"Latest notice: Due to the new rule, starting today, the shelter members' daily food supply will be temporarily adjusted from two meals to one."
Early on the morning of April 2, after North Star Official issued this notice, it was relayed to every shelter.
The ordinary people living in the shelters immediately began complaining bitterly upon hearing the news.
"One meal a day? If the portions are the same as before, that's nowhere near enough..."
"It's only the second day of the rule, and clean food is already this scarce?"
"Just make do. As long as we don't starve to death."
"I think the Ascendants should eat less. They can handle hunger better!"
North Star's shelter allocation system separated Ascendants from ordinary people. A shelter housed either entirely Ascendants or entirely ordinary people.
This arrangement was both convenient and safer.
There had always been conflicts between Ascendants and ordinary people, with online arguments breaking out from time to time. If they lived together, clashes would be even more unavoidable.
So, as soon as the notice came out, ordinary people argued that they should receive more food. Their reasoning was that Ascendants had stronger physiques and would be fine going a day or two without eating.
As soon as this view appeared online, it was met with fierce opposition from the Ascendant community.
"Those who can skip meals without consequences are high-Mind Power Ascendants! Low-Mind Power Ascendants like us aren't that much stronger than ordinary people. How could we possibly not eat?!"
"If anyone has to eat more while someone else eats less, ordinary people should be the ones eating less. Resources should be used where they matter most. Aren't Ascendants more valuable than ordinary people?"
The neutral parties said, "There's no need to keep arguing. During ancient famines, disaster victims