Chapter 131. World Level 3
[Congratulations, your world has fulfilled the requirements to level up!]
[The process of levelling from Level 2 world to Level 3 will take approximately 7 days. During this time, your world’s stability will be greatly increased, and you may directly intervene in your world. Please note, the increase in stability isn’t infinite, and your world can still be destroyed upon excessive intervention.]
[The operation law and rules inside your world will slowly be strengthened and perfected.]
[The stability of your world will slowly increase.]
[The amount of maximum annual GP gain will be increased.]
[The chance for your world to give birth to creatures with high potential has increased.]
[The maximum level of creatures in your world has been increased to Level 6]
[Your world’s resistance against NE has increased.]
[The speed of expelling NE has increased.]
[The …]
[The ... has increased.]
[Warning! Your world’s advancement has caused fluctuation in the surrounding void that might alarm surrounding creatures.]
[As you’re still under the System’s protective period, the System has removed the fluctuation released by your world and properly hid your world from outside interference.]
[The universe has rewarded the gods for their hard work. You’ll receive a small amount of extremely pure mysterious energy.]
[Once again, congratulations on your world’s advancement.]
After a spam-like message telling him that the Crystal Cube world was getting stronger, and a few other messages, Cedric once again felt a comfortable energy coursing through his body.
That energy should be the extremely pure, mysterious energy the System mentioned.
Cedric’s eyes squinted as he tried his best to keep from moaning because of the energy’s comforting sensation.
Honestly, that feeling is beyond any pleasure the mortal senses could bring. Even drugs wouldn’t be as satisfying as the feeling of that mysterious energy coursing through his body. The most important point is that the energy is not addictive and instead brings him great benefit.
After the feeling disappeared, Cedric opened his eyes and checked his screen.
[Name: Cedric Hills
Level: Pseudo Lesser Divinity (Actual level: Peak Level 6)
Law: None.
World: Crystal Cube World
World Level: 3
World’s Average Potential: Peak Level 0
GP: 9.649
Annual GP income: 16]
After the world leveled up, Cedric’s real level also increased from Peak Level 3 to Peak Level 6.
Honestly, there isn’t much difference for him. The increase in life level brought a slight rise in calculation power, physical strength, and other attributes. But the calculation power from his godhood is simply too massive, so the increased calculation power from his life level is negligible.
Aside from that, the second important point is that the world’s average potential has risen to Peak Level 0.
Actually, the average potential in his world had increased to Mid Level 0 around the time his world almost advanced. When it reached Level 3, the average life level skipped Upper Level 0 and directly hit Peak Level 0. Additionally, his yearly GP limit finally broke through 10 GP and reached 16.
Cedric noticed this and asked, “Hey, what’s the maximum annual GP income at world Level 3?" At world Level 1, the cap was 1 GP, and at Level 2, it increased to 10 GP. Cedric could reasonably guess the maximum GP at Level 3, but he asked to confirm.
[As you've guessed, the maximum annual GP income at world Level 3 is indeed 100 GP. But starting at this level, there are rarely any gods who can reach the maximum GP income, except those following a min-max world build.]
The System’s message gives a lot of information to Cedric. He actually just planned to ask casually before he started modifying his world. But now the System has successfully piqued his curiosity.
“Why is it rare to reach the maximum annual GP? And what is this min-maxing build you talked about?”
[It’s difficult to reach the maximum annual income for several reasons, but for worlds at level 3, there are two main reasons. First, the world requires some GP to maintain itself. The higher the level, the more GP is automatically consumed to maintain the world. But don’t worry, the GP that the world consumes doesn’t decrease the maximum GP income. Second, the main source of GP comes from those sentient creatures at lower levels. Which means unless you max out your population, filling the whole world with humans and other sentient creatures, it's close to impossible to reach the maximum GP income limit.]
“So, the min-maxing you mentioned is to fill the world with sentient creature so they can generate a lot of GP?”
[Indeed. but min-maxing requires a lot of subtlety and serious understanding, which you obviously lacked. Maxing a world’s population will cause many complications, such as decreasing the number of high- and mid-ranked experts, because the amount of special energy in the world is limited. With a larger population, special energies, such as mana, spirit qi, and others, become dispersed among everyone, leading to a shortage of resources to nurture experts in the world. It’ll also increase the speed of NE generation and the demon king’s birth rate. Not only that, but there’s also a technological requirement to stop plagues and fulfill the consumption needs of the living creatures, and many other things.]
“Why don’t you tell me about these before? Especially the part that a world is constantly consuming GP to maintain itself?”
[The System never mentioned it because that knowledge is only relevant for those controlling a world that’s at Level 4 or at least Level 3. At levels 1 and 2, the world’s stability is held naturally by the universe. So, asking before Level 3 means you’ll need to pay GP to receive the answer]
“Then what is the average annual income for Level 3 world?”
[By the time the world leveled up to Level 4, the average world already had 80 annual GP income.]
“How long does it take to reach Level 3 to Level 4?”
[The average time to reach Level 4 from world Level 3 is 5.000 years. This is also a benchmark, as the System’s protection period lasted only 10.000 years. Those who failed to advance to Level 4 within 10.000 years usually perished in the battle between worlds once the protection period ended, unless they came from a high-level world and had a sufficiently strong backer to protect them during their weakest period.]
“Can you explain about the battle between world more thoroughly?” Cedric asked.
[Insufficient level, do you wish to spend GP to receive the answer?]
He thought for a moment before shaking his head. From how the System said ‘insufficient level’, he realized the information about the world battle would be revealed when he reached a higher level. Furthermore, the System’s protection seemed to work by shielding noobs like him from being targeted in a world battle.
What’s important for him is to reach Level 4 ASAP, so he won’t get killed once the System’s protection ends.
“By the way, how long does it usually take to reach Level 1 world to Level 3?” Cedric got curious because it took him approximately 1.5 millennia to reach his current level.
[Level 1 to Level 2 usually took 1.000 years on average. Level 2 to 3 took 2.000 years.]
‘It seems I am a genius!’ Before Cedric could gloat for long, the System sent another message.
[You aren’t a genius. The only reason you can advance that quickly is how weak you are. Compared to other real gods, who’ll need to spend a ton of GP and fear their world destabilizing just from sending a few short sentences, you can send a whole research paper for a few hundred GP, thanks to your low level.]
Cedric felt speechless. He started working to forget the System’s sarcastic-but-true remarks.
He focused his mental power on the Crystal Cube world and immediately began the first step of his plan.
First and foremost, he planned to expand the world's land area.
When the Crystal Cube world was first created, it consisted of 8 million square kilometers of water and 8 million square meters of land. Then, at level 2, he added one million square kilometers of land, bringing the world’s total area to 17 million square kilometers.
Right now, he plans to expand the world’s area by another 3 million square kilometers, with one million square kilometers of water and 2 million square kilometers of land.
During the few centuries between when he sent the multi-element magic and when his world finally leveled up, Cedric had already prepared a few plans for his expansion, including those that expand the world by only 3 million square kilometers.
Just as he was about to send his GP to mold the world’s terrain and space, the System sent an advertisement.
[Do you wish to spend 10 GP for the System to show the amount of stability and balance remaining in your world? This function will only last while the world is in the midst of upgrading.]
[Please note that it’s highly recommended you purchase this function.]
“Oh, almost forgot about this one. I’ll buy it.”
[Stability: 100%
Note: Please stop intervening when your world’s stability reaches 5%, as it might cause lasting damage to your world that persists even after the upgrade process is complete.
After seeing the stability screen, he immediately gets to work, expanding his world by a million square kilometers and filling the newly expanded area with ocean water.
Finally, Cedric expanded the world by another 2 million square kilometers.
Instead of expanding the continent, he created several small islands around it and two massive islands to the northeast and northwest.
He also added plants and animals, both normal and magical variants, to fill the newly created islands and the ocean.
Once he finished filling the small and large islands with their own ecosystems, Cedric focused on the mountain range that separated the dwarves and elves from humans.
Using some GP, he found two relatively empty areas and flattened them into two flat roads that respectively connect the human with the dwarf and the elf area.
In total, expanding the world by 3 million square kilometers, filling the islands and the ocean’s ecosystem, and creating two roads to connect humans with the elves and dwarves cost him 3.100 GP and considerable world stability.
But he isn’t finished yet. Actually, he still hasn’t reached the most-awaited part.
First, Cedric focused on the east and southeast areas of his world.
The east and southeast areas of the Crystal Cube world rarely have any islands. He designed it that way because that’s where he planned to place the mermaids and krakens.
Focusing on the ocean, Cedric looked for a rich area with many ocean plants and corals, where schools of fish often migrate.
After an hour, he found three suitable areas with the richest resources.
“Well, only children choose. I am a mature guy who’s more than a millennium old, so I’ll choose all three areas.” Cedric decided to make the three locations the birthplaces for mermaids and kraken.
For the kraken, he selected an area closer to the continent, farther southeast of it, neighboring the water area near the mountain range separating the continent.
As for the mermaids, he let them stay in the two areas east of the continent, neighboring the elves’ location.
After he decided, Cedric immediately got to work.
He first created a kraken’s body. Cedric wanted to create a body beyond Level 4, but all attempts failed. Whether it was Level 6, 5, or 4, the body he created failed to materialize. Only when he created a body at Peak Level 3 did it successfully materialize in the world.
Recalling that he could only create a body at Peak Level 1 when his world upgraded from Level 1 to Level 2, Cedric concluded that the body he could directly create in the world is limited by the world’s maximum level. More specifically, it’s capped at three levels below the maximum level.
When the world upgraded from Level 1 to Level 2, the maximum level in the world was Level 4, and he could only create creatures at Level 1. Meanwhile, he can now create creatures at Level 3 because the maximum level in the world has reached Level 6.