Chapter 32
This time, Ye Bai had successfully eliminated a large number of personnel from the Makur Group again. Even with the rule that the second kill within ten days counts as 0.5 times, Ye Bai's honor points in the Assassin's Guild had reached 531, allowing her to upgrade to the rank of Crimson Robe Assassin.
However, reaching the level of Crimson Robe Assassin would prompt the town's forces to dispatch a specialized pursuit team to hunt her down. Ye Bai's actions would have to be more cautious, as encountering the pursuit team in the wild would be troublesome—killing NPCs who were not Divine Bloodlines holders would not provide attack bonuses or hunting rewards.
Therefore, she did not head to the Assassin's Guild but directly stored the loot in a warehouse within the town.
This time, Ye Bai only made one round trip from the town to the outside, but in terms of gains, it was even greater than the last.
Even if Hude was cautious and did not carry any resources, it didn't matter. At this stage, the most valuable thing on players' bodies was equipment, and it was impossible to fight a BOSS without bringing the best gear.
As long as Ye Bai could ensure she wasn't killed, there would always be gains.
The Makur Group had accumulated a large amount of resources in the multiverse, which had recently been allocated to Hude, who was tasked with the mission in Baihua Town. He used these resources to obtain over fifty standardized crossbows, proudly equipped with this new gear to fight the BOSS...
In the end, all these equipments fell into Ye Bai's hands.
Including this batch of equipment, Ye Bai's haul this time even offset the cost of a magic scroll.
Ye Bai sorted through the warehouse, keeping useful materials and high-quality equipment above fine quality. These items would be taken back to her territory, with the materials and measurements used for construction and crafting, and the equipment would be used to outfit her villagers as a temporary measure. The other items she didn't care for were sold to NPCs in Tute City, earning her 35 silver coins.
Even because of this large-scale sale, Ye Bai had improved her favor with Tute City, gaining a 10% discount at some shops.
Just after tidying up the warehouse, Ye Bai received a reminder from her alarm clock and immediately logged out.
Based on the information from the maintenance crew, today was the day the spacecraft was set to arrive at Makur Star. She had estimated the time and set the alarm accordingly.
As soon as she logged out, Ye Bai sensed with her psychic power and immediately felt a shock.
She was still in the nutrient chamber, but the environment around her was no longer on the spacecraft. Instead, she was on a moving mechanical conveyor belt, being transported forward, unsure of where she was being taken.
It seemed they had already arrived at Makur Star! Ye Bai was alarmed. Although she had set the alarm an hour in advance, reality had moved faster, and the efficiency of the Makur Group was astonishing. The influence of her actions in the multiverse on this behemoth was uncertain...
The essence of the star group was truly terrifying!
Ye Bai felt the situation was dire, unaware that all the Makur employees on the same spacecraft were currently lying in the group's hospital for treatment—
A total of 10 group members on the smuggling spacecraft, including 2 C-class and 8 D-class psychic individuals, had suffered mental damage due to deaths in the multiverse. After awakening, the staff had changed the operation mode to emergency mode, accelerating the return to Makur Star, which led to the early arrival of the spacecraft.
...
"Beep!"
"Beep!"
The mechanical sounds, growing nearer, pulled Ye Bai's attention back. She cautiously extended her psychic power slightly, expanding the range of her perception to understand the current situation.
In the next moment, seeing more details, Ye Bai's scalp tingled, feeling a profound physical discomfort—
All around her, in every direction, were similar conveyor belts, differing only in direction and the size of the nutrient chambers being transported.
The source of the sound ahead was a doorway-like detection apparatus.
The conveyor belt pushed the nutrient chamber through the device, which seemed to make some determination, then activated the mechanical mechanism at the bottom, sending it to different destinations.
The intelligent beings in these nutrient chambers looked like pre-made canned fish, being sorted and distributed to various channels after selection.
Ye Bai used her "Appraisal" ability on the surrounding items. Apart from the information that the area was surrounded by a 'Fourth-Level Energy Defense Magnetic Field,' she did not obtain more details.
Obviously, moving in this environment was not a good choice. This place was clearly still within the internal environment of the Makur Group. If anything unusual happened, it would be immediately suppressed.
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As the conveyor belt moved, the detection apparatus was now right in front of Ye Bai, sending her previous "cellmate" to one of the conveyor belts.
Ye Bai, who had been staying still, noticed that after passing through the conveyor belt, a new piece of information appeared on the nutrient chamber of the cellmate in front of her.
'Value 12-F Class-Ordinary'
Value?
This seemed to be the identification tag the Makur Group used for smuggled life forms...
Ye Bai's heart skipped a beat, and she made a guess. Watching her own nutrient chamber pass through the detection apparatus, she immediately used "Appraisal" on it.
'Value 156-F Class-Limited Edition'
This confirmed Ye Bai's guess: this detection apparatus was used to label all nutrient chambers with price and quality tags.
The F Class obviously corresponded to the psychic power level, and the "Limited Edition" at the end... Considering Ye Bai's situation, it was easier to understand, likely corresponding to the concept of species rarity.
Perhaps because she had a much higher value, Ye Bai was sent to another conveyor belt, with no other nutrient chambers around her. Only after following the conveyor belt for a while, at a certain checkpoint, did a few new nutrient chambers appear.
Ye Bai immediately used "Appraisal" on each one:
'Value 172-C Class-Ordinary'
'Value 154-C Class-Ordinary'
'Value 268-C Class-Uncommon'
...
'Value 485-B Class-Rare'
B Class!
There was actually a B-class psychic individual?! Ye Bai was astonished. The Makur Group's business capabilities were so strong. Although she didn't know the exact strength of a B-class, considering that A-class individuals could suppress entire star systems, it can be imagined that B-class individuals wouldn't be ordinary either.
It seemed that she owed her entry into this row of "shelves" to being a "Limited Edition" with F-class psychic power.
Ye Bai cautiously extended her psychic power toward the nutrient chamber nearby.
Then, she suddenly paused. No, previously she had seen D-class Makur employees whose psychic bodies extended about an inch outside. If the individuals in these nutrient chambers matched the labels with their psychic power levels, she should have seen their massive psychic bodies first.
Cautiously probing with her psychic power several times and finding no alarms triggered, Ye Bai extended it further to the nutrient chambers ahead for a closer inspection.
This time, Ye Bai clearly saw the specific situation inside these nutrient chambers, which contained powerful psychic individuals.
These intelligent beings, of varying sizes, lay in different nutrient chambers, with humanoid forms but distinct racial characteristics. Unlike her previous "cellmates" on the spacecraft who were all in deep sleep and anesthesia,
Ye Bai could clearly see the look of pain from their slightly distorted facial features.
What shocked her even more was their psychic condition.
Unlike her F-class neighbors whose psychic bodies glowed like indicator lights, Ye Bai saw that these psychic individuals' "light" was extremely intense, but it was all bound by a series of circular patterns, tightly locked within the brain area, compressed even smaller than F-class psychic bodies.
The circular patterns created by the devices even left marks on their psychic bodies, as if the circular devices on the rings easily mocked the Rand freak in a way that echoed through time. The intricate designs seemed to fill the air with a sense of destiny, as Liu explored the depths of his thoughts, each layer revealing more complexities than before. Amidst this exploration, he felt the pressure of expectations from others weighing down on him, like an invisible force that shaped his very being. Meanwhile, in the background, Pamela's criticisms lingered, a reminder of the challenges he faced as he navigated this intricate landscape of emotions and interactions.
The reason for these patterns was quickly found by Ye Bai.
Compared to the F-class she had encountered, these, at least C-class psychic individuals, all had a peculiar ring-shaped device on their necks, tightly clamped like a chain.
'Psychic Power Suppressor-C'......'Psychic Power Suppressor-B'
Ye Bai quickly obtained information about the device. She saw two sharp needles piercing the skin of their necks. The device was emitting a special energy through these needles made of unique material, achieving the binding of their psychic powers.
"Suppressor?" Ye Bai wondered, "What's so special about these needles?"
She extended her psychic tendrils but found that although the spatial distance was reached, she couldn't 'touch' the needles.
This must be the reason why it can 'suppress' them.
Ye Bai dared not touch the circular glyphs around their mental entities, for fear of making things worse or triggering an alarm from the suppressor.
After some thought, she cautiously approached the nearest mental entity with her psychic energy, attempting to communicate.
With the experience from the last time, she was extremely careful this time. She didn't directly contact the other's mental entity but kept a distance, gently creating psychic ripples to convey her message.
"Are you alright?"
Transmitting information through psychic energy came naturally to Ye Bai after her breakthrough to Grade D. However, since the last time she scared her neighbors awake from anesthesia, she wasn't sure if this attempt would succeed.
In theory, a Grade C psychic should be different... right?
"...?"
Ye Bai received a response, but it was just a barely noticeable tremble of the other's mental entity. If not for her close attention, she probably wouldn't have noticed it.
Perhaps due to the suppressor, the other's 'voice' was too faint, and Ye Bai couldn't extract any information from it.
She tried another Grade C, receiving the same feedback.
After continuous exploration, a sense of psychic fatigue began to set in.
Thus, Ye Bai directly found the nutrient chamber where the Grade B psychic was located and made one final attempt.
This strongest psychic around, although not the largest in size, dwarfed by another 'giant' over three meters tall, was notably slimmer, likely a female alien. Despite her slender appearance, she exuded an aura of power from head to toe.
The Grade B powerhouse stood around 1.9 to 2 meters tall, with exquisite and beautiful features. She had fiery red hair and wore a distinctive battle armor whose material Ye Bai couldn't identify, seeming neither metallic. From the damages on it, Ye Bai could infer that its wearer must have gone through a brutal battle.
Her mental entity outshined others, but it was bound by denser circular glyphs, deep cuts digging into it, causing devastating cracks.
Ye Bai hesitated for a moment, unconsciously softening her psychic energy before venturing again......
......
Spaceships, lasers, blood, and severed limbs...
Trapped in a nightmare by the painful suppression of her mental entity, Silienna's consciousness relived her last battle over and over again.
The Tianluo Clan, to which she belonged, was a rare group in the universe. Clan members born with Grade C psychic powers could traverse space with their bare bodies. Their faith was the 'Star God,' embodying 'the end of the stars,' seeking transformation through relentless battles, making it a nomadic civilization without a fixed planet.
Due to their love for combat and low birthrates, Tianluo clanspeople were few, renowned for their strength and rarity, essentially functioning as mercenaries.
Silienna was isolated in combat, tumbling into enemy encirclement, eventually fainting from exhaustion.
Upon opening her eyes, the same battle began afresh.
She attempted to break through again and again, trying to shatter the endless cycle.
But it was too long—so long that Silienna felt her body becoming heavier. She gradually lost her combat power, weak, praying for the Star God's protection, floundering in vain...
Until a grand, ephemeral presence suddenly descended...
"Are you alright?"
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