Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 340 The population of the mainland and the number of soul masters

"Second uncle, I have a question." Chen Xiaojun looked at Chen Cong and said seriously.

"What?" Chen Cong looked at Chen Xiaojun and couldn't help but feel curious.

"This time, the total number of official and military soul masters, plus the recruited soul masters, is between thirty and forty thousand." Chen Xiaojun said, "What I want to ask is how many soul masters are there on the mainland?"

Chen Xiaojun has always been full of curiosity about this issue. He had always felt that Dou Yi's original work was just a microcosm of the world.

In the original work, the number of soul masters in Douluo Continent was only about one hundred thousand, but the situation here is completely different.

As one of the top ten cities in the mainland, Hanhai City has 30,000 to 40,000 soul masters, but there are hundreds of them in the main city alone in the entire continent, not to mention the countless small and medium-sized cities. So how should the number of soul masters in the entire continent be calculated?

"Uh," Chen Cong didn't expect Chen Xiaojun to ask this question, but it just allowed him to understand current events.

"The number of soul masters comes from the total population of the continent. The number of people is related to the continent's area and the amount of food." Chen Cong began to explain.

"I understand this." Chen Xiaojun nodded, it was normal and proportional.

"Then do you know how big the Douluo Continent is?" Chen Cong asked again.

"I don't know." Chenxiaojun shook his head. He had some guesses, but he didn't have a definite answer, so he just said he didn't know.

"According to the information previously released by Chunqiu Pavilion, they have measured and calculated that the Douluo Continent is about 5500 million square kilometers, not counting overseas islands." Chen Cong said.

Chunqiu Pavilion, Chen Xiaojun knows, is an authoritative organization that studies astronomy, geography, history and other fields. Its status among neutral organizations in the mainland is second only to the three major forces and enjoys a high reputation.

Being able to get their measurement data, this data should be quite accurate.

Hearing this number, Chen Xiaojun sighed in his heart: "Sure enough! It is said that the original author mentioned that Douluo Continent was compared to Eurasia. It is really the size of Eurasia."

"In such a large area, the Plant Guild promoted potatoes, corn, tomatoes and other high-yield crops on a large scale thousands of years ago, which led to a population explosion and the population increased several times." Chen Cong explained in detail, his tone revealing a hint of A feeling for history.

Chen Xiaojun couldn't help but feel shocked when he listened to Chen Cong's story.

He had never thought before that the population of Douluo Continent was so large, and all of this was due to a crop reform a thousand years ago.

"More than twenty years ago, the demographic information released by Chunqiu Pavilion was more than 1 billion (about 5/ of the Blue Star Eurasian continent)." Chen Cong continued, with a flash of thought in his eyes, "This Although the number is huge, considering the size and richness of Douluo Continent, this number is actually reasonable."

Chen Xiaojun nodded, agreeing with Chen Cong's view. He used to think that the population of Douluo Continent should not be large, but now it seems that his idea is completely wrong.

"And the proportion of soul masters in the population is about one in a thousand, about 1.5 million or more." Chen Cong continued.

"So many?" Chen Xiaojun couldn't help but be surprised. He always thought that soul masters were a rare profession, but now it seems that there are so many soul masters. "Otherwise! Without such a large number, how can we withstand the catastrophe!" Chen Cong's tone became a little serious.

He knew that although there were many soul masters, this number still seemed insignificant when facing some powerful enemies.

Chen Cong paused and continued: "Let's take a look and find out that more than ten years ago, there were 260,000 low-level civilian soul masters receiving subsidies registered in Wuhun Palace. There has not been much change in these years, and it should be about the same. This number. The Wuhun Palace itself also has more than 200,000 soul masters, and the two add up to nearly 500,000 soul masters, accounting for nearly 30% of the total."

"Then the two empires each have no less than the number of soul masters in the Wuhun Palace, which is another 400,000; in addition, there are major neutral organizations and hundreds of industry unions such as soul hunters and mercenaries, chambers of commerce, goods stores, auction houses, etc. The business power should be 300,000; as well as the colleges, aristocratic families, large and small sects, there are also 300,000, plus some bits and pieces." Chen Cong continued.

Chen Xiaojun couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart as he listened to Chen Cong's story. He used to think that he was a genius soul master, but now it seems that his strength is nothing among so many soul masters.

"There are also a large number of soul masters who are living in the gray path!" Chen Cong's tone became a little serious, "Although these gray path soul masters are not tolerated by the righteous path, their strength cannot be underestimated. If we If we cannot bring them under management, they risk becoming our enemies.”

"Finally, there are the evil soul masters who are hiding in the dark and are the public enemies of the mainland. Although the number is unclear, the minimum number is twenty to thirty thousand. Sometimes there are more than fifty thousand, and they are relatively strong fifty thousand."

Chen Xiaojun couldn't help feeling worried as he listened to Chen Cong's story. He knew that the evil soul master was indeed very powerful. No wonder all the major forces had to kill the evil soul master on a daily basis. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous if a catastrophe broke out.

"Do you know, Mr. Xiao?" Chen Cong said slowly, with a sense of vicissitudes in his voice, "The average life span of our Douluo Continent is nearly 70 years old, which is a pretty good number. Every year, there are A total of more than 2000 million people have awakened martial souls, and among them, about people can truly possess soul power and have embarked on the path of soul masters."

Chen Xiaojun couldn't help but feel shocked when he listened to Chen Cong's story. He had never thought before that so many people would awaken their martial souls and become soul masters every year. This number was much larger than he imagined.

"However, the path of a soul master is not always smooth." Chen Cong continued, his tone becoming a little heavier, "Every year, we lose at least more than 10,000 souls due to various battles, accidents, accidents, and natural old age and death. Teacher. Although this number sounds cruel, it is an unavoidable reality."

Chen Xiaojun listened silently, feeling sad in his heart. He knew that the world of soul masters was full of dangers and challenges, and every soul master might lose his life in the next moment.

"However, overall, the number of soul masters is still growing slowly." Chen Cong's tone softened slightly, "Although there are losses every year, the number of newly added soul masters can always slightly exceed the number of losses. As a result, in the long history, the total number of soul masters will gradually increase."

Chenxiaojun nodded to express his understanding.

"However, large-scale wars will greatly consume the number of soul masters." Chen Cong reminded again, "Just like the small beast tide in Hanhai City this time, although it was not large in scale, it also cost us a lot of soul masters. More Needless to say, those real catastrophes, every catastrophe will cause us to lose a large number of soul masters."

Chen Xiaojun listened to Chen Cong's story. The human world is full of uncertainties. Even with the terrifying balance of nuclear weapons in the previous life, there were still so many people dying in wars every year, and human lives were like nothing.

"However, if we extend the time to a period of one hundred years, we can generally maintain a balance." Chen Cong finally concluded, "Although there will be losses and consumption, new soul masters can always continue to maintain a balance." Emerged to fill this vacancy. This is the vitality of Douluo Continent."

(End of this chapter)