God of Fishing

2480 The Mystery of the Disappearance of the Sky Openers

The woman followed the gazes of Han Fei and the others and sighed slightly. After all, this act was like pulling up seedlings to help them grow and their potential had been released in advance. How could they still grow in such a situation?

Suddenly, Han Fei said, “This Fellow Daoist, you are?”

The woman came back to herself and said with a smile, “Oh! I’m in charge of receiving you temporarily. My name is Zhang Yue. This hundred-thousand-year competition hasn’t ended yet. There are still some contestants who haven’t arrived. It’s estimated that there’s still a year or even longer before the end. So, the higher-ups asked me to give you a simple introduction to Lone Star City.”

Feng Yu asked, “Fellow Daoist Zhang, you said this is Lone Star City? Is this a city?”

Zhang Yue smiled. “That’s right. No matter what this place looks like to outsiders, it’s actually a city, a city on the Scattered Stars Road. It’s mostly used as a relay station for supplies.”

“A relay station?”

Zhang Yue said, “Perhaps you don’t know this, but every year, thousands of strong masters come to Lone Star City from the Sea Realm. Their goal is naturally the path after the Shattered Star Sea.”

Wushuang said in surprise, “Thousands? Are they all in the peak-level late-stage Star Transformation Realm or perfected Star Transformation Realm?”

Zhang Yue nodded slightly. “Yes! Occasionally, there will be late-stage Star Transformation Realm cultivators, but that’s too few. Most of them are in the peak-level late-stage Star Transformation Realm or perfected Star Transformation Realm.”

Wushuang asked, “How can there be so many strong masters in the Sea Realm? Thousands of them every year? Isn’t that too much?”

Han Fei and Feng Yu also nodded. They were also surprised. How could there be so many strong masters?

Zhang Yue smiled and said, “Everyone, you should know that the Sea Realm has been peaceful for more than 100,000 years. There are still many strong masters who have existed since the Age of the Gods. The number of them exceeds your imagination. For example, how many people in the Sky Opening Realm have participated in this hundred-thousand-year competition?”

Han Fei said, “Nearly eight hundred thousand.”

Zhang Yue nodded. “Alright, these 800,000 people all cultivated for less than 30,000 years, right? But how long can Sky Openers live?”

Feng Yu narrowed her eyes slightly and said, “Under normal circumstances, they can live a million years. Even if there is some damage to their foundation and potential due to battles, adventures, and so on when they’re young, the average lifespan of a Sky Opener is still more than 720,000 years.”

Han Fei looked at Feng Yu in shock. Just 720,000 years?

Feng Yu said, “Don’t look at me this way. At least, that’s the data we obtained in the South Sea Divine Realm. Of course, this only represents ordinary humanoids. As for some special beasts, turtles, demon plants, and so on, they can live for more than two million years. Even if they have hidden injuries or something like that, they can still live for 1.5 million years or so.”

Therefore, there were already more than 800,000 people who could participate in the 100,000-year competition. Then how many other Sky Opening Realm powerhouses were still alive?

“Gulp ~”

Han Fei couldn’t help but swallow. He couldn’t help but wonder why there were so few Sky Openers in the Chaotic Wasteland.

Or rather, it couldn’t be considered few, but there were definitely not many of them. There were only a few hundred of them. Then how could it be worthy of being a dangerous place in the East Sea Divine Realm?

At this moment, Han Fei felt that something was amiss. The Chaotic Wasteland couldn’t be so lousy. How could there be only a few hundred Sky Opening Realm powerhouses over there? Was it a joke?

It seemed that he had to re-evaluate the Chaotic Wasteland. He would ask Feng Yu to quickly investigate if there was any secret there.

At this moment, Zhang Yue said, “So, the reason why we usually see few Sky Openers is that they have long passed the age of fighting, so they don’t go out at all. Some live in the wilderness. You should know how many camps there are in the wilderness, right? There are too many to count. Basically, which camp doesn’t have a Sky Opening Realm expert? Do you really think they want to stay there? They just gather forces, build their own base, and then gather resources and treasures through the nearby creatures…”

Zhang Yue’s words pointed out the nature of the wilderness camp.

If the Crossing was the South Monarch’s tool for making money, then the ordinary small wilderness camps were the tool for making money for the Sky Openers. In essence, they were the same.

Therefore, Zhang Yue’s words made Han Fei and the others realize how many Sky Openers there were in the Sea Realm.

Even Han Fei couldn’t help but sigh. His exploration of the Sea Realm was still too little and he knew too little.

Therefore, more than a hundred thousand years had passed since the last battle of the gods. Assuming that only ten million Sky Openers set foot in the Shattered Star Sea every ten thousand years, there had been at least a hundred million cultivators who had embarked on this path in a hundred thousand years.

Even if the Shattered Star Sea was perilous, at least ten million people had already crossed it.

Therefore, there were far more strong masters in this world than he had imagined.

Even Feng Yu was a little puzzled. “Why have so many people set foot in the Sea of Stars, but we have never heard of it?”

Zhang Yue said with a smile, “You can’t set foot in the Sea of Stars as you please. Most of the time, you have to be screened before you can come. Or rather, those who know that they don’t have long to live rarely appear in the Sea Realm. How can others know that they have set foot in the Shattered Star Sea?”

Feng Yu couldn’t help but say, “No wonder. No wonder every year there are some peak-level late-stage Star Transformation Realm or even perfected Star Transformation Realm ancestors in our clan who are said to die in battle. Now it turns out that they didn’t die in battle at all, but came here.”

Wushuang also nodded slightly. “There are often some hidden strong masters in the Capital of Horror who disappear for no reason. I always thought they were traveling outside. I didn’t expect there to be such a secret.”

Han Fei was not from the Sea Realm and didn’t have much say. He knew too little about the Sea Realm at this moment, so he was naturally dumbfounded to hear such a big secret about the Sea of Stars.

However, there was one thing that Han Fei suddenly realized.

For example, in the Sky Crater World, those creatures were fighting and killing all day long, and an endless stream of soldiers was pouring in. Were they really fighting?

Very long ago, he had known that the ultimate goal of the Three Temples was the same. Then why did the Immortal Temple have to fight everyone and launch invasion wars everywhere? Was it to replenish their undead army?

Han Fei and Feng Yu looked at each other. Both of them seemed to sense something different and seemed to have some doubts about the world they were in.

And this answer should be able to be obtained in Lone Star City, right?

Feng Yu said, “Fellow Daoist Zhang Yue, I have something to ask you. How did you come to Lone Star City after being selected?”

Zhang Yue shook her head slightly. “Sorry, I can’t tell you for now. You can come to the Lone Star City because you are participants, so you can return to the Sea Realm. But we came here because of the most important decision in our lives. Most people here can never go back after they come, unless one day they prove Dao and have the ability to travel back and forth freely… However, to be honest, if some people really prove Dao, they might not want to return to the Sea Realm because on the other side of the Shattered Star Sea, there must be places more attractive than the Sea Realm waiting for them.”

Han Fei and Feng Yu were both alarmed. In other words, these people had signed an agreement to set foot in the Shattered Star Sea. If they didn’t prove their Dao, they would never go back and might even die outside!

Han Fei suddenly realized why so many people wanted to refine their Origin Stars and set foot in the Shattered Star Sea with them, and why there were so many broken stars here.

In any case, God knew how many people had died on this path, and how many strange races in the Scattered Stars Sea had been fed by their Origin Stars.

However, Han Fei and Feng Yu both felt that they should ask about this matter later.

Without giving Han Fei and the others much time to think, Zhang Yue said, “Let me tell you about Lone Star City…”

…

While Han Fei and the others were in the Lone Star City, Zhang Yue had been following them. They could get to know ordinary information, but not some in-depth information.

Han Fei and the others only knew that the current resident population of Lone Star City was more than 30 million, and the floating population was more than a billion. Why were there so many? That was because people in the Lone Star City were not only from the Sea Realm, but also from the races in the Shattered Star Sea who had succeeded in cultivation.

But why didn’t the middle-aged man let the queen ant and the others in earlier? It was because ordinary Star Sea Metal-eating Ants weren’t qualified to land in the Lone Star City. If only the queen ants wanted to come in, the middle-aged man wouldn’t stop them.

But in any case, this permanent and floating population really shocked Han Fei and the others. More than a billion, this number almost stunned them.

If it weren’t for the fact that they had experienced too many Sky Opening realm sea creatures along the way, their hearts would probably not have been able to take it.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the people from the Sea Realm weren’t the bulk.

While they were waiting for the end of the game, Han Fei and the others visited the trading market in the Lone Star City. Because most of the people here were not the residents of the city, they would explore the road behind the Shattered Star Sea. Some people were not strong enough and didn’t explore deeply, so they often returned after hunting for some treasures. Some people treated this place as a safe area. When they were tired in the Shattered Star Sea, they would come back to take a rest and then explore again.

Han Fei and the others had roughly learned that the road behind the Lone Star City was completely different from the road ahead. The road ahead was normal and more like a test. Han Fei thought that as long as he was careful and had some real ability, he could quietly pass through. Although it was dangerous, it wasn’t to the point of death.

However, the road behind the Lone Star City was chaotic. All kinds of creatures killed people, snatched treasures, competed for resources, and hunted Star Sea Giant Beasts. It was much more complicated.

But this part of the journey was said to be good because there was a relay station in the middle of the Scattered Stars Sea. Behind the relay station was the source of the peril. But Zhang Yue didn’t tell him much because she herself didn’t know.

One year and two months later, Zhang Yue seemed to have received a notice and suddenly said to Han Fei and the others, “Three Fellow Daoists, the 100,000-year competition is over. Please follow me. Great Monarch East Martial wants to see you.”

“Who?”