Chapter 131

Been waiting for your own questline?

As this realization came to her, Ye Bai fell into deeper thought. She couldn't help but start recalling the clues in her memory about the entire hidden career quest line.

The more Ye Bai thought about it, the more vague and ambiguous everything seemed to him.

She couldn't remember...

The final conclusion gave Ye Bai a shock.

Before her mental power level was improved, Ye Bai's thinking and memory were excellent. As her mental power level increased, her memory was further improved, and she could recall many small details of the game clearly. Otherwise, she would not be able to play the game so well with her understanding of the universe.

The Whisperer, the Spellbreaker, the Forbidden Apostle... These three hidden professions were designed just like other hidden professions. There is no problem in remembering them as Easter eggs in the Myriad Worlds.

But they are combined together to form a second- and third-level career system. When exactly was this idea proposed and this design completed? The more Ye Bai thought about it, the more vague her memory became. She only remembered that this thing did exist, but she didn't know when it existed.

Moreover, when Ye Bai was about to change his job and choose his career, the only career path that came to his mind was this one. He was very sure of it and had no hesitation at all.

It was like when he asked the question "Which profession is the strongest and most suitable for me" in his mind, the optimal solution naturally emerged from his subconscious mind. If Ye Bai had not thought about this problem now, he would not even have noticed it.

Thinking of this, Ye Bai felt his scalp tingling and was overwhelmed by a feeling of panic and confusion.

Did this realization come from herself... or from somewhere else?

She stayed in the star network space for a long time, watching the cosmic news flash across the computer screen built by Ye Bai herself. The familiar room and familiar layout gradually brought her back to her senses.

Ye Bai instinctively entered that state of extreme calmness again.

The career system is now fully formed, and no pitfalls have been found. Unless Ye Bai 'abandons himself' and returns to the first level to re-transfer and upgrade, then worrying about the origin of the career will not solve the problem.

Combining the currently known information, she knew that there were certain problems with her memory of her hidden profession, and there might be some abnormal influence. In addition to her career choice, are there other aspects of this abnormality?

Ye Bai carefully reviewed the process of entering the game, from the desperate attempt after discovering the emergence of Wanjie in the star network, to entering the game and establishing a territory. In addition, the NPCs in the holographic mode are more intelligent and the system is more flexible.

Excluding the divine world that is a separate world, there is actually another thing that is the same as Ye Bai's hidden profession, which deviates from her memory.

That is how the Well of Origin appeared. The special creation that was supposed to appear with the first expansion pack, the Shattered God Court, became a legendary building that can be built using blueprints.

The divine realm, the Well of Origin, the hidden profession... there must be a connection between the three that Ye Bai is unaware of.

Soon, Ye Bai calmed down, left the star network and returned to reality.

Her crisis in reality has not been resolved yet, and Ye Bai's skills in the game have always had different manifestations in reality. She can perceive the effects of the abilities more clearly. Regarding the abilities of the Forbidden Apostle that are not described in the game, perhaps she can find the answers in reality.

The next moment, Ye Bai, who was on the desolate planet, opened his eyes beside the wreckage of the spacecraft.

Compared to the Blue Star, this planet is not only farther away from the star, but also rotates slower. After spending a gaming night in the Ten Thousand Worlds, the cold sun in the real sky is still shining in the distance.

This time when he returned to reality, Ye Bai clearly felt the difference.

With the replenishment of the '82 Nutrient Solution', her previous injuries have been mostly recovered, with only some slight aches and pains remaining.

The biggest change came from the spiritual level. It was a brand new feeling, as if walking out of a stuffy room. The whole person's spirit was full, no longer exhausted after using the legendary magic, and was in a more prosperous state.

Even at this time, Ye Bai had a vague feeling that although his strength should be at the level of a B-class psychic, if he faced the dead A-class mysterious man again, he might be able to deal with him, instead of being completely suppressed by his peers like before when he failed to use legendary magic to break the deadlock.

In Ye Bai's past experience, mental power has always been a state of energy without substance. It is necessary to mobilize the power of nature in some microscopic way to interfere with reality. This is the principle that enabled her to release various magical skills in reality in the past.

Now that Ye Bai has advanced to Level B, the strength of his mental power seems to have undergone a fundamental change. The mental power itself can directly affect reality, turning the virtual into the real.

With a thought, Ye Bai, driven by his mental strength, slowly broke away from the gravity and floated steadily from the ground into the sky.

It turns out this is why B-level psychics can fly.

For a B-level player, this doesn't require too much mental energy, as it can be replenished by automatically absorbing the surrounding cosmic energy.

At the same time, after rising into the sky, the atmosphere became thinner, but Ye Bai did not feel anything strange. At this time, she discovered the second change after being promoted to Class B. The "materialization" of the spiritual body made it the strongest energy exchange organ in the body.

In terms of energy exchange and metabolism required to maintain survival, oxygen exchange in the lungs is no longer required, but energy can be absorbed and converted by the spiritual body.

This is the reason why B-level psychics can survive in space.

After experiencing the basic feeling of being a B-level psychic, Ye Bai did not forget to research his three new third-level skills.

Just like every previous improvement, when Ye Bai had this thought, three abilities naturally emerged from her perception. Even though the cause and effect were unknown, it was like breathing. As long as she gave the command consciously, they could be released.

After thinking about it, Ye Bai first descended from a high altitude - she was not a mysterious person who liked to fly into the sky to maintain her image, and then she tried to use the first ability that she had not figured out in the game.

With her mental strength mobilized, the world before Ye Bai's eyes changed again. As she 'gazed', the environment unfolded into scenes one after another.

In the previous game, Ye Bai was cautious and did not take any other actions, but this time she planned to make more attempts.

Almost intuitively, Ye Bai felt that she could interfere with these images, so she tentatively chose one of them.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Bai felt her mental power transform into a force that pushed her into the picture.

The scene in front of me changed.

Ye Bai came back to her senses and found herself in the "scene" she had been looking at a moment ago. Her body did not move, but she was standing ten meters away from her previous position.

Teleport?

Shouldn't this be the power of space magic?

Ye Bai had doubts in her mind. Her intuition was not that simple. Without knowing the reason, she tried several more times.

On a desolate planet, a figure kept stopping and flashing around in an area, looking very strange, to the point that any interstellar citizen whose culture has the concept of "ghosts" would be unable to help but shout "Hell!" when seeing it.

During the test, Ye Bai obtained more and more information about this ability.

First of all, there is the ten-second skill cooldown described in the game. In reality, Ye Bai discovered that this is not as rigid as the ten-second cooldown in the game. After a 'flash', she can force the next one, but the second time will consume a huge amount of mental energy. If she rests for about ten seconds before using it again, the consumption level will return to normal.

Secondly, just like other skills that can control the degree of release in reality, Ye Bai found that the farther the "scene" he wanted to go to was from his current location, the more mental energy he would consume. The maximum range was about two hundred meters.

Moreover, the flashing within these two hundred meters is very flexible and is not limited by Ye Bai's line of sight. As long as she thinks of it, she can get there.

During this test, Ye Bai discovered that the most obvious difference between this ability and conventional space teleportation was that this flashing seemed very "intelligent". For example, she chose a relatively soft synthetic material as the location for the flash, but the space did not tear the material into pieces.

Normally, if this ability is to achieve space travel, then after she chooses it as the target, her body and materials may partially collide, leading to a situation similar to the "penetration" in the game.

However, in fact, it was not the case. Ye Bai was standing steadily on the material that she was targeting. When she moved her feet, she could feel the softness and elasticity of the material.

So what causes this 'flash' of intelligence?

Ye Bai carefully recalled every step of using the skill, and compared all the differences between before and now, not missing any difference.

Suddenly, Ye Bai tapped his palms and caught that hint of inspiration.

When using this skill, her mental strength recovered faster than normal. There was also a change that was not easy to detect, but once discovered, one would realize it was a very obvious change, which came from the injury on Ye Bai's body.

Ye Bai recovered from his injuries quickly, but after the test just now, he recovered even faster.

Considering the name of the skill called Time Magic by the game system... Breakpoint, Leap... it is obvious that this ability does not have the function of restoring mana and health.

Ye Bai's eyes lit up, and he completely understood the principle behind this ability——

This skill does not jump through space, but through Ye Bai's own time!

It looked like spatial displacement because Ye Bai chose to move to a destination when activating his ability.

In fact, the essence of the "flash" displayed by Ye Bai should be that he used his maximum speed and the most primitive way to reach the destination.

What changed was the time it took to complete the intermediate process, which was roughly the time it took for the environment to flow normally. The time it took Ye Bai to get from place A to place B was compressed in some way, and she seamlessly connected with herself who was a little later in time.

The reason why Ye Bai said that the effect of [Breakpoint Jump] was time 'compression' rather than 'disappearance' was because her mental strength and physical condition recovered faster than at other times.

If this period of time had 'disappeared', then her mental strength and injuries would not have grown faster, but should have been at the same normal speed.

After just a while of testing, Ye Bai actually "spent" much more time than what appeared to the outside world, and the actual time her body took to recover was correspondingly longer.

So what changed was not her recovery speed, but the time on her body.

Then, Ye Bai combined his current movement speed with the fact that the maximum movement range of this ability was two hundred meters, and roughly deduced that the compression time range was about 10 seconds.

After reaching the conclusion, I thought about the application prospects of this ability.

Ye Bai couldn't help but take a deep breath - it was obvious that breakpoint jump was a stronger and more mysterious force than space jump!

Space jumps can be blocked, but time breakpoint jumps are almost impossible to block. When Ye Bai uses this ability, she will not pry the space or cause any fluctuations. As long as the enemy does not have the ability to predict, it is difficult to predict where her destination will be every time she "flashes".

And more importantly, during this compressed or should be called transition time, as long as the enemy does not master the same time ability, or directly completes the area power coverage instantly, Ye Bai does not think that he can be attacked by any force when using this skill.

Because to Ye Bai's enemies, that period of time did not exist, so they naturally could not attack her.

The invincibility frame in the game is the function of the system program, and this ability, to a certain extent, is an invincibility frame that can be achieved in reality!

There is no doubt that the first ability in time magic alone is stronger than the space magic that Ye Bai has obtained. Thinking of this, Ye Bai felt a little relieved. At least the reasons and subconscious thoughts that made her choose this profession did not seem to be a pitfall, but were completely beneficial to her.

Next, Ye Bai began to study the other two abilities.

The other two time magic skills are not as abstract as [Breakpoint Jump]. Ye Bai can get some information from the names and vaguely guess the general effect.

[Bullet time] is a term in film and television, which can be generally referred to as the enhanced slow motion and time-stopping effects.

Sure enough, Ye Bai reached out and grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, threw it into the sky, and then used [Bullet Time] immediately afterwards.

At the same time, the world in Ye Bai's eyes was slowed down.

His mental energy continued to be consumed, and just like the enhanced slow motion in the movie, the sand that had been raised before floated in the air as if it had lost the effect of gravity, and fell at an extremely slow speed.

If Ye Bai had not felt the continuous and massive consumption of his mental energy, he would have thought he was watching an immersive slow-motion movie.

Ye Bai stretched out his hand and grasped a handful of tiny sand.

In this state where the whole world was slowing down, her speed was the same as normal and was not affected. However, the more intense movements she tried to make, the greater the mental energy consumption.

This ability can be used in frontal combat, whether it is to dodge attacks or take the initiative to attack, it will definitely produce powerful results.

The speed of the surrounding environment slowed down, which meant that Ye Bai's own speed increased. As the saying goes, the only martial arts in the world that cannot be broken is speed. At an extremely fast speed, the damage that can be caused is also considerable.

“Clatter…”

The bullet time was retracted, and the flow of time returned to normal. The sand in front of him fell down and returned to normal speed.

Finally, we come to the third ability, [Time Rewind].

The longer the cooling time and the greater the consumption, the stronger the ability is. There is no doubt about this. This ability that requires a whole day to cool down and has huge consumption is also the one that makes Ye Bai most curious.

Ye Bai thinks that the two time magic abilities that have appeared so far can be simply summarized as "time fast forward" and "time pause", and the last one also corresponds to the previous two. From the name of the skill, it can be inferred that it is "time rewind".

What intrigued Ye Bai was this flashback. What was it about? Could it be a literal return to a certain time in the past? That would involve far more complex science fiction elements, like time paradoxes and parallel universes. It was truly difficult for her to imagine or comprehend.

The most direct time and space paradox is that if time can really be reversed, then if Ye Bai returns to the period before his job change, does his ability no longer exist?

I rubbed my head and stopped imagining what was going on. I would know what was going on if I tried it.

The energy consumption of [Time Rewind] was huge, so Ye Bai rested for a while before continuing to try.

This skill cannot be understood by trying multiple times like the other two. The cooldown time is very long, and Ye Bai does not have enough mental strength to forcibly ignore the cooldown.

Out of curiosity and nervousness, Ye Bai touched upon his third professional skill.

"boom……"

An indescribable buzzing sound resounded in Ye Bai's consciousness.

Ye Bai found it difficult to describe her current state. This moment was somewhat similar to the changes during the third transformation. Her consciousness was once again lifted up and pulled out, but what she saw after being pulled out was not this world, but her previous experiences.

From opening his eyes after returning to reality, to killing the Chaos Beast in the Ten Thousand Worlds and being promoted to a third-level professional, to fighting with the mysterious man, all the scenes were clearly played back in Ye Bai's consciousness at this moment.

In this state, Ye Bai felt very subtle. In all her past, the only anchor she could confirm was her spiritual body that was constantly consuming her strength.

As time goes backward, Ye Bai consumes more mental energy. At the same time, she can use her consciousness to speed up or slow down time to a certain extent to control the speed of reverse movement, just like watching a video. She can fast forward, slow down, pause... and, most importantly, 'retrospect' the past memories.

The object of retrospection is undoubtedly Ye Bai himself in the past.

The previous worries became unnecessary, and Ye Bai now understood the effectiveness of this skill without any guidance.

'Retrospection' means that Ye Bai can 'bring back' a certain state of his past here.

State refers to all non-external concepts. Ye Bai cannot obtain something from the past that has become history, but she can choose to obtain her own state at that time, which can be abundant mental power, active cellular state, or an ability that can no longer be used.

Ye Bai's spirit body returned to the time before he killed the mysterious man, and used [Time Rewind] on the 'past Ye Bai' who was bound in mid-air by the spirit chains.

The next moment, the 'past world' in Ye Bai's consciousness fast-forwarded, and a huge force like a rebound pulled her back to the current time point.

"call……"

Ye Bai suddenly came back to his senses and couldn't help but take a deep breath. Everything that had just happened was like an indescribable soul journey.

Then, she remembered what she had just gained from using this time travel.

As the thought came to mind, he felt the strange power in his spiritual body ready to be unleashed.

Ye Bai smiled, and the single legendary magic [Petrifying Gaze] that he had used before came back again!

Of course, corresponding to this, the [Time Rewind] that Ye Bai had used before entered its cooling period and could no longer be used. Just the thought of mobilizing it made her feel as difficult as trying to pry open a giant mountain. Her consciousness clearly told her that she "couldn't do it."

Among all the recollections, Ye Bai can also choose the state of physical activity and mental strength, and can achieve a "full blood resurrection" in a critical moment. However, even if he uses this ability to recollect the physical or mental state, he cannot recollect it again in a short period of time.

The current retrospective options that maximize Ye Bai’s benefits are undoubtedly two powerful legendary magics.

With the existence of [Time Rewind], all these skills that were originally only usable once will be turned into fixed abilities!

Even though Ye Bai had seen a lot of the world, he couldn't help but feel his heart fluttering and his emotions agitated. The pressure and haze brought by being in the mysterious and dangerous chaotic star sea were mostly swept away.

After calming down his excitement, Ye Bai remembered something and took out the jade-like personal terminal he had obtained from the mysterious man before.

She had obtained this trophy before, but had never dared to do more research.

The current situation is different. If an enemy that cannot be dealt with really appears, with Ye Bai's current B-level strength, three strange and powerful time abilities, and the legendary magic petrification gaze that successfully killed the mysterious man, not to mention being able to defeat the enemy, he is definitely sure to escape.

Holding the jade, Ye Bai extended his mental power and activated this strange personal terminal.

The moment the mental power touched, a brand new virtual page appeared in Ye Bai's consciousness——