The Divine Kingdom's Hundred-Year Development

After the teacher left, Zhang Pang could not help saying, "Brother Yang, now that we've awakened our Divine Kingdoms, the Federal Government has granted us many privileges. Want to go have some fun in the entertainment district?"

"Have fun with what?" Yang Fan looked suspicious.

"I'll tell you a secret. I checked out quite a few places yesterday. There's a Heavenly Fragrance Haven club where people with our status can spend money on the first floor. It only costs 2,000 Faith Points..."

"Sorry, women only slow down my sword-drawing speed. Talk later when I have time." Yang Fan hurriedly logged out of the virtual space, afraid Zhang Pang would tempt him.

Returning to reality, Yang Fan opened the shopping panel again.

"Now that my followers are practicing the Federation Body-Tempering Art, what methods can strengthen them?" Yang Fan entered his request.

"Based on the citizen's needs, the following solutions are available:

First, purchase spiritual plants that can alter aptitude. This will greatly accelerate your followers' cultivation progress.

Example: 100 D-rank Blood Lotus Seeds cost 10,000 Faith Points. Followers must consume them over a long period. Each person should consume one per month in Divine Kingdom time, and results will only appear after decades of persistence."

Yang Fan's cheek twitched. "Isn't this too expensive?"

He already had 600 followers. One dose would cost 60,000 Faith Points, and twelve months would cost 720,000. Yet only a single day would have passed in the outside world.

"Spiritual plants that alter aptitude are extremely expensive. This is already one of the cheaper options I found."

"Is there nothing that can slowly improve my followers' aptitude over time? This burns through money too fast."

"You may purchase cultivation arts to improve your followers' strength. Since you have only just awakened your Divine Kingdom, for the sake of long-term development, the cultivation art you choose should preferably improve your followers' aptitude subtly in addition to strengthening them."

"Recommend some to me."

"Muscle-Tendon Cleansing Art, C-rank cultivation art, worth 2 million Faith Points.

Muscle-Tendon Scripture, C-rank cultivation art, worth 5 million Faith Points.

Everlasting Spring Art, B-rank cultivation art, worth one point of Divinity. Your current status does not have permission to purchase it.

..."

The Artificial Lifeform recommended over a hundred cultivation arts, but not a single one was something he could afford. More importantly, he seemed to lack sufficient permissions. Many of the later entries were censored; he could only see that such items existed, without even knowing their names.

"I'd better keep farming, wash up, and go to bed early." Yang Fan gave a bitter smile.

Life in reality returned to calm over the following days.

Yang Fan entered the virtual world for class on time every day.

How should a Divine Kingdom develop? Which Resource Cards offered the best value in the early stages? How could one maintain the ecological balance of a Divine Kingdom and preserve healthy Evolution? What were the diverse directions for cultivating followers?

As the homeroom teacher of Class Seven, Li Qingying covered everything thoroughly in every lesson. However, perhaps because Class Seven's students all came from ordinary backgrounds, she placed greater emphasis on logistics.

Even so, Yang Fan listened attentively. With his Evolution Talent, his Divine Kingdom could develop in every aspect.

Another ten days passed in a blink. Under the effects of his Evolution Talent, another hundred years passed within the Divine Kingdom.

Divine Lord: Yang Fan

Divine Kingdom Area: 1 million square kilometers

Talent: F-rank Resource Talent (All resources within the Divine Kingdom grow 10% faster)

SSS-Rank Evolution Talent (Unique talent, can accelerate Divine Kingdom Evolution, hidden.)

Followers: Barbarians (5,230)

Cultivation Method: Federation Body-Tempering Art

Faith Points (Faith Points provided daily)

Building: Moonwell (Produces one drop of Moonlight Dew every ten years)

Assets: Bodhi Treasure Snake (X First-Rank Demon Beast), Water Lotus (XF-rank spiritual plant)

Over those hundred years, the Divine Kingdom had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Centered around the Moonwell, the tribe had built hundreds of stone houses in every direction, and its territory had expanded to 5,000 square kilometers.

Thanks to the basic skill cards he had invested ten days ago, the followers had generally become much smarter. They had even fenced off a large area to raise antelopes for easier hunting.

Some followers had transplanted the wild fruit trees from across the Divine Kingdom near the tribe, allowing them to harvest the fruit in one place and improve efficiency.

The elderly did odd jobs in the tribe, young women gathered wild fruit, adult men formed hunting parties, youths played in the fields, and babies wailed in their rooms waiting to be fed.

Under Yang Fan's gaze, a party of fifty adult men emerged from the forest, carrying a Bodhi Treasure Snake nearly twenty meters long back to the tribe.

"The hunting party is back! It's an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake!" shouted a half-naked little boy from a high point in the tribe.

At once, the entire tribe sprang into action.

"Ah Da, why are you the only ones who came back?" an elder stepped forward and asked.

"Village Chief, we used to capture young snakes. Perhaps we did it too many times, because those beasts grew smarter. Today, an adult Bodhi Treasure Snake lay in ambush. Only half of our hundred-man party returned." The leading man answered calmly. There was no sorrow in his eyes; instead, he was extremely satisfied with this harvest.

"It is enough that you did not return empty-handed. Adult treasure snakes have powerful medicinal effects. Dilute more of it with water for the children to drink. Do not go to Snake Valley to hunt for the next few months. Properly absorb the gains from this hunt. If the tribe produces another warrior like you, we can take the initiative to hunt adult treasure snakes."

"Everything for the tribe!" the man said excitedly.

"Everything for God!" The village chief raised both hands, his expression incomparably devout.

Yang Fan watched all this from the void, a satisfied expression appearing on his face.

In a hundred years, the overall strength of his followers had increased by far more than tenfold.

The number of Bodhi Treasure Snakes had likewise increased dramatically. There were approximately 1,500 mature treasure snakes, while most of the rest were juvenile snakes.

As if he had noticed something, Yang Fan frowned slightly.

"Why has the number of antelopes dropped so much? There are fewer than 200,000 left."

Since this was Yang Fan's own Divine Kingdom, he quickly found the cause.

The primary reason was that his followers cultivated the Federation Body-Tempering Art. Combined with the explosive population growth, their consumption of meat had increased geometrically.

About thirty years earlier, the previous village chief had discovered this problem and begun restricting the villagers' hunting. He had even fenced in and raised a portion of the antelopes.

The second reason was the reproduction of the Bodhi Treasure Snakes. Their consumption of meat was equally terrifying, several times greater than that of the entire tribe.

Though they were first-rank demon beasts, those creatures were not particularly intelligent and did not understand the principle of not exhausting their resources. Basically, they ate when hungry, slept after eating, and continued eating after waking.

Had the tribe not hunted juvenile snakes at regular intervals, their numbers would only have grown further. They might even have begun destroying the ecological chain already.

"The biodiversity in the Divine Kingdom is still too limited, and the food chain is unstable. I also need to buy some grass seeds so herbivores like antelopes have more food."

After figuring out the Divine Kingdom's shortcomings, Yang Fan returned to reality and began shopping.

"Six-Leaf Grass Seeds can cover 100,000 square kilometers. They grow extremely quickly and require ample water. Once their growth density reaches a certain level, they will compete with one another for water, ensuring they do not grow wildly and damage the ecosystem. Price: 200 Faith Points."

"Buy it."

"10,000 unranked wild boars. Price: 300 Faith Points."

"Buy."

"1,000 unranked tigers. Price: 400 Faith Points."

"100,000 hamsters. Price: 300 Faith Points."

"100 million earthworms. They can enrich the soil and increase vegetation growth speed. Price: 100 Faith Points."

"..."

Buy, buy, buy.

With a wave of his hand, Yang Fan spent nearly 3,000 Faith Points purchasing all kinds of unranked wild beasts.