Chapter 123
Ignoring the shocked devil, Ye Bai took Ottophis up the stairs and came to the office upstairs.
It was morning, and sunlight was pouring through the window of the mayor's office.
Ottoface looked at the various furnishings in the building with curiosity, and sniffed from time to time.
Ye Bai went upstairs and took a look at the small rooms of the diplomatic department, financial department, and public security department. After finding that there were no urgent issues that needed to be dealt with, he went to the first floor and opened the door of the mayor's office.
“Crack—”
With the sound of the door opening, the guards patrolling nearby and the residents passing by stopped.
"Yes, Lord!"
"The Lord is back?!"
It had been a long time since they had seen Ye Bai. When they saw the mayor's office open, they all showed surprise on their faces.
However, after the door opened, the first thing that appeared was a gray and white...donkey head.
This frightened the residents of the territory who were about to come forward to say hello. They suddenly stopped in their tracks and stayed where they were.
"Uh?"
Seeing this scene, a very human expression of doubt appeared on the donkey's face.
"What's wrong?"
The next moment, a familiar voice rang out from the residents of Baiye Town, and their respected and beloved lord walked out of the office door one step behind.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, cheered, and came forward to greet Ye Bai.
Ye Bai also introduced his new mount, Ottophis, to everyone.
Everyone immediately looked at Ottophis with admiration. Although it looked like an ordinary donkey, since it was chosen as a mount by the wise and powerful lord, it must be no ordinary donkey.
Besides, can an ordinary donkey’s face have such rich expressions?
After greeting the residents, Ye Bai saw that more and more people were gathering, so he quickly asked them to disperse.
But along with it also dispersed the news that the lord had returned from a long journey and brought back a magical donkey as a mount.
Farther away, there were several figures of players active in Bai Ye Town. Under the residents' accustomed gaze, they turned from physical entities into virtual entities, and went offline to report to their own civilization the news of Bai Ye's appearance in the territory.
Baiye, which has not exposed its civilization but has always been far ahead in territory and strength, has always been a special existence in the world. Even though the progress of other civilizations has gradually caught up with Baiye Town, there are still many civilizations that have spies specifically "keeping an eye on" it.
Bai Ye's whereabouts had been mysterious in the past, but he had never completely "disappeared" like this. At least there would be some side news about Bai Ye Town or a certain mysterious powerful person. Especially in such a golden period when other lords were developing rapidly, it was really hard to believe that a lord player from all realms could disappear for a whole month.
However, among galaxy-level civilizations, there are secret rumors that there have been unusual movements in the chaotic star sea recently, causing the intelligence departments of some civilizations to suspect that Bai Ye's game was "offline" because of the situation in reality.
This seems to further confirm the possibility that Bai Ye is an outlaw in the chaotic starry sea.
Blocking the star network is not something that can be achieved through conventional physical isolation. It requires affecting the individual's mental power, such as using a mental suppressor made of phantom magnetism, or situations where the physical or mental body is severely damaged in reality.
But just as this speculation was spreading, Bai Ye appeared in Bai Ye Town again after a game month.
It is conceivable that this news will set off an undercurrent in the intelligence fields of various civilizations.
Any activities of "White Night" in the territory would attract the attention of other civilizations. Ye Bai knew that the more cautious he was in this situation, the more speculation and investigation it would cause. He glanced at it without paying much attention, and came to the Tree of Creation not far from the mayor's office.
Now a wall has been built here, and it is also a warning area where players are prohibited from approaching.
In addition, there is an energy shield with a durability of one thousand points around the fourth-level Creation Tree. This shield will prevent all creatures except Ye Bai from approaching.
Ottophis, who had come along, kept looking around the Tree of Creation. Even the paper man, who had been observing silently, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement for the first time:
"What a miraculous creation...somewhat like the Tree of Life, yet very different."
Ye Bai smiled when he heard this. From the perspective of the amount of information, the Tree of Creation, which includes three technological routes and covers the entire infrastructure system, is probably of a higher magnitude than the Tree of Life.
Ye Bai passed through the translucent shield safely and reached out to touch the branches.
The detailed information of the territory appeared before her:
【White Night Town】
Lord: White Night
Current population: 342
Health: 94
Hygiene: 95
Entertainment: 99
Luxury goods demand: 100 (sugar, fine wine, furniture, fabrics, handicrafts)
Personal hobby needs: (4/16)
Happiness: 98
When Ye Bai was on her way to the God Realm, a new group of refugees arrived in Baiye Town, a total of 124 people. Naturally, she set the default setting to accept them. No lord in the Ten Thousand Worlds would refuse the refugees to join.
With sufficient supplies and complete facilities in Baiye Town, more than ten days after arriving, the reduction in various values brought by this group of newly arrived refugees has been completely absorbed by the territory, so that Ye Bai now sees that various values are even higher than before she left.
The value in the personal hobby needs column changed from 4 to 3 when Ye Bai checked it.
In Ye Bai's eyes, the players who come to Baiye Town for various purposes, in addition to selling equipment, have the greatest role to meet the personal hobby needs of the residents who emerge in the territory.
It’s no wonder that many players are vying to complete some of these tasks.
Because White Night Town is the richest territory among all player towns, its facilities and hardware can even be said to surpass any independently developed NPC town.
The higher the productivity of the territory, the higher the living standards of the residents. For the same type of tasks, issued by the NPC in White Night Town, the final rewards can be higher than those in other towns. Of course, a large number of players are willing to do it, and after completing it, they can spend it directly in the territory, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
It was a bit regrettable that Ye Bai's trip to the God Realm took too long, so much so that he missed the arrival of a traveling merchant. However, compared with the gains he gained in the God Realm, this loss was nothing.
On the [Development Strategy] page, a prompt has lit up:
The requirements for upgrading to a Level 5 territory are: a population of 320; the presence of a finance department, a public security department, and a diplomatic department; and the supply of at least three types of luxury goods. Currently, White Night Town has all of these requirements.
Ye Bai opened the lord rankings again, then raised his eyebrows in surprise.
As expected of a cosmic-level civilization, even after a month of no game attention, the territory ratings of the Ruilan Empire and the Kain Federation have grown astonishingly. Now the rating of Ruilan Village is 8592, followed closely by the rating of Luofei Village, which is 8223.
Both civilizations developed rapidly within one game month, with their ratings increasing by nearly 7,000.
After a little thought, Ye Bai realized that these two territories may have opened all the surrounding trade routes with the assistance of a large number of players.
——As they can command a large number of players, it is even easier for them to do this than Ye Bai.
After a large number of players have thoroughly explored the forces surrounding their territory, they can set out from their own territory, prepare two or three NPC villagers as a transport team, and then have a large number of players escort them. In this way, they can complete the opening of many trade routes in a very short time and obtain corresponding productivity bonuses.
In comparison, Baiye Town's current score is 25674. With the town-level productivity development, the productivity growth value is less than half of the two cosmic civilizations. In fact, judging from the score, the hardware conditions of these two territories should have been upgraded to the town level.
Ye Bai couldn't help but mutter, "Hmm... We need to speed up the development of our territory, otherwise the gap between us and other territories will be reduced to less than 10,000 points."
If Zeta and Ximo heard this, I wonder if they would curse.
Looking up and seeing that it was still early, Ye Bai decided to upgrade directly.
Level 4 to 6 is the town level. Each time you upgrade the territory, the monsters you encounter will correspond to the second level. There is no leap from town to city. Although they will be more powerful than the three-headed eagle last time, there will still be no BOSS above level 60.
With Ye Bai's current level of 60, she can handle second-order monsters from level 20 to level 40 by herself, not to mention the newly trained crossbowmen equipped with energy crossbows in the territory.
Of course, although the second-level BOSS should not be underestimated, there is another reason that cannot be ignored. After seeing many high-level monsters in the God Realm and assisting Kraken in killing a Purgatory Lord, Ye Bai's vision has changed somewhat.
Compared with the high-level monsters in the God Realm that are often level 50 or 60, the BOSS in the Ten Thousand Worlds, which are enlarged versions of wild animals, can be said to be docile and cute.
After confirming the upgrade, Ye Bai immediately received a system prompt of a monster attack.
The alarm bell was about to ring, so the residents of the town could be prepared.
The news of the Lord's return spread throughout Baiye Town faster than the ringing of the bell. Therefore, even after hearing the ringing of the bell, the residents of the territory were only surprised for a moment before continuing to do their work in an orderly manner, though their hands moved a little faster than usual.
In the military area where the barracks were being built, the new recruits who were being trained burst into excited cheers:
"Finally, I can go to the battlefield!"
"Long live the Lord!"
This behavior drew a round of laughter and scolding from the lord's guards and veteran soldiers who were serving as instructors: "Don't pee your pants when you see a monster!"
Ye Bai had assigned the tasks when he left. Thirty people were selected from the newly joined refugees for training. Now there are a total of ninety crossbowmen in Baiye Town, plus ten personal guards, which is exactly one hundred people. The military-civilian ratio is quite high.
However, in this fantasy setting with monsters, the higher this ratio is, the stronger the territory is. The productivity of other NPC towns cannot support so many soldiers. Player towns of other civilizations may be able to reach this ratio, but the cost is the labor of real players.
The happiness level in Baiye Town is very high, and the crime rate is relatively low. In terms of public security, there is nothing to worry about except being on guard against unruly players.
When Ye Bai left, he maintained a relatively cautious strategy for exploring the area around the territory and clearing out monsters. His daily routine consisted of clearing out the wild beasts that had been almost wiped out by the players nearby, which was quite lacking in challenges.
Upon learning that they would be fighting the siege monsters tonight, the soldiers in the barracks were ecstatic.
After doing all this, Ye Bai checked the special talents among the refugees who had joined when he was away. Then he left the Tree of Creation and went to his posts to check the attributes of these special talents so that he could reassign them suitable jobs.
Along the way, the news of Ye Bai's return had spread throughout the town, and the residents who met her greeted her nervously and excitedly.
Ottophis also received a wave of looks that said, "Is this the Lord's mount? How impressive!"
The territory satisfaction rate of 98 is something that cannot be achieved even in the NPC main city. Lord Ye Bai is deeply loved by the residents of Baiye Town.
Of course, in addition to the residents, Ye Bai also encountered several groups of players. However, since the captain of the guards, Blaise, had already followed her spontaneously, these players were stared at by him. Even though they were very curious, they just acted as paparazzi from a distance and "photographed" the newly appeared Ottophis.
Soon, the news that "Bai Ye seemed to have brought a donkey as a mount after his disappearance" appeared on Star Network News, which attracted a lot of discussion.
After a month of gaming, the average player is now around level 30. The few strong players with strength and resources at the forefront have reached level 40, but they are all stuck at changing jobs because level does not equal full strength in the Myriad Worlds.
Other players don't want Ye Bai to just add points when learning professional skills. They really want to learn them, so in addition to leveling up every day, they also have to spend time improving their skill mastery. Therefore, the highest level of players is at the bottleneck of level 40, and they need to accumulate strength to reach the second level through the job transfer task.
Interstellar players at this stage will naturally have access to the mount system in the Myriad Worlds. For example, the wildebeest raised in Ye Bai's territory is an excellent mount unit.
However, if you buy a mount directly from an NPC, it is not cheap in itself, and the subsequent breeding is also a money-eating beast. Before the first transformation, everyone was very poor. After the first transformation, only a very small number of players bought mounts, but they all felt a bit flashy.
If you try to tame one yourself, it would be difficult to find a mount with high attributes. Whenever Ye Bai encounters a group of wildebeests, he will compete with the merchant guild in speed.
What StarCraft players didn’t expect was that the big guy Bai Ye had been missing for a month. At least for now, the most obvious change was the arrival of a donkey mount... So, is there anything special about this donkey?
Although surrounded by onlookers along the way, Ottophis walked briskly, looking around curiously without showing any sign of stage fright.
It was not until Ye Bai arranged a new position for the last special talent and came to the bakery near the residential area that the aroma of baked bread mixed with the fragrance of fruit wood and milk wafted over.
"Ahhh!"
Ottoface suddenly let out a cry of surprise, his eyes sparkling at this moment, and he appeared at the door of the bakery in a flash, taking a bite of a basket of freshly baked bread on the window display.
The fat baker in the bakery immediately raised his eyebrows: "Whose is this--"
Halfway through his words, he saw Ye Bai rushing over and immediately smiled again: "Lord!"
"Well, this is my mount, and I'll buy this blue bread." Ye Bai took out a silver coin and bought the basket of freshly baked butter bread.
"Oh! So this is the Lord's mount!" The baker suddenly remembered the rumor he had heard before, and reacted. He quickly returned the money from Ye Bai and said, "No money, no money..."
Ye Bai directly threw the silver coin into the safe beside him: "I take it when I say so."
There is a quota of food supplied in the territory, and I need to spend money to buy anything beyond the quota, so the bakery is no longer like the original canteen, but has a semi-business nature.
Seeing that Ye Bai insisted on paying, the baker did not dare to disobey, so he started to add bread to the basket frantically, until it was full. He stopped only when Ye Bai stopped him, and Ottophis on the side grinned with satisfaction.
Seeing this, the baker also smiled happily: "It seems that it likes the bread I make very much!"
"Ah!" Ottophis immediately agreed.
Good boy, this scene can be regarded as a meeting of kindred spirits...
The corners of Ye Bai's mouth twitched slightly, but he suppressed his impulse and did not tell the baker that the donkey in front of him was the 'big shot from another world' she had mentioned before.
When leaving the bakery with Ottophis, it was jumping and skipping as it walked, looking very satisfied.
Ye Bai could understand it. After all, Ottoface used to eat cold bread. This kind of bread that was freshly baked and still hot must taste more fragrant.
Smelling the aroma of bread, Ye Bai also picked up one. Just as she was about to take a bite, she suddenly stopped.
Previously, influenced by the Kraken aura in the title of [Sea God Breeder], she had developed the habit of scanning her personal panel from time to time to check her physical strength, and then eating food to replenish her physical strength.
However, at this time, Ye Bai suddenly discovered that there was something wrong with his physical strength.
At a normal consumption rate, there should be about fifty to sixty points left at this time, but when Ye Bai looked again, there were still 123 points.
The next moment, the number in front of Ye Bai jumped and became 124 points, which was actually increasing instead of decreasing.
When Ottophis saw Ye Bai stop, he gave him a puzzled look. The paper man on the branch of life also asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Bai realized something and opened his title and found [Sea God Breeder]. The description above was slightly different from before: You are contaminated with the breath of Sea God Kraken and gain 'continuous devouring'.
The main body remains unchanged, still affected by the Kraken's aura, but the once 'eternal hunger' has turned into 'continuous devouring'.
The pet system that appeared inexplicably was very random. Ye Bai could only get her information when he saw Kraken. He thought it would be difficult to get her status later, but he didn't expect that it could be reflected from the title.
From the description of this title, it can be seen that Kraken is currently eating the large battery in the core of Purgatory.
While feeling relieved, Ye Bai couldn't help but speak with a strange look on his face:
"I don't think I'll ever be hungry again."
I thought I would need to replenish a lot of food in the future, but I didn't expect that the Kraken's breath would change with its own behavior. Now she is devouring the endless energy of the Purgatory Core. Although it is no longer a shared experience of killing, it is fed back to Ye Bai in another form.
Not only was he no longer hungry, Ye Bai no longer needed to sleep to replenish his energy in the game, and he could do more things in the same amount of time than before.
More importantly, these energies are automatically converted into increased experience points in small amounts.
Before, under the influence of the Kraken's aura, Ye Bai could become stronger by "eating", but now it is even more outrageous, it has become "getting stronger by "breathing".
What’s the difference between this and cheating?
To this, Ye Bai could only say that there was not much difference.
At the last stop, Ye Bai went to the blacksmith shop in the industrial area and found Felix working inside.
This red-haired boy with special bloodline was currently burning a fire by the furnace. Compared to other blacksmiths, he was closest to the fire, but compared to other blacksmiths who were sweating profusely from the heat, there was no sweat on his face, and his complexion was even a little pale.
Ye Bai took a look at the level and status of the blacksmith shop, and then was somewhat surprised to find that, except for Felix, the proficiency of other blacksmiths increased faster than she expected.
Compared to the tailor shop with the title, the blacksmith's proficiency improvement speed here is not much different.
Then Ye Bai looked at the exceptionally strong fire and realized the reason... It seemed that Felix, the "sunshine boy" in the physical sense, played a role.
Seeing Ye Bai coming, the blacksmiths all stopped working. She quickly asked them to continue working, then called the somewhat reserved Felix, and went to the herbal medicine house where Lucy was.
The half-step god-level snake demon lord Kedar left nothing in the mouth of Kraken, only a crystal containing a professional template. Ye Bai was not sure whether he could complete Felix's personal mission.
Ye Bai gave the Snake Demon Lord's crystal to Lucy, and she turned around and took Felix into the herbal medicine room and worked busily.
Not long after, Lucy came out.
Did you prepare the medicine so quickly?
Ye Bai stepped forward and asked curiously, "What's the situation?"
Lucy replied, "He drank it, so he should be fine."
"boom……"
Not long after, Ye Bai felt the air waves rolling in the herbal medicine house, and a familiar breath with the burning sensation of magma surged out. Ye Bai even vaguely saw the phantom of the Snake Demon Lord flash by.
Ye Bai couldn't help but gasp at this. He turned his head to look at Lucy, and seeing that she also looked surprised, he couldn't help but ask, "Really... no problem?"
"No problem! That's what you brought, Lord, so of course there's no problem!" Lucy affirmed.
Ye Bai felt something was wrong when he heard this: "Didn't you prepare the medicine?"
Lucy shook her head. "The crystal structure was intact and there was no way to change it. I simply added lubricant to help Felix swallow it."
Ye Bai: “…”
It turns out that sometimes having too high loyalty among your subjects can be a disadvantage.
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