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"Esmedina," Liu Nian said, looking at the new queen, "First, stabilize the situation in the city and appease the people. Pendra will assist you. Second, compile statistics on all resources, population, number and level of warriors, and special talents within the tribe, and report back to me as soon as possible. Third, prepare a formal conversion ceremony to spread the name and doctrine of Arachne. As for the specific arrangements of the ceremony, follow Arachne's instructions."

"Yes, Master!" Esmedina quickly replied.

After arranging the general matters, Liu Nian waved his hand, dismissing everyone to go about their respective duties.

The empty hall was once again left with only Liu Nian and Arachne, and the pile of gradually cooling ashes in front of the throne.

"Master, things went more smoothly than expected," Arachne said softly. "Although there was a slight mishap, the result is even better."

Liu Nian nodded, his gaze drifting towards the faint, chaotic sounds coming from outside the hall—sounds that had been somewhat agitated by the change of regime but were quickly suppressed.

"A good start," Liu Nian said.

He would have to wait here a while so that Arachne could connect the teleportation array here with the teleportation array in the floating city, and then a large number of spider-like elves could enter the floating city to work.

Furthermore, as the behind-the-scenes controller of the entire city, Liu Nian felt that allocating some resources should not be a problem.

As the commotion in the hall gradually subsided, Esmedina and Pendra led their newly formed governing team to operate efficiently.

When the first detailed resource and population statistics report was presented to Liu Nian, he was initially delighted. Geological surveys showed that the cave system where the City of Exile was located and the surrounding radiation area contained several valuable mineral veins, including dark iron ore, shadow crystal raw stones, stabilizing rock marrow used to stabilize energy, and high-grade magic crystal ore that could be used for teleportation arrays, indicating that the place had great potential!

There are also certain areas where rare magical plants and fungi grow, and monster resources are abundant.

However, he soon found himself frowning involuntarily.

Because apart from these, everything else is bad news.

This resource list contains only one word:

poverty!

We're so damn poor!

This report uses stark data to depict the suffocating plight of the city of exile:

Population: A total of 3217 spider-elves, of whom 1103 are adult warriors with full combat capabilities (90% of whom are between level 40 and 70). The rest are mostly the elderly, women, children, and teenagers who have not yet completed their coming-of-age ceremony. More seriously, due to the long-term lack of faith and scarcity of resources, the survival rate and talent awakening rate of newborns are pitifully low, and the population is showing a negative growth trend.

Food reserves are only enough to sustain the city for about 15 days, relying solely on hunting and cultivating a few low-yield edible fungi. If the main hunting grounds are interfered with by other forces or encounter unforeseen circumstances, famine will be almost inevitable.

Weaponry: Heartbreakingly rudimentary. Over 70% of the warriors used crudely polished bone spears and stone axes; there were fewer than a hundred metal weapons, most of which were broken or small daggers. Defensive equipment was even scarcer; fewer than two hundred warriors possessed complete armor. The fact that Pendra's hunting party was equipped with relatively fine bone spears was a testament to the tribe's immense resources.

Energy and Magic: The city's reliance on arcane crystal fragments is slowly depleting its energy, and the cultivation of luminescent fungi requires a specific magical environment. The report indicates that if a new, stable energy source cannot be found or the concentration of magical energy in the environment cannot be improved, the city's lighting and some of the fungal nurseries that maintain ecological balance will gradually cease to function within three months.

Finance and Trade: The concept of "money" simply doesn't exist. Internally, they barter, and externally, they trade with a few relatively neutral underground races or wandering merchants they can reach, relying on rare materials obtained through hunting, underground minerals, and the spider-elves' unique "Moon-Patterned Silk" (a type of silk secreted by special glands, possessing both strength and magical affinity). However, due to survival pressures, the tribe's accumulated reserves of "hard currency" materials that can be used for trade are dwindling, and mining and collection are inefficient.

……

Spider-elves, a product of the fusion of a former branch of elves and spider-like monsters, are excellent scouts, infiltrators, trap masters, and warriors with a natural adaptability to dark environments. They have also inherited some unique skills, such as advanced spider silk weaving, herbalism, and rune knowledge, but due to their exile, a large amount of information is incomplete.

Moreover, they have almost no miners, so despite guarding so many mineral veins, they lack the ability to mine them!

In recent years, due to their increasing decline, other forces have begun to invade the mining area, and they are powerless to stop them.

Liu Nian felt somewhat stifled.

What the hell is this luck?!

They were hoping this place would immediately support the repair of the floating city, but instead they've inherited another potentially disastrous mess!

This is completely different from what he expected!

Seeing that Liu Nian's expression was not good, Esmedina did not dare to speak.

"To put it simply," Liu Nian closed the report and summarized to Esmedina and Arachne, who were standing to the side, "you have a mountain of treasures, yet you are starving. Your entire tribe is in arms, yet you can't even get enough to eat, and you can't even sharpen your knives."

Esmedina lowered her head in shame: "Master, you are wise... After hundreds of years of exile and oppression, we have indeed reached the end of our rope. If it weren't for your arrival and the arrival of the new god, we would probably have been destroyed in the next large-scale attack by external enemies, which would have been our fate not long ago."

Arachne pondered, "Master, the root of their predicament lies in 'circulation' and 'transformation.' They have resources but lack the ability to mine them efficiently; they have special products but lack safe channels for trade; they have manpower but lack sufficient nutrients for growth. And you... happen to be able to solve these problems."

Liu Nian nodded, then shook his head: "I believe the root cause of their current predicament lies with the former queen. It was her willfulness and stubbornness that led to the decline of the entire tribe!"

Liu Nian looked at Esmedina: "Looks like I really made the right choice killing her, otherwise you'd all be finished with her sooner or later!"

Fortunately, Liu Nian took over this place. As long as they form an alliance with Toothpick City, mining will not be a difficult task.

As for the problem of the continuous decline in population due to the loss of faith, Arachne will alleviate it and turn the situation around.

The floating city itself is an excellent and safe trading hub, connecting humans, eagles, and other forces that might be willing to cooperate; as for food and basic supplies... these are actually the easiest for players to obtain.

Liu Nian has every right to turn this situation around.

Then, Liu Nian noticed a separate page at the end, which described the secret chamber of the Shadow Moon Clan, a place used to store rare treasures.