Weaving a shell resembling a fruit to envelop the spore, it was handed over to Hatti, who accepted it with a serious expression and nodded heavily.

"I understand, Master."

Having followed Bai Yi for so long, Hatti was already familiar with this process, and she immediately left with the fruit.

After sending off the spore used for gene updates, Bai Yi connected to the network and began synchronizing the information she had missed these days.

Knowing that Bai Yi was engaged in research, Shang Ji, who managed everything, was well-prepared, leaving her a daily report on the territory to help her quickly grasp the situation.

In the network, she accepted the virtually produced paper, and the words were imprinted in her memory, etched into Bai Yi’s eyes.

After she began her research, the first to be enhanced were the purely mechanical buildings within the territory.

These buildings, having no biological involvement, could swiftly receive enhanced blueprints via the panel’s enhancement function.

Coupled with the highly convenient ability of metalization, almost half of the building enhancements were completed by the second day after territory ascension.

The witches responsible for mechanical research even had the time to locally improve them again, making them re-adapt to the usage habits within the territory.

Especially the artillery-type buildings that most affect combat power. After this update, the new technology in the blueprints was also a festive harvest of innovation for the witches.

Besides mechanical buildings, next were the high-tier witches.

After the territory ascension, the most important gain was the unlocking of the 8th Rank limit.

The number of high-tier witches able to ascend to 8th Rank within the territory was actually considerable, especially those brought back from Maga Star, led by Magga, the Mage Witches.

This group of high-tier mages, upon becoming witches, had long obtained the means to ascend, possessing pseudo-9th Tier strength, lacking only the ascent itself.

Previously, due to territorial restrictions, they had no opportunity to ascend and were firmly stuck, only Magga had surpassed the limitation due to obtaining her 8th Rank ascent authorization.

Now with territory ascension, losing this limitation, they naturally had no reason to remain at the Seventh Rank.

It’s just that ascending to the 8th Rank requires not only personal strength but also a World Core as an ascension foundation.

Even though she currently occupies many worlds, the quantity is still limited.

There’s also a need to reserve some, to leave other races with ascension opportunities, ultimately leading to fewer than thirty of the strongest Mage Witches successfully completing the ascension.

Of course, if one counts only the newly ascended to 8th Rank, it’s more than just this group of Mage Witches.

Besides them, after this ascension, she acquired the ability to transform to 8th Rank. Several Beast Tamers who recently defected to her also became colleagues with their beasts, undergoing transformation together.

Currently, they are on the battlefield against Paradise, participating in battle while following Magga to learn the Spell.

"Come to think of it, it seems my ascension skipped the normal 8th Rank ascension process, completing it without consuming a World Core?

Could something have replaced the role of the World Core? Is it my superpower?"

Thinking about the World Core, Bai Yi suddenly recalled her ascension.

She took out the World Core initially prepared for herself, scrutinizing it for a few seconds before giving up on the thought.

This question isn’t something she can answer right now.

Compared to this question, she’s more interested in her territory’s strength after ascension.

"Gene update can be completed in a day at most, huh, let’s choose a lucky Paradise as the target for testing..."

.........

Flying Spaghetti Monster: A mysterious god-like entity appearing during the infestation, resembling a tangled ball of yarn. Its body possesses unimaginable flexibility and recovery ability. No matter the severity of attack, it can easily recover, though lacking long-range means, its physical strength is extremely high, posing extreme danger...

[Note: Are you sure this isn’t a prank?]

[Note on the note: I wouldn’t mind sending you to the battlefield to personally experience what it’s like to be punched by noodles...]