Chapter 197
It wasn't as if Ye Bai had vaguely speculated that other players had completed the task, causing the quest line in Landu City to disappear. If that were the case, the Chaos Beast wouldn't have been discovered by other players. Only Ye Bai, who possessed the qualifications for a third-tier class, could trigger the quest, making it appear.
In all the experiences of players in Landu City, once the Chaos Beast entered its second phase, it vanished, leading everyone to believe that the form it discarded was merely a drop item. The Chaos Beast itself was regarded as a "Fortune Child" (送财童子, a figure believed to bring wealth).
At the same time, Ye Bai searched for similar Chaos Boss quests, and while other players had tried to find them, aside from the Landu City of the Blue Star server, no other city had shown any signs of a Chaos Beast quest, which was tied to the first-tier class of the "Forbidden Apostle" (禁忌使徒).
The Whisper Master had long been completed by Ye Bai, and the Breaker was also finished in time. Moreover, those who obtained hidden classes typically kept it to themselves, so she had no way of knowing if players from servers other than Blue Star had completed the first tier of these three hidden classes.
However, the current situation undoubtedly presented an incredible and bizarre scenario.
These three hidden quests had only appeared in the Blue Star server, and before Ye Bai completed her task, the third-tier quest for the Forbidden Apostle had experienced some sort of "stutter." The second phase of the Chaos Beast kept resetting, making it impossible for other players to complete.
It wasn't until Ye Bai appeared that the reset ended, and the quest was completed.
This quest line seemed to have been... waiting for her all along.
**Chapter 131**
Waiting for her quest line?
With this realization, Ye Bai fell into deeper contemplation, unable to resist recalling the clues about the entire hidden class quest line from her memory.
The more she thought, the more everything felt hazy and ambiguous.
She couldn't remember clearly...
The final conclusion sent a shiver down Ye Bai's spine.
Before her mental power level increased, even though her thinking and memory were excellent, after her mental power level rose, her memory received a significant boost, allowing her to recall many small details of the game clearly. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to navigate the game so effortlessly based on her understanding of the myriad realms.
The Whisper Master, the Breaker, the Forbidden Apostle... These three hidden classes were designed like other hidden classes, serving as Easter eggs in the myriad realms, and that memory was undoubtedly accurate.
But how they merged to form the second and third-tier class system, and when this idea was proposed and completed, the related memories became increasingly vague. She only remembered that this matter indeed existed, yet she couldn't pinpoint when it had come into being.
Moreover, when she first had to choose her class, the only thing that popped into Ye Bai's mind was this particular class route. She was very certain, without any hesitation.
It was as if, after posing the question "Which class is the strongest and most suitable for me?" in her mind, the optimal answer naturally emerged from her subconscious. If she hadn't looked back to ponder this question now, she might not have even noticed it.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai felt a tingling sensation on her scalp, enveloped by a mix of anxiety and confusion.
Was this realization coming from her own mind... or from somewhere else?
Lingering in the Star Network space for a long time, a stream of cosmic news flashed across the computer screen she had constructed, the familiar room and layout gradually bringing her back to her senses.
Once again, Ye Bai instinctively entered that state of extreme calm.
Now that the class system had fully formed, she hadn't discovered any pitfalls. Unless Ye Bai "self-destructed" and reverted to the first tier to reclassify and level up, entangling herself in the origins of her class wouldn't solve the problem.
Combining the information she currently had, she realized that there was an issue with her memory regarding the hidden classes, possibly influenced by some abnormal factor. Besides her class choice, could there be other aspects involved?
Ye Bai carefully reviewed her process of entering the game, from the moment she discovered the myriad realms appearing in the Star Network to her all-in decision to enter the game, establish her territory, and aside from the more intelligent NPCs in holographic mode, the system was more flexible.
Excluding the self-contained divine realm, there was actually another matter that, like Ye Bai's hidden class, had discrepancies in her memory.
That was the way the Source Well (溯源之井) appeared, which should have become a legendary structure that could be built with blueprints following the shattering of the Divine Court in the first expansion.
The divine realm, the Source Well, and the hidden classes... there must be connections between the three that Ye Bai was unaware of.
Soon, Ye Bai steadied her mind and left the Star Network, returning to reality.
In reality, her crisis had not yet been resolved. Moreover, Ye Bai's skills in the game manifested differently in reality. She could perceive the effects of her abilities more clearly, and perhaps the powers of the Forbidden Apostle that were not described in the game could be found in reality.
...
In the next moment, Ye Bai, situated on a desolate planet, opened her eyes beside the wreckage of a spaceship.
This planet was not only farther from its star than Blue Star, but it also rotated more slowly. After spending a game night in the myriad realms, the cold sun in the real sky was still shining from afar.
Upon returning to reality this time, Ye Bai felt a distinct difference.
The injuries she had sustained had mostly healed with the supplement of the "1982 Nutrient Solution," leaving only some mild, lingering pain.
The most significant change came from her mental state; it was a refreshing feeling, as if she had stepped out of a stuffy room. Her entire being was filled with vitality, no longer exhausted from using legendary magic, but instead in a state of peak performance.
At this moment, Ye Bai even had a vague sense that, although her strength should be at the B-level of mental power, if she were to face the deceased A-level mysterious person now, she might have the ability to negotiate, rather than being completely suppressed as she had been before when she couldn't use legendary magic to break the deadlock.
In the past, Ye Bai had felt that mental power was an intangible energy state, requiring some microscopic means to mobilize natural forces to interfere with reality. This was the principle behind her casting various magical skills in reality.
Now that she had advanced to B-level, the intensity of her mental power seemed to have undergone a fundamental change, allowing it to directly influence reality, transforming the intangible into the tangible.
With a thought, Ye Bai, propelled by her mental power, slowly detached from the gravitational pull of the ground, steadily floating into the sky.
So this was the reason B-level mentalists could fly.
Achieving this didn't require much mental power for a B-level; she could automatically absorb the surrounding cosmic energy to replenish herself.
At the same time, once she ascended into the sky, the atmosphere became thinner, but Ye Bai felt no discomfort. It was then that she discovered the second change after advancing to B-level: the "materialization" of her mental body made it the strongest energy exchange organ in her body.
For sustaining life, energy exchange and metabolism no longer required the lungs for aerobic exchange; instead, her mental body could absorb energy for conversion.
This was yet another reason B-level mentalists could survive in space.
After experiencing the basic sensations of being a B-level mentalist, Ye Bai didn't forget her research on the three new third-tier skills.
As with every previous upgrade, once Ye Bai had this thought, the three abilities naturally emerged from her perception. Even though their causes and effects were unclear, it was as instinctive as breathing; as long as she willed it, she could release them.
After some thought, Ye Bai first descended from the high altitude—she wasn't the type to enjoy flying high for the sake of maintaining an air of mystery—before tentatively using the first ability, which she hadn't figured out in the game.
With her mental power activated, the world before Ye Bai shifted once more, the environment unfolding into segments of scenes with her "gaze."
Previously, in the game, Ye Bai had been cautious and refrained from taking further action, but this time she intended to try more.
Almost instinctively, Ye Bai felt she could interfere with these scenes, so she tentatively selected one segment.
Immediately, Ye Bai felt her mental power transform into a force that propelled her into the scene.
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