Chapter 134
Thinking of the similarly missing Suo Meisi, the two players realized that even the professional class transfer mentor could be killed...
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Believing he had been killed, Suo Meisi followed Ye Bai's merchant caravan, traveling peacefully for three days, and on the eighth day of departure, they arrived at Bai Ye Town.
【The trade route from 'Laen City - Bai Ye Town' has been opened.】
【As the perceptive lord, you have successfully established a second external road for your territory, granting an additional 2 productivity!】
【You have opened trade with an alchemy faction's main city (Laen City), and your territory will receive an extra 3 productivity points each month. Alchemy faction inclination +10.】
Amidst the system notifications, Ye Bai took the captured Suo Meisi to the prison.
"Lord, what brings you to the prison? That person from last time has already been released... Huh, who is this?"
"This is a special talent."
In response to Blaze's question, Ye Bai answered with a serious tone before sending Suo Meisi inside.
"Special talent?" Blaze was puzzled. A talent... sent to prison?
Ye Bai smiled, thinking of keeping Suo Meisi in prison. Whenever she needed a skill, she could just go to the cell and ask him to release one.
Moreover, any skilled enemies encountered in the future could also be brought back and stored.
With that in mind, she thought about building a dedicated prison for these 'skill-type' talents who were difficult to convert to her side. At that point, calling it a prison wouldn't be appropriate; it should be named her exclusive skill repository!
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After locking Suo Meisi in the prison, Ye Bai removed the external effects of the Qian Huan Yi and strolled around her territory in the familiar gear of an interstellar player.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"Hello, my lord!"
The residents on the road greeted Ye Bai warmly, their faces beaming with happiness. It seemed that the happiness level of the territory had increased significantly during this time.
Occasionally, she spotted players engaged in quests. Upon seeing Ye Bai, they instantly turned into paparazzi, stopping in their tracks to take screenshots of her.
There were even some interstellar agents who approached her, testing the waters after the last incident with the Dan Di civilization's group photo. Although it was later proven that the Dan Di civilization was just trying to ride the coattails of her fame without gaining anything substantial from Bai Ye, they still approached her:
"Bai Ye Lord, our civilization would like to purchase strategies from you..."
To this, Ye Bai directly refused in front of them and several other nearby players: "I don't have any need for that at the moment."
Ye Bai was now in a seller's market. Her clear refusal left the other interstellar agents with no choice but to disperse helplessly—what made it easier to accept was that Ye Bai wasn't just rejecting them, but all interstellar civilizations.
In the ten days since Ye Bai left after the Dan Di civilization's Xi Bei incident, some players had intentionally committed minor offenses to experience the effects of imprisonment.
However, they quickly discovered that while the territory's happiness level after being released from prison wasn't as negative as when they committed the offense, it was different from NPC towns. In Bai Ye Town, serving time meant they wouldn't retain any previous goodwill; it would reset to zero.
This meant they had to rebuild the territory's goodwill from scratch, losing all previous quest opportunities and purchase discounts.
This was, of course, a measure set by Ye Bai in her security policy. Even though the death in the myriad worlds could cause real-world mental strain, she still needed to impose stricter constraints on players.
Ye Bai wasn't like other interstellar civilizations that possessed an entire real-world civilization with significant real-world influence; she could only focus her efforts in this area.
Opening the long-unattended lord leaderboard, Ye Bai saw that Zeta and Xi Mo's territory scores were now 1280 and 1023, respectively, both surpassing a thousand. Without any source energy crystal mines, their scores had skyrocketed, indicating they had already broken through to level three territories.
Seeing these scores, Ye Bai had no doubt that in their level three territories, the basic infrastructure and materials were fully stocked. What they lacked now were population and the six lifestyle professionals needed to upgrade to level four.
Fortunately, in this rigid rule, Ye Bai was ahead of all the lords.
Thanks to the effects of a higher-level territory, even though the gap was narrowing due to the participation of many players, Ye Bai still maintained her lead.
Next, Ye Bai opened the territory page.
【Bai Ye Town】
Lord: Bai Ye
Current Population: 218
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Health: 89
Sanitation: 95
Entertainment: 97
Luxury Goods Demand: 100 (sugar satisfied, high-grade alcohol satisfied, furniture satisfied, textiles satisfied, crafts satisfied)
Personal Hobby Demand: None
Happiness Level: 92
Seeing this information, Ye Bai couldn't help but smile.
No wonder the residents on the street were all smiling; that high happiness level of 92 was no joke.
This trip for class transfer and opening the trade route took Ye Bai exactly ten game days. Calculating, there were still seventeen days until the next wave of migrants arrived, and the territory had changed significantly since she left.
The most obvious change was that the planned sewer system had been fully completed. Walking on the neatly paved stone road, one could occasionally hear the faint sound of flowing water below, raising the territory's sanitation to an impressive 95.
Additionally, the furniture factory, textile factory, woodcarving workshop, and stone carving workshop had been built and were now in production, instantly satisfying three categories of luxury goods demand. Coupled with sugar and upgraded high-grade alcohol, both entertainment and luxury goods demands were met to a high degree.
These luxury goods, aside from the portion left for the residents' consumption, could also be sold to outside merchant caravans for profit.
Meanwhile, during her absence, the territory had also added three new professionals: two tailors and one blacksmith. They weren't special talents, but they were among the first to engage in their respective professions, and once their proficiency was maxed out, they would also become professionals.
Next, Ye Bai opened the 【Development Direction】 page. In the ten days she had been away, the territory had naturally accumulated 8 points of productivity.
Adding the 2 points from the trade route reward and the 1 point left over from before, Ye Bai now had a total of 11 points of productivity.
The acquisition of productivity was related to the territory's population, happiness level, and overall level. Now, Bai Ye Town's productivity accumulation speed was comparable to the peak of town-level territories. However, correspondingly, the productivity required for town-level technology was also increasing, with the basic 'starting price' now at 2 points.
Ye Bai noticed that the health value was below 90, which was quite unsatisfactory. She first spent 3 productivity points to unlock the 【Advanced Herbalist's Workshop】.
【Advanced Herbalist's Workshop】: Upgrades the 【Herbalist's Workshop】 building, adding two apprentice herbalist positions, achieving higher healing efficiency; gaining higher potion production efficiency; unlocking recipes for special potions and potent potions.
Special potions and potent potions enhance the effect speed and potency of original potions, requiring more herbs for production but improving healing efficiency.
The apprentice herbalist positions could share the aura of the professional Lucy, allowing for faster proficiency gains.
With the construction period over and many hands available, Ye Bai quickly assigned two villagers to become apprentices at the advanced herbalist's workshop.
Then, she spent another 3 productivity points to unlock the 【Advanced Blacksmith's Forge】 and 4 points to unlock the 【Intermediate Mine】.
【Advanced Blacksmith's Forge】: Upgrades the 【Blacksmith's Forge】 building, adding recipes for saddles, horseshoes, heavy gears, and chainmail...; achieving higher production efficiency; gaining higher crafting levels.
【Intermediate Mine】: Upgrades the 【Primary Mine】 building; enhances workstations, achieving higher production efficiency; capable of mining higher quality ores.
The advanced tailor's workshop had already been upgraded last time, and the blacksmith's forge was naturally essential as well. The intermediate mine was also a must; if it weren't for the previous lack of productivity, Ye Bai would have unlocked it much earlier.
After unlocking the technologies, Ye Bai immediately arranged for construction workers to upgrade these buildings. The intermediate mine required a large amount of materials, so she naturally prioritized the source energy crystal mine.
Currently, the production level of the source energy crystal mine in the territory had improved significantly due to previous technological upgrades and lighting enhancements, with the output quality shifting from a rough and refined 80-20 split to a current 60-40 split.
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