Chapter 41
At this moment, being on the spaceship felt like a trap for Ye Bai. She had no idea about the armed forces aboard, and acting recklessly could be too dangerous. Even if she managed to use her magical advantage to sabotage the ship, how would she survive in the vastness of space without knowing how to pilot it? Not to mention, the other side wasn’t foolish; they would immediately send a signal for reinforcements if anything unusual occurred.
If she were taken to a secret base completely controlled by the Makur Group, escaping would be perilous with enemies all around.
However, now that she confirmed they were heading to Makur Star, which was an entertainment planet and not entirely under the control of the Makur Group, a plan for escape began to form slowly in Ye Bai's mind...
She needed a riot, a disturbance that would shake the entire Makur Group.
To achieve this, relying solely on her mental strength might not be enough, but...
Ye Bai returned to the myriad worlds and jogged to the teleportation array in Mei Luo City that connected to the outside world.
As she approached the teleportation array, a selection page appeared in her view.
【Search for ‘Tu Te City’】
The next second, the only matching option appeared on the page.
Thanks to the chatty repairman and the default registration method of the myriad worlds—
In reality, Ye Bai couldn’t shake the Makur Group’s stronghold, but in the ‘White Night’ of the myriad worlds, she could!
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**Chapter 28**
Having found that she could teleport directly to Tu Te City, Ye Bai didn’t rush to use the teleportation array.
From the repairman, she learned that it would take 69 hours to reach Makur Star, nearly three days, which corresponded to six game days.
Ye Bai had ample preparation time, and staying in the nutrient pod meant she didn’t even have to log off; she could fully immerse herself in the game.
Using the teleportation array would only take a moment to reach Tu Te City, so she planned to use this time to enhance her strength and survival skills.
At this moment, game currency became crucial.
While she was deep in thought, the system-wide announcement rang out again.
【System Announcement】: “Congratulations to the player ‘Xi Mo’ from the Centaur District, Lofi Star, for becoming the third lord in the entire server!”
Ye Bai was momentarily taken aback but didn’t feel too surprised. A quick glance at the news on the Star Network confirmed it was indeed in the territory of the Kaien Federation. The Ruilan Empire had cleared the dungeon on the tenth day after officially registering, and now it was the seventeenth game day. It was hardly surprising that the only two cosmic-level civilizations could achieve this.
Thinking of this deepened Ye Bai’s anger towards Makur Star. If it weren’t for this unexpected turn of events, she would probably still be peacefully farming in her territory.
After checking the Star Network, Ye Bai didn’t immediately return to the myriad worlds. Instead, she opened her emails, searched for keywords, and selected a few to reply to.
She chose to respond to factions seeking job change strategies, all of which were located at a distance, not in the same star zone.
While replying, Ye Bai almost instinctively asked what profession they wanted strategies for, but then she suddenly realized and reorganized her response before sending it out to the group.
Soon, the civilizations that received her replies began discussing.
“The job change strategy for the White Night is for the [Elemental Mage], which should be their own profession.”
“The asking price is 20 gold coins. They really only want game resources. A lone powerhouse values their own improvement, unlike the Yihe civilization, which can afford to buy strategies with real-world resources. Including shipping costs, that means we need to pay 20 gold coins and 1 silver coin for this strategy…”
“They also mentioned key items for the job change… Let’s quickly tally how much public funding our faction has!”
Ye Bai’s wait didn’t exceed five minutes before she received a series of affirmative replies.
Ten factions indicated they could gather enough game coins for the transaction.
Ye Bai wasn’t too surprised because the prerequisite tasks for the Elemental Mage job change required collecting a drop item called [Elemental Crystal]. This material could only be dropped by a few specific magic-type monsters, meaning if these civilizations had control over the areas where those monsters spawned, they would essentially have a grasp on that career path.
She omitted specific details in her email reply but hinted at the key points, which the factions naturally understood.
A few factions even offered to pay part of the gold coins as a deposit, promising to pay the remainder upon receiving the strategy, but Ye Bai outright refused.
On one hand, she already had ten confirmed transactions ready to go; on the other, it was important to maintain a strong stance for the first transaction of ‘White Night’ to secure more control over future deals.
The previous successful transaction with the Star Alliance had established a certain image and credibility for White Night, and she needed to continue to uphold and deepen that impression.
She also rejected offers to substitute with equivalent star coins or other resources.
The currency in the myriad worlds couldn’t be directly exchanged for star coins; otherwise, given the ability of the myriad worlds to enhance mental strength, the financial system of this world would have collapsed long ago under the pressure of cosmic star coins.
Thus, players could only earn game coins through hard work in the game or through offline exchanges.
Moreover, due to the unique nature of the myriad worlds, the trading value was extremely high, and there wasn’t much that could be traded unless it was specifically for gold farming. Players preferred to use the coins they earned normally to develop themselves.
Especially during this game’s ‘early exploration’ phase, game coins were incredibly precious, their value far surpassing that of star coins, making them a rare commodity.
In short, at this stage, wanting star coins instead of game coins was undoubtedly a losing deal.
Fortunately, the traders were civilization factions, which gave them significant control and cohesion, far beyond what game guilds could compare to, allowing them to gather such a large amount of gold coins to trade with Ye Bai at this stage.
Even so, she feared she had taken a hefty cut from those civilization factions.
Before long, several messenger birds flew to Ye Bai, bringing a total of 200 gold coins.
As promised, Ye Bai sent over the hastily prepared strategy for the Elemental Mage.
“What a pity, it could have been even more profitable in a while…”
In her dealings with other civilizations, Ye Bai had always planned to exchange a large amount of game resources and use a ‘small portion’ of star coins as a sweetener. Now, with this unexpected situation, she could only temporarily take advantage of those who hadn’t yet matured.
Fortunately, the strategy she provided could also serve as fertilizer, leading those factions to mistakenly believe Ye Bai was an Elemental Mage.
With a hefty amount of gold coins in hand, Ye Bai began her shopping spree in Mei Luo City.
First, she found a magical item shop and spent 50 gold coins to upgrade her backpack to a high-level space backpack.
It was expensive, but this was the unified price across the game, and Ye Bai chose the top-tier option, which had 60 slots. This upgrade completely removed the weight restrictions for materials and weapons, allowing her to carry anything without affecting her character’s speed.
Next, Ye Bai spent 20 gold coins to buy five different second-level magical scrolls.
“Come back often,” the old mage at the item shop said with a smile as he sent off Ye Bai, the big customer. The staff who had previously blocked her at the shop was now eagerly opening the door for her.
In the adjacent potion shop, Ye Bai reluctantly spent 10 gold coins to buy 20 bottles of various potions. If she built a potion shop in her territory, she could produce three to four times that quantity for the same cost. It just goes to show that any high-level profession is highly profitable.
In the myriad worlds, there were no traditional healing professions like healers in typical online games. The cheapest way to recover health was through various foods, but these could only heal outside of combat. The healing methods available during battles were potions, scrolls, a few special items, and unique skills.
For players at this stage, none of these options were cheap.
Next came equipment. As soon as Ye Bai entered the magical equipment shop, she was dazzled by the array of goods. Mei Luo City truly lived up to its status as a main city, with plenty of rare purple-level equipment on the shelves, though the prices were equally staggering.
After comparing the attributes of various items, Ye Bai spent 32 gold coins to buy two pieces of rare purple-level equipment.
Finally, she visited a bakery and cleared out more than half of the stock on the shelves.
After all her spending, Ye Bai was left with 88 gold coins, less than half of what she had earned, before she set off for the teleportation array.
【Would you like to teleport to ‘Tu Te City’? It will cost 3 gold coins.】
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