"The length and width of Yaoque City's walls?"

Outside the storeroom.

Yang Bolin looked at the floating sand model before him, gesturing with his hands as he spoke:

"If my memory serves me right.

The walls on either side of Yaoque stretch about seven or eight miles each, and the central section is slightly over twenty miles long...

As for the width, that's hard to say, given the fortifications built around the mountain.

Some areas are narrow, only a hundred meters or so.

Some areas are quite wide, even exceeding two miles."

"So the circumference is more than thirty-five kilometers..."

Ma Ning calculated the numbers in his mind, a visible awe appearing on his face.

Even though he was prepared for the scale of Yaoque.

Upon truly hearing the size of Yaoque City's walls, Ma Ning's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

It's not necessary to compare whether the Damo Realm or the homeland is stronger, but one thing is certain:

The basic productivity level of Damo Realm definitely cannot match that of the homeland, especially in terms of engineering.

To achieve results equivalent to those of the homeland, Damo Realm's building facilities require human resources at least four to five times higher.

And this multiple increases with the difficulty of the construction, eventually inflating to quite an exaggerated figure.

This doesn't need much explanation.

It relates to social forms, not cultivation combat strength.

Generally speaking.

A full set of tower crane equipment can equal the construction efficiency of ten Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Even in the homeland.

Building a wall with a side circumference of seven or eight miles, a top edge circumference of twenty miles, and a height over 300 meters is definitely not an easy task.

The Three Gorges Dam is merely two kilometers long and 185 meters high.

Of course.

The construction difficulty of a hydroelectric dam cannot be directly compared with ground structures, but it can serve as a reference to some extent.

After all, in terms of form, a dam is the closest structure to a 'wall' within the homeland.

Meaning.

The cost of cultivators in Damo Realm building such a massive fortress is likely immeasurable.

Considering various arrays involved, the scale and cost of the project are indeed enormous.

This fortress might consume several years or even decades of production revenue from the entire Damo Realm.

But such investment is essential and fruitful, as it's a vital life-and-death defense line of a civilization.

Unlike some who, after occupying someone else's land for twenty years and spending three trillion US Dollars, leave behind only ruins.

Then Ma Ning thought and posed one last question:

"Shopkeeper Yang, may I ask how many cultivators are currently stationed within Yaoque?"

"Uh, well..."

Yang Bolin hesitated noticeably upon hearing the question.

It's not that he wasn't willing to share the information with Ma Ning; rather, he was truly unaware of the details himself:

"The total number of cultivators is known only internally in Yaoque, so I can only provide a vague estimation...

Including cultivators from all realms, it shouldn't be less than tens of thousands.

After all, the central three territories are vast, with three being conscripted from each city.

Adding various independent individuals and groups on training, there are certainly twenty to thirty thousand cultivators.

As for high-level cultivators, I'm truly unsure.

Recently, I've heard that several Nascent Soul Great Cultivators exploring relics in Star Sea rushed back to Yaoque overnight after receiving a summons to strengthen the defense.

Therefore, the number of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators currently in Yaoque should not be fewer than twenty."

The 'summons order' Yang Bolin mentioned had been referred to several times before.

This is a type of mandatory command issued by Yaoque to cities possessing Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators:

Whenever over three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators are present in a city, one must be dispatched to Yaoque for 'service.'

The specific selection of personnel is fully handled by the regional city.

For example, the Mo Family, subjected to justice by the rabbits, had a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator stationed at Yaoque.

As for why Chixian City, despite having three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, does not have to serve, it's because Wei Siming had rendered meritorious service at Yaoque, earning Chixian City a one hundred-year exemption.

However, such exemptions are extremely rare, so most cities meeting the requirements must dispatch personnel for 'service.'

Additionally, Yang Bolin's words revealed another piece of information:

His estimate hinges on two factors: his firsthand experiences in Yaoque and...

The number of cities he knows in Damo Realm.

The latter is indeed what Ma Ning truly cares about, as the rabbits currently have no other means to statically analyze cities in Damo Realm.

The cultivators stationed in Yaoque consist of two main types:

One is the cultivators in service.

The other type are individuals or groups, like Wei Siming's group, approaching the Foundation Establishment Realm without service duty but desiring to participate in battles for training.

And the former includes individual recruits from small cities and institutional forces from large cities.

This is not hard to grasp.

The 'three conscript one' policy targets ordinary cities lacking high-end combat power, while more powerful cities take on more responsibilities.

This somewhat resembles income tax in the homeland; the higher the income, the more tax one pays.

Except Damo Realm lacks tax avoidance strategies.

Consider Ziqiong City.

The Yang Family alone has consistently stationed over forty Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators at Yaoque, with other families combined, the stationed Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators nearing two hundred.

This is due to the weaker strength of the southern region.

In the eastern region, some large cities have more than five hundred Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators from various families enlisted.

Deducting these personnel.

The number of cultivators who really came to Yaoque according to the 'three conscript one' policy is about a hundred thousand.

The ratio of cities meeting the 'three conscript one' standard to ordinary cities is about 1 to 4, given that Damo Realm mostly requires at least one Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator for city establishment.

Cases like Wei Siming's group, who built a city at Qi Cultivation level eight, are individual exceptions, hardly universally applicable.

Thus.

The total number of cities in the central three territories is likely around four hundred thousand.

Distributing proportionally, each territory would have about one hundred thousand cities.

Don't find this number bizarre.

According to the "Huaxia Statistical Yearbook 2020".

As of the end of 2019.

Huaxia had a total of 44821 township-level administrative regions—this number includes 8393 street units, leaving a total of more than thirty-six thousand towns and townships.

The average distance between towns is 22.8 kilometers.

With Huaxia's land area being 21.6% of Asia's area.

If one day the rabbits encompass all of Asia, theoretically, the number of township divisions could be around eighteen thousand.

Even deducting certain mountain ranges, the number breaking twenty thousand is quite manageable.

Previously mentioned.

The southern region aligns with Asia, with a similar area.

Thus, ten thousand cities distributed across it, averaging a hundred kilometers, i.e., fifty kilometers apart, is completely reasonable.

The other eastern and northern islands are probably similar.

Considering these four hundred thousand cities.

Some are large, some small, with very complex circumstances.

But generally speaking.

The population of each city in Damo Realm fluctuates between 6000-20000.

For instance, before the siege.

The total population of Chixian City, with three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators stationed, including refugees, was only around fourteen thousand.

Calculating an average of 1.5 million per city puts the central three territories' total population around six billion.

Of course.

This is a highly vague calculation.

Given the current chaos, this number might vary significantly from reality.

All in all.

At this point, Ma Ning has gained considerable insights.

If previously the rabbits only understood the outline of Yaoque.

This time Ma Ning's conversation is like... not quite entered, but more like seen the reality of Yaoque.

Additionally, he roughly understood Damo Realm's total number of cities and population.

Though the latter might not be precise.

But in this satellite-less era, this is already a crucial source of intelligence.

Then he organized his words and asked:

"Shopkeeper Yang, when your side next heads to Yaoque, could you grant me a few spots?"

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