"For decades, based on what you've seen, how much of an advantage has the Frost Continent had over the Storm Continent?"
Faced with Reilo's direct question, Shura Path fell silent for a moment, deep in thought.
"Hard to say."
In Reilo's impression, Shura Path was the kind of person who saw things in black and white and almost never gave such a vague answer. He couldn't help feeling surprised.
It didn't sound like something the other would say.
Shura Path realized that himself and continued, "Maybe it's because of my status. My understanding of this place is still only superficial. But one thing's certain: at least on the surface, thanks to the Absolute Zero civilization's super-hurricane eye, which covers nearly half the Frost Continent, the diversity of the living civilizations here is far beyond anything the Storm Continent can match."
He paused, then continued, "Also, I used to think the Storm Continent's advantage over this place lay in the Central Civilization's unfathomable technology. But the more I've learned about this place, the more I've realized I was wrong—and badly wrong."
Shura Path looked Reilo straight in the eye, his expression grave. "It's been completely confirmed: the Superhumans have split internally. The leader of the Datong Civilization was killed, and a considerable number of Superhumans have decided to settle in the Star Curtain World. They still uphold their own civilization and culture, but they'll become part of this world rather than siphoning its Law Aura back to Superbody Star. In a way, Xixi Li's death indirectly helped bring about this outcome."
Shura Path had arrived on the Frost Continent first, so he had clearly learned more about the situation there than Reilo had.
As for which civilization had superior technology, the Datong or the Central Civilization, it would probably take some