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The hot air balloon soared high and fast, quickly obscuring the ground with clouds. The inscriptions carved on the balloon faintly glowed, and after careful observation, Ye Bai determined that not only did they include protective inscriptions, but also inscriptions for acceleration and navigation.

【Inscriptions】technology belongs to the advanced science of 【Alchemy】, one of the three branches of advanced technology in the world.

When the technology tree develops further, it will branch into three directions: elemental magic, alchemical science, and chaos power.

The hot air balloon of the traveling merchant, Kazmai, employs a practical alchemy leaning towards utilitarianism. The next destination he mentioned, 'Magic Capital' Melor City, is clearly a metropolis that follows the path of elemental magic.

This was good news for Ye Bai.

One unique aspect of 《The World》 is that each server operates as a different 'sandbox map'.

Every server has different towns, terrains, and resource distributions. If these were fixed, once a location of high-level resources was discovered in one server, players could simply follow the same coordinates in other servers, which would undermine fairness.

Moreover, the NPCs in each town are also randomly generated and different, with variations in the missions they offer.

Of course, this randomness follows certain basic patterns.

For example, each server generates a varying number of NPC towns based on the number of registered players, with three of these towns being megacities that represent the pinnacle of the three major technological paths, known as【Metropolis】. These cities showcase what these technologies look like at their peak.

These are also the three major academic schools in the game. Other NPC towns, including player territories, are influenced by these schools. Player leaders can choose to join one of the academic schools and gain access to exclusive resources and technology support from that school, unlocking unique buildings and professions.

In terms of NPCs, servers have various types of factions like【Adventurer's Guild】and【Merchant Guild】, but these factions’ upper management are completely different NPCs across servers. The same applies to skill mentors and class change mentors—their functions remain the same, but the individuals vary.

So, since Kazmai referred to Melor City as 'Magic Capital', Ye Bai could almost certainly confirm that it was an elemental magic metropolis.

Players who pay attention can gather a lot of information from NPCs, unless under special circumstances, this information is rarely false.

In magic and alchemy-oriented cities, Ye Bai could find the class change paths she desired. If she ended up in a city leaning towards chaos power, she would need to spend money for a town teleportation service.

Under the acceleration of the inscriptions, the hot air balloon reached Melor City in just one in-game day.

During this time, when the game entered night, Ye Bai logged off and found that the external world hadn’t changed. This was not unexpected, as ordinary interstellar travel usually spans days or even months. The situation of Ye Bai being kidnapped from Earth was likely classified as 'smuggling,' possibly on a secret route similar to smuggling.

As the in-game sky brightened, Ye Bai saw a magnificent city come into view from a distance.

The city featured predominantly dark-colored buildings, with the central area dominated by various tower-shaped structures. Main avenues were adorned with decorative elements created by elemental magic, such as rainbow bridges formed by reversing water elements into the sky, lush vegetation grown by plant magic, and floating steps made using gravity magic.

When the hot air balloon landed at the city's landing platform, Ye Bai observed that most of the pedestrians were wearing robes, exuding an aura of mystery and intellectuality, with some accompanied by strange magical pets.

"Master Baiye, we've arrived at our destination. Until next time," Kazmai said as he bid farewell to Ye Bai. He planned to go to the Melor City market to trade the source crystals he had obtained previously.

Since Ye Bai had paid extra for the 'ticket', Kazmai's address to her had changed, indicating that he had genuinely remembered her.

If Ye Bai had been the traveling merchant, she would certainly remember a 'leader with mineral wealth'.

"Goodbye. I hope you can visit my territory for trade again next time," Ye Bai replied.

"Definitely! You're my big client!" Kazmai replied cheerfully before leaving with his signature backpack.

Ye Bai also turned and left, not forgetting her current mission.

Having come with the traveling merchant, Ye Bai directly landed in the inner city and thus avoided the scrutiny of the inner city gate guards, saving her time and money.

The inner and outer cities of a town are distinct, with the inner city housing many important core buildings. The residents here are of a higher class than those in the outer city, mostly advanced profession holders and noble NPCs.

Players can only enter the inner city once they have changed professions. Before that, they must either finish a series of tasks or bribe the guards with one silver coin to enter.

Ye Bai, thereby, saved herself time or money.

"Milady, do you need a map of Melor City? You seem to be new here; without a map, you might get lost. Only ten copper coins for a map!"

"No, thank you," Ye Bai declined the map offer from a child resembling a newsboy.

Standing at a higher vantage point, Ye Bai scanned the appearances of several buildings before focusing her gaze on a tower with a trident-like design and immediately hurried towards it without hesitation.

Of course, a map wasn't necessary; although Ye Bai wasn't familiar with Melor City, she was well-acquainted with the appearances of various functional buildings.

...

"Why won't you let me in?"

After several failed attempts at entering inner city establishments, Zhou Ya, unable to hold back, posed this question to the shopkeeper stopping him.

Magic Guild, city hall, library... all these buildings turned him away. Even when he wanted to enter a magic equipment store to... umm, check out some equipment, he was refused!

"I apologize, but evidently, your status and strength do not match the level required here," the shopkeeper said, looking at Zhou Ya with a condescending gaze and a clear air of superiority.

"What do you mean by that?!"

Zhou Ya was a strong figure in his own right in reality and found this treatment quite displeasing.

Having joined players who entered the inner city of Melor City via a messenger task, Zhou Ya had assumed he was the first.

He had thought the opportunity would help him get a jump on other players in high-level missions and professional advancement. However, upon arriving, he kept hitting walls and with time running out and teeming with frustration.

So when the shopkeeper overtly disrespected him, Zhou Ya snapped.

"Huh?"

Noticing Zhou Ya’s displeased expression, the shopkeeper, a 【Magical Apprentice】 by profession, responded by glaring at him.

On Zhou Ya's player vision, what floated above the once-friendly NPC was now a visible health bar.

"...There's no problem."

Considering the disparity in health bars between himself and the opponent, Zhou Ya wisely chose to stand down, opting for quiet conciliation.

"You made the right choice." The shop clerk scoffed dismissedwardly.

Just as this was happening, a figure sprinted past Zhou Ya without a pause.

Zhou Ya’s glance instinctively followed the figure, and his eyes widened in surprise—he immediately recognized it as another player, through that standard system default build, generic system-created hairstyle, and less-than tie wear range options for newcomer attire.

Another player had entered the inner city?!

And, seemingly without inton environment strengths' phase anyone’s radar's patroller reputation; indirect circles reasoning she was likely someone hitherto unknown amidst inner Melo Paramount ex-adbuba existing warfare correspond disgust sanguinely turf conceptions circles.

It's noteworthy that the online feature that allows for competitive interaction, as it's customized within an acceptable universe plan with the following implementations; a player-initiated initiative to establish a platform credential, an autonomous channel, foregoing matters in order to consume pathways electrically, transforming the nightmarish scenario of changing name recognition without the user's permission.

As Zhou Ya pondered this, an even more shocking scene unfolded before his eyes.

He watched in astonishment as the player who had been running casually just trotted right through the library's doors. The two guards who had previously blocked him didn't even lift an eyelid, allowing her to disappear into the depths of the library... What was the reasoning behind this? He had been stopped before even setting foot on the steps!

After the initial shock, Zhou Ya felt a spark of inspiration and subconsciously followed her path.

However, before his foot even touched the library steps, a cold command echoed from above: "Halt, idle ones!"@@novelbin@@

"Why was the person in front allowed to enter?" Zhou Ya demanded resentfully.

Unfortunately, the two armored guards at the library entrance didn't even bother to answer him, merely reaching for the weapons at their waists.

Two thicker, longer health bars appeared in Zhou Ya's vision, thicker and longer than the shop clerk's.

"..."

Zhou Ya retracted his foot where it stood.

He couldn't help but glance around the entrance one more time until he received a notification that his mission was about to expire, before finally departing with a heart full of resentment.

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...

If Ye Bai were here, she could have answered Zhou Ya's doubts.

Just as the shop clerk had said, the difference lay in 'status'.

All players were 'Divine Blood Bearers', but Ye Bai had an additional 'Lord' status over Zhou Ya.

Although Baiye Village was only a level 1 settlement, which was dwarfed in comparison to a level 9 city like Meiluo City, a 'small village chief' was still a village chief! No matter how minor, Ye Bai's lord status placed her in the nobility class, a privilege that ordinary players could only aspire to after their profession advancement.

As Ye Bai sprinted over, she naturally noticed Zhou Ya, but she was too busy entering the library to pay him any more attention. Her time was precious.

Once inside the library, Ye Bai immediately headed towards the towering rows of bookshelves.

Unlike alchemy which focused on experiments and application, and chaos which emphasized communication and faith, magical technology was the branch most devoted to 'knowledge' itself. Thus, the library here held the most comprehensive collection among the three main cities.

After searching for a while, Ye Bai stopped in front of a row of bookshelves and purposefully retrieved several books.

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina to read 'General History of the Continent I'?】

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina...】

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina to read 'General History of the Continent V'?】

Ye Bai was grateful for the system interface that allowed her to quickly complete such standard tasks with a minimum of effort. With five quick confirmations, she spent 50 stamina and finished reading the half-person-high stack of histories of the continent.

Then, she searched through a few more rows of shelves and found several introductory history books.

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina to read 'History of Elemental Discovery'?】

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina to read 'The Genesis of Alchemy'?】

【Do you want to spend 10 stamina to read 'The Origins of Bloodlines'?】

【Do you...】

"Ten books... that's enough." After reading the tenth history book, and even leveling up once to recover stamina, Ye Bai's personal level reached 16.

She stood up from the table, no longer looking at the books, but began wandering around the library aimlessly.

But not long after, as Ye Bai passed a desk station, a figure who had been buried in a book lifted her head and called out to Ye Bai.

"Wait, young one in front..."

This was an elegantly-spirited elderly lady, her silvery hair neatly styled behind her head. She pushed up her glasses and gazed at Ye Bai with green eyes.

"From my observation, it seems you're also interested in history?"

Ye Bai stopped in her tracks, a smile curling at the corner of her lips: Here it comes!