With so many resources suddenly poured in, coupled with tenfold Evolution efficiency, the food chain had become somewhat unbalanced. If the tribes kept developing like this, even a million herbivores would not be enough to feed them. The alarm would have to ring more frequently, and I need to be ready to inject supplies at any time, Yang Fan thought to himself.
Yang Fan then bought large quantities of grass seeds from the marketplace, including Mapeng Flowers, Earthy Herbs, Green Vines, and more.
In just one year, these green plants had spread across the entire Divine Kingdom.
In the seventh decade, the elders within the tribe discovered that the population had grown far too large. With everyone living together, they were causing enormous damage to the surrounding resources, and waste could not be processed quickly enough. The area reeked, making illness all too easy to spread.
The tribe held a meeting and prepared to build more tribes to disperse the population.
In the end, they decided to establish four more branch tribes, each roughly five hundred kilometers from the main tribe.
As for who would be sent away, it would be decided entirely by strength. Only the strong were worthy of living in the main tribe.
The tribal chief issued an order: if descendants of the branch tribes produced gifted children, the family of three could move back to the main tribe.
Yang Fan did not actively interfere with the Divine Kingdom's development. Once they had reached their conclusion, he once again bought basic knowledge of road construction, bridge building, and the like from the marketplace and placed it into the Divine Kingdom, helping his believers avoid needless detours.
By the eighth decade, the believer population had already reached one hundred thousand, and the new tribes had fully taken shape.
They were named Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird, while the main tribe was renamed "Divine Revelation," signifying the place where the gods issued Divine Oracles.
That day, Yang Fan once again felt pressure coming from the Divine Kingdom.
The population had surged, and everyone was cultivating the Federation Body-Tempering Art. Their food consumption was simply too enormous; relying solely on herbivorous animals was nowhere near enough to sustain them.
Yang Fan could sense that the vegetation's growth rate had already reached its limit. The Divine Kingdom also had four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Once winter arrived, dried meat alone would not be enough to sustain them. If he did not intervene, quite a few believers would starve to death alive.
During this period, Yang Fan had also invested several Food Resource Cards, barely managing to maintain the balance.
Just as Yang Fan was browsing the marketplace and researching solutions, he received a call from his best friend, Zhang Pang.
"Brother Yang, I'm waiting downstairs. Come to my place for dinner," a voice said from the other end of the call.
Yang Fan rubbed his temples, feeling somewhat groggy.
Although the rapid development of his Divine Kingdom during this period had made him feel noticeably stronger, his mental exhaustion had not faded. Over the past eight or nine days, he had not gotten a single night of peaceful sleep.
"Development at Great Leap Forward speed is still not advisable." Yang Fan sighed, got up, and headed downstairs.
The Divine Kingdom had developed too quickly. Over the past few days, Yang Fan had invested another hundred thousand or so Faith Points.
His Divine Kingdom now looked flourishing and vibrant, but it was actually quite dangerous. One careless mistake, and the ecosystem would be destroyed, turning the Divine Kingdom into a desert.
"Brother Yang, how's your Divine Kingdom doing? With five million resources smashed into it, it must have changed beyond recognition, right?" Zhang Pang said, throwing an arm around Yang Fan's neck.
"It changed a little too drastically."
"Give you an inch and you take a mile. Once the class monthly exam comes around, I'll definitely blind your titanium-alloy dog eyes." Zhang Pang arrogantly raised his chin, his tone brimming with mystery.
Yang Fan merely smiled. Unless something unexpected happened, the one getting blinded would most likely be Zhang Pang.
"I heard you were coming for dinner, so my dad specially cooked Spirit Rice and Blood Python meat. You look like you haven't woken up yet, so this is just the thing to nourish you." Zhang Pang's father was named Zhang Wanshan, a man whose name was known throughout every street and alley of Moonlight Residential Community.
The crops Zhang Wanshan grew were of good quality. On top of that, they were cheaper than the food sold in the marketplace and had no delivery fees, so nearly thirty percent of the residents in the community were his customers.
Yang Fan's parents often bought rice for their believers from Zhang Wanshan. Of course, he also bought some iron ore from their family, so they could be considered mutually supporting each other's business.
"Xiaofan, you're here. I heard you got a C-Rank Rating. You're the genius of our Moonlight Residential Community, so why haven't you come out for a stroll lately? I haven't even had the chance to congratulate you." Zhang Wanshan had a square face and gave Yang Fan a textbook smile.
"Hello, Uncle Zhang."
"Don't be so reserved. Go wash your hands first. The Blood Python meat in my pot is almost ready." After saying that, Zhang Wanshan hurried back into the kitchen.
Zhang Pang came from a single-parent family. It was said that when he was very young, his family of three had been eating together when his mother's Divine Kingdom was suddenly breached by an unknown person. She vanished into thin air right before his eyes.
In this era, transportation was convenient, housing was cheap, people did not worry about food or clothing, and information flowed freely. On the surface, everything was flourishing, but beneath it lurked endless risks.
If one's Divine Kingdom was not strong enough, one might vanish into thin air one day while eating, using the bathroom, or taking a walk.
Zhang Wanshan had prepared an entire table of dishes, most of them meat from F-rank demonic beasts. The main dish, the Blood Python, was even a D-rank demonic beast. This alone showed that their family was doing quite well.
After all, Yang Fan usually ate ordinary, unranked beef. In terms of nutrition, it naturally could not compare to this.
"Xiaofan, although the changes to the bodies of us Divine Lifeforms mainly come from the development of our Divine Kingdoms, eating more highly nutritious food is still beneficial. Eat more of this Blood Python meat." Zhang Wanshan placed a huge piece of meat into Yang Fan's bowl.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang."
Zhang Wanshan nodded and continued, "You've always been quiet since childhood, but when developing your Divine Kingdom, don't shut yourself away and build a cart behind closed doors. Talk with your classmates more. It will benefit you."
Yang Fan nodded gratefully. "Uncle Zhang, if believers need too much food after cultivating the Federation Body-Tempering Art, is there any good solution? Something that solves it once and for all, without needing to keep supplying resources later on."
"What's so difficult about that? Buy some livestock and put them into the Divine Kingdom, then scatter some grass seeds. Wouldn't that do it?"
"What if that still isn't enough?"
"You awakened your Divine Kingdom less than a month ago. Why are you asking about this? How many believers could you possibly have?" Zhang Wanshan revealed a puzzled expression.
"I saw this question on the Gods' Forum and got curious. I might run into it someday, after all," Yang Fan made up an excuse.
"This kind of low-level resource issue is something only Divine Lifeforms encounter. If the population develops too quickly while the Divine Kingdom's area is insufficient, then relying on herbivorous animals alone as a food source really can't sustain the ecosystem.
"At times like that, you can issue a Divine Oracle and reclaim a patch of wasteland near the towns. Then buy seeds like corn and rice—just plant whichever has the highest yield.
"If there isn't enough meat, give the believers some carbohydrate-based staple foods. Those things don't have much nutritional value, but they fill the stomach."
"Wouldn't planting, cultivating, and harvesting take too much time?" Yang Fan frowned slightly.
Yang Fan had considered all of this, but most of his believers lacked talent for farming. Skill Cards could only give them a basic understanding of planting, yet the entire process still wasted too much time.
Yang Fan hoped that his believers could devote all their time to cultivation.
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