Chapter 306
In the moment when Ye Bai chose to no longer suppress himself and instead embraced his true self, the Star Alliance forces stationed at the space station, the ships lined up to enter the wormhole, the vessels that had just traversed from the other side of the wormhole, and even the mentalists on the distant Blue Star, Moon, and Mars, who were going about their ordinary day engaged in various activities, all felt a sudden tremor and fell into a state of panic-stricken paralysis.
A surge of vibrant, grand, and overwhelming mental energy descended, instantly expanding to fill the space around the wormhole and the nearest few planets.
An A-level mentalist could suppress a civilization at the level of a star system because their full mental power could cover the surface of an entire planet.
Yet this sudden influx of mental energy extended far beyond a single planet, and it was merely a normal release, not an intentional expansion.
The terrifying mental force that arrived without warning caused all nearby mentalists, including an A-level mentalist who happened to be passing through, to freeze in place. All machinery continued to operate normally, but every sentient being felt as if a pause button had been pressed for a full three seconds.
The first to regain composure was, of course, the strongest A-level mentalist nearby: “This is… this is…”
Her student, snapping back to reality, looked at his immensely powerful teacher, who wore the same expression of shock: “Teacher, what’s going on? Why do you look like that too…”
The A-level mentalist, overwhelmed with excitement, couldn’t help but show a hint of fear: “The mental energy… it’s… it’s beyond A-level!”
It wasn’t just this chance passerby who felt the terrifying mental energy; once other sentient beings who sensed its arrival regained their wits, they too fell into a state of panic, probing and relaying messages.
“What just happened?!”
“How can there be such terrifying mental energy?!”
The response was even more pronounced among the security forces stationed at the space station. All ships in transit halted their wormhole travel, receiving emergency evacuation orders. High-level alarms blared, and all special operations teams were dispatched to investigate the source of the anomaly.
This mental energy source had not made any effort to conceal itself; its release carried a certain implication of ‘clearing the area.’
As the various factions of the Star Alliance turned their attention toward the source of the mental energy, the first sensation they experienced was one of blinding brightness.
A dazzling brilliance emanated from the mental energy level.
So much so that they could not see through the overwhelming power that exceeded their understanding to discern the true identity of the source.
However, even though all sentient beings present with mental abilities were uniformly suppressed, they still possessed formidable technology beyond their mental prowess.
From a distance of nearly one Blue Star and the Moon away, high-powered cameras clearly captured the figure at the center of the mental energy.
The moment the image was obtained, it was immediately compared against the vast personal image database of the Star Alliance.
The imaging data quickly received feedback, as it matched with the highest priority sequence in the Star Alliance’s wanted database.
The highest commander of the Blue Star wormhole space station glanced at the incoming information:
“Highest-level wanted sequence: Ancient Human Ye Bai… image match rate, one hundred percent.”
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Ye Bai had been placed on the Star Alliance’s wanted list even before the last operation to prepare for an attack on the White Night Town.
Due to the gravity of the situation and the lack of concrete evidence proving that Ye Bai was indeed the White Night, the priority and confidentiality levels were exceptionally high.
After the disastrous defeat at White Night Town, as it transformed into White Night City, and with Ye Bai’s display of power far surpassing that of other players in the game, the wanted list and confidentiality levels naturally escalated.
When the dragon appeared in White Night City, it triggered a super doubling, placing Ye Bai at the top of the Star Alliance’s most wanted and confidential lists.
Under the intelligence network of the Star Alliance, Ye Bai’s image would be quickly recognized if it appeared on any planet belonging to a civilization under the Star Alliance.
However, since her identity was leaked, Ye Bai had been wandering through the chaotic star sea. No matter how high the wanted list was, it merely served as a piece of information, without any real effect.
Now, just as the Star Alliance had come to realize that Ye Bai’s power had surely surpassed B-level, and that they had little hope of finding her in the coming decades or even centuries, she appeared so openly beside the Blue Star wormhole.
What caught the Star Alliance off guard, just as much as Ye Bai’s appearance, was her current strength.
The Star Alliance’s highest wanted list included many troublesome A-level mentalists. Sometimes, these wanted individuals served as a reverse alarm.
The Star Alliance indeed possessed top-tier weapons and technology capable of countering A-level mentalists, but such weapons were also considered cutting-edge within the Alliance. A-level mentalists were a headache for the Star Alliance because it was impossible to equip all allied civilizations with top-tier weapons.
Even now, around the Blue Star wormhole, the weaponry could temporarily counter A-level mentalists, with the strategic goal being to delay and await stronger reinforcements.
But…
As the commander, a B-level powerhouse, felt their mental form firmly suppressed within their body, unable to extend beyond, they could only peer through the ship’s telescope at the figure beside the wormhole—visually small, yet with a presence on the mental level akin to that of a star—
Could their current armed forces really hold out against that?!
But in the next moment, the commander’s dilemma was resolved.
In the void of space, waves of spatial fluctuations erupted, revealing a multitude of micro wormholes from which surged a vast number of figures clad in starry robes from the Church of the Stars. In the blink of an eye, their numbers exceeded a thousand, and they continued to grow.
“What… how can there be so many? This aura… they’re all A-level?!”
In the space station, planets, and ships near the Blue Star wormhole, the mentalists who had just regained their senses from the earlier terrifying mental energy were once again struck by a thunderous shock.
The intelligence departments of the Star Alliance and all civilizations with citizens in the Milky Way erupted with activity in that instant.
Where did so many A-levels come from?!
Not to mention, in secret wars between two star system civilizations, most operations involved drones, focusing on technology and economy. The scene before them, with thousands of A-levels personally deployed, had never been seen even in the chaotic years before the Star Alliance was established.
Many civilizations acknowledged that the future of interstellar development would indeed lead to a scenario where ‘A-levels are everywhere’ due to the myriad worlds, but… it certainly wasn’t supposed to be now!
The members of the Church of the Stars, at this moment, were too preoccupied to consider the overwhelming shock they were delivering to the Star Alliance. Their gazes were all fixed on the figure beside the wormhole. Once they dealt with the enemy, they would return to the chaotic star sea, and with the passage of time, all witnesses would soon forget everything under the influence of the ‘Will of the Stars.’
Even from a distance, they could still feel Ye Bai’s terrifying mental energy, but with the technological support from the main control terminal, the members of the Church of the Stars were not as heavily suppressed as normal A-levels would be due to their rank.
As Ye Bai released his true mental energy, the silicon-based civilization in the four-dimensional universe would inevitably discover him. Even if the ancients would not stand idly by, the more powerful silicon-based civilizations would spare no effort to mobilize all available forces in the three-dimensional universe to eliminate him.
Under the protection of the stars, the members of the Church of the Stars, like Ye Bai, who bore the title of ‘God Slayer,’ could ignore the barriers of rank and power to inflict harm upon him.
Even if the damage they caused was limited for Ye Bai, their sheer numbers were overwhelming!
The Church of the Stars had existed since the dawn of Era 01, serving as the ‘GM account’ to adjust this world. Even if they could not be considered a civilization and would never unleash the potential of one, in terms of sheer power, they could undoubtedly surpass the entire Star Alliance.
In just a few breaths, the number of members from the Church of the Stars emerging from the micro wormholes surged to one hundred thousand, with no one paying any attention to the surrounding Star Alliance forces.
The Church of the Stars, with its 6,895,134 members, was now fully mobilized.
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