At the moment Ye Bai was dragged into the wormhole, her physical body didn't suffer much impact, but on the spiritual level, she felt an indescribable sense of pulling and distortion. It was a unique spatial reaction after the improvement of the spiritual body level. In fact, one couldn't experience it when the spiritual power level was low.
This artificial micro - wormhole, constructed by unknown technology, was different from natural wormholes. The edges of natural wormholes had intense tearing forces. When a physical body with insufficient strength got close, it would be torn into energy first. That was also the reason why only spaceships could pass through wormholes.
However, this micro - wormhole not only had a short construction time but also left a safe passage for a flesh - and - blood body to pass through. Only the spiritual body could detect something strange, which indicated that its technological system was very mature and stable. In this way, the technological content it contained had to be multiplied several times.
It was like the difference between a bamboo raft and a speedboat. Both could move on the water, but the technological gap between them spanned several eras.
Moreover, when Ye Bai was traveling through the micro - wormhole, the feeling of her spiritual body was even somewhat familiar.
She would have a similar feeling every time she entered the Divine Realm.
Inside the wormhole, time and space seemed to be compressed. Ye Bai didn't know how much time had passed. It was as if the stars had shifted, and yet it seemed like only a moment. At a certain moment, she suddenly felt that the twisting suction force of the wormhole stopped and suddenly turned into a repulsive force.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Bai was "flung" out of the wormhole, where time and space were compressed, along with this powerful repulsive force.
"Boom rumble..."
Accompanied by a series of collision sounds, Ye Bai fell from a height of more than ten meters.
The place where Ye Bai landed was not flat. It was piled up with a large amount of mechanical waste. The impact on her body raised a cloud of dust and caused a shock.
In the past, with Ye Bai's frail constitution as an ancient Blue Star human, she would definitely have suffered serious fractures in this situation.
However, now Ye Bai was at the peak of a C - level spiritual power user and had even activated the [Tenacity] talent that enhanced her constitution. This kind of impact only made her clothes a bit dirty.
The air was filled with a strong smell of rust and engine oil. Ye Bai shook her still - dizzy head and used one hand to push aside a wreckage that weighed thirty or forty kilograms and seemed to be the shell of a large machine.
"Creak——"
After the thing blocking her sight was removed, what came into Ye Bai's eyes were the starry sky, the cold gray sand, and a large number of scattered wreckages on this vast expanse of land.
The atmosphere on this planet was thin. In the sky above, a distant star emitting a cold glow could be seen shining.
Even in the hemisphere illuminated by the star, five "moons" of different sizes could be seen hanging high in the sky. All of them were satellites captured by the planet's gravitational force.
In addition, due to the thin atmosphere, one could even see a small meteorite belt high in the sky. Of course, considering the various wreckages Ye Bai had seen on the land, it was also possible that there was more space junk than meteorites in that belt.
The clothing on Ye Bai, which had excellent thermal insulation properties, transmitted the surrounding temperature through the personal terminal.
It was minus 65 degrees, indicating that this planet was far from the star. However, because of the thin atmosphere and the lack of water molecules in the air, there was neither snow nor ice here.
Ye Bai's current physical constitution and clothing could of course ignore the impact of the local temperature. However, judging from the temperature and the environment, this planet didn't seem to have the conditions to nurture carbon - based life. Yet, the large number of mechanical wreckages suggested that this star - field should be quite "lively".
Where was this place? Did it belong to a certain civilization of the Stellar Alliance?
A series of questions popped up in Ye Bai's mind, but at this time, Ye Bai naturally didn't dare to connect the personal terminal to the nearby network.
Even though Ye Bai had used the Heavenly Tidal Wave to repel the mysterious person and blocked him from entering the wormhole together, if it were Ye Bai using the wormhole technology to capture someone, Ye Bai would surely know or be able to control the destination where the wormhole led.
Otherwise, if it was a random teleportation and one ended up at the headquarters of the Stellar Alliance, that would be a huge mess.
So even though the mysterious person hadn't caught up immediately, Ye Bai didn't dare to take it lightly. It was very possible that this area was the other person's lair.
Originally, in that situation, Ye Bai still wanted to engage in a bit of a stand - off with the other person and make a big commotion to attract the attention of the Phantom Sea Civilization.
After all, if the Phantom Sea Civilization could stop the mysterious person later, Ye Bai would surely have to face the official forces of the Phantom Sea Civilization. High - level magic could be explained as a spontaneous outburst in the face of a crisis, but it might not be so easy to explain the use of legendary magic.
Legendary magic was a top - tier power in the multiverse, and Ye Bai couldn't even estimate the power it could unleash in reality. It was only after seeing the appearance of the miniature wormhole that Ye Bai decisively used the legendary magic that had been reserved.
And Ye Bai saw the result.
That terrifying tsunami, which could be seen even from the outer space of the planet, made Ye Bai even more determined not to admit any connection with it.
That tsunami would definitely catch the attention of the Phantom Sea Civilization. However, thinking about the artificial miniature wormhole used by the mysterious person, Ye Bai's expression became solemn.
An artificial miniature wormhole was different from the spatial teleportation that an A - class psychic could perform. Spatial teleportation had a distance limit and could only be carried out within a relatively small range. A wormhole, on the other hand, could truly span vast spatial distances. In the interstellar era, it was still a conceptual technology, a level that many civilizations in the Stellar Alliance would consider almost like a fantasy.
Since the mysterious person could use the artificial miniature wormhole to send Ye Bai here, he could naturally use the same method to chase here again.
The Tidal Wave of Overturning Heaven is a legendary magic with terrifying power. However, it is an area-of-effect attack. Ye Bai knows that it might hold off that mysterious A-level psychic for a while, but it definitely won't be able to kill the opponent. So, the time left for her now might not be much.
Ye Bai stood on top of what looked like a piece of spaceship wreckage and surveyed the surroundings. There was no one around. There was no special terrain, no plants, only endless gray sand and another piece of space debris about a kilometer away.
Judging from this scene, it was impossible to obtain information through living beings. Fortunately, Ye Bai had other methods.
Just like last time on the Makur Group's spaceship, Ye Bai absorbed the surrounding cosmic energy to quickly replenish her spiritual power while using [Insight] on the nearby wreckage.
"Left-wing wreckage of the D - 4953 unmanned battleship"
"Anti - radiation shielding signal coating"
"Damaged 43,895 hours ago"
...
[Insight] was a higher - level talent than [Identification]. Now, it consumed less energy for Ye Bai to use. As she used the skill, on this obvious wreckage of some device, Ye Bai obtained quite a bit of basic information about this wreckage, but she still hadn't found the location information she most wanted.
After using it repeatedly several times, suddenly, a piece of information entered Ye Bai's consciousness.
"Manufactured on Planet ΟE80 in the Chaotic Star Sea"
The Chaotic Star Sea!
Ye Bai subconsciously looked up at this strange starry sky. She had been sent to the Chaotic Star Sea by the wormhole, that obscure area not recorded on the Stellar Alliance's star maps, a mysterious place that the Stellar Alliance didn't recognize but couldn't do anything about!
A moment later, Ye Bai took a deep breath.
The questions that had been lingering in her mind before resurfaced in layers.
—Was she really that valuable?
If the mystery person knew that Ye Bai was the White Night in the multiverse, then perhaps she was. But the person's origin seemed to be related to that bald B - level psychic from Makur Star, and he had been focusing on Ye Bai's "special spiritual body".
However, Ye Bai really couldn't figure out how the other party had investigated her specific location on Juhai Star. The Stellar Alliance was clearly in an opposing relationship with the Chaotic Star Sea. To learn that she had come to Huanhai Star, the other party would need extremely high - level access within the Stellar Alliance.
And if they had such high - level access in the Stellar Alliance, why go through all this trouble of kidnapping? They could simply mobilize the official forces of the Stellar Alliance to forcibly take Ye Bai away from Juhai Star. The Huanhai civilization was a member of the Stellar Alliance, and taking away an alien traveler, a trivial matter that didn't involve the civilization itself, wouldn't be stopped.
An A - level psychic from the Chaotic Star Sea, an artificial miniature wormhole, and terrifying tracking abilities...
A cool breeze blew by, and Ye Bai gathered her scattered thoughts.
She couldn't find answers to these questions right now. The most pressing issue at hand was how to deal with the mystery person when they caught up.
Return to the game to complete the third - class transfer?
As soon as this idea popped up, Ye Bai shook her head. She didn't know when the enemy would come. Even though she had a sense of danger, if she was in the middle of the class - transfer process and the mysterious person arrived here through the wormhole again, she needed a certain period of time out of combat to log off during the battle with the class - transfer boss. That time would be more than enough for the other party to completely control her.
Moreover, Ye Bai had now reached the Chaotic Star Sea, which was the enemy's territory.
Next time, if she couldn't completely get rid of the mysterious person, she would face more unknown pursuits.
So, in the final analysis... The only card Ye Bai had that could pose a threat to the mysterious person was the other legendary magic on her body - the petrification gaze, known as the strongest single - target attack.
Ye Bai stayed right where she was and frantically absorbed cosmic energy to replenish her spiritual power.
She only had one chance, and this time, compared to when she faced the Snake Demon Lord Kedar in the Divine Realm, if she failed, the result would be truly 'fatal'.
...
"Boom... Boom..."
The giant star, Juhai Star, sounded a planet - level alarm.
With the technological level of the Phantom Sea Civilization, which could make accurate predictions for every hurricane and every high - tide, this sudden abnormal tsunami caught the attention of the entire civilization.
The tsunami hit some of the bottom buildings in this sea area. However, these ground buildings were unoccupied. In the interstellar era, land utilization was extremely high, and sky buildings were the areas where people lived and worked.
Even so, the waves of the sky - toppling tide rose nearly a hundred meters. At the lowest residential building, one could even touch the rising sea level.
However, as the planet's defense system was activated and the emergency response plan was initiated, the buildings in this abnormal area were directly lifted up, away from the receding tsunami.
Even though the mysterious person had comprehensively cracked all the sophisticated alarm systems in this area of Juhai Star and could ensure that he wouldn't be detected by the Phantom Sea Civilization until he took Ye Bai away through the micro - wormhole, he had overlooked the most basic and primitive nature.
Judging from his previous act of cracking the area's alarms, the mysterious person didn't want to alert the Phantom Sea Civilization and intended to take Ye Bai away secretly.
If one were to investigate Ye Bai's already - damaged rented room at this time, they could even find information indicating that she had voluntarily terminated the lease.
But such a big commotion would surely attract the attention of an A - class spiritual power user from the Phantom Sea Civilization. Even though the mysterious person was also an A - class spiritual power user, he had just suffered an unexpected sky - toppling tide and had consumed a large amount of spiritual power. In this situation, he would be crazy to provoke a peer who had the advantage of the terrain.
The spiritual power chains contracted, causing the space to vibrate. After one forceful pull, the mysterious person's figure flashed as he flew. Regardless of the fact that teleportation would also leave 'traces' in the eyes of an A - class spiritual power user, he burst out with terrifying speed, flying and teleporting at the same time. In just a few breaths, he appeared several kilometers away.
During his escape, the mysterious man established a connection with a personal terminal in his consciousness, one that was different from those used by interstellar citizens.
"Exchanging for a medium-range miniature wormhole will cost 200 Star Points. Do you want to purchase it?"
A pained look crossed the mysterious man's face. This expense far exceeded his expectations. However, thinking about the tidal wave Ye Bai had created earlier, that spiritual power secret technique beyond Class A, and the points required to exchange for a 'location', he gritted his teeth and chose to buy.
"Purchase successful! Remaining points: 321."
"Enter the corresponding coordinates of the wormhole..."
The mysterious man quickly entered the current coordinates of Giant Star and the corresponding coordinates of the previous wormhole in his consciousness.
"60-second construction time countdown... 59, 58..."
The mysterious man zoomed past at high altitude above Giant Star. He set the coordinates ahead. By the time he arrived, the wormhole was just completed.
Along the way, the mysterious man used spiritual power chains to simulate a series of camouflage signals, briefly shielding the planet's alarm system. Even if the anomaly was detected later, when the mysterious man passed through an area, he was like an invisible man in all the surveillance.
"3, 2, 1!"
With the final countdown, the space in mid - air ahead of the mysterious man folded, and the wrinkles formed a miniature wormhole just like the previous one.
This time, there was no obstacle. The mysterious man leaped in, and his figure disappeared completely.
The miniature wormhole only existed for 10 seconds. When the information camouflage in this area was cracked and a large number of monitoring devices on Giant Star scanned this area, it had returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
...
"Whoosh!"
Unlike Ye Bai's sorry state, in mid - air, the mysterious man's figure was pushed out of the wormhole and floated directly in the air.
This was a desolate planet on the edge of the Chaotic Star Sea.
Ye Bai's previous guess was correct. The mysterious man indeed intended to use the miniature wormhole to send her directly from Giant Star to his lair. However, the wormhole he purchased had a certain distance limit. To send her directly to his real territory, he would need to spend more points to buy a more expensive wormhole.
But on the edge of the Chaotic Star Sea, it made little difference to the mysterious man. He originally planned to capture Ye Bai and transfer here before returning to his territory.
Since this planet in front of him was called a desolate planet, it meant that few people would come. In such a short time, even if Ye Bai tried to escape, she couldn't go far.
If it weren't for the high cost of exchanging for a 'location' again, he wouldn't have been so reluctant to exchange for another wormhole.
Moreover, coincidentally, there were very few water molecules on this planet, so Ye Bai couldn't use the Overturning Tidal Wave technique like she did on Giant Star.
Floating in the air, the mysterious man's eyes were as sharp as torches. He spread out his spiritual chains and scanned the entire area.
Ye Bai had made him pay so much. He would never let her get away.
However, the mysterious man soon discovered that Ye Bai didn't seem to have thought he could catch up. The deviation of the miniature wormhole was extremely small, at most only a few hundred meters. Soon, the mysterious man spotted Ye Bai nearby.
The other party was on a piece of equipment wreckage about two hundred meters away. The mysterious man sensed that Ye Bai's unique spiritual body had shrunk into a ball and looked extremely weak. Seeing this, a look of understanding flashed across his eyes.
It would be strange if there was no consumption after using such a powerful spiritual power secret technique beyond one's rank. It seemed that the other party was in an extremely weak state at the moment.
At the same time, Ye Bai also saw the mysterious man. An expression of extreme shock, mixed with a bit of despair, immediately appeared on her face.
"You... How could you still catch up?!"
"Hehe..." Seeing this situation, the mysterious man finally let out a sigh of relief. Obviously, he also knew how incredible the artificial miniature wormhole technology was in the eyes of ordinary interstellar citizens.
So the current situation was that Ye Bai still thought she had successfully shaken him off. Coupled with her own extremely weak state, she was still recuperating.
In the eyes of the mysterious man, from all aspects, all of Ye Bai's struggles were over.
The mysterious man flew through the air, striding towards the position where Ye Bai was.
During this process, Ye Bai asked in a painful and desperate voice:
"Tell me, how on earth did you do it? The technology of artificial wormholes... And how did you know my location? And who on earth are you?! Why do you want to capture me?!"
"There are so many things you don't know about the Chaotic Star Sea." The mysterious man just casually sighed and said, "Come on, don't try to buy time in this way."
The mysterious man didn't fall into the "villain talks too much" trap and give Ye Bai a chance to learn more information. As he got closer, he also lashed out at Ye Bai with a chain made of spiritual power.
However, this time, Ye Bai really seemed to be out of strength. The spiritual power chain of an A - class powerhouse wrapped around Ye Bai without any hindrance, firmly restricting her movements.
This chain made of spiritual power was not just about restricting movement. As time passed, it also exerted a suppression at the spiritual power level.
At this time, the mysterious man completely let his guard down, thinking that he had completed this capture.
The chain dragged Ye Bai, who was sitting on the wreckage dozens of meters high, into the air.
At this moment, the distance between Ye Bai and the mysterious man finally closed to thirty meters.
"Hey!"
Suddenly, Ye Bai shouted at the mysterious man.
The mysterious man instinctively turned his head and met Ye Bai's gaze.
Just at this moment, he felt Ye Bai's spiritual power burst out again. She had just hidden her strength in front of him by virtue of the peculiarity of her spiritual body!
But what could she do with it?
In an instant, the mysterious person tightened the mental energy chains that were binding Ye Bai, suppressing the latter's outburst. Moreover, in this environment, even if Ye Bai were to use the overwhelming tidal force again, it wouldn't pose much of a threat!
Based on the previous experience and the confidence derived from the rank suppression, when the mysterious person first sensed Ye Bai's outburst of mental energy, instead of keeping a distance from him, fearing that Ye Bai might take the opportunity to escape, the mysterious person even used the mental energy chains to pull Ye Bai closer.
By this time, the distance had fully reached the casting range of the [Petrifying Gaze] skill in the game.
Ye Bai channeled all of his mental energy into the legendary magic of Disintegration and Return.
The next moment, the mysterious person saw that Ye Bai's originally black eyes suddenly changed. The pupils and the whites of the eyes completely disappeared, replaced by a strange pale blue - white color.
A faint light emanated from these pale blue - white eyes, forming a line of sight that was projected onto the mysterious person's head and his entire body.
A sense of extreme danger hit the mysterious person. In panic, he loosened the mental energy chains and tried to mobilize all his mental energy to block this.
However, Ye Bai's 'gaze' was faster than the mysterious person's mental energy. The moment the gaze swept over him, the mysterious person's thinking froze. His powerful physical body, which could even approach a star after evolution, underwent a qualitative change in that instant.
It started from his head, including every single hair on it, then spread to his neck, torso, and limbs.
The moment the gaze touched him, he turned into ordinary stone. Along with his powerful mental energy, it also fell into a brief state of solidification as his body transformed.
The mental energy chains that had bound Ye Bai disappeared. The Class - A mental energy that had restricted him was gone. However, Ye Bai was also unable to launch any further attacks on the petrified mysterious person because this single glance had drained all of Ye Bai's mental energy.
According to the characteristics of the [Petrifying Gaze], considering Ye Bai's current Class - C mental energy level and the rank difference between him and the mysterious person, it wasn't certain that he could maintain a continuous suppression of the Class - A powerhouse. If Ye Bai didn't keep staring or take the opportunity to attack, the mysterious person might use his mental energy to resist and return to normal.
Just like when Kedar fought against the Kraken, it was only after the Snake Demon Lord attacked the petrified tentacles that he was able to cause great damage to the Kraken.
However, in the current situation, Ye Bai didn't need to launch any extra attacks.
Because the two of them were currently hundreds of meters above the ground.
"Whoosh..."
The sound of the wind whistled in their ears. One was freed from the mental energy chains, and the other had his spiritual body solidified. At this moment, Ye Bai and the mysterious person both plummeted from the high - altitude.
"Thud!"
Ye Bai landed heavily on the ground. Falling from a height of over a hundred meters, even with his relatively strong body, he felt a sharp pain that made him grit his teeth. In reality, there was no pain - shielding function like in the Multiverse.
But fortunately, Ye Bai in reality was also quite "tough". Despite the injuries and pain, at least she was still alive. And over there—
"Bang!"
A broken arm made of stone was flung not far beside Ye Bai. She looked up.
That A-level psychic who was a big shot wherever he went had his flesh-and-blood body turned into the most ordinary inorganic matter. Finally, under the action of gravity, he fell apart and completely turned into more than a dozen ordinary gravels.
After waiting for a while and seeing that the pile of stones showed no sign of turning back into flesh and blood, Ye Bai let out a sigh of relief and finally smiled.
Compared with the knowledge understood and mastered by people in the interstellar era, Ye Bai's knowledge system could be described as basic and primitive. But in this round, she just used the basic Newton's second law to deliver the final fatal blow to the mysterious person.
"You flew well. Keep flying like this in your next life."
