After the routine exchange with the Dragon Coiled in the East concluded, Chen Luo briefly surveyed his territory. Upon confirming that no anomalies required his personal intervention, he flew directly towards Starfire Main City.
Not in a hurry, Chen Luo did not manifest his silver wings. Instead, he utilized his vital energy for a virtually silent anti-gravity flight.
At this moment, people's gazes were drawn to the magnificent Nether Moon hanging in the sky. No one noticed a tiny black dot as it entered Starfire City's protective shield.
Compared to a month ago, Starfire City was now far more bustling and prosperous.
A month prior, with the power of the Nether Moon, Chen Luo had transported the citizens of the capital to Starfire City and registered them as his subjects.
Now, within the Nether Moon suspended high in the sky, the rescued survivors heard new system prompts:
[Lord-type player "Chen Luo" invites you to become his subject. Do you accept the invitation?]
After becoming a subject, as long as their recognition of Chen Luo reached a certain level, Chen Luo could summon and provide buffs to them as unit members.
Currently, all survivors found in Great Yan were brought into Starfire City, causing its population to surge to the five million mark.
Five million people living together in one large city, in a post-apocalyptic world, meant that all affairs were incredibly busy.
Initially, the most pressing issue faced by the capital and Starfire City was food shortage.
Any modern city consumes enough resources daily to feed millions of people, enough to pile up into a mountain.
The apocalypse, however, had completely shattered humanity's modern production and transportation systems.
Storing food, whether for cooking or transportation, was an extremely difficult problem when facing nearly thirty million people.
The reason the administrators of the capital had previously gathered the populace in shelters was for unified management.
Otherwise, allowing over twenty million people to scatter across various residential areas in the city would have caused the management system to collapse just from distributing food.
But under Chen Luo's command, a month ago, everyone was sent back to their original residences.
At that time, Shen Ji's think tank had reminded Chen Luo of this issue.
However, Chen Luo merely smiled and told them not to worry.
What happened next indeed surpassed ordinary people's imagination.
When the citizens of the capital awoke from their evolutionary slumber brought by the Praise of Light,
The increase in their base stats not only brought physical enhancements but also caused a significant depletion of stored energy within their bodies.
Yet, as soon as everyone awoke, their attention was drawn by a fragrant aroma.
In every residential district, every plaza, and every convenient open space within the city, clean and magnificent dining tables had been set up at some point.
On the tables were piled various mouth-watering delicacies.
And what surprised everyone even more was that beside each dining table,
Were small, chubby bears standing on their hind legs, wearing tiny chef outfits, smiling憨ily as they continuously conjured one delicious dish after another.
[Skill proficiency met. Your S-rank skill "Magic Table" has been upgraded to SS-rank.]
[Skill proficiency met. Resonance with the Origin of Food met. Sharing food with over ten million people, your skill has advanced to SSS-rank.]
[Influenced by the thoughts of all people, your skill has been elevated to the SSS-rank skill "Food is Heaven!"]
[Food is Heaven!]
[Category: Skill (Belongs to Player Chen Luo's Ninth Art)]
[Rank: SSS-rank]
[Effects:]
1. Endless Feast (Active): According to the caster's subjective will, and limited by the number of invited guests, it interacts with the void using mana, following the principles of food, to create tables where an endless feast can be enjoyed.
2. Food is Fundamental (Passive): Food transformed by the skill can fully satisfy the user's nutritional needs and replenish their consumed energy. (With long-term consumption, there is a low probability of attribute increase, and a minuscule probability of base stat increase.)
3. Stove Sprite (Special Mutation): A peculiar entity derived from the Origin of Food. It is friendly and wise, willing to share delicious food from all realms with everyone who cherishes food.
[Description]: Food is the paramount necessity of the people.
After accepting tens of millions of people, Chen Luo single-handedly solved everyone's food problem.
The exotic delicacies from all realms, along with the adorable Stove Sprites, brought an indescribable warmth to the humans who had just emerged from shelters, and to those who were later rescued from various locations.
Following this event, Shen Ji was completely convinced of Chen Luo's capabilities.
Humanity had once possessed the power to destroy worlds.
However, creation was millions of times more difficult than destruction.
Even before the apocalypse, nearly a billion people in the world suffered from famine.
Not to mention this post-apocalyptic era of extreme scarcity.
Yet, Chen Luo, with his own power, could provide sustenance for tens of millions.