The elves throughout Quel'Thalas were simple folk who enjoyed comfort and had little ambition beyond their borders. But with the crisis drawing ever closer, Patrick had set aside all other thoughts and could only devote himself wholeheartedly to development, hoping to draw heavily on the surrounding manpower and resources to lay a foundation for the future.
Of course, this was also because those in power on the Silvermoon Council paid little attention to anywhere outside Silvermoon City, giving Patrick an excellent opportunity.
The development of High Elf towns in places such as Goldenmist Village, Suncrown Village, and Tranquillien had fallen short of expectations, while elves seeking advancement headed to Silvermoon City for more opportunities and better living conditions. This massive exodus caused the development of High Elf towns to fall ever further behind.
There had been an example of this in his previous life. Russia's population declined every year, yet congestion in its cities had not improved. Meanwhile, the permanent populations of Moscow and several other major cities surged by nearly forty percent. As the population declined, people flooded into major cities in search of better medical care, educational facilities, and so on.
Meanwhile, the massive exodus from smaller cities caused local medical care, sanitation facilities, and other services to gradually fall behind, making the population drain ever more severe and drawing them into an endless vicious cycle.
In larger cities, the substantial increase in population allowed for an increasingly specialized division of labor. Relatively speaking, people's work efficiency was naturally much higher, which naturally gave the impression of a faster pace of life.
This was also one of Patrick's reasons for continually promoting urban construction. Patrick believed that once he fully mastered levitation technology in the future, more and more residents would come to the Sun Temple. However much