Gods Must Not Bleed

Ji He was gone, but he had also left humanity with a precious spiritual legacy.

Before leaving, Ji He had written out a development plan for humanity's next century. Even in the final moment of his life, he had continued dedicating himself to Star City.

A brand-new era began after Ji He's departure.

Year 476 of Dawn.

Humanity accelerated its southward expansion, and vast quantities of marine resources were transported from the South Supply Zone to Star City.

The returns from Star City's resource zones doubled over little more than a decade.

But humanity's rate of resource consumption had also accelerated over those years.

This was mainly due to three factors.

First was population growth. The amount of basic Spirituality Ingredients distributed each month continued to rise.

Second, after the potential of the human bloodline increased, cultivation speed accelerated, and so did the rate at which cultivation resources were consumed.

For instance, an ordinary person a hundred years ago would have needed roughly ten days to fully absorb a single Blood Crystal Stone. Both their absorption and conversion efficiency were low.

But in the present era, the conversion efficiency of absorbing a Blood Crystal Stone had improved significantly, while the absorption speed had more than doubled.

What Feng Qi valued most was the growth of humanity's bloodline potential, so he was naturally willing to invest resources into it.

As a result, the free monthly subsidies of Spirituality Ingredients and cultivation resources increased.

The final reason was the construction of Dawn City, which required an enormous annual investment of resources to build all kinds of cultivation facilities.

With all three factors combined, humanity's resource consumption continued to escalate alongside the advancement of civilization.

Fortunately, the wealth left behind by the Shadow City Lord was enough to cover Star City's expenditures. Combined