Woke Up to Find the Game I Made Came True-Chapter 168

After using the Tracewater Droplet, accompanied by a familiar sensation of traversal, Ye Bai and Autofis reappeared in the familiar underground chamber of the lord's manor.

Checking the territory log, Ye Bai discovered that this round trip to the divine realm had consumed a total of seven in-game days—far shorter than she had anticipated. It seemed that as her strength grew, the time required to traverse the divine realm through the Well of Tracing was also steadily decreasing.

Next, Ye Bai picked up the Life Branch, which served as a pendant. Apart from housing the paper figurine, it still displayed the countdown for the tethering effect. Apparently, crossing realms hadn’t rendered it ineffective, and the countdown had already decreased by three days.

This meant that three days was now the time Ye Bai needed for a one-way trip to the divine realm. With this in mind, she could plan her next traversal in advance.

Stepping out of the underground chamber, Ye Bai looked through the window to see that it was still nighttime outside. The entire city was quiet, with only a few night-shift guards and other professionals still at work. The streets were illuminated by the glow of Source Crystal lamps, casting a sense of security unique to the city.

After quietly admiring the nighttime view of White Night City, Ye Bai finally entered the lord’s bedchamber and logged out, returning to reality.

Not long after, in the Aether Lab, Ye Bai opened her eyes.

The moment she returned to the real world, she immediately felt the changes brought by her latest trip to the divine realm.

The Fruit of Life wasn’t equipment—its attribute bonuses were tangible enhancements that had taken root in Ye Bai’s very being. Now back in reality, she could feel her cellular activity at its peak. Both her body and spirit were brimming with unprecedented vitality and strength, to the point where she almost felt an urge to release it.

Coincidentally, Ye Bai had returned to reality not just because it was nighttime in the game, but primarily to test the effects of a new skill.

[Historical Cycle], whether viewed in the main or secondary profession interface, only displayed mana cost and cooldown time—no further details. However, given that its cost matched [Time Reversal], it was clearly no ordinary ability.

"Historical Cycle… Historical Cycle…" Muttering the skill’s name, Ye Bai closed her eyes and activated it.

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Then, as she observed the items she had once handled, Ye Bai instinctively grasped the meaning of "Cycle."

While Time Reversal could only restore her own past state, this new ability allowed her to retrieve items from her past experiences.

The realization sent a shock through her consciousness—This is infinite free loot?!

Almost reflexively, Ye Bai tried to pull her in-game equipment into reality.

But she quickly discovered that whether it was the Codex of Death she once held, any piece of her gear, or even ordinary plants from the game world, they all felt impossibly heavy, as if an immense barrier stood between her and them, preventing her from succeeding.

Is this… the legendary dimensional barrier? Amazed, Ye Bai couldn’t help but quip internally.

Yet, her secondary class ability as a Lawbreaker had allowed her to bring in-game skills into reality. Countless interstellar players also operated across myriad worlds, gaining real-world mental enhancements with each level-up.

Could breaking the "dimensional barrier" have specific conditions? With this thought, Ye Bai’s consciousness sifted through the items in her past experiences.

Finally, the scene rewound to the dream in the Emerald Forest, the moment Eno Lucia handed her the Fruit of Life.

If there’s a dimensional barrier, can in-game items that already affect reality be brought out? Shifting her focus from her equipment, Ye Bai directed her intangible, virtual "hand" toward the Fruit of Life she had consumed.

"Crack…"

Ye Bai felt as though she heard something shatter. Immediately afterward, her mental energy began depleting rapidly. From her past experience, the Fruit of Life was "torn" out as a translucent phantom by her virtual grasp, landing in her hand.

The next moment, the "past" fast-forwarded, and Ye Bai returned to the "present." freewebnøvel.coɱ

From her mental perspective, her naturally extended consciousness now "held" a cluster of energy brimming with vitality.

The sight left Ye Bai momentarily stunned. A slight tremor in her spirit caused the already fragile energy to begin dissipating rapidly.

Snapping back to focus, she took a deep breath, steadied her mind, and carefully enveloped the energy before directing the Aether Lab to analyze it.

Ye Bai hadn’t acquired much material wealth from "Black Hole," but she had inherited the most valuable asset—knowledge.

She had dedicated time daily to studying this knowledge, and with her B-rank mental energy and the Aether Lab, her current expertise, while not yet at the level of a top scientist, was sufficient to independently conduct research in this high-tech facility.

Soon, her analysis confirmed that the energy derived from the historical Fruit of Life was indeed a unique force with extremely strong restorative and highly active energy.

Cross-referencing the vast sample database from Black Hole, its essence resembled the power released by healing-type supernatural abilities.

To test its effects, Ye Bai gritted her teeth and made a cut on her arm.

"Hiss…"

Blood welled up immediately. She suppressed her muscles’ instinctive response to contract the wound—given her current physique, without conscious control, bleeding would stop almost instantly, leaving only a faint red line before healing completely.

Then, she guided a trace of the energy onto the wound.

A cool, tingling sensation followed, and like an eraser, the energy smoothed over the injury, restoring it perfectly.

Though Ye Bai’s natural healing was already formidable—enhanced further by her latest title, "Nature’s Sanctuary," which boosted HP regeneration—it was nowhere near this degree.

However, apart from its potent restorative properties, the energy lacked the full range of enhancements provided by the actual Fruit of Life. Only the temporary effect "Life Surge"—responsible for its extreme regenerative power—had been carried over.

After this round of experimentation, Ye Bai finally understood the current real-world effects of [Historical Circuit]: it could bring out the effects of a limited variety of in-game items, though these had no physical form. Equipment that permanently enhanced her abilities or provided lasting effects could not be carried over.

Even so, the fact that she could now bring out the effect of the Life Fruit was enough to excite Ye Bai, because she sensed that this wasn’t the limit of the ability itself—but rather the limit of her current strength.

If her power grew in the future, it might very well be possible to truly "bring" items from the game into reality.

Moreover, this experiment had involved crossing the vast divide between the game and reality. What if she tried "reality to reality" or "game to game" instead? Without the "dimensional barrier," would the effect be different?

At the same time, Ye Bai was extremely curious—what would happen if an object from the past and its present counterpart existed simultaneously?

After choosing to condense this life energy into a future-use "healing potion," Ye Bai continued her tests.

Right now, [Historical Circuit] had entered its cooldown period, but [Time Reversion] had not.

As for real-world test subjects…

The skill’s cooldown was a full day, so using ordinary items felt like a waste. After a moment’s thought, her gaze finally settled on the jade terminal embedded beneath the skin of her arm.

She removed the terminal and held it in her hand, then channeled her mental energy to spend 20 points on recharging the Aether Lab.

The points were deducted, and the next moment, she received a notification that the Aether Lab’s energy was fully restored.

Just like the micro-wormhole, this lab—whose exact location even Ye Bai didn’t know—had been recharged in an instant. The reason she’d done this was because she’d once seen a log entry in the lab’s records about black hole recharges.

After this, her remaining Star Points totaled 2,236.

Ye Bai immediately used [Time Reversion] to reset [Historical Circuit]’s cooldown, then activated Historical Circuit again.

This time, she only rewound a short period—back to before she had recharged the lab.

Her consciousness ascended infinitely as she reached out toward the jade terminal in her past self’s hand.

The cool touch of the terminal settled into her palm, the scene before her "advanced," and Ye Bai returned to the present.

As if her soul had snapped back into place, she watched as the two jade terminals overlapped in front of her, merging into one at an incredible speed. If she hadn’t been paying close attention, she might not have noticed it at all.

Ye Bai picked up the terminal and examined it carefully—its appearance was still smooth and flawless, with no changes in weight or texture.

So, when an object from the past and present coexisted, they fused rather than remaining separate.

After confirming this, Ye Bai, with a mix of nervousness and anticipation, channeled her mental energy into the terminal in her hand.

Immediately, her entire body stiffened.

The terminal’s functions and user ID were the same as before, but this platform-and-wallet device now displayed a point balance of 2,256.

Ye Bai had deliberately recharged the lab earlier precisely to test this hypothesis.

And the results aligned with her expectations—when [Historical Circuit] didn’t cross dimensions, its effect resembled [Time Reversion] applied to an object, replacing its current state with its past state. That was why the point balance from before the recharge had returned.

With a thought, Ye Bai linked to the Aether Lab again—its energy was still full. Since it hadn’t been the target of the circuit, it remained in its "present" state.

"Talk about a freebie…"

After waiting a while longer, the points in the terminal still didn’t change. It seemed that as long as Ye Bai didn’t use any time-based abilities on it again, it would remain in this state forever—the "present" completely overwritten by the "past."

As for how the mismatched ledger entries from the Aether Lab recharge would eventually be reconciled, Ye Bai had no idea. But for now, if she ignored the potential risks of this unregistered terminal…

She could effectively consider the exchange zone free from now on.