Chapter 8
The Star Alliance headquarters has conference halls of various levels, which are divided into different levels according to the number of participants they can accommodate.
At this time, in the highest-level conference hall, the leaders of all civilizations in the Star Alliance have been connected online. Except for the location of the gate, the light spots of these civilizations filled the hall like stars, forming a circular light band.
In the center of the light band, only six people were able to manifest their physical forms.
The two people in the middle are the spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ruilan Empire and the Kain Federation. The four people next to them are each spokespersons of a civilization alliance that can represent a star cluster.
The spokespersons of these civilizations used their own images. Although their body shapes and appearances were uniquely different, they were generally almost human-shaped. Of course, to be more precise, the basic forms of carbon-based intelligent life were similar, and this form was defined as "human-shaped."
At this time, the attention of these six people, as well as the thousands of Star Alliance members who did not show their physical bodies, was focused on the gate.
An ordinary white ball of light floated in slowly.
The personal image in the Star Network can be changed and customized at will, just like using an avatar on a social software. At this time, this white light ball is the "default image" that does not move.
Under normal circumstances, he would probably be considered a new user who had just registered on the Star Network. However, after acquiring the identity of "Bai Ye", he immediately became mysterious.
The ball of light stopped in front of a negotiation table.
There was no need for small talk in this situation. Seeing this, the spokesperson of the Kain Federation went straight to the point and asked the most concerned question in the audience:
"So, Lord Bai Ye, what do you want to trade with the Star Alliance for the decrypted code of "Myriad Worlds"?"
The entire universe is focused on the ball of light, and time seems to be stretched.
The light on the ball of light flickered slightly, and then gave the answer:
"Blue Star."
The conference hall was completely still and fell into silence.
All the civilizations present immediately began to evaluate, analyze, and vote on the terms of the transaction behind the scenes.
Ye Bai also waited quietly there.
Even though her true mood was tense to the limit, she would not reveal any emotional fluctuations in this ball of light form.
For this transaction, Ye Bai spent a lot of time sorting out the logic one by one and deducing several contingency plans.
Proposing to use 'Blue Star' as the content of the transaction was the result of her careful consideration.
The transaction proposed by Bai Ye, the A-level psychic master, cannot be of a small value. A small value will instead show Bai Ye's "weakness". Only the weak cannot protect their property. But Ye Bai cannot really take the star coins, and it is even more inappropriate to exchange them for any other entity that needs to receive the goods. It is tantamount to a self-destructing truck.
While thinking, Ye Bai accidentally looked down at the ground, and then a light bulb went off in his head, and he suddenly realized that the planet under his feet was the most suitable "trading item".
The blue planet next to the wormhole is different now. The ownership of Ye Bai's small piece of land in Antarctica alone can be sold for 10,000 star coins, not to mention the entire planet. This transaction item will not lower the status of the "big boss" Bai Ye.
Now the whole universe knows that Bai Ye is or has appeared on Blue Star, so Ye Bai simply does the opposite and generously admits that Bai Ye is going to live on Blue Star.
If the cosmic civilizations think that Bai Ye is deliberately mysterious and has actually left the Blue Planet, it will not be a loss for Ye Bai himself.
The main focus is on being unpredictable.
Anyway, after proposing this transaction plan, there will only be two results: agreement or rejection.
If the Star Alliance agrees, then of course no one will actually claim Blue Star, but when the deal is reached, the original Blue Star Council, permanent residents, and floating population will naturally all move out.
The ancient human Ye Bai could take this ride and naturally leave the turbulent vortex of Blue Planet.
There is no need to worry about purifying the environment on long-distance spacecraft because different interstellar passengers need to be taken care of. These configurations are basic infrastructure, just like the air conditioners on high-speed trains.
If the Star Alliance does not agree, Ye Bai will put forward a second condition.
…
What Ye Bai didn't know was that from the moment she appeared as Bai Ye and spoke her first words to the Star Alliance customer service AI, the think tanks of the two major cosmic civilizations and the four major star cluster alliances sitting in the seats began to analyze her.
Even if you choose an airtight ball of light image, once communication begins, the 'communication information' itself will reveal a lot of information.
Even for a true A-level psychic, it would be extremely difficult to hide his identity at the negotiating table of the Star Alliance if he had no experience.
Because the more developed the civilization is, the more efficient the information exchange becomes, and the more information is contained in the communication.
Different levels of civilization development and different regions will lead to different amounts of information contained in them. If we compare and screen a large amount of this information, we can make some rough judgments about the speaker's background.
For example, when using the word "Blue Planet," in a civilization with high communication efficiency, the information contained in this word may include the coordinates, geographical distribution, atmospheric coverage, and other information of the Blue Planet. However, in a civilization with low communication efficiency, more descriptions are needed to express this information.
When different civilizations communicate, this information is transmitted through mental power, and the amount of information each party obtains from each other is different. Analogously to data transmission speed, one may have a 200M optical fiber and the other a 1M broadband.
And Ye Bai...she has a 10K dial-up connection.
When they were in the laboratory, when they met and asked each other "What did you have for breakfast", Ye Bai replied to Aurora "I had a cake". The information received by Aurora was a very general "a kind of food". Aurora also replied to Ye Bai "I had a cake" within his own language system. Ye Bai could then get detailed information about the production of a certain food store, including the production date, aroma, color, etc.
Therefore, to analysts of cosmic civilization, the amount of information Bai Ye revealed during his communication was extremely small, without revealing any unnecessary details.
In this case, no one would think that it was because Bai Ye could only reveal so much information, and it must be a deliberate disguise!
Thus, after the major civilizations analyzed Bai Ye, a wonderful misunderstanding was born...
"The information collation team was unable to analyze the tendencies of Bai Ye's civilization. The other party possesses extremely strong anti-information analysis skills."
As soon as this result came out, it immediately triggered more speculation.
This kind of counter-information analysis technique is not something that non-professionals can do. They either have relevant official backgrounds or are outlaws with a criminal record. Obviously, Bai Ye, who proposed to trade Blue Star, is most likely the latter.
In this case, more results were deduced.
"Bai Ye has a strong desire to trade, and trading can achieve his important goals."
"The probability that Bai Ye's psychic power is A-level is 65%, the probability of other types is 35%, the probability that he is a psychic with unknown whereabouts is 27%, and the probability that he is an unrecorded psychic is 73%..."
"According to the joint think tank's analysis, there's a 43% chance that Bai Ye is a lone wanderer in the universe, a 55% chance that he's a hidden force in the chaotic star sea, and a 2% chance that he's in some other situation... Given this premise, there's a 5% chance that he's proposing a trade with Blue Planet to disrupt vision, a 32% chance that he's interested in the economic value of the wormhole, and a 63% chance that he's motivated by potential military objectives."
The chaotic star sea is a lawless place beyond the jurisdiction of the Star Alliance. Anyone caught there may be a wanted pirate, a member of a terrorist organization, or a rebel exile... It can be said to be a gathering place for interstellar Zhang Sans.
After this analysis, civilizations outside the Milky Way actually hoped that the Covenant would agree to it. After all, the stick was not big enough for them, but the civilizations in the Milky Way were unwilling to do so.
Given the potential value of deciphering the code of All Worlds, under normal circumstances, there would be no problem in letting the civilizations of the Milky Way trade for a habitable planet. The Star Alliance would bear the compensation for the loss of the planetary civilization. However, the current situation of Blue Star is unusual. It is a public planet next to the wormhole and is expected to become the second transit station in the Milky Way besides the galactic center.
As the analysis results show, what is important is the military value.
Bai Ye's personality is unknown, his degree of danger is unknown, his power inclination is unknown, and he may also come from a chaotic star sea. If he legally occupies a planet next to a wormhole, he can act independently, or become a warmongerer, using the blue planet as a cover to help certain forces conduct ultra-long-distance secret military operations through the wormhole, threatening the safety of nearby civilizations.
War is not allowed between civilizations that join the Star Alliance, but this order is only to maintain a basic stable development situation. As long as there is no formal declaration of war, there are many ways to circumvent the convention.
As the direct victims of the New Human Civilization, they were of course the first to reject it. The Qilin Empire and the Pan-Stellar Federation were in the middle of the Star Alliance civilization, and they also firmly voted against the resolution of the Galaxy Cluster.
Soon, other civilizations in the Milky Way Cluster also voted, and finally submitted it to the two cosmic civilizations through the cluster spokesperson.
All civilizations vote, but the final result will be decided by two cosmic civilizations.
After three minutes of silence in the conference room, the Ruilan Empire spokesperson responded, "I'm sorry, we can't agree to this condition for now, but we hope you can trust our sincerity and propose other terms."
The Covenant ultimately refused.
Some were happy about the result while others were sad, but the atmosphere undoubtedly became tense again and the focus was on the light ball.
After all, the matter of the Ten Thousand Worlds is of great importance and no one can predict the outcome. Bai Ye will not trade again after being rejected.
…
The ball of light didn't move, as if it was considering something.
In fact, Ye Bai was not too disappointed with the result. As the saying goes, "ask for a high price and pay back on the spot", the second condition she prepared was, to a large extent, the content of the deal she most wanted to achieve.
The ball of light flickered again.
"We have many opportunities for cooperation in the future. I believe in your sincerity... In that case, let's change the terms. I currently live on Blue Star and feel that the environment here is not good enough. If you transform it into a Class 5 habitable planet, I will make the decrypted code public to the entire Star Alliance."
At the beginning, Ye Bai was troubled for a long time about how to solve the problem of purifying the environment.
She didn't dare to solve the problem by spending money with star coins, and it was even more impossible for the Star Alliance to give her a property with a purified environment or a private spaceship. But after the idea of trading Blue Star came up, Ye Bai's vision suddenly opened up.
She can also choose to transform the entire blue planet beneath her feet!
Cosmic civilizations also pursue living environments. There is a standardized classification of habitable planets in the interstellar space, which is divided into five levels. Each level has detailed indicators for projects such as radiation and viruses. Basically, for developed civilizations, the habitable planets where the core population lives can reach level three or above. Some civilizations that have just joined the Star Alliance can naturally reach level three or even level four in habitability because they have not experienced over-development.
Previously, Aurora suggested that Ye Bai sell his property rights and leave Blue Star to move to a habitable planet. This was the type of planet he was referring to. As long as the habitability level reached level three or above, Ye Bai would be able to adapt.
The current Blue Planet has always been at level two in terms of habitability because it experienced a small meteorite impact tens of thousands of years ago and most of the people on the planet are mobile travelers, with not many real permanent residents.
The transformation to the highest level five is like jumping directly from low-rent housing to a villa area, with the configuration maxed out.
After all, this is the request made by Bai Ye, and it cannot be lowered.
As for whether this request was too easy to ask, and would undermine his status as a powerful person, Ye Bai had a plan in mind—who said that simply registering an official account would make you a lord? Do you want the dungeon guide later?
In "Wanjie", the price of character death is something that interstellar players are unwilling to bear. Just as character upgrades will increase mental strength, the level deduction penalty of death will also lead to damage to real mental strength.
Ye Bai will continue to guide in subsequent transactions, showing that he has bigger goals.
The think tanks of interstellar civilization are not stupid, and they will definitely see that Bai Ye is playing the long game to catch a big fish.
In fact, this is indeed the case. As soon as these words were spoken, all the civilizations present began to analyze the situation again. They certainly would not simply think that this condition was that Bai Ye wanted to improve his living environment. What Ye Bai did not expect was that due to the misunderstanding in the amount of information transmitted, their perception of Bai Ye had a "little bit" deviation.
"Becoming an official player is only a prerequisite for becoming a lord. Bai Ye has a long-term strategy for becoming a lord and wants to continue trading..."
"Bai Ye's proposal to transform the Blue Planet's environment is highly likely a desire by him to settle down as a lone wanderer in the universe. It's more likely this is his first step towards plotting against the Blue Planet!"
"...According to the joint think tank's analysis, Bai Ye is most likely an A-rank expert from the Chaos Star Sea. He has access to the progress of Chaos' exploration of the Myriad Worlds and intends to use this information to occupy Blue Planet, ultimately achieving his goal of publicly establishing power or fostering civilization."
then--
"An A-level psychic who plans to live in seclusion on Blue Star, capable of defending a planet, and if the deal fails and things go wrong, he's also capable of escaping unscathed." This is the character Ye Bai created for Bai Ye.
"An interstellar outlaw with ulterior motives, seeking to exploit Blue Planet to whitewash his identity and establish a new power or civilization." This is how most civilizations in the Star Alliance perceive Bai Ye's character.
…
"We accept the deal."
As soon as the spokesperson responded, the miniature fleet that had been deployed on Blue Star appeared in the sky above Blue Star. Using technology that most people on this planet could not understand, they began to transform the planet's environment without any delay.
"We estimate that radiation removal will be completed in another five minutes, and virus filtration will be completed in seven minutes... This is our down payment. The final microbial culture medium will take 46 minutes to grow to its optimal state, and will serve as the final payment for acceptance."
The transformation, which would have taken at least two days under standard conditions, was completed in less than an hour. The two major civilizations once again demonstrated their terrifying technological level.
The ball of light was as calm as ever: "Okay."
Seven minutes later, Bai Ye took out two sets of passwords in the conference room, corresponding to [identity] and [secret key] respectively.
The civilizations present were overjoyed and immediately began research and experiments while waiting.
A lucky person who has never entered the Ten Thousand Worlds was picked from the civilization, and the password combination was input into the stone gate. Soon, they got feedback.
The one with divine blood! The seed of creation!
Star Citizens who have played with guest accounts for so long have seen for the first time the treatment of official players. All towns have neutral initial favorability, the chances of receiving missions are greatly increased, and they will not be hunted down by guards when entering large cities.
At the same time, these testers also shared information about the Seed of Creation.
Researchers who had already made many speculations soon concluded that it was the key item for becoming a lord based on the activation condition of [30 miles away from any town].
Moreover, with such a huge sample size, among this group of officially registered players, there were also players who were born in the wilderness.
This player used the dungeon key and after discovering the dungeon, he immediately logged off excitedly to report.
However, when I entered the Ten Thousand Worlds again, I found that I had left the copy, and the status of the copy key turned gray. There was an extra energy slot, which required resources to be consumed to replenish it. It could not be used again until it was filled.
There were other testers who died in the copy. After resurrection, they found that the copy key was not lost, but the same situation occurred.
This important information naturally caused various speculations among many civilizations. While waiting for the final payment, the speakers at the table received instructions and tentatively asked Bai Ye:
"Excuse me, are you willing to sell the job change guide?"
This question is asking a question, and it is also using this method to judge Bai Ye's level.
Light Ball: "Same as the dungeon guide, that's a different price."
Bai Ye may have already reached level 20 and changed his job, so he should not have been born in the wilderness... Another speculation arises.
As for the price, the Star Alliance spokespersons did not ask any further questions, and Ye Bai did not say anything more.
Deciphering codes is the general trend of the entire universe. Things like strategies that can widen the gap between players will go to the highest bidder. After all, everyone has selfish desires, not to mention that they are from different civilizations.
The principle that 'those who are not of my race must have different hearts' is even more universal in the universe.
…
The transaction was completed, Ye Bai exited the Star Network and returned to reality.
Ye Bai did not stand up immediately, but collapsed on the public seat.
[Turn off the purification module]
Fresh air rushed into his lungs, and Ye Bai felt as if he was in a wilderness meadow or a quiet forest.
It deserves the highest livability level!
Where GG was supposed to be playing, Blue Star's public news was playing instead.
Having just undergone a planet-level environmental transformation, the local Blue Star will naturally not be silent.
At this time, all the players in the world were busy deleting their characters and becoming official players, but not everyone could afford a Star Network account. There were still many residents and tourists on Blue Star who did not have a Star Network account. They posted messages on the planet's public network to celebrate and thank "White Night" for improving the planet's environment.
Ye Bai laughed in silence.
Who would have thought that the real reason behind this transformation that affected the entire planet's environment was simply that an ancient human wanted to save the cost of purifying the environment?
Looking at the clear and bright starry sky, Ye Bai began to think about what to do next.
A day and a half had passed from the time she first entered the game to the time she finished handling everything, and she only had 163 star coins left.
Civilizations that can reach the interstellar level have already achieved the liberation of productivity. Nutrient solution is very cheap, and a day's food can be bought with 1 star coin. Although other consumption levels on Blue Star are relatively high, the star coins that Ye Bai has left are enough for her to live for most of half a month, and at most a month. This time is enough for her to make money.
As long as the information is hidden well in the game, everyone will think that Bai Ye has already entered the Ten Thousand Worlds and is a powerful lord who has changed his job.
The ancient human Ye Bai was lucky enough to obtain a purified environment, and used the money from selling property rights to register the Star Network, catching up with the wave and making money in "Wanjie".
As long as Ye Bai's consumption level in reality does not increase too much all of a sudden, it will not easily attract attention.
Finally, Ye Bai, who was not completely relieved, looked at the communication records again and confirmed that he had not received any message from the Blue Star Council.
Ye Bai knew very well that this transaction was not without hidden dangers. The "decryption code" she took out was a combination of some Chinese characters, numbers and letters.
During the migration of tens of thousands of years, the new human civilization gradually differentiated and scattered throughout the universe due to various external and internal events. The written languages of the two most powerful human civilizations, the Qilin Empire and the Pan-Stellar Federation, have indeed changed. However, if you carefully study and match them, just like the oracle bone script and simplified Chinese characters, you may be able to find the connection between them and eventually trace it back to her, an ancient blue star person.
Once she was found, coupled with the need to purify the environment, the clue became clear.
But now it seems that no one has compared and reviewed the written language history of an ordinary planet, not even the new humans, and the possibility of other cosmic civilizations paying attention to it should be even smaller.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, Ye Bai also felt an indescribable emotion——
It seems like being slowly passed by the wheel of history, but one can only see the back of the driver who never looks back.
"How...arrogant."
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