Chapter 21
In the contrast between the game and the reality of mental energy, Ye Bai leaned more towards the concept of 'spiritual energy' value, which is essentially the character's blue bar.
Spiritual energy is the core power in the myriad realms; any profession, whether magical or physical, requires spiritual energy to activate its skills. To be precise, it is the infusion of spiritual energy that grants these skills their extraordinary effects and formidable strength.
Before the first class change, although the spiritual energy value was not displayed, Ye Bai knew there was a foundational value that increased with each level. By the time one reached level 20, it would hit the standard threshold of 100, and then, depending on the chosen class, one would gain varying boosts to their spiritual energy.
Some professions with greater potential would have larger boosts to their spiritual energy, but of course, the skills they used would also consume a significant amount of it.
If we were to equate spiritual energy to mental energy in reality, it could be said that once a game character reaches their first class change, their mental energy might exceed 50 nan, corresponding to a D-class mentalist in the real world.
However, this was merely Ye Bai's speculation. The true situation would depend on what her character experienced after the class change and how the various tiers of mentalists entering the myriad realms would fare in terms of their enhancements...
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In the capsule hotel, connected to the star network, Ye Bai didn’t log into the game immediately. Instead, she began to search for news about the myriad realms in the universe, a routine she followed every time she logged in or out.
Almost all mentalists in the universe had flocked to the myriad realms, including A-class powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of technology and combat. Ye Bai dared not underestimate them; she needed to keep an eye on the progress of other interstellar players daily.
It had been about eight game days since the entire Star Alliance transitioned to formal players. Not only was Ye Bai grinding hard to build her territory, but the interstellar players were equally relentless.
In fact, due to her financial constraints, she could only afford the cheapest nutrient solution, which meant she had to take time offline each day to drink it. Meanwhile, those powerful mentalists and wealthy individuals in the interstellar realm could easily go days without logging out, fully immersed in the game.
While any significant discoveries, hidden quests, or important information would not be disclosed by the various civilizations, some publicly available information was impossible to hide or keep secret.
Currently, the mainstream player levels had reached level 5, and the most news Ye Bai saw today on the star network was about character talents.
This wasn’t unexpected; after reaching level 5 and obtaining the first talent point, a talent page would appear. However, upon seeing the news content within, Ye Bai's previously calm expression suddenly shifted.
**[The Gelao Society Releases Latest Research Findings: It is Essentially Confirmed that the Awakening Talent in the Myriad Realms is Related to Biological Evolution Directions]**
**[Multiple Civilizations' Players Have the Talent 'Resilience'; Does This Indicate a Direction of Evolution?]**
**[Discussion on the Relationship Between the 'Sensing' Talent and Mental Energy Levels]**
**[It is Essentially Confirmed that 'Keen Taste' is a Unique Talent of the Ancient Yin Civilization]**
**[The Yehe Civilization Discovers...]**
This was no longer a tourist account; with the entire universe now using formal accounts, the talent pages of interstellar players... were actually different?
Shouldn’t all players start with the initial talents of [Agility], [Dexterity], and [Identification]?
Just from the few talents Ye Bai saw in the news headlines, they included talents from the second and third levels of the talent tree.
This was the first difference Ye Bai discovered between the two versions of the game, enveloping her in a sense of unease that exceeded her understanding and expectations.
Compared to the myriad interstellar races, her only advantage was her knowledge of the game "Myriad Realms."
With her heart racing, Ye Bai carefully browsed through the news articles.
Thanks to the extensive research conducted by scholars on the myriad realms, she quickly grasped the situation.
As the Gelao Society's research findings indicated, after reaching level 5, interstellar players had their talent pages appear. However, unlike Ye Bai, who could choose her talents freely, theirs were automatically activated, and different civilizations with varying evolutionary directions would automatically unlock different talents.
Of course, there were individual differences within the same race, but overall, the differences were minimal, and this data was quite universal.
For instance, Ye Bai understood that [Resilience] is a talent that enhances defense, increasing not only standard defense but also all resistances. It belongs to the second-level talents of the talent page, yet it was now the first talent for some interstellar players.
Researchers summarized the player groups that acquired this talent, noting that their home planets had strong gravity and high radiation, located near the center of their star systems. These civilizations were known for their robust physiques and strong adaptability, capable of surviving even in non-habitable environments.
The [Sensing] talent, on the other hand, was a core talent that almost all players had to acquire at level three. It could expand the upper limit of spiritual energy and served as a prerequisite talent for many advanced professions. Players with this talent came from various races, but their only commonality was that they were all C-class mentalists or above in reality!
As for the [Keen Taste] talent, it was unique to the Ancient Yin Civilization, which was renowned throughout the universe as a civilization of food connoisseurs.
This civilization possessed the most acute taste sensitivity known in the universe, capable of discerning flavors that far exceeded those of most races by dozens or even hundreds of times. When Ye Bai first entered the research lab, she naively thought she could learn from the web novels and make a fortune in the interstellar era by reviving ancient culinary arts.
Later, she realized that was a naive assumption; the cuisine of her time was a blend of technology and hard work, while the dishes developed from the Ancient Yin Civilization's super taste in this era could only be described as 'science fiction and hard work'!
“Tap, tap, tap…”
Ye Bai's fingers lightly drummed on the 'desktop' generated in her personal space, lost in thought.
Given the current situation of interstellar players, the talent page was not difficult to understand.
Just like in a holographic game, where interstellar powerhouses could utilize their combat skills in reality, after becoming formal players, the talent page in "Myriad Realms" seemed to automatically adapt to the physical realities of interstellar players.
With countless cosmic races possessing different evolutionary directions and abilities, even the new humans who left Blue Star had evolved to become stronger over millennia, not to mention other cosmic civilizations.
At this moment, the talent page in "Myriad Realms" resembled a manifest evolution chain. Compared to Ye Bai, who was at the bottom, interstellar players had already advanced much further.
The publicly available information on cosmic news was certainly superficial, coming from the largest mid-tier or lower-tier civilizations within the Star Alliance. Ye Bai had no doubt that some advanced civilizations, which had not disclosed their information, had already acquired powerful high-level talents during this event, such as the Ruolan Empire and the Kaien Federation, which were at the pinnacle of the evolutionary chain.
Who could she complain to about this?
Ye Bai felt as though she had been deeply wronged by the natural evolutionary chain, wishing she could access the game’s data backend to 'balance' these genetic elites.
...Balance?
Suddenly, Ye Bai's brow furrowed as she thought of something.
The talents on the personal panels of interstellar players were fixed, meaning they couldn’t freely allocate points like Ye Bai could. It seemed entirely dependent on how "Myriad Realms" assessed their abilities in reality. If the current talent pages were like this... what would happen when they changed classes and learned skills in the future?
Ye Bai immediately searched for information about player skills in "Myriad Realms" on the star network, and soon discovered an important issue she had previously overlooked.
Just as the freedom of combat relied on individual performance, when interstellar players learned life skills in "Myriad Realms," the accumulation of proficiency wasn’t as simple as Ye Bai's 'doing it counts.' They truly needed to learn skills from NPCs, just like in reality.
If you learned it, you learned it; if you didn’t, you didn’t.
But Ye Bai was different. She had a systematic proficiency progress bar and could directly allocate points... At that moment, Ye Bai suddenly realized that her situation was the opposite of all interstellar players!
Currently, the three talent points Ye Bai had activated in "Myriad Realms" were not only applicable in the game but also affected her physical body in reality.
The entire universe was adapting to and learning the rules of "Myriad Realms," actively pursuing knowledge and abilities within it. Spiritual energy was one aspect, talents were another, and only Ye Bai seemed to be traversing reality with the game system of "Myriad Realms," with the knowledge and abilities from within chasing after her!
This realization made Ye Bai's mind buzz, and she was momentarily engulfed by countless questions—
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