Chapter 523: Chapter 398: Level 51 Mall, Counterattack Horn!
Because of this, despite knowing the risks, a vast number of extraordinarily powerful Weird Demons still crave such opportunities.
This could also be their only chance to become a Demon Lord, to become “Divine” in the new order.
Meanwhile, the number of Weird Demons gathering at the frontline was increasing.
If Shen Hao had opened the Small Map of the entire Trial Universe at this time, he would have discovered Weird Demons from various places continuously moving closer to the territories occupied by Human Civilization, densely packed and seemingly endless.
Even today’s Human Civilization, having integrated the strength of all Trial Civilizations, felt a sense of oppressive foreboding as if a storm was approaching.
This feeling even spread to the rear.
Not all information from the frontlines was transmitted to the Human Civilization Mother Star, but, despite some delays, some accurate news always arrived. At this time, the Human Civilization Mother Star had learned that the expansion at the front had met setbacks, the enemy was retreating, and after several years of absence, a forceful and fierce assault had finally emerged.
Not to mention, the new enlistment of recruits, which should have officially started two months later, was unexpectedly advanced.
Just from the Primordial Humans alone, a full ten billion enlisted.
All of them not lacking in strength.
At this time, after years of continuous development, the total population of Primordial Humans had already reached two hundred billion.
To be precise, two hundred seventeen billion six hundred million people.
This refers only to the Primordial Human Race, the most core and most powerful force of Human Civilization.
Their strength came not only from richer resource conditions compared to other races but more so from their deepest connection with Shen Hao.
As early as when Shen Hao reached the Extraordinary Fifth Stage, the [Emperor] profession underwent a certain transformation.
All those loyal to him and recognized by him, regardless of their race or location, would have the [Emperor] Imprint appear in their Divine Soul, and even Shen Hao’s silhouette.
The stronger the sense of belonging, the more approval from Shen Hao, the tighter this connection.
The Primordial Humans, naturally, had the tightest connection among the races.
This was not only because they were the original humans, the source of the term “Human,” and Shen Hao’s own race, but more importantly, it was due to Shen Hao’s own sense of identification and belonging to this race.
Under such circumstances, the Primordial Humans were subtly and positively influenced by Shen Hao.
They grew closer to the Laws and powers Shen Hao controlled, closer to Shen Hao’s Talent, especially evident among the younger generation.
There were already specialised research institutions within the civilization, continuously conducting studies in this area.
The ratio of geniuses in the new generation and their average Extraordinary Talent in Human Civilization was far higher than in other civilizations.
And within Human Civilization, the Primordial Human Race ranked even higher than the other races.
Moreover, they were the group with the most favorable resource conditions.
Within the current Human Civilization, with the same status, labor, work, and contribution conditions, other races received only about seventy percent of the wages and rewards that Human Civilization’s members did, even military merit and contribution levels required roughly a thirty percent increase.
Talent, plus resources.
The strength of the Primordial Human group, needless to say.
A recent summary showed that the proportion of the adult Primordial Human population enlisting in the military had reached an astonishing thirty percent.
Bear in mind, even the reserve legions demanded extremely high levels and abilities.
The official legions now required at least the Fourth Stage, and the reserve legions had reached the Extraordinary Third Stage!
And that wasn’t all, consider other high-level Extraordinary professions necessary for non-combat roles, such as Alchemists, Artifact Refiners, Array Masters, Extraordinary Mechanics, etc.
Among the Primordial Humans, the proportion reaching the Extraordinary Third Stage in adulthood had reached a staggering sixty percent!
Far exceeding any other civilization.
Even the Contract Spirit Civilization was only at twenty-five percent.
After all, the Extraordinary Third Stage already granted a lifespan of at least a thousand years, effortless flying and escaping, and the power to easily lift mountains, create gusts of wind, and alter the terrain.
It is no exaggeration to say, with such percentages, Human Civilization calling itself “Divine Country,” “Immortal Dynasty,” had become not just self-praise but a certain reality.
Add to that the even more vast Affiliated Civilizations, Attached Races.
Just this round of early recruitment alone garnered over one hundred billion new recruits!
At this moment, the total number of wartime sequences in the entire Human Civilization System had reached a terrifying three trillion!
And if you include the numerous native warriors, this number would double.
How else could it support expansion into over two hundred regions, more than six hundred thousand small worlds.
However, the enemy’s numbers were even more astonishing.
These were Weird Demons accumulated over countless worlds, over countless years!
These one hundred billion new recruits, joining the battlefield two months ahead of schedule, only slightly alleviated some gaps.
The logistical pressure at the rear was even greater.
Even those who had not set foot on the battlefield were undertaking increasingly heavy work, especially in the high-level Extraordinary industrial production areas related to warfare.