"Go ahead, remember that your top priority should be preserving yourself as much as possible."
With one final reminder, Bai Yi no longer stopped them from taking action.
The races under her often only show flaws at moments like these because they prioritize her interests over their own, to the point where they disregard their own lives most of the time.
It’s like those supporters who would sacrifice their lives, solely to scout shrubs for their shooters, believing their lives worthless and thinking their sacrifice brought value.
Little do they know, a series of consequences from such sacrifice often becomes the root cause of failure.
Even though the races under her command wouldn’t cause major consequences, with her as the ultimate fallback, it’s still easy to suffer losses if this continues...
Of course, what bothered Bai Yi the most was how the races under her, especially the Insect Clan, treated their lives with disregard.
War is an exception, where sacrifices are inevitable.
But in normal times, to treat one’s life as a mere number valued only for its benefits, and to proactively sacrifice it for considerable gains, a perspective Bai Yi absolutely does not agree with.
Perhaps because Bai Yi has become indifferent enough to foreign Life, her care for those she considers her own has instead grown stronger.
Ha, she really is becoming more like a Forest Elf...
"Never mind, I hope my warning makes a real impression, otherwise I’ll have to enforce cherishing Life by order..."
As her races began to disperse and take individual actions, Bai Yi’s figure disappeared from the original location.
When she reappeared, she was already back in a room within the underground base of this world.
This newly excavated cave room was now completely covered in silvery metal, countless runes covered most of the room, leaving only a small section blank.
And in that blank section, a short-haired witch was busy at work.
"Qian Baosi, how is the progress?"
"Your, Your Highness, you scared me to death disappearing like that...
Your soul equipment is really impressive; despite my Space Ability, I couldn’t sense the spatial waves from the teleportation at all.
Whew... there’s about a tenth left of this Array, after all, I’m the only one who can draw it, also spent some time learning the use of metallization..."
Even after assimilation into a witch, Qian Baosi shed some of her previous flaws, but her timid nature remained as the base, and she easily got scared.
Moreover, having just become a witch, she hadn’t yet adapted to the territory’s modus operandi, seeing Bai Yi come over personally, she thought Bai Yi was pushing for progress, immediately trying to explain she wasn’t slacking off.
"Alright, alright, I’m not rushing you, just came to take a look."
Bai Yi waved her hand, not disturbing Qian Baosi’s work, silently watching from the side.
The Rune Magic Array in the room was all a result of Qian Baosi’s efforts, fulfilling her long-held aspiration of acquiring cross-world teleportation capability.
Being someone who’s valued by Bai Yi due to her vast knowledge on the Space Series, once Qian Baosi smoothly assimilated into a witch, Bai Yi immediately interrogated her for those hidden Space Series knowledge.
The most crucial part was Qian Baosi’s cross-world teleportation ability brought over from her world.
Initially, Bai Yi hoped Qian Baosi was deliberately holding back, hiding the relevant knowledge from her.
To directly gain the knowledge and master such genuine cross-space teleportation ability accordingly.
But it turned out that Qian Baosi was just that honest.
While it’s not a true ability relying on an object, it’s close enough.
Qian Baosi’s cross-world teleportation ability was something Bai Yi had heard of, having recently resurfaced in her sight due to the expeditionary army’s return.
That was the Ocean Lord’s "Ritualistic Summoning!"
According to Qian Baosi, she gained the ability in a Cycle Challenge with the Ocean Lord after battling against it.
By seeking the most compatible God or directly using corresponding objects as offerings to petition for the God’s strength to cast blessings or some sort of Divine Arts.
Qian Baosi corresponded to a God skilled in Space Ability, called the [Traveler].
This cross-world teleportation ability was executed using an item related to [Traveler], combined with her compatibility with this God, allowing her to perform this Seventh Rank ability.
The room’s Array was meant to pair with her for a ritual to petition for strength—the "altar."
The original altar that summoned her had been damaged in the nuclear bomb’s blast, fortunately, all the knowledge resided in Qian Baosi’s mind, and the special item always stayed in her storage Space.
Otherwise, she couldn’t even construct the altar.
Though ultimately not a true acquisition of knowledge, Bai Yi wasn’t disappointed.
At least, currently confirmed, this ability could indeed be supported by a Seventh Rank, and she happened to have a just-promoted Seventh Rank in Space Series.
The aim was to utilize this altar for several teleportation attempts, collecting additional data for Ju to potentially reverse-engineer technology.
Upon confirming this point, Bai Yi immediately set Qian Baosi into action, providing resources for her to clone the altar right away.