Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 442 - 321, Baby-making Maniac_2

"But this year’s fertility rate should improve significantly. The calamity has lasted for two years, and the desire for ordinary people to have children has actually strengthened a lot.

"Our analysis suggests that this situation is somewhat similar to civilians being more willing to have children after the end of a war. Great Xia’s response to the calamity has been outstanding, and ordinary people have gained confidence in the future.

"Coupled with the stimulation of the ’Population Bill,’ the willingness to have children has reached a peak not seen for the last hundred years. Judging from the filing situation in domestic hospitals, we estimate that the number of births this year will be between 24 million and 25 million."

Yang Fan nodded gently.

This figure has already surpassed the period before the Age of Calamity, which is enough to declare that Great Xia has already overcome the crisis.

Su Yuxuan continued her statement: "However, 25 million is definitely not the fertility peak. According to the data prediction model, the birth rate will witness a small peak in two years, expected to be between 36 million and 40 million, most likely exceeding 38 million."

Yang Fan shook his head and spat out two words: "Too few!"

Su Yuxuan was speechless.

My goodness! Is 40 million people still considered few?

Currently, the fertility rates of countries worldwide are astonishingly low, and Great Xia’s situation has already been quite good.

Take the Carmenia Federation as an example.

Its total population has already fallen below 800 million, and last year, the birth count was less than 4 million, roughly only one-third of Great Xia’s.

This year, the Carmenia Federation will have even fewer births while Great Xia might have 25 million, with the former estimated to be one-seventh of the latter.

In two years, when Great Xia’s annual births are close to 40 million, it is estimated to account for about half of the world’s births, which will be unprecedented.

Yang Fan thought for a while and said softly: "Perhaps we could think of other ways and formulate some policies to stimulate population growth."

Su Yuxuan asked curiously: "What policies?"

Yang Fan smiled and said: "I remember the Primordial World has some peculiar things that can increase the potential of young creatures.

If we can bring these things back and distribute them for free to families with newborns, I think it could further stimulate population growth."

Su Yuxuan was very surprised: "Does the Primordial World actually have such things?"

Yang Fan nodded and said: "Of course! The Primordial World has all kinds of strange things; there’s nothing you can think of that doesn’t exist in the Primordial World."

Su Yuxuan further asked: "When you say ’increase the potential of young creatures,’ which aspect are you referring to?"

Yang Fan replied: "All aspects, for example, improving physical fitness, enhancing mental potential, and even slightly increasing the probability of awakened superpowers.

If everything goes smoothly, in four or five years, Great Xia should be able to obtain these things from the Primordial World."

This is not nonsense.

According to what he saw in the Dream Realm, every old-established civilization world within a world group has basically cultivated many things that can increase the potential of individuals.

After each young creature is born, they can obtain these things for free or at a small cost.

It is precisely because of this that the proportion of individuals in old-established civilization worlds who awaken superpowers, advance as Warriors and Knights, greatly exceeds other civilization worlds.

Su Yuxuan clicked her tongue: "If these good things were really distributed for free, people across the country would definitely go crazy having children. It’s estimated that the birth rate could reach 60 million or even 70 million annually."

She thought to herself: "At least, I would be willing to have three or four."

Yang Fan nodded: "Population inherently represents the foundation of a civilization world; the larger the population, the easier it is to produce geniuses.

He casually mentioned a vision: "Hopefully, in fifty years, Great Xia’s total population could reach 5 billion."

Su Yuxuan silently calculated and felt this was a bit challenging.

Great Xia currently has 1.8 billion people, and in fifty years, it must increase by 3.2 billion to meet the big boss’s requirement.

This means an average increase of 64 million people per year.

This is really too exaggerated!

The female secretary felt like laughing but forcibly withheld her laughter.

Who would have thought that the famous Mr. Spirit Crows would turn out to be a childbirth maniac?

After a while.

Su Yuxuan sneaked a glance at Yang Fan’s back and bravely asked a question: "Sir, do you have family?"

Yang Fan calmly replied: "I am alone."

Su Yuxuan sneaked another glance at Yang Fan, eager to say, "How about I become your family?" But she ultimately didn’t have the courage to say it out loud.

The female secretary hesitated for a moment and asked a question: "How do you plan to spend this Spring Festival?"

Yang Fan replied: "I have an old friend."

Su Yuxuan responded with an "Oh": "Mr. Ghost, right?"

Yang Fan acknowledged with a "Hmm."

This was naturally a lie.

His other female secretary, Ling Shuiling, had already invited him to her home for the New Year, and he had accepted the invitation.

Yang Fan didn’t want to continue on this topic, so he changed the subject: "By the way, how are the preparations for the New Year’s Eve special program going this year?"

Su Yuxuan nodded and said: "Very smoothly."

The so-called "special program" is essentially a series of events carefully organized by Great Xia.

These events will be broadcast live to the world to boost the confidence of Great Xia People and enhance Great Xia’s international influence.

And one of these events is the birth of the ancient mammoths.

Back when Yang Fan used supernatural means, allowing the mother elephant to conceive the mammoth cubs, he had already calculated the time.

This can be considered his gift to the 1.8 billion Great Xia People.

A minute later.

Yang Fan followed the crowd to a mushroom selling stall.

The place was quite lively, with five stalls surrounded by people.

Su Yuxuan glanced over and her expression changed: "Strangely, it seems there are two quasi superpower users wielding Power here."

The so-called "quasi superpower user" refers to people who have awakened certain supernatural traits.

Some quasi superpower users who lean toward the physical element can also wield Power. Although not as strong as formal superpower users, they can easily handle a dozen regular people.

The female secretary is precisely a quasi superpower user, which is why she could tell at a glance.

Su Yuxuan whispered: "It seems there are important figures from Mo Bei Province here, probably senior officials. These two should be security personnel."

Providing security staff for important officials and scientists has become routine in Great Xia.

Yang Fan felt no surprise, only smiled and said: "That’s why I’m here."

Su Yuxuan was momentarily stunned, suddenly realizing that one of Mr. Spirit Crows’ purposes in coming to Mo Bei Province might be to meet this senior official.

Yang Fan quickly walked over, smoothly squeezed into the crowd, and stood next to a middle-aged man.

The eyes of the two security personnel instantly locked onto Yang Fan.

The middle-aged man did not notice at all and continued carefully selecting mushrooms.

The mushrooms displayed at the stall were all wrapped in paper; each packet weighed 250 grams, which is half a pound.

Because of machine packaging, the size of each packet’s mushrooms naturally varied, leading customers to pick and choose.

Yang Fan glanced at the middle-aged man beside him and said: "In the past, Caiyun Province was Great Xia’s most famous for mushroom consumption, but now Caiyun People can hardly eat mushrooms.

Conversely, Mo Bei Province had very few mushrooms in the past; they were all transported from elsewhere, but now Mo Bei People see mushrooms at every meal."

He paused, summarizing: "Sometimes I think that the Age of Calamity is really interesting; it changed so many things."

For ordinary people, these words demonstrate a certain level of insight.

The middle-aged man turned to Yang Fan, somewhat surprised, and asked: "Sir, are you not a native of Tolan City?"

Yang Fan nodded and replied: "Yes, I’m from Hedong Province."

The middle-aged man pushed his glasses with his hand: "Hedong Province is quite some distance from here."

He immediately asked a question: "Why does it feel like, sir, you came here for me?"

Yang Fan smiled and said: "Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The environment changed immediately.

The bustling crowd around them disappeared in an instant.

Mushrooms sprouted quickly, growing at a jaw-dropping speed, soon reaching over two meters high, forming a forest of mushrooms.

The middle-aged man was instantly stunned.