Chapter 1184: Special Kingdom Decree! Sun Rice! Farmer Cheng Lin Becomes a God!

Chapter 1184: The Special Royal Decree! The Sun's Rice! Farmer Cheng becomes a God!

Could this title of "Supreme King of Kings" actually grant or revoke the title of Lord from others?

Even with the restrictions of Lord-level power and fortune strength, this ability is nothing short of extraordinary!

As for the effect of the title—4, "The Treasury of the Supreme King of Kings"—that is what truly astonishes Zhou Zhou.

After all, due to the influence of the titles "Supreme Lord" and "The Mightiest Lord Among All Races," his loot already gains an additional 150% on top of its base value.

Combined with the base loot, this results in a total multiplier of 250%.

When encountering loot that cannot be divided, it simply rounds up to 300% of the original amount.

That's why he receives so many recruitment documents and job advancement certificates every day—thanks to this 300% multiplier.

Now, if the effect of "The Treasury of the Supreme King of Kings" is added, every monster he defeats will yield loot at a staggering 350% of the original amount!

And when such indivisible loot is encountered, it will round up to a full 400% of the original value!

Zhou Zhou's smile grew more evident as he thought of it.

Clearly, tomorrow He would receive even more recruitment documents and promotion certificates.

And from now on, whenever He defeated enemies—be it the Heart of Fog, God Crystals, skill books, equipment, or even divine artifacts, true divine artifacts, or master divine artifacts—He would gain 350% of the loot, or even 400%!

He calmed his thoughts, then turned his gaze to the next item—a royal decree imbued with special abilities.

Zhou Zhou felt a tinge of curiosity.

What made the royal decree so special?

He glanced at it.

[Item Name: Royal Decree]

[Item Rank: Transcendent Upper-Class · Special]

[Item Effect: With this royal decree, one gains the foundational qualification to establish a kingdom. Once a kingdom is founded using this decree, the food yield within the kingdom will increase by an additional 100%!]

[Treasure Description: You can establish a realm beloved by the heavens!]

[Note: If the owner has already founded their own realm, they may inscribe this Kingdom Seal into their Realm Stele / Empire Golden Stele / Divine Realm Jade Stele, or alternatively gain this additional beneficial ability.]

"This is indeed a Kingdom Seal imbued with special powers."

Zhou Zhou stared at the Kingdom Seal in his hands, marveling silently.

Unlike ordinary Kingdom Seals, this one bore intricate carvings of rice sprouting and thriving.

Originally, He had shown little interest in it.

After all, He had already established an empire—what use would a Kingdom Seal be now?

But now, He felt a sudden spark of vitality.

His current army and subjects had grown so vast—reaching into the tens of thousands of zhi!

And this number will only keep growing!

Even among the bloodlines known for prolific reproduction, none can now match the sheer population of the subjects under the imperial dominion of this one sovereign.

With such a vast populace, an immense supply of grain is inevitably required to sustain their daily lives.

Faced with this reality, Zhou Zhou and Zheng Yuanqi had long since prepared both strategies and actions.

Zheng Yuanqi had already ordered his subordinates and officials to vigorously promote agricultural development;

he also instructed domestic trading guilds to actively travel across the High Continent, purchasing grain and bringing it back for resale, thus replenishing the nation’s food reserves.

Zhou Zhou, in turn, commanded all races to divert about half of their existing grain stockpiles to the Yangyang Empire.

And as a master of the "Agricultural Expert" noble talent, Nong Chenglin, under the full support of manpower and resources from the Yangyang Empire, was rapidly advancing agricultural practices, cultivating agricultural talent, and accelerating the growth and expansion of food cultivation.

Additionally, the farming and livestock cultivation sword of Xuanyuan the Divine Sword continued to exert its steady influence.

There were also other forms of support.

Yet even so,

The grain market of the Proud Sun Empire remained in a state of chronic shortage.

Not because of anything else.

Zhou Zhou’s time developing on the Supreme Continent had simply been too brief!

Despite all his inherent advantages, within less than two months, he had not yet managed to meet the demands of millions of subjects.

After all, grain was not plunder—something that could suddenly multiply by several times.

There were indeed rare instances where enemy corpses yielded basic daily necessities, but such occurrences were still exceedingly uncommon. Most loot remained combat-related.

Now, this powerful buff that increased grain production by a staggering 100%—undeniably—would ease the Proud Sun Empire’s dire food crisis.

At this thought, Zhou Zhou immediately made his way to the deepest sanctum of the Divine Palace, to the Imperial Golden Stele. There, he gently pressed the royal decree against the surface of the stele.

At the very instant of contact, Zhou Zhou saw the royal decree slide seamlessly into the Imperial Golden Stele, as if the two had always been one single, unified entity.

When the royal decree of the kingdom had fully merged into the imperial golden stele, a line of golden text appeared before Zhou Zhou.

[Imperial Notification: Your Jiaoyang Empire's Imperial Golden Stele has absorbed one special Ultra-Elite Kingdom Decree, gaining a +100% increase in food production; this enhancement is permanent.]

...

Within the territory of the Jiaoyang Empire.

A legendary region known as the Wan Peace Plain.

Here lies an endless expanse of black soil plains.

Within this vast black soil plain stands a research facility designated [Hecu Shengliang], No. 32, an Ultra-Elite hybrid grain experiment site.

This experimental facility was established by the Jiaoyang Empire, dedicated to researching and creating grain seeds of high yield, superior quality, and exceptional purity.

Such experimental sites exist throughout the Jiaoyang Empire—over a thousand in number—and more are still being constructed continuously.

At this very moment, in the heart of this facility, Ao Chenglin stands beside a group of agricultural experts with dark, sun-baked skin, performing various grafting and ripening techniques—farmers' skills—within a rice paddy, conducting grain seed experiments.

"Seedcraft!"

"Ripening Technique!"

"Root-Strengthening Method!"

"Divine Rain Spell!"

"Fertilizer Art!"

"Sunlight Synergy!"

...

A series of farmer's spells, executed with flawless mastery, poured from the hands of Nong Chenglin and landed upon the rice field before him.

Nong Chenglin remained intensely focused.

The rice seeds before him were named 'Solar Rice,' the rice variety that produced the highest yield in the staple food supply of the Solar Empire.

Each stalk of Sunshine Rice stands about six meters tall, each producing one to two thousand ears, and each ear yielding ten to twenty thousand grains.

The dream of resting beneath the rice's shade, impossible on Blue Star, has now come true in the Sunshine Empire.

But Nong Chenglin knew this was not enough.

To feed his ten trillion subjects, he had to increase the yield per stalk of this Sunshine Rice by at least fivefold.

Again, he cast his spells, countless times.

Just then,

before Nong Chenglin and the assembled agricultural experts, the rice seeds suddenly burst into shimmering light.

Then, visibly, they began to grow larger and heavier.

In the blink of an eye, they towered over ten meters tall.

The experts rushed forward to inspect and found that, for some reason, the yield of each Sunshine Rice seed had doubled.

"Minister of Agriculture, come quickly!"

After the agricultural experts had been filled with joy, they immediately turned to call out to Nong Chenglin.

But they saw Nong Chenglin standing there, eyes closed, immersed in the memory of the entire transformation process of the Jiaoyang rice.

Gradually,

a weighty divine presence, reminiscent of the earth itself, spread out from his body.

Nong Chenglin had become a god!

And the first agricultural deity of the Jiaoyang Empire!