Chapter 193
Based on her previous experiences with job transitions and the feedback from Ye Bai's spiritual entity, she believed that upon completing her third job change in the game, she would be able to break through to become a B-level psychic in reality.
A B-level psychic is an elite figure among the Cosmic Warriors, marked by two significant abilities: the power to defy planetary gravity and soar through the skies, and the capability to walk in space without relying on an oxygen environment or protective gear.
Both of these abilities were crucial for Ye Bai at this moment. She couldn't build a spaceship from the wreckage, nor could she rely on the hope that a kind spaceship would pass by to rescue her. The only way to leave this place was to depend on her raw strength.
At the same time, she had already used up two precious legendary spells. After reaching B-level, her enhanced power would give her a better chance of facing unknown dangers.
...
As the sun set on the desolate planet, Ye Bai arrived at the ruins she had spotted earlier.
During her search, luck was on her side; the wreckage turned out to be a logistical component of a manned spacecraft, and inside, she found an intact container of nutrient solution.
Although she learned through her insight ability that this nutrient solution had been produced hundreds of years ago and was long expired, the sealed container and the low temperature of the environment meant that the nutritional content had not completely deteriorated.
“Gulugulu…”
Twisting open the bottle of '82 nutrient solution', Ye Bai gulped down the entire container in one go to prevent spoilage.
After replenishing a significant amount of nutrients, her enhanced body began to spontaneously heal her injuries. Soon, she felt her blood circulating, dispelling the biting cold.
After resting for a moment, Ye Bai found a hidden and safe spot among the wreckage, closed her eyes, and logged into the Star Network.
This was a barren planet, where the only threats were astronomical and meteorological disasters. If any enemies appeared, her danger sense would kick in.
As her vision shifted, her familiar personal space in the Star Network materialized.
Ye Bai exhaled; this was the beauty of the Star Network—there was no issue of 'disconnection' even in the chaotic star seas beyond the reach of the Star Alliance.
Once again entering the myriad realms, Ye Bai found herself by the Blood River outside Lan Du City. It was now the second game day, and the sun cast its light on the blood-red waters. The lively scenes from yesterday had vanished, replaced by tranquility, with only a fisherman in the distance drying his nets by the river bend.
“Ahh!”
The call of Ottofis broke the silence. Ye Bai fed it two pieces of bread before opening her personal panel.
At that moment, as her disintegration return activated, a new skill appeared in her psychic abilities section—Mental Chain.
[Mental Chain] binds enemies mentally, dealing 1000 points of spell damage over its duration, immobilizing them for 5 seconds, and slowing them for 15 seconds.
Seeing this description, Ye Bai was momentarily stunned.
This sudden appearance of [Mental Chain] was certainly not a skill from the myriad realms but rather one from the mysterious figure in reality!
Previously, after being attacked by the mysterious person, she had felt that she could use their abilities. She had thought that the disintegration return from reality could only be unleashed in the real world, but to her surprise, it had manifested in the game as well!
Moreover, thanks to the system's 'translation' of information, Ye Bai now understood this mysterious person's abilities, which she did not fully comprehend.
The virtual and the real had achieved true two-way communication.
Ye Bai remained silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and then opened her talent abilities, which had two points available.
She allocated her remaining two talent points into [Desperate Survival] and [Potential Activation], both geared towards survival.
[Desperate Survival] ensures that when her health drops to 1%, it will not decrease further for 5 seconds, effectively locking her health, with a cooldown of three days.
This talent could also be referred to as the 'protagonist's halo', suitable for dealing with the unknown dangers Ye Bai might face, potentially saving her life at a critical moment.
[Potential Activation] allows her to exchange health for psychic energy when her psychic energy reaches zero, with the same three-day cooldown.
After using two legendary spells in quick succession, Ye Bai felt the importance of psychic power more acutely than ever, and the two talents could be combined—
In a moment of danger when her psychic energy was depleted, Ye Bai could use [Potential Activation] to draw on her life force, then employ [Desperate Survival] to save herself, providing her with a chance to counterattack or retaliate.
Perhaps due to their survival-oriented nature, the activation of these two new talents did not bring her much pain; instead, she felt a warm current washing over her body.
Having completed all this, Ye Bai gazed at the calm Blood River, uncertain if any players had completed their job transitions yesterday. After a moment's thought, she retreated to the Star Network and searched for the keywords 'Lan Du City', 'Blood River', and 'BOSS'.
If someone had already completed their job transition, she would need to find another chaotic main city to undergo her transition.
However, the search results left Ye Bai astonished:
[Fixed Activity BOSS of the Blood River in Lan Du City]
[Analysis of the Items Dropped by the Blood River BOSS in Lan Du City]
Earlier, there was also [Reasons Why the Blood River BOSS in Lan Du City Cannot Be Defeated], with this relevant information first appearing about a month ago, coinciding with the time when players were transitioning en masse.
Filled with confusion, Ye Bai examined each piece of information one by one, finally piecing together the backstory.
This hidden job quest line had been discovered by players during the mass transition period in Lan Du City, roughly around the time Ye Bai was undergoing her second job change.
Players who encountered the hidden quest naturally followed the clues, progressing all the way to the final step of battling the 'job transition mentor'.
The issue lay in that very step.
The historical clue 'Faith Collection' related to the job transition mentor was that strange, irregular monster known as the Chaos Beast.
The Chaos Beast is a random creature, not only appearing randomly but also possessing random skills.
Each time it appears, it randomly combines the characteristics of a magical creature nearby, transforming them into its own abilities. It resembles a form of reverse parasitism; when it is injured and enters the second phase, it will abandon the creature it had parasitized and begin to unleash its true random abilities. At this stage, it can utilize all the powers of the creatures it has previously parasitized.
The skill pool of the Chaos Beast theoretically encompasses all attributes of skills present in the myriad realms.
Of course, it is ultimately just a job transition mentor, and can only unleash magic corresponding to that tier.
From the information Ye Bai gathered, it seemed that over time, by this point, nearly all players in Lan Du City had participated in defeating the BOSS. However, it appeared they were all stuck at the second phase of the Chaos Beast, with no one mentioning why the Chaos Beast had not been defeated after entering the second phase.
The reason they believed the Chaos Beast was a 'fixed activity BOSS of the Blood River in Lan Du City' was that during the second phase, the Chaos Beast would abandon a parasitic creature, which was essentially a strengthened and mutated version of some creature from the Blood River. Taking this opportunity to kill the weakened creature could yield some mutated organ materials.
Although that weakened creature did not drop gold or other conventional materials like a typical BOSS, those mutated organs could be sold to NPCs for a handsome profit.
The Chaos Beast only appeared at night, so in the eyes of Lan Du City players, the Chaos Beast became secondary, while the byproduct of its second phase became the primary 'harvest', with the hidden BOSS treated as a fixed activity BOSS to farm.
Upon learning this information, Ye Bai's expression turned peculiar.
If this were in her own version of the myriad realms, she would need to urgently create a hotfix—what was originally a monster characteristic setting had unexpectedly been exploited by the star players to create a bug.
Having benefited from numerous game features along her journey, Ye Bai never expected to witness a scene where star players collectively exploited a bug.
However, her confusion did not dissipate. As long as the Chaos Beast did not face her, a second-job breaker, it was merely a first-tier BOSS to other star players. Had no players managed to defeat the second phase of the Chaos Beast during this time? This was not in line with the players' typical mentality of 'everyone wants to win'.
Moreover, players who had completed the prerequisite tasks should have triggered the job transition prompt when battling the Chaos Beast.
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