Woke Up to Find the Game I Made Came True

Chapter 27

After causing trouble for two neighbors, Ye Bai didn't dare to continue experimenting further, as she couldn't afford to mess up the entire cabin.

After failing to use her psychic powers, Ye Bai decided to change her approach.

What about magic?

Like her talents, magic was a skill in the game, but as soon as she had the thought, Ye Bai had an inexplicable feeling... that she could use it in real life too.

Unlike in the game, where just thinking about a spell would make it happen, in reality, the sense of control was more tangible. She could actually feel and control the process of elemental particles being manipulated by her psychic power.

Or, to put it from a scientific perspective, magic wasn't created out of thin air but was achieved by using psychic power to manipulate microscopic particles.

Ye Bai was so certain about this because she found that she couldn't use five types of spells: Wind Blade, Fireball, Ice Bullet, Earth Spike, and Vine Whip.

These spell effects, which Ye Bai could explain with her basic scientific knowledge, required the environment of a planet. Since the spaceship was traveling in space, she couldn't use them.

On the other hand, she could use Lightning Strike, Light Arrow, and Slow spells...

Even with her somewhat shaky grasp of science, Ye Bai could roughly deduce that these spells corresponded to electrons, magnetism, and gravity.

Thinking about this, Ye Bai took a deep breath, realizing more deeply why psychic power was so valued in this big universe era.

After thousands of years of technological development, establishing complex and advanced theoretical foundations and industrial standards, intelligent beings could finally understand and use elementary forces on a small scale. Psychic power, however, allowed direct control through thought... it felt like the universe was playing a joke on all technological civilizations!

As for the last type of psychic spell, Mind Ray, Ye Bai wasn't sure what elementary force it corresponded to. In the game, this skill could penetrate armor and cause real damage, possibly a different application of psychic power.

After some contemplation, Ye Bai decided to make a bold attempt.

She returned to WANJIE and used all the skill and talent points she had saved before.

Ye Bai added her first precious skill point to [Magic Siphon] in the skill panel.

Mastery of all schools of magic was not a skill for Mystic Talsmiths with 'magic bloodlines' but an inherent trait.

On this basis, the other effects were the real skills of this hidden profession.

[Magic Siphon] was a passive skill with a simple effect: convert 20% of the spell damage dealt to the enemy into her own mana.

This was an important passive skill to make up for the lack of mana in Mystic Talsmiths, greatly improving Ye Bai's combat endurance.

Originally, Ye Bai had planned to put her talent points into [Dexterity] - [Weapon Mastery] to unlock all weapon combo skills. However, since discovering that [Appraisal] talents were also useful in real life, she realized the significant value of this talent tree.

Currently, on the intergalactic internet, there was no information about any race obtaining similar talents. Ye Bai suspected it was because, as an ancient human at the bottom of the evolutionary chain, she had the unique ability to choose an evolutionary path herself.

Ye Bai spent her talent point on [Insight], a second-level talent in [Appraisal].

With the familiar golden light, Ye Bai suddenly couldn't help but clutch her head.

She felt as if an ice pick had pierced her brain. The 1% pain sensitivity didn't work this time; her head felt like it had been opened, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, causing some mysterious changes inside.

After a while, the feeling subsided, and Ye Bai recovered, staring blankly at the talent page.

[Insight]

Passive Effect: Crisis Perception - Receive a warning upon encountering hostility. The warning distance depends on the level difference between oneself and the hostile target.

Unique Active (Weakness Observation): Weakness Observation - Cooldown 5 seconds, no mana cost, 90% chance to find common weaknesses; 60% chance to find hidden negative traits; 10% chance to find fatal weaknesses (reduce 30% for each ranking difference with the target).

Another talent helpful in combat, where ranking referred to class advancement. So, if Ye Bai, at first-tier, used Weakness Observation on a second-tier enemy, she would have only a 60% chance to find common weaknesses, a 30% chance to find hidden negative traits, and no chance to find fatal weaknesses.

The pain of upgrading her talent was unexpected for Ye Bai. She increasingly suspected that game talents might correspond to biological-level genetic evolution in reality. However, speaking of which, why did her class advancement seem so uneventful? After all, she had gained so many new magical abilities.

The mysteries of WANJIE were only getting more numerous...

Taking a deep breath, Ye Bai logged out and returned to reality.

This time, she clearly felt her control over psychic power had strengthened, and her perception of the surrounding environment became easier and clearer.

If she previously had to "touch" things with her psychic power to gather information, now her psychic self felt like a soul leaving her body, able to "see and hear."

Ye Bai cast [Insight] on her surrounding nutrient capsules.

Immediately, her psychic self "saw" cracks like spots appearing on the different nutrient capsules.

The one with the most spots, as expected, was the nutrient capsule that had the shortest time until its next malfunction according to her earlier investigation.

Confirming that Weakness Observation worked on machinery, the more weaknesses, the higher the chance of malfunction. No problem there.

Next, Ye Bai found the spots on her own nutrient capsule.

After some thought, she gathered the smallest amount of psychic power and used a low-power version of [Light Arrow] inside the weak spot.

The nutrient capsule didn't necessarily use electricity, but light spells corresponding to magnetism were more widely used in this era. Plus, it was suitable for disguising mechanical failure. Using the gravity-related Slow spell on a spaceship could lead to unpredictable consequences.

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Ye Bai wasn't in a hurry and used [Light Arrow] on the other two weak spots.

After another appraisal, she saw the next malfunction time reduce from over a thousand hours to 382 hours.

This confirmed the spells were effective.

So, Ye Bai attacked the first weakness again, slightly increasing the energy, almost like a "teenage" version of [Light Arrow].

"Szzz..."

Suddenly, a string of sparks erupted from the gaps of the nutrient capsule, and the green light representing normal operation went out, immediately triggering an alarm in the ship's monitoring system.

Ye Bai immediately reduced her psychic self's size to match the surrounding "neighbors" and waited nervously.

Nutrient capsules would automatically inject anesthetics to prevent anomalies in their occupants. With the capsule malfunctioning, there was a high chance that a spaceship technician would come to repair it.

Especially since no repair robots appeared after the alarm, Ye Bai was even more certain of this.

Time ticked by, and suddenly, the cabin door at the end opened.

In her nervous state, Ye Bai felt someone enter, and her psychic self, glowing steadily, was different from the unconscious prisoners' psychic selves. It was also not confined to the brain but extended a centimeter beyond her body, forming an oval shape.

Psychic power extended beyond the body—Grade D!

Ye Bai subtly reduced her psychic self's disguise further and also understood what a conscious psychic self looked like.

The technician was impatient and, while muttering curses, floated over to Ye Bai. He passed through the protective verification and started repairing the nutrient capsule's outer shell.

Thanks to her sharper psychic self and personal terminal, Ye Bai caught every word of the technician's complaints.

"Damn it, only 69 hours left until we reach the headquarters, and it breaks down now? Why not wait until after we arrive? Then it wouldn't affect my score..."

"This predatory corporation, equipped with the Star Network, yet strictly limits access to the Boundless Universe. If it weren't for the fact that Tute City is crawling with their people, I wouldn't have to be so cautious!"

"So it was this component that failed. The quality of ?-78 Industrial Star's products has been declining with each generation. Telo must have pocketed quite a bit in the procurement deal. He managed to dodge responsibility for the last malfunction in the exhibition hall too."

Ye Bai only hoped that this person's complaints would go on a bit longer, but the next sentence from the person shocked her.

"Seems it's not fully fixed. Whatever, these goods aren't headed for an exhibition anyway. Even if they die, it won't make much of a difference."

Not for an exhibition? Ye Bai's mental form faltered slightly, her breathing rhythm momentarily unstable.

The technician raised his head, his expression pausing for a moment.

In that instant, Ye Bai was already preparing to unleash her Mind Ray.

"Ah, it's this issue! That explains it... I graduated top of my class in Mechanical Maintenance!" The technician excitedly bent down to fix the issue.

...Didn't notice?

At such a close distance, less than a meter apart, and both being Grade D, he hadn't noticed her change? She had been ready for a fight!

Ye Bai's mind was filled with suspicion. Recalling her earlier attempt to probe the mental form next to her... Could it be that her spiritual power was different from normal spiritual power users?

Once this idea formed, Ye Bai immediately realized that this was the perfect opportunity to verify it!

So, Ye Bai slowly altered the frequency of her mental fluctuations.

Her mental form was right in front of the technician, yet he seemed completely oblivious to Ye Bai's changes.

Ye Bai's mental form was now curled up, so it couldn't be that the technician was acting out of fear. Moreover, with armed forces surely present on this ship, if any abnormalities were detected, they could simply sound an alarm.

With the technician showing no reaction, Ye Bai's testing actions became more exaggerated.

In the end, Ye Bai's mental tendrils extended outward, twisting into an 'S' shape one moment and a 'B' shape the next. Yet, the technician remained unfazed, continuing to tidy up his tools and close the outer shell of the nutrient chamber, even giving it a tap.

Throughout the entire process, Ye Bai finally ascertained that ordinary spiritual power users, even if they were also Grade D, couldn't control their spiritual power in such a flexible manner. Let alone actively extend and expand their perception – it seemed their spiritual power was more of a passive ability. They might only sense something if their spiritual forms came into direct contact.

The technician left the cabin, and it once again fell silent, with only the green light from the nutrient chamber functioning normally.

Ye Bai began carefully analyzing the information revealed in the technician's earlier words.

69 hours to reach the headquarters, the Makur Group's headquarters, which was highly likely the Makur Star. The technician had also mentioned an exhibition, which overlapped with Ye Bai's impression of an interstellar zoo.

If the destination of the ship was indeed the Makur Star, Ye Bai's mood slightly stabilized.

Currently, being on the ship was a predicament for her. Without knowing the ship's armed forces, taking rash actions was too risky. Even if she managed to use her magical advantages to destroy the ship, how could she survive in the vastness of space without knowing how to pilot it? Let alone the fact that the enemy wasn't foolish; they would send distress signals immediately upon any anomalies.

If she were taken to a secret base entirely occupied by the Makur Group, escaping in a landscape filled with enemies would be highly dangerous.

However, having confirmed the destination was the Makur Star, which was an open entertainment planet and not entirely controlled by the Makur Group, a plan for escape began to form in Ye Bai's mind...

She needed a disturbance, one that would impact the entire Makur Group.

To achieve this, Ye Bai's mental power advantage alone might not suffice. But...

Ye Bai returned to the Boundless Universe and sprinted to the teleportation array connecting to the outside world in Meiroc City.

Upon approaching the teleportation array, a selection page appeared in Ye Bai's vision.

?Search 'Tute City'?

The next second, the page displayed the only matching option.

Thank you, chatty technician, thank you, Boundless Universe's default registration method –

In the real world, Ye Bai couldn't sway the heart of the Makur Group's lair, but in the Boundless Universe, Bai Ye could!