Book 8: Chapter 89: Didi’s Struggle
After Kelly left, Qin Lun returned to his room and sank into deep thought.
Besides the most important questions, their conversation earlier also covered topics about Apostle ranks and how the Star Void assigned Quest Worlds. From his previous experience and guesses, Qin Lun had speculated that when the Shattered Starry Sky assigned Quest Worlds to Apostles, it based the assignment on the civilization the Apostle originally came from and their personal combat level.
This conversation with Kelly confirmed that speculation. Before she became an Apostle, the Female Martial Artist came from a human world similar to the Earth Federation. Its technology was not as advanced as Earth’s, but its level of individual evolution surpassed Earth’s.
Even after becoming a High-Rank Apostle, Kelly had not experienced many Quest Worlds dominated by non-humanoid creatures. The few times she did were because her team had some non-humanoid members.
According to Kelly, worlds dominated by non-humanoid creatures did not seem to be the key focus of the Shattered Starry Sky’s conquest of different worlds. This could also be seen from the fact that most Apostles were transformed from humanoid intelligent beings.
As for the relationship between Apostle rank and world difficulty, from Kelly’s explanation, low-rank Apostles corresponded to Low Magic Worlds, mid-rank corresponded to Mid-Magic Worlds, and high-rank and Legendary Apostles corresponded to High-Magic Worlds. Specific calculations had a certain floating range and considered the team’s overall strength.
For example: Qin Lun’s own strength was not enough to enter a peak Mid-Magic World like Toril. Even the Fortress Team, with as many as three mid-rank members, was not actually qualified. Only the Lost Novices barely met the threshold, and this was mainly because Kelly alone raised the overall strength evaluation.
However, the Fortress Team happened to be undergoing a title assessment for the Silver Team at that time, which indirectly raised the Star Void’s evaluation. That was why they tragically entered the highly risky Toril World.
In other words, given the Fortress Team’s strength, they should not have insisted on maintaining the Silver Team title. Looking back, it was purely a suicidal act, truly a case of ‘no zuo no die’!