The Cruel Truth

"Wait~"

Zhang Sanxian carefully examined the queen on his fingertip. "Your strength is still at the level of an ordinary mortal. You couldn't even withstand common firearms.

Yet your vital essence and life force are as abundant and vigorous as a boundless sea, far beyond any mortal. Just how old are you?"

"Reporting to the divine being!"

The queen bowed respectfully once more. "This humble girl is now twelve thousand four hundred and sixty years old."

"Huh? You've actually lived that long?"

Zhang Sanxian pressed on, "Then exactly how long are the years, months, and days in your Pool Kingdom?"

"Reporting to the divine being!"

The queen answered respectfully, "In my Pool Kingdom, a year has twenty months, a month has fifty days, a day has thirty hours, and an hour has three thousand six hundred seconds.

Tick~ tock~ That was one second. These rules of time have also been passed down by our ancestors."

Zhang Sanxian pondered inwardly: By that reckoning, one year in the Pool Kingdom equaled three and a half years outside, while this queen of the Pool Kingdom—had effectively lived for forty-three thousand six hundred years.

Tsk tsk~ Not simple at all. My own lifespan limit was only twenty thousand years, yet this mortal queen of a tiny kingdom had lived through more than twice my maximum lifespan.

Zhang Sanxian immediately asked again, "Does everyone in your Pool Kingdom have such long lives?"

The queen reported, "Yes, divine being. Compared with other kingdoms, our lifespans are indeed somewhat longer. Our citizens have an average lifespan of around one hundred thousand years—"

Zhang Sanxian interrupted, "Other kingdoms? Isn't this place home to only your one kingdom?"

The queen shook her head. "No. In the dark abyss beneath the Pool Kingdom, there are many demon kingdoms.

Those demon