Chapter 249
Taking the jade terminal in her hand, Ye Bai communicated with it using her mental energy and spent 20 points to recharge the Ether Laboratory.
As the points were consumed, she received a prompt indicating that the Ether Laboratory was now fully charged.
Much like a miniature wormhole, this laboratory, whose exact location Ye Bai didn’t even know, was charged in this manner. The reason she did this was that she had once seen records of black hole recharges in the laboratory logs.
After completing this, Ye Bai had a total of 2236 points remaining.
Without hesitation, she activated the ability [Time Rewind] to reset the cooldown of [Historical Circuit], and she used [Historical Circuit] once more.
This time, Ye Bai only rewound a short period, back to just before she purchased the recharge.
With an indomitable will, she reached out her hand toward the jade terminal she had held in the past.
The cool touch of the jade terminal fell into her hand, and as the scene before her ‘advanced,’ Ye Bai returned to the present.
It was as if her soul had returned to its rightful place. Ye Bai saw the two jade terminals in her hand overlap, merging at an astonishing speed. If she hadn’t been paying close attention, she might not have noticed it at all.
Ye Bai picked up the jade terminal and examined its appearance closely. It was still as smooth and flawless as before; there were no changes in its appearance, weight, or texture.
It turned out that things that existed in both the past and present would merge, and there wouldn’t be two existing simultaneously.
Having confirmed this, Ye Bai felt a mix of anxiety and anticipation as she poured her mental energy into the terminal in her hand.
Suddenly, Ye Bai felt a jolt throughout her body.
The terminal retained its original functions and user ID, but now, the points it held had increased to 2256.
Ye Bai had specifically purchased the recharge for the laboratory to test this hypothesis.
And indeed, as she had suspected, [Historical Circuit] did not transcend dimensions; its effect was akin to [Time Rewind] applied to objects, allowing the state of the past item to replace the current state. Thus, the point value from before she purchased the recharge had returned as well.
Ye Bai’s thoughts shifted, and she linked to the Ether Laboratory again; the energy was still at full capacity—the target of the circuit wasn’t it, and it remained in the state it should be in ‘now.’
“Wow, this is really a freebie…”
After waiting a bit longer, the points in the terminal still hadn’t changed. It seemed that as long as Ye Bai didn’t use her time abilities on it again, it would maintain this state indefinitely, with the ‘now’ completely replaced by the ‘past.’
As for how the accounts behind the Ether Laboratory recharge would balance out in the end, Ye Bai didn’t know. But for now, if she disregarded the potential risks of this anonymous terminal—
It could be said that the exchange area was now free for Ye Bai.
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Chapter 169
After confirming the effect of her ability, Ye Bai put away the jade terminal.
While free points were nice, she wasn’t in urgent need of them at the moment.
Although the jade terminal was in an anonymous state, and the Ether Laboratory recharge was completed in a way Ye Bai didn’t fully understand, the chaotic star sea was not an orderly society like the Star Alliance. Still, considering the existence of the Star Council, she didn’t plan to use it recklessly.
The 20 points she spent for the experiment could be ‘recycled’ into a consumed state once the skill cooldown was over.
After all, Ye Bai hadn’t gained her points through hacking; as long as she didn’t exchange for more than she had before, theoretically, the ‘accounts’ would remain normal.
If, in the short term, the 20 points used for the experiment did cause any negative reactions, Ye Bai could simply discard this terminal and her black hole identity, finding a way to get a ‘new account.’
Overall, having the jade terminal as her only experimental item was the best option. Otherwise, using ordinary items to test her ability wouldn’t confirm whether it could be applied to the terminal, nor would it bring the benefit of ‘refreshing’ her star points.
And this method of getting something for nothing would truly shine in critical battle moments, allowing for large-scale exchanges of powerful technologies in the exchange area.
After experimenting with her ability, Ye Bai returned to the myriad worlds in high spirits.
If the ‘reality to reality’ historical circuit had this effect, then the ‘game to game’ skill should be similar.
In reality, Ye Bai still had some reservations, but in the myriad worlds, she could act without restraint.
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As the sun rose, a new day dawned in Bai Ye City.
Ye Bai visited the finance department, where it showed that Bai Ye City’s fiscal revenue had reached an astonishing 1,338 gold coins.
The difference between an individual earning money and an entire city doing so was evident here; even for someone as wealthy as Ye Bai, it was a considerable fortune.
Of course, this included the profits from the resource points Ye Bai had previously occupied, but this development was undoubtedly positive.
After the initial investment phase, the small village of just over ten people had transformed into a large city with over two thousand residents. While this population might not seem significant in the interstellar era, in a world with such a level of productivity, Bai Ye City had finally begun to generate income for Ye Bai, its lord.
“Good day, my lord!”
“Greetings, my lord!”
As Ye Bai stepped out of the lord’s manor, she was once again greeted by a multitude of residents from the city.
The residents Ye Bai encountered now were completely different from those at the beginning. Thanks to the thriving sewing industry, the inhabitants of her territory no longer wore the coarse linen garments of the past; instead, they donned work clothes suited for various professions and everyday outfits of diverse materials and styles. The city was beginning to show signs of fashion trends in clothing.
Walking down the streets, she also saw many elegantly dressed noble travelers.
With the inner city’s infrastructure fully constructed, and unlike the distinct architectural styles of the three major cities, the foundational buildings here had taken the essence of those styles, merging into a unique aesthetic that was both similar and different.
The outer city’s infrastructure was also under construction. Besides residential and military areas, the former agricultural and industrial zones were expanding outward, marking the necessary transition from a village to a city.
All the more basic industries were migrating to the outer city. The initial farmlands in the inner city had all been transformed into [Source Energy Greenhouses] for growing various high-grade magical herbs, while the farmland supplying food for the residents was now established in the outer city.
The industrial zone was similarly evolving; various production facilities, having activated [Basic Energy Utilization], experienced a significant liberation of productivity, greatly enhancing output and efficiency. The ordinary tailor shops and blacksmiths built in the outer city could meet the daily clothing and tool needs of the territory.
Meanwhile, the core locations housing the territory’s skilled tailors and blacksmiths were focused on upgrading all industries, dedicated to producing various high-grade extraordinary equipment and items.
On her way to the Tree of Creation, Ye Bai glanced at the lord leaderboard.
First place: Bai Ye, Territory Score: 132,744, Resource Points Occupied: 1
Second place: Zeta, Territory Score: 48,428
Third place: Ximo, Territory Score: 47,973
Fourth place…
While other territories were beginning to realize the importance of knowledge and were forced to stabilize their efforts to accumulate academic tendencies, Bai Ye City’s territory score soared ahead, continuing to grow rapidly.
In addition to the completion of the inner city’s infrastructure with the help of numerous players, the middle-tier knowledge from the three major academic factions had also ‘arrived’ after expanding the library, resulting in another surge in territory score.
As for the decrease in the number of resource points, it was because the resources in the initially cleared resource points had been fully mined, and the displayed quantity would change in real-time.
Touching the tree trunk, Ye Bai obtained detailed information about her current territory.
[Bai Ye City]
Lord: Bai Ye
Current Population: 2,131
Population Attraction: 82% Basic Attraction + 69% Environmental Attraction + 50% Title Bonus
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Health: 96
Sanitation: 95
Entertainment: 98
Luxury Goods Demand: 120 (Sweets, High-Grade Alcohol, Furniture, Fabrics, Crafts, Jewelry satisfied)
Personal Hobby Demand: (1/7)
Happiness Level: 99
Education Rate: General Education (72%), Full-Time Education (18%), Extraordinary Knowledge I (1%)
Willingness to Reside: 32
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