Chapter 72
This day was originally an ordinary day for StarCraft players.
Nearly forty game days have passed since the large-scale influx of official players. The level of the mainstream player troops has reached level 20. Many quick-acting ones have completed their job transfers and begun further exploration of the world.
In addition to starting in the wilderness, players who aspire to become lords also leave the town after changing their jobs and immediately start to open up the wilderness.
Most of these first lords were not lone players, but had civilized forces behind them. Moreover, they did not open up the land alone, but gathered resource reserves before level 20, brought real-life subordinates with them, and directly participated in the construction of the territory.
Yehe Village, which belongs to the Yehe civilization and was established by government departments, is welcoming a new day.
Huanlu is the village chief of Yehe Village and the Prime Minister of Yehe Civilization.
Compared to other civilizations that started in the wilderness one after another, the Yehe civilization, as one of the first civilizations to discover the Ten Thousand Worlds on the Star Network, has a different perspective on the game world.
Instead of wasting research resources on the wilderness start, which only gave them the advantage of establishing a territory earlier, it was better to take the route of accumulating strength over time. They simply gave up on refreshing the wilderness start and chose to learn from Bai Ye, waiting to establish a territory after reaching level 20.
Thinking of this, Huanlu opened the [Lord Ranking] which only lords could see.
Now, the names of new territories are added to the list every day. In just one or two days, the number of names on the list has increased rapidly, from more than one hundred to more than one thousand, and is still increasing at a rate of several per second.
The universe is so vast. There are tens of millions of civilizations in the Star Alliance, and each civilization has more than one lord. Soon this ranking list will become very long.
No one cares about the names of the newly added territory lords at the back, but the ones at the front will always be noticed——
Especially the one who ranked first.
Baiye/Baiye Village/Territory Rating: 14976
Huanlu looked at the two names below.
Zeta/Rui Lan Village/Territory Rating: 345
Ximo/Luofei Village/Territory Rating: 267
What exactly is the situation in Baiye Village and why is the territory rating so high? This has become one of the mysteries of the interstellar world to this day.
After the players reached level 20 one after another and received help from real people, the ratings of Ruilan Village and Luofei Village began to soar like a rocket compared to before, but the sum of their ratings was still not even a fraction of the three-digit rating of Baiye Village. There was even a special team conducting research and analysis to try to figure out the reason.
The Yehe Civilization also has agents registered on Blue Star. Now, after changing their jobs, they have begun to take action, entering the wilderness to search for the location of Baiye Village. And they are not the only civilization doing this.
As a result, in the Blue Star region, which originally had few registered interstellar players, there are no players who play Overlord seriously. The mainstream players are all adventurers, and their backgrounds are more or less related to civilization. After all, if they want to manage the territory well, they will of course choose their own planet.
Huanlu found the score of Yehe Village, which has now reached 85 points. They established the territory in two game days, but have achieved what Zeta had accomplished when he upgraded his territory on the 20th game day.
Of course, a large part of the score comes from the bonus of the first trade route.
In addition, the starting speed of job change is much faster than that of wilderness start.
Long before they changed their jobs, personnel from various departments of the Yehe civilization had begun to collect supplies in a targeted manner. Just like when Ye Bai returned from Melo City, they led the supplies to the wilderness and found a suitable location to enclose land.
After the territory is opened, most of the work such as collecting resources and hunting for food does not need to be done by the villagers who join the territory. The villagers only need to use resources to build various buildings and work in the buildings. Other "hard work" that is relatively not a formal job can be done by the players.
A large number of players who follow orders are plug-ins for interstellar civilizations, representing additional productivity and additional resources. The only thing that limits the rapid upgrading of their territory is population and productivity.
Because the number of players in the territory and their work efficiency are not included in the territory's population and technology tree productivity, only the resources harvested by the players can actually be placed in the territory warehouse.
At this pace, other civilizations should be able to catch up quickly and wipe out the advantages of the isolated Bai Ye. In the eyes of most civilizations in the Star Alliance, Bai Ye may be able to mobilize small forces in the chaotic starry sea, but it is definitely not as powerful as the foundation of a civilization.
Although this is over 10,000 points... as long as everyone is willing to work hard, they will catch up sooner or later!
Looking at the thriving territory, Huanlu thought in his heart.
Just at the next moment, an announcement was made to the entire server.
The entire galaxy was in an uproar again, especially the more than a thousand new lords who had just occupied their territory.
What the hell is a master level?! No territory has a junior professional these days! How did Bai Ye train one?!
The server-wide announcement had only appeared three times before, announcing that the top three lord players would be able to obtain titles that increase population attractiveness and the probability of the appearance of special talents. Now it is the fourth one, and it is related to Bai Ye.
The shocked Lord players all opened the Lord Rankings at the same time:
Baiye/Baiye Village/Territory Rating: 19056
The direct surge of more than 4,000 points made the other lords instantly realize the value of a "master-level professional".
It has only been more than 10 game days since the last appearance of a person suspected to be Bai Ye, and the news has not completely cooled down, but now the news about her has once again become the hottest in the universe.
[What is the level of a master professional? 】
Does Bai Ye have a special method for cultivating talents?
[Guin Civilization Asks Bai Ye for a Large Amount of Money to Purchase Strategy]
If this part of the traffic could be monetized, Ye Bai would have been rich enough to rival a celebrity.
While the other lords were still filled with surprise, doubt, speculation, and disbelief, Zeta and Ximo were exceptionally calm...
After all, the two had seen the Lords Ranking earlier and were already "well-informed".
They were already shocked when the Baiye Village rating inexplicably soared by 10,000 more than ten game days ago.
It’s only 4,000 points now, I’m used to it.
"Although I've grasped the key points, the techniques involved in fabric making are extensive and profound, and I haven't fully grasped them. Besides, your tailor shop is too low-level and lacks many tools. I'll wait until you upgrade your tailor shop to a high-level one before I start working there."
After confirming that she would stay in Baiye Village, Dilina began to make requests to Ye Bai:
"Let me be clear first, when the time comes, neither salary nor store dividends can be reduced."
"Hehe... Of course no problem!" Ye Bai agreed immediately. The achievement Dilina gained by upgrading the territory was worth the price of this mission, not to mention that she was a master tailor, the pinnacle of professionals. In other territories, just to let her stay in the territory would require a large sum of money, and every time she took action, she would have to pay extra money.
Now asking for salary and store dividends means that Dilina, who has completed her personal tasks, is like Lucy and other villagers who have been trained from scratch. She is not even paying taxes and opening a store in Baiye Village, but working for the lord Ye Bai.
"Oh, right!" Ye Bai took out the [Nightwear Blueprint] that he had been keeping in his backpack. "I'm planning to mass-produce this in my territory soon. Can you give me some advice?"
The guidance does not mean that Dilina should be wasting her talents on making night clothes, but it is equivalent to sharing her master aura, which can provide all-round bonuses in production speed, success rate and quality to other workers in the tailor shop.
Coupled with the title of the territory itself, the weaving industry chain took off directly.
Dilina took the blueprint, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then put it down. She nodded and agreed, "It's not complicated. Calvin has become a professional, so he should be able to produce something of rare quality."
Ye Bai smiled happily after hearing this: "Then I'll leave it to you!"
Blue rare-grade equipment is one level higher than green excellent-grade equipment, and the selling price can be directly tripled to that of green equipment.
Under Dilina's guidance, the production speed was indeed very fast. Not long after, Ye Bai obtained two night clothes produced by the tailor shop:
Nightwear
Level: Rare
Defense: 20
Resistance: 20
Speed: 10
Equipment requirements: Speed 20
Special Effect - Night Travel: When equipped at night, gain 20% damage bonus and 15% movement speed bonus.
Special Effect - Stealth: When equipped at night, the enemy warning range is reduced by 5 meters.
Nightwear
Grade: Excellent
Defense: 15
Resistance: 15
Speed: 5
Equipment requirements: Speed 15
Special Effect - Night Travel: When equipped at night, gain 15% damage bonus and 10% movement speed bonus.
Compared to the excellent grade, the rare grade night clothes have an important stealth effect and more bonuses in attributes.
Also under Dilina's guidance, Calvin, who was already a professional, produced a rare grade, and another tailor who had not yet reached full proficiency produced an excellent grade.
Holding the newly made and still warm high-quality nightgown, Ye Bai went to the merchant guild in the territory.
"Greetings, Lord!"
Luca, the administrator currently working in the Merchant Guild, immediately came over and greeted Ye Bai.
Luca was the only person working in the first-level merchant guild. It looked like a simple warehouse, empty at the moment, with no supplies. The only eye-catching thing inside was a blackboard in the center that was one meter high and two meters wide, with a weight scale and several carts placed beside it.
Ye Bai glanced over and asked Luca, "Have any merchants come here recently?"
Luca shook his head regretfully: "No."
Staring at the blackboard, Ye Bai had an idea, and a transaction page unfolded in front of her.
The blackboard is a magical item provided by the Merchant Guild. You can write down the territory's purchase and sale of supplies on it, stating the price and quantity. If a merchant from the guild is willing to sell or buy, he will bring the supplies to the territory to trade.
Before leaving, Ye Bai set the purchase price of grain and basic tools here according to the market price. As expected, without adding extra price, no caravan came to trade.
Of course, the more important reason was that Ye Bai had not set anything on the sales page, and had nothing to show off to attract the caravan.
After all, a caravan's trade trip is a round trip. If they only sell supplies without buying anything to take back and sell, their profit margin will be greatly reduced.
Moreover, there are certain differences between trade items and retail goods. Trade items are all bulk transactions, and the main focus is standardized wholesale.
Previously, the only items that could be traded in Ye Bai's territory were various foods and resources. Ye Bai would give priority to supplying these things for territory construction, and if he did not lower the price, he would not be able to attract caravans. The only thing suitable to sell was source energy crystals.
However, the Well of Origin had just been built, and there were not enough in the territory. Moreover, the Source Energy Crystal was an eye-catching strategic resource. Ye Bai did not want to expose it to the public through the Merchant Guild, so it was naturally impossible for him to sell it.
But now things are different with the production of night clothes.
Ye Bai put the fine-grade nightgown on the guild's sales column, priced at 1 silver coin and 50 copper coins per piece. This is a relatively cheap wholesale price. Normal nightgowns can be sold for around 1 silver coin and 70 to 80 copper coins, and the retail price can be raised to 2 silver coins.
However, Ye Bai's current goal is to attract caravans to clear out the stock. The current tailor shop produces only basic-level high-quality equipment. Calvin, a true professional, can already produce blue equipment with the bonus effect.
In addition to Calvin, there are four tailors with rapidly increasing proficiency in the tailor shop. Once they all become professionals, they will be able to produce blue-quality equipment stably.
Therefore, in Ye Bai's eyes, these high-quality night clothes are used to improve his proficiency. He sells them at a low price to recover funds and prepare for the next salary payment after the territory is upgraded to the town level.
As for the rare level? Need I tell you?
——Of course, it will be sold to players at a high price!
Ye Bai calculated the time and found that the mainstream player level should be around level 20. Soon, players on the Blue Star server should discover Baiye Village.
Ye Bai's prediction was not wrong. On the second game day, five players from Melo City explored the wilderness.
After passing a plain grassland and climbing over a hill, they saw a village in front of them. It was estimated that the village was more than a kilometer in diameter and was well-organized and full of vitality.
"Found a town? Good time to go resupply and buy some food."
Because it developed so much, the five players with agent backgrounds did not think of it as a player town at the beginning.
However, soon, when they stepped onto the dirt road leading to the village, a system prompt sounded.
[You have entered the territory of 'White Night Village', current faction favorability: Neutral (0)]
"What?!"
The five players paused and looked at each other, their eyes conveying shock, ecstasy, excitement and other strong emotions, everything was self-evident.
——It’s a big deal!
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