Chapter 111
Ye Bai withdrew her gaze. Players who had reached level 20 were nearly impossible to defend against; the territory could not simply shut down its development out of fear of players.
Since defense was futile, it was time to flex some muscle and make them understand the consequences of their recklessness.
In this regard, Ye Bai had a reference point. She had once researched the events that transpired during the three years of interstellar civilizations interacting with the myriad worlds on the Star Network. During that time, there had indeed been incidents that could genuinely be termed the "Fourth Catastrophe."
After discovering that the myriad worlds had the effect of enhancing mental strength, one interstellar civilization attempted to organize all player civilizations to attack NPC cities, reasoning that players who died in the game wouldn’t truly die in reality; they would only suffer mental damage.
That civilization gathered a massive number of players to fill the ranks. Once they breached a city, they could claim various resources within.
It was during that event that interstellar players first witnessed the extraordinary power of the myriad worlds.
One such city belonged to the Alchemy faction. When it came under attack, a powerful energy shield enveloped the city, rendering the players armed with physical weapons utterly ridiculous. Shortly thereafter, the city didn’t even deploy many regular troops; instead, they sent out five Alchemical Golems, which swept through over ten thousand visiting players, including many who were stuck at level 20 without a class change.
Ultimately, that player-initiated war ended in total annihilation, and the city was later named after the event, referred to as the "Roi City Incident."
The absolute power displayed by the high-level city during the Roi City Incident made the cosmic civilizations reevaluate the myriad worlds, instilling a profound wariness of the extraordinary technologies they could not comprehend.
Now, Ye Bai’s energy crossbow was one such application of extraordinary technology. It was likely that the players who had witnessed the events of that night would return home buzzing with excitement.
Ye Bai wanted them to realize that Bai Ye Village had begun to possess high-end power in this world.
The three-headed griffon before her was already exhausted and unable to move. Looking at the Spider King’s web, which still had over three hundred durability left, Ye Bai issued the command: “Fire!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
A barrage of energy crossbow bolts rained down on the three-headed griffon. With the arrival of the fifth wave of attacks, the last fifth of the BOSS’s health was wiped out. One of its heads let out a terrible scream, and it vanished in a flash of white light, along with the Spider King’s web.
At the same time, the loyal guards and crossbowmen who had fought alongside Ye Bai were enveloped in a glow that only she could see.
With a quick scan, Ye Bai noted that the massive experience provided by the level 30 BOSS had allowed the highest-level new recruits, who had been at most level 6 during the day, to level up to 22 and 23. Her guards, already in their 20s, had risen to levels 26 and 27.
This time, Ye Bai did not deal the final blow to the BOSS; instead, she allocated the experience to the soldiers of her territory. She had more than enough experience for herself, and with the experience reserve from the divine realm, it was better to focus on nurturing her military units.
With the combatants reaching their 20s, and with the natural advantage of the terrain and the energy crossbow, Ye Bai felt confident that her territory could be defended even in her absence.
A gentle breeze swept through, scattering the glowing spores floating in the territory, signaling that the dust had settled.
Ye Bai looked toward the rising sun on the horizon and smiled.
“It’s dawn…”
In the next moment, a server-wide announcement rang out:
【Congratulations to Bai Ye Town for becoming the first territory to upgrade to a town!】
Following that, a series of personal system notifications followed:
【Achievement Unlocked: First Town】
【You have received achievement reward: Philosopher's Stone X1】
【You have received unique title: First Town Mayor】
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Opening her inventory, Ye Bai was delighted to see the Philosopher's Stone among her rewards.
Being the first to upgrade to a town level indeed came with high-level materials, and the Philosopher's Stone, a versatile building material, was certainly a welcome addition.
Immediately, Ye Bai opened her personal attributes to check the effects of her newly acquired title, "First Town Mayor."
**First Town Mayor**: Increases territory population attraction by 10%; increases the probability of special talents appearing by 15%; increases the willingness of professionals to relocate by 20%; increases noble attraction by 15%.
Looking at the attributes, Ye Bai couldn’t help but smile. As expected of a lord-type title, it added significant bonuses.
The increase in population attraction and the probability of special talents appearing were self-explanatory. They were slightly lower than those of the First Lord title, which was understandable since this title had two additional bonuses. The increase in the willingness of professionals to relocate by 20% meant that the threshold for recruiting NPCs to her territory had been lowered.
The standard threshold was originally set at 60. Ye Bai had previously worked hard to raise the favorability of mercenaries to above 60 when returning from Mei Luo City to her territory.
Now, with this achievement effect, it meant that as long as Ye Bai’s favorability with the professionals she wanted to recruit reached 48 points, she could attempt to invite them to set up shop in her territory. These types of professionals wouldn’t require a salary from Ye Bai; instead, she could collect taxes from them.
However, similarly, the products produced by these professionals would still need to be purchased by Ye Bai as the lord, albeit at a discount based on their loyalty, making it more cost-effective than dealing with regular players.
The other bonus, noble attraction, corresponded to the willingness of nobles to reside in Bai Ye Village… or rather, Bai Ye Town.
In a world filled with extraordinary powers, being a noble didn’t necessarily require owning land as in the medieval sense. In the wilderness of the myriad worlds, where monsters roamed freely, ordinary nobles without strength couldn’t expand their territories significantly. Nobility in the myriad worlds was often associated with powerful extraordinary beings or families that had inherited extraordinary legacies.
In a meritocratic system, new nobles were typically required to be at least second-transformation professionals or influential figures within one of the three major factions. Alongside numerous new noble families and many old nobles who had inherited wealth, as well as players with lord status, they formed a considerable noble class in the myriad worlds.
For a town-level territory, the attraction to nobles didn’t mean they would settle there permanently; rather, it indicated their willingness to visit, akin to tourists coming to spend in the territory.
They would purchase property and spend money in the territory but wouldn’t join it. Nobles would only choose to settle in cities. At the town level, the only contribution nobles could make, aside from providing gold coins, was to influence the territory’s factional leanings.
Now that Ye Bai had opened the trade route to Mei Luo City, it served as both a trade route and a tourist path. The nobles coming to Bai Ye Town would primarily be those from Mei Luo City, mostly aligned with the Magic faction. Therefore, after completing the territory upgrade and construction, Ye Bai would need to consider opening trade routes to the other two main cities of the factions in the Blue Star server.
After all, Ye Bai had always followed the path of "I want it all" and "if I want it, I want the best."
As dawn broke, the residents of Bai Ye Town opened their tightly shut doors and stepped outside. The relevant professionals and the territory’s soldiers worked together to handle the monster corpses, skinning them and collecting beast meat, while a large number of new residents from yesterday began the task of moving.
Ye Bai approached the corpse of the three-headed griffon.
**You have obtained: [Tier 1 Skill Book] X1**
**You have obtained: [Three-Headed Griffon Egg] X1**
**You have obtained: [Blood of Transformation] X1**
**You have obtained: [High-Quality Poultry Meat] X16**
**You have obtained: [Gold Coins] X10**
“Wow!”
The defeat of this three-headed griffon had been so effortless that Ye Bai hadn’t expected much when looting the corpse. However, upon seeing the rewards, she was pleasantly surprised. The intensity of the battle had been completely overshadowed by the firepower, which was quite unfair for its two gold and one purple loot.
The skill book was a given; Ye Bai immediately used it, allocating points to [Magic Bloodline Enhancement IV], directly raising her overall spell strength to standard levels.
A Tier 1 skill book could only be used by Tier 1 professionals and would only drop from BOSSs below level 40. Once Ye Bai underwent her second class change, she wouldn’t be able to use such skill books to gain skill points anymore.
As for the three-headed griffon egg…
**[Three-Headed Griffon Egg]**
**Attributes**: Poultry Egg
**Level**: Legendary
**Status**: Hatchable
**Effect**: Consuming it increases the maximum psychic energy limit by 50 and boosts gliding speed by an additional 3 times.
**Description**: The egg of a three-headed griffon, which can hatch into a juvenile three-headed griffon. Surely no one would choose to eat it, right? Right?
While a threefold increase in gliding speed was impressive, it was indeed as described; if it were consumed, it would be a tremendous waste. As long as Ye Bai found a suitable NPC to hatch it, it would become a powerful aerial combat unit. If she was willing to invest resources in its development, it could evolve into something even stronger.
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