Chapter 172
Originally, I thought that I had found a high-level talent and the matter was over. Unexpectedly, ten days later, when Ye Bai had just finished a dungeon with his men, I received a system prompt:
[Claire, a senior jeweler in your territory, had a sudden inspiration during her research and became a 'Jewelry Master'.]
[Hayden, a resident of your territory, had a sudden flash of inspiration while observing and became a 'Jeweler'.]
Then the server-wide announcement sounded again:
[Congratulations to Baiye City for training its second master-level professional! ]
Of course, there are also new achievement system prompts.
[You completed the achievement: Another Master Level]
[You obtain the title: Jewelry Hall]
This title is the same as the 'Tailor's Hall' that was obtained before. Its effect is to increase the attractiveness of special talents by 10%, and the attractiveness of special talents in jewelry and mining by 20%; the work efficiency of the territory jewelry store is increased by 50%; and the production level of the territory jewelry store is increased by 30%.
Ye Bai was immediately overjoyed. He had just found a senior jeweler, and in the blink of an eye, he was promoted to a master jeweler. How could he feel so embarrassed... No, she deserved it! After all, in all the worlds, she was the only one who could produce the fruit of the Tree of Life that existed in the Emerald Dream.
"It just so happens that this time I'm clearing the Purgatory dungeon..." Ye Bai immediately picked up a head-sized destruction crystal that exploded after he killed the BOSS, and happily went to the jewelry store where Claire was.
At this moment, Claire looked at the work she had just completed - a legendary bracelet made of magic source stone and mithril, full of mysterious style and personal ingenuity, and breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
During the years of being cursed, Claire could no longer make her favorite jewelry. Because of her weak physique, she could not even touch gemstone jewelry with energy. Now, with the pent-up inspiration bursting out, she not only completed this work, but also broke through her professional level.
The jewelry apprentices working in the jewelry store nearby were also admiring this masterpiece with fascination. The most talented of them, Hayden, had broken through his professional level by observing its production over the past few days and became the first locally trained junior jeweler in White Night City.
"Lord!"
At this moment, a greeting came from outside the door. Everyone woke up as if from a dream and greeted Ye Bai together. Claire stood up excitedly: "My Lord, I succeeded!"
"Great." Ye Bai walked forward with a smile and looked at the jewelry made by Claire -
【Magic Bracelet】
Level: Legend
Focus: 80
Charisma: 80
Special Effect - Spirit Absorption: Spell attacks can absorb 5% + (spell damage X0.2)% of the target's spiritual energy.
Special Effect - Magic Release: Gain psychic energy through the special effect of magic absorption.
Wearing requirements: Level 60 and above; psychic energy value greater than 2000.
Description: A pinnacle of jewelry craftsmanship, Claire, the maker, transforms the shadow of her former self into the shadow of the wearer's enemy.
Seeing the manufacturing structure of this bracelet, Ye Bai couldn't help but be stunned, and his eyes fell on Claire.
"Is this made of magic source stone?"
Claire blinked and smiled, "Yes."
After hesitating for a long time, Claire finally chose to use the magic source stone among the many gems in the White Night City treasury. The best way to break the shadow is to face it. During the days and nights eroded by the curse, what she thought about most was what she would do with the magic source stone if she could do it again.
Ye Bai nodded and understood the significance of Claire's choice.
Claire continued, "My Lord, I made this especially for you. It's my personal thank you gift."
"Thank you, I like it very much." Ye Bai didn't act pretentiously. He immediately picked up the equipment and thanked happily.
Now, among all her accessory slots, the head accessory, necklace, and waist pendant slots are equipped with [Perfect Mask], [Dragon Whistle], and [God King Treasure Key] respectively, leaving only one hand accessory slot empty.
Moreover, the special effects of this legendary bracelet can be called a magic artifact for magic professions. Magic Spirit Drain is an enhanced version of Ye Bai's professional skill [Magic Siphon]. Compared with the mana recovery effect obtained from spell damage, Magic Spirit Drain is more "harmful to others and beneficial to oneself", and can make the enemy with a shorter mana bar have its mana sucked out by Ye Bai at the first sight.
Ye Bai's reaction also made Claire very happy. She felt that all her hard work over the past few days had paid off.
"Oh right." Then, Ye Bai remembered something and took out the legendary Destruction Crystal he had just obtained from killing monsters from his backpack: "Look at this..."
Claire, who was just stretching to take a rest, had her eyes fixed on it and couldn't move away.
Several jewelry apprentices on the side looked at Ye Bai in awe. The Lord appeared. Sometimes he was like a god, sometimes like a devil. Now it was the latter...
Claire moved closer to the crystal and subconsciously picked up the single-lens magnifying glass hanging from her ear and clamped it between her eye sockets, wanting to observe it firsthand.
Suddenly, she paused, remembering her parents' warning that the Destruction Crystal was also a dangerous gem.
Seeing this, Ye Bai understood Claire's concerns and immediately took out a weakened version of the Tree of Life Fruit he had obtained after his skills had cooled down a few days ago from his backpack and handed it to her: "Don't worry about your research, there are more."
"……ah?"
Looking at the other emerald green magical healing treasure, Claire's eyes widened, her eye sockets relaxed, and the monocle on her face fell down, explaining with facts what "shocking" meant.
Claire's high-end jewelry store opened a few days later. White Night City's tourism business increased again. Students in full-time schools were about to graduate. The main upgrade conditions for the ninth-level territory were void capture devices and top-level combat units. Now that they were met, it would be possible to upgrade to the ninth-level territory in one go.
In the following time, Ye Bai handled daily work in the territory while waiting for the territory to meet the upgrade conditions. After the upgrade, he would go to the God Realm to open the treasure house.
However, during this process, the mysterious star mission on the jade terminal was refreshed again.
C-level mission
Mission content: Facilitate the migration of prefecture-level civilizations
Mission target: C-level or above psychics
Mission Rewards: 3,000 points or one Star Technology for successful migration; 500 points will be deducted for failed migration; the standard of success is to successfully migrate more than 50% of the civilized population of the planet.
Special requirements: You need to disguise yourself and hide, and you must not reveal your alien origin
Mission time limit: 240 hours
Current number of users: 0/5
After returning to reality, Ye Bai's expression changed slightly when he saw the new C-level mission that appeared in the mission area. It was completely different from the last time. It had been more than an hour since the C-level mission was released, and the number of people who could accept it was not high, but no one accepted it.
The last time we closed the wormhole, it was a B-level mission, and a large number of powerful people from the Chaos Star Sea took it up, and the number limit was quickly reached. This time, it was a C-level mission, and the reward was not bad either. If this situation occurred just because points would be deducted for failure, then this mission must not be easy to complete.
The mission is to facilitate the migration of local civilization...Ye Bai looked thoughtful.
If the standards of the Chaos Star Sea are consistent with those of the Star Alliance, then an Earth-level civilization refers to a civilization that cannot break through the current galaxy and cannot complete interstellar voyages. The former Blue Star had not yet reached that technology in Ye Bai's era, so it was considered an Earth-level civilization.
It was not until later that the impending meteorite was discovered through astronomical telescopes that a technological explosion occurred on the blue planet in the face of crisis, breaking through the long-standing technological barriers to long-distance space travel.
Terrestrial civilizations do not reach the level of civilization according to the Star Alliance standards and adopt a non-interference attitude. That is, even if the Star Alliance has already discovered the civilization, it will not reveal its existence, but let it develop freely. Whether it takes the right path or goes astray, or encounters any disaster, it will only record it and will not interfere.
It is not until that civilization is destroyed or enters the interstellar age that people will discover that the universe is actually so "lively" just like primitive people entering a social environment.
Before this, no matter where a civilization goes, the civilizations under the Star Alliance will not interfere with their development process, just like the Blue Planet in the past. When the civilization was almost extinct, no aliens came to save it. This is the most recognized morality in the entire universe.
Of course, since it is moral, it is on the surface, and there may still be immoral individuals or forces in reality.
From this perspective, the Chaos Star Sea is indeed a camp of outlaws, and the mission content clearly violates the morality of the universe, but from the perspective of empathy, the specific content carries a certain meaning of salvation.
Could it be that the Church of the Stars was actually quite good? Ye Bai's intuition didn't seem to agree.
However, Ye Bai has no personal preference for the two philosophies. It doesn't matter which one she chooses. After all, she no longer has any civilization to belong to.
Moreover, Ye Bai was very curious about the situation in the Chaos Star Sea and the Church of the Stars. With the points earned from the last trip and the historical tour, she could definitely afford the cost of failure...
While thinking, Ye Bai saw that the number of people who accepted this task finally changed from 0 to 1, and entered the final ten-minute countdown, so he no longer hesitated and chose to accept it.
[Evaluation in progress...]
【User star rating meets the access conditions.】
Mission Location: Cosmic Coordinates 89.79.755
[Technology that meets the requirements of interstellar navigation has been sent, please activate it yourself]
While confirming the success of the mission, Ye Bai, like last time, also received a mission-related navigation technology. It was obvious that the mission was well prepared, and the focus was on how to facilitate the collective migration of the planet without exposing his identity.
After carefully checking the technical content, Ye Bai was a little surprised, because this technology was not the advanced long-distance navigation technology of the current interstellar era, but a basic technology that she could fully understand with her current knowledge reserve, which just fits the step of Earth-level civilization into interstellar civilization.
It seems that the mission was specially prepared with technology that matches the technological level of this planet.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and Ye Bai saw that the number of people accepting the task increased from 2 to 3 until the last second before the deadline.
It seems that this mission is really unpopular... Shaking his head, Ye Bai left the Ether Laboratory, then activated the micro wormhole attached to the mission, and crossed over to the mission location on the other side.
In the night hemisphere of Teda Star, a miniature wormhole appeared out of thin air on the vast and empty ocean. Then, a figure whose specific appearance could not be seen clearly stepped out and stood steadily in the air.
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