Chapter 289
Dorothy had already brought the Forest Singer back to the civilized territory. If she knew about this situation, she would probably burst out laughing and feel grateful for her decisive actions and swift escape.
Soon, some players who intended to "dig a hole" in Baiye City realized the seriousness of the situation.
The Forest Singer was already a principled and trustworthy divine realm powerhouse. However, those less principled divine beings, once brought to Baiye City, would simply refuse to leave.
Yes, they wouldn’t leave.
Especially those who belonged to top-tier races.
...
"I never expected the King would also arrive in this new world. My apologies, summoner; I will remain by the King's side and await orders from now on." The high elf, having just arrived in Baiye City with the summoning player, turned to him as if sensing something.
The player, who had been planning to increase his favor with the Elf Queen, was momentarily stunned: "Wait... can I... go with you to meet the Elf Queen?"
Before he could finish his sentence, the slender and beautiful high elf seemed to have an idea. She took out a green leaf and handed it to him, saying with genuine concern, "If you need anything, just send me a message through this. Um... I’ll reply after I finish the tasks the King assigned me."
This was akin to the "we’ll keep in touch via message in a bottle" of the Yebai era.
In the next moment, before the player could react, the elf's figure had vanished without a trace.
...
At the city gate, another player spoke softly to the seemingly empty air beside him:
"I was hoping you could help me investigate the secrets that might exist in this city..."
Suddenly, a transparent shadow materialized into a humanoid form, lifting a translucent hood to reveal a spirit emerging from concealment.
"Baiye City is such a wonderful place! I’ve decided to stay here for a while to learn. Of course, as my summoner, if you encounter any difficulties, I will assist you as needed."
"Ah?" The player was caught off guard, never expecting to hear such a response.
—You are the most knowledgeable spirit in the divine realm! Why would you need to learn in Baiye City?!
But when the player turned back, the spirit who had imparted so much knowledge to him was nowhere to be found.
...
In the shopping district of the residential area of Baiye City, the area had now expanded to include a three-story specialty bakery.
"Wait, my lord, Kegnu, why did you suddenly decide not to leave?" The player looked puzzled at the dragonborn he had summoned. This powerful dragonkin had a bad temper and a hearty appetite, but once appeased, he was a formidable ally.
He had only intended to try his luck at catching a glimpse of the Elf Queen in Baiye City, and if he didn’t see her, he planned to leave. Yet, this divine being he summoned, who was usually easy to talk to as long as his requests were met, suddenly refused to budge.
Kegnu's gaze subtly drifted to a nearby popular bakery, where a donkey was eagerly waiting for scraps. The players in Blue Star attire were quite familiar with this mount of Baiye.
Confirming that he hadn’t dampened his lord’s spirits, Kegnu quickly averted his gaze and impatiently said to the player beside him, "Kegnu will stay wherever he wants! You can go play by yourself; if you annoy me further, I might just eat you."
The player, unsure of where to "play," could only respond with silence.
...
In just one day, all the players who had brought divine beings to Baiye City received a painful lesson and summarized their experiences:
Players could go to Baiye City alone; they should not bring divine beings near it. Otherwise, they would witness the very divine beings they had painstakingly summoned running off to work for Baiye City!
Chapter 199
The players who had excitedly brought divine NPCs to Baiye City quickly regretted their decisions.
They never got to see the legendary Elf Queen because the areas where she appeared were strictly off-limits to players. Moreover, if they dared to approach, they wouldn’t even need the guards of Baiye City; the divine NPCs queuing to meet the queen would block them first.
—You don’t even qualify to meet the queen; what gives you the right to disturb her?
Re-summoning divine beings would require a significant amount of resources, and those most eager to stay in Baiye City were precisely from the top-tier races. If their favorability wasn’t high enough to re-summon, they might not be able to bring them back next time.
After weighing the pros and cons, the players who had intended to dig a hole found themselves cornered instead, helplessly waiting in Baiye City for the summoning period to end.
During their stay, the players couldn’t help but watch as Baiye City’s ratings skyrocketed. What was even more infuriating was that part of this surge might very well be due to the divine beings they had summoned!
Dorothy, who had summoned the half-elf Forest Singer, had been reassigned to work in a key area of civilization development. After some time of research, the players naturally understood the immense role forest magic could play in the territory.
As for the arrival of the Elf Queen, the most direct impression the players could gather was that all the plants in Baiye City began to grow at an astonishing rate, as if a controllable "plant uprising" was underway. Even ordinary decorative plants, shrubs, trees, and flowers were thriving, bursting with life.
Of course, the most notable changes were in the agricultural fields. In the past, even as the top city in the entire server with various bonuses, the fields outside Baiye City could only yield two harvests a month.
But now... they were harvesting every single day!
Whenever players passed by the inner and outer gates of Baiye City, they could smell the aroma of ripening crops wafting from the outer fields. The farmers of Baiye City were grinning from ear to ear, spending their days doing just two things: planting and harvesting.
In an era where productivity was fully liberated, such food acquisition efficiency was simply absurd, especially considering that these were all naturally grown plants.
Now, as various player territories were rapidly developing, almost all lords, like the past Yebai, had to import food to maintain the growth rate of their populations and food diversity.
Thus, watching the current situation in Baiye City, other lord players were left grinding their teeth in frustration—would Baiye City really never run out of resources?!
In reality, Ai Nuo Lusiya, as the favored child of the Tree of Life, created an indiscriminate aura upon arriving in Baiye City. Not only did this affect the ordinary agricultural fields, but even the magical greenhouses within the inner city were filled with exotic fragrances, allowing various extraordinary plants to grow rapidly.
Just like Yebai once indulged in a feast in the Emerald Dream, those magical plants that normally took several months to mature were now ripening in just a day under the influence of the Elf Queen.
At least the extraordinary plants were cultivated in magical greenhouses, and Ottofis had set up spatial passages, allowing the harvests to be directly transported to the core storage area, hidden from prying eyes.
Otherwise, if the ordinary crops ripening daily made other lords grind their teeth in frustration, knowing that precious extraordinary plants were also thriving at the same rate would likely shatter their teeth.
Meanwhile, wood-type magic players passing through Baiye City discovered that while operating in the vicinity, all their wood-type skills received a "Nature's Power" boost, increasing wood-type magic damage by 30% and reducing casting costs by 20%.
The subsequent rating increases were traceable, but the initial cause that had drawn everyone to explore Baiye City’s soaring ratings remained a mystery to the interstellar players.
Just as the players were feeling envious, jealous, and curious about the changes in Baiye City, the next day, a server-wide announcement rang out:
【Congratulations to Baiye City for cultivating its third master-level professional!】
Upon receiving the announcement, other lord players were once again left bewildered... What kind of master-level professional had Baiye City stumbled upon?
...
"Lucy, you did well."
In the magical greenhouse, Ai Nuo Lusiya looked at her newly accepted student with a satisfied smile.
Lucy’s cheeks flushed with excitement as she replied, "It’s all thanks to your guidance!"
Before her on the alchemy table sat a vial of her latest concoction—the legendary "Dragon Power Potion."
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