Starfall 841, April 16, 7:35 pm, the void around Mycroft's world.
In the Holy Mountain Fortress, Pope Eagle of the Seven Gods stood at the observation window, silently watching the 'Dreadnought' void battleship not far away slowly passing through the observation range of the Holy Mountain Fortress and flying towards the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site. go.
Now, the battleship Dreadnought, which has replaced the elemental beings temporarily created by Barnier and carries 5,000 elite crew members and more than 500 extraordinary beings, is traveling smoothly. Now, its mission is to go to the vicinity of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site to conduct a Long-distance teleportation experiments.
Regarding this, all the crew members and the accompanying extraordinary beings were extremely excited, because this was the first time in the history of the Mycrovian civilization in the Starfall Era that they drove a huge ship specially used for void wars to conduct an expedition to a distant place. No matter who is involved in the exercise, their blood will boil when they can participate in this historic scene.
“What a dynamic group of kids.”
The old pope smiled and watched as the battleship gradually left the capture range of his conventional observation organs. The old man nodded slightly, turned around, and sat back behind his desk.
On the red hardwood polished desk, there were several reports with different fonts and different printing materials. Eagle picked up these reports and started to read them.
"Northern Helgamos Empire, Starfall 826 census report... Except for the northern region, the central part of the empire has almost all suitable living zones. The total population in the south is about 110 million, and the population growth rate in 826 Close to 10%, a full 9.7%."
The old man squinted his eyes and scanned every line of the report - the population of the Northern Empire was growing rapidly, which should be due to policy-related reasons. At that time, the empire was still fighting the orc war. If childbirth was not encouraged, it would have been replaced by a new generation. Orcs defeated. Even with the continuous bloody wars with the orcs, in the 41st year now, the total population of the empire has more than doubled, reaching an astonishing 250 million.
These 250 million are the total population in the central and southern regions of the empire today. There are still some ordinary people in the entire empire who have not been registered as household registrations, and the four northern territories are not counted. The number of people in these places is not large, but it is definitely not Where will it be less
After reading this report, the old pope quickly picked up the next report, and this report was a census of the eastern plains.
"The Eastern Plains Starfall 819 Census Report... The total population is 270 million. The specific population growth rate cannot be calculated clearly, because the Guantian White Tower, Qiyao Council, and the urban area around Hailong City are all three parties. Share information with each other.”
But even so, it can be seen from recent data that the population of the Eastern Plains has doubled and increased a lot in the past 22 years, and now has a total population of just over 600 million. Naturally, there are still many places in this area that have not been surveyed, but the impact is not significant.
Without paying too much attention, Eagle continued to look at the population report in his hand, and this time it was Xishan: "Xishan area, Xingluo 823 census report... 210 million, which is a good number, but the population growth rate is... Only 4% come out."
The Xishan area is originally a mountainous area and is not suitable for human survival. However, since the Xishan area has the oldest history and the total population is not bad, neither the dragon disaster nor the cult has caused real harm to the Xishan area. However, major War between kingdoms is a common occurrence that consumes the population. In addition, there is indeed a shortage of arable land, so until now, the total population of Xishan is only 440 million.
Finally, there is the far south.
The old pope raised his head and looked towards the far south area, which is the most suitable area for human survival. Twenty years ago, in the year 820, the census in the Far South had ended.
Except for the Eternal Forest and the Business Alliance, the entire Far South is basically a fertile plain. Although this kind of terrain is difficult to resist the beast tide of the Black Forest, on fertile land, the crops that are lush no matter how they are planted will be the most important factor in population growth. Solid backing - The census 21 years ago proved that the population of the Far South was already quite large at that time. Excluding the elves in the Eternal Forest and the business alliance, the total population of the Far South was as much as 250 million.
If it weren't for the dragon disaster that killed millions of people, displaced tens of millions, and caused great turmoil in the entire southern region, the population that the Far Southern Region could support was by no means only the 400 million people it has today. According to that time Professional scholars predict that the Far South will become the center of the world in the future, with a total population of more than 700 million.
The above data are purely human population. Counting elves, dwarves and branched half-elves, dwarfs, goblins and other intelligent races, the total population of Mycroft World was about one billion more than 20 years ago. Now, The total population of the world is about two billion, which has doubled. This is despite several natural disasters, fish-man wars, annual black forest invasions, orc wars, and dragon disasters. It can be seen that, Even though they suffered a lot, Mycroft humans still thrived in this world.
"But it's not much."
After reading the four reports in his hand, the old pope couldn't help but whispered to himself - Two billion people may seem very large, but in fact, this number is really small, especially compared to the rapid development of Mycroft's world. Judging from the degree of civilization, this is indeed the case.
Because population is the resource of civilization,
Thinking of this, Eagle couldn't help but recall the 'Dreadnought-class Void Battleship' that passed by not long ago.
A 'Dreadnought-class Void Battleship' with an intelligent system that has been optimized by a legendary mage with all the efforts of civilization. Just to make it move, it requires at least 5,000 well-trained professionals to control it. And if you want this warship to have sufficient combat effectiveness, you will need about 400 silver-level conventional armed operators.
In addition, the battleship comes standard with fifty golden extraordinary beings and three extremely powerful ones. If possible, you can even let the legend take over.
-It sounds like the number of people needed for this battleship is not very large, only five to six thousand people.
But this idea is completely wrong.
In fact, in order to afford these professionals and extraordinary beings to board the ship for combat, the logistics alone would require hundreds of thousands of people to support such a war machine—and this number is actually quite small. If there were not huge and sophisticated troops from another world, Metal mines save people the difficulty of mining and make smelting easier. So such a war machine requires at least two to three million people for logistical maintenance before it can operate seriously.
Even now, this kind of behavior can be regarded as militarism. In ancient times, this kind of staffing would not have been possible at all.
After all, just fifty golden warriors, if calculated using data from more than twenty years ago, would require a population of nearly six million to have so many. The three ultimate powers require a population base of close to 25 million people to be able to exist.
A legend... Haha, among the 100 or 200 million people in the entire empire, one may not appear. It all depends on luck.
This was the 'Fifty Law' in terms of the number of extraordinary beings a few decades ago.
Humans are a race of black iron who will achieve the black iron level as soon as they reach adulthood, but only one of the 'fifty adults' can embark on the extraordinary road and become a high-level black iron who has encountered extraordinary power for the first time.
And among the "Fifty Extraordinaries", only one person may be able to become Silver - of course, this number is not accurate. In areas with a higher level of civilization, there may be four or five of the fifty Extraordinaries who can advance to Silver. , and now this number will rise again - but more than 20 years ago, this was the world average.
Next, among the "fifty silver-level", only ten can become high-level silver-level people who truly master extraordinary power. And among these ten high-level silver-level people, only one gold-level person can appear, and it may not even appear yet.
In the end, only one of the 'fifty gold-level people' can possibly touch the realm of ultimate meaning. It's just possible, not guaranteed, because the gap between gold and extreme meaning is really huge.
As for the ultimate intention to become legendary, there really is no rule. It mainly depends on luck. If you are lucky, among the ten ultimate intentions in Xishan back then, there will be two legendary strongmen, Barnier and William. If you are not lucky, it will be For example, the royal families of some kingdoms in Xishan could not wait for one for hundreds of years.
The above are all pure theories. In fact, due to the closure of inheritance and the concealment of extraordinary power skills by major forces, from silver level to gold level, it is impossible for fifty people to enter one, but one hundred or two. One in a hundred. In some wild areas with weak inheritance, this ratio will be even crazier.
This is an extremely terrifying pyramid structure. There is only one gold-level person among hundreds of thousands or even millions of people - of course, this is just an average number. If there is a high-level inheritance, even if there are only hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands In human territory, at least the great nobles can have many high-level silver knights and gold-level family heads. But having said that, it is not surprising that there is not one gold among a million people. After all, having potential does not mean that you can receive professional education, so that your talent will be wasted.
Just like the berserker maid of the Radcliffe family, it is obvious that she has the possibility of advancing to a high-level gold level, but without Joshua's discerning eye, she will at best be a short ordinary maid in the future.
"But now, it's very different."
Old Pope Eagle raised his head and looked out the window. He stared at the silver light mist floating in the void. This energy frenzy called the Great Demon Tide swept through the entire multiverse, filling the entire world's galaxies with high-density free energy. .
The arrival of the Great Demon Tide, the abundant resources gained from opening up another world, the opening of the Professional Academy and the popularization of the extraordinary way, and the spread of the extraordinary inheritance with Joshua as the core have made ordinary people in Mycroft's world become The possibility of being a transcendent person has been greatly improved.
And that's what matters!
Regardless of the issue of advancement, as long as one extraordinary person appears from the original fifty people to one extraordinary person from ten people, then the extraordinary potential of Mycroft's world will be increased five times out of thin air - if all people can If you practice extraordinary power, the improvement will be fifty times!
This kind of basic growth is extremely terrifying, but what is even more terrifying is the current situation in Mycroft's world.
"Now, the ratio of ordinary people to extraordinary people is close to this number."
Whispering to himself, Eagle lowered his head again and looked at the other document in his hand.
In the past ten years, the entire Mycroft world has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the biggest change is that there are far more extraordinary beings than ever before.
According to today's ratio, one transcendent can appear among ten people. Due to the spread of the great demonic tide and inheritance, at least one of these ten transcendents can advance to the silver level.
And among these twenty-five silver-level people, it is entirely possible that a gold-level person will appear!
In the year 841 of Starfall, there could be one golden powerhouse out of 2,500 ordinary people. This ratio is fifty more than the number of golden powerhouses in the era of the 'Fifty Law' a few decades ago. Times!
Of course, this is a theoretical calculation. After all, there are still many places in the world that do not have professional colleges. Even if they are opened, most extraordinary people will enter the new magic energy factory and become workers in the factory, instead of being used for fighting. There are truly extraordinary people, but roughly speaking, the number of golden powerhouses that may appear in the next period of time is about thirty times that of the original.
The number of gold-level experts in the entire world suddenly swelled from thousands to nearly 100,000—the expansion speed was faster than blowing up a balloon.
This huge change can also be seen from Winterfort Academy. Excellent graduates can basically achieve gold level. If you don't achieve gold level, don't panic. As long as your talent is not too bad, then after working in the job for a few years, By accumulating resources, it is also possible to break through gold.
Although the realm of Jiyi level is not affected by energy density, the base of the golden powerhouse has changed, and the number of its existence will naturally change - and this change is that a few decades ago, there were no more than a hundred in the world. However, a few decades later, there were about 700 people in the ultimate realm in the world.
One Jiyi among 300,000 people is much more valuable than one among millions or even tens of millions of people in the beginning.
"It can even be said that the quality of this population has begun to approach the Era of Glory."
The data in the unified information database record the deeds of the Glory Era, and what shocked these legendary powerhouses of the Starfall Era the most was the normal state of that era that "gold is not as good as a dog, and the ultimate intention is everywhere". In the Starfall Era, , the noble and powerful man of gold and extreme will, in that glorious era, could only be regarded as the tyrant of the community and the lord of the city.
Putting down all the reports in his hands, Old Pope Eagle couldn't help but sigh: "But getting close does not mean reaching the standard... Even though the population quality of Mycroft civilization has leapt up countless times compared to more than ten years ago, but The population is still not enough.”
A rough calculation, including the logistics of hundreds of thousands of people, plus subsequent auxiliary factories, resource extraction, personnel training, various weapon design and training... Counting these messy things, the Mycrof civilization needs about one person. It takes one million people to maintain the perfect operation of a Dreadnought-class void battleship.
In this way, even if the world's population is taken into account, the number of dreadnought battleships can be maintained at most in the early 2,000s.
But is it possible? The entire civilization exists just for the void fleet? Except for those civilizations that have moved their civilizations into void fleets and wandered around the world's galaxies, such as nomadic void civilizations like the Shepherds, no civilization would do this. War is not everything for civilization, they also need other things. Services in the field are used to maintain social stability.
Dividing one-tenth of the population is already extremely militaristic - and in this way, the number of Dreadnought-class void battleships to be maintained suddenly becomes 200, and the resources to build 200 void battleships will become Mixed fleet, then the number is about five thousand.
Five thousand large and small void fleets... Is this number really enough for a civilization that aspires to go to other worlds and galaxies
Don't be kidding - Eagle rubbed his head with a headache just thinking about this.
In the Era of Glory, a legendary strongman would command a mixed fleet of hundreds or even thousands of ships. Now in the Era of Starfall, all civilization has been doing its best, and at most they can only fight a small-scale battle in that era - What's more, the current Starfall Era simply cannot provide that many battleship commanders and well-trained crews.
"But now, there is no time for us to save money and have a population."
As one of the leaders of civilization, Eagle sat in his seat and sighed deeply. He raised his head with some melancholy and looked at the 3D world galaxy star map composed of holy light hanging in front of the desk.
In this case, they have only one choice.
Thinking of this, the old pope stretched out his hand and gently clicked three points on the world's galaxy star map.
—The Star Shepherd, the world of Shart, the Sixth Abyss.
The eight-legged fungi, the Sharts, and the demons of the abyss.
"Since our population is not enough, we can only rely on the civilized population of other races... It sounds like the slave traders hundreds of years ago, but there is no way around it, even if it sounds very unjust... But servants The establishment of an army or a foreign mercenary army is imperative.”
Eagle stared at the star map.
Joshua stared at the star map.
All legendary powerhouses, leaders of major forces, and even gods are looking at the star map in front of them.
When a civilization leaves its home world and moves into the void, its vision will broaden and its needs will increase rapidly. This is the price that must be borne by the inevitable sublimation.
And now, it is time to make a choice for the Starfall Mycrof civilization.
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