Tide Town had, in the past, expended considerable effort supporting new Dungeon Lords.
Initially, it could even be said that the entire town pooled its resources to raise a certain Dungeon Lord's population cap to ten thousand.
But it was all for naught; the rating still didn't pass, and they only ended up poorer.
This also led to most Adventurers in newly emerging towns now being indifferent to local Dungeons, only wanting to clear new foreign Dungeons to earn some provisions.
After all, if they couldn't even survive, how could they focus on supporting a specific Dungeon Lord?
Based on these various reasons, it's clear that once a town is rated as a newly emerging town, it's as good as finished.
Therefore.
When Tide Town's rating dropped, most Adventurers chose to leave, relocating to other cities.
This left the remaining Adventurers filled with resentment.
Of course.
It wasn't that they didn't want to relocate; who wouldn't want a better life if they could choose?
It just depended on connections...
Someone on the other side had to be willing to take them in, and they'd also have to arrange housing, which was another expense.
Furthermore.
The number of Adventurers in an area has both an upper and lower limit, much like a large server.
Higher-level areas can accommodate more Adventurers.
Lower-level areas naturally accommodate fewer Adventurers.
For example, a newly emerging town can only accommodate a maximum of 20,000 people, but it cannot fall below 5,000 people; once its rating upgrades to a regular town, it can accommodate 30,000 people.
The existence of a lower limit on the system server means that when the resident population drops to a certain number, relocation is no longer possible.
And the existence of an upper limit on the server means...
In areas where the Dungeon industry is particularly developed and fun, residence permits are extremely hard to come by; you can't just go if you want to.
White Night City's residence permits are exactly like this.
Because White Night City's Dungeon industry is relatively developed and there are many Dungeons, many Adventurers from nearby towns choose to relocate to White Night City.
This has led to residence permits in White Night City being extremely hard to obtain; new slots only open up for Adventurers from other towns when old Adventurers retire.
And slots also need to be reserved for the next generation of Adventurers who are just growing up, but these are matters for the local management agencies to consider.
When Tide Town's crisis erupted back then, many prominent figures chose to relocate.
The rest either couldn't leave their homeland for various reasons, or they simply lacked money and background and could only eke out a living in Tide Town.
During that time, the hungry Adventurers of Tide Town, besides considering which Dungeon to play in or which Dungeon would earn them more food each day, also had another thing on their minds.
The second thing was to curse the Adventurers who had abandoned them.
In their eyes, this was a betrayal.
They were all suffering together, and then suddenly, more than half of them abandoned them and went to live good lives in big cities or excellent towns; how could they not be angry?
But now...
As Chen Yu grew step by step.
Everyone's lives became much better.
Before, when they were starving, they would even go outside to dig wild grass roots to fill their stomachs.
Now, there's meat on the table for every meal, and sometimes they even get a Happy Family Bucket, a whole bucket full of chicken drumsticks, more than they can eat.
Sometimes, they even get a roasted lamb leg, and they don't want to touch meat for three days.
This life.
The quality of this food...
The Adventurers of Tide Town can be sure that even White Night City doesn't have food this good.
In the past, Lord Chen's territory wasn't that big, and Adventurers had to squeeze in to get these delicious foods every day; although it satisfied their basic needs, it was still a bit far from achieving a comfortable life.
But with Chen Yu's latest population increase, everything changed.
Just "Dungeon and Eight Million Warriors" alone was enough to keep them happy for a whole year; with everyone able to enter and play, it meant that the entire Tide Town could officially declare that it had achieved a comfortable life.
Now, as long as they eat some food and sell some every day, they will gradually accumulate money for retirement.
There are also more filial Adventurers who will send some high-quality rice and delicious food back to their parents who farm in the countryside.
"If the Dungeons Lord Chen releases in the future are all of this quality, and we can play different ones every day, then let alone achieving a comfortable life, collective wealth is within our grasp!"
"By then, we won't even need to go back home to farm; just by converting the food we accumulate every day into money, we can live out the rest of our lives peacefully."
"The person upstairs, why convert it into money? Just hoard happy coins! Lord Chen doesn't fall, I don't fall! Maybe in the future, happy coins will hold their value more than other currencies and be universally accepted?"
"Hahahahaha, you're absolutely right!"
"Looking forward to the day when the whole world uses happy coins."
"The scene is too beautiful to behold."
"With Lord Chen here, life is just too good; Lord Chen is the greatest guarantee of our lives."
"I wonder if Lord Chen likes children; I want to bear him one. 【shy】"
"??"
"The idea from the person upstairs is a bit jarring to my eyes."
When discussing topics like survival and life, the Adventurers of Tide Town now all wear smiles, no longer looking as worried as before.
The atmosphere was exceptionally relaxed.
Great Xia Nevernight City's status in their hearts also gradually became deified.
"Those Adventurers who left Tide Town, if they knew how well we're eating now, I wonder if they'd be green with regret."
"They're probably all thinking of coming back, right?"
"We can't let them come back! They left, so what's the point of coming back? I'd rather accept people from other towns than accept them."
"Exactly, betray once and you'll betray countless times."
"Absolutely no allowing them back! When Lord Chen breaks through Level 10 in the future and goes to other areas to recruit people, I'll definitely enjoy seeing the looks on those guys' faces."
"Hahahahaha, if they knew how good our lives are, their expressions would surely be quite something, right?"
When mentioning the Adventurers who left, most of Tide Town's Adventurers showed a defiant attitude, and this emotion had already affected the management agency.
Now, if those people wanted to return, the Adventurer's Guild would have to weigh the public's sentiment.
"Alright, that's enough talk, let's not mention those guys..."
"Yes, yes!"
"Anyway, the fact that we have this life now is all thanks to Lord Chen's grace; Lord Chen's kindness is endless, and our entire Tide Town still relies on Lord Chen to live!"