Chapter 214
A semi-transparent spirit bird, caught between reality and illusion, flapped its wings and flew into the post station of Baiye Town.
The post station in Baiye Town was built shortly after the town was upgraded, but since education had not yet been widely implemented in the territory, it was primarily used by players. In fact, the postage was quite expensive, and not many players utilized it.
The spirit bird circled a few times inside the post station, and with a burst of light, it vanished without a trace.
Where the spirit bird had hovered, a wooden crate filled with books appeared.
The two postal workers managing the station brightened at the sight of the crate. This was something the lord had specifically instructed them about, and they certainly wouldn’t forget. They quickly worked together to load it onto a handcart, sending one of the postal workers to deliver it to the nearby library.
This was how knowledge from the first tier of Meiluo City was ‘posted’ here.
With the arrival of the new first-tier knowledge from the Chaos School, the score of Baiye Town began to leap from the thousands:
First place: Baiye, Territory Score: 34,561
Second place: Zeta, Territory Score: 30,578
Third place: Ximo, Territory Score: 30,123
Fourth place...
How did it suddenly increase by three thousand points?
Players who had been monitoring the scores were taken aback, as the agents observing Baiye Town from outside hadn’t seen any new buildings being constructed!
However, just as everyone was puzzled, within ten minutes, the territory score of Baiye Town jumped again.
The score changed from 34,561 to 37,561... another increase of three thousand points!
What was going on?!
While the interstellar players were left scratching their heads, Ye Bai looked at the ‘returned’ score and smiled.
This was just the beginning... Soon, she would show the interstellar players what it truly meant that ‘knowledge is power’!
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Chapter 142
The closed town and the sudden rise in scores led the interstellar civilization players to suspect that Baiye was secretly developing its territory.
After all, it didn’t seem like Baiye Town had discovered any new high-level resources. The reason they said ‘again’ was that scholars from the interstellar civilization had already deduced from various signs that Baiye Town must have at least one developed high-level resource.
As the territory level increased, the upgraded exploration technology of the interstellar civilization had begun to reveal the existence of high-level resources on the map.
Territories were immovable; even if higher-level resources were discovered later, the location of the territory could not be changed. However, civilizations had their ways to cope. Every player had the right to build a city, as long as it was a certain distance from others’ territories.
Except for a few fortunate territories, the interstellar civilizations that discovered high-level resources near their territories would arrange loyal personnel to build another territory near the resource point, sacrificing the comprehensive development of that territory to make it a dedicated resource supply territory for their civilization, essentially a form of ‘vassal territory.’
Baiye Town was different from civilized territories, and its territory level hadn’t increased. So what was the reason for this sudden rise in scores?
While they speculated endlessly about Baiye Town, the internal situation of Baiye Town was far from the imagined ‘secret construction.’
After returning to normal production and life, the residents of Baiye Town, both old and new, received the latest and highest directive from their lord—
“Our most important task in the next phase is for everyone to learn.”
Before the outbreak of the plague in the territory, Baiye Town had been continuously conducting general education and advanced full-time education. Now that the issue was resolved, this long-delayed task must continue, and it was the most urgent task at hand.
The requirements for upgrading to a level six territory were a population of 600; a general education coverage rate of 30%; and five trade routes.
Now the first and third requirements had been met, but the general education rate had decreased due to the increase in population. Raising the basic education rate was urgent, and completing general education was also a prerequisite for subsequent full-time education.
“Learning? At the library? Me?!... I think I’ll pass, my lord. I really don’t have the talent for it!”
In the territory, Ye Bai was having a fantastical version of a ‘persuasion to learn’ with her captain of the guard, Blaze.
The usually calm and reliable captain was facing a monumental challenge, questioning the lord’s arrangement for the first time.
Ye Bai shook her head, unfazed: “As my personal guard, how can you not have enough cultural knowledge? You’ve completed general education, which shows you’re not unsuitable for learning.”
I barely passed when I graduated from general education...
Blaze opened his mouth but couldn’t bring himself to say it. In fact, it wasn’t just him; the entire guard team was at a similar level.
Nearby, Felix, overhearing the conversation, couldn’t help but chime in with a hint of schadenfreude: “Captain, just go ahead and learn. I’ll cover your daily work.”
But then, upon seeing Felix, Ye Bai had a thought and said, “Oh? Felix, you should join him too.”
Felix’s bright smile froze on his face: “My lord, I...”
Instead, Blaze’s troubled expression relaxed a bit—misery loves company, after all.
Caught off guard, Felix fumbled for words: “My lord, I still have to handle the territory’s work…”
Ye Bai waved her hand: “Don’t worry, the territory is currently closed off, and there shouldn’t be any issues with security. It’s perfectly fine for both of you to take some time to study.”
Blaze was racking his brain for a solution: “Security is fine... Oh, right! There’s also the prison! The sand control sorcerer we captured is still locked up there. Regular soldiers can’t handle him; I need to go personally every day!”
“Oh, right, I almost forgot about that.” Thanks to Blaze’s reminder, Ye Bai recalled that she still had a sand control sorcerer captured on the way back to the territory, belonging to a raider faction.
At the time, Ye Bai had planned to store the sorcerer’s unique sand magic as a skill, but she hadn’t expected to later acquire numerous high-level abilities during a trip to the divine realm, and after her third promotion, she gained time magic that could rewind skills. Naturally, she prioritized giving the earth magic slot to the legendary spell [Petrifying Gaze], making the sand magic less useful.
Transforming a captured sand control sorcerer into her own faction was tricky because she first needed to clear any negative feelings and trigger the sorcerer’s personal quest. Otherwise, once released, even if coerced into working, he would seize every opportunity to escape.
Of course, aside from that, there were complex methods to bypass the affection restrictions or use special brainwashing magic to complete such a transformation. But clearly, a second-tier sand control sorcerer wasn’t worth Ye Bai’s time to waste on such efforts.
However, hearing Blaze mention it now sparked a new idea in Ye Bai’s mind.
She then said to Blaze, “You go ahead and study. I’ll arrange for a more suitable warden.”
Felix was still making his last-ditch effort: “If I go to the library, it’s a waste of this opportunity. It would be better to leave it for someone more suitable.”
“Go on, the sooner you go, the sooner you graduate. People like Carilucci have already gone. Those who can be among the first batch to study are the ones I value the most. I’ve even found a special teacher for you.”
Ye Bai waved her hand, unleashing her trump card: “Blaze, Felix, don’t let me down!”
“Yes...” Even though they still felt confused and uneasy, the two, with their loyalty at 100, obediently headed to the library.
After they left, Ye Bai snapped her fingers, reciting a complex and convoluted incantation in demonic language:
“Alisio Bal Croni…”
A crimson chain of truth appeared, pulling the glowing green demon over.
“Why have you summoned me again?!” Alisio exclaimed, his face contorted in extreme pain upon seeing Ye Bai.
When Ye Bai didn’t use the demon’s true name to summon Alisio, he would return to the prison of the infernal lord where she first encountered him.
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