Chapter 10
After becoming a lord, the first problem facing Ye Bai appeared -
What should we name the territory?
From the fact that Ye Bai's commonly used game ID is her own name reversed, it can be seen that she has no extra talent in naming.
Ye Bai thought for a moment...but couldn't figure out anything. Forget it, let's use the simplest method.
[Are you sure you want to name your level 0 territory 'White Night'?]
【confirm】
Suddenly, a golden light flashed on the Creation Tree beside Ye Bai, and the information changed to 'Bai Ye Village (Level 0 Territory)'. At the same time, two independent new pages were added, [Development Direction] and [Development Strategy].
Ye Bai opened the [Development Direction] page, and the familiar three-pronged tree graphic appeared again - this was the technology tree for the development of the territory.
It is similar to the talent page, but the content that needs to be lit up is not from bottom to top, but in a ring. Including the center position, there are a total of ten layers of rings. Now on this page, only the initial technologies in the center can see the content, and the subsequent content is not displayed.
Other StarCraft players need to unlock the underlying technologies layer by layer before they can understand the content behind these technologies. But for Ye Bai, these hidden contents are naturally not hidden.
The ten ring layers correspond to the ten development levels of the territory - levels 0-3 are villages, levels 4-6 are towns, and levels 7-10 are cities.
If the development level of a territory does not meet the requirements, even if the previous technology is lit up, the technology of the later stage cannot be lit up. For example, when a territory is still a level 3 village, it cannot learn the technology of a level 4 town.
At the same time, activating the above skills requires the consumption of [Productivity].
There is a productivity slot at the bottom of this page, which grows slowly over time. Once the slot is full, you can gain 1 point of productivity, which can be used to light up the technology tree.
The recovery speed of productivity is linked to a series of indicators such as the current territory's population, number of professionals, number of buildings, energy, health level, happiness, etc., and is the most intuitive reflection of a territory's comprehensive strength.
Now, Ye Bai has a total of 4 points of productivity available for use.
This is the benefit of completing the nightmare copy.
The Seeds of Creation obtained from copies of different levels are of course different. The difference lies in the only basic attribute of the Seeds of Creation, "Prosperity".
The prosperity of the Seed of Creation in a nightmare copy is 4/4, while the prosperity of a normal copy is 1/4.
The full prosperity level means that after Ye Bai encloses the land, he will receive four points of initial productivity bonus, which means he is one step ahead from the starting point.
[Weaving], [Planting], [Mining], [Logging], [Adventure]... Among the initial options that can be lit up, Ye Bai thought for a moment and chose [Planting], [Mining], [Logging], and then clicked on [Irrigation and Fertilization] in the second-level technology of [Planting].
[Planting] Villagers gain some crop transplanting skills; obtain 100 unidentified crop seeds; and obtain 20 hoes.
[Mining] Villagers can mine open-pit iron and copper ores; obtain 20 pickaxes.
[Logging] Villagers gain more efficient logging skills and obtain 20 axes.
[Irrigation and Fertilization] Villagers can increase crop yield and growth rate through irrigation and fertilization; unlock composting technology; unlock the building [Composting Yard].
After clicking on technology, Ye Bai opened another [Development Strategy] page.
On this page, you can see the conditions required to upgrade the territory to the next level: owning 10 residential buildings, owning 1 professional building, and the territory population reaches 25.
Basically, in the early stages of territory development, the upgrade conditions for all territories are similar. However, as the level increases, the territories tend to develop differently, and the upgrade conditions will change according to their own development directions. Different territories have different upgrade conditions and will generate exclusive territory tasks, which will receive additional rewards after completion.
But at the moment, these are still far away from Ye Bai.
In addition to the upgrade conditions, the most important thing in the [Development Strategy] page is the various [Territory Policy Cards]. These are the "decrees" issued by the lord, which can affect the priority of the work behavior of the people in the territory. It can also be said to be a bonus "buff" that affects the entire territory. Its importance is self-evident.
However, you cannot use as many territory strategy cards as there are in the card pool. It depends on the number of [Development Strategy Slots], and once selected, it cannot be changed in the short term. Each territory level can only be selected once, which means that each change can only be made when the territory is upgraded.
This once again demonstrates the superiority of clearing the nightmare-level dungeon. Because of the 4/4 prosperity of the Seed of Creation, Ye Bai now has four development strategy slots to equip!
If you have only cleared the territory of the Seed of Creation in the normal dungeon, you will only have one slot.
In the initial level 0 territory, there are only four policy cards in the optional card pool. Ye Bai doesn't even need to choose, and naturally equips all of them into the card slots.
[Hardworking] All villagers have no entertainment needs, no luxury needs, and no personal hobbies needs.
[Borrowing the Hard Road] Villagers' basic needs are reduced by -50%.
[Prosperous] Villagers' basic loyalty and basic happiness will not be lower than 60.
[Pioneer] A suitable professional will join the territory.
None of the strategy cards would be useless, but if Ye Bai only had one slot, she would choose Pioneer.
As the configuration of the policy card was completed, another golden light flashed from the Tree of Creation.
The next moment, Ye Bai heard a noise not far away. Within two minutes, a slender and agile figure leaped out from the woods lightly.
The person who came was a beautiful woman who looked to be in her early 30s. She had brown hair and was wearing a tight leather armor that looked to be made of extraordinary material. After seeing Ye Bai, she pushed the goggles on her eyes to the top of her head, revealing her brown eyes, and gave Ye Bai a bright smile:
"Hello, my Lord, I am Carrie."
Ye Bai's face was filled with joy as he quickly stepped forward and said, "Kari, welcome!"
As a lord, within the territory, even if you don't have the [Identification] talent, you can see the basic information of any villager.
With just one thought, Ye Bai saw Carrie's basic information.
Character: Carrie
Identity: Baiye Villager
Level: 40
Occupation: Senior engineer, blasting expert
Physical strength: 100/100
Food: 100/100
Drinking water: 100/100
entertainment:-/-
Luxury goods: -/-
Personal hobbies: -/-
Loyalty: 60/100
Satisfaction: 100/100
This level 40 is quite powerful even in NPC towns, and they are all well-known professional mentors in big cities.
As for why a high-level professional like Carrie could appear in such a level 0 village, it was of course because Ye Bai had previously used the "mapping principle" to circle the initial territory next to the [Source Energy Crystal Mine].
The magic lies in the "suitable professional" of [Pioneer].
The so-called suitability means matching a professional who can utilize the most and best resource in the current territory.
A professional is a character who has mastered exclusive professional skills.
For example, although Ye Bai is now a divine-blooded person and a lord, she is not a professional and needs to change her job before becoming a professional.
Of course, there is a difference between life and combat in professions, but mastering life skills and becoming a professional are two different concepts. For example, players can learn basic life skills such as cooking, sewing, forging, etc. in NPC towns, but this skill has levels, and in the early stages, they can only produce ordinary white props.
Only when you reach a certain level and can add additional attributes to the items you make, and reach the level of excellent green props or above, can you be called a professional.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, others who use [Pioneer] can only match with a [Hunter] or [Fisherman] at most, but Ye Bai was matched with a [Senior Engineer] who can develop [Energy Crystal Minerals].
At the same time, the career system of Wanjie is not independent, but has systemic connections.
For example, a hunter who can reach the advanced level but has poor archery skills is a joke. So in addition to life professions like [Advanced Hunter], there are basically combat professions like [Archer].
So the Carly in front of us is a second-level life-related professional [Senior Engineer], and also has a first-level combat profession [Demolition Expert].
In fact, under normal circumstances, in the early stages of city construction, [Pioneer] is the most useless policy card among all.
Because professionals have strong abilities, their corresponding living requirements are also high.
Loyalty affects the villagers' execution of the lord's orders, and satisfaction affects their willingness to live. If the various requirements of the professionals cannot be met, their loyalty and satisfaction will decrease rapidly. When loyalty drops to 0, they will not listen to the lord's orders, and when satisfaction drops to zero, they will move out of the village directly.
However, Ye Bai is obviously not in a normal situation. Once the other three policy cards are buffed, the factors affecting loyalty and satisfaction are directly banned, and there is no place to drop them even if he wants to.
Before the policy card [Hardworking] disappeared, Ye Bai only needed to meet the food and water needs to make a high-level professional "willingly" stay in the territory and work for him!
Carrie's loyalty to Ye Bai was 60 at this point, and her cooperation was very high. After greeting him, she took the initiative to ask Ye Bai, "What can I do for you, Lord?"
Ye Bai pointed to the location of the energy crystal mine not far away: "Kari, I would like you to mine the energy crystals below for me. What resources do I need to prepare?"
Carrie was surprised when she heard this: "Lord, can you confirm that there is energy crystal ore there?"
"Of course... you wouldn't be here if you weren't sure."
The NPCs of the Ten Thousand Worlds were already a groundbreaking intelligence of that era. This holographic version of the Ten Thousand Worlds made Ye Bai feel that it was no different from communicating with real people. However, after experiencing the scenes of trading with the countless civilizations of the Star Alliance, Ye Bai's psychological endurance and acting skills had made a qualitative leap. Since he felt no difference, he could just treat them as real people and communicate with them.
After adjusting his expression, Ye Bai answered Carrie seriously: "Yes, I can confirm it."
Carrie looked around the now empty territory and, after a moment's deliberation, decided to trust Ye Bai. She nodded, "I understand. I can use gunpowder blasting to open the mine. My Lord, I need someone to dig the pilot tunnel and the chamber, clear the rubble... and finally, gather stones and clay to build a sealing stone wall."
The materials that Carly proposed were not difficult to obtain. She could make the most important gunpowder. Ye Bai needed to consume a lot of manpower in the early stage.
At this time, footsteps were heard nearby. It turned out that the other eight villagers had also arrived.
Ye Bai raised his eyebrows: This is just in time!
The villagers, both men and women, greeted Ye Bai with a greeting.
"Hello, Lord."
"Hello, welcome to Baiye Village." Ye Bai politely returned the greeting, then said sincerely, "Well, it's getting late, let's get to work now!"
“…”
I don’t know if the NPCs were cursing in their hearts, but with an initial loyalty of 60, everyone still carried out the tasks assigned by Ye Bai.
Ye Bai calculated that with the manpower of 8 villagers, plus herself, and at the maximum limit, without building a house first, they should be able to meet Carly's requirements within three days.
As for why Ye Bai was so anxious to mine the advanced energy materials in the later stages—
Because in a normal technological world, internal combustion engines need to be combined with machinery on other technology trees to function, but "Wanjie" is a fantasy world. Low-level energy cannot drive high-level items, but high-level energy can easily be compatible with low-level items.
Um... do you know about the internal combustion engine hoe?