Chapter 85

After Ye Bai left Wanjie, he opened Aurora’s message in his personal space on StarNet.

Because they spend a lot of time in the Myriad Worlds, Ye Bai and Aurora's communication on the Star Network is not real-time. Instead, they send messages to each other after logging off, and the cycle usually ranges from 3 to 5 game days.

The last time Ye Bai replied to Aurora's message, she fabricated a short and cute game experience to tell the other party - of course, Ye Bai said that she was born in a small town far away from Sora City in the Giant Sea Star server.

The 'calendar' that records the time when the message was sent starts from the first game day when Ye Bai built his own territory, and is calculated according to the game day of all worlds for easy recognition.

After all, the giant sea star is much larger than the blue star, and its orbital speed is also different. A day and a year on the phantom sea star are not 24 hours and 365 days respectively. The aurora is in "phantom sea time".

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"It's good that you were born in a small town, but it's a pity it's too far from Sola City. Otherwise, I could take you with me after work... But according to the strategy, you shouldn't be much different. You don't know that we've been busy with a lot of new research topics recently because of that master-level announcement in the White Night Territory!"

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"Big news! You saw it in the game, right? Baiye Village has been upgraded to a level 4 territory, from a village to a town! It seems the most developed territory in our Giant Star is only level 2!"

"I'm really speechless. Why at this stage would someone still propose the idea of ​​replicating the equipment in the Myriad Worlds in reality? The instructor actually accepted it, saying that we have to try it to know the results. But isn't that really a waste of time?"

"We're now having to film tons of equipment details with attributes, then bring them to reality and replicate them with a 3D printer. What the hell are they thinking? No matter how well they try to recreate the appearance, reality can't replicate the exact composition of the materials in the Myriad Worlds!"

Seeing this, Ye Bai's mouth twitched. It was right for the researchers to make a bold attempt, but it was difficult to evaluate the act of replicating real equipment...

"Ultimately, this all boils down to the energy weapons that appeared in Bai Ye's territory. The Myriad Realms are truly miraculous. They've achieved the leap from cold weapons to energy weapons in a single instant. A normal civilization would have to go through at least three technological explosions to achieve this... and the Tree of Creation, which is necessary for building a territory."

"My latest topic is about the Tree of Creation. I believe it's a natural super-brain. Perhaps the Tree of Creation is some kind of advanced life form that has formed a companion relationship with the people of all realms!"

Ye Bai's mouth twitched again. Although Aurora's idea made sense to some extent, it was obviously impossible to find the Tree of Creation in reality, because its essence was the territory management interface for lord players...

Interstellar scholars have fallen into the misunderstanding of verification in their research direction of the Ten Thousand Worlds. They regard the extraordinary knowledge of the three major schools as more advanced technology, which must contain principles they are unaware of. They want to analyze it in the real world and even try to replicate the game equipment one-to-one in reality.

Something that they can't understand must be the result of a higher level of civilization. Bai Ye, who can surpass other civilizations, must be a big shot.

Shaking his head, Ye Bai's eyes narrowed when he saw the next part:

"I recently completed my job change to Water Elemental Mage, so I can now answer your question about what it's like to learn magic..."

She had previously asked Aurora about the players' professional skills after changing jobs, due to her desire to improve her mental strength and concerns about her career prospects.

The skills that Ye Bai unlocked in the Ten Thousand Worlds were mastered directly in reality. After the players' levels were upgraded, she was also curious about how the interstellar players were doing in learning skills.

Physical professions are fine, all you need to do is combine physical skills with mental strength, but what about magic?

Ye Baixing couldn't find much relevant information online. The few that appeared about magic skills were all complaints about how difficult it was to learn. This made her very curious about the specific situation. Then she saw Aurora's complaint in the next sentence:

"Magic is so hard to learn!"

"...But maybe because we, the Phantom Sea Star people, originally lived in the ocean and have inherited genetic memories, the converted magician said I'm quite talented in water magic."

"Physical professions can learn skills by relying on physical skills and mental strength, but I suggest that you consider magic professions if you have the choice. Most current research tends to focus on using mental strength as a method."

"In the past, our use of spiritual power was too superficial. Either it was a talent awakened based on the characteristics of our own race, which was difficult to replicate, or it was bestowed upon the body and combined with physical combat. Now, the mainstream players in the Myriad Worlds have chosen magic professions just to practice the use of spiritual power."

Seeing this, Ye Bai nodded secretly. It was the same as her previous vague guess. Character upgrades can improve mental strength, and learning magic can train mental strength. Magic professions are expected to be a popular career choice for future StarCraft players.

"It's hard to describe the specific feeling of using magic. I just cast my first Ice Bullet in real life, and it's far less powerful than in the game. Maybe there's a certain environment guiding me in the game, making it easier to cast magic, but in real life, I need more learning. It's a bit like bringing something from another world into this one..."

"But don't worry, improving mental strength has been absolutely proven. If you work hard to upgrade, you should be able to raise your mental strength to D level soon..."

In the message, Aurora told Ye Bai about her recent situation, mostly complaints about work.

Although Ye Bai and Aurora were both in Wanjie on the surface, they did not have the same frequent contact as normal friends would when playing online games together.

Most of the civilizations that can join the Star Alliance have achieved the liberation of productivity. Supported by abundant real material conditions, more and more interstellar citizens have become "professional players" who can stay at home.

Moreover, because of the special nature of being able to change real mental power, the significance of this kind of "professional player" is not only to be able to make money by using the Ten Thousand Worlds, but also represents the improvement of mental power in reality. Therefore, among the vast number of professional players, the nature of "professional" is far greater than "player".

There are very few individuals in the universe who can be said to be completely independent. Most of them work for a small organization or department, and these organizations can ultimately be traced back to the forces of civilization.

For example, the current Aurora belongs to a research institute in the Giant Sea Star, and this research institute is under the management of the research team of the Fantasy Sea Civilization.

StarCraft players are not essentially "playing" in the Ten Thousand Worlds. They have really changed places to work. The actions in the game are essentially work. As a result, as long as Ye Bai is not "born" in Sora City, he will basically have no contact with Aurora, and it is very easy for him to cover up his vest.

In comparison, Ye Bai is now more like a full-time player in the online novels of that era. Although she also spends a lot of time in the game every day, she is working for herself... Oh, she also has the identity of a lord, and the NPCs in the territory are also working for her!

After replying to Aurora with some of his "recent updates", Ye Bai logged out of the Star Network, opened his eyes on the soft big bed in the room, sat up and stretched, then stood up and moved around.

Ever since Ye Bai came to Huanhaixing and settled down, he has never stepped out of the rental house again.

After all, people could live at home in the Blue Star era thousands of years ago, and this is even more so in the interstellar era with highly developed technology.

“Gurgle gurgle…”

Ye Bai took out a can of nutrient solution from the safe and drank it.

Ye Bai had taken it for granted before, because the last time Aurora treated her to a bath, the ticket cost more than 20 star coins, which made her think that the prices on Fantasy Star were similar to those on Blue Star. In fact, bathing, a more ritualistic activity, was a standard luxury enjoyment, and the price of a real meal out was not much different.

But for the same price, Ye Bai wholesaled thirty bottles of high-energy nutrient solution.

The nutrient solution automatically sold on the benches in the Blue Star Park cost 1 star coin per bottle, which was enough to consume energy for a day. At that time, Ye Bai thought that was the standard situation. Later, she drank nutrient solution that could last for two or three days on the Star Alliance spacecraft. She thought the stuff on the Star Alliance spacecraft was advanced.

When he arrived at the giant starfish and saw that the price of the nutrient solution on GG was around 1 star coin, Ye Bai also thought it was the same thing.

After experiencing it, I found that the prices on Blue Star are too high. For the same 1 star coin, the giant starfish sells high-energy nutrient solution, and one bottle can last for at least five or six days!

As a cosmic transit station, the one star coin on Blue Star can only sustain one day's nutrient solution, which is as expensive as the instant noodles on the high-speed rail.

Ye Bai took a look at his balance. After paying the deposit for the rental, he still had more than 19,000 yuan. There were several digits after the decimal point, but they were not actually star coins.

In the cosmic environment, different levels of development of civilizations and different resource tendencies on planets have caused huge differences in prices and exchange rates.

Only the Star Coins guaranteed by the Star Alliance are the most stable universal currency in the universe. Unlike some special resource-based systems that other civilizations may have, Star Coins are based on an 'energy-based system'. One Star Coin is one Star Alliance standard energy unit.

Star coins, as standard energy, are essentially indivisible. The decimal point that Ye Bai saw was converted from the Phantom Sea Star currency by the system.

In addition to star coins, the Giant Starfish can also use the universal currency of the Fantasy Sea Civilization, 'Beni'. Ye Bai opened the basic financial management in his personal terminal and set an amount of 100 star coins. The financial management system will monitor the slightly fluctuating exchange rate between Beni and star coins in real time. When the price of Beni drops, it will be purchased, and when the price rises, it will be sold.

The decimal point after Ye Bai is the "income" of the past few days. This is what Aurora taught her to set up, so that she can earn some money for nutrient solution.

With 20,000 star coins in hand, accustomed to drinking nutrient solution, and no real luxury goods to spend, Ye Bai doubted that he would even need to go to the Aurora Laboratory to exchange them for game coins.

Then, Ye Bai thought of the magic that Aurora had mentioned before, opened a nearby mall to place an order, and spent 10 star coins to buy a 'fluid sandbag' suitable for D-level psychics.

After less than three minutes in the room, the express delivery was delivered by a drone.

The fluid sandbag looked like a ball of mercury. Following the instructions uploaded along with it, Ye Bai turned the fluid sandbag into a thin wall with just a thought.

After Ye Bai used all the new second-level magic he had learned in the Ten Thousand Worlds one by one, he once again confirmed that he was different from the interstellar players who needed to practice. As long as he added some skills in the game, he could still use them smoothly in reality.

And after upgrading her [Tenacity] talent last time, Ye Bai also felt that her physical fitness had greatly improved, giving her the feeling of building a foundation in a fantasy novel. She drank seven bottles of high-energy nutrient solution in a row, which was almost the normal amount for one and a half months. It was as if she had spent a huge amount of energy to transform her body, and she was just about to shed some dead skin or something.

After collecting the fluid sandbag and turning it into the original small square box, Ye Bai returned to the game again.

It's not just Ye Bai. Compared to reality, most interstellar players probably spend more time in the Ten Thousand Worlds.

In the Ten Thousand Worlds, it is a new day in White Night Town, and this is also the first time that White Night Town is open to players after being upgraded to a small town.

The players, who had been waiting for three days, excitedly entered White Night Town, like a group of tourists using their eyes as cameras, taking in the territory where some buildings were still under construction.

Although many areas in White Night Town are off-limits, residential areas are still open to the public.

It can be seen that the residential area of ​​Baiye Town has expanded significantly, and a school has been built. Next to it, a taller and more magnificent building is under construction.

The players learned from the nearby NPCs that the huge building under construction turned out to be a theater of the future.

Security booths have been newly added at the four corners of the residential area divided by the cobblestone roads. Territory soldiers above level 20 and equipped with energy crossbows can be seen on duty inside.

These scenes are so familiar to the players. The configuration of White Night Town is becoming more and more like an NPC town, and now it seems to have many configurations that NPC towns do not have.

——It’s only been three in-game days since Baiye Town was upgraded, how much productivity can Baiye actually have?!

When White Night Town was still a village, its complete facilities left other territories far behind. Like the rating of White Night Town, this issue is also one of the unsolved mysteries for StarCraft players.

The players who were strolling around then went to the market and soon discovered that a new piece of equipment, the [Marching Boots], had appeared in the White Night Town Market. These were also rare blue equipment, with 10 pairs available at once for 'only' 7 silver coins!

Buy, buy, buy!

After accidentally spending all their recent savings once again, the players who had originally wanted to save up for screenshots soon discovered that the upgraded White Night Town NPCs had more things to do.

Previously, as more and more players from the Blue Star server came to White Night Town, the tasks occasionally released by the territory NPCs required players to compete with each other, and the supply was in short supply.

And now, they had only been walking on the road for a short while when an NPC stopped them and asked them to help solve various problems.

The players who were still taking screenshots stopped uncontrollably—

There is no way, which player can refuse the mission?

"What? You caught a criminal so quickly?"

Ye Bai had just come online and was planning his next job change when he received a report from Blaise.

"Yes, we have sent him to the newly built prison." Blaise answered proudly. As a sheriff, he didn't expect that his political achievements would be delivered so quickly.

Ye Bai was surprised and curious. She had expected a player to be imprisoned, but she hadn't expected it to happen so soon. White Night Town had just lifted its security, with new security booths everywhere. And there was still the threat of the energy crossbows firing at her. Hadn't these interstellar agents always been quite cautious? Who was so audacious now?

Ye Bai immediately stood up from his desk and headed for the prison: "Let's go to the prison and take a look. Tell me the details of the situation."

"Yes! This is what happened..."

As they walked, Blaise told Ye Bai the details.

The whole thing happened at the high-end ranch in the territory, and the incident was... quite sudden.

The high-end ranch is currently divided into two. One is the wildebeest ranch where Qin, a special talent with animal affinity, works. Wild wildebeests still need to be tamed when they first enter the ranch. With Qin on the ranch, the taming speed is greatly improved; the other is the Black Gold Sheep Ranch where two ordinary herdsmen work.

A shepherd working at the Black Gold Sheep Ranch twisted his foot and temporarily asked his companions to go to the herbal shop to buy herbs for him. Then, when he saw a player passing by, he asked the player to help feed his two Black Gold sheep.

This was obviously a temporary task. As a result, the player who accepted the task saw the special fur color of the black gold sheep when feeding it... and couldn't help but secretly pluck a handful of wool.

The Black Gold Sheep had just been raised, and it was not yet time to harvest its wool. The player's plucking was equivalent to pulling out its wool, which caused the Black Gold Sheep to cry out in dissatisfaction on the spot, attracting the attention of the shepherd who issued the task, and he immediately shouted to catch the thief.

Then, three crossbowmen immediately rushed out from the bored security booth nearby and arrested the player and threw him into jail on the charge of "theft".

Good god, Ye Bai has always been the one taking advantage of others, but she never expected that one day someone would dare to take advantage of her!

Because the location of the high-end ranch changed, Ye Bai forgot to move the corresponding warning area of ​​the high-end ranch from the previous wooden fence location.

The settings were changed in a ridiculous way. At this time, Ye Bai and Blaise also arrived at the prison, and then walked towards the stairs leading to the underground.

A prison should look like a prison. From the outside, it looks like a spacious one-story building. In fact, the first floor is where prison staff carry out their activities, and the real cells are in the dark underground.

Although he was in jail, because he was in the game, the player who was imprisoned was not really suffering like in prison. Instead, he was looking around curiously.

Ye Bai arrived in front of the cell. Behind the iron door, the female player inside came up to her and greeted her excitedly after seeing her.

"Lord of the White Night!"

Not to mention this player, Ye Bai himself also looked inside with some curiosity: "What's it like inside?"

Inside the iron gate are three black walls, illuminated only by torches outside. The only two things inside are a toilet and a haystack that can be used as a bed, but players can't use it.

"It's a very novel experience. Would you like to come in and sit down?" the female player invited him.

Ye Bai: "...That's not necessary."

After entering a new scene, this interstellar agent named Xibei naturally took screenshots without missing a single detail. She had just logged off once to share a wave of information with her own civilization. At the same time, the three days of jail time on her head also told her that jail time was not counted as offline time.

Xibei probably understood that Ye Bai would not let her go, so she did not ask Ye Bai to release her.

Ye Bai observed curiously for a moment and prepared to leave: "Then I'll be leaving first. Have a nice jail time."

She can now change her job with peace of mind. With this player's experience as a lesson, the details can serve as a warning to other players.

"Please wait a moment!" Xibei called out to Ye Bai, his brain racing—

Although Bai Ye Town is open, Bai Ye, as the lord, has always been very mysterious and rarely interacts with players. Only a small number of players have been lucky enough to come into contact with this mysterious boss.

With Bai Ye's action in the battle against the three-headed eagle BOSS three days ago, the discussion about her on Starnet is now hot again.

I didn't expect to see Bai Ye in the cell, and I also found that the legendary Bai Ye seemed quite gentle and easy to talk to... Xibei thought a lot for a while, and then made an unexpected request to Bai Ye:

"Um, can I take a picture with you?"

group photo?

Ye Bai paused, a little surprised: "How do we take a photo together?"

In Bankai, the screenshots should only be taken from the player's line of sight.

"I have a way." After saying this, Xibe gouged out one of his eyes in front of Ye Bai.

Ye Bai: “……!”

After the shock, Ye Bai immediately remembered that this was a relatively unpopular talent among the second-level talents [Regeneration of Broken Limbs]. The effect was that after physically losing a limb, it could grow back by consuming blood, spiritual energy and physical strength.

The real racial talents of the player in front of him are obviously similar.

Seeing that Ye Bai didn't refuse, Xibei stood in front of the iron gate with one eye open and the other closed. He raised the other eye as if holding a camera and said to Ye Bai, "Please look here."

Through an iron gate, Xibe became the first player in the world to take a photo with Bai Ye.

Before leaving, Ye Bai asked, "Which civilization do you belong to?"

Xibei was only slightly surprised and then said without hiding anything: "Dandi civilization."

She even asked to take a photo with Bai Ye, and this photo would only be valuable if it was made public.

"Goodbye." Ye Bai nodded goodbye to her and wrote down the name.

After Ye Bai left, Xibe excitedly took a photo and logged off, then immediately contacted his superior.

Ye Bai, who had left the prison, returned to the office and immediately logged off.

In the star network, Ye Bai found the Dandi civilization in the vast currency market of the universe, collected information and compared it again, and confirmed that it was the race of the player he met in the cell before through racial characteristics similar to the [Regeneration of Broken Limbs] talent. Then he spent 10,000 star coins and bought them all into the currency of the Dandi civilization, 'Luo Yuan'.

I thought I might have to wait a little longer, but I didn't expect that as soon as Ye Bai switched back to the universe news, he saw a new hot topic.

[Dandi Civilization and Bai Ye met cordially in the Ten Thousand Worlds and took a photo together]

Ye Bai immediately returned to the currency market and saw that the exchange rate of the more than five million Luo Yuan he had just purchased with the Star Coins began to soar at an exaggerated rate...

Ye Bai: Get new financial management skills