Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 303 Decision
After Yuan Xing said he could unconditionally pass on his legacy to them, Ji Fuyou fell into deep thought.

Yuan Xing and the others did not urge them, but quietly waited for their decision.

After they passed on the cultivation method to the civilization to which Ji Fuyou belonged, it was as if they had sown the seeds of civilization and the seeds of inheritance.

Even if Ji Fuyou's civilization fails, their situation will not be worse.

If Ji Fuyou's civilization cannot withstand the backlash from the causal entanglement caused by this...

All that awaited them was destruction.

Therefore, they understood Ji Fuyou's hesitation and indecisiveness.

Furthermore, they can accept whatever choices Ji Fuyou makes next.

After a long while, Ji Fuyou suddenly asked a crucial question: "I want to know, how long is the interval between each round of trials?"

"Because different worlds use different methods of calculating time, this answer will be different for each civilization, but there is one rule: the interval between each round of trials is twice that of the previous round!"

Yuan Xing said.

"double?"

Ji Fuyou was taken aback and immediately looked at the countdown on the Heavenly Ranking.

211 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes, and 52 seconds.

There are about 7 months left.

He recalled that when they completed the "preliminary selection" trial, the time displayed was around 396 days and 20 hours.

That is, about 13 months.

If it takes twice as long...

If they emerge victorious in the next trial, they will receive a 26-month respite, which is 2 years and 2 months.

The next time, it will be 52 months, or 4 years and 4 months.

Following this logic, theoretically there are still 15 years and 9 months left until the fourth round of the Heavenly Ranking War.

Do not!
wrong!

Based on the images in the dream...

They survived the first round of civilization trials.

But the second round of civilization trials...

Nine times out of ten, they failed!

After their defeat, the Red Star became "spoils of war," hunted and divided up. After struggling for several months using unknown methods, a star-devouring monster finally descended upon the Red Star and destroyed their entire civilization.

"In other words, if we accept the inheritance, we will bear the consequences of the civilization to which Rainbow Sun City belongs. In the future, the alien beasts and monsters that invade Crimson Star will become stronger and stronger. If we do not accept the inheritance, the Crimson Star civilization will only have 3 years left to count down?"

Either way, it's a dead end?

One is a slow death that can last for 3 years.

One is the sudden increase in difficulty, making it impossible to continue.

Ji Fuyou's thoughts were racing, but he couldn't make a final decision for a long time.

He turned his gaze to Gu Qing, who had been largely unnoticed behind him.

Gu Qing noticed his gaze, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Don't ask me. If you do, I've already made my choice."

choose……

His choice was to follow the rules.

Do not touch any variables.

At that moment, Ji Fuyou suddenly thought of something and looked at Gu Qing: "Have you ever met anyone like you who has had a similar extraordinary encounter?"

"I am not sure."

Gu Qing pondered, "But... there's something very wrong with that Lin Lun."

As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Fuyou.

That look in his eyes seemed to be...

You're acting strange too.

"Lin Lun!"

Ji Fuyou's mind quickly flashed through the experiences of this prince of the Black Gold Empire.

A year ago, this prince was unremarkable, but a year later, he rose to prominence rapidly.

He even murdered his brothers and was arrogant and conceited.

After committing a heinous crime, he was directly thrown into the "Trial of Civilization," but he used the trial to rise rapidly and truly achieved a meteoric rise.

Not only was he the first to grasp information about the Heavenly Ranking, but he was also the first among all members of the Heavenly Ranking to break through to the Martial Saint realm.

Even though Ji Fuyou achieved the title of Martial Saint several months later than him.

To this day, no one knows exactly how far he has grown.

All that is known is that not long ago, the three martial saints, Song Lingxiao, Luo Siming, and Shen Zhanxian, joined forces but still could not do anything to him.

At this thought, Ji Fuyou suddenly realized something and looked at Yuan Xing: "Are there other civilizations like yours that have survived by relying on special environments such as secret realms?"

"Have."

Yuan Xing did not hide anything and said directly, "I don't know much, but I do remember that there was a failed civilization that, by chance, found an overseas divine island, which they called Xuan Yue Island. This island is magical and can travel and drift through the mist and reality. Thanks to this island, their civilization has been preserved."

"Therefore, situations like ours, where we touched upon higher civilizations before reaching this level, were not uncommon during the long war for the Celestial Ranks."

Ji Fuyou Road.

Yuan Xing nodded: "In the past thirty-three years, we've encountered two visitors from otherworldly civilizations! You're the third!" "What happened to those two civilizations?"

"The first one was 18 years ago. We had lost contact with that civilization for 15 years. They fell in the third round. The last one was 5 years ago. They are about to face the third round of the Heavenly Ranking War."

Yuan Xing did not hide anything and said truthfully, "When the previous civilization first arrived, its vitality was not as good as yours. With our help, the Heavenly Venerable of that civilization has reached the peak of the Earth Realm... In your world's terms, he is a peak Martial Saint? His own power and the power of heaven and earth are interconnected and endless, and his power is almost inexhaustible."

"Connecting one's own power with the power of heaven and earth? Is this the final step to controlling heaven and earth?"

Ji Fuyou inquired.

“Cultivating life force is the Earth Realm. When life force exceeds 500, and one achieves harmony with heaven and earth, and utilizes life force at a rate of over 20%, one reaches the middle stage of the Earth Realm. Next, one uses heaven and earth as a millstone to continuously refine one's life force, further increasing it to 700. When one resonates with heaven and earth through the life force field, further increasing the utilization rate by 30%, one reaches the late stage of the Earth Realm.”

Yuan Xing glanced at Ji Fuyou: "Your vitality is definitely over 500. In other words, as long as you can achieve the interaction between heaven and man and increase your vitality utilization rate to 20%, you can reach the mid-stage of the Earth Realm."

He then added, "You can call me a mid-stage Martial Saint if you want."

Since Yuan Xing was not hiding anything, Ji Fuyou could "see" that his vitality was probably equivalent to the mid-stage Earth Realm.

but……

One has a 10% utilization rate, and the other has a 20% utilization rate, a difference of 100%.

A difference of one time, Yuan Xing versus him...

He could probably take on ten opponents single-handedly.

"Can they survive the third round?"

Ji Fuyou inquired.

Yuan Xing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "The probability is a bit small... To survive the third round, at least... we'd need a squad at the peak Earth Realm level, right?"

"Based on this calculation, to survive the second round, we'd need a squad at the late-stage Earth Realm?"

Ji Fuyou Road.

"This is not a certainty. In the Civilization Trial, your opponents will include not only your rivals but also unexpected encounters with star beasts and monsters."

Yuan Xing said, "I can only say that a team at the late Earth Realm stage is barely qualified to deal with unexpected events caused by Star Beasts and Demons. Whether they can continue to dominate the Heavenly Ranking and be listed on the list depends on their competitors."

He glanced at Ji Fuyou: "When our civilization went through the third round of trials, we cooperated with other civilizations. And that civilization... defeated all competitors in the second round of trials, and with an absolute advantage, occupied 108 spots on the Heavenly Ranking! Their competitors... included those civilizations that had one or even two late-stage Earth Realm teams."

Upon hearing this, Ji Fuyou understood.

He chuckled self-deprecatingly: "So, in a way, we didn't really have a choice."

Yuan Xing remained silent.

"Because there will always be civilizations that don't follow the rules and choose to contact you early in order to receive the gifts of a higher civilization and gain an advantage! Once we encounter such a civilization, no matter how deep our accumulation is or how well we prepare for the trials of civilization, it will still be of little significance."

Ji Fuyou Road.

The remaining forces and civilizations, such as Rainbow Sun City and Eternal Day Secret Realm, are the biggest variables on the Heavenly Ranking.

This forces those already extremely powerful civilizations to remain vigilant and spontaneously accelerate their own evolutionary process, making contact with one powerful civilization after another, even if it means facing challenges from even stronger star beasts and monsters.

because……

No one can guarantee that others won't be the same, not following the rules.

"If the Civilization Trial is the main competition, then our civilization, which should have been eliminated, survived by chance and continues to exert influence in the Civilization Trial. This behavior... can be considered... a revival competition."

Yuan Xing laughed as he spoke, "Perhaps it's a bit unfair, but at least this way, we losers have something to look forward to, don't we?"

After hearing this, Ji Fuyou could only nod.

Now that things have come to this, Ji Fuyou has to admit, whether he likes it or not, that they don't have many options in this matter.

If they don't accept the inheritance, they can only prolong their existence for a few more years at most.

Rather than doing that, it's better to accept the legacy and give it your all.

Having made up his mind, he turned his gaze to Gu Qing: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Gu Qing was at a loss for words.

After a long pause, he finally said, "Isn't it... a bit too arbitrary for us to make such a decision for the entire civilization like this? Perhaps we should go back and discuss it..."

"Discuss? Discuss with whom? Discuss what?"

Ji Fuyou said in a deep voice, "One should do what one is supposed to do based on one's position. I am not only the only Martial Saint on the current Heavenly Ranking, but also the Chairman of the Heavenly Ranking Committee appointed by the Federation, who is fully responsible for all matters related to the Civilization Trial. I think I should have the right to decide on this matter."

When Gu Qing heard Ji Fuyou bring up this identity, he hesitated for a moment but did not stop him.

after all……

Just as he said, the chairman of the Heavenly Ranking Committee has the right to make this decision.

At that moment, Gu Qing could only say, "Then you can arrange it as you see fit."

After saying that, he sighed and muttered to himself in a voice almost only he could hear: "What was destined to happen, happened after all..."

Ji Fuyou ignored his words and made the final decision on his own.

Although he didn't want to make this decision, and even less did he want to take on this responsibility.

But it's too late now...

He has no choice.

Discuss it with the speakers of the nine federal parliaments?
Just like when he left the Heavenly Ranking Committee to stop interfering, the final result was that the number of people on the Heavenly Ranking was reduced from 108 to only 38.

When the sky falls, a tall man holds it up.

But even now...

Regarding matters related to the Heavenly Ranking Civilization Trial, he is already the highest-ranking one.

(End of this chapter)