Chapter 156

Ye Bai completed the task earlier than the task prompt. When she completed the sixth area, she could not accept the task again. It seemed that the spatial folds on the side of the wormhole had slowly disappeared, and it was estimated that the closure of the entire wormhole had entered the final stage.

Sure enough, not long after, I received the completion notification.

But... when he saw that he was ranked first, Ye Bai couldn't help but be speechless, hoping that his performance would not be too outstanding and attract any unnecessary attention.

Following the guidance of the jade terminal, all the psychics here gathered at the designated coordinates.

No one was talking to each other, just waiting quietly. Seeing this, Ye Bai silently chose a position to move closer.

But when she got closer, she could feel several gazes directed at her.

The one with the strongest presence came from the semi-mechanized one she had just briefly fought with. She didn't know if the other sights were from Black Hole's enemies, but she also scanned them expressionlessly.

The result was just like the enemy before who didn't dare to delay the mission. After meeting Ye Bai's eyes, those people withdrew their gazes.

At this moment, a space fluctuation occurred nearby, and a miniature wormhole suddenly appeared above them. A woman with an extremely delicate face and wearing a starry robe walked out of it.

The reason why it is called the Starry Sky Robe is because the robe has a black background and the patterns on it are dynamic. If you pay a little attention, you can find that it simulates a galaxy rotating around a star. The style looks like some kind of standard clothing.

Is this the deacon of the Church of the Stars?

Ye Bai's expression changed slightly, because in her spiritual perception, she was surprised to find that the deacon of the Church of Stars, who made the A-level attacker so fearful, was actually only a B-level psychic.

With the appearance of this deacon, all the taskers with different expressions focused their attention on her. Even those at A-level seemed to be very low-key and humble.

This further proves that the powerful people in the Chaos Star Sea present were not afraid of the deacon's personal strength, but the "Church of the Stars" behind the deacon.

Ye Bai had many doubts since he first heard about it. In the interstellar age, there actually existed a force like the church. What kind of god would the Church of the Stars believe in?

From the information Ye Bai knew, the first thing that came to her mind was the star god believed in by the Tianluo tribe. But if the belief in the star god had so many followers, the Tianluo tribe would not be a rare wandering race in the universe.

Moreover, Xiliana once mistook Ye Bai's spiritual power for that of a star god. Later, when she was spreading her faith to her friends, she never heard her mention the Church of the Stars.

The deacon's gaze swept over the group of taskers standing quietly below. His face was expressionless and he didn't speak. His mental power rippled outwards, "Very good. There are ten people who have received A-level rewards. You can choose your rewards from me according to your ranking."

As he spoke, the deacon extended his hand, and a glittering diamond-shaped crystal flew out and hovered in front of her: "First place, go first."

Upon hearing this, Ye Bai did not delay. He flew in front of the deacon in a flash.

Everyone present focused their attention on her, expressing curiosity, surprise, fear, etc. The previous attacker's expression suddenly changed when he saw this scene.

Seeing Ye Bai, the first place winner, the deacon's half-lidded eyes lifted slightly, and she smiled a smile that looked like it was measured with a ruler: "You are the first place winner, you can get 2000 points and choose one of the A-level technical rewards."

When he got closer, Ye Bai realized that the deacon in front of him had an extremely delicate face. Due to the genetic evolution in the interstellar era, each race had its own unique appearance. The delicacy of the person in front of him was not about how beautiful he was, but that the facial features on both sides of the other person were almost exactly the same, giving her a feeling that he was not a real person.

If it weren't for Ye Bai's current strong mental strength and the fact that the other party wasn't absolutely "refined", she would probably have experienced the uncanny valley effect on the deacon in front of her.

However, Ye Bai knew what the situation was now, and he had to be more cautious about the Church of the Stars, which even the A-level people in the Chaos Star Sea were afraid of.

"I understand, thank you." She just glanced at it normally and then looked away. She silently followed the other party's instructions and touched the diamond-shaped crystal with her mental power.

A page that was exactly the same as the points redemption area in the Jade Terminal appeared, but the content on it had never appeared in the redemption area.

Seeing this obviously related technology, Ye Bai was basically certain that the jade terminal originally came from the Church of the Stars.

"Mind linking technology, memory editing technology, gene directed evolution technology..."

Glancing over the content on the reward page, Ye Bai immediately understood where the main research basis of black holes came from. It seemed that black holes were able to possess so much knowledge as vast as the stars by completing the tasks of the Church of the Stars step by step and exchanging them for ether laboratories and technologies.

There is a high possibility that the Ether Laboratory, which embodies extraordinary technology, was also exchanged by Black Hole through tasks, but the laboratory is obviously more valuable and is not included in the rewards of this task.

What do you want to exchange?

Ye Bai scanned the redemption list without missing a single thing. The A-level rewards were all certain technologies, while the B-level rewards were physical objects and points.

Seeing that Ye Bai didn't make a choice immediately, the deacon seemed to have thought of something and added, "You can also choose B-level technology and get an extra 2,000 points."

Hearing this, Ye Bai asked, "If you don't choose technology..."

The deacon's brows furrowed a little, as if she couldn't believe Ye Bai would ask such a question. However, she still replied, "That's fine. Exchange them all for points and you can get another 2,000 points."

Ye Bai immediately understood. Obviously, the value of technical rewards is much higher than that of physical rewards, and the value of all rewards that have never appeared in the points mall is higher than the points, so the deacon in front of him would behave like this.

After understanding this, Ye Bai decided to prioritize technology.

Since she had not prepared in advance, she actually had no particular inclination now.

In fact, choosing a technical research that you are interested in is a good choice, but Ye Bai has not yet fully absorbed the knowledge in the black hole laboratory, so it is a bit early to choose his own research direction.

The 'time' technology that should be given top priority is related to one's current abilities. Even in this list of many advanced technologies, there is no technology related to it.

I don’t know if there isn’t one or if the reward for this quest isn’t enough.

So, when Ye Bai noticed that the deacon was obviously impatient, he made his own choice.

"I'm exchanging it for the technology to make dark magnetism."

If there was one technology that caught Ye Bai's attention at first sight, it was this one.

When Ye Bai saw it in the list, he was also caught off guard.

All along, from the information she learned about psionic magnetism when she was in the Star Alliance, this material has always been a rare and precious natural material in the universe. It can shield mental power and is also the most core material for making "mental power inhibitors."

At that time, only two needle-sized mental suppressors made of dark magnetism were able to restrain the spiritual body of Xiliana, a B-level strongman of the Tianluo clan. It can be seen that it is unusual and rare.

But now Ye Bai learned that this material was not natural, but could be artificially made. It could be exchanged for a large piece of phantom magnetism in the B-level physical rewards. It seemed that the large number of psychics smuggled behind the Makul Group might have been supported by Black Hole, a powerful being from the chaotic star sea, and they were not short of phantom magnetism.

"good."

The next moment, no one knew what the Star Deacon did, but the moment he confirmed the information, Ye Bai received the points and skills in his jade terminal, which were "transferred" to her just like the instruction manual he received when he took on the task before.

"You go down." The deacon said casually, then looked down again: "Second place."

Seeing this, Ye Bai flew back to the taskers and did not leave rashly.

After she made her selection, other taskers went up to exchange their items one after another. The other A-level experts who came in second and third did not leave after the exchange was completed. They all returned to their original places to wait.

Ye Bai noticed that everyone was used to this and didn't look strange. It seemed to be a fixed procedure.

The current form of task exchange also reflects an intriguing meaning.

There is no other reason. Judging from the result that the reward is ultimately sent to the 'Jade' terminal, it is technically impossible to let the tasker choose the reward on the terminal himself. This link, which can be completely saved, has always existed, which means that its formal significance is greater than its practical significance.

For some reason, the Church of the Stars retained the ceremony of awarding rewards, as if it were a test of obedience in the chaotic starry sea, demonstrating its authority and control.

Originally, Ye Bai thought that the chaotic star sea was truly chaotic, but he didn't expect that beneath the chaotic appearance, there was a huge monster like the Church of the Stars, whose roots were unknown, entrenched in it.

But after realizing this, Ye Bai was full of doubts, because judging from these actions, the Church of the Stars did not seem to be an organization without desires. How did it maintain a balance with the Star Alliance and not fight?

Even judging from many current phenomena, the true situation of the chaotic star sea should be kept well hidden in the Star Alliance.

After everyone completed the exchange, the deacon of the Church of the Stars took back the diamond crystal. She glanced at the group of taskers lightly, nodded, turned around and stepped into the micro wormhole that had just opened behind her.

With the disappearance of the deacon, the previously inexplicably tense atmosphere was clearly felt to have disappeared, and the taskers also began to negotiate.

Either trade, or... fight.

The fact that the Jade Terminal of the Church of the Stars is 'anonymous' indicates that this faction does not care about taskers competing for task rewards.

In this regard, Ye Bai's first focus was of course on the attacker who had a grudge against the black hole. At the same time, he was thinking about moving the battlefield to a place where he could perform after the fight started - such as a planet with gravity.

"Black hole!"

However, the moment Ye Bai's eyes met the attacker, he saw that the attacker, who seemed to have a deep hatred for the black hole, was mentally shaking, as if he was about to attack, but the next moment, he suddenly changed direction.

Four beams of flames shot out from the man's semi-mechanical hands and feet, and he retreated rapidly at a speed that even Ye Bai was astonished.

Escape...escape?

Although he ran away, the other party still did not forget to taunt Ye Bai: "You are really good at pretending."

Ye Bai stood there in a daze for a moment before she realized the reason with a strange expression. The other party might have misunderstood her true strength because of her performance in the mission, and thought that her previous combat strength was just an act.

It seemed that because of this, no one approached her at this time.

"Well, I'm quite good at pretending..."