Chapter 732: Human Nature
The disparity in strength between a low-level plane and a medium-sized plane often amounted to tenfold.
However, this was merely a simplistic assessment.
In reality, the gap spanned every conceivable aspect of civilization.
Determining the exact number of Rank Four or higher creatures within the Wild Gorilla World was currently challenging.
Assuming this world qualified as a medium-sized civilization, a conservative estimate would place the number of Rank Four or higher entities at no fewer than fifty.
It was a misconception to think that all medium-sized planes, such as Centaurworld with its eighteen Rank Four or above deities, reflected the norm for Astral Realm civilizations.
In reality, Centaurworld represented a “neutered” version of a medium-sized world.
By joining the Magus Alliance, it and other member planes with lesser standing became largely exploited.
All their resources, wealth, and manpower were prioritized to support and strengthen the formidable Magus Civilization.
Historically, the medium-sized worlds that the Magus Civilization had encountered possessed anywhere from twenty to two hundred Rank Four or higher creatures.
Worlds with twenty Rank Four or higher creatures were at the threshold of medium-sized status and typically housed just one early-stage Rank Six lifeform, indicating that the civilization was still in the initial stages of reaching a medium-sized classification.
Conversely, a medium-sized civilization with up to two hundred Rank Four creatures likely represented a peak state within the Astral Realm, boasting several Rank Six lifeforms, including those at the peak of Rank Six.
Such civilizations were on the brink of transitioning to a large-sized world.
For instance, the Neisse Civilization, which the Magus Civilization recently subdued, boasted a formidable army of constructs, with approximately a thousand of these reaching Rank Four or above.
It was a moderately strong large world civilization, and the Magus Civilization had to deploy three of its top-tier forces to secure victory.
Thus, if the Wild Gorilla World was indeed a medium-sized plane, it likely had around fifty to one hundred Rank Four or higher creatures.
The precise strength and number dictated how much force the Magus World would deploy and its overall strategic approach.
The most formidable wild gorilla he had captured possessed only Rank Two strength.
He refrained from targeting Rank Three creatures, as capturing them alive would necessitate Lorianne’s intervention and risk exposing their presence.
From the information gathered, Sein and Lorianne confirmed their suspicion that the Wild Gorilla World was indeed a medium-sized plane.
Although the majority of these Rank One and Rank Two gorillas served the four warring Gorilla Gods, some were vaguely aware of other Gorilla Gods’ names.
Sein had collected and recorded the names of seventeen gorilla gods, including the War Gorilla God, Force Gorilla God, Wild Gorilla God, Fire Gorilla God, and Culture Gorilla God.
This was merely the tip of the iceberg.
The ongoing war in Verdant Wilderness World was proving to be more than Lorianne could handle alone.
Although the main battlefront remained around the Lush Verdant Forest, the effects of the invasion crisis had permeated every forest and region of Verdant Wilderness World.
Signs of fleeing populations and mass racial migrations were evident in virtually every corner of the main continent.
The main force of the invading Wild Gorilla World, led by the four Gorilla Gods, was concentrated in Lush Verdant Forest.
However, numerous scattered gorilla legions and their subordinates were wreaking havoc in a widespread manner, deeply impacting the native inhabitants.
With both sides’ attention fixed on the fierce battle in Lush Verdant Forest, the number of troops deployed there had long surpassed two million and was steadily approaching three million.
Even the guardian of Verdant Wilderness World struggled to address the chaos and tragedies unfolding elsewhere in their homeplane.
As an outsider, Sein merely observed the unfolding chaos in silence.
“Thank you for saving my child.”
A large black beetle, carrying a smaller one, gratefully said to Sein, who was disguised as an elf.
Sein, packing away his scalpel, advised the female beetle, “Go to Emerald Forest in the south. The situation is better there.”
His voice was intended to be cold and emotionless, but to the beetle and other native beings of Verdant Wilderness World, there was an unmistakable warmth in his tone, akin to a ray of sunshine.