Chapter 520
Chapter 520 - 500 Expansion
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"There’s only less than 2,000 people?"
The carrying capacity of the Divine Kingdom is limited, generally speaking, in the divine kingdoms of top-level deities, there are even millions of people.
But even the weakest deity can have more than a hundred thousand...The total number of explorers and their "ship ticket" quota is limited.
That kind of "carrying" is more of a conceptual carrying, the total number of people may not be fixed, maybe a high-level strongman occupies several spots.
"Mainly it is divided from the conceptual level, carrying souls instead of just bodies. Decree-level and Rule-level have different weights, mortal people below Decree-level are the lightest, as long as the calculations are done properly, there shouldn’t be a problem with the ship tickets."
Lu Ping’an’s "Divine Kingdom" is like an empty frame with only core components.
Although it has been expanding recently, especially after eating the recent "Beast God’s Claw" benefits, the area and upper limit have increased a lot, but when all is said and done, the quota won’t exceed 2,000.
This is the approximate result given by the system AI Chris, any more than that would be naturally rejected.
Who has the right to decide the life and death of others? The answer to this question, Lu Ping’an couldn’t give.
But even from the perspective of bringing back more treasures, if circumstances permit, Lu Ping’an still wanted to expand as much as possible.
So, after weighing it over and over again, he disassembled another treasure, the "Truth-level" "Aidal’s Friendship Teapot."
"... Damn, just these few life-points, this thing is a bit diluted."
The Lord’s proselytizing treasure, after being disassembled by the Life Bank, only fed back 517 life-points, which made Lu Ping’an, who had been gorging himself on rule-level items, a bit uncomfortable.
But after careful calculations, it seemed to be reasonable.
The previous "clock" that nurtured time rules or the "Hand of the Beast God" were both deities’ "remnants." In a way, they were their last inheritance and naturally top-grade creations of the rule level.
But now, the standard rating of the "Truth-level" in the Silent Mountain Range is different from Earth’s "Rule-level." Many top-notch silver creations that can distort reality are counted as "Truth-level," so it was normal for there to be a "Truth-level" sham.
"...It’s pretty good, especially the compatibility is great, and we have one more option for crafting an alchemy laboratory. Just over 760 points."
"Huh, aren’t rule buildings free?"
"They used to be free, but after disassembling the taboo items of those rule-level items, the remaining Divine Power Crystals are enough to support our building construction. But now, just dismantling the rules is good enough, the rest is up to us."
"....700 points, huh? Let’s hold off for now."
The rule building "Alchemy Laboratory" wasn’t created, but a Rule-level decoration was made.
"Calamity Diverting Lake...Somehow, I feel like there’s something fishy about it."
After consuming "Aidal’s Friendship Teapot," perhaps consuming a life system is a great tonic for the life system, the life-points didn’t feedback much, but the courtyard’s area obviously grew larger around it, and an additional small artificial lake appeared.
There are four small lakes, one large and three small, the largest is no more than 30 square meters, calling it a lake is barely reasonable, it can at most be called a bathhouse.
Lu Ping’an touched the lake water and received a prompt.
[New Rule Terrain in the Hidden World Courtyard: Calamity Diverting Lake, its function is as follows...]
[Function: Bless a creature by throwing it into the main lake of Calamity. It will rapidly break down and pour its life essence into the Lake of Life (Lake One). At the same time, Pools 2 and 3 will randomly become Blessing Lake, Calamity Lake and will receive life toxin/essence strengthening.]
[Note 1: Before establishing the ’Alchemy Room (Lower Gold)’ and receiving upper-rule support, this lake can only break down the creatures of Decree-level and below.]
[Note 2: Pools 2 and 3 must both have living beings in them to be effective simultaneously.]
[Note 3: If there are multiple living beings in Pools 2 and 3, the strengthening/curse effects will be shared.]
Like the other items, this seemed to be an enhanced ability, which made Lu Ping’an breathe a sigh of relief.
However, the main change is from a single entity to a plurality, and the essential difference is not significant. The limitation of "only being able to decompose silver" implies that this Truth-level item is most likely just a quasi-rule.
Nevertheless, Lu Ping’an achieved his other goal.
"Around 2100 people? Only this many?"
"If all of them are mortals below the Decree-level, it is about this many. If there are more powerful people, the number will be reduced."
The Courtyard’s significant increase provided extra boat tickets.
"It’s a bit too little..." If other explorers heard what Lu Ping’an said, they’d most likely choose to kill him first.
After careful consideration, Lu Ping’an sighed and eventually decided to use up the last "Truth-level" item.
Bane’s bird fork bone has proven its strength in actual combat. Although its side effects are too prominent to be used as a regular weapon, it could accidentally take down even Rule-level strongmen.
Based on past experience, the Hidden World Courtyard would generally benefit from absorbing Lower Rule items. However, if this item were consumed, it would probably lose its necessary concealment as a hidden weapon.
[Bane’s Bird Fork Bone (Lower Gold Rank Cursed Object) contains Death/Curse system rules, and cannot be absorbed at present.]
Well, this was awkward. Lu Ping’an had finally made up his mind, only to be "coldly rejected" by the Courtyard.
"...Hey, Life Bank, you’re not being very helpful."
[If you force absorption, please pay a deposit of 500 points. The amount may increase during the absorption process, and up to 2000 points may be required.]
Alright, this was more like the bank’s style—everything is negotiable if you have money.
Lu Ping’an was a bit annoyed. This was different from his expectations. Didn’t the big cat say that "life and death are two sides of the same coin"? Why did they suddenly become incompatible?
"...Of course, life and death are two sides of the same coin, but that’s a high-end ’knowledge’ you’re talking about! You’re just at second-tier, and the Courtyard has already reached its limit. What qualifications do you have to play with life and death?"
The big cat’s argument was logical. It turns out that the problem was with Lu Ping’an’s inadequate template... He didn’t even have his own useful Death system Abnormal Ability, so how could he talk about the unity of life and death?
"What level is required?"
"Silver-tier, or a third-tier Death system side-job? Anyway, you need to reach that checkpoint, actually..."
The big cat hesitated for a moment but decided to tell the whole truth in the end.
"...If you want to enhance the Courtyard, at your current level, your personal improvement would not be worse than consuming Rule items. As a foundation, your enhancement would make other rules more effective."
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an went silent.
𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
He was actually stuck at a bottleneck now. Since he left Earth, many of the paths that required Earth Gods to advance were blocked .... Even without these obstacles, he had been striving to advance just before leaving, so it would take a long time for his main profession to advance again.
If he were to supplement his profession’s Ability, it probably still wouldn’t meet the requirements for a qualitative change.
According to the big cat, obtaining a low-level side-job was meaningless, so he needed to acquire at least a third-tier profession.
"...Is it a bit forced to advance the Parasitic Tree now?"
At this moment, Lu Ping’an was very reluctant.
After creating a full set of equipment, the initial ritual required for the Parasitic Tree to use divine power had been completed. With some effort, it would not be impossible to advance in the short term... but he didn’t want to advance!
The choice of a symbiotic Demon Plant for the Parasitic Tree directly affected the upper limit of his profession and even his Gardener main profession. He didn’t want to settle for something less. He wanted to cultivate the most suitable and promising Demon Plant species for himself.
Forcing advancement would have short-term benefits, but the losses Lu Ping’an might face would outweigh the gains of several Rule-level items. He could never accept such an option.
"No, why are you only focusing on the paths of the Earth Gods? Aren’t there plenty of opportunities here? The rules of this world can also make up for your foundation." The big cat had a more direct perspective.
— End of Chapter 520 —