Woke Up to Find the Game I Made Came True

When Ye Bai said this, Dennis immediately fell silent. After all, the wildebeest transport team was the direct affiliate of the Merchant Guild, while mercenaries were merely temporary collaborators hired by them.

Moreover, as the platform provider, the Merchant Guild took a cut from the mercenaries' commissions, which had already caused dissatisfaction among many of them.

Now, Dennis couldn't even accuse Ye Bai of poaching from the Merchant Guild.

"That's great."

In the end, not all the mercenaries left. Only four of them, eager to earn more, accepted Dennis's offer, while the other six chose to stay in Baiye Village to familiarize themselves with the territory and learn more about Ye Bai, their lord.

After seeing Dennis off, Blaze reminded Ye Bai, "My lord, he's in a hurry to return because he wants to capture that herd of wild wildebeests."

"I know. Don't worry, our village will soon have its own wildebeests," Ye Bai replied with a smile.

Blaze was momentarily stunned, then his face lit up with joy. Could this also be part of the lord's plan?

Wildebeests were known for their speed, strength, and endurance, making them excellent land mounts. They were versatile, capable of being trained for both transportation and combat, and were typically found only in large cities.

The wild wildebeest herd near the territory had long been marked by Ye Bai as hers. She had no intention of letting the Merchant Guild take advantage of the situation.

After assigning new residences to the mercenaries and Dilina in the village, Ye Bai finally found time to visit the Tree of Creation.

As she touched the tree trunk, detailed information about Baiye Village appeared in her mind.

**[Baiye Village]**

Lord: Baiye

Current Population: 68

Population Attraction: 20% Base Attraction + 22% Environmental Attraction + 15% Title Bonus

Buildings: Compost Factory x1, Residential Houses x62, Blacksmith x1, Warehouses x2, Cellars x2, Wells x4, Market x1, Tailor Shop x1, Smelting Workshop x1, Sawmill x1, Smokehouse x1, Herb House x1

Health: 85

Sanitation: 85

Happiness: 75

The third wave of refugees had brought 30 people, and with the addition of the 10 mercenaries, the population had reached 60. With four professional buildings already in place, the village was now eligible to upgrade to a Level 2 territory.

However, Ye Bai didn't rush to upgrade. Instead, she began planning the next phase of the village's development.

Tomorrow would mark the 30th day since the village's founding, and the fourth wave of refugees was set to arrive. Given the current population attraction rate, around 50 people were expected, which would meet the population requirement for upgrading to a Level 3 territory. Once the other building conditions were met, the village could skip straight to Level 3.

Of course, upgrading twice in a row would also attract double the number of monster attacks from the surrounding areas.

But Ye Bai wasn't worried. She still had a few powerful magic scrolls left, and during her journey from Meiluo City to establish the trade route, she had cleared the Alligator Pond, which had significantly reduced the threat from one direction. It was even possible that the Alligator Pond had been the most dangerous monster lair near Baiye Village.

The basic rule of territory upgrades was that they attracted attacks from nearby monster groups. The next wave might only consist of a few weak creatures.

However, one thing was certain: the wildebeest herd would definitely come.

Dennis would need at least two in-game days to return, and organizing a capture team to head to the grasslands would take another three to four days. This gave Ye Bai plenty of time to upgrade the village.

Next, Ye Bai opened the long-neglected [Territory Development] page, and the familiar tech tree appeared before her eyes.

During her absence, the village had naturally accumulated 4 points of productivity. With the additional 8 points earned from establishing the trade route, she now had a total of 12 points to spend—a comfortable surplus.

This time, however, she didn't invest heavily in technology. She spent 2 points each on the new Level 2 tech branches: [Basic Defense Construction] and [Animal Husbandry]. The [Brewing] tech required for the tavern would only become available at Level 2.

**[Basic Defense Construction]**

Unlocks [Wooden Spiked Fence] building; Unlocks [Watchtower I] building.

**[Animal Husbandry]**

Villagers gain basic animal husbandry skills; Unlocks [Pasture] building; Unlocks [Feed Mill] building.

After unlocking these two technologies, Ye Bai immediately began planning the construction. She designated a square area enclosed by double-layered wooden spiked fences in the northeastern to northwestern regions of the village.

This area included a blank square plot in the northeast and a long rectangular corridor connecting to the northwest—the same direction from which her caravan had entered the village. If the wildebeests attacked, they would likely come from this direction.

After establishing the trade route, the map beyond the route remained shrouded in fog, but the trade route itself, a mostly straight line with slight curves, was now visible.

The terrain around the trade route was slightly "illuminated," allowing Ye Bai to easily locate the grasslands where the wildebeests were and predict the direction from which they would approach if the village were upgraded.

She then planned two watchtowers on either side of the main dirt road.

With that, the wildebeest trap was set.

However, Ye Bai didn't immediately build the pasture. Since wildebeests were high-level creatures, they required a higher-level [Advanced Pasture] to be housed. Instead, she planned a [Feed Mill] in the agricultural area.

With the village's human resources now plentiful, construction began as soon as Ye Bai finalized the plans.

After completing these tasks, Ye Bai returned to the territory attributes page. Compared to before her departure, both health and happiness had decreased—a natural consequence of the population increase. Remembering Carrie's earlier hesitation, she opened the population page.

Sure enough, three exclamation marks appeared among the working villagers.

Having experienced this before, Ye Bai knew this signaled the presence of special talents, and she couldn't help but smile.

However, her smile quickly faded when she noticed that one of the individuals, Felix, had two exclamation marks. Checking his personal status, her brows furrowed as she realized what Carrie had been concerned about. Felix's status read: "Infected with Disease - Under Treatment."

Seeing this, Ye Bai immediately headed to the village's herb house.

As she approached the herb house, a strong smell of medicinal herbs hit her.

"Creak—"

The door to the herb house opened just as Ye Bai arrived, and Lucy stepped out carrying a pot of herbs.

"My lord, you're back! I just heard the news!" Lucy's face lit up with joy upon seeing Ye Bai.

Since Ye Bai had built the herb house and assigned Lucy to this role that perfectly suited her talents, the budding herbalist's favorability toward her had skyrocketed.

But before Ye Bai could speak, Lucy suddenly remembered something, her expression changing as she took a step back to maintain distance.

"My lord, you shouldn't come too close. I have a patient here..."

"Is it a contagious disease?" Ye Bai asked before Lucy could finish.

Lucy nodded. "Yes, so it's best if you stay away. I've been giving other villagers herbs to take home to prevent the disease from spreading throughout the village."

"You've done well," Ye Bai praised, looking at Lucy with approval.

This level of precaution was exactly what she expected from a high-level talent she had been nurturing. Lucy was likely on the verge of becoming a professional herbalist.

"Hehe, it's what an herbalist should do," Lucy replied modestly.

But to her surprise, Ye Bai didn't leave. Instead, she continued walking into the herb house.

Lucy was shocked and quickly called out, "My lord... what are you doing?"

“It’s alright, I’ll be fine. I’m a Divine Blood,” Ye Bai reassured Lucy with a calming expression. “I’ll go check on the situation.”

Yes, players (Divine Bloods) are unique in the myriad realms. Unless they are hit by skills like [Plague Ray] or [Swamp’s Touch], players are immune to the various diseases that spread among NPCs.

Of course, if a lord assumes they won’t be infected and ignores a plague outbreak in their territory, they’ll quickly learn their lesson through the mass deaths of villagers and the ensuing chaos.

Lucy nodded after hearing this. “Alright, Felix is a pitiful child.”

Then, Lucy put on a specially-made mask and led Ye Bai into the herb room.

As the territory’s doctor, Lucy had a relatively higher disease resistance compared to ordinary villagers, but she still needed to be cautious.

The two arrived at the only bed in the inner room.

A red-haired boy, around fifteen or sixteen years old with a flushed face, lay on the bed. A damp towel covered his forehead, and he appeared to be suffering from a high fever.

Hearing the commotion in his daze, the boy opened his golden eyes and looked at the two figures by the window.

“Sister Lucy…”

He moved his parched lips, and as Lucy appeared, a sense of calm seemed to wash over him, easing the furrow in Felix’s brow slightly.

It might have seemed like a psychological comfort, but Ye Bai, standing nearby, could clearly see that this was the effect of Lucy’s talent, ‘Healing Light II.’

“Felix, are you feeling any better? Look, even the lord has come to see you. You must recover quickly.”

“L-Lord…”

Felix, still in a feverish haze, looked at the figure beside Lucy. In his high fever, he couldn’t make out the face of the lord that Sister Lucy often spoke of. All he could see was the faint outline of a figure silhouetted by the light coming through the window.

“Sleep, Felix. You’ll recover soon.”

Ye Bai spoke soothingly to the boy, though the information she obtained from her identification skill left her quite surprised.

**Character:** Felix

**Identity:** Villager of White Night Village, Child of the Sun

**Level:** 1

**Class:** None

**Health:** 22/100

**Food:** 50/100

**Water:** 50/100

**Entertainment:** -/-

**Luxury:** -/-

**Personal Hobbies:** -/-

**Loyalty:** 70/100

**Satisfaction:** 100/100

**Talents:** Burning Blood, Flame Affinity III

Felix’s identity as a [Child of the Sun] was unique even among the villagers of White Night Village.

Coupled with his talents, Burning Blood and Flame Affinity III, Ye Bai strongly suspected that this guy had escaped from a [Furnace] in one of the Chaos faction’s main cities.

The [Furnace], in other words, was a laboratory within the Chaos faction. The Chaos faction researched flesh and blood technology, and in the myriad realms, whenever there were strange and bizarre bloodline races, they were almost always tied to the Chaos faction.

Felix’s appearance wasn’t just a matter of him being a special talent. He was more like a ‘hidden gem’ among special talents, complete with his own personal quest.

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