The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion

Chapter 33. Open-pit Mine

Two avatars are communicating with Sesaisa, one is looking around the community, and the remaining avatar is tasked with restoring the ecosystem.

The 〈faith〉 that became level 6 thanks to the spiritual realm. The four avatars decided to restore the ecosystem comprehensively, scattered in the nectar oasis, freshwater lakes and rivers, cactus forests and valleys, and newly acquired land.

And I am Avatar 4. In charge of the new ecosystem.

First of all, I have already won 5 out of 30 games. What this means is that there are 32 fragments of gods existing in my world, and the area of my world is 320 square kilometers.

It will probably take quite some time just to neatly edit the terrain. The area has doubled from the original.

Honestly, it’s not that large. ‘Seoul Special City’ is, as far as I know, about 600 square kilometers? It’s about that. In other words, it’s only about half of that now. It’s barely enough to establish a tribal state.

Of course, Seoul, where ten million people lived, is not objectively a small city, but that’s by the standards of urbanized civilization.

From an ecological perspective that supports the entire population, it’s a bit small. Moreover, South Korea was a place with a terrible food self-sufficiency rate, and it was a place that couldn’t even think about nature conservation.

The reason this small world can have such ecological diversity is entirely due to the element called ‘Fragment of God’ that guarantees at least the minimum right to survive.

In that sense, if I think in reverse, if I win the next game, will my world roughly have the area of Seoul?

And ‘Gyeonggi-do’ is about 10,000 square kilometers, so if I win 10 times, it will be the size of ‘Gyeonggi-do’. If I win about 14 times, it will surpass ‘South Korea’, which is about 100,000 square kilometers, and if I win 15 times, it will be 320,000 square kilometers, which is the size of the ‘Korean Peninsula’ plus a bit of Manchuria…

“There are also events where the land expands, so the point where the area exceeds that will come sooner.”

Right. That’s what I heard. There will be events where additional land is created along the way.

Anyway, ultimately, since there are 1,073,741,824 participants, will it ultimately be 10.7 billion square kilometers, and with the additional land received, will it be about 100 billion square kilometers…? I can’t quite grasp the additional land.

Wait a minute. The diameter of the ‘Earth’ is about 12,000 kilometers… If I calculate the surface area with a simple formula…

The area of the ‘Earth’ is about 500 million square kilometers?

“Hey, angel. Is it true that if I win, I will ultimately rule a world about 200 times the size of the Earth?”

“There may be differences depending on the progress of the game, but roughly speaking, yes. Is there any problem?”

I was more surprised by the casual answer. I see. I didn’t consciously calculate it, but it’s quite cosmic.

Anyway, to be honest, even if I have ten or twenty avatars, it’s almost impossible to control such a vast world.

“That’s why you usually have subordinate gods.”

But for me, who walks the path of the Demon King, I have no choice.

“Oh. Yes. I see.”

So, rather, it is ideal to pay attention to the ecosystem in the early stages, and from the point where the land area becomes unmanageable in the mid-stages, it will naturally develop into a perfect equilibrium state, and at the same time, it will automatically nurture a dessert army that can destroy all civilizations.

“That makes sense. So, what are you going to do next?”

Let’s look at the fragments of God that define the terrain in the game. Among them, there are things like ‘River’ and ‘Aquifer’ that overlap and level up.

But now, there are 16 fragments of God in the newly acquired opponent’s world, so I have to count them first.

The opponent’s ecosystem, broadly speaking, had steppe terrain, which is between desert and grassland, desert+oasis terrain like mine, and hills that looked like mountains, rock clusters, and a fertile swamp close to mud. Wide fields. River. There were seven types.

But, from an ecological perspective, there were 8th, 9th, and 10th terrains. In other words, about six of them were the same and overlapped. Let’s look at it that way.

The most noticeable was the place that seemed to be the most important in the enemy’s community.

I remember it because they counterattacked every time the dessert army attacked there. There was also a huge temple. It seemed like the residence of Shikadoz.

‘Space-Time Boundary LV.3: A place where the boundary of space-time is blurred. Those born in this area are likely to have space-time related traits, and if researched, knowledge about space-time can be obtained. Originally, it seemed to have been reinforced by sturdy structures and powerful divinity, but now it is greatly destroyed.

Detailed description: A space that functions as a natural spirit world. It stores space-time magic, and if there is someone who can utilize it, they can take it out. It is a fragment of a being that was called a god, and even now, with its mind shattered, it maintains space-time extrasensory perception and spiritual abilities.’

Looking closely, I understand. The previous opponent, Elguano, didn’t buy the ‘Dimensional Traveler’ trait in the shop. It wasn’t that they strengthened their unique entity with it.

They probably bought a legendary trait that strengthens structures or terrain and reinforced the ‘Space-Time Boundary’ itself.

And they consumed a huge amount of resources, including high culture, to grow the existing Shikadoz to a legendary level in that terrain.

It’s impossible to mass-produce legendary entities, but it’s quite possible to do it just once at a low level.

In this way, unlike simply buying traits in the shop and attaching them, it consumes a large amount of resources for special entity production, but since the source of the ability is the terrain and structures in the world rather than the traits bought in the shop, it will be possible to create multiple space-time ability users later, not just Shikadoz.

In other words, Elguano and its allies managed to get through the early stages smoothly thanks to the transcendent terror and diplomatic abilities of the dimensional traveler, Shikadoz. From the mid-stage onwards, they must have planned to create a unit of space-time ability users to handle things.

“That’s quite a solid plan. It actually looks efficient and strong… if only they hadn’t encountered a meteor.”

I got hit by a meteor too. The ecosystem, which had over 30,000 points, now has less than 10,000 points.

“That’s really a luxurious complaint. But you’re still at the top tier and will recover soon, right?”

And the ninth terrain was the spiritual realm and the great flow of this world, which could be seen through the spiritual realm layer.

This was destroyed by the immense power of Yogo-Tosos, and it seems we need to adjust it in consultation with Sesaisa. This too was a fragment of a god.

“Constellation LV.2: The point where the flow of the material world and the ‘Great Universe’ meets in the ‘Sky’. Various mysteries can be drawn and researched through ‘Spirit’, increasing understanding.

Detailed description: A natural ‘spiritual realm’ where some fragments of the ‘Great Universe’ can be seen. Due to the observed stars, understanding of the mysteries of ‘Awe’, ‘Light’, and ‘Space-Time’ attributes has slightly increased, but now the flow is destroyed by immense mysteries, and it seems unable to draw full power. It is a fragment of a being once called a god, and even now, with its spirit shattered, it is connected to the universe.”

Since it was a terrain that existed in the game, I roughly understand it.

In places where constellations are visible, the number of ‘Mystery’ awakeners increases.

And for me, who sees the spiritual realm layer, I could confirm that the flow from the constellations stuck to the sky was covering the entire floor through the ‘Space-Time Boundary’.

It seems this has increased the rate of magical talent manifestation in creatures existing throughout the world. Sesaisa affirmed my guess.

I see… Except for the Nectar Spring, I mostly got natural terrains, but this side seems to be intertwined with mysteries.

And the tenth terrain was a bit perplexing. Not because it was bad or strange, but because it was too difficult to use.

“Open-pit Mine LV.5: A terrain where ‘Precious Metal’ and ‘Metal’ resources accumulated in the ‘Underground’ are exposed. If mined a lot, it will be depleted.

Detailed description: A terrain that produces ‘Soil’, ‘Metal’, and ‘Gem’ resources with the condensed magic power from the entire world. It is a fragment of a being once called a god, and even now, with its body shattered, it is condensing elements.”

Natural? Terrain? Of course, in the game, mines would recharge magic or recover over time, but I thought it was game logic. Now that I encounter a recharging mine, it’s a bit perplexing.

Since this world has grown the open-pit mine to level 5, it seems they used the precious metals mined here to supply materials for ornaments or temples that enhance Shikadoz’s ‘Charm’. The problem is, these are only useful in the ‘Technology’ or ‘Industry’ based trees. In an anti-intellectualism build, they are largely meaningless.

“Is it finally time to develop civilization and utilize the resources here?”

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Should I evolve rock jellies to create gem jellies, metal jellies, or gold jellies…?

“Oh, please. Why do you solve everything with biology?”

There’s no choice. Smelting, blacksmithing, and crafts all require ‘Industry’ and ‘Technology’… Living beings, on the other hand, compete with their body structures, so when such resources appear, they have no choice but to discard them.

“Isn’t it a waste?”

“You can’t utilize all the terrains that appear in the game anyway. After mining with jellies, it wouldn’t be bad to sell those jellies to other worlds for some points.”

“But still, such a honey land…”

Honey land? Honey land is their swamp and field. It’s a good land with accumulated nutrients.

After connecting the swamp, river, and freshwater lake, I should connect the mountains to create an immensely fertile grassland, where various herbivores and predators can roam.

“That’s quite a brilliant idea.”

“Speaking of which, aren’t you giving the victory trait?”

“The victory trait of the fifth multiple world is given when the ‘Disaster Phase’ begins. It means to decide the trait after seeing the disaster that appears.”

I see…

I consumed a massive amount of divine power to move the mountain from that world to become the source of the river in my world.

As the two mountains merged, their level increased, becoming even more gigantic. The magic flowing there became richer, and the ecosystem became healthier.

Although the mountain could be used as a mining resource, I decided to use its pure magic to fertilize the river and the floodplain area.

Speaking of which, I also created a large number of oak species that I had made in Sesaisa’s world and planted them all over the mountain. Since I edited and evolved them myself, I could create them just by using divine power.

Now, the mountain covered with these trees will spread nutrients through the river to the vast desert and steppe, which will flow into clear freshwater lakes and marshy swamps, providing a foundation for more creatures to grow.

Then I could create new soldiers. A desert corps specialized in running across plains…

“Have you thought of a name?”

Well, I have too much to do right now. It’s a good thing I have multiple selves.

Communicating with my clones, or rather, just knowing what they are working on.

With perfect efficiency, I was working in a division of labor, and if something big happened, only one would pay attention while the others continued their tasks.

And as I was manipulating the ecosystem and increasing the number of soldiers, I thought.

Is this enough?

“Huh? Why such a worry all of a sudden?”

The game’s level is higher than I thought. Of course, I didn’t think I would be the best in the world, but honestly, I thought I would be in the top 100.

“Oh, I see.”

Especially this player named Elguano, the phrase I thought just before the collision, “Yogo-Tosos is more useless than I thought,” became meaningless. If I didn’t have Yogo-Tosos, 100% the hero Shikadoz would have destroyed my ecosystem alone, and I would have lost the game.

“That’s true. Because you had Yogo-Tosos, the opponent was in a hurry, couldn’t terrorize freely, and you were able to win during the dimensional rift stage.”

This guy seems to be quite high-ranking too. I was just unlucky.

But the winner must be number one. To truly win, it’s reasonable to think that the upcoming opponents will have plans of this level or even higher.

“So?”

I need a different way of development than what I did in the game.

I was lucky to receive the “Nectar Spring” and created and thrived jelly-like creatures that eat rocks.

But what if the terrain I initially received was the “Open-Pit Mine”?

I would probably have left the mine alone and created creatures living in the plains. I might have been lingering in the lower ranks now.

However, the rock-eating jelly is not a creature that existed on Earth. I thought I could create such a creature with the information I gained from participating in the game, so I made it.

“In other words?”

A creature that can thrive in the “Open-Pit Mine” terrain.

What if I could use the power of mystery to create a completely new type of creature that forms and grows its body using metals, precious metals, and gems, which are impossible to explain or exist under Earth’s physical laws?

Then I could fully utilize that precious level 5 terrain.

“It’s an interesting attempt. As an angel who informs you of the rules of the game, I will actively cooperate.”

What a surprise.

“If you fail, you will finally realize your limits and create a civilization, and even if you succeed, they might create a civilization.”

······Because of the angel, I feel that I must create a metal life form.