Chapter 129
Of course, this was just a precautionary measure to put Ye Bai's mind at ease. She was quite satisfied with her current life: the game was developing rapidly, and everything was calm in reality. It was best if nothing unexpected happened...
"Stop it, can't think about that anymore," Ye Bai muttered to herself. "The more I think, the more it feels like I'm setting a flag. Ugh!"
The mental energy allocation reminded Ye Bai of the blue consumption issue. With a thought, she logged back in, returning to her prison cell.
This time, Ye Bai opened her talent page and allocated the new talent point she received at level 40 to [Sensing].
A flash of golden light enveloped her.
"Ugh..."
Even though she was mentally prepared, Ye Bai couldn't help but clutch her head and sit on the ground, as if her skin had been peeled away, exposing her flesh to the air—cold, burning, and painful all at once.
This sensation lasted for more than ten seconds before Ye Bai finally exhaled and logged out again, returning to reality.
When Ye Bai opened her eyes, she wiped her cheek and forehead, which were now drenched in sweat, and upon closer inspection, slightly dirty.
She used high-polymer cleaning agents for her daily "air baths," so this situation clearly stemmed from upgrading her talent.
"Wow, the cleansing effect of foundation building didn't kick in when I allocated points to [Resilience] last time, but now it’s here, huh?"
As she took a water bath, Ye Bai felt the changes brought by upgrading [Sensing].
The core talent of the third-tier [Sensing] was a must-have for players in the normal game flow, boosting psychic energy recovery from the standard 3 points per second to 10 points per second.
Without this enhancement, players in second-tier professions, whose skills consumed 50 to 60 points of blue energy, would struggle to sustain their abilities in battle, needing to replenish potions after just a few skills.
Previously, it had been mentioned in the Cosmic News that some real-world psychics naturally awakened this talent.
Even with her magical siphoning ability, Ye Bai had to invest in this talent.
The stronger her personal power, the more powerful skills she could acquire, but without sufficient blue energy to support them, those skills would remain unusable.
With this newfound sense, a smile crept onto Ye Bai's face.
If before, her recovery of psychic energy felt passive and instinctual, like breathing, now she could actively and consciously absorb the cosmic energy that ebbed and flowed like the tides.
After upgrading her [Sensing] talent, compared to the passive breathing of the past, she could now consciously and actively recover her psychic energy in reality, just like drinking water.
**Chapter 93**
The feeling of actively absorbing energy was entirely different from passive growth. Before long, Ye Bai felt that all her previous consumption had been replenished.
Having reached C-level and lit up the [Sensing] talent, Ye Bai felt she had finally caught up with the evolutionary tide of this interstellar era.
Of course, C-level was merely a rank within the Milky Way; beyond it, in other star clusters, there were even more powerful races that were strong from birth. For instance, the Xiliana clan that Ye Bai had met on Makur Star, where most of the clan members were B-level psychics.
Not only had she gained opportunities from the myriad worlds, but for many civilizations and individuals in the universe, the myriad worlds represented a chance to change their fates.
Ye Bai carefully stored the damaged fluid sandbag in her room's storage cabinet, not daring to throw it away with the regular trash.
Better safe than sorry. In Ye Bai's time, personal information could easily be leaked if one wasn't careful. Even though Juhai Star was open to the outside world, it ultimately belonged to the Illusory Sea civilization.
In an era where entire planets could be transformed, even if privacy clauses were thoroughly listed, Ye Bai didn't believe that a civilization would overlook any unusual information about its territory.
Even with the premise of the myriad worlds, as an ancient human, Ye Bai knew that at this stage, she could only reveal a personal level of D at most; otherwise, it would attract unwanted attention from the Illusory Sea civilization.
After all, the power to damage a fluid sandbag had already surpassed D-level.
Once everything was sorted, Ye Bai logged back into the game.
In the game, Ye Bai was still in her cell. NPCs naturally ignored players logging in and out; to them, it was a normal occurrence, whether it was the guards in Laan City or the villagers in Baiye Village.
Ye Bai checked her return column and, sure enough, the ice magic slot she had used in reality was empty again, corresponding to the Frost Nova she had cast. It seemed that this method allowed for a seamless connection.
That being said... Ye Bai's thoughts shifted. Could the attacks she faced in reality be unleashed in the myriad worlds?
She instinctively shook her head. There was no opportunity for verification in reality, and she hoped there wouldn't be one.
Ye Bai turned to check her favorability with Laan City, which stood at 9, maintaining a neutral status. As a lord with a title, she had an additional 10 points of base favorability compared to ordinary adventurers.
This time in prison only cost her a point of city favorability, which was why she had chosen to flee from the golem's capture without resisting; if she had fought back, it would have been a different story, resulting in a direct deduction of 20 points of city favorability.
Through the light in the prison corridor, it was clear that dawn had broken in the game. Ye Bai changed her clothes, raising her style value above 100, and then walked to the cell door, her gaze locking onto the nearby prison guard.
"Hello, could you help me? I have something to deliver to the warden."
"Don't try any tricks, what do you—" The guard's gaze shifted toward her, his words faltering.
Ye Bai extended a hand outside the cell, revealing a silver coin that glimmered enticingly in the dim light of the prison.
"Y-You wait a moment, I'll go find the warden right away." The guard's eyes lit up as he stepped forward to take the coin, instantly changing his attitude.
【You gained 2 points in 'Bribery' proficiency.】
Ye Bai raised an eyebrow, not surprised at all. When players were imprisoned in NPC towns, as long as they had over 1 gold coin, they could trigger the 'Bribery' option, allowing them to pay a certain amount of money to end their prison time early.
Of course, this could also happen in player towns, but like recruitment, it required the loyalty of the villagers responsible for the prison to be below 60 for it to occur.
"You, a person of such high standing, shouldn't be here. Clearly, there's been some misunderstanding."
Before long, after paying a bribe of 2 silver coins, Ye Bai was personally escorted out of the cell by the warden.
【You gained 5 points in 'Bribery' proficiency.】
The amount of the bribe was proportional to the time spent in prison. If Ye Bai had been penalized for a longer duration, she would have needed to pay more to bribe her way out.
This was all part of the plan Ye Bai had devised when she actively attracted the golem yesterday. Instead of paying the fine and finding a hotel immediately after dawn, it was better to serve her time until morning and then leave.
After this experience, Ye Bai suddenly felt that this method could be replicated in the future.
A second-tier magic scroll typically cost at least 70 to 80 silver coins, and with her 2 silver coins, she had acquired both [Frost Nova] and [Flame Dragon], saving on lodging expenses—and oh, she also gained 10 points in 'Bribery' proficiency.
With this new perspective, Ye Bai immediately thought of ways to build relationships with high-level NPCs through gifts and other means, then asking them to 'show' her a high-tier spell, which would also be a way to store magic in advance.
In that sense, the trait of the Spellbreaker shouldn't be called "Extraordinary Disruption," but rather "Cash Disruption."
Thinking of this, Ye Bai couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder. Indeed, many gameplay strategies only emerged from her perspective as a player.
However, even so, Ye Bai knew deep down that the Spellbreaker's trait would only reach its full potential in high-level maps of the divine realm. Even the strongest second-tier professions could only use second-tier skills; the Spellbreaker's greatest advantage lay in the ability to use higher-tier skills as long as they could withstand the damage.
Lost in thought, Ye Bai arrived at the Merchant Guild in Laan City.
Feeling that her gold coins were "not many," Ye Bai refrained from spending on Laan City's specialties. After purchasing a batch of basic supplies from the Merchant Guild, she prepared to replicate her previous operation in Meluo City, planning to lure a few mercenaries back to her territory.
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