Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1868 - 1044: Qing Ming Returns Again!
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
"Wolf Lord, I sense that thirty years won't suffice for gathering the resources required for the Grand Award Ceremony. Might we delay the awarding timeline?"
Such a thought was also conveyed by the Serpent Emperor via spiritual will.
One could say the Serpent Emperor played a major role in this covert conflict.
He not only wiped out the Ninth Prince of Radiant Sun's insurgent troops but also devoured the concealed alliance troops from the Bright Day System in a single strike!
Five hundred billion quasi-Sky Realm fighters, ten billion Sky Realm warriors—this represented a massive haul of resources.
Lacking these supplies, the Sky Wolf System's position would appear far more precarious.
"A decree must not be altered casually. At present, seventy percent of all these resources ought to be distributed to steady the populace and defenses across the Sky Wolf System, while the leftover thirty percent goes into the Imperial Pavilion."
After brief contemplation, Su Lin shared this spiritual will.
In the Sky Wolf System, stockpiles of resources get sorted into various depots.
The biggest one remains the national treasury, protected by the Grey White Little Wolf!
It holds every bit of tribute from the Radiant Sun Stellar System, Jupiter System, plus contributions from Saturn, Mars, Venus, the Moon, and other satellite domains of key planets, along with all Earth-generated yields.
Barring commands from the Wolf Lord, only the War Emperor, Wolf Queen, and Young Master can access a tiny fraction of these holdings.
Besides that, tribes and military units maintain their own resource stores,
treated as personal assets outside the Wolf Pack Civilization's oversight!
Then comes the Imperial Pavilion!
This serves as the Wolf Lord's exclusive reserve, off-limits to anyone else!
His cousin currently oversees the Imperial Pavilion.
Though her innate gifts aren't remarkable, bolstered by the immense fortune of the Wolf Pack Civilization and steady resource flow, she ascended to the Heavenly Boundary long ago, free from lifespan concerns.
Given her unwavering devotion, the Imperial Pavilion fell under her watch, supported by a cadre of ex-Wolfess Faction leaders.
The Wolfess Faction might have faded into obscurity by now,
yet with Su Lin's influence, no beast from beyond would risk universal fury by eyeing the Imperial Pavilion.
Upon receiving this spiritual directive, both the Serpent Emperor and Red-tailed understood the Wolf Lord's intent to draw from the Imperial Pavilion for the event.
This realization spurred them to affirm the command at once and dive into organizing the resource shifts!
Yet, the sum of these assets, when tallied, scarcely reaches beyond five trillion Star Stones and Blood Stones,
even factoring in the Blood Food harvested from the thirty-six barriers of the Sea of Star Sand, the Red Sun Princess, and the five major army corps, pushing the total past twenty trillion in Star Stones and Blood Stones.
Twenty trillion might match the output of a mid-stage Fourth-level stellar system,
but for rewarding the sprawling Wolf Pack Civilization today, it proves woefully inadequate.
The Wolf Pack Civilization's population now approaches a hundred trillion!
Dividing twenty trillion Star Stones means countless exotic beast members get just one-fifth of their due in Blood Stones and Star Stones?
Considering the elite and upper-tier War Generals, who claim over half the share, frontline combatants among the exotic beasts might end up with a mere one-hundredth, or even far less!
Even that one-hundredth portion of Blood Stones and Star Stones would deplete for Ancestor-level forces in mere decades,
and for pushing cultivation forward, depending only on such supplies falls disastrously short!
Thus, more than twenty trillion is nowhere near enough; at minimum, another twenty trillion is essential to back this magnificent ceremony for all!
Amid this sentiment,
Su Lin, following a quiet pause, dismissed the Serpent Emperor and Red-tailed.
As for the Imperial Pavilion's contents, he required no inspection to grasp the extent!
Stored within are premium Sky Realm Mystic Bones, vital essences, and remains of Venerable-level and higher foes felled by him and his allies in past clashes.
Naturally, this encompasses Emperor Hao Ri's offspring and various Radiant Sun officials executed or who took their own lives.
However, aggregated, these merely tally to over five hundred trillion in Star Stones and Blood Stones value,
leaving a shortfall of tens of trillions when aiming to honor every participant!
"How to secure tens of trillions more in resources?"
In that instant, Su Lin stood motionless atop the Southern Territory Mountains' summit, surveying the full expanse of the Sky Wolf System, his gaze heavy with gravity.
He had come to fully appreciate the myriad trials and hurdles facing the Wolf Pack Civilization's true growth across every front!
Be it rival threats, supply chains, troop spirits, civilian loyalties, or domain oversight, all demand guidance from the faction's chief.
The fate of a mighty species—its ascent or demise, endurance or oblivion—often hinges on its guiding figure.
After exhaustive reflection yielding no answers, Su Lin turned his focus to his personal Origin Space.
His Origin Space stays abundantly stocked, boasting nine trillion Star Stone reserves, exceeding twenty Forbidden-level foil paper killers, more than a thousand foil-level ones, and over six thousand blank foils awaiting use!
Thanks to the Extreme Heaven Realm Heavy Artifact seized from the Star Sand Master, Su Lin commands seven Extreme Heaven Realm Artifacts now!
Among them: the Cycle of Reincarnation Disk, evolved into the thirteen-colored Star Refining Furnace; the Sumeru Star Armor; the Blazing Flame Sword; the Nine-layered Emperor Pagoda; the Inferno Heavenslayer; and the Wolf Group Starry Sky Main Banner!
Of these seven Extreme Heaven Realm Artifacts, aside from the Sumeru Star Armor, Nine-layered Emperor Pagoda, and Inferno Heavenslayer as standard fare, the rest edge toward becoming Taboo Heavy Artifacts.
In particular, the Blazing Flame Sword, soaked in Forbidden Blood from numerous half-step taboos, surges with amplified might,
while its Artifact Spirit—once fractured by the alliance of the Black Sun God, Red Sun Emperor, and their ilk—gradually mends and reassembles.