Chapter 985: Development Spheres (2/2)
'That's expensive.' Krune's eyes widened as he looked at the Development Spheres once again. ”I heard you had created a currency that's almost similar to God Stones. Are they…Development Spheres as well?”
”Yes.” Gehen nodded. ”Though, they are distilled. We have created tiers for these Development Spheres. Tier 1 Development Spheres give you a day's worth of training results, while Tier 2 Development Spheres give you a month's worth of training results. And, the one in your hand is a Tier 3 Development Sphere. We have yet to create the Tier 4 version. In any case, the higher the tier, the stronger the effects. So, their value grows at an exponential curve, unlike the God Stones.”
He then let out a chuckle as he continued, ”In comparison, a Tier 1 Development Sphere is almost useless since it needs a day to give the effect of a day's training. So, it hardly has any value. Anyways, it forms the basis of our currency. Only I can produce them, so there is no fear of others creating it and inflating market prices.”
”If there are people with stronger constitutions, can they eat more than one Development Sphere?” Krune asked.
”For Tier 1 Development Spheres, it's possible. It has also become a show of talent if anyone can consume more than one per day. We also use the same thing to pick out talented soldiers to train further.” Gehen then shook his head as he said, ”But beyond that, it's not feasible. Consuming two Tier 2 Development Spheres on the same day won't give as much effect as consuming a Tier 2 Development Sphere on consecutive days. It's the same for Tier 3 Development Spheres as well.”
”Is there a limit as to how much you can grow using these?” Krune asked.
”Yes, there are distinct limits.” Gehen nodded. ”Then again, the limits are because of the individual. It seems the class of the monsters applies to us too. Mutant, King, and Emperor, the same applies to us. So once they hit their respective limits, consuming Development Spheres won't give them any effect. Unless they experience something that expands their potential, their growth stagnates at that point.”
”But for us, we will continue to develop in the realm of a Supreme Monster until we hit the limit,” Gehen said. ”And based on my calculation, once you consume enough Tier 3 Development Spheres worth a century, you'll reach the absolute peak of this world.”
”A hundred…” Krune muttered. ”Even you haven't reached this point yet, right? How long does it take to create a Tier 3 Development Sphere?”
”It only takes one year, but...” Gehen sighed as he lamented, ”That is in the case my Checkpoint Turtle is only working on creating the Tier 3 Development Spheres. Unfortunately, it also needs to produce Tier 1 and 2 Development Spheres. So, production has stalled recently. As the Empire continues to expand, the load on me would increase further.”
He then let out a sigh once more as he said, ”I only have one more Tier 3 Development Sphere left with me. Thankfully, once it's year 20, no more people would be brought in.”
”The influx of people would stop?” Krune asked in surprise.
”Indeed.” Gehen nodded. ”As the first to obtain an active ability, I was given some extra perks, a contact channel, if you will. One of them is with the cities in Layer 2. And the other is with that damn octopus. It said that people would only be brought here for 20 years. Since 10 million people are brought in every month, we would have a staggering population.”
”Since I have already created a base for humanity, we would eventually expand accordingly from this as the focus. Even if many humans die as a result of being unable to adapt to this Double Ocean layer, our population would still be enormous.” Gehen surfed his tablet, saying, ”When the Third Wave arrives, people will stop entering Layer 3. We would then be like Layer 2, having no other visitors. And, it seems the Gods that created this Sub-Realm plan to take the next two thousand years to develop Layer 4 completely.”
He laughed as he continued, ”And once Layer 4 is completely developed, it would signal the end of this Sub-Realm's creation. They would fill it up with people, same as with Layer 2 and 3. And after that, they would slowly work on expanding the size of this Sub-Realm even further.”
”Wait, you mentioned Gods? I thought only one God made this Sub-Realm?” Krune was confused.
”Nope.” Gehen laughed as he explained, ”Just based on what I listened to, at least five Gods are involved in the creation of this Sub-Realm. That's why its size is this absolutely vast.”
”That makes sense now.” Krune nodded, shaking his head as he sighed. He then looked at the Motor Fishes he had brought, warning Gehen, ”Don't mix them up with the rest. Their bloodline would be diluted. Even I don't have any guarantee in being able to create them once again.”
”Relax.” Gehen laughed as he eased Krune's worries. ”I plan to keep them exclusively to this place while relocating all the normal Motor Fishes to another location. I'll make another place to house the Tongue Fishes. These two species would improve our navy in the fight against the Monster Geckos.”
”Are they a threat at present?” Krune asked.
”Not at present, no.” Gehen shook his head. ”They only have one Emperor-level Monster Gecko leading them. Then again, their insane fertility is definitely a problem. Give them 3-4 decades, and they would grow enough to match our staggering numbers. And if they manage to produce a Supreme Monster, they would be on equal footing as us.”
'They have the bone trees in their possession. And now that they have figured out its details…' Krune pondered over it before telling Gehen, ”Two decades, or even shorter. They'll produce a Supreme Monster within that time.”