Seeing Lucy's two talents, Ye Bai was overjoyed.
In the refugees joining the territory, in addition to ordinary villagers, special talents may also appear.
The difference between special talents and common villagers lies in this talent attribute.
The NPC template and player template are the same in terms of life skills. Any villager who wants to become a professional needs to engage in a work, start the skill progress bar of that work, and then enhance proficiency through consistent efforts until reaching the level standard for professionals, allowing them to change vocation to a professional.
Like Ye Bai previously activated "Adventure", it was as if he increased the proficiency bar of the life skill 'hunting' for all villagers. Although they can hunt, it doesn't mean they transformed to the "Hunter" profession.
For the low-level professions like "Hunter", they can get the job automatically when proficiency reaches the standard. But for some high-level professions, they need to clear a "personal job change mission" like breaking through a bottleneck in cultivation.
For example, Carrie's "Senior Engineer" profession requires an advancement from the pre-vocational "Engineer", only after clearing the job change mission can it be obtained.
Cultivating professionals is an important tactic in managing a territory in "Myriad Realms". A professional working in an exclusive building can bring about a work efficiency that is stronger than ten non-professionals. Non-professionals can work too, but it's like the difference between an apprentice and a master. Non-professionals can only satisfy the needs at a 'mortal' level, and in a fantasy world, being 'extraordinary' is the key to widening the gap.
Cultivating professionals requires the Lord to spend substantial resources and energy. Although it's relatively easy for lower-level professionals, like how ordinary people can reach the industry threshold through accumulated experience, it just takes time.
When a villager becomes a professional and wants to continue training to reach higher profession levels, repeating previous jobs is useless. The Lord has to use high-level materials to increase proficiency. When facing job change missions within the territory, these professionals will choose to publish missions to the Lord.
The advanced beast meat, angry horned beast skin, and other items that Ye Bai kept in his backpack were waiting to be used to increase proficiency during the training of professionals.
What? You ask, shouldn't the Lord be lounging in his castle enjoying the offerings of his subjects?
Ahem... Have you ever heard of a job called 'public servant'? In our Myriad Realms, it's read as 'Lord'.
While it's not easy for a Lord to cultivate professionals, the benefits are also significant. The value of the items that a high-level professional can produce is never low. If it's a professional cultivated in one's own town, it's like long-term employment. The Lord only needs to pay their salary and provide production materials, and everything they produce belongs to the Lord.
The current situation with Carrie belongs to this case. However, because the level of the territory is too low at the moment, there isn't a 'salary' system in place yet. So, for the time being, there's no need to pay wages, which is like a found a BUG for Ye Bai. But once the level of the territory is increased, salaries must be provided.
Meanwhile, if the territory is well-developed, it could attract externals professionals to settle. That situation isn't hiring, but they come to the territory to open shops. The lord can collect taxes from these professionals or provide materials for them to create tools. Usually, discounts would be given based on the satisfaction and loyalty towards the territory.
Thus, in terms of return value, professionals trained by oneself are certainly better.
The efficiency of cultivating special talents and common people is completely different. Special talents not only improve faster in their associated professions, but certain advanced professions could not be advanced if they don't have the talent. For instance, some magic-related talents cannot change jobs directly without related energy affinity.
Normally, during the early stage of a territory, the probability of special talents appearing is extremely low, only 1%. The lowest technology needed to increase the chance comes from a level 2 village's 'School' building. So Ye Bai didn't initially think about it. Only recalling that he has an achievement title effect did he realize what was going on.
In particular, Lucy's two talents are quite remarkable.
'Plant Affinity' boosts the quality of plant-related work by 30%, and Wood Magic gets a +1 to damage.
'Healing Light II' increases work efficiency in medical fields by 40%, also treatment effects in working and combat situations by 20%.
Medical buildings in the territory also vary. They follow a conventional 'Barber Shop - Clinic' or a magic 'Herb Shop - Potion Shop' route.
Although the latter requires a long-term supply of herbs, it's more stable. At worst, the medicine will have no effect, unlike the 'barber shop's' bloodletting method where patients can be directly cured to death. Once the herb upgrades to a potion, it works quickly. After drinking a dose, you have a lively villager bouncing around.
Lucy's 'Plant Affinity' together with the must-have healer's 'Healing Light'—Oh, and it’s Healing Light II—make her a natural 'Potion Master'.
"I know what you're suited for. For a couple of days, you first look after the fields. After a while, I'll arrange suitable work for you."
After recognizing that Lucy is a special talent, Ye Bai immediately changed her work assignment.
"Yes, Lord."
This time Lucy didn't object, laying down her axe, she went to the fields as Ye Bai said.
Because of her affinity with plants, Lucy working in the fields is considered 'profession matched'. She could also improve crop quality. Although it could be described as a waste of talent, this arrangement wouldn't trigger dissatisfaction. Otherwise, as a penalty for the Lord's 'lack of discernment', Lucy's satisfaction in the territory would continue to drop, regardless of policy card effects, until it dropped to 0, and she left.
Once upgrading to a level 1 village, Ye Bai will immediately construct an Herb Shop and start training Lucy.
Then, without delay, Ye Bai went to open another 'blind box'—Shawn.
Shawn was a man in his thirties. His talent is a bit lacking compared to Lucy.
【Powerful Physique】Efficiency improves by 20% when engaged in physical work; Physical damage +5%; Stamina work proficiency upgrading speed increases by 10%.
Ye Bai transferred Shawn from the gathering work to the mines, intending to nurture him towards the territory's blacksmith profession if no further suitable talent appeared among the third wave of incoming refugees on the 10th day.
Although Lucy and Shawn could change their jobs towards combat careers, in Ye Bai's eyes, those belonging to livelihoods contribute greater roles to the territory. Moreover, there is no need for military construction in the territory for the first month, as it would greatly delay the development progress.
......
“Beep!”
On the eighth day of the territory establishment, which also marked four passed days in reality, Ye Bai, who had been sleeping on the streets for several days, spent 8 star coins to book a night at a capsule hotel.
The capsule hotels of this era are quite different from what they were thousands of years ago. After reaching the designated spot, a standard 8 cubic meter capsule cabin fell from the sky and opened its door.
The capsule hotels have different sizes to accommodate guests of various races. The capsule cabin Ye Bai entered was the smallest and cheapest type, with a length, width, and height of 2 meters each.
The interior was extremely simple, appearing to lack even a place to sit. But with a thought transmitted to her personal terminal, a foldable sofa bed dropped from the adjoining wall and unfolded.
With another thought, the sofa bed retreated, a sprinkler emerged from the corner of the ceiling, and a floor drain appeared on the ground.
As for toiletries and towels, they were non-existent. The water from the sprinkler was a ‘service’ to enhance shower experience. The actual cleaning effect came from molecular scrubbing technology. Besides, since there's an automatic drying system, towels weren't available.
Interestingly, such services, which were considered high-tech luxuries in Ye Bai's era, were common and cheap in this era. However, the 'ceremonial sense' brought by the use of towels and bath products was only available in high-end hotels, representing high-end services of this era.
Ye Bai took a shower. The sensation of water flowing over her body relaxed her.
The capsule hotel also provided a bottle of nutritional liquid, which saved her additional 1 star coin. It was economical indeed.
Lying on the sofa bed, Ye Bai checked her current mental strength.
【Mental Power Level Quantified Evaluation In Progress, Current Range: 30-35 Nano, Rating F】
In Multiverse, Ye Bai had already reached level 15. Comparing the changes in attribute values in the game, she couldn't find an accurate proportion between the two. Although the game and the Star Alliance have different standards for mental strength, she felt that the 'spirit' attribute in the game doesn't necessarily correspond to real-life mental strength.
The character's mental attribute in Multiverse affected the non-physical damage add-on value, including magic and psychic damage. It was more of an energy intensity than quantity.
When comparing the game and real-life mental strength, Ye Bai leaned more towards the 'spiritual energy' value, also known as the character's mana bar.
Spiritual energy is the core power in all realms. Regardless of the profession, be it magic or physical, any professional skill requires the consumption of spiritual energy for deployment. More accurately, when empowered with spiritual energy, professional skills will exhibit exceptional effects and formidable power.
Prior to the first transformation, the spiritual energy value is not shown, but Ye Bai knew that there is a base value that keeps increasing with her level. Upon reaching level 20, it reaches a standard threshold of 100, and different promotions yield different increments of spiritual energy.
Professions with great potential offer greater increments of spiritual energy. Of course, the spiritual energy consumed utilizing their skills won't be insignificant.
If we equate spiritual power to mental strength in reality, then it would be like when a game avatar reaches the first transformation, its real mental strength could exceed 50 nano, corresponding to the D-grade mental strength in reality.
However, this is only Ye Bai's speculation. The true circumstance would need to be seen after her avatar's first transformation in the game, and how the mental strength of those who made it to various positions in the realms has been enhanced…
…
Upon connecting to the StarNet in the Capsule Hotel, Ye Bai did not log in right away. Instead, she started checking the StarNet for news regarding the realms. Every time she logged in or out, she made sure to do this.
Almost all the mental strength bearers from the entire universe have flocked into the realms. Many among them are A-grade strong ones, standing at the pinnacle of technology and combat power. Ye Bai dared not underestimate them and kept an eye on the progress of other interstellar players every day.
There are almost eight game days left until the entire Star Alliance switches to regular players. Everyone is fervently developing their territories, not just Ye Bai. Even the interstellar players are not falling behind.
Despite being on the poorer side, Ye Bai managed to afford only the cheapest nutritional fluid. She would take some time off every day to drink it. However, the mighty mental strength bearers and the wealthy in the interstellar space could afford to play the game nonstop for days, immersing themselves fully into the game.
Even though none of the civilizations would reveal any important discoveries or hidden tasks, some public information common to all would still be apparent. There is no need, nor a way, to hide this.
At present, the mainstream level of all players has reached level 5. The news that Ye Bai saw most frequently today on StarNet was about character talent.
This wasn't surprising, as, after obtaining the first talent point at level 5, a talent page would appear. However, upon reading the news content, Ye Bai's calm expression suddenly changed.
[The Gollo College releases the latest research result: it is fundamentally determined that the awakening talent of the realms is related to the evolution direction of organisms.]
[Does the 'resilient' talent possessed by players from various civilizations represent an evolutionary direction?]
[Discussion on the relation between the 'perception' talent and the level of mental strength.]
[It is fundamentally determined that 'heightened sense of taste' is a unique talent of the ancient gene civilization.]
[Night River Civilization discovers…]
This is no longer a guest account, but actual accounts from all over the universe, and the talent pages of the interstellar players are… actually different?!
Aren't all players supposed to start with the same initial talents, namely, 'flexibility', 'dexterity', and 'appraisal'?
The few talents that Ye Bai sees just in the news headlines include those that are second or third level in the talent tree.
The differences between the two Realms were the first things that Ye Bai noticed, enveloping her in an unsettling sensation that exceeded her understanding and expectations.
Comparatively to the thousands of interstellar species, her current advantage was the only understanding of the Realms she had.
With her heart pounding rapidly, Ye Bai scrutinized the news notifications.
Thanks to the extensive research on the Realms by various scholars, she quickly grasped the situation.
Exactly like the findings published by Gorro, after reaching Level Five, the interstellar players were presented with a talent page, but unlike Ye Bai who was able to choose freely, their talents were automatically illuminated. Moreover, the civilization of different evolutionary directions would automatically light up distinct talents.
Of course, there could be slight individual variations within the same species, but generally speaking, the differences were not significant, and the data was universally applicable.
Ye Bai understood that {Resilience}, which enhances defense, apart from the standard defenses, also increases all resistances. It is part of the second level talent of the talent page and was now the first talent for some interstellar players.
The researchers summarized the player's populations that obtained this talent, sharing traits such as living on planets with strong gravity and radiation, located near galaxy centers, their people were renowned for their robust physicality and adaptivity, able to survive on non-habitable planets.
{Perception} is a talent that all players essentially have to possess, a third-level core talent, which can expand the limit of psychic power value, is a pre-requisite for many high-level occupations. Those who possess this corresponding talent seem to come from various species, but their common attribute is their exceptionally high, C-level psychic power in reality!
As for the {Sharp taste}, unique among the ancient Guin civilization, they are known to be a civilization of foodies in the universe.
This civilization was known to have the sharpest taste perception in the known universe, capable of distinguishing taste variations at a rate several tens or even hundreds of times greater than most species. When Ye Bai first stepped into the research lab, she naively thought that she could master the 'Restoration of Ancient Cuisine,' as described in online novels, and make her fortune in the interstellar era.
It was not until later that she realized it was just wishful thinking. The food in Ye Bai's era could be considered the result of technology and sweat, but the cuisine researched by the Guin civilization under their enhanced taste perception in this era should be dubbed 'sci-fi and sweat'!
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Ye Bai's fingers lightly pounded the 'desktop' created in her personal space, falling into deep thought.
Looking at the current situation of interstellar players, the talent page was not hard to understand.
Just like in holographic games, where the interstellar powerhouses could display their battle skills in reality. After becoming official players, the Realms' talent page seemed to automatically 'adapt' to the physical reality of interstellar players.
The universe is home to an infinite number of species, each depicting unique evolutionary directions and capabilities. Even the new humans who left the Blue Star have evolved into something more potent in these ten thousand years, more so than other cosmic civilizations.
At this point, the Realms' talent page appeared to be a physical representation of the evolutionary chain. Unlike Ye Bai anchored at the base, the interstellar players had already moved forward.
The information that's publicised on Universal News is definitely only superficial, coming from civilizations that form the bulk of the Star Alliance and are at the middle or lower level. Ye Bai has no doubt that there must be advanced civilizations with unreleased information, having achieved potent advanced talents through this, such as the Ruilan Empire and the Kayin Federation, considered the pinnacle of the chain of evolution and standing as universal level civilizations.
Who can she complain to about this?
Ye Bai feels like she's been deeply wronged by the chain of natural evolution and just can't resist the urge to open the game data backend to ‘decrease’ the influence of these genetic powerhouses a touch.
…Balance?
Suddenly, something comes to Ye Bai's mind.
A Star realm player's individual panel talents are fixed, meaning they can't choose how to ‘add levels’ to their talents based on their own preferences, as Ye Bai can. It all seems to depend on how 'Worlds' judges their real-world abilities. If this is the case with talent now, what about future career changes and skill learning?
Ye Bai immediately searches the Star Net for information about the skills of 'Worlds' players and stumbles upon a critical issue she'd previously overlooked.
Just like the freedom to combat being dependent on one's own performance, when Star realm players learn life skills inside 'Worlds', skill proficiency isn't gained as easily as it is for Ye Bai, who automatically gains the skill by the mere act of completing the task. Instead, they have to learn it from NPCs, just like they would in reality.
If they learn it, they've learnt it. If they fail, they fail.
It's a different story for Ye Bai. Thanks to her systematic proficiency progress bar, she can directly add points. Now she realizes how differently she's positioned compared to all the other Star realm players!
The three talent points she’s activated in 'Worlds', apply not only in the game but also affect her physical body in reality.
The whole universe is adapting to and learning the rules of 'Worlds', actively pursuing the knowledge and power within. This applies to spiritual power and talents, and the only exception in this is Ye Bai. She's like she's carrying the 'Worlds' gaming system with her in reality, with knowledge and power chasing her!
This realization is making her head spin and she’s suddenly swamped with countless questions.
Why is she the only one like this? Is it because she's the game's developer? Why did 'Worlds' appear on Star Net? What's the reason for this 'reality-altering' effect?
"Ding Dong!"
A sudden sound brings Ye Bai back to reality. It's the alarm she set to prevent herself from being engrossed in the overwhelming amount of information on the Star Net and missing the game login time.
After all, she's currently in the wilderness era of her territory and needs to prepare to upgrade it to a Level 1 village. Every single moment is invaluable. She plans her time to log in at the earliest possible time each day to assign the day's tasks to her villagers.
Ye Bai shakes her head, snapping back to a crisp and clear state of mind, like a bucket of cold water just doused on her.
She has another secret she can't expose - her real identity. Regardless of the reasons behind all this, the most critical thing for her right now is -
To make use of 'Worlds' features and truly possess the power that fits her 'White Night' persona, she can survive freely in this era.
…
Within the game, another day began with the sun's rise. Bathed in the sunlight, Ye Bai oversaw the entirety of his territory through the Tree of Creation.
The building column of his territory, once home to just a solitary compost factory, was now filled with more structures.
Residential Houses x12, Blacksmith Workshop x1, Warehouse x1, Cellar x1, Wells x2
These various buildings were not closely grouped together, but rather they had been neatly divided into separate zones by Ye Bai using roads.
Roads themselves had tiers – dirt paths, cobblestone paths, slab paths... Currently, of course, Ye Bai was making use of the most rudimentary form of path, the dirt path. This was something that required no material resources, just manpower and tools. Traveling on such a path rather than on unpathed ground increased basic movement speed by 5%.
Now, the entire territory had the Tree of Creation at its heart, with a cross-shaped network of dirt paths dividing it into four major sectors.
Firstly, there was the residential area, located in the southeast of the territory. Within it, four intersecting dirt paths divided the land into 'well'-shaped squares, with eight large plots and one in the center. The residential houses were constructed around the eight squares along the outer edge, each square perfectly fitting nine houses, forming a standard 3x3 small plot cluster.
Ye Bai built eight houses on the 3x3 plots that bordered the path, leaving the central plot unbuilt for a future garden or a sculpture.
This layout was chosen not only for aesthetics but also with a future upgrade of the territory in mind. As the level of the territory increased, citizens would have demands about the attractiveness of their living environment, therefore space for gardens and sculptures would need to be set aside to boost the environmental appeal.
The largest plot in the center of the 'well' was reserved for constructing facilities like a Market, Herbal Shop, or Bathhouse which would cater to the territory's residents. Currently, there stood only a well for water supply.
Corresponding to the residential section in the southwest, the industrial section was taking form, with a Blacksmith Workshop already constructed. Nearby, along the axis road, was a warehouse to facilitate the inflow and outflow of goods within the territory.
The northwest sector was barren at the moment, earmarked as the future military zone. The area far beyond was designated for the Energy Crystal Mine, connected by the road that dotted the axis between the industrial and military sectors. This road placement made it easy for the industrial area to access raw materials while keeping the mine within the area safeguarded by the military.
Lastly, the northeast sector was the agricultural zone. Not only had the first batch of crops been planted here, but it also housed the earliest building - the compost factory.
Placing it far away from the residential area yet near the farmlands was the optimal decision as the compost factory could severely affect the environmental appeal.
As for the food storage cellar, it was placed near the residential sector along the axis of the 'cross' road, similar to the warehouse.
Just as Ye Bai was admiring his flourishing territory, an unexpected system-wide announcement popped up after a long absence.
[System Broadcast]: "Congratulations to Zeta, a player from the Spirit Immortal Zone and Star of Rui Lan, on becoming the second territory lord across all servers!"
Right now, just like when Báiyè became a lord last time, the news has once again sparked an uproar among the entire universe of online players.
This player is the first to become a lord after the general playerbase managed to crack the password.
In an instance, universal news on the star network exploded with a plethora of discussions.
Ye Bai extracted the key information. Ruilan Star in the Xianying area... without a doubt, this Zeta seems to be one of the powerful beings of the Ruilan Empire, a universe-level civilization; and judging by the timeline, this person must have become a lord at the beginning of the wilderness.
Memories relating to the Ruilan Empire surfaced in his mind, and Ye Bai quickly figured out the reason.
"Indeed, it is a civilization with Gestalt consciousness..."
The Ruilan Empire, as a singular rule empire, was one of the few universe-level civilizations capable of contending against large scientists forming the Kayin Federation. The empire system they utilized was not like the traditional one in Ye Bai's era.
Ruilan people are a rare race of carbon-based organisms that have memory sharing capabilities. They are using a highly efficient form of Gestalt consciousness. Unlike the hive mind, the Gestalt consciousness has clear hierarchical divisions. The thinking ability of the lower echelons is transparent to the higher-ups, like a pyramid structure, where individual members of the race become stronger as their rank ascends.
Right at the top is the emperor of the Ruilan Empire, a single entity who embodies the entire knowledge and ability of the race, also deciding the course of the civilization's development.
The hive mind is such that one is equal to all; the Gestalt consciousness is that all equals one.
This is a civilization where rebellious or secretive schemes can never happen. The emperor can't make decisions that the race would consider wrong because his will itself is a compilation of the collective will of the entire race.
'Empire' and 'Federation', these two forms of civilization consciousness, are major influences in the universe. Many civilizations, like the new human-based Qilong Empire and the Pan Star Federation, are affected by these, but they are still maturing, while the Ruilan Empire and the Kayin Federation can be said to have reached complete form.
As a result of the Gestalt consciousness, the Ruilan Empire is compoundedly more efficient than other civilizations when it comes to experience sharing. The experiences of the players born in their civilization amidst the wilderness, right down to every last detail, can be perfectly compiled in a single entity, which explains why they've figured out the path to dungeons in only ten days, despite the rarity of starting in the wilderness.
Right now, this universally shocking moment, protagonist Zeta had selected a resourceful location based on her experience and knowledge and is working on founding her territory, the 'Ruilan Village', as fast as she can.
Zeta is one of the candidates for the next emperor of the Ruilan Empire.
In any other empire, a potential emperor securing such an advantage would probably be gleefully plotting to seize the opportunity to become the next emperor.
Yet, for Ruilan person Zeta, she doesn't feel that. Whether she becomes an emperor or not doesn't affect her life as a Ruilan person. If a comprehensive assessment suggests that her becoming an emperor is the most beneficial for the race, she would not hesitate to take the throne; however, she wouldn't hesitate to give up either.
The terrifying truth was, all the would-be emperors of the Rui Lan Empire had the same awareness as Zeta.
Zeta reached out to touch the Tree of Creation, opening the administrative interface of her territory and went over "Developmental Direction" and "Development Strategy".
Initially, there were a total of three points of productivity and three slots for tactic cards. This indicated that Zeta was not just playing a regular instance, but one with difficulty level equivalent to the nightmare mode.
Suddenly, a spark of glimmer flashed past her azure-blue eyes.
"Please start developing your territory. There are 157 clan members within a 200-kilometer radius of you. Once they class-change, they will rush to your aid immediately..."
Even though Zeta was still in the game, she received a message from a clan member. More than that, she could vaguely discern the direction in which they were, a feat that no civilization within myriad realms could achieve.
For all Rui Lan people who have reached level 5 have the same inborn talent— level 5 talent 【Mental Sensing】!
...
Ye Bai quickly recovered from the shock, his first thought being about the risks of revealing the location of Bai Ye Village. His conclusion was that they should be alright for the time being.
The gaming territory in Myriad Realms was now vast beyond belief, so much so that the enormous influx of players from across the universe hadn't cramped the space.
After the previous announcement regarding the "Blue Star of the Galaxy District", it seemed likely that due to Star Web's uniqueness, all the universe was “merged” in the Myriad Realms. Thus, players registered within the same star system should relatively encounter each other more often.
The Solar System was filled with interstellar travelers. Players from here who registered for Myriad Realms shouldn't be numerous. Even with the increasing number of registrations in the Solar System due to the 'Bai Ye' incident causing a universe-wide attention, Ye Bai, who started in the wilderness, wouldn't chance upon any towns within a 30-kilometer radius, let alone encountering players who also spawned in the wilderness.
Zeta was far in the Rui Lan Empire, under the Andromeda Constellation, which was a whole galaxy cluster away from the Milky Way.
This implied that barring unforeseen circumstances, until mainstream players reach level 20 and undergo their first class transfer, Ye Bai's territories would probably maintain a single-player status, without encountering other players.
Still, the emergence of the second lord brought with it an urgency for Ye Bai. Facing a civilization like Rui Lan Empire, with its deeply entrenched roots across the universe, his budding advantage could be swiftly overtaken in a careless moment. He had to strive to maintain a leading position in his territory.
On the 8th day, his territory gained an additional point in productivity, and he was about 30% away from filling up the next productivity slot.
Ye Bai assigned the additional point of productivity to the tier 2 technology of 【Adventurer】, called 【Hunting】.
【Hunting】Your villagers can make traps; Hunters' hut unlocked; Hunter job proficiency unlocked.
Designated hunters and regular villagers having different hunting skills, assigning a villager to work in a hunter's hut would mean securing a stable source of meat. It would also unlock the job proficiency of the designated village to become a hunter.
However, Ye Bai did not rush to construct the first hunter's hut. He spent the precious productivity point to unlock this technology, largely due to its 'trap making' ability.
In the blacksmith's shop, all four workstations were occupied, with the villagers working hard to produce a product - hunting traps.
Ye Bai stood at the entrance of the smithy, striking a hole with a simple inlay on each completed trap, embedding them with origin energy crystals.
All of this was in preparation for tonight.
"Eleven refugees wish to join your territory, do you accept?"
They're here!
Ye Bai immediately agreed, subsequently putting down his handiwork and quickly heading towards the Tree of Creation.
"Your territory is in dire need of food! If there is no food within a day, your villagers will starve!"
While on the road, Ye Bai received a system message. Unlike the first batch of villagers with pre-packed rations, the following refugees were indeed ‘refugees. The addition of eleven refugees on the tenth day dramatically pressured the already meager food storage in the territory.
However, Ye Bai temporarily ignored this inevitable phenomenon and touched the trunk of the Tree of Creation.
"You have met the conditions for upgrading to level 1 territory, do you wish to upgrade?"
"Yes.”
The moment Ye Bai confirmed, the Tree of Creation suddenly radiated a brilliant light. Its trunk gently squirmed, growing visibly at an incredible speed, raising its height from five meters to six in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, the tree branches, which initially had very few leaves, suddenly produced a myriad of flower buds, which bloomed rapidly, emitting a delightful, exotic fragrance.
This scent permeated throughout the territory and, at the same time, every inhabitant's needs and vitality values started to recuperate, recovering 50% from their original levels.
The physical strength Ye Bai consumed previously had also recovered, his vitality value went back up to 90.
In the farmland, crops that were supposed to take another seven to eight days to mature, stretched out their branches and leaves, and instantly reached maturity, leaving Lucy, who was in charge of tending the field, agape in surprise.
This is the reward effect all territories receive every time they level up.
However, at the same time, Ye Bai received another system message —
"The blooming Tree of Creation has attracted nearby beasts. Please prepare for defense tonight."
This was the reason why Ye Bai was busy making traps.
Simultaneously with leveling up and obtaining all territory reward effects, that very night, the territory will inevitably face a monster attack.
At first, the attacks were only from ordinary beasts, but in the late stages of leveling up the city, it turned into an exciting monster exhibition...
Therefore, one little trick about territory upgrades is to do them as early as possible. Upgrading unprepared at night may indeed result in a disastrous aftermath: a portion of the population could die or get injured in an attack, and the newly built buildings could be demolished.
However, for Ye Bai, who was well-prepared, this crisis was not actually a crisis but a 'harvest.' .... Dear readers, please bookmark after everyone's collection. The old opened page often doesn't load recently, and it will not work in the future. Please remember this...
