Yuqing · Shangxuan Moon!
In just twenty thousand years, the human population in more than a thousand cities had already exploded.
If Wang Yue's cities weren't so small and few in number, each one would probably have more than a mere hundred million people.
That was why so many people lived outside the cities instead of in them: there simply wasn't enough room.
At this rate, Wang Yue's cities were being built far too slowly to keep up with the growth of the human population.
And that was only because the other races reproduced far more slowly than humans. Otherwise, even if Wang Yue expanded the cities, he still wouldn't be able to keep up.
In truth, everything in this world came with a price. The other races were so powerful, but their reproductive rates suffered for it.
Even so, expanding the cities was urgent, just as urgently needed as building new ones.
Just as Wang Yue was about to meet Mo Yuan again and speed up the expansion, he suddenly heard the system's notification.
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have completed the side quest: Provide the human race with a place to live in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have drawn the skill Shangxuan Moon!"
Wang Yue was overjoyed. He hadn't expected to complete the quest just by laying the urban foundations for the rise of the human race, without building towns elsewhere in the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands!
What a wonderful surprise!
Wang Yue had thought he would need to complete the main quest to finish this one. He hadn't expected to complete the side quest first.
And the magical artifact he'd received was the Shangxuan Moon, just what he needed. It was a divine artifact from Eternal Night Star River!
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