Chapter 214: Chapter 127 Territory Promotion
“Time is just right, looks like my calculations were correct~”
Upon reappearing in the territory, Bai Yi saw a ray of sunshine that had just streamed in from the east side of the tree hole.
Originally, she had completed her research within two days in the instance, but she still waited an extra half day and tried some incorrect approaches before coming back, just to make better use of the time.
Otherwise, if she had returned in the standard two days, it would have been early morning and still dark.
Although theoretically, she could wake up the sleeping witches to work, she felt that sleep is also a part of being human, and only proper rest could make the witches more suitable to human standards.
It’s better not to disturb the witches’ rest if it’s not necessary.
Of course, this is under the condition that the task is completed.
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Before entering the instance, she had already notified Eternal Life City to prepare the corresponding number of houses.
With the concerted efforts of the construction witches and Engineering Ants in Eternal Life City over these days, all the Giant Tree Cities were ready, lacking only some basic furniture to be functional.
As of last night’s overnight rush, they were completely ready for use.
After summoning an Erosion Worm to take away two cards sealed with witches, Bai Yi began to issue notices throughout the Network, preparing them for the territory upgrade.
Even Bai Sheng had been pre-emptively notified to temporarily subside and halt her forward momentum.
According to Orange Cat’s words, advancing to Rank 5 could likely bring about some special mutations, and might even lead to falling into a deep sleep, so she had to be prepared for the worst scenario.
It’s possible that after the territory upgrade, not only she might fall into a deep sleep, but all combat units not yet at Rank 5 might as well, which if occurring during a combat or other special situations, could lead to certain losses.
Therefore, this upgrade was set for after today’s investment permissions end; conditions are fully met, and Bai Yi felt secure, not in a hurry for these one or two hours.
She would at least use up today’s several instance investment opportunities.
During this morning’s free time, Bai Yi took out all the seeds of the crops she cultivated this time, notifying the witches who followed Furistin in farming via the Swarm Network.
By now, this batch of crops, except for an extremely small number that couldn’t undergo gigantification, all had become like giant trees.
She even tried to determine through the Giant Tree City blueprint, making them eligible to be the foundation for constructing new witch Giant Tree Cities.
Perhaps, this opportunity could be used to build a new satellite city around the territory, specially used for food production.
“Seems like quite a good idea…
The new city would be perfectly placed over the original farmlands, not too far, initially, there were a few giant trees there used as temporary residences, now they are just being expanded.
But what should it be called…
Since the main crop is Rice Tree, why not call it Rice Forest City?
No, that area is much smaller than Eternal Life City, so should it be Rice Forest Town?
As the grain center of Eternal Life City and even the entire territory, this name seems appropriate, let’s settle on that!”
Bai Yi slapped her forehead and confirmed this idea, arranging it through the Swarm Network.
There’s still plenty of free time left this morning, and with the excitement brought by the upcoming advancement, she lost interest in research.
If it’s too early to check battle reports, it might be a good opportunity to re-read various reports neglected during her busy period in the territory before the upgrade, to speedily arrange affairs after advancing.
Because she had entered a period of stable development, the main work in the territory involved various time-consuming construction projects.
Most facilities in Eternal Life City were already constructed like a normal human city, the next step was to slowly adjust them to fit the witches’ living habits.
For example, the issues of reproduction and childcare among witches that haven’t yet been touched upon, including subsequent industries, are still in the preliminary stage.
As the pioneer of a civilization, although Bai Yi relied on scraping resources from various places to accelerate the process of civilization progression, some necessary steps still had to be taken by the witches themselves.
Under the interference of Shang Ji, the witches had already begun preliminary monetary transactions and owned work and certain private assets.
However, currency circulation channels were still extremely limited, available only through official workshops, but this situation was starting to change.
From the description in Shang Ji’s report yesterday, there had even been witches who submitted applications to her, wanting to open a pub.
——It is said that the witch who initiated the application was originally working at a restaurant owned by Zhuchen before becoming a witch. Upon realizing that Bai Yi seemed to be deliberately advancing their business, she volunteered to be the first witch to “eat the crab.”
The approval for her application, along with the associated business loans, has already been granted, and the location for the tavern has been set.
Bai Yi quickly found the shop located near the residential area that was currently being renovated, and made up her mind to secretly visit it once it opened.
There are not many buildings still under construction within Eternal Life City, the largest of which is the Flourishing Church located at the heart of Eternal Life City and the Eternal Life City Library not far from it.
The latter has completed the foundation during this construction period and has started the main structure construction. According to the timeline estimated by the witches, it should be completed before the end of this cycle challenge.
The former has just started construction not long ago. Even though there is no shortage of building materials, the progress is not fast since it lacks the time acceleration benefit inside the instances, and the foundation’s magic arrays are still being carved by the witches from the Magic Research Institute.
This is also the current research topic for the Institute’s witches, trying to extract the corresponding rune knowledge from these arrays.
As for their several colleagues, they all have their own work to do.
Looking outside of Eternal Life City, the construction of two buildings in the Fungus Blanket, the Blood Flesh Worm Nest and the Biological Nest, are nearing completion with the former at 98% and the latter at 86% progress, expected to be completed in the next few days.
The rest of the report, which is mostly composed of Bai Sheng’s exploration records and various business intelligence, has been thoroughly reviewed by Bai Yi after two hours.
Just as Bai Yi was about to open today’s battle report, she suddenly had a strange feeling. Without needing anyone else to remind him, Bai Yi had already felt the change in her dashboard:
[Promotion Requirements: Lord Rank must reach lv.50 (50/50), possess 200 square kilometers of territory within this world (671/200), and have 100,000 Admirers or Fearfuls in this world (102k/100k)]
“It seems that the witches are all well arranged, now I just need to remind the witches in the instances.”
With a bit of anticipation, Bai Yi approached the table by the tree hole, preparing the investments needed for the instances and the reminders to be sent.
Even today’s battle report was a little dull for Bai Yi who quickly skimmed through it, ensuring there were no special incidents, as the time approached.
Right on time, Bai Yi input the reminders into the dashboard, confirmed in the battle report that the witches inside the instance had received it, and eagerly clicked the advancement button on her panel.
[Lord Rank Breakthrough Completed: Level cap increased to lv.60, All Attributes +20, Basic Magic Power recovery speed increased to 1 point every 10 seconds, Each level-up increases All Attributes by +4, Specialized Attribute additionally +4, Free Attribute Points +10, Skill Points +1]
[Warning: You have obtained partial Lord privileges, from this rank onwards, Experience Points can no longer directly elevate Lord Rank]
[Territory Upgrade Completed: Building rank cap increased to 5th rank, unlock cross-regional communication, unlock special dungeon library, receive Basic Building Self-selection*1]
[Warning: From this rank onwards, soldier advancements can no longer be raised by Experience Points]
[As the Lord completed the advancement task with (102k/100k) Admirers, you have received additional rewards: World Conquest Certificate*3, 5th rank promotion privilege*1, Basic Resources Self-selection Package (5th rank)*102k, Advanced Basic Resources Self-selection Pack (4th rank)*10270]
[Note: 5th rank promotion privilege*1 has taken effect, this promotion will not lead to the Lord entering a slumber state, and you have been granted additional bodily privileges, having gained 80% of bodily privileges]
As the final panel notification fell, Bai Yi already felt the changes in her body and territory.
Perhaps because of the last obtained and self-used [5th Rank Promotion Privilege], this promotion was not accompanied by the painful body full of enhanced attributes like during the 4th rank upgrade, but was instead very gentle, as if she was fusing her own genes.
And the permissions granted thereafter made Bai Yi feel her perception of her body extremely clear, every trickle of Magic Power flow, each breath her body took with Magic Power was crystal clear.
However, the bodily changes were not the focus of this promotion, after confirming her own upgrade had completed, she started to look at the other gains brought by this rank increase.
“Basic buildings…
Although their use has diminished, gathering the last basic building this time is still quite good.
Perhaps it’s time to allocate a group of witches to utilize their intellects and try these basic buildings; perhaps they could create something novel.
Moreover, the research functionality of buildings hasn’t really been utilized, they could also be put in charge of that.
After all, the resources consumed are not that much, even if one of the buildings advances to include a new technology, even if it’s just a new array, it would still be profitable.”
Along with this basic building, two new functions were also unlocked.
“Cross-world communication?
果然,5阶之后,终于要开始接触其他区域了嘛…”
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Rice Forest Town: Located on the west side of the capital Eternal Life City, it is an important food production area of the territory. Known for its giant tree-like tall rice trees, it manages the surrounding rice and wheat forests, responsible for the harvesting and processing tasks, inhabited mainly by witches and the Insect Clan, with the former mainly responsible for processing, while the latter excels in harvesting…
[Note: Want to feel the joy of harvest? Want to experience firsthand how food is transformed into daily nourishment? Come to Rice Forest Town! The perfect holiday destination for witches!]
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