Chapter 1614

"Se brother, do you know exactly how many Secret Realm Hearts there are in Magic Origin Mountain?" Shen Chuo asked.

But we need to keep the Chinese quotation marks 「」? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip, summarise, or merge paragraphs. It doesn't say to change punctuation. Should we keep the Chinese quotation marks? Usually we would replace with English quotes? But the instruction says translate faithfully, not to add or delete. Changing punctuation could be considered adding/deleting? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep the original punctuation marks? However, the output is English; keeping Chinese quotation marks would look odd. Many translations replace them with English quotes. The instruction didn't forbid changing punctuation. It said "never skip, summarise, or merge paragraphs". It didn't say preserve punctuation exactly. But "faithfully" means convey meaning, not necessarily exact punctuation. I think we can replace with English quotes. However, to be safe, we could keep the Chinese quotes but that would be weird in English. I'll assume we can use English quotes. Many similar tasks use English quotes. I'll use English double quotes.

Thus: "Se Xiong, do you know how many Secret Realm Cores Magic Source Mountain actually has?" Shen Chuo asked.

But we need to keep the speaker tag: Shen Chuo asked. => Shen Chuo asked.

Thus line: "Se Xiong, do you know how many Secret Realm Cores Magic Source Mountain actually has?" Shen Chuo asked.

We need to output 【1】 at start: 【1】 "Se Xiong, do you know how many Secret Realm Cores Magic Source Mountain actually has?" Shen Chuo asked

Make sure no extra line breaks.

Se Se shook his head, replying: "Our strength is insufficient; we only explored a small area. However, it is certain that there are at least three Lords inside."

We have "Se Se" nickname for Xiao Feng? We'll romanize as "Se Se". So: Se Se shook his head, replying: "Our strength is insufficient; we only explored a small area. However, it is certain that there are at least three Lords inside."

We need to keep Chinese quotes? We'll use English quotes.

Thus: Se Se shook his head, replying: "Our strength is insufficient; we only explored a small area. However, it is certain that there are at least three Lords inside."

These words……are the same as not saying anything.

A large Mi Jing originally consists of at least three Secret Realm Cores.

Han Zichen said: "We will form a 5000-person legion to challenge, then distribute according to total contribution. Those with high contribution will obtain lordship qualifications in turn; those who don't obtain qualifications can also hold a consul or guardian permit under each lord, so no one's effort will be wasted."

Too many monks, not enough porridge; we cannot guarantee everyone will become a lord.

This distribution is comparatively even.

"Good, I agree."

"Let's just do it like this."

Everyone had no objections.

Afterward, they further discussed the specific time for exploring Magic Source Mountain and how many personnel each would dispatch.

The time was set for this moment tomorrow, with a one-day preparation period.

Everyone deliberately mentioned the situation in the group chat so that the absent civilization lords would also learn the news.

After a final headcount, of the people from the 42 war zones, except for Feng Feng Shi of the Spacetime Rift who remained silent, everyone else wanted to participate.

A legion only has 5000 slots; on average, each war zone can send over a hundred participants.

Xiao Feng's personal strength is too strong; his contribution is almost certain to be first, so he voluntarily gave up some slots, taking only fifty positions.

Shen Chuo and Xue Ningzhen also said they only needed 100 slots.

The relatively weaker war zones, having gained a few extra slots, can slightly increase their competitiveness.

After discussing for a few minutes and finishing the slot tally, everyone then temporarily dispersed.

Xiao Feng, having eaten and drunk his fill, strolled around Xuanyuan City with four girls.

Afterward, he also teleported to the city of the Dark Star war zone and the city of Blue Star No. 1, wandering around.

In the Dark Star, the streets are full of ape-like creatures covered head to toe in hair.

Because the main population of this zone is the 'Dark Battle Apes,' humans are comparatively few.

During an earlier casual chat, he slightly learned about the Dark Star's situation, discovering that this large war zone's actual strength exceeds that in the game.

In the game, Blue Star No. 8 can rank in the top five of the 'Civilization Index,' but in reality all players are ordinary people; besides Xiao Feng himself, there isn't a single Transcendent evolver.

And the Dark Star……the Civilization Index has long hovered around 20th place, yet in reality over 300 million people are Transcendent powerhouses!

Their planet's total population is just over one billion!

The proportion of Transcendents exceeds 30%, making it one of the three most highly evolved primal civilizations in the real universe!

The reason the war zone's ranking hasn't entered the top ten is very similar to the reason for Han Zichen's Kyushu zone.

True powerhouses aren't interested in this game; those who play are mostly ordinary commoners.

Those heavenly prodigies and peerless masters already have guidance from Sovereign teachers, with excellent opportunities, so they don't need to waste time experiencing another 'talent selection' process in the game.

Moreover, the Dark Star's population is also very small: with a population of one billion, fewer than 200 million play. Although the average strength is high and it counts as a 'major zone,' the population disadvantage is very evident in the myriad worlds; when actually fighting, they often suffer losses.

Compared to the Dark Star's cities, Xiao Feng still prefers the territory of Blue Star No. 1.

The grand teleportation array of the Blue Star No. 1 war zone is located in the center of a city named Abundance City.

When Xiao Feng arrived, Shen Chuo personally accompanied him, taking him around the streets.

Although Abundance City's name isn't particularly domineering, the city's construction specifications and luxury level are in no way inferior to Xuanyuan City, and it even has a considerable number of NPC humans residing long-term, making its ecology even more perfect.

Here the players are extremely numerous; the Blue Star No. 1 war zone has a population exceeding ten billion, with at least seventy percent playing Myriad Heavens.

Thus their war zone's strength has consistently remained in the top five; only Zu Jian Xing, Tian Shen Zu Di, and Blue Star No. 8 can compete a little.

Although this war zone hasn't produced a monstrous super-player like Xiao Feng, the number of top-tier players is still considerable; it's just that with so many people, it doesn't show up in everyday affairs.

Walking down the main street of Abundance City, one can see people of level 530 or higher everywhere.

Compared to them, Xiao Feng appears rather ordinary.

Regarding Blue Star No. 1, Xiao Feng has always been full of curiosity.

That place is the hometown of Lord of Time Chen Jie, also the residence of the Creator God, and home to countless powerhouses.

But when he asked Shen Chuo, Shen Chuo couldn't answer a single word.

Because the vast majority of Blue Star No. 1's civilians have no idea how extraordinary the place they live in is!

Most of them live in floating or underwater cities; their greatest life goal is to obtain surface residency and become permanent residents of the Abundance Continent.

If it weren't for encountering some top-tier powerhouses in the game world, Shen Chuo would still be just an ordinary person.

As for news of the Supreme God Kingdom, Lord of Time, Creator God, and the like, 99.9% of Blue Star No. 1's ordinary civilians have never heard of them.

In their impression, the most noble person on their planet is the Blue Star Lord 'Yuanxia Emperor,' a planetary-level Sovereign.

Next is the Blue Star Military Commander Shigu, who is infinitely close to a Sovereign and can easily instant-kill an ultimate Transcendent, an invincible Transcendent.

After that, they know nothing else.

Xiao Feng listened and couldn't help sighing; this is a 'cognitive disconnect' caused by too great a gap in hierarchy.

Obviously Chen Jie and the Creator God intentionally don't want civilians to know of their existence, erasing many things so that their names cannot spread and remain unknown.

If one's strength reaches the Transcendent realm, they should then know at least part of it.

If one becomes a Sovereign, they will certainly know everything, and may even be summoned by the Lord of Time.

Of course, even if one does not become a powerhouse, there is still a chance to see them.

Shen Chuo is such a fortunate one; he just doesn't realize it himself.

Big shots' topics cannot be spoken casually; although Xiao Feng knows some things, he also cannot tell Shen Chuo, or he might get beaten up offline.

After strolling around Abundance City, he prepared to leave. Tomorrow he still needs to tackle Magic Source Mountain; the enemy is an Ancestor God–level powerhouse, strength unknown, so he needs to prepare a bit.

Just as he was about to say goodbye to Shen Chuo, a sudden clamor came from nearby.

Wow, what a beautiful girl!

Holy crap, who is this guy? Flanked left and right, each one so pretty!

The key is he's even more handsome than me, that's just unfair!

Damn it, he's only level 300, what gives? What gives???

Having just heard those voices, Xiao Feng thought they were talking about himself.

But as soon as he heard "level 300", he realized he was mistaken.

Following the sound, he saw that on the other side of the street, several female players and a male player were also strolling.

Those women each had their own distinctive features.

One was a yellow-clad maiden, lovely and pure, with bright eyes and gentle glances.

One was a woman in her prime (twenty years old), coldly gorgeous and noble, with the appearance of a celestial maiden.

And another was a red-clad heroine, lightly swaying a feather fan, her posture graceful.

These three were all low-level, merely in the Half-God realm, under level 300.

Behind them were two experts over level 500: one looked like a young girl, slender and willowy; the other had silver hair like snow, with a somewhat icy demeanor.

Without exception, each of them was a stunning beauty; standing together, they almost outshone Xiao Feng's side.

Surrounded in the middle by the five female players was a young man in his early twenties, sunny and handsome, with only level 300 and a mere 2 million HP, pitifully weak.

But the instant Xiao Feng saw his handsome face, his expression froze.