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 necessary resources for the Grand Award Ceremony. Perhaps we ought to delay the awarding timeline?"
Such a spiritual will was also relayed by the Serpent Emperor.
One could argue that the Serpent Emperor played a vital role in this shadowy conflict.
He not only wiped out the Ninth Prince of Radiant's rebel troops but also devoured the concealed alliance troops from the Bright Day System in a single strike!
A massive haul of five hundred billion quasi-Sky Realm and ten billion Sky Realm forces represents a huge stockpile of assets.
Lacking these assets, the Sky Wolf System's position would grow even more precarious.
"A decree must not be altered casually. For now, seventy percent of this resource total 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 some thought, Su Lin sent back this spiritual will.
Resource stockpiles in the Sky Wolf System get split across numerous depots.
The biggest one remains the national treasury, under the watch of 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 supplies.
Barring directives from the Wolf Lord, only the War Emperor, Wolf Queen, and Young Master can access a tiny fraction of these holdings.
Moreover, tribes and army units maintain their own resource storages,
treated as personal assets outside the Wolf Pack Civilization's oversight!
Then there's 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's advanced to the Heavenly Boundary long ago, free from any lifespan concerns.
Her unwavering devotion makes her the perfect choice, so the Imperial Pavilion falls under her care, supported by a team of ex-Wolfess Faction leaders.
The Wolfess Faction might have faded from its heyday,
yet with Su Lin's oversight, no mutant beast would dare provoke global fury by eyeing the Imperial Pavilion.
Upon receiving this spiritual will, both the Serpent Emperor and Red-tailed understood the Wolf Lord's plan to draw from the Imperial Pavilion for the event.
This realization spurred them to swiftly accept the command and start shifting the resources around!
Yet, even combining all these assets barely reaches more than five trillion in Star Stones and Blood Stones,
and that's including the Blood Food yields from hunts in the thirty-six Sea of Star Sand barriers, the Red Sun Princess, and the five major army corps, pushing the full tally past twenty trillion Star Stones and Blood Stones worth.
At first glance, twenty trillion appears on par with a mid-stage Fourth-level stellar system's complete output,
yet when spreading it across 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 many mutant beast members might get just one-fifth of their due in Blood Stones and Star Stones?
Factoring in the elite and advanced War Generals who claim over half, frontline fighters among the mutant beasts could end up with a mere one-hundredth, or even far less!
For Ancestor-level forces, absorbing even that one-hundredth slice of Blood Stones and Star Stones would take only a few decades,
and depending solely on such supplies for cultivation progress falls drastically short!
Thus, more than twenty trillion is simply too meager; at minimum, another twenty trillion is required to properly fuel this magnificent ceremony for all!
With these concerns weighing heavy,
Su Lin fell silent briefly before dismissing the Serpent Emperor and Red-tailed.
He required no inspection to grasp the Imperial Pavilion's contents!
Stored within are elite Sky Realm Mystic Bones, vital essences, and the 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 who perished or took their own lives.
However, pooling them together yields a worth exceeding five hundred trillion Star Stones and Blood Stones,
leaving a gap of tens of trillions when aiming to reward the entire group adequately!
"How to secure tens of trillions more in resources?"
In that instant, Su Lin stood motionless atop the Southern Territory Mountains' summit, surveying the whole Sky Wolf System, his gaze carrying a profound gravity.
At last, he grasped the full scope of trials and hurdles facing the Wolf Pack Civilization's genuine growth across every front!
From rival threats and supply chains to troop spirits, civilian morale, and domain control, a force's head must guide them all.
The fate of a mighty species—its ascent or collapse, endurance or doom—often hinges on its guiding leader.
After deep reflection yielding no answers, Su Lin turned his attention to his personal Origin Space.
His Origin Space stays abundantly stocked, boasting nine trillion Star Stone reserves, over twenty Forbidden-level foil paper killers, more than a thousand foil-level ones, and upwards of six thousand blank foils!
Thanks to seizing the Extreme Heaven Realm Heavy Artifact from the Star Sand Master, Su Lin now commands seven Extreme Heaven Realm Artifacts!
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 are on the verge of ascending to Taboo Heavy Artifacts.
In particular, the Blazing Flame Sword, soaked in the Forbidden Blood of numerous half-step taboos, has surged in might,
while its Artifact Spirit—once fractured by the joint assault from the Black Sun God, Red Sun Emperor, and their cohorts—gradually mends and reforms.