Chapter 9
"Sticking to the deciphering faction" wasn't wrong; if one knew the correct answer, they could earn "extra rewards"—a key to properly enter the "Ten Thousand Realms."
This key was a secret known only to Ye Bai in the entire universe.
"Thud, thud, thud..."
Ye Bai instinctively reached out to calm her racing heart.
At that moment, she felt not the superiority that transcended the universe, but a chill creeping down her spine.
An innocent man bears the burden of his wealth.
**Chapter 7**
**[The Night River Civilization announces shocking news: there are no official players in the entire server except for Bai Ye.]**
Upon seeing the latest trending cosmic news, Ye Bai's heart sank, as if doused with a bucket of cold water.
This hidden worry had only just surfaced in her mind, and now it had unexpectedly "settled"!
Ye Bai opened the news article and read the detailed background.
Now, the entire universe was trying to contact "Bai Ye," but on the Star Network, without leaving a proactive contact method, it was impossible to reach anyone.
As for the Ten Thousand Realms, real-time communication was also unachievable. In Ye Bai's design, to maximize the realism and fun of territorial wars, as well as the logistics of resource delivery and robbery that relied on information gaps, there were no private chats or regional channels like in other online games. Instead, players could send mail at waystations in towns or player territories, where an invulnerable spirit bird would deliver the letters.
This secret, which shouldn't have been discovered so quickly, was revealed because a player from the Night River Civilization, the first to join the town and promoted to "freeman," used the town's waystation and begrudgingly paid a hefty postage fee to write to "Bai Ye," hoping to buy a strategy to become a lord.
Then, they received a notification that the mail had been returned:
**[Mail delivery failed: you are not an official player and cannot send mail to official players.]**
"..." Ye Bai stared at the screenshot, silent.
Although some players in the galaxy had managed to exploit the game's faction favor system to become something akin to the lowest-level NPCs, elevating their status from vagrants to freemen, the essence of the "visitor account" had not changed.
In her era's online games, it was easy to encounter mysterious entities like spammers and bots that would post junk ads and vanish, with unregistered visitor accounts being the most affected.
Thus, visitor players in the Ten Thousand Realms could not send mail to official players.
This seemingly considerate setting from that era had suddenly pushed Ye Bai's situation into a more dangerous realm.
The previous server announcement had already revealed that Ye Bai's location was on the blue planet in the Milky Way.
Soon, another news story surged to the forefront.
**[The deciphering faction announces important research findings: the method to become an official player lies in deciphering the initial key information.]**
Indeed, the powerful civilizations in the universe could develop from planets to starry skies; any resource, power, or wisdom they possessed was beyond the reach of any single individual.
**[The Night River Civilization's spokesperson expresses hope to purchase the deciphering code from Bai Ye.]**
**[The Ancient Cause Civilization's spokesperson... ]**
Even two new human civilizations, the "Qilong Empire" and the "Pan-Star Federation," issued purchase requests in the name of the "Blue Planet Council."
One after another, news articles seeking to buy the "deciphering code" from Bai Ye flooded in, pushed to the top by their respective users, increasing even faster than the junk ads from Ye Bai's era.
These seemingly lucrative trade offers felt to Ye Bai like a series of death warrants.
The last two new purchase requests made her eyelids twitch uncontrollably.
**[The Ruolan Empire's spokesperson... ]**
**[The Kaien Federation's spokesperson... ]**
Cosmic-level civilizations had entered the fray!
These two cosmic-level civilizations were the original initiators of the Star Alliance, the true players capable of setting the rules. To put it bluntly, the existence of the Star Alliance was the result of political maneuvering between these two powerful civilizations, while others merely developed within the framework they established.
"Calm down! Calm down!"
Ye Bai paced back and forth in her personal space.
She had initially thought that interstellar players in the Ten Thousand Realms were just regular players, and after entering the game, she could sell some game resources and hard-to-obtain dungeon strategies. With the Star Network's promise of not leaking personal information, she was confident she could leverage her understanding of the game to change her current situation, perhaps even make a fortune.
But now that the matter of official players had leaked, the stakes for Ye Bai had become too high.
Mental power was the source of strength pursued by all intelligent life in the universe.
This pursuit was not merely about extending individual lifespans; more importantly, it could influence the technological development of civilizations.
As technology advanced, its height was reflected in the utilization of energy and microscopic particles. The strength of a civilization's military power was not measured by the size of their warships but by how small they could build them.
With powerful mental energy, intelligent beings could observe and manipulate the microscopic world directly, without the aid of instruments.
In short, once mental power reached a certain intensity, one could possess "the hand of God throwing the dice."
In the past, despite some fanatical factions conducting cruel biological experiments on the mysterious mental power, there had never been a systematic and fully effective method for postnatal enhancement. It was largely determined by innate factors, with differences in levels between races and individual variations within races. Genetic drugs could provide slight enhancements, but they were unstable and could lead to genetic collapse if overused.
The Ten Thousand Realms was currently the only known game where leveling up could enhance mental power, so any method to grow stronger in the game would send the entire universe into a frenzy.
Wait, leveling up in the game can enhance mental power...
Ye Bai suddenly paused, exited the Star Network, and returned to the real world.
"Hiss!"
Upon returning to reality, as soon as she opened her eyes, a smiling face appeared just inches from her, startling her.
With her nerves already on edge, Ye Bai jumped back, instinctively curling into a tight ball and rolling away.
Then, she turned to see the face that had nearly given her a heart attack—
It was a "sculpture" holding a product, a type of non-physical 3D advertisement.
Before entering the Star Network, Ye Bai had found a public seat. The public seating in this era was quite advanced, even offering free basic massages for relaxation. The only downside was that after a while, it would start playing various ads...
"Ah..."
Wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, Ye Bai suddenly froze, realizing what she had just done.
Looking down, she noticed she was now about four meters away from her previous seat.
She had rolled!
Unconsciously, she had used the skill she had just unlocked in the Ten Thousand Realms in real life!
Ye Bai's eyes sharpened. She had spent over ten hours in the game, and it was still night in reality. The streets were deserted, and the planet's intelligent monitoring system wouldn't trigger an alarm unless an interstellar citizen posed a threat to anyone—
After rolling a couple more times, Ye Bai confirmed that she had indeed mastered the game character's skill, **[Roll]**, in real life.
With the premise that the Ten Thousand Realms could enhance mental power, Ye Bai wouldn't think she had learned it just from rolling too much while farming bosses in dungeons.
**[Detecting Mental Power]**
Ye Bai issued a command to her personal terminal. This function was as convenient for this mental wave assistance device as checking heart rates with a smartwatch in her era.
**[Mental power level quantification in progress, current range: 6-10 nano, rating F]**
Her mental power had truly increased!
All life has mental fluctuations. According to the Star Alliance's assessment standards, Ye Bai's previous mental power fluctuation level ranged from 0-5 nano, making her akin to a gatekeeper of intelligent life. Below that, fluctuations deemed too weak were considered below 0 nano and not recognized as intelligent life by the Star Alliance.
That 5 nano data made Ye Bai want to scoff at being a "fifth-rate fighter," but if her mental fluctuations hadn't shown that 5, she would probably have been a monkey in the interstellar zoo for three years by now.
Amidst all the shocks, Ye Bai had overlooked the fact that she, like other interstellar players, was also someone who could "enhance mental power through the Ten Thousand Realms."
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