Chapter 968: World Map (1/2)
Gehen gazed at the octopus that was standing before him, staring at the other party and said, ”So, you're still alive.”
It was the octopus that had been within the Checkpoint Turtle he had killed. Now that it showed itself before him, Gehen was curious about the reason. Even though he assumed it wouldn't be as strong as the Checkpoint Turtle, a Supreme Monster, he didn't dare be careless.
”No need to worry. I'm not an opponent you will have to face here.” The octopus let out humane laughter as it responded, ”The reason I am here is to hand out your punishment for killing a Checkpoint Turtle. No matter your reason, a Checkpoint Turtle has been established to help the humans struggling on this layer.”
”What…kind of punishment?” Gehen frowned, becoming alert.
”For the crime of killing a Checkpoint Turtle, you are banned from anything related to the products sold in the Checkpoint Turtle. And that includes the items in the possession of others,” the octopus replied, noticing Gehen heave a sigh in relief. It then expressed a frown as it asked, ”You don't feel like it's a punishment? The products sold in a Checkpoint Turtle have tremendous value, you know.”
”Yes, but I already have everything I need.” Gehen smiled. ”And, I have no plan of leaving my base behind to head into a Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary Landmass. I have already reaped all the benefits that can be obtained.”
”There's also the entry ticket to Layer 2. It can only be bought in a Checkpoint Turtle,” the octopus said.
”I have no plans for that,” Gehen said, noticing the octopus laugh in response.
”Interesting, indeed!” It laughed.
Gehen pointed at it and spoke, ”You mentioned before that you aren't an opponent I must face. Then, when and where will you be my opponent?”
”In layer 2.” The octopus laughed. ”But, since you won't go there, you don't have to concern yourself with it.”
It then said a word of caution. ”Also, unlike passive abilities, you can pass your active ability to your kids. They would become what is called an active ability bearer. When you die, the most suitable one among them obtains your active ability. So, if you wish to form a kingdom, don't leave your seeds in every sow you encounter.”
”Alright, I'll keep that in mind.” Gehen nodded.
The octopus then pointed at his forehead, saying, ”Now that you have an active ability and have been recognized as a King, your Tablet has gained an extra feature. Every year, you can look at the world map for exactly an hour. It would show all the various kingdoms in Layer 3.”
The octopus cackled as it disappeared. ”I wonder if you'll still be happy staying on Layer 3 once you see that.”
Gehen returned to his room and sat in one corner. He didn't have anything like a pen and paper to take notes. It would take him a long time before he managed to install all the necessities in his ship. So at present, he just wished to look at the feature.
Thinking as such, he double-tapped his glabella, summoning his tablet to see that it was now bordered by waves on all sides, making it look fancier. He then messed with it until the map of the Layer 3 was displayed.
Immediately, the tablet changed. It displayed things related to an ocean on either side. Gehen looked through it, noticing that most of the place was just water. On top of that, there seemed to be minuscule dots scattered across it.
He swiped with two fingers, noticing that he was able to zoom in a little bit. Once he zoomed in to the limit, one of the scattered dots became as big as his finger. That seemed to be the limit of the function.
Soon, he noticed that the dot he had been looking at was a Landmass. Judging by its relative size with respect to the other dots, he determined that it was actually a Tertiary Landmass.
”What the heck?” He quickly zoomed in and out of the map, noticing that the Tertiary Landmass alone was in the four digits. Using it as a reference, he made a general estimate of the scale of the map, sweating buckets immediately as he muttered, ”Approximately a million kilometers?”
He then noticed that there were various colors displayed on every island. After surfing through it for a while, Gehen noticed that humans were displayed as black. Not only that, but he noticed that most of the humans were concentrated in just one part of the map.
When he zoomed in further, he noticed that the distance between one edge of a human area to another was around two to three thousand kilometers. So, most of them had only been scattered in and around one part of the map.
The only reason they hadn't come across too many people was because their population was still too small, considering the area they were scattered across.
Gehen then looked past the area humanity was scattered, noticing some rocks situated closer. Judging by their size, they seemed to be some Primary Landmass. But then, Gehen noticed how the colors of a couple of Primary Landmass seemed to be the same. Judging by that, it seemed that one of the colors seemed to be invading the others.
As he hovered on it, a word was displayed, outlining the race that was invading. ”Monster Gecko…?”