The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 213 - 126 Rice Tree

By noon, plans had been made for the upgrades and modifications of the plants.

Before the permission was issued, Bai Yi routinely reviewed the three battle reports.

There were no surprises in the instances of the two low-tier Lords.

In the Level 2 instance, the ship island construction was still slowly progressing; a week had passed, and the skeleton of the ship island had been erected, starting the welding and installation of decks and protective armor.

Resources in the Level 3 instance were far richer. With the help of witches possessing superpowers of Abnormal Object level, the construction speed was considerably faster, and an experimental version of the Magic Floating Island had been built and successfully launched.

The experienced witches had already begun preparing for more mountain cutting work, even planning to remove the Church Court’s Holy Mountain from that world to construct a Floating Island.

—This plan was even proposed by the former Pope.

After transforming into a witch, her unwavering devotion remained unchanged, only the object of her faith had shifted.

In terms of zeal, she was even close to catching up with the Pope within her territory.

Even though Bai Yi had not yet handed over the blueprints of the Flourishing Church to them, she had already started planning to build a Divine Temple for Bai Yi on top of the Holy Mountain after turning it into a Floating Island.

Progress had also been made in the internal Lord cockfighting; it seemed that a Lord had received additional assistance, with the Combat Units collectively breaking through Ranks, achieving nominal strength of Level 4.

However, far from gaining an advantage, this actually provoked attacks from other Lords, turning the previously chaotic battle into a war between both sides.

In her own instance, after that Knight had surrendered, the integration of resources was soon completed.

The witches, having no need for further expansion, had stopped and left the other continents to the remaining Lords.

Bai Fa certainly wasn’t so kind-hearted as to not extinguish them or to allow them to develop freely; instead, under the guidance of that Knight, they gradually unearthed more of their resources, facilitating the final harvesting by the witches.

And the Lords who had arrived under the witches’ rule on their own continents were completely ousted in the battle with that Knight, and after there was no need for the witches to pretend any longer, they began to divide the work.

A large part of them started following that Knight to learn scientific knowledge; with the help of the unique network connection between witches, the number of people could also be converted into learning speed.

The technological level among the witches had already progressed from scratch to the standards of the second industrial revolution, and other academic studies were also ongoing.

The remaining witches were divided into three parts: one group was working with the swarm of bees and their offspring to build ship islands in the sea, with the aerial support from the swarm of bees and underwater assistance from the Sea Sons, the construction progress of the ship islands far exceeded that of the Level 2 instance.

Not only were three ship islands underway at the same time, but they had also completed the welding of the decks and armor and begun constructing buildings atop the decks.

The last two parts, one group, was busy cutting down mountains to build Magic Floating Islands, while another was building her "Flourishing Church."

They, of course, possess all her buildings, and the church is no exception.

Even if it’s a giant structure (but only the size of a large building), with abundant resources piling up, the progress was extremely fast.

The most critical foundation and core Array have been completed, and the construction of the main body of the church has commenced, with the progress already surpassing that within the territory.

However, these are all relatively minor matters. Among the numerous battle reports, Bai Yi was surprised to note that Bai Fa actually persuaded that artificial intelligence named Knight, willing to let that Wade undergo transformation and become a witch?

Although Bai Yi had also considered this, such an apparent Spiritual Link and ability to change thinking that Knight was willing to accept?

However, from the subsequent battle reports combined with her own speculation, Bai Yi understood that it was precisely because it was Knight that the condition was agreed to.

Although she could understand the meaning of death, she was not as sensitive to shifts in thought as humans were.

For Knight, this artificial intelligence, such a transformation was like updating software, and after incorporating into herself, the human fear of changes in thinking was naturally absent.

Moreover, from Knight’s purely rational perspective, if it were only according to the original deal, simply gaining Genetic Fusion with Bai Yi after leaving the instance.

While this would fulfill her desire and could grant Wade Eternal Life, in the future, she would definitely only be able to take Wade and wander within the territory of "Flourishing," unable to engage deeply, and due to the inherent danger of artificial intelligence, she could not possibly be allowed to leave freely.

Since the decision had been made to join "Flourishing," it couldn’t stay in such a nebulous state.

By having Wade completely become a witch, gaining the complete trust of that "Flourishing," and naturally integrating into the territory of "Flourishing," then Knight herself could naturally become a full part of the territory.

It would also allow herself and the Creator more Freedom, without being akin to hostages.

It was precisely due to the presence of this Wade that Knight was now so cooperative, maintaining the tussle with the Lords on other continents, as well as helping the witches with several construction projects.

Bai Yi had no objections to this; since Bai Fa’s initiative brought about good results, she certainly had no thoughts of stopping it.

This was the standard she adopted towards her subordinates Heroes; as long as the results brought about by free will were good, she would not be overly cautious because of potential risks.

After all, if she couldn’t trust the witches directly under her command, then whom could she trust?

Besides, what had happened was already set in stone.

After finishing the remaining battle reports, the investment permission was just issued.

Her own instance no longer required more additional investment, so this time she only input the updated Fungus Blanket to refresh the instance’s Fungus Blanket, speeding up the internal resource collection.

The two Low-level instances were the same, but they also required the input of several architectural blueprints, allowing the construction of the "Flourishing Church" within them.

After all, the church could not be avoided, and Bai Yi had gradually accepted the fact that she was being worshipped.

As long as she didn’t intentionally look or think about it, it didn’t really stir up her own sense of shame, treating them all as special functional buildings in a simulation management game was fine.

The method of inputting blueprints was through the conveyance of information by the Fungus Blanket.

—The lowest activity Fungus Blanket, after being packed in a Container Box, could also be considered an item for investment.

As long as the Fungus Blanket saved and compressed information, it could enter the instances of the two Lords, redevelop inside, and ultimately form a small Swarm Network, disseminating the stored information.

The witches inside were also rapidly converted into witches who revered her from the heart through this method when they first entered.

By exploiting this bug-like method, as soon as they left the instance, they could formally transform into her subordinates, breaking away from the two Lords’ command.

However, since these pieces of information were all sorted out by the most idle Hero in the territory, the converted witch Pope, Bai Yi seriously suspected that this was the reason why the witches in the instance worshipped her so fervently.

Having arranged the investment affairs for the three instances, Bai Yi didn’t linger, taking the plant seeds she needed to carry and using the instance permission card, returned to [Witch Star].

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Witch Star, two days later

On a piece of ground that had been cleared by the updated Fungus Blanket, enormous plants that made one feel as though they had been shrunk and tossed into a vegetable garden were situated here, forming a large and unique forest.

Plants that were originally herbaceous had grown trunks as hard as the sturdiest trees, with willow-like leaves and branches hanging plenty of normal-sized panicles.

Gigantic vines climbed over them, and aside from a few plants that bore fruit matching their size, most were abundant yet normally sized fruits.

"It seems that gigantification of crops still can’t be fused mindlessly...

The compatibility of many crops isn’t high. Once fused, the produce becomes unusable..."

Bai Yi muttered to herself, pinching her chin with her right hand as she looked at the huge potato that had scooped out enough room to accommodate her.

Not only this potato, but many spices and vegetables were the same—normal size was just right, whereas after gigantification, they became unsuitable.

Not fitting for consumption anymore, or not matching their original use.

Even if Bai Yi added numerous genes to them, increasing their Magic Power content and even assisting normal witches to grow quickly.

But the territory was not short of Magic Power Crystals, and compared to those, the efficiency of food was rather slow.

These food effects were just incidental. Bai Yi’s fundamental purpose was to cultivate the witches’ food culture.

These additional effects were just one aspect of the play with cooking taste.

For instance, this potato could only be ground into potato flour for consumption, but the consumption of potato flour was not significant.

Rather than waste after increasing production, it would be better to maintain the normal plant size—at least small potatoes could still be used to fry her favorite potato strips.

Beans and most vegetables shared the same fate as potatoes, only able to propagate in their original ways.

Planting these crops, however, was not complicated, and could be left to the Skeletal laborers in the territory.

She had preserved original versions of these plants, and gigantification was just one of her experiments. The real finished products had already been stored, so there was no need for extra cultivation.

And...

"It’s about time to leave."

Bai Yi looked up at the sky that was obscured, the sun slanting and turning it red.

Leaving this giant plant garden, the witches in the city were already assembled and awaiting Bai Yi to lead them away.

Even Bai Yi herself couldn’t help feeling a bit excited.

In these two days inside the instance, she had already advanced her Level to lv.50. As long as she took these witches back to her territory, her Rank 5 advancement task would be declared complete!

She took out the Permission Card she got from Landon and activated it immediately.

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Rice Tree: Cultivated by our Creator, the great Primordial Witch Your Highness, the grown trees are about 80 meters tall. Aside from the main branches, the branches and leaves are mostly willow-like, and panicles of rice hang from many parts including the trunk. With concerted efforts in harvesting and planting, a single Rice Tree can produce 2000 units of rice grains per hour...