Chapter 224
In the game, the sky gradually brightened, and the flames flickering in the eyes of the undead army began to dim.
From a military perspective, the undead were incredibly formidable. However, without special enhancements, most undead creatures would suffer continuous burning damage when exposed to sunlight, and their strength would be limited. Conversely, in the absence of sunlight, they would gain a boost.
This was precisely why Ye Bai actively upgraded her territory and drew the Star Alliance into the fray.
Not only did she seize the initiative in battle, but the combat effectiveness of the undead during the day was significantly lower. Nighttime was the true domain of the undead legion. Coupled with the monsters and player armies summoned by the upgraded territory, the information gap regarding her strength, and the ordinary beasts that ultimately prevented them from escaping the battle... all these factors contributed to Ye Bai achieving this miraculous victory.
After confirming that she had captured all the player armies, Ye Bai focused her thoughts, and the Death Codex flipped open, canceling the resurrection of her servants.
The power of souls surged into the Death Codex, and the flames of soul fire in the eyes of the undead army before her flickered out like extinguished candles.
“Whoosh…”
The soulless bodies collapsed, and Ye Bai removed the Death Codex she had equipped. Her skin regained its color, her sense of smell and taste returned to normal, and the world around her became vibrant and alive once more.
“Phew…”
Ye Bai exhaled. Transforming into an undead lord was powerful, but it affected her senses, which she found quite uncomfortable.
As she retracted this terrifying artifact, Ottofis sensed something and turned to sniff at Ye Bai, displaying an expression of ‘now that’s more like it’: “Ah…”
Ye Bai smiled and offered it a piece of bread.
The undead were the natural adversaries of all living beings, even more reviled than the denizens of the Abyss—at least the creatures of the Abyss had cultists who worshipped them, while the undead had never even spawned a cult.
After Ye Bai transformed into her undead form, all her identities vanished. As a being feared by all, she would cause the residents of Baiye Town to fail to recognize their lord, instead perceiving her as a monster and attacking her.
Fortunately, Ottofis and the paper doll could still identify her; being from the divine realm made a difference.
This was also why Ye Bai had initially ordered everyone in her territory to stay inside the buildings and not come out. Otherwise, she would have long since sent her soldiers to gain experience and level up.
Now that everything had come to an end, the fallen dead returned to being mere corpses, and the normal scenes of death began to unfold.
A multitude of players’ deaths transformed into flickering white light, and for a brief moment, Ye Bai’s vision was overwhelmed by a blinding white exposure.
After a moment, her sight returned. The bodies of monsters and beasts remained, but the positions of all the players’ corpses were now a dazzling array of countless colorful lights.
Under the effect of the assassin’s robe, every piece of equipment on the players, every item in their bags, and every copper coin on them was swept away in a thorough and complete explosion of loot!
Of course, this was not the end.
As the first rays of morning sunlight fell upon the land, the long-awaited server-wide announcement rang out:
“Congratulations! Baiye Town has become the first territory to upgrade to a city!”
Following this, a series of personal notifications for Ye Bai appeared:
“You have completed the achievement: First City.”
“You have received the achievement reward: Philosopher’s Stone X1.”
“You have gained the unique title: First City Lord.”
At this moment, Baiye Town was renamed Baiye City, becoming the first player city in the myriad realms.
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The Star Alliance’s post-action meeting regarding this operation was still ongoing when they received the latest news from within the game.
“A new update: Baiye Town didn’t just upgrade from a level five territory to a level six; it jumped two levels in succession. It should now be called Baiye City…”
The meeting fell into a prolonged silence once more.
After a while, the think tank continued to report the remaining details, and then all members participating in the post-action meeting began to vote.
Different individuals present had varying voting weights based on their identities, a system that had been in place in the Star Alliance for two thousand years.
“Regarding the future strategies for Baiye Town…”
“Based on the vote, we will implement the F23 strategy: An A-level military confidentiality agreement and compensation for losses will be distributed to every participant in the operation, and the Foreign Affairs Department will deny any connection between this secret operation and the Star Alliance…”
Faced with results even more devastating than the Roy City incident, the Star Alliance made a decision to compromise. More specifically, they chose to swallow this loss and pretend nothing had happened.
The Star Alliance was vast and powerful, capable of mobilizing far more forces than this. If they truly decided to, they could deploy their main forces and spend a significant amount of game currency to transport troops to the Blue Star server for battle.
However, the loss of a single Blue Star server was within an acceptable range. The cost of deploying their main forces, compared to the potential consequences of another failure, would be truly crippling.
After all, this operation had already utilized all the forces the Star Alliance could mobilize on the Blue Star server, yet they still hadn’t grasped the true strength of Baiye.
Behind the war lay economics, and behind politics lay compromise.
The myriad realms provided a new competitive stage for countless civilizations, with the stakes within the game growing increasingly significant. Amid internal faction struggles and civilizational competition, the final outcome of different votes led to this result.
Around the same time, in the Huanhai civilization.
Mo Ke, as the first person to take charge of the incident, received information from the Huanhai Queen who had attended the post-action meeting.
The Star Alliance chose to compromise… Mo Ke mulled over this news, feeling as if he had brushed past the truth.
But he also understood the reasons behind it.
Once, the Star Alliance had feared that Baiye might be an A-level psychic with a chaotic star sea background. Now, based on the results obtained in the game, whether Baiye was Ye Bai or not, she was likely not far from the strength the Star Alliance had once believed her to possess.
…
“Dong, dong, dong…” The territory’s great bell rang out, producing a sound that could capture the attention of every resident.
“Boom!”
Felix jolted awake, his head colliding with the doorframe behind him.
He had been tense all night. From the moment he first heard the sounds of creatures attacking from afar, he had wanted to rush out to fight, but he was held back by Blaze. As the sounds extended outward and became indistinct, he eventually fell into a drowsy sleep without realizing when.
Rubbing his head instinctively, Felix regained his senses and immediately opened the door to step outside.
On the street, a large number of residents had emerged, their voices buzzing with excitement, each face adorned with smiles, filled with joy.
Felix instinctively ran toward the city gate, where he saw the lord surrounded by Kali, Dilina, and Blaze.
“Lord!”
Felix rushed over, curious about what had happened yesterday. Blaze, seeing him, said, “You came at just the right time. Come help me carry the spoils.”
“Spoils?”
“Let’s go.” The lord smiled at him while giving instructions to the others, heading toward the Tree of Creation.
Still unclear about the situation, Felix instinctively followed Blaze. As they stepped out of the city gate, they saw a cart pulled by a horned horse approaching, slowly revealing a cargo hold filled with all sorts of equipment, items, and even coins.
Felix’s eyes widened in astonishment. “Wow! So much loot!”
Blaze chuckled at the sight. “This is just the beginning. Look over there…”
Felix followed Blaze’s pointing finger and saw the ground in the distance covered in a dense array of glimmering items, a truly spectacular sight.
Holy moly! The ground is sprouting equipment!
**Chapter 150**
The Lord Rankings.
First place: Baiye, Territory Score: 65467
Second place: Zeta, Territory Score: 32428
Third place: Ximo, Territory Score: 31973
Fourth place…
A city is the final stage of a territory. Upgrading to city level instantly raised the score by twenty thousand, and combined with the previous differences in libraries and inventions, Baiye City’s score had doubled compared to the second and third places.
Just two days ago, the second and third places, Zeta and Ximo, had upgraded to level six territories.
The two cosmic-level civilizations thought they were finally on the same starting line as Baiye, even considering that Baiye Town’s upgrade was delayed by two days. However, they never expected that Baiye Town would leap directly from town level to city level!
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