Chapter 225
Especially after figuring out the construction requirements for upgrading from Level Six to Level Seven, specifically the need for a **Zhongji Tushuguan** (Intermediate Library), the emotions of the two were beyond words—
How did Bai Ye accumulate such a high inclination towards academia and complete the knowledge of the school? How did he inspire the territorial professionals to innovate?
Meanwhile, players from various civilizations on the Star Network were once again plunged into shock.
As research on territorial gameplay increased, interstellar players naturally compiled numerous related strategies. In village-level territories, relying on player assistance to achieve a two-level upgrade was not a problem. However, at the town level, the difficulty of upgrading could no longer be solved merely by piling up manpower and resources.
Bai Ye had astonishingly managed to upgrade two levels once again, which was simply outrageous. But considering that this was Bai Ye, there was a certain ‘familiarity’ that made this absurdity seem somewhat reasonable.
As a result, the intelligence departments of the interstellar civilizations had summarized a pattern: Bai Ye would occasionally go missing for a period, but every time he returned, there would inevitably be some significant development…
At the same time, with the birth of the first player city, a plethora of news analyses emerged on the Star Network. The keywords "Blue Star Server," "Bai Ye City," and "Bai Ye" once again became hot topics in the universe.
**What are the differences between the first player city, Bai Ye City, and NPC cities?**
**Research on the territorial planning of Bai Ye City…**
**Does the Blue Star Server have any additional special resources?**
**What new technologies will appear in Bai Ye City?**
**…**
However, despite the curiosity and questions from players across various interstellar civilizations, there was surprisingly no new information coming from the players of the Blue Star Server.
The question, **Why is there no information about Bai Ye City from the Blue Star Server?**, quickly gained traction and climbed to the forefront of news headlines.
It’s worth noting that even when Bai Ye Town was closed off and not open to outsiders, there were still intelligence personnel outside the territory conveying some observations.
Now, at a time when the entire universe was paying attention, there was unexpectedly no new information at all. Some idle players from the Blue Star Server were even considering whether to make a long journey to Bai Ye City to take a look.
—There was no helping it; most of the truly ‘active players’ on the Blue Star Server were agents, and they were still recovering from their spiritual injuries…
From start to finish, the only players who received news from the Star Alliance’s probing were the various civilization agents from the Blue Star Server. It was an undisclosed secret operation, and after its failure, the decision was made not to disclose it. All participants were bound by a confidentiality agreement.
The confidentiality agreement of the Star Alliance was not just a deterrent; it instinctively rejected any attempt to disclose this information to outsiders. If forced to leak, it would be recorded in some manner and uploaded to the relevant departments.
Thus, ordinary interstellar citizens who did not participate in this secret operation were completely unaware, and the players involved would never voluntarily disclose anything. Even if Bai Ye was open about this incident, the Star Alliance would not acknowledge it, merely stating it was the personal actions of Blue Star Server players.
What would Bai Ye’s reaction be to the Star Alliance’s actions?
…
The warm sunlight bathed Bai Ye City and the newly appointed lord, Ye Bai.
The title of lord was a status, while village chief, town mayor, and city lord could be seen as corresponding ranks. Ye Bai had finally reached the status of a local lord.
Many were curious about what had happened last night, but Ye Bai only mentioned that he had dealt with a monster siege, without elaborating on the Star Alliance and the player army.
However, no one pressed for more details. The entire town… or rather, the entire city’s residents, except for a few key positions, were busy scavenging for loot in the fields.
Busy trucks were constantly moving in and out of the city walls. Before the operation, the interstellar agents were all equipped with the best gear, and no one expected this mission to end in total failure. Now, the equipment and items they had worked hard to earn in the game had ended up in Bai Ye City’s warehouse.
Ye Bai then made his way to the Tree of Creation.
After the territory upgrade, there was, of course, a wave of points to allocate. Upgrading from a town to a city brought about significant changes in the technology tree and policy cards.
This time was particularly different. If the previous development of the territory followed the ordinary rules of carbon-based civilizations, then upon promotion to a city, it would truly begin to step into the realm of extraordinary civilizations.
Opening the technology tree, with the upgrade rewards combined with previous accumulations, Bai Ye City currently had a total of 87 productivity points.
These productivity points were the highest ever recorded, but when it came to the ‘pricey’ city-level technologies, careful planning was still necessary; it was just barely enough.
As the technology tree unfolded, its structure gradually aligned with the emblematic patterns of the myriad realms. This time, in addition to the basic ordinary technologies, there appeared technologies shimmering with three different lights.
Ye Bai’s gaze fell upon the one technology that intersected with the three major technologies at this stage, spending a full thirty productivity points to illuminate it.
**Rift Capture Device**: Unlocks the construction of the Rift Capture Device.
The simpler the description, the more extraordinary the function. This expensive device required foundational knowledge from the three major schools to be activated. In simpler terms, it was a dungeon key generator.
In the myriad realms, aside from the initial city-building order dungeon, players at the second transition stage had hardly encountered dungeons in the true sense. Only when adventure-type players reached the third transition and lord players entered the city stage would they officially begin to engage with them.
Because by that time, simply defeating the naturally spawned monsters on the map would no longer satisfy the number of players and the experience required.
Dungeons were strictly referred to as **Void Rifts**.
For adventure players, dungeons were places to obtain equipment and experience. After the third transition, players could exchange reputation for dungeon quests in NPC cities, and upon completion, they would receive substantial rewards from that city.
For lord players, dungeons would also yield various high-quality resources needed for territorial construction. Once a dungeon was captured by a territory, it could occupy the resource point’s output until all resources from that rift were fully mined.
This was also why NPC towns rewarded adventurers for completing dungeons; the territory providing the rift key would gain access to the resource point upon completion.
Of course, if a dungeon key was used but the dungeon was not cleared, it would be a waste of resources and time, necessitating the regeneration of a new key. The time spent on this was roughly equivalent to the time taken to gather resources, preventing the abuse of dungeon keys.
In summary, once entering the city level, the competition for dungeon resources would become an important daily task for the territory.
And at this step, Ye Bai was already five game months ahead of other territories, perhaps even longer.
After constructing the **Rift Capture Device** in the military zone, close to the core location of the library, Ye Bai continued to illuminate each extraordinary technology that required 5 productivity points.
Extraordinary technologies would not be displayed if the territory lacked the corresponding knowledge. However, since Ye Bai currently possessed first-level knowledge from the three major schools, this was not an issue.
The red Chaotic School technology **Bloodline Activation**, the blue Magic School technology **Potion Workshop**, and two golden Alchemy technologies **Basic Energy Extraction** and **Basic Energy Application**.
**Bloodline Activation**: New barracks project; soldiers activated by bloodlines will gain an additional 100% combat experience for ten days, with a 10% increase in the probability of breaking through ranks.
**Potion Workshop**: The herb workshop building can be upgraded to a potion workshop, producing magical potions.
**Basic Energy Extraction**: Unlocks energy mines; unlocks energy conversion pumps.
**Basic Energy Application**: Unlocks energy transport pipelines; unlocks basic energy machinery.
Bloodline Activation and Potion Workshop need no further explanation; the most important technologies were actually the latter two Alchemy technologies. These two technologies were the true means of utilizing source energy crystal mines, akin to transitioning from the steam age to the electrical age, which would greatly liberate the territory’s basic productivity.
Once the energy mine was constructed, manual extraction would no longer be necessary; instead, machines would directly extract energy from the source energy crystal mines and transport it to all production departments of the territory through energy conversion pumps and transport pipelines.
Both the agricultural and industrial sectors could utilize energy machinery for production. Oh, and of course, the territory’s streetlights would bid farewell to the era of oil lamps, transforming into clean and bright source energy supplies.
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