Chapter 190
This artificial micro wormhole, constructed with an unknown technology, is unlike natural wormholes. The edges of natural wormholes are fraught with violent gravitational forces; if one approaches without sufficient strength, they would be torn apart into energy. This is why spaceships are the only ones that can traverse wormholes.
However, this micro wormhole not only has a short construction time but also provides a safe passage for physical bodies to pass through. Only spiritual entities can sense the anomalies, indicating that its technological framework is highly mature and stable. Consequently, the technological content embedded within it is exponentially higher.
It’s akin to the difference between a bamboo raft and a speedboat on water; both can float, but the technological gap between them spans several eras.
As Ye Bai navigated through the micro wormhole, she felt an oddly familiar sensation, reminiscent of her entries into the divine realm.
Inside the wormhole, time and space seemed compressed. Ye Bai lost track of how long she had been traveling; it felt like an eternity, yet also like just a fleeting moment. Suddenly, she sensed the wormhole's twisting pull cease, replaced by a force of repulsion.
In the next instant, she was ‘flung’ out of the compressing time-space of the wormhole.
“Boom!”
With a loud crash, Ye Bai fell from a height of over ten meters.
The ground where she landed was far from flat, littered with heaps of mechanical debris. The impact sent a cloud of dust swirling around her.
In the past, with her frail physique as a native of the ancient Blue Star, such a fall would have surely resulted in severe fractures.
Yet now, Ye Bai had reached the peak of a C-level spiritual power user and had activated the [Resilience] talent to enhance her physical condition. This minor collision merely left her clothes a bit dirty.
The air was thick with the scent of rust and machine oil. Shaking her still-dizzy head, she pushed aside a piece of debris weighing around thirty to forty kilograms, which appeared to be the remains of a large mechanical shell.
“Creak—”
As her view cleared, Ye Bai was greeted by a sight of the starry sky, cold gray sands, and numerous scattered remnants strewn across the desolate land.
The atmosphere on this planet was thin, and above her, she could see a star radiating a cool, luminous glow.
Even in this hemisphere illuminated by the star, five moons of varying sizes hung in the sky, all captured by the planet's gravity.
Moreover, due to the thin atmosphere, she could even spot a ring of small meteoroids high in the sky—though, considering the various debris she had seen on the ground, it was likely that this ring contained more space junk than actual meteoroids.
Ye Bai’s well-insulated clothing transmitted the surrounding temperature through her personal terminal.
Minus sixty-five degrees Celsius indicated that this planet was far from the star, but the lack of moisture in the thin atmosphere meant there was no snow or ice.
Given her current physique and attire, Ye Bai could easily disregard the effects of the temperature. However, based on the temperature and environment, this planet did not seem capable of nurturing carbon-based life. Yet, the abundance of mechanical debris suggested that this star region had once been quite ‘lively.’
What place was this? Could it belong to some civilization of the Star Alliance?
A flurry of questions raced through her mind, but Ye Bai knew better than to disconnect her personal terminal from the nearby network.
Even though she had repelled the mysterious figure with the Tide of Heaven and blocked his entry into the wormhole, if she were to use wormhole technology to capture someone, she would need to know or control the destination it led to.
Otherwise, a random teleport could land her right at the Star Alliance headquarters, which would be a disaster.
So even though the mysterious figure hadn’t pursued her immediately, Ye Bai couldn’t afford to let her guard down; it was very likely that this area was his lair.
Initially, she had hoped to engage with him, to create a commotion that would attract the attention of the Illusory Sea civilization.
After all, if the Illusory Sea civilization could intervene and stop the mysterious figure, Ye Bai would inevitably face the official forces of the Illusory Sea civilization. High-level magic could be said to be on the brink of crisis, while legendary magic might not hold up at all.
Legendary magic was a top-tier power across the myriad realms, and Ye Bai couldn’t even estimate the kind of impact it could have in reality. It was only after witnessing the emergence of the micro wormhole that she decisively unleashed the legendary magic she had kept in reserve.
And the results were evident.
That terrifying tsunami, visible even in the depths of space, further convinced Ye Bai that she could never admit any connection to it.
That tsunami would surely draw the attention of the Illusory Sea civilization. Yet, the thought of the artificial micro wormhole used by the mysterious figure weighed heavily on her mind.
Artificial micro wormholes were different from the spatial teleportation that A-level spiritual power users could perform; spatial teleportation had distance limitations and could only operate within a small range. Wormholes, on the other hand, truly spanned vast distances in space, a concept that was considered fantastical even among the many civilizations of the Star Alliance.
If the mysterious figure could use an artificial micro wormhole to send Ye Bai here, he could certainly use the same method to track her down again.
The Tide of Heaven was legendary magic, fearsome in its power, but it was an area-of-effect attack. Ye Bai understood that while it might temporarily hinder that mysterious A-level spiritual power user, it wouldn’t be enough to kill him. Thus, the time left for her was likely running short.
Ye Bai stood atop what appeared to be a section of spaceship wreckage, gazing out at the desolate surroundings. There was no one around, no distinctive terrain, no plants—only endless gray sands and another piece of space debris about a kilometer away.
Given this scene, it was impossible to gather information solely through life forms. Fortunately, Ye Bai had other methods.
Just like the last time on the Makur Group’s spaceship, she began to absorb the surrounding cosmic energy to quickly replenish her spiritual power while using [Insight] on the nearby wreckage.
‘D-4953 unmanned warship left wing wreckage’
‘Radiation shielding signal coating’
‘Damaged 43,895 hours ago’
…
[Insight] was a higher-level talent than [Identification], and now it consumed less energy for Ye Bai. As she utilized the skill, she gathered a wealth of basic information about the wreckage, but she still hadn’t found the location information she most desired.
After repeated attempts, suddenly, a piece of information entered Ye Bai’s consciousness.
‘Manufactured in the Chaotic Star Sea, Planet OE80’
Chaotic Star Sea!
Ye Bai instinctively looked up at the unfamiliar starry sky—she had been transported to the Chaotic Star Sea via the wormhole, a shadowy region unrecorded on the Star Alliance’s star maps, a mysterious place that the Star Alliance neither acknowledged nor could do anything about!
After a moment, Ye Bai took a deep breath.
The questions that had lingered in her mind resurfaced, layered upon one another.
—Do I really hold such great value?
If the mysterious figure knew that Ye Bai was the White Night of the myriad realms, perhaps there would be some value in that. However, his background seemed tied to that bald B-level spiritual power user from Makur Star, who had been fixated on Ye Bai’s ‘special spiritual entity.’
But how he had managed to track her down to her exact location on Juhai Star was beyond Ye Bai’s comprehension. The Star Alliance was clearly in opposition to the Chaotic Star Sea; to learn of her arrival on Illusory Sea Star, he would need access to extremely high-level permissions within the Star Alliance.
And if he had such high-level permissions, why resort to kidnapping? He could have simply mobilized the official forces of the Star Alliance to forcibly extract Ye Bai from Juhai Star. The Illusory Sea civilization was a member of the Star Alliance, and such a minor matter of removing an alien traveler wouldn’t raise any objections.
An A-level spiritual power user from the Chaotic Star Sea, artificial micro wormholes, terrifying tracking abilities…
A cool breeze swept by, and Ye Bai gathered her scattered thoughts.
These questions were not ones she could answer right now. The most pressing issue was how to respond once the mysterious figure caught up to her.
Should she return to the game and complete her third class transfer?
The thought crossed her mind, but Ye Bai shook her head. She had no idea when the enemy would arrive. Even if she had a sense of danger, if she began her class transfer and the mysterious figure arrived through the wormhole, she would need time to exit combat mode before she could log off. That time would be more than enough for him to completely take control of her.
Moreover, Ye Bai had now reached the Chaotic Star Sea, deep within enemy territory.
Next time, if she couldn’t completely shake off the mysterious figure, she would face even more unknown pursuers.
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