Chapter 696 - 225: Deeper into the Core Zone! Encountering Caesar! The Same Kind of Person
Chapter 696: Chapter 225: Deeper into the Core Zone! Encountering Caesar! The Same Kind of Person
He felt no relief for his decisive escape.
Instead, his heart grew heavier.
’The gap in our overall strength is just too vast.’
’The five galaxies, from 115 to 119, suffered such a complete defeat for one simple reason: endless internal strife. It consumed far too much of our time and energy.’
’This infighting didn’t just happen in the two years before the Barbaric Beast Graveyard opened.’
’No, it’s been a bloody, internal conflict that has been raging for over three hundred years, ever since the Genius Battle started. A constant fight for every last resource.’
As Qin Feng fled at top speed, he calmly reviewed the situation.
’I estimate that in Galaxy 99, that man named Caesar probably established his absolute authority in less than two hundred years—perhaps even less.’
’Then, he unified his people and began allocating all resources efficiently and rationally.’
’Otherwise, there’s no way Galaxy 99 could possess such a terrifying, overwhelming advantage in overall strength.’
His own past experiences flashed through Qin Feng’s mind.
’It was just like what happened before at the Heart of Rot. Cang, myself, and the others spent nearly forty years scheming and fighting—both openly and in secret—to compete for that stellar-grade Hive Mind Core.’
’And in the end, I was the only one who got the resource.’
’Cang, Mobi, Flame Crow... all of them wasted those forty years for nothing.’
’But if this had been Galaxy 99...’
’Caesar would have probably just issued a direct order, assigning the resource to whoever was most suited for it.
Then, he would have sent everyone else to immediately conquer the next Resource Point, and the one after that.’
’That way, while some individuals’ interests would be sacrificed, the entire galaxy’s strength would have grown several times faster—perhaps even ten times faster!’
’But...’
Qin Feng’s brow furrowed.
’To achieve that level of unified allocation, you’d need a leader with absolute authority—one who could make every last unruly genius submit willingly.’
’How on earth did Caesar manage that?’
Qin Feng could clearly analyze the fundamental reason for the superior overall strength of Galaxy 99’s Martial Artists.
But he couldn’t fathom what methods Caesar had used to wrangle countless unruly geniuses into such obedient submission.
The audacity, skill, charisma, and power this would have required left Qin Feng genuinely awestruck.
’Cang’s squad had about fifteen Infinite Seas.’
’And across all five galaxies, before the Barbaric Beast Graveyard opened, the total number of Infinite Seas was, at a generous estimate, only about a hundred.’
Qin Feng’s Mental Power worked like a supercomputer, rapidly processing the available intelligence to calculate their losses.
’Cang’s squad was our absolute core fighting force, all of them experts at the Infinite Sea realm. Their annihilation on the front lines means our faction instantly lost fifteen percent of its top-tier strength.’
’And there must have been heavy casualties both before they were surrounded and in the scattered skirmishes on the periphery.’
Qin Feng reached a brutal conclusion.
’By my estimation, in the ten years since the Betting Order appeared, our five-galaxy faction has probably lost half of its Infinite Sea Martial Artists.’
The number was nothing short of tragic.
If half of their top combatants had been lost in just ten years, how many of the far more numerous River Realm Martial Artists, who formed their foundation, had fallen?
Qin Feng didn’t dare to imagine it.
It was an astronomical figure, enough to suffocate anyone who contemplated it.
’Still, this might be a good thing.’
His thoughts instantly detached from the emotional weight, returning to the cold, rational realm of strategy.
’The high-tier combatants don’t truly die. They undergo Rebirth within the arena. To catch up, they’ll have to immediately head for other top-tier Resource Points to acquire resources and regain their strength.’
’And Caesar, to secure a decisive victory in this Betting Order, will do everything in his power to stop them.’
’He will undoubtedly dispatch a large number of his experts from the Barbaric Beast Graveyard to target and hunt down those Infinite Seas who have just undergone Rebirth and are at their weakest.’
A sharp glint flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.
’His core strategy must be to pin down all of our Infinite Sea-level Martial Artists, preventing us from mounting an effective counterattack.
If he can achieve that, his chances of winning the Betting Order are extremely high.’
’This means the forces he deployed inside the Barbaric Beast Graveyard to hunt me down will be spread thin.’
’The pressure on me will be much lower.’
At this thought, the turmoil in Qin Feng’s heart subsided.
Qin Feng severed all distracting thoughts, leaving only one pure, core objective: survive, then delve into the heart of the star!
Pushing his power armor’s energy output to its absolute limit, Qin Feng transformed into a barely perceptible streak of light and continued his rapid advance into the depths of the ocean of light and heat.
However, he had ultimately underestimated both Caesar’s determination and the terrifying efficiency of Galaxy 99.
The time that Cang and the others had bought him with their lives amounted to a single day.
One day later, an invisible Heaven and Earth Net had already been quietly spread within the star.
The deeper he plunged toward the star’s core, the harsher the environment became.