Chapter 480: Porridge in Hand, Follow Me!

[You recruited eighty-five people in Liu Family Village.]

[In fact, you remember every single one of them.]

[In the previous simulation, they had all participated in the uprising, though some joined earlier and some later. Some fell before you left Fortune Star, others died in that battle at Star Harbor.]

[Before taking Liu Ying and the others away, you all sat together beneath a large tree at the village entrance.]

[In front of everyone, you conjured bowl after bowl of white porridge out of thin air.]

["Follow me into rebellion. I may not have much else, but white porridge? All you can eat! Dig in, eat as much as you want, eat until you're full!"]

[The crowd stood frozen on the spot, their eyes burning with pure craving for food.]

[White porridge?]

[Never mind a simple bowl of white porridge, even the slop fed to pigs would have been a luxury the people of Liu Family Village could rarely enjoy to their fill.]

[For years, under the enslavement and oppression of the Alien Race, they had lived a miserable existence, clad in rags, starving, clinging to the edge of survival.]

[Today, steaming bowls of fresh white porridge appeared before their eyes, and they could hardly believe they weren't dreaming.]

[It wasn't until the sweet, scalding porridge touched their lips that they snapped back to reality.]

[This isn't a dream!]

[Liu Ying and the others ignored the burning heat of the porridge, gulping it down in huge mouthfuls, swallowing it together with their equally scalding tears.]

[The villagers watching from the sidelines were already crying from hunger and envy.]

[They deeply regretted not answering your call moments ago and joining the uprising with you.]

[What was there to be afraid of?]

[Even if the Alien Race beat them to death tomorrow, getting a full meal today would still be worth it!]

[You used the Wind-Riding Divine Art to send bowls of white porridge floating over to the watching villagers.]

["Eat together."]

[Though these villagers hadn't joined the rebellion, many of them were relatives of the Rebel Army.]

[The Rebel Army treats its members' families well!]

[Liu Tian held a half-eaten bowl of white porridge that he couldn't bear to finish, and handed it to Liu Ying.]

["Daughter, just now I was worried about you following this hero, afraid you might be in danger. But now I think... child, go! Do what you believe is right!"]

[You stretched the Immortal-Binding Rope long, letting Liu Ying and the other eighty-six people grab hold of it as you flew them out of Liu Family Village.]

[For these villagers who had spent half their lives under crushing oppression, with no concept of what life or living truly meant...]

[When they soared into the sky, wind whipping against their faces, flying with total freedom for the first time, a surge of bold ambition swelled in their hearts.]

[They marveled at the wonder of immortal cultivation, gazing down at the boundless earth below.]

[Most importantly, the way they looked at you now held something called "unyielding loyalty."]

[Especially Liu Ying - this was already the second time she had placed her loyalty and trust in you.]

[You arrived at the Winged God Church's Mine Number One on Fortune Star.]

[In the sixth simulation, you had dug mines here for a few years, though it was all done by your doppelgangers.]

[It was also here that you met Old Zhang, and learned about the Star Ship that Old Zhang Master had left behind on Fortune Star.]

[This time, you had no need for that low-quality, damaged Star Ship that required repairs.]

[But you figured you might as well help Old Zhang and the other miners escape their suffering.]

[Mine Number One wasn't far from the main headquarters, so the guards and overseers in the area had already heard rumors about what happened there.]

["Did you hear? Some human breached the main headquarters and killed everyone in the city! We're pretty close to headquarters here... maybe we should... run?"]

["Nonsense. The Archpriest is a mighty expert of the Extreme Terrain Realm. A human? Hah, as if..."]

["Yeah, that's what I think too. Those weaklings of the Human Race, how could they pull something like that off? Hahaha!"]

[The two guards at the mine entrance lounged lazily on rocks, chatting idly.]

[Until they saw you drift past right above their heads.]

["W-What the hell, is that a human? He's flying!"]

[In the Real Realm, flying without wings almost certainly meant possessing Divine Abilities.]

[You glanced down at the two of them.]

["Sometimes, you should believe the unofficial histories."]

[Then, with a casual slap through the air, you sent the pair, who were about to sound the alarm, flying into the sky.]

[Not that pulling the alarm would have made any difference.]

[Because in less time than it takes to drink a cup of tea, you had completely "Shattered" the entire garrison of Mine Number One.]

[You also helped yourself to all the Source Stones in the mine, stuffing them into Pot Heaven space.]

[Don't ask. Ask auto-loot that never got turned off.]

[The miners stared at you as if a heavenly god had descended, still completely dumbfounded.]

[You could hear their thoughts. They suspected you were an Alien Race member who merely looked human, here to double-cross the Winged God Church.]

[You didn't bother explaining. You just started pulling out bowl after bowl of white porridge.]

["Porridge in hand, follow me! Kill the Alien Race, join the Rebel Army!"]

[Free food? Say no more.]

["Rebellion! Rebellion!! Rebellion!!!"]

[Thunderous shouts erupted across the mine.]

[Even on a third-class star like Fortune Star, where generations of Alien Race oppression had numbed humanity into passively accepting that being born was itself a crime...]

[When a spark of resistance was ignited.]

[When the banner of rebellion was raised.]

[There were still countless people who followed, as if driven by instinct buried deep in their blood.]

[That bowl of white porridge was only the push they needed to take the first step.]

[The courage and defiant spirit in their hearts - that was what would carry them through the ten thousand steps that followed.]

[Leading this initial rebel force of barely a thousand, you swept through the areas surrounding the main headquarters in no time at all.]

[Most of the Alien Race members were given a physical "deliverance" by your hand.]

[A few were spared, forced to serve as menial laborers and manual workers, hauling materials like the artifact forging supplies the Myriad Treasures Child Goddess needed.]

[The Rebel Army's headquarters was established in the Winged God Church's former main hall.]

[But now, you had renamed the place - White Porridge City.]

[A tribute to the legendary White Porridge Uprising.]

[The Rebel Army was currently quartered within the city, along with their families.]

[There were plenty of empty buildings to go around. With the Rebel Army's current numbers, they could take their pick - live in as many as they wanted.]

[Even if no one lifted a finger to work, the city's stockpiles alone would sustain these thousand-plus people for a long, long time.]

[You had no plans to expand further for now. You were waiting for some people to come up from the human world.]

[At the same time, you were also waiting for the Myriad Treasures Child Goddess to deliver the artifact forging plan she'd designed per your requirements, and for her disciples to arrive on Fortune Star.]

[Year Four, age thirty.]

[Extracting trait tag...]

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["Super Fast-Charge" (Purple Epic): When recovering your immortal path power (referring to True Qi, primordial energy, divine power, Immortal power, etc.), you may enter fast-charge mode, recovering at a much greater speed. However, it has certain requirements for the surrounding environment.]

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