Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 390 - 250: The Fruit of Life, Rejuvenation Part 1

Chapter 390: Chapter 250: The Fruit of Life, Rejuvenation Part 1

As the planning for Yang City progressed, Ye Feng was clear that all he needed to do was wait until the construction of the fourth phase of residential buildings was complete. With enough houses available for residence, the residents of Sunset Camp would be able to move into Yang City.

At that time, his Sunset Camp would become virtually obsolete, let alone nurturing the hope of building Sunset Town in the future.

Therefore, if he wanted to retain people, he had to offer something that would make the residents unwilling to leave.

Of course, such things already existed, such as the Dragon King Statues that he distributed daily.

However, Ye Feng, wanting to control the quantity and prevent the Dragon King Statues from flooding the streets, was currently only issuing about ten statues each day.

Even so, it still managed to attract many people from Yang City to come and worship.

One could imagine that if he could provide other items just as precious but that could be distributed in large quantities, the effect of attracting people would undoubtedly be even greater.

Did he have such things?

Of course, he did, such as Spirit Fruits and the Fruit of Life.

The former could attract Evolutionists, while the latter could draw in ordinary people.

Once there was a flow of people, there would be business opportunities, and naturally, some would wish to stay.

Having thought of this, Ye Feng immediately created ten Spirit Fruits and a hundred Fruit of Life.

Each of these Spirit Fruits contained 100 Spirit Points.

As for the Fruit of Life, they were even more precious, crafted from 100 Spirit Points and 100 points of Bioenergy.

The reason why he produced so few Spirit Fruits was, of course, because there were very few Evolutionists who came here.

After all, the production of Gene Liquid was still very limited, with priority given to combat personnel, leaving very little chance for ordinary people to get it.

Therefore, among the 500,000 residents of Sunset Camp, there were no more than fifty Evolutionists.

If he hadn’t wanted to get the advertisement out there, he wouldn’t even consider releasing the Spirit Fruits.

With these items ready, Ye Feng began the selection process.

In fact, this selection was quite simple, as he knew exactly how much Power of Faith each person could provide him.

However, considering the effect of spreading the word, Ye Feng thought for a moment and decided to temporarily designate the elderly as the first beneficiaries.

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Old Guan was part of the first batch of residents at Sunset Camp.

In his seventies, he suffered from various ailments. Moreover, the sudden onset of the cold disaster had made him seriously ill.

When the earthquake caused his house to collapse, and he couldn’t withstand the severe cold of more than 30 degrees below zero, his son took their family, including him, to seek refuge in Yang City.

What happened next was what most families experienced; they ended up staying at Sunset Camp.

At first, Old Guan was quite worried, but after a week or so, they had already grown accustomed to living there.

Because of his old age and inability to work, he liked to wander around. Aside from that, he would punctually worship the Dragon King three times daily—morning, noon, and night.

After several days without receiving a statue, he had almost given up. Now, his daily worship was simply a prayer for the Dragon King to bless his family with peace and safety.

Today, after lunch, as usual, he came to the center of Sunset Camp, in front of the largest statue, and began to worship.

In fact, it wasn’t just him; many other residents were also engaged in worship at that time.

But since Dragon King had placed this huge statue here two days ago, everyone gradually formed a habit of coming here to worship the Dragon King.

Old Guan approached the statue and, after staring at it intently for a moment, pressed his hands together in front of his chest, muttered a chant, and then bowed three times toward the statue.

Although these actions were simple, he performed them meticulously, with utter devotion on his face.

After finishing the worship, he stood silently for a minute, completing his prayer, and was about to turn and leave when suddenly, a green fruit fell from the sky and floated in front of him.

At first, he thought it was someone’s prank, but when he saw clearly that the fruit was not hung by any thread and was truly floating in the air, he was shocked.

It wasn’t just him; the residents who were worshiping with him were also astounded as they caught sight of this scene.

"Old Guan, what are you waiting for? Grab it!" urged an old friend beside him.

Upon hearing this, Old Guan snapped out of his daze and hurriedly reached out with both hands.

At that moment, the floating fruit steadily landed in his hands.

However, looking at the transparent and shiny fruit in his hand, Old Guan felt somewhat troubled.

After a careful examination, he felt that what he was holding seemed more like an emerald than a fruit.

At that moment, a voice came from above him.

"This is the Fruit of Life, bestowed upon you by the Dragon King. Eat it now!"

The crowd was not unfamiliar with this voice.

Old Guan also looked up immediately and saw the Parrot Messenger standing on the trunk of the giant Iron Birch Tree above.

"Okay...okay," Old Guan said nervously and then quickly stuffed the fruit into his mouth.

After the Mutated Parrot spoke, it flapped its wings and quickly vanished from the crowd’s sight.

At this moment, everyone in the scene turned their attention to Old Guan, whispering among themselves.

Most of the people there did not know what the Fruit of Life was, nor did they understand why the Dragon King would suddenly reward them with it.

However, there were some in the crowd who had eaten the Fruit of Life, although what they consumed was a simplified version created with 10 Spirit Points, so they hesitated to recognize it at first.

"Old Guan, after eating the fruit, how do you feel?" his old friend couldn’t help but ask, his eyes full of envy.

"I feel a warmth throughout my body, very comfortable," Old Guan replied, even subconsciously touching his right knee joint.

He suffered from rheumatism, and because he had injured it recently, his right knee joint had been aching faintly, but at that moment, the pain had disappeared.

He was about to describe this sensation to his friend when he saw that his friend, along with everyone else, was staring at him intently.

"What are you all looking at?" Being stared at by so many people made Old Guan involuntarily step back.

"The wrinkles on your face, they’re disappearing."

"And your hair is turning black too."

"My goodness, what kind of fruit is that? Could it possibly reverse aging?"

Instantly, the crowd around him erupted into excitement.

Old Guan quickly pulled out his phone and used the screen as a mirror to see his current appearance.

Indeed, the wrinkles on his face were disappearing, and his skin was starting to glow.

However, this transformation did not last long; it stopped after just a minute.

The previously somewhat aged man now had a glowing complexion, and if someone said he was only 50 years old, there would definitely be believers.

Despite the effect of the Fruit of Life not being as exaggerated as reversing aging, the fact that it made one look more than a decade younger was enough to drive people crazy.

This was precisely why Ye Feng deliberately chose these elderly people.

The First Order Fruit of Life he distributed contained a Life Energy that even exceeded an adult’s.

For these old people, whose Life Energy had almost run out, the effect of the supplement from a single Fruit of Life was naturally immediate.

It wasn’t long before this news ignited excitement across the internet.

Especially since Ye Feng had not been stingy with the Fruits of Life, distributing 100 of them within half an hour.

This directly gave everyone the illusion that as long as they also went to Sunset Camp and prayed sincerely, the chances of receiving such a Fruit of Life were significant.

Suddenly, the enthusiasm of the residents to settle in Yang City surged like never before.

In the government building of Yang City, Liu Zaoxin was still processing documents. When he heard the news from Secretary-General Cao Guangzhi, the pen in his hand dropped to the floor with a clatter.

Only yesterday had the first batch of residential buildings been completed, relieving him of his burning concerns, but before he could take a breath, the Dragon King threw this curveball at him.

He silently looked at Cao Guangzhi, sighed after a long while, and said, "I know. Inform the think tank to redraft the population planning proposal."

"And make sure that the material support for Sunset Camp keeps up. No matter what the Dragon King has in mind, we will do our best to cooperate."

Elsewhere, Ye Feng was also monitoring the situation online, and seeing things unfold just as he had predicted, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl into a smile.

"Good, the first step has gone smoothly. Next, it’s time to relax some restrictions and allow the residents of Sunset Camp to set up hotels, taverns, restaurants, supermarkets, and the like."

"Later, it can be fashioned into a resort-style destination. As long as all these infrastructures are established, coupled with the allure of the Fruits of Life and Spirit Fruits, there will be no shortage of visitors."

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Not feeling well today, so this Chapter is a bit short, sorry!