Chapter 862

Arguing aside, Da Bai was actually still obedient; he said he'd return the same way and did so, without taking any shortcuts, leisurely retracing his steps at the speed they had come.

This leg took another 8 hours.

Mang Mei didn't sleep anymore; instead, she quietly leaned in Xiao Feng's arms, chatting with him off and on.

She speaks little; usually she's a tight-lipped gourd, only speaking when someone asks a question.

Now, with no one else around, she's willing to say a few more words to Xiao Feng, but it's just normal conversation, without that urge to pour out endless words.

However, she did bring up a few happy childhood experiences, sharing her joy.

But she didn't mention the bullying she'd suffered at all.

Xiao Feng understood her psychology.

She's the type who shares good news but not bad, telling friends and those she likes only the good things, never the bad.

Such people are kind, unwilling to pass negative emotions onto others, silently bearing the pressure themselves.

Xiao Feng also didn't deliberately ask about her past unhappy experiences; he simply tightened his arms around Mang Mei's waist, holding her a little tighter to let her feel his protectiveness.

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After 8 hours, the two returned to Chai Chai Cheng, descending from the sky.

Ten minutes before entering the airspace above Chai Chai Cheng, Mang Mei broke free of Xiao Feng's embrace, indicating she didn't want people to see them being intimate.

Xiao Feng wasn't sure whether she was shy or had some other mindset, so he could only agree.

Soon after, they landed in the guild's station.

At this point, there were still a few hours until the prearranged 'raid' time.

Near the selection grounds of Chai Chai Cheng, the number of outside players had greatly decreased.

On the guild training ground, Zhang Fan and Dun Dun were honing themselves, closely following Mang Mei's pace.

Li Li and Xing Yun Miao were also making an effort, without slackening.

After returning, Mang Mei became a tight-lipped gourd again, standing silently to the side.

In the station, Xiao Feng saw the vice president Qinglong and stepped forward to ask: "Qinglong, how's the candidate screening going?"

Qinglong, one of the main persons in charge of this selection, upon hearing this, immediately replied: "President, it's almost done; we just need to verify all those who have signed up, then select the best."

"Hmm, how's the overall strength?" Xiao Feng asked again.

Qing Long said: "Not bad, all are top-tier experts! After all, our zone's overall strength is quite considerable; even without counting the president you, among the 72 war zones of Yuan Su Shen Yu, we can still stably rank in the top five. Those stronger than us are all prosperous major planets with game player bases exceeding 15 billion."

Top-tier experts are those who can solo clear small dungeons and win in PvP battles against ten or more opponents.

The latter part of Qing Long's words made Xiao Feng feel a bit emotional.

Ranking in the top five among the 72 zones, he is not at all surprised.

After all, who knows how many tens of thousands of civilizations are on the civilization points ranking, yet we still managed to break into the top ten!

However, the fact that other zones' player numbers exceed 10 billion is still somewhat frightening.

He asked: "In a zone with 15 billion players, wouldn't the number of ascended beings be three or four times ours?"

The total population of the Blue Star 8th war zone is less than 8 billion, of which about over 5 billion have logged into the game, and among them, over 4 billion have exceeded level 50, being included in the wanted range of the "Civilization's Sword".

Other zones could have 15 billion players, and their total population might exceed 20 billion! Naturally, the number of ascended beings is also extremely large.

Qing Long nodded and said: "Yeah, we indeed don't have much advantage in population. Fortunately, President you were the first to break through to God level, granting everyone an experience boost effect; our average level is ahead of other zones by about 5-10 levels, making up for some numerical shortcomings."

"Right! The God Realm Territory War will open at the end of this month; by then, President you must spare time to participate. Without you, even if our alliance is strong, we couldn't take down a single God Nation, at most we could only split some regions as territory." Qing Long suddenly remembered something and added.

The God Realm Territory War is a very important matter, concerning the development of the entire civilization; Xiao Feng has also been paying attention to it.

Similar to the Zhu Shen Da Lu territory war, the God Realm's territory war also obtains benefits through the method of 'occupation'.

If one occupies a God Nation capital, just the daily official profit-sharing God Stone tax revenue alone would be over hundreds of thousands!

However, this is very difficult, because it is a competition among the 72 zones, over 50,000 guilds, and at least 30 billion people!

Yet the places that can be attacked and occupied are very few!

The God Realm has a total of 24 God Nations, each God Nation has 3-6 'regions', and each region can be divided into 2-4 main cities.

Someone calculated that the total number of main cities in the 24 God Nations is 360, with some God Nations having more and some having fewer.

The main city is the smallest occupiable unit, and besides the God Nation capital, it is the only occupiable unit!

Even ordinary cities one level lower don't even qualify to be attacked!

If someone occupies the 'God Brave City', then including Chai Chai Cheng, the surrounding 12,000 km range will become someone else's territory; although Chai Chai Cheng remains one's own, one must still give out 5% of profit tax to others, which is very aggravating.

It is said that the God Realm's territory war is no longer pure PvP combat; it will also incorporate PvE gameplay.

The forces of each main city's Lord's Manor will join the defense work; players need to defeat them to occupy the city.

These NPCs will not die; when their health drops to only 10％, they will immediately health-lock and collapse, entering a prone corpse state.

As long as the lord is defeated and the battle flag is planted on the flag stand of the Lord's Manor, the city can be occupied; all NPCs will then become mobilizable, quickly recover full health, and assist in resisting other guilds' attacks.

Basically, the lord of each main city has the strength of a 480-490-level enfeoffed king.

A few main cities with larger radiation zones possess the 500-level title 'God-seated guardian'.

Of course, these are just minor details.

What truly determines a guild's strength is still the God Nation capital!

All 24 God Nation capitals can also be occupied; at that time, the city's defenders will not be just the Lord's Manor, but the God Nation Guard!

The guard armies of the 24 God Nations, even the weakest war God Nation has 10,000 people, each being a Middle God strength, with no fewer than 100 Upper Gods; for current-stage players, they are practically a group of humanoid bosses, extremely hard to defeat!

What's even more terrifying is that there are also Chief Gods!

Once the war begins, the Chief Gods of the 24 God Nations will also be forced to join the battle; their health bars are at the hundred-billion level, and even the strongest individual bosses can reach the trillion level!

Such immense strength makes defeating the Chief God and occupying the God Nation capital extremely absurdly difficult; one must reduce the Chief God's health by 80% before being able to health-lock and plant the flag, carrying out the occupation.

Naturally, high difficulty brings high rewards.

Once occupation succeeds, the lord guild will gain a powerful buff; when marching to attack other cities in that God Nation, they will receive a large damage boost, and the local NPC troops will directly go on strike and surrender, defecting.

Furthermore, when settling, the points of the Divine Nation's Capital are also much higher than those of ordinary main cities; the rewards are top-tier, and all members of the Alliance Guild can enjoy many privileges.

The Shen Jie Territory War takes place once every quarter, with a relatively long cycle.

The duration is three days; the first Territory War has extra intensity added, extending it to seven days.

For this cross-region war, all super guilds and super alliances will make full preparations.

Even many guilds have already coordinated with other guilds in their own region to fight together, striving to ensure that one of them occupies the main city!

Because the Shen Jie Territory War cannot harm players from the same region, the largest combat unit is not necessarily the alliance; it can also be the entire war zone!