Chapter 346: Returning to Blue Star to Scavenge the Military Fortress (4)
The official army from the South Royal Capital Camp burst in, sparking a battle between the official army and local gangs.
The outcome of the battle is still uncertain, with some gangs being stronger and others weaker.
Gangs have their advantages, excelling in street brawls, while the official army has its advantages, excelling in forming formations and skirmishing.
Ordinary citizens can only shut their doors and windows tight, praying not to be implicated.
While the forces in the Royal Capital were in a deadlock, in the empty South Royal Capital Camp, Ye Nai set down the soldiers who were sent back.
Hida, who provided a lot of useful intelligence, was placed separately, with a heavy money bag placed on his stomach.
"Hope you can return home alive."
Ye Nai smiled meaningfully, turned around, lifted her foot, and returned to the East Ridge Secret Realm.
Just after she left, in just over ten seconds, Hida woke up first. He sat up holding the money bag, and seeing his unconscious colleagues on the ground, he wanted to run quickly, not letting anyone discover the money on him.
But as soon as he stood up, before he could see where the camp gate was, other soldiers began to wake up one after another, each calling out to the other, frantically trying to figure out what was happening and how they ended up in a different place after passing out.
Hida, trying to sneak away from the crowd like a thief, was unsurprisingly caught. In the struggle, the money bag slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground, its opening spilling a few gold coins.
Ordinary soldiers earning only a few months' military pay had their eyes fixed on the gold coins. Immediately, some scrambled for the money bag, while others picked up the gold coins.
Knowing things were going badly, Hida struggled to run, but there was no escaping. Instantly, countless people pressed down on him, knocking him to the ground, piling on top of him, making it feel as if a mountain had fallen on him, and he went silent.
A few minutes later, the money bag was torn to shreds, and the soldiers who had finished grabbing the gold coins scattered away.
Only Hida's stripped corpse was left on the ground.
The soldiers, fearing he still had gold coins hidden on him, stripped him clean, even emptying his pockets of loose change.
While a group of soldiers got a small windfall here, other soldiers also went into buildings looking for clues and finally had some uncertain news.
This place seems to be the South Royal Capital Camp.
The soldier who recognized this place was a local from the Royal Capital; it was from here that they departed back then.
But now, seeing the bare camp with nothing left, this soldier hardly dared to recognize it, finding it hard to imagine how powerful someone must be to take nearly the entire Military Fortress back home.
Moreover, they made a round, and the mid to high-ranking officers were nowhere to be seen, leaving only low-ranking captains leading the soldiers.
At this point, no one cared where the mid to high-ranking officers went, leaving the low-ranking captains to unite first, gather their troops separately, assuming this is the South Royal Capital Camp, and let that local soldier lead the way to see if the nearest city is the Royal Capital.
When they saw the city gate, everyone confirmed that this was indeed the Royal Capital.
The excited crowd quickened their pace, charging straight into the city.
Thus, the soldiers and gangs fighting hotly in the city saw another army rushing in. The gang members scattered instantly, thinking this was the advance team returned on behalf of His Majesty, without even taking a serious look at this later army in complete disarray.
Returning to the East Ridge Secret Realm, Ye Nai first checked on the situation of the captives. By now, they had all gotten up, the servants having grown accustomed to waking at this time to work, while the nobles woke early from not sleeping well in the tents.
The Duke's family also woke, having been hungry from yesterday to today without water or food.
Ye Nai threw them enough tools, telling them to clear a piece of land well during the day, or else continue starving, allowing them to drink water from the river as they wish, or fish if they had the skills to do so, unbothered by her.
They had already been asleep in the Space for dozens of hours without eating, and after being released, they continued to be punished for misbehavior, now having to go hungry for another day. The Duchess immediately fainted with a blacked-out vision.
Ye Nai couldn't care less about their life or death, seeing nobles without titles as useful only for that bit of manual labor. If they couldn't even finish that, they'd be better off dead sooner.
After giving clear instructions, Ye Nai opened a Transmission Port in front of them and left.
Without relying on a Transmission Platform or a Heart Core, she could just open a Transmission Port and leave.
This feat completely stunned the captives present, whether it was the Duke's family or the Knights and Baron's House watching the spectacle.
"She wasn't like this yesterday, yesterday she disappeared in a flash!" cried the Duke's family members.
"This Great Witch is so powerful!"
"Is she really just a Great Witch?"
"No Space Wizard of such a young age would have such accomplishments! Could she actually be a Witch Saint appearing young but actually of great age?!"
"I believe she's not a Great Witch, but a Witch Saint. Having fought for so many years, it's not surprising that the country has the strength to cultivate a Witch Saint, there might be more than one of them!"
"Selsa is truly finished."
"What will happen to us?"
"I want to go home, sob, sob."
"We have no home anymore, nothing left."
Ye Nai didn't leave the Secret Realm but returned to the wilderness outside Town No. 2.
Her previous display wasn't to show off her strength but a sudden spark of realization that her Space Teleportation had two manifestations: one invisible Space Teleportation that, even if seen, would be mistaken as instant teleportation, and another being a Transmission Port that could openly bring others along.
The Smoke Formation Team reported back the intelligence. When she returned, there would certainly be people coming to discuss with her, offering tempting benefits to stop her from being a free-spirited solo.
As long as the benefits were enough, she'd switch.
Pragmatic people know how to seize what they can in the present, not fantasizing about the improbable.
Even if she greedily wanted more, she'd need to manage it well, right?
However, further investigation was needed to determine if her type of Space Port had other activation methods. If it was limited to her alone using it, it wouldn't have much economic value.
According to national practices, teleportation like this would surely be turned into a mode of travel accessible to the public, like trains and airplanes, as a new form of long-distance travel.
The downside is the cost.
The upside is also the cost.
But in terms of ultra-long-distance performance, it's far superior to airplanes, unaffected by any adverse conditions and delays, enabling travel as soon as reaching the transmission station, with per-person ticket prices getting cheaper as the number of people per trip increases.
Just like how so many people buy a twenty-thousand-dollar phone, would many buy a twenty-thousand-dollar teleportation ticket allowing one to step over ten thousand kilometers?
What about opening cross-border travel?
Would a five-hundred-thousand-dollar teleportation ticket be very expensive?
What if it could accommodate hundreds or thousands of people at once? Would it still be a five-hundred-thousand-dollar ticket?
But to do this business, first, it must be figured out how to stably open a Transmission Port and maintain energy supply, most importantly to build in bulk, with employee training for operation, then it would be incredible, finding a partner, she handles the technology and maintenance, and the partner handles operations, splitting the profits together would be incredibly satisfying.
Even if the technology evolves later and better technologies outdate hers, it's fine, she could use it herself, conducting logistics with her Space and Space Transmission, how could she starve?
Ye Nai is full of confidence about her future, as long as she doesn't die, her future is bright.