Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 257: The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first

Du Yi continued his training, and the long-awaited exercise even caused his brain to become somewhat congested with blood.

It wasn't until the training session, which had left him exhausted, ended that Du Yi received news from Elias that the fight was over—and he, the person involved, didn't even know when the fight had started.

"So, what exactly was this competition about?"

Du Yi was a little confused, after all, he really hadn't done anything. He had only been doing sit-ups all day, and he hadn't even done that simple sit-up well.

"But... this kind of thing is normal, isn't it?"

After thinking it over, Du Yi wasn't discouraged by this setback—it was just that he couldn't do sit-ups, which wasn't a big deal. Besides, for a snake, doing sit-ups would be difficult.

He shouldn't have used the training methods he remembered from the beginning to get stronger; he should have developed a way to train using a snake's body.

However, the real problem right now is not the practice.

Instead, it's about eating.

The long-awaited exercise finally made Du Yi feel the long-lost hunger, so at least for this day, Du Yi wanted to try to have a hearty meal.

"Even beef or mutton is fine, even noodles are fine, as long as it's edible, just bring it to me."

That's what Du Yi originally said.

But when he saw truckloads of supplies being brought to him, Du Yi ultimately decided to just eat a little something.

There was no other way. Just those two bites had already consumed half of Tatunbto's food reserves. If he were to eat freely, everyone within a hundred miles would starve to death after he had one meal. In order to ensure that his spaceship could still be built, Du Yi had no choice but to suppress his appetite for the time being.

But this can't go on, especially when we need fighting power. We can't fight on an empty stomach, how can we fight like that?

So Du Yi summoned the four priests and asked them to think of a way to increase food production.

"This……"

The four priests looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

If it's just increasing production in the usual sense, they can understand it. It's nothing more than optimizing farm tools, breeding superior breeds, distributing draft cattle, or simply replacing draft cattle with something else—which is what they've been doing recently. After all, construct golems are obviously easier to use than draft cattle.

Finally, add a necessary blessing of favorable weather.

This is probably what they mean by increased production.

However, it was clear that their serpent god needed more than that. To put it another way, this so-called increase in production should at least be enough to feed the serpent god. It was at this moment that the four priests realized from their daze that they had never truly fed the serpent god.

After all, the amount of food required to satisfy the serpent god's hunger would be far too enormous.

"This... let's think of a way, let's think of a way."

This was not something the four priests could come up with in a short time. They could only go back and discuss it, and even gather all the immortals together to discuss it before they could come up with any ideas.

Fortunately, when the four priests returned to the city, the immortals from all walks of life were already gathered together—the reason being, of course, to deal with the attack of the God of Life. After all, they had all experienced the previous plague firsthand, and this unprecedented method of attack was truly terrifying.

Therefore, this was less about discussing solutions and more about encouraging each other. They were still somewhat afraid of going to war with the gods in the starry sea, especially with such a mysterious and unpredictable god of life.

"That's a god from the starry sea, not some bird-headed sun god... That's the starry sea, can we really defeat him?"

Faced with the fear of the unknown, everyone had such thoughts, so they talked about all sorts of trivial matters. The war itself was not discussed at all.

After all, when it comes to war, they didn't really know what to say. The enemy was unknown, the enemy's methods were unknown, and even their survival was unknown—after all, the Star Sea was far too distant for them; they had never even been there.

But the one who was about to come and take their lives had been roaming the starry sea for who knows how long.

Is such an enemy really something they can defeat?
Can they really handle such a terrifying opponent?
Why would such a terrifying enemy inexplicably target them?
What exactly did they do wrong?
"You guys... sigh."

Seeing the somber atmosphere among the crowd, the four priests also sighed.

"Then let's put aside the war for now and discuss other issues... We need to increase our food production, and the Serpent God needs to be well-fed. Do you have any ideas?"

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"Why don't we talk about the war instead?"

After a moment of silence, the second-generation carpenter, Beskey, was the first to speak.

"I suddenly feel that this so-called God of Life isn't so difficult to defeat after all. At least we have ways to prevent and control plagues... What do you guys think?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else nodded in agreement, and the previously subdued meeting room instantly became lively, with everyone offering suggestions and advice.

As for the matter of increasing food production, no one mentioned it at all.

Clearly, feeding the snake god has become a more troublesome matter than war for these top performers from all walks of life—at least war has a concrete solution.

As for feeding the snake god...

"Is this something we can do?"

Just thinking about the serpent god's enormous body, which was as big as Tatunbutu, or even possibly twice as big, made them break out in a cold sweat.

With such a massive body, it's not even necessary to calculate how much food it consumes in a month. Just one meal would probably cause the entire Tatunbhuto to run out of food.

"I can't do it, I really can't."

After the four priests inquired again, they finally received this answer.

This made the four priests even more uneasy, after all, they couldn't do such a thing either. To satisfy the serpent god's appetite sounded like an impossible task...

"and many more?"

It was at this moment that the four priests suddenly thought of something.

Yes, filling the snake god's belly is something that none of the four of them, or the immortals under their command, could do.

But what if we replace them with those unknown entities in the starry sky?

(End of this chapter)