Vixi Nation, the nation's supreme research institute.
When the Sun God Temple released the Sun Wisdom Collection Order, stating that it contained technological knowledge left over from several past epochs that could be exchanged, the researchers at the institute were very curious and exchanged a few.
They also used all the contribution points everyone had saved.
They exchanged for a scientific and technological field that they were currently researching but had made no progress in, still being in the confused experimental stage. Within a very short period, they verified the authenticity of that technology and, of course, were shocked. They immediately reported to their superiors and applied for assistance.
After all, they didn't have many contribution points.
They could only pin their hopes on the nation's help, then they would analyze the technology and then contribute the technology back to the nation.
After learning about these circumstances, the Vixi Nation's government certainly wouldn't refuse. They were very aware that their current cultivation and faith were heavily reliant on the Sun Goddess and the Sun God Temple. Such a situation of relying entirely on others ultimately felt unsettling.
Technology, on the other hand, was something they had developed for countless years.
And it was something they could perfectly master themselves.
Although they didn't quite understand why the Sun God Temple would suddenly be so generous, as long as the other party was willing to give and they were willing to accept it, and strive to turn that knowledge into their own strength, becoming the foundation of their nation.
Countries with similar ideas were not limited to just Vixi Nation. To be precise, most countries in the world with sufficient strength basically had similar ideas. Some countries of medium strength even joined forces to discuss jointly exchanging technology and then sharing it, to avoid having insufficient contribution points or insufficient research personnel, thus being unable to exchange too much technology or struggling to digest too much technology.
Only some countries that were too weak.
Were somewhat indifferent to this.
Because those weak countries had always relied on strong countries for their existence in the past. Now, changing to relying on the Sun God Temple made no difference. Moreover, some of these countries were so weak that even if they exchanged for technology, they wouldn't have enough talent to research it.
They didn't even have the relevant research equipment.
So naturally, they were unwilling to go through the trouble.
But regardless, from then on, many countries fell into a state of vigorous progress, active learning, and diligent improvement. While the cultivation of all devout believers continuously increased, the technological level of the entire world also rapidly improved, arguably sprinting into the interstellar era.
Various technologies that had always been in the realm of fantasy or had always been imperfect were continuously introduced, such as holographic technology, medical pod technology.
And then there was half-light-speed interstellar travel technology.
And then, came the food crisis.
Yes, that's right, the food crisis.
Energy is conserved in this world. The more powerful something is, the greater its energy supply needs to be. A remote-controlled toy car only needs two batteries to run for a long time, but a fuel car needs to burn oil to operate.
To operate a titan hundreds of meters tall.
It would be best to have nuclear energy.
Machines are like this, and humans are the same.
Ordinary people only need three meals a day. Heavy laborers also eat three meals a day, but they definitely eat more than ordinary people and need some richness. Cultivators, as their physical qualities improve and their blood and qi become strong, naturally require more food and sustenance.
Those who primarily cultivate mana are relatively better off. Those who cultivate battle qi or body refinement have even more terrifying consumption.
They are more akin to warriors. Powerful warriors can eat a whole cow in a day, let alone, how high their appetite would grow. Even if Ding Yun provided them with the power of the sun for cultivation, reducing their food consumption compared to normal circumstances, the power of the sun could not completely offset the consumption of daily food. As their cultivation increased, their appetite would still grow.
Coupled with the fact that this world had not yet reached the level of universal satiety, and the wealth gap was relatively large, it was normal for a food crisis to occur over time.
The most basic manifestation of a food crisis is.
Grain prices began to rise.
After all, scarcity breeds value, this is a market rule.
The various countries that discovered this situation did not immediately seek help from the Sun God Temple, nor did they order everyone to stop cultivating. Instead, they began to exchange for more technologies related to increasing grain production and manufacturing artificial food. With the support of those technologies.
Although a food crisis occurred.
It did not spiral out of control because of it.
After one or two planting seasons, the global grain output doubled with the help of high technology, barely alleviating the food crisis. Coupled with the appearance of various low-cost artificial starch, artificial food, and artificial nutrient solutions.
The food crisis ultimately did not cause many people to starve to death, it only caused everyone's living standards to decline significantly.
The price of natural food increased significantly compared to the past.
Many people had to buy large amounts of artificial food and artificial nutrient solutions to feel full. This might seem like a minor impact, but it greatly reduced everyone's happiness. After all, the gap between not starving and enjoying delicious food is quite large. Anyone who can only drink extremely unpalatable artificial nutrient solutions every day would find it hard to be happy.
And the reduction in happiness.
Also affected Ding Yun's faith power.
Some people began to feel that if the Sun Goddess had not appeared, and if the so-called cultivation techniques had not appeared, perhaps these situations would not have occurred. Everyone would not be competing in cultivation and the like, and everything would be as it was in the past, which would have been fine.
Even for the sake of her faith power.
Ding Yun had to find a way to solve this problem.
Fortunately, by this time, the number of devout believers who had reached level four cultivation or above was quite substantial, and the intelligent robots developed by the governments of various countries were also quite good.
Sufficient to undertake the vast majority of human labor.
So Ding Yun immediately granted full authority to activate the divine kingdom to her avatars. Through her Sun Saintess avatar, she announced to the public that all believers who had reached level four or above could reside in the Sun Divine Kingdom.
Moreover, believers who entered could bring enough robots into the divine kingdom to reclaim wasteland, cultivate grain, and raise livestock. After handing over one-tenth to the Sun God Temple, the rest belonged to them. And after a period of time, they could sell it outside the divine kingdom.
Most importantly, the grain and livestock cultivated in the divine kingdom were high-energy species. They only needed to consume a very small amount to feel full. For people with very low cultivation, they could not eat it as it was easily indigestible.
In short, not only were there many benefits to entering the divine kingdom, but it also helped alleviate the food crisis to a certain extent.
Therefore, what followed was a large number of people who had reached level four eagerly signing up to enter the Sun Divine Kingdom. Even the national governments were encouraging them, and while encouraging them, they also distributed a large number of planting and breeding robots for free. The only requirement was that the products of their reclamation and farming in the divine kingdom should be sold to the country first.
(End of this chapter)