Chapter 1456: Anticipation for the Future

After a while, Xiao Feng pushed open the door and went downstairs bare-chested.

The weather is very hot; it's already the hottest season of the year, but for superhuman beings it has little effect.

"Boss, you're finally offline; it's already been 20 days." Su Ni saw him appear, spoke delightedly, feeling somewhat relieved.

Xiao Feng laughed and joked: "What, are you afraid I'll die and lose my job?"

"I was a bit worried before. But since Xiao Ning and the others said you're fine, I relaxed—just afraid you'd go hungry, boss." Su Ni said with a smile.

She's been working as a housekeeper at Xiao Feng's place for over two months, already accustomed to living with these young people; if something happened to Xiao Feng, she truly wouldn't know what to do.

Xiao Feng smiled: "Then hurry up and make me something good to eat—I haven't eaten in ages, I'm starving."

"Sure thing, boss~"

Su Ni immediately replied and went into the kitchen to get busy.

Xiao Feng grabbed a bottle of cold drink to cool off, then glanced outside.

Recently the whole residential compound has been deserted; aside from him and the households of Old Zhang and Old Li, no one else has come in, even the sanitation workers are gone, and a thin layer of fallen leaves has piled up on the ground.

By the poolside, that special little tree has grown much taller recently.

The last time I saw it, it was over half a meter tall; now it's nearly 2 meters, its branches and leaves gradually spreading, increasingly resembling a tree.

Its growth rate is astonishing, and even more surprising is that the spiritual aura it emits is increasing, already clearly perceptible. If it continues to grow, the effect can be imagined.

"I really look forward to the days to come..."

Xiao Feng is full of anticipation for the future.

This year's Civilization Index annual settlement didn't hand out real-world rewards again, only issuing some equipment and consumables in the game.

Obviously only the first year's significance matters most; if real-world rewards are involved later, one would probably have to wait until the Myriad Races Hegemony War.

And the first Myriad Races Hegemony War will at least take another four or five years in the real world.

After all, according to Chen Jie, by then mainstream players' levels will have to be at least seven or eight hundred, and players of all races will need to establish vast numbers of cities, nations, and secret realms on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield before they're qualified to contend for hegemony.

Such a process cannot be completed in just a few years.

After all, once on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, the time ratio returns to normal—one day is one day, one year is one year.

Upon that vast, boundless land, even if players step out of the safe zone into the true hegemony map, they will face civilization building from scratch, as well as endless conquest and slaughter!

As a pioneer, Xiao Feng has always been paving the way.

But whether he can achieve the best results in the future's first "All-Out Hegemony War," he himself isn't sure.

After all, the enemy isn't a pushover.

The Zu Jian Xing gang are a bunch of cheat-like players, plus the inherent racial traits of the Machine Race give them exceptionally strong execution; in wartime they are absolutely a terrifying existence.

Even the heavily populated major districts of the Azure Sky World will be tough to deal with.

There are also the Divine Race, Water Civilization, Stone Civilization, Giant Beast Civilization, Insect Civilization, and so on—none of them are easy to provoke.

What Xiao Feng can do is strengthen his own power, keep himself invincible, and then additionally help a small number of people become strong, to assist himself and counter the enemy.

If he really wins then, he could become the ruler, thereafter free of worry, nearly ageless and immortal.

If he can't win... then he'll just have to cultivate himself, pursuing the ruler's realm.

After a while, Su Ni finished the delicious food and called him to eat.

The few girls in the house had all come downstairs; Jiang Ning had just gone online and told them the news that Xiao Feng had gone offline, and they were all delighted, hurriedly logging out of the game to check on him.

Being surrounded by the girls felt very comfortable; he didn't even need to feed himself, as someone fed him bite by bite.

After enjoying several hours of offline leisure in comfort, Xiao Feng then returned to the game world.

Before logging into the game, he reminded Jiang Ning and the others to repeatedly temper their will, contemplate the laws, striving to reach the Divine Lord realm as soon as possible.

Actually, he didn't need to say it; everyone already knows.

Moreover, during the half-game-year he was away, many people around him had gradually come to grasp the power of the laws.

Only, without his law-essence enhancement, their law comprehension values are still relatively low.

……

Myriad Phenomena Forest, Little Jianmu.

The first thing Xiao Feng did upon returning to the game was to let Da Bai out.

Then he checked his cultivation time… he still needed to wait a few more hours before he could continue gaining cultivation.

"Sigh, diligence is really hard."

Xiao Feng sighed.

Since the system doesn't allow cultivation gains, he can only contemplate the laws and study secret arts.

The Xuanwu Battle Body hasn't been successfully comprehended yet, and the Five Elements Laws aren't fully understood either—both require effort.

Little Jianmu has a strong wood-system aura, perfectly suited for contemplating the wood-system of the Five Elements Laws; to add an extra tempering effect, he devoted part of his mind to the contemplation.

Xiao Feng's ability to multitask, under his continual development, has become increasingly mature.

Now, simultaneously contemplating secret arts and laws while tempering his will presents no difficulty for him.

Even if several more people chatted beside him, it wouldn't be a problem; he wouldn't lose his mental focus.

This is his hidden talent; others trying to learn it cannot acquire it.

Doing three things at once, he makes use of the time, and it's still fairly fulfilling.

But the rate of willpower growth still feels a bit too slow to him.

Even after breaking through the Divine Lord realm, his tempering effect keeps improving, gaining over 200 points per hour.

But if divided by ten, it's actually not much better than during the Divine Realm period.

Even if he tempered himself nonstop for 24 hours a day, the most he could gain is 5000 points.

Yet the willpower value required to break through the next major realm, the "God King," is a terrifying 100 million points!

He currently has 1.25 million, still lacking 98.75 million; if he gains 5000 per day, he'd need about 19,750 days, roughly 55 years.

By then he'll be over 70 years old!

This is still calculated based on extreme tempering; in reality, being able to temper for 12 hours a day on average is already good. Without other factors to assist improvement, it would probably take over a hundred years to meet the demands of the God King Realm.

Thinking of this terrifying time span, Xiao Feng couldn't help but get a headache.

He secretly thought: "The Demon Emperor senior said the 【Purple Gold Divine Sense Pill】 was refined by a Venerable of Star Realm Mountain; I don't know if that Venerable will also refine higher-grade Divine Sense Pills…… I have a chance to go to Star Realm Mountain to inquire."

Also being one of the Four Legendary Mi Jing, the NPCs of Star Realm Mountain are not weaker than those of Myriad Phenomena Forest; however, with his strength he still qualifies to go explore.

"Right, there's also the relics of the Martial God Hall! The woodcutter and old fisherman didn't tell me the exact location, so I still need to inquire."

Xiao Feng also longs for the effects of the Martial God Set, eager to gather a full set.

He doesn't know where that place is, but the Demon Emperor Xuan Die should know.

When he has time, he can ask the Demon Emperor senior; it would be best to directly copy the map she holds.