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Su Han looked at Ye Kailing in surprise. "Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Ye Kailing nodded affirmatively. "Qilan redid the tests, and the toxin levels are indeed very high; it couldn't possibly be from a Second Order monster. Moreover, Qilan says that such a situation is not improbable in Lisu County. Geographically, they are already in a mountainous suburb, and there isn't a stronger tribe to suppress them."
The small county town didn't have a large population, perhaps just several hundred thousand, with perhaps only around three hundred thousand as permanent residents.
But... that's just the human population. If you include the various animals in the vicinity, their numbers would far exceed those in the city.
In South City, whether it's the South City Camp or the Tree Domain, powerful gathering places would sweep their surrounding environment clear of monsters, thereby forming a competitive ecology.
