secret realm.
"In the end, this is just a trial world for the human race."
Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, his fingertips brushing across the void. He could see through the surface of the continent to its interior, which was similar to the Blood Luo World. This continent was inhabited only by indigenous tribes. It served as a training ground for the core disciples of the human race to hone their strength, and also as a breeding ground for cultivating resources.
Even if it is just a "breeding ground", the population of this continent is enough to exceed the total population of thousands of universe countries, far exceeding the life carrying capacity of ordinary star fields.
There are many landmasses in the secret realms of the universe. Those places are filled with abundant primordial energy from the universe, and the humans who live there are almost all planetary-level beings when they reach adulthood.
Humans can be divided into three categories based on their living environment: God-Kingdom Humans, Cosmic Mystery Humans, and Cosmic Kingdom Humans.
The human population of the Cosmic Kingdom is not large. You should know that in those Cosmic Secret Realm continents, a single landmass is comparable to a Cosmic Kingdom, and it is easy to build tens of thousands of continents in a single Cosmic Secret Realm.
Moreover, the immortal gods' "divine kingdoms" are also incredibly vast, capable of housing a large number of humans.
Although they are all human beings, the status between people varies greatly.
Only humans from the Cosmic Kingdom have normal human rights. Even if humans from the Divine Kingdom or the Cosmic Secret Realm reach the planetary level as adults, they can only have the opportunity to access the virtual universe network after becoming cosmic level.
The reason why human rights are so low is because they do not live in the original universe.
War is about territorial disputes!
Why are we arguing?
Just as plants need sufficient sunlight to grow, if plants are too dense, none of them will grow well. The same principle applies! The formation of life is very special. Whether it is flesh-and-blood life, mechanical life, plant life, etc., as long as it is life, it absorbs the "essence" of the entire universe during its gestation.
Life is conceived and grows by absorbing special energy from the universe.
For example, if there is only one life-bearing planet within a range of 1000 light-years, and that planet has 100 billion people, then almost all the cosmic energy within that range of 1000 light-years is used to nurture that one life-bearing planet.
And the "Cosmic Secret Realm".
With a population comparable to that of a cosmic nation, yet crammed onto a large landmass, the population density is many times higher, naturally resulting in a much smaller supply of "cosmic essence."
And "human beings of the divine kingdom".
The divine kingdom is located in a spatial rift, not in the original universe. The amount of cosmic essence it can absorb is pitifully less than that of humans in the 'cosmic secret realm'!
The information states: "Humans in the Divine Kingdom are the most numerous, yet they can only cultivate to the level of World Lord. Over countless years, only 9082 immortal gods have been born, all of whom had special encounters. Without such special encounters, the humans of the Divine Kingdom are destined never to become 'immortals.'"
"The humans on the land of the cosmic secret realm rank second in number. Like the humans of the 'Cosmic Kingdom,' they can cultivate to become immortal gods, but the probability of producing a 'Cosmic Venerable' is outrageously low!"
"The humans of the Cosmic Kingdom are the fewest in number, yet occupy the largest territory! Throughout history, a large number of immortal gods have been born, and among the Cosmic Venerables, a full 98.2% are all from the Cosmic Kingdom."
Territory is like fertile soil!
The larger the territory, the greater the potential of the race, and the higher the probability of producing a super strong person.
Humans outside the cosmic realm, even those at the star or cosmic level, have virtually no status.
After all, these are just cannon fodder, people with no future, not even qualified to go online.
Xu Qing shook his head slightly, sighing inwardly – indeed, the environment shapes the people.
These high-quality individuals who reach planetary level upon adulthood only hold such a lowly status within a universe system that devours the stars. In the Dou Qi Continent, even if they control a world with tens of thousands of miles of territory and abundant natural energy, those ancient races can only support a few million to a maximum of ten million people, most of whom are just ordinary people without bloodline power.
There is also the Great Thousand World of the Yangshen Universe, which, although its entire territory exceeds five hundred light-years, is many times larger than this trial continent before us.
In this vast world, only the core area near the Great Qian Tianzhou is suitable for human habitation, and the total population is only a few billion.
This population is insignificant compared to the trillions of people that a single continent in a cosmic secret realm possesses.
Xu Qing stroked his chin, a thought suddenly occurring to him: "Speaking of which, human trafficking might be a lucrative business?"
He continued thinking along this line of thought.
"For example, in the Yangshen World, one can accumulate a vast amount of merit by teaching and enlightening all living beings. Even Hong Yi at the end of the original story only absorbed the faith power of two hundred million warriors."
"I previously used less than a billion cosmic coins of wood crystals to exchange for the entire divine sense of an eight-times tribulation expert."
"If we could bring trillions of planetary-level people into the Yangshen World, wouldn't we have a chance to exchange them for the King of Divine Artifacts?"
But upon further reflection, Xu Qing felt that this idea was too presumptuous. The King of Divine Artifacts was a supreme artifact forged by the ancient gods to ascend to the other shore, and its status was extremely revered.
Even if you kill a powerful being who has shattered the vacuum and refine their flesh and essence, it is absolutely impossible to create it.
"However, on the other hand, the population of the Swallowed Star world is so enormous that this idea isn't entirely without merit."
Xu Qing gazed at the vast continent suspended in the void in the distance, tapping his fingertips lightly on the chair, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
After all, in many worlds, population itself is a cultivation resource.
But as Xu Qing read this, her fingers suddenly stopped, and she sighed inwardly:
"Wow, I'm such a cunning guy, I can't believe I even thought of something like this—"
Xu Qing never considered himself a good person, after all, he often refined pills like Fang Shishen.
The materials for alchemy are either monsters, alien slaves, or heinous villains like the Soul Clan.
In the early years, while "exploiting" Earthlings, they also provided them with the cultivation resources they craved, which can be considered a fair trade.
But just like devouring humans, they also sold slaves.
"How could a shrewd businessman like me even think about these things?" Xu Qing laughed self-deprecatingly.
While he can make money, Xu Qing hasn't reached the point where he can buy and sell anything.
Although he had lived in the Swallowed Star world for a long time, Xu Qing was still not used to the common sense of life here.
Human trafficking is one of them.
After thinking it over, Xu Qing changed her approach.
"Perhaps we can let them choose for themselves whether or not to go to the Yangshen World."
"At least Yi Zi treated people as human beings, not as slaves or cannon fodder."