Chapter 30
The necessity of trade routes is paramount. If one wishes to develop rapidly, relying solely on local resources is not only inefficient but may also lead to a scarcity of those very resources. Bai Ye Village is like a stagnant pond; it needs to dig channels to connect with the flowing waters of the outside world in order to thrive.
The experience gained from encountering monsters along the way is sufficient for training purposes, and it’s enough for Ye Bai to level up to twenty, just in time to change her class in the town.
Players who hold the title of lord differ from non-lord players; the difficulty of opening external routes is relatively lower for them. For training the guards, reaching level twenty is enough to venture into the wilderness.
When a lord player leaves their territory with an armed escort, they receive a buff called "Explorer's Blessing." This grants them a combat power assessment when encountering powerful creatures in the wild (level twenty and above), creating a danger warning zone. As long as they avoid stepping into that zone and choose to take a detour, they won’t face active pursuit.
After all, players starting in the wilderness have no place to change classes. If the difficulty were the same as for players starting in towns, it would be too much to ask.
As compensation for town players needing to change classes to establish territories, when a lord player leaves the town to find a suitable location for building a city in the wilderness, the distance traveled will automatically be opened as a road. This is equivalent to non-wilderness starting lord players, who, after claiming land and building a city, will have a trade route to the outside world.
As for the concern that Bai Ye Village might be discovered while opening trade routes... Ye Bai pondered and found the issue to be minor.
Firstly, the towns near Ye Bai belong to the "Galaxy District Blue Star Server," where players registered in the vicinity of the solar system appear. Here, the traffic consists of interstellar travelers, which significantly reduces the numerical advantage of powerful civilizations.
The essence of a civilization's strength is certainly concentrated within its own native star region. In Blue Star, it can only coalesce into small factions, and amidst the mixed powers and tangled interests, the numerical advantage is diminished. Even if Bai Ye Village were discovered, it wouldn’t pose a threat.
Moreover, Ye Bai's primary purpose for going to the town, aside from opening trade routes, is to change her class. At that point, after her class change, she would be able to take on players at the highest level of around ten with a single skill.
Interstellar players cannot unleash the true "undying" power of the Fourth Catastrophe in the myriad realms. Ye Bai hasn’t forgotten that players die in the myriad realms, leading to a loss of experience points and a drop in levels, which also inflicts trauma on their mental state in reality.
This kind of trauma isn’t something that can be simply "returned."
The mental power gained by interstellar players in the myriad realms can be likened to their spiritual essence gradually growing stronger. However, the trauma from dying in the game affects the entire spiritual essence. The former is like eating, while death doesn’t just mean regurgitating what was consumed; it’s akin to cutting away an equal weight of flesh, and the damage is entirely different.
With this plan in mind, Ye Bai logged off, preparing to grab a bottle of nutrient solution before returning.
However, this time when she exited the star network, she was met not with the familiar public seating advertisements...
Darkness, a silent darkness, enveloped Ye Bai completely.
“...!!”
What’s going on? Where am I?!
After a moment, through the lack of feedback from her body, Ye Bai realized that it wasn’t her surroundings that had changed, but rather she couldn’t even open her eyes.
This sensation was akin to being "pressed down by a ghost" in a half-dream state; her consciousness was clear, yet she felt utterly drained, unable to move even a little, not even to lift her eyelids!
Her personal terminal...
【Planet signal has been interrupted】
【No signal available】
Had her identity been discovered by some force? What advanced technology or mental power application was this? Was there a powerful individual or force monitoring her thoughts, trying to uncover the secrets behind the myriad realms?
Countless questions surged like waves, accompanied by horror, panic, unease, and fear, all crashing down on Ye Bai’s heart in an instant.
She felt that under normal circumstances, her blood would likely be flowing backward, but in reality, her body seemed to be in a state of "forced numbness," even the physiological reactions that should occur under hormonal influence were suppressed to a minimum.
In this state, Ye Bai gradually calmed down.
Just like the last time she faced the Star Alliance, her rationality returned, and she began to analyze her current situation bit by bit.
First, she was undoubtedly in a controlled state.
In this state, she could rule out the possibility of her thoughts being monitored: if Bai Ye’s identity had been discovered by the Star Alliance or some major force, there would be no need for such a low-efficiency method of "making her reveal secrets in her mind."
So, her "thought processes" were at least safe.
Secondly, with her personal terminal lacking a signal, she was cut off from the outside world. However, due to the unique nature of the star network, the other party couldn’t block her access to it.
This situation could be divided into two possibilities: either the other party was unaware that Ye Bai could access the star network, or they were unable to prevent her from doing so. Given that she had actively logged off rather than losing consciousness and being disconnected, the former was more likely.
Thus, Ye Bai immediately attempted to log back into the star network—
The familiar "study" appeared; she had successfully logged in! The other party truly didn’t know she could access the star network!
But Ye Bai didn’t feel happy for long. The identity she had publicly shared on the star network, with contact information for others, was Bai Ye.
Bai Ye was an A-grade mental power user; how could she be captured without any clarity?
Moreover, even if Ye Bai sought help without revealing her identity, she couldn’t even confirm whether she was still on Blue Star. The chances of being rescued were minuscule, as she belonged to no faction in this era, and there was no value in expending manpower and resources to investigate and save her!
Not to mention the many secrets she harbored, such as an ancient human selling Antarctic property to open a star network account—wouldn’t that raise questions? Wouldn’t it lead people to think of Bai Ye? Ye Bai couldn’t be sure.
The most important thing right now was to figure out what kind of environment she was in.
Ye Bai logged off the star network, and her perception was once again enveloped in darkness.
...Failed.
As expected, without reaching D-grade mental power, she couldn’t transform her mental energy into tendrils to leave her body.
The only thing Ye Bai could rely on was the changes brought about by her improvements in the myriad realms. With insufficient mental power, her body couldn’t move; 【Roll】 was useless, 【Dexterous Hands】 was useless, 【Identification】 was...
Identification?!
A flash of inspiration struck Ye Bai’s mind.
In the game, Identification could provide information about living beings through the player’s gaze and intent, while for items, it required touch.
However, while it was normal to gain information in the game, what about in reality? Ye Bai had never considered the possibility of this ability functioning in the real world.
No matter, she thought, a dead horse is better than a live one—let’s give it a try!
【Identification】, 【Identification】...
Ye Bai used her ability beyond her body. Although her body couldn’t move, she was at least in contact with something that sustained her life; otherwise, she wouldn’t still be alive.
“...”
Time in the darkness felt interminable. Just as Ye Bai thought she was making no progress, two pieces of information suddenly surged into her mind.
‘Nutrient Base Solution Type IV, suitable for maintaining the life signs of carbon-based life forms Type IV’
‘Anesthetic GP-63, patented by the Makur Group’s Fifth Research Institute, will not harm fragile organisms’
In an instant, Ye Bai recalled the email she had received from the Makur Group.
Bad news: she had indeed been abducted by an alien force.
Good news: not as "Bai Ye," but as a rare species in the universe.
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**Chapter 21**
‘Captured by aliens, captured by aliens...’
Ye Bai’s mind was instantly filled with this single thought, like a barrage of comments flooding her brain.
As for why the abductors could pinpoint her location so precisely, it was evident that it had to do with her reply to that email. They must have tracked the planet’s signal to find her exact position on Blue Star.
‘Don’t respond, don’t respond...’ The barrage in her mind refreshed again.
How could she have forgotten?!
Ye Bai now felt an overwhelming sense of regret; she had been too arrogant... thinking she could handle even a behemoth like the Star Alliance, and with her level and territory far ahead of cosmic civilizations like Rui Lan and Kai Yin in the myriad realms, she almost forgot that she was not just Bai Ye, but also Ye Bai.
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