Woke Up to Find the Game I Made Came True

Opening her backpack and spotting the extra Philosopher’s Stone inside, Ye Bai couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy.

Being the first to upgrade to a Town-level settlement indeed rewarded high-tier materials, and the Philosopher’s Stone—a versatile construction resource—was always welcome in abundance.

Next, Ye Bai quickly opened her personal status panel to check the effects of the newly acquired [First Mayor] title.

**First Mayor**:

- Territory population attractiveness increased by 10%.

- Chance of special talents appearing increased by 15%.

- Willingness of professionals to relocate increased by 20%.

- Nobility attractiveness increased by 15%.

Her eyes lit up as she scanned the attributes. Truly befitting a leadership-class title, every bonus was precisely where it mattered.

Population attractiveness and special talent appearance rates were slightly lower than the [First Lord] title, but that was understandable—this one came with two additional perks. The 20% boost in relocation willingness for professionals meant the threshold for recruiting NPCs to her territory was lowered.

The standard requirement was originally 60 favorability. Back when Ye Bai was returning from Merlot City to her territory, she had spent days grinding the favorability of mercenaries just to reach that mark.

Now, with this achievement effect, she only needed 48 favorability with a professional to attempt inviting them to open a shop in her territory. Unlike hired workers, these professionals wouldn’t require wages from Ye Bai—instead, she could collect taxes from them.

Of course, even as the lord, Ye Bai would still need to pay for goods produced by these professionals, though loyalty-based discounts would make it cheaper than for regular players.

The nobility attractiveness, meanwhile, referred to the likelihood of nobles visiting White Night Village—now White Night Town—for temporary stays.

In a world with supernatural powers, nobility wasn’t tied to land ownership like in medieval times. The Wilderness of Ten Thousand Realms was overrun by monsters, making territorial expansion impossible for weak nobles. Here, nobility mostly consisted of powerful supernatural beings, their descendants, and influential figures from the three great academic factions.

To qualify as a new noble, one had to at least be a Second-Class professional or hold influence within one of the three major factions. Alongside them were the families of these new nobles and the remnants of once-glorious old noble houses, not to mention player lords—all forming a sizable noble class in the Ten Thousand Realms.

For a Town-level territory, attracting nobles didn’t mean permanent settlement but temporary visits—essentially high-paying tourists.

They would purchase property and spend money in the territory but wouldn’t permanently join. Nobles only settled in cities. At the Town stage, their main contributions were gold and faction influence.

With the trade route to Merlot City now open—doubling as a tourism route—the nobles visiting White Night Town would mostly come from there, skewing toward the Arcane Faction. After handling post-upgrade construction, Ye Bai planned to establish trade routes with the other two faction capitals in the Blue Star server.

After all, her motto had always been “go big or go home.”

As dawn broke, the residents of White Night Town emerged from their homes. Professionals and soldiers worked together to process monster carcasses—skinning, harvesting meat—while the newly recruited population assisted with hauling.

Ye Bai approached the three-headed vulture’s corpse and looted it.

**Obtained**:

- [Tier 1 Skill Book] x1

- [Three-Headed Vulture Egg] x1

- [Blood of Metamorphosis] x1

- [Premium Poultry Meat] x16

- [Gold Coins] x10

“Whoa!”

The fight had been so effortless that Ye Bai hadn’t expected much, but the loot was a pleasant surprise. The battle’s intensity hadn’t lived up to the two gold and one purple-tier drops.

She immediately used the skill book to upgrade [Arcane Bloodline Enhancement IV], raising all her Tier 2 spell potency to standard levels. Tier 1 skill books were only usable by Tier 1 professions and dropped from bosses below Level 40—once she advanced to Tier 2, these books would be obsolete.

As for the Three-Headed Vulture Egg…

**[Three-Headed Vulture Egg]**

Type: Avian Egg

Rank: Legendary

Status: Can be hatched

Effect: If consumed, increases Spirit Energy cap by 50 and triples gliding speed.

Description: An egg of the three-headed vulture, capable of hatching into a juvenile. Surely no one would eat this… right?

While the gliding speed boost was tempting, the description was right—eating it would be a waste. With the right NPC, Ye Bai could hatch it into a powerful aerial combat unit. With enough investment, it could even evolve further.

If she hadn’t already tamed Autofis the divine donkey in the Celestial Realm, the vulture would’ve made a fine flying mount. But after weighing her options, Ye Bai stuck with the donkey—after all, this was no ordinary beast. It had brought her a divine artifact!

Instead of a mount, the vulture could serve as an aerial defender for the territory. If someone managed to tame it into a mount later, she wouldn’t mind gaining a Sky Knight.

Stashing the loot, Ye Bai wove through the bustling residents and approached the Tree of Genesis.

Touching its bark, the familiar territory interface unfolded.

**[White Night Town]**

Lord: White Night

Current Population: 218

Population Attraction: 50% (base) + 42% (environment) + 30% (title bonus)

Structures: Compost Yards x2, Residences x166, Blacksmiths x2, Warehouses x5, Cellars x4, Wells x8, Marketplace x1, Tailors x2, Smeltery x1, Lumber Mill x1, Smokehouse x1, Herbalist x1, Barracks x1, Watchtowers x8…

Health: 85

Sanitation: 80

Entertainment: 70

Luxury Demand: 20 (sugar fulfilled)

Personal ​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‍Preference Demand: None

Happiness: 72

The renamed White Night Town now faced new challenges. The influx of residents had noticeably lowered the once-stable 90+ health and sanitation ratings, while the newly emerged luxury demand—albeit low—had dragged down overall happiness.

Currently, 20% of the luxury demand in the territory is met by stored sugar and honey, along with other luxuries such as furniture, high-quality textiles, and decorative items. These aren’t cheap luxuries meant to be distributed to every citizen, but rather reserves to ensure that when citizens wish to purchase them, they’re available.

Thus, every additional luxury reserve in the territory increases the overall luxury value.

There’s no upper limit to luxury demand—it can exceed 100, meaning the more variety available, the higher the bonus. Once luxury demand surpasses 60, it no longer negatively impacts the territory’s happiness. Exceeding 80 even grants additional happiness bonuses.

To produce luxuries, corresponding production buildings are naturally required. Ye Bai then switched to the territory’s development page.

Under the productivity column, the newly upgraded White Night Town had already stockpiled a hefty 45 points of productivity.

This included the remaining 8 points from the last period, a monthly trade route bonus of 3 points, 16 points from territory upgrades, and 18 points accumulated naturally over time.

Such an abundance of productivity was something only Ye Bai could achieve in the current state of the game.

While other lords had gained free productivity from real-world players, the productivity required for advancing territory technology was solely calculated based on the work of NPC villagers. Without enough NPC population, even if everything was built, the corresponding technologies couldn’t be unlocked.

After reaching town level, the technology page expanded to the second tier, offering more and more specialized options.

Ye Bai first unlocked the three core town-level technologies, each costing 8 productivity points.

**[Finance]** Unlocks the finance department (buildable in the Mayor’s Office); enables wages; introduces more detailed tax policies.

**[Public Safety]** Unlocks the public safety department (buildable in the Mayor’s Office); enables the construction of guard posts and prisons; introduces the role of town guards.

**[Diplomacy]** Unlocks the diplomacy department (buildable in the Mayor’s Office); enables the construction of courier stations.

These three technologies form the essential foundational systems for a town-level territory, alongside military, collectively shaping the administrative structure of the territory. Missing any one would disrupt the town’s normal operations.

Under normal circumstances, players without this much productivity could only afford to unlock two at most. If they wanted other technologies, Finance had to be prioritized, leaving Public Safety and Diplomacy for later. Thanks to her ‘deep pockets,’ Ye Bai unlocked all three at once.

Each department had its own interface and could only be built within the Mayor’s Office.

Thinking of this, Ye Bai immediately opened the construction view, directing villagers to demolish the previously built residential houses on the Well of Origin and replacing them with the newly unlocked **[Mayor’s Office]**, available after the town upgrade.

“Phew… not easy,” Ye Bai sighed as she watched the villagers begin transporting materials.

After ‘sleeping on the streets’ in-game for a month, she, the lord, finally had her own private space in the territory.