The Cursed Land and divine curses were things Chu Fei had encountered for the first time.
Chu Fei had learned about curses before, through the inheritance he obtained in the first secret realm, the Flying Tiger City Secret Realm. His curse attacks had originally come from that inheritance.
However, that curse inheritance was more of a special algorithm—a remote, leveraged attack that could trigger a so-called avalanche effect. At its core, it was still some kind of algorithm.
The curse in the Cursed Land that he had encountered now was completely different. Yet after a long period of observation and research, Chu Fei had begun to uncover some clues.
The curse "aura" here was exceedingly mysterious. The Dragon Race had indeed cleaned it up, but traces inevitably remained. These were remnants of a true god's aura, and for all "low-level" life below 20.0, their effects could not be ignored.
According to the available information:
The average lifespan of ordinary people in Zhao State before 8.0 was eighty-six years; the ratio of ordinary people to cultivators in Zhao State after 8.0 was 1000:43.
By comparison, the average lifespan of ordinary people in neighboring nations was not a single one below ninety years, while their cultivation ratios were all above 1000:50!
The gap might not seem large, but it was enough to prove the curse's impact on Zhao State.
The average lifespan in particular was four years shorter. That meant every individual had four fewer years to contribute to society. An ordinary person only contributed to society for around forty years in total, so this was a difference of one-tenth!
As for cultivators, Zhao State's cultivators at every level had somewhat shorter average lifespans and lower breakthrough rates than those in neighboring nations.
Over his year here, Chu Fei had vaguely felt