The thought struck Ye Bai like a bolt of lightning, and she couldn’t sit still. If she could use this thod to "bring" skills out of the ga, the significance of her second class advancent would far exceed her initial expectations.
Compared to reality, Ye Bai held an overwhelming advantage in the world of "Boundless Realms."
A single small photo op by Bai Ye in Boundless Realms had stirred enough waves to earn Ye Bai enough star credits to settle comfortably on Giant Sea Star for a long ti.
Beyond her personal level surpassing most other interstellar civilizations, Ye Bai possessed even greater resources within the ga—whether it was the talents and technologies of her territory or the high-tier equipnt she carried. These were the very factors that contributed to her imnse influence in Boundless Realms.
However, for other players, the ga’s impact on reality was limited to ntal fortitude. For Ye Bai, it extended to skills and innate talents—though these were unrelated to the ga’s other resources.
Even if Ye Bai could wield draconic magic in-ga thanks to the Dragon Tongue Spirit Whistle, this was an equipnt effect and thus unusable in reality. Even if she equipped the To of Death in the future, its powers would remain confined to the ga.
But now, if she could use the Spellbreaker’s ability to "store" skills and manipulate them in-ga, it would be no different from Ye Bai obtaining eight "magic scrolls" she could actually use in the real world.
Action followed thought. Ye Bai logged in imdiately. In-ga, it was still nightti, and the inner gates of Laen City were shut at this hour.
So, where could she obtain a skill to test this theory?
This didn’t stump her. Scanning her surroundings, she soon spotted a patrolling golem in the nearby district, and her eyes lit up.
With a single Insight cast, she discerned the golem’s level—45.
Standard golems corresponded to second-tier classes, typically ranging between levels 40 to 50. There were even higher-tier war golems at level 60, making them one of the most practical super-units.
Instead of avoiding the patrolling golem, Ye Bai strode straight toward it, boldly stepping into its alert radius.
"According to Laen City’s Statute 32, unauthorized personnel are prohibited from loitering in the inner districts after nightfall. You have violated curfew regulations. Remain where you are, present identification, and pay the fine—or we will proceed with your arrest!"
Unsurprisingly, the golem issued an imdiate warning.
But instead of complying, Ye Bai turned tail and bolted in the opposite direction.
The golem’s gemstone eyes flashed red as its hovering form pivoted, its staff charging with energy. Even as it moved, it continued reciting with chanical precision:
"Per the supplentary clause of Laen City’s Statute 32, your refusal to cooperate during enforcent warrants imdiate arrest!"
Not just this golem—others patrolling nearby received the sa directive, converging on Ye Bai’s fleeing figure. Soon, they had her surrounded.
Despite possessing skills like Shadow Step for teleportation, Ye Bai deliberately avoided using them, relying only on rolls to evade. After taking several hits from the golems’ second-tier spells, she was finally cornered and apprehended.
Through this orchestrated ordeal, Ye Bai sacrificed over a thousand HP but successfully stored two spells in her rebound slots: [Frost Nova] and [Fla Dragon]. She had encountered more spells, but only one per elent could be retained.
In the end, the golems hauled her off to Laen City’s prison.
Xi Bei, the Dandi Civilization’s female agent, would never have guessed that Bai Ye—who had just visited her in prison—would wind up behind bars herself barely two days later.
Fortunately, since Ye Bai had only fled without fighting back, her sentence was lighter: just one in-ga day of confinent.
She obediently followed the guards to her cell. As befitted a main city’s prison, the conditions were better than even Bai Ye Village’s newly built cells—though this might also owe to the fact that those who caused trouble in the inner districts tended to be individuals of notable status or power.
Once locked in, Ye Bai wasted no ti logging out.
Back in reality, she closed her eyes, sensing carefully. Then, a peculiar sensation washed over her.
Compared to before, she distinctly felt sothing new…
But only experintation would confirm it. Taking a deep breath, Ye Bai willed the folded fluid sandbag before her to unfurl again.
After a mont’s consideration, she opted for the less conspicuous Frost Nova.
Unlike in-ga instant casting, reality granted her finer control. Guiding her ntal energy slowly, she targeted the sandbag and released—
The room’s temperature plumted instantly.
[Room temperature dropping below freezing. Increase climate control output?]
[No]
The environntal alerts ca first. Dismissing the prompt, Ye Bai focused on the sandbag.
A blue wave engulfed it, and she felt her ntal energy manipulating thermal reactions in the air in ways she couldn’t fully grasp.
The sensation differed subtly from other magic. Rather than wielding the power herself, casting this skill felt as natural as breathing—yet also oddly like following a preset path.
"Crack… crack…"
Soon, the fluid sandbag froze into a rigid, ash-gray block, utterly unlike its original form. Even after Ye Bai withdrew her energy, it remained unchanged, failing to revert as it once would have.
She stepped forward, pressing a hand against it.
Cold, unyielding. Her personal terminal registered its temperature at -23°C.
In the past, such cold would have frostbitten her. But now, with C-rank ntal fortitude and the [Tenacity] talent, it rely felt chilly.
Her terminal showed no signals from the sandbag. Every indication confird it had been irreparably damaged by her test.
When she’d hit it with the first-tier Ice Spike before, the sandbag had quickly reverted to fluid—let alone been destroyed.
Reflecting, Ye Bai tried to cast Frost Nova again but found herself unable. It was as though so essential guide had vanished.
However, when Ye Bai attempted to unleash another skill, "Fla Dragon," that familiar feeling of "I can do this" surged back once more.
After several attempts, Ye Bai confird conclusively that through the abilities of the Spellbreaker, she could "bring" skills from the myriad realms in an unconventional way.
Of course, the exhaustion brought on by the ntal energy expenditure also reminded her that casting these spells—ones her original class couldn’t learn—required consuming real-world ntal energy.
But what did all this imply?
If the myriad realms were a real world, and Ye Bai was using her own ntal energy in this manner, it wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say she was extracting skills from the ga. It was more like she had temporarily learned them. But if the myriad realms weren’t real, then how was this "imprinting" effect achieved?
Ye Bai’s thoughts deepened as she pondered for a while, only to find herself circling back to the fundantal questions: Why did the myriad realms enhance players’ ntal energy? And why did allocating talent points affect her real-world body? She eventually set these questions aside, deciding not to dwell on them further.
Now that her hypothesis had been verified, it ant that any powerful, life-saving skills Ye Bai acquired in the myriad realms could also be applied in reality—effectively serving as an extra layer of security in case of ergencies.
Of course, this was rely a precaution, sothing to give her peace of mind. She was quite content with her current life—rapid progress in the ga and tranquility in reality. The last thing she needed was any unexpected complications…
"Stop, no more thinking," Ye Bai muttered to herself. "The more I dwell on it, the more it feels like I’m setting myself up for disaster. Ugh, no, no, no!"
The ntal energy expenditure reminded Ye Bai of her mana consumption issues. With a thought, she logged back into the ga, returning to her prison cell.
This ti, she opened her talent page and allocated the new talent point she’d earned at level 40 to [Awareness].
A flash of golden light enveloped her.
"Ugh…"
Even though she’d braced herself, Ye Bai couldn’t help but clutch her head and collapse to the ground. It felt as if her skin had been peeled away, exposing her flesh to the air—simultaneously icy, scorching, and excruciatingly painful.
The sensation lasted over ten seconds before Ye Bai finally exhaled sharply and logged out, returning to reality.
Back in the real world, she opened her eyes and wiped her face and forehead, now drenched in sweat and slightly grimy.
Ye Bai used high-tech molecular cleansing showers daily, so this state could only be attributed to the effects of upgrading her talent.
"Seriously? The whole ‘expelling impurities from the body’ effect that’s supposed to co with ‘cultivation breakthroughs’ didn’t happen when I upgraded [Fortitude], but now it shows up?"
As she washed off with water, Ye Bai focused on sensing the changes brought by upgrading [Awareness].
[Awareness] was a core talent in the third-tier progression, a must-have for players following the standard ga progression. It increased energy regeneration from the base rate of 3 points per second to 10 points per second.
Without this boost, players in second-tier classes—where most skills cost 50 to 60 mana—would struggle with abysmal sustain, burning through potions after just a few rotations in combat.
Cosmic news had even reported cases of real-world psychics naturally awakening this talent.
Even with Mana Siphon, Ye Bai considered this talent essential.
The stronger her personal abilities grew, the more powerful skills she could acquire—but without sufficient mana reserves, she wouldn’t be able to use them.
As she attuned herself to the changes, a smile spread across Ye Bai’s face.
If her previous ntal energy recovery had been passive and unconscious, like breathing, she could now genuinely perceive the cosmic energy in reality, ebbing and flowing like tides.
After upgrading [Awareness], she no longer relied on passive recovery. Instead, she could actively and deliberately replenish her ntal energy in the real world—like drinking water, but on a much larger scale.
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