The Golden Fruit

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years had passed.

Once, he had taken up arms from the deities, returned to his tribe to reclaim the position of chieftain, and then led his tribesmen to expand their territory, hunt monsters, and survive on this land... it had been nearly thirty years.

Perhaps it was due to the blessings of the deities, but the Female Chieftain, whose age was already considerable for this era, was not only not on her last breath, but she still possessed some of the valor of her youth, capable of leading her tribesmen to continue fighting.

However... she was, after all, old and frail... Although the tribe had expanded and multiplied, the enormous demand for food simultaneously forced the warriors within the tribe to venture out hunting, battling the monsters lurking deep within the jungle for the survival of their people.

In the past, with the Divine Artifact, the Female Chieftain alone could feed most of her tribesmen.

But as she aged, she gradually became unable to cope, and with her weakening, every hunt resulted in injuries to the young people of the tribe... In this vast tribe, which had not even fully entered the Stone Age, surviving the harsh winter was a problem.

Seeing the future of her race, the old Female Chieftain was powerless to change any of this. Although that Deity had always been their object of faith, they had never responded to their calls...

"Why do you sigh so?"

As soon as Gari opened the vision from the Divine Stone, he saw an old woman with a sorrowful expression.

Before the other party could reply, the complete Eye of God had already absorbed all the information into Gari's mind...

He had only spent half a day in his own world, but over twenty years had passed here?!

Also... the Female Chieftain was only in her early fifties, why was she so haggard?

[This tribe, which has not yet entered the Stone Age, survives by hunting and gathering wild fruits. With winter approaching, the tribe's food supply is a major problem.]

So that's how it is...

Without agriculture and no stored food, the tribe, still in its most primitive stage, was struggling for survival... Was this the state of the tribe he had cultivated?

"Lord Deity..."

Although they couldn't communicate verbally, the old Female Chieftain, who could communicate directly through consciousness, finally received news from the Deity. Tears streamed down her face, and she knelt on both knees!

The tribesmen surrounding the Chieftain were still unclear about the situation, but at the Chieftain's signal, they quickly knelt respectfully, facing the Divine Stone that emanated a faint pressure...

In the past, after the Chieftain brought back the Divine Stone, she had made all the tribesmen revere that stone.

However, no one knew what use this was.

With the so-called 'Deity' offering no help, the faith Gari received was pitifully small. After all, the believers in this world were still struggling for survival and had no spare energy to worship deities.

This resulted in even after twenty years, the faith he had accumulated was even less than the amount that had grown when the Chieftain first received Divine Grace...

You are worried about food?

[You ants, you can't even feed yourselves?]

A majestic and powerful voice boomed in the minds of every tribesman, causing their bodies to tremble, daring not to look directly at the Divine Stone that flashed, seemingly accumulating anger.

Damn it! This damn stone is mistranslating my words again.

Seeing that these poor people couldn't even fill their stomachs, Gari was a bit stumped.

He, as a Deity, seemed a bit incompetent.

Although Divine Grace and Offerings could only be given once a day, communication could be maintained at all times.

As long as he was willing, he could teach these dependents more ways to survive, and they wouldn't have to live such miserable lives.

However, the most important thing at the moment was to provide food for these little ones first...

While cleaning the warehouse, Li Xunsheng looked around, checking what was available.

To have sufficient and stable food supply, one must honestly farm.

Nomadic lifestyles might be strong in the early to mid-game, but they wouldn't hold up in the late game. In cultural struggles, farming was always a stable late-game strategy and the true path to victory.

To allow the tribe to continuously expand and provide more and more faith, Xunsheng felt it was best to let these primitive people gradually multiply and grow.

However, expecting these dependents, who could even be called savages, to cultivate anything was quite difficult... It seemed he needed to find some easy-to-grow, high-yield food...

Hmm... Oh, I've got it!

The boy searching the warehouse's eyes lit up as he found his target.

Most of the ingredients in the warehouse had long since rotted and spoiled, but Li Xunsheng found a sprouting potato in the corner!

Perhaps because sprouted potatoes were poisonous, even rats hadn't touched it. This sprouted potato could still be considered intact. In fact, even with several missing parts, it didn't hinder its growth.

Plants that reproduce by tubers were just that easy to grow; as long as there were sprouts, these small potatoes could take root and sprout in the soil.

This thing was a treasure for any transmigrator. No transmigrator would not want potatoes.

Astonishing yield, simple propagation, extremely high calories, high starch content...

It was indeed an excellent food source, and so it was for his dependents who were still in the barbaric era.

He was so busy that it was already the early morning of the next day... So, he should just throw this thing down.

Opening the [Divine Grace] teleportation portal and throwing the sprouted potato in, Xunsheng curiously put down his broom and began to observe the situation on the Divine Stone's side.

The golden, vortex-like portal opened again, and under the expectant gaze of the old Female Chieftain, a golden fruit flew out!

There was no earth-shattering event, no thunderclouds. This time, the Divine Grace was unremarkable. The golden potato fell straight down, landing on the surface of the map, even bouncing slightly and rolling twice.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at that golden potato, making Li Xunsheng feel a bit awkward...

[Creator... this... isn't enough to eat...]

The meaning, simple and clear, came from the old chieftain's mind. The other party's pitiful gaze made their 'Deity' unable to help but feel amused.

He was about to tell these primitive people how to plant potatoes when he was stunned by the scene before him.

After a few seconds of contact with the soil, the golden potato seemed to come to its senses and burrowed into the ground on its own. Dense sprouts quickly broke through the soil, and large swathes of emerald green leaves rapidly extended. Even in the cold winter, nothing could stop the plant's rapid growth!

The revival of life was happening before their eyes. At this moment, all the tribespeople were stunned by the miracle before them. In their daze, they finally understood why the Chieftain respected that inexplicable golden stone so much...

The lush green leaves quickly stopped growing. Beneath the ground, where the tribespeople could not see, an even more astonishing transformation was taking place.

Large golden potatoes were growing and solidifying. Their speed and quantity were astonishing, almost like proliferation. In just a few breaths, countless golden potatoes were produced!

While the tribespeople were still eagerly watching to see when fruit would appear on the green branches, strings of golden potatoes had already joyfully popped out of the soil, ready to be cooked and eaten at any time.

And when Li Xunsheng, curious about what changes had occurred with these small potatoes, swept his gaze over them...

[Golden Potato: Eating grants Strength +5]