Chapter 139
With the help of a number of legendary fish materials and the skill of deception, Ye Bai completed the "persuasion" of the deputy minister of the Chaos Society and obtained the right to purchase the first-level Chaos School knowledge and subsequent high-level knowledge.
Then Ye Bai immediately used the teleportation array in Landu City to teleport to the main city of the Alchemy School, Larn City, and entered the Alchemy Society to repeat the same trick.
Compared with the School of Magic and the School of Chaos, Ye Bai's process of purchasing knowledge in the Alchemy Society was smoother, because the Alchemy School focused on experiments and the society needed a lot of sponsorship support. The role that gold coins could play in the Alchemy School exceeded that of the other two schools.
If Ye Bai doesn't use the cheating skill, he can continue to spend money to get the high-level NPC of the Alchemy School to agree. This is the easiest school of knowledge for players to obtain in the early stages.
Ye Bai quickly used his money to acquire the first-level knowledge of the two schools and went on a shopping spree in the two cities.
They are mainly various special medicines to deal with the plague, including the spraying disinfection aircraft in the Alchemy Main City, the concentrated epidemic special medicine in the Chaos Main City, and various high-end materials such as moonstone, fire gold, obsidian... etc. that will be used in high-end buildings.
After spending a lot of high-end goods, Ye Bai spent more than a thousand gold coins, and her wealth as the "richest person in the world" shrank by a quarter.
Finally, Ye Bai organized a new caravan with a large amount of supplies.
This time, Ye Bai's treatment in the Merchant Guild changed.
After seeing Ye Bai's order, the staff member opposite him paused with a standard smile, then said to Ye Bai with even more enthusiasm and respect, "Dear guest, your transaction volume in the Merchant Guild has reached the highest standard this time. Our Merchant Guild will provide a team of ground dragons to transport your goods free of charge."
Apart from a few disinfection aircraft in the Alchemy Main City, Ye Bai purchased all other large quantities of supplies from the Merchant Guild in Landu City. Although there were only more than 60 cargo boxes of supplies in total, the value of the supplies inside was extremely high. Even in a merchant guild in a main city, such large-scale transactions were rare.
At the same time, the business level of Baiye Town was suddenly upgraded from the previous level two to level three, almost level four.
Ye Bai's consumption this time alone was higher than the total transaction volume after the opening of the territory to trade.
In the fantasy background world, the value difference between high-level items and ordinary items is so great that some of the resources that Ye Bai was able to gain by entering the divine realm in advance would be almost extinct treasures in the lower-level worlds.
This is why Ye Bai was able to make up for the collective efforts of a large number of players in Interstellar Civilization with his own strength.
"But..." Ye Bai was a little surprised: "Earth Dragon?"
"Yes." The staff member opposite nodded and smiled proudly: "This is the top transportation and escort team of our Merchant Guild."
At this time, Ye Bai finally thought of something, and then nodded with a slightly strange expression.
"Huff..."
Ye Bai was led by the staff to a clearly different high-end cargo area. All the purchased goods had been neatly packed in reinforced cargo boxes. In the open space on the side, twenty "ground dragons" with a body length of three to five meters were brought here.
When Ye Bai placed his insight on these large creatures with pale yellow scales, similar to monitor lizards, he gained information.
【Ground Dragon Beast】
Level: 50
HP: 40000/40000
Status: Domesticated
The creature called "earth dragon" by the staff is actually an "earth dragon beast", which is completely different from the undead earth dragon that Ye Bai had seen in the divine realm. The latter contains the true blood of an ancient dragon and is an absolute third-level BOSS template creature.
The former has an additional word "beast" in its name compared to the Earth Dragon, and is the product of the melting pot of the Chaos School. Apart from a slight resemblance in name and appearance, the two can be said to have no relationship at all.
Of course, as a tamed mount, the Terran Draco is very practical and powerful. It is a mid-level second-order monster, and its health value shows that it is an elite monster template.
The ground dragon transport team is not only for transportation, but also for protection. The knights on each ground dragon are all elite warriors of the merchant guild at levels 50 to 60. The two together are already top-level troops of the third tier.
"We're ready to go." The Dragon Knights' captain was very enthusiastic about Ye Bai, a VIP customer who spent thousands of gold coins at once. Seeing her eyes set on the Earth Dragon Beast, he approached and asked, "My dear employer, would you like to ride a Earth Dragon? Don't worry, Lalei is the most docile of them all."
"I have a mount..." The Terra Dragon Beast is just stronger and runs faster, but it can't fly. Ye Bai is not very interested in it. Just as he was about to refuse to ride on Ottophis, he heard a familiar donkey's bray.
"Ahhh!"
Ye Bai looked in the direction of the cry and saw that the inconspicuous Ottophis had run to the front of a team at some point. With a cry, it actually jumped onto the back of the largest and highest-level ground dragon beast among them.
Ye Bai: “?”
The captain of the guard asked her if she wanted to ride the Terradragon, not you!
The captain of the guards, upon seeing this, immediately changed his expression: "Donkey? Konota... dangerous!"
Kono is the main mount of the guard captain. Unlike his secondary mount Lalei, Kono has the worst temper in the entire ground dragon team. Not to mention taking the initiative to provoke, even the strongest guard captain sometimes has to work hard to suppress it.
At this time, as the gray-white donkey nimbly jumped onto Kono's broad back, Kono's thick and sharp claws began to grab the ground and move, a stream of foul air spewed out of his nose, and at the same time a circle of leather crown like an umbrella opened behind his head.
This state only occurs when the Terradramon is extremely excited. Seeing this, the captain of the guard and the surrounding knights became tense and drew their swords from their waists, ready to step forward to suppress it - it was obvious that the donkey's actions had made Kono furious.
And as Kono changed, the other ground dragon beasts next to it also began to become agitated, with their leather crowns unfolding one after another, and it seemed that the entire ground dragon beast team was about to enter a state of chaos.
"Uh?"
However, at this moment, the donkey, which was standing on Kono's back and seemed to be in a completely out of condition, let out a questioning cry.
But then, something magical happened.
Following Ottophis's shout, Kono's erected leather crown stiffened for a moment, then suddenly and quickly retracted and obediently put behind his head. Not only him, but also the other ground dragon beasts that were in chaos did the same.
The guard knights who were all prepared to suppress the riot through a battle were all stunned and looked at the scene in disbelief.
The twenty ground dragon beasts returned to silence, even quieter than before, as if what had just happened was an illusion.
After a moment, the captain of the guard finally reacted. He looked at the donkey standing on Kono's back, then turned around and looked at Ye Bai who was narrating, with a look of "what happened" written all over his face.
In response, Ye Bai could only explain with a blank expression, "...It's my mount, a... um, a magical donkey."
Magic donkey?
The guards chewed over the name and looked at the donkey, who seemed to have been completely accepted by the ground dragon beasts.
——Although it sounds outrageous, it is indeed "magical".
In the end, Ottophis just played curiously on the back of the Terradragon for a while, and then obediently came to be Ye Bai's mount.
The ground dragon beasts are extremely fast, and have the most fundamental difference from other transport teams in opening up trade routes.
Other transport teams, including the wildebeest transport team, still had to "walk" to open up trade routes, but the ground dragons completely opened the way, like a team of brave and unmatched tanks. As long as there were no lakes or mountains ahead, they would crush through them in a straight line.
This efficiency is faster than any previous time Ye Bai opened up a trade route.
Even though the distance between Landu City and Baiye Town is the farthest among the three main cities, the ground dragon beasts are faster than wildebeests and can continue to travel at night. Using the standard "straight-line distance" to open the road, it only took Ye Bai a day and a half to see a black dot in the distance.
That is the city wall belonging to Baiye Town.
Outside the city wall of Baiye Town, Felix led a group of fully armed soldiers to guard the city gate. All the soldiers, including Felix, had bloodshot eyes and looked extremely tired but trying hard to stay awake.
Next to them, there was an apprentice from the herbal medicine shop assisting them in their work.
Every person and item that wants to enter the inner city must undergo strict inspection and be fumigated with special herbs before being allowed to pass.
At this time, Baiye Town was divided into two areas by city walls and gates.
Many jobs that needed to be done outside the city walls were reduced to a minimum, and residents working in the inner city were also in a state of depression. Many residents infected with the plague took herbs and rested at home.
At the same time, in the refugee camp outside the city gate, the air was filled with the smell of herbs.
A plague has spread throughout the refugee camp. More than three hundred refugees here have all been infected with the disease. The only difference is that those with mild symptoms can still move around, while those with severe symptoms can only lie in bed.
The refugee camp itself can serve as a temporary place to accommodate the population, but now it houses more than 300 refugees infected with the disease. It is already completely overloaded. Many patients can no longer stay and can only rest on the open space next to it using piles of hay.
The players who once were active in White Night Town have basically disappeared.
The epidemic in White Night Town came suddenly and fiercely, breaking out when the second wave of refugee reception project was completed.
It was Lucy who decisively proposed closing the city gates and strictly controlling entry and exit, which barely brought under control the epidemic that had infiltrated the residential areas within White Night Town and maintained the operation of various important infrastructure within the territory.
But outside the city gates, the plague broke out extremely quickly among the refugees recruited in the refugee camps, causing it to spread throughout the entire area within a day.
In this case, the players active in White Night Town were cleared out - because players can also be infected by the plague. Like NPCs, after players are infected with the plague, they will gain a persistent negative infection state and lose health points until they die.
The difference is that as a player with divine blood, they have excellent physical fitness and can easily cure the plague by taking relevant herbs. As long as they are not infected again, they will be fine; or they can die directly from the plague, and the disease will disappear after rebirth.
When an NPC below level 10 is infected, the treatment efficiency is far lower than that of a player, and it takes a certain amount of time to recover. If they die from the disease, they are truly dead.
However, no one wants to lose health or be forced to look for herbs for no reason. After the epidemic broke out and White Night Town was closed to the outside world, the players who used to be active here basically disappeared. They all moved to other towns. Only some players came from afar every day to pay attention to the situation due to tasks assigned by the civilization.
The lack of player activities only affects income and personal hobbies, and will not have a huge impact on the operation of White Night Town.
What was really bad was that after the outbreak of the disease, the merchants who were originally going to come here to trade turned back after hearing the news. Baiye Town became an "isolated island". The herbal medicine reserves in the territory were rapidly consumed, and because there was no effective replenishment channel, it fell into a state of emergency.
All industries in Baiye Town are operating urgently, and the busiest one is the medical industry.
Among the previous batch of special talents, two were suitable for medical careers and had been assigned by Ye Bai to work in the herbal medicine shop.
In addition to the highest-level herbal remedy where Lucy worked, two new herbal remedies were built in White Night Town, with six, four, and four staff members working at full capacity respectively.
But in the face of the plague, even with this full staffing situation, the medical profession is completely insufficient.
After all, even if Ye Bai had made an emergency plan before changing jobs, she didn't expect that she would be unable to go online for more than an in-game month.
"Why……"
“Woo…”
The refugee camp was filled with the strong smell of herbs and the lamentations of the patients.
Lucy, fully armed with gloves and a mask, was walking in this area. She had just pulled a critically ill patient back from the brink of death. Then she walked to the basin next to her and washed her hands carefully. Suddenly, she felt a flash in front of her eyes and fell straight down.
"Teacher!" The herbalist apprentice next to him saw this scene and immediately ran forward to help Lucy up.
Turning the extremely talented herbalist over, the apprentice saw through the gap in the mask that Lucy's skin was red. Before even touching her, he could already feel the high heat from her skin and breath.
"The teacher is still infected... We need to report the news to Carly, Dilina, and Blaise."
The apprentice carried Lucy on his back and hurried to the city gate.
Felix saw the figure of the herbalist apprentice, then looked at the person on his back, and his face suddenly changed: "Sister Lucy is also infected?"
"Yes, I want to send the teacher for treatment, and also tell the adults in the city as soon as possible!" the apprentice said anxiously.
Seeing this, the soldiers nearby turned around and entered the inner city without saying anything.
"Don't come near, or you'll be infected." The apprentice immediately stopped Felix from approaching.
But Felix shook his head and said firmly: "Don't worry, I will be fine. I am in good physical condition now."
"Who says people with good physiques won't be infected..."
"Lida, put me down, I can't go in." At this moment, Lucy's voice on their back interrupted their conversation.
Upon hearing this, the apprentice said anxiously: "Teacher, you are infected!"
Lucy weakly raised her head from the back of her apprentice, Lida. "It's because I'm infected that I can't go back. The epidemic in the city has been brought under control. I'm a new patient, and going in would risk infecting others."
"But Sister Lucy, you are the most powerful herbalist in our territory..."
Felix wanted to go forward and support Lucy, but she waved him off. "I understand. I'll try my best to heal myself... Felix, don't come close. Even if I can't infect you, the plague can spread to others through your contact. There aren't many warriors left who haven't been infected."
"Lida, let's go back."
"Yes..." The female apprentice who was half a head taller than Lucy sighed and helped Lucy back to the refugee camp.
And next to the watchtower near the mayor's office not far behind the city wall.
Carly and Blaise had already received news from the warriors that Lucy was infected. Not long after, Dilina, whose hair was a little messy than usual, also walked quickly towards the tailor shop.
"How's the situation? The latest batch of protective clothing is already being rushed out. It will take some time to meet the doctors' requirements."
Blaise said solemnly, "Lucy is infected."
Dilina was stunned for a moment, then she pressed her forehead: "How could this happen... What can we do now?"
"We have to make a choice."
The one who spoke was Carrie, who had been silent all the time.
"Choice? You mean..." Dilina and Blaise both looked at Carly.
Carly is the senior professional who has followed the Lord for the longest time and has always enjoyed the Lord's trust.
Even though she didn't seem to be appointed as the captain of the personal guard like Blaise, in charge of military affairs, and her rank was not as high as that of the master tailor, the other two knew that in terms of qualifications and status among all professionals, no one could surpass Carrie. Every time the lord was about to go on a long journey, the general arrangements for the territory were handed over to her.
Carrie exhaled heavily. This usually cheerful woman said with difficulty, "Yes, abandon the seriously ill new refugees outside the city and protect the residents in the city who are recovering."
Blaise pursed his lips and said dryly, "But the refugee camp was arranged by the Lord..."
Carrie closed her eyes. "Yes, I will take full responsibility. I don't want the Lord Mayor to return to find White Night Town ravaged by the plague... Right now, it's no longer a matter of choice. There isn't a single load of herbs left in the warehouse."
After these words were spoken, the three of them fell silent.
A good cook cannot cook without rice. The herbs are all used up. Even if Lucy is not infected, the current stalemate will not bring any improvement, but the collective destruction of the entire White Night Town.
Unless - a miracle happens, the Lord can appear at this time.
'Miracle' and 'The Lord's Return' were the same thing in the minds of several people.
Although in reality, what Baiye Town needs at this time is not Lord Ye Bai, but the three people present all believe that when the Lord appears, all the problems before them will be solved.
Suddenly, tiny drops of cold liquid fell on the skin of the three people.
"Is it...raining?"
Carly, Dilina, and Blaise all looked up subconsciously, and immediately realized that it was not rain, but coming from the sky. One, two, three... nine, more than ten flying aircraft were obviously created by the alchemy school.
Carrie, who belonged to the alchemy school, was stunned for a moment, and quickly recognized these aircraft from the smell of the spray.
"Spraying disinfectant aircraft?"
This is an alchemical device made by the alchemy school that can effectively prevent the spread of disease.
"How come this thing of unknown origin wasn't shot down..." Blaze had already tensed up immediately, but after hearing Carrie's words, he stopped in surprise and asked, "What disinfection... aircraft?"
“Wow!!”
The next moment, Ti heard a burst of extremely excited voices outside the city.
The captain of the guards was still sluggish and hadn't reacted. Carrie and Dilina had already guessed the reason, and their expressions had changed at this moment. Relief, excitement, relief... all these emotions were combined into one sentence:
"It's the Lord who has returned."
When he looked at Baiye Town from afar, he saw that the situation was not good. The smoke of herbs filled the entire outer city. Ye Bai's heart skipped a beat, knowing that his territory might have fallen into the plague.
In this situation, the anxious Ye Bai rode Ottophis and accelerated. Under the incredible gaze of the ground dragon beast team, he left the team ahead and went ahead alone, leaving the ground dragon beast, which was already extremely fast, far behind.
As soon as he arrived in the territory, Ye Bai flew the two sets of disinfectant spraying aircraft in his backpack to Baiye Town one by one, focusing on spraying in places where people gathered in the inner and outer cities to control the epidemic.
Felix, the guard, was surprised to see the flying vehicles all over the sky and thought there was an enemy attack.
But the next moment, he saw Ye Bai's familiar figure.
The newly arrived refugees were still confused, but the guarding soldiers and medical staff, after a brief moment of surprise, burst into cheers of extreme relief:
"The Lord is back!"
Lucy didn't know when she fell into a deep sleep due to a high fever, but even in her sleep, her spirit never relaxed for a moment——
No, there are still patients, the epidemic cannot get any worse...
Until she was half asleep, Lucy felt someone feeding her an icy potion. At the same time, a familiar voice rang in her ears:
"A plague has broken out in my territory. Please leave your things here. Someone will come and take them."
This time, Lucy really fell asleep peacefully.
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