["Ten-Species Competition quest completed. Number of settlements: 65927. Basic quota: 6592700."]
"More than sixty thousand settlements!"
"Only one-ninth of Earth's settlements won this round?"
Ji Ye couldn't help but feel surprised when he read the first piece of information.
It was because, based on the development of the alien species that the Twin Dragon Mount encountered, although the Earth branch of human beings couldn't be considered as "high-end", it should be above average and more developed than half of the settlements.
It must be noted that the Sludge Monsters, the Forest Monsters, and the Mirage Monsters had only grasped language and hadn't developed their own "language" yet.
It meant that the civilization of human beings was still roughly thousands of years ago.
Although the gap was only a few thousand years, it was only a small part of the gap compared to the millions of years that a species developed.
However, the knowledge that human beings had grasped in the past thousands of years was definitely more than the sum of the knowledge in the previous million years, especially in the last two hundred years, when the civilization really exploded.
Under such circumstances, Ji Ye felt that the odds of victory for the Earth settlements should be higher than the average, right?
Also, it shouldn't be just a little bit higher.
If he remembered correctly, the number of settlements that had beta testers and were qualified to summon heroes at the beginning of the second round was about five hundred thousand!
Also, because of the two-day buffer period after the notification, the Confederation Office of various countries should be able to make it to 600,000 settlements in the end.
At this moment, the Earth settlements that won the Ten-Species Competition were only "one in nine".
It was much lower than what he had expected!
"Hmm … Yes, I've miscalculated something."
"The information only mentioned the number of settlements that completed the Ten-Species Competition quest. Just because they didn't complete the quest doesn't mean that they were defeated by aliens …"
Ji Ye immediately realized that he must've made a mistake.
Although the time of the Ten-Species Competition quest was up, the battles of some settlements hadn't been over yet.
After all, some alien settlements were difficult to conquer because of the environment, which made it impossible to end the battle even if one side had the advantage.
However, since the main quest of this round was the Ten-Species Competition …
Only the settlements that completed the quest could increase the quota of players for their species and civilization.
On the other hand, apart from providing 100 players to Earth for every "advanced" settlement, there would be "bonus rewards" if the settlement core level was higher!
[Number of settlements reached Extraordinary Rank-6: 30340. Quota increased: 3034000.]
[Number of settlements reached Extraordinary Rank-7: 2,159. Quota increased: 431800.]
[Number of settlements reached Extraordinary Rank-8: 99. Quota increased: 39600.]
["Number of settlements reaching Extraordinary Rank-9: 1. Quota increased: 800!"]
Four messages appeared in the minds of every Earth player in a row.
"A total of … 10098900 … ten million people?"
Within a few seconds, Ji Ye had already calculated the total number.
Ten million players was ten times more than the initial one million beta testers.
However, compared to the total number of humans on Earth, it was still very small. After all, the ratio was only one in a thousand.
It was not hard to imagine that those who hoped to enter the Land of Inheritance in the third round would inevitably be disappointed.
The Land of Inheritance, as a "game", didn't seem to have any real intention of "open beta" at all, although the quota increased every time.
But that was based on the fact that Earth's settlements on the Land of Inheritance had advantages.
Judging from the current situation, the number of settlements on the Land of Inheritance of the civilizations was decreasing in every competition.
If all the settlements on Earth were destroyed one day, they would naturally lose the qualification to participate in this "game"!
However, that was unlikely to happen.
Because overall, the level of Earth's settlements on the Land of Inheritance was not bad.
Almost half of the settlement cores had reached Extraordinary Rank-6, four digits had reached Extraordinary Rank-7, and three digits Extraordinary Rank-8 …
And the only Extraordinary Rank-9!
On the Land of Inheritance, there were only two ways to increase the level of a settlement core.
One was to increase the strength of the settlement itself (including the level of humans and players, rating, and the amount of resources).
The other was to devour the providence cores and resources of alien races!
Under normal circumstances, after completing the Ten-Species Competition quest, the settlement should be able to reach Extraordinary Rank-5 or Extraordinary Rank-6.
The difference between the two depended on the completion time and the fierceness of the competition.
Take the Twin Dragon Mount fort as an example.
Because from the beginning to the end, the Eagle Men had been their only competitor.
Both parties had tacitly chosen to bully the weaker ones first before fighting the final battle. Therefore, the competition wouldn't be very "fierce".
The advantage of that was that the power of providence would be consumed less.
The other two settlements had won the first round of the Battlefield of Providence and looted some power of providence.
Therefore, when they first entered the City of Humans, the settlement core of the Twin Dragon Mount fort had already reached Extraordinary Rank-6!
If it were a settlement that had a fierce competition, for example, if four or five settlements advanced to Extraordinary Rank-2 at the beginning, the settlement core would be in a stalemate.
In that case, the settlements would have to consume the power of providence to transform equipment, summon heroes, or generate resources frequently. In the end, even if they completed the quest, it would probably be a "pyrrhic victory", and the settlement core would barely reach Extraordinary Rank-5!
Also, if the last opponent was not defeated until the end of the quest …
Because they hadn't digested the opponent's providence core, they might still be Extraordinary Rank-5 at the moment.
Judging from the notification, the Rank-5 settlement and the Rank-6 settlement were roughly on par.
However, after they reached Extraordinary Rank-7, their numbers plummeted.
Obviously, the only way to raise a settlement to Extraordinary Rank-7 at this stage was to enter the Battlefield of Providence and plunder the power of providence from other human settlements after winning!
Moreover, he had to perform well enough for that to be possible.
It was safe to say that the two thousand Extraordinary Rank-7 settlements were, to a large extent, the "Excellent" settlements of Earth on the Land of Inheritance.
Of course, if there were "Excellent", there were "Superior".
It was not hard to imagine that the one hundred Extraordinary Rank-8 settlements were the settlements that performed the best on the Battlefield of Providence this round, and the rewards they received were enough to make them the seed settlements with the most potential …
As for the only Extraordinary Rank-9 settlement …
To be honest, it was somewhat beyond Ji Ye's expectations.
After all, there were hundreds of thousands of Earth settlements on the Land of Inheritance, and their backgrounds included novels, history, myths, games, and so on.
Although the Twin Dragon Mount fort was quite strong, it was still too early to say that it was the only settlement.
After all, other players might have Inheritance talents of the same level as Fusion, and the settlement might not lag behind the Twin Dragon Mount fort in terms of development.
However, on second thought, it seemed to make sense.
Perhaps the other top settlements from Earth might not be weaker than the Twin Dragon Mount fort, but the Twin Dragon Mount fort's achievements on the Battlefield of Providence were too glorious.
Even though it wasn't absolutely "perfect", it was almost impossible for other settlements to surpass it!
"However, it might not be a good thing.
"Because if that's the case, the Twin Dragon Mount fort's every move will inevitably attract a lot of attention.
"Even a common move might cause a lot of public opinion …"
Ji Ye slightly frowned.
That was definitely not a groundless concern. It was very likely to happen.
For example, he asked Yang Zhi to suppress the new players with Battle Will.
If he were on Earth, he would inevitably receive comments such as "arbitrary, domineering, and bullying the new players …".
Also, when he forced the players who were up to no good in the battle against the Eagle Men, he would inevitably receive "bad comments" such as "disregarding the unity of human beings and excluding dissidents"!
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