76: Chapter 76 Anomaly Triggered? Herb Production Doubles

The village entrance was as bustling as ever.

Goods were moving along the trade route, queues formed at the secret realms, and a large crowd of bloodshot-eyed players squeezed in front of the league registration point.

But Lin Zhe's attention had already fallen on the system panel.

Before he could take a closer look at the newly lit draft event notification, a series of even more urgent system prompts exploded in his mind.

"Ding!"

"Detected that the gestation progress of the second daughter, Lin Yueyao, continues to climb!"

"Current progress: 58%... 59%... 60%!"

"Reached a critical milestone!"

"Triggered an Offspring Gestation Phenomenon!"

Golden patterns flashed in Lin Zhe's eyes.

It's done.

Ling Xi was standing beside him, organizing the manifest sent by the Elven Caravan, but in the next second, she suddenly looked up, her eyes widening slightly.

"The aura of nature... has changed."

Lin Chen also sat up straight, his small body tense as he spoke in a childish voice, "Little sister is making a scene again."

Almost at the same moment he finished speaking.

Buzz—

Above the entire Luofeng Village, an extremely soft, pale green light screen suddenly lit up.

It wasn't just one.

But a whole expanse.

The light screen was like lake water blown open by the wind, slowly spreading toward Fengyu Village and Shiti Village. In just over ten seconds, it had covered all three Novice Areas.

Immediately following that.

Fine green spots of light began to slowly fall from the sky.

Like rain.

Yet unlike rain.

They fell on rooftops, on the grass, in the herb fields, on the Red Maple Forest and Moonlight Grass Slope, and on every single plant.

The players at the village entrance were all stunned.

"Holy crap? Is it raining?"

"Green rain?"

"This isn't rain, it's a rain of light!"

A herb-gathering player reached out to catch a green speck of light. The moment it touched his palm, it melted directly into his skin, feeling warm and cozy.

The next second, a system notification popped up for the entire region.

[Regional Announcement: Affected by Lin Yueyao's Gestation Phenomenon]

[Luofeng Village, Fengyu Village, and Shiti Village have entered the "Natural Abundance" state]

[Duration: Three days and three nights]

[Effect 1: Growth speed of all plants doubled]

[Effect 2: High-grade herb production rate increased by 20%]

The entire Third Beginner District went silent for a split second.

The next second, it absolutely exploded!

"Plant growth speed doubled?!"

"High-grade herb production rate plus 20%?!"

"Life players are taking off!"

On the herb slope to the west of Fengyu Village, the first herb gatherer to react had already lunged forward.

"Don't just stand there! Gather!"

Just as he crouched down, a stalk of moonlight grass that was still ten minutes away from maturity actually unfurled visibly in the green light rain, reaching full maturity instantly!

"It worked!"

"Holy shit, it really doubled!"

Several life players nearby had bloodshot eyes as they charged forward with their herb shovels.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

"Any later and there won't be any spots left!"

"Anyone who doesn't work hard today is a fool!"

It wasn't just Fengyu Village.

The herb slopes of Shiti Village, the Red Maple Forest of Luofeng Village, and the wild herb spots along the trade route—everyone went crazy.

The green light rain pattered down, and the grass on the ground grew wildly as if it had taken tonics. Even the originally inconspicuous weeds by the roadside shot up much faster than before.

An old life player crouching by the Red Maple Forest could normally only gather at most twenty mature herbs a day.

But this time, just as he finished gathering from one patch, another small patch grew out right next to it.

In less than half an hour, his backpack was already stuffed full.

"Twenty stalks?"

"Bullshit!"

"How long has it been? I've already got over thirty!"

He was so excited his voice cracked, and he hurriedly spammed messages in the regional channel.

[Old Medicine Jar: Brothers, come quickly! It really doubled! I can gather at least forty stalks today!]

As soon as the message went out, the life profession players went even crazier.

Some were calculating their gains while gathering.

"Usually, I only make a little over a thousand copper coins a day."

"With the high-grade rate increased today, the money I make will be at least the total of the past two or three days!"

"Luofeng Village is truly the paradise for life professions!"

Not far away, an alchemist who had just finished collecting a batch of herbs turned them into high-grade health recovery potions. As a result, the success rate of the finished potions also clearly benefited, and he couldn't stop grinning.

"I'm making a killing!"

"This wave of phenomenon is enough to sustain me until the league starts!"

On the earthen slope, Ling Xi looked at the gently falling green light rain, her fingers subconsciously pressing against her lower abdomen, her eyes bright and soft.

"She has already begun to affect the entire region..."

Lin Zhe glanced at the system panel.

[Offspring: Lin Yueyao]

[Current Gestation Progress: 60%]

[Phenomenon State: Natural Abundance]

He didn't speak, merely scanning the three Novice Areas with a calm gaze.

This was only at sixty percent.

The effect was already reaching its peak.

Soon, the world channel also exploded.

"Green light rain is falling in the three Luofeng Villages!"

"High-grade herb rate +20%, plant growth doubled!"

"My friend is in Fengyu Village, gathering forty herbs a day!"

"Why is it Luofeng Village again!"

Players in other regions were green with envy.

Especially those life profession players.

They usually fought tooth and nail for gathering spots around the main city, and a full day's work might not even match half a day in Luofeng Village right now.

For a time, the official forums were directly bombarded.

"Demand for the phenomenon to be universal!"

"Why does only Luofeng Village have the green light rain?"

"Are the other Novice Areas not human?"

"We're all players; why does their herb production double while we're fighting for scraps?"

"Official staff, come out and speak!"

Every page of the forum was filled with bitterness.

But this time, the officials didn't dare to say a word.

In the operations backend, Zhou Ming stared at the forum and backend data, his lips twitching.

The activity of life professions in the three Luofeng Villages was skyrocketing like crazy.

Meanwhile, the number of player complaints from other regions was also soaring.

Several operations staff members looked pale.

"Mr. Zhou, should we issue an announcement to appease them?"

Zhou Ming gritted his teeth, "Appease my ass."

"How do you want me to explain this phenomenon?"

"Tell them it's brought about by the gestation of Lin Zhe's second daughter? The players would flame the forum servers into oblivion!"

A minor supervisor from the technical department spoke up cautiously, "Then... how about trying to privately message Mr. Lin?"

"Ask him if he could occasionally grant other regions a similar buff?"

Zhou Ming was silent for two seconds, then he actually sent it.

Soon, an extremely tactful official message was delivered to Lin Zhe through a privileged channel.

[Official Operations Department: Mr. Lin, the reaction from players in other regions is very significant. If it is convenient for you, could you consider occasionally providing small buffs to other regions in the future to balance public opinion? The officials are willing to provide additional resource compensation.]

Lin Zhe only spared it a glance.

Then, he didn't even reply.

He ignored it completely.

Zhou Ming waited in the backend for a long time, only to be met with silence; his face stiffened.

Several high-level executives nearby looked at him and asked in a low voice, "What did Mr. Lin say?"

Zhou Ming said expressionlessly, "He didn't."

"That means he doesn't agree."

The operations hall immediately fell into a dead silence.

On the other side, players in other regions were still howling on the official forums.

"Playing dead, are you?"

"Luofeng Village is hogging everything again!"

"I want the green light rain too!"

But the more they shouted, the more attractive Luofeng Village seemed.

By noon that day, a large number of life profession players who had already gone to develop in the main city ran back with their tools.

"Back to Falling Maple!"

"Only a fool would stay in the main city any longer!"

"If I don't make the most of these three days of light rain, I'll regret it to death!"

An alchemist who had originally set up a stall in Holy Light City to sell medicine sent out a world message as soon as he returned to Luofeng Village.

[Apothecary Ah Fu: Back in Falling Maple. Stop grinding in the main city; herbs here are practically printing money.]

A bunch of people immediately followed up below.

[Herb Gatherer Xiao He: I'm back too. One high-grade herb in Falling Maple is worth two ordinary ones outside.]

[Herb Gatherer by the Mine: Anyone still suffering in the main city is an idiot.]

The number of life profession players in the Third Beginner District began to skyrocket that day.

At the entrance of the public warehouse, the herb storage area was almost full.

Beside the elven merchant stalls, the transaction volume of high-grade herbs soared.

The purchase prices on the trade route were forced up significantly.

Players laughed as they gathered, frantically showing off their results in the world channel.

"Got forty stalks today!"

"I got three high-grade moonlight grasses!"

"Big Shot Lin is awesome! The little princess is already handing out money before she's even born!"

Hearing this, Ling Xi's ear tips turned slightly red, but she didn't refute it, merely looking at Lin Zhe with a gaze that grew increasingly soft.

Lin Chen held a freshly gathered high-grade moonlight grass, his small face beaming with pride.

"Little sister is so amazing."

"She's already helping support the family before she's even out."

Lin Zhe looked at the green light rain still slowly falling from the sky, then glanced at the gestation progress on the system panel, which was steady at 60%, his expression calm.

But anyone could see.

This phenomenon would only widen the gap between Luofeng Village and other regions.

And at the end of the distant trade route, another group of life players carrying herb baskets and alchemy tools was hurrying toward them.