Ye Yun

In the boundless universe, a space station named Herta stood tall amidst the stars.

This place was a gathering ground for all kinds of scientists; those who could come here inevitably possessed unique talents in various technological fields.

Today, however, a merchant named Ye Yun had sneaked his way inside.

Inside the Master Control Zone.

A Little Gray Fur was stopped by Ye Yun.

"My friend, I have some treasures here. Care to take a look?"

The Little Gray Fur was named Stelle, the protagonist of Star Rail.

Hearing this, Stelle grew interested.

"Treasure? What kind of treasure? Let me see."

Ye Yun snapped his fingers, and three items wrapped in "bubbles" appeared before Stelle's eyes.

Stelle thought Ye Yun's snap was extremely cool, looking just like magic.

Ye Yun introduced them.

"Let me introduce them to you.

These three items are a Coin of Destiny, a Spatial Ring, and a Constitution Fruit."

Stelle sized up the three items, even curiously reaching out to poke the bubbles wrapping them.

However, she found that she couldn't touch any of the three items at all.

Pointing at the Coin of Destiny, Stelle asked.

"What is this thing? What does it do?"

Ye Yun explained.

"The method to use this Coin of Destiny is simple—just toss it into the air.

Landing on heads restores all the user's injuries, including curses, poison, and other negative statuses.

Landing on tails doesn't do much; you just get struck by lightning once."

Hearing this, Stelle's eyes lit up. It was obvious her attention wasn't on getting struck by lightning, but rather on the fact that this seemed a lot of fun.

"This thing is pretty good. How many Credits?"

Ye Yun held up his index finger and shook it.

"I don't accept Credits here."

Hearing this, Stelle spread her hands.

"I don't have anything on me, just the 10,000-plus Credits I earned from working these past two days."

Ye Yun smiled.

"You have the currency I want."

With that, Ye Yun casually waved his hand, and a scale appeared before the two of them.

"You should have some Stellar Jades on you, right?"

Stelle nodded upon hearing this, pulling a few Stellar Jades out of her clothes pocket.

"I just happen to have a few. Do you take these Stellar Jades? Aren't these things pretty useless? I only collected a few because I thought they looked nice."

She had no choice; she was flat broke, and these Stellar Jades were at least the spoils she'd obtained from defeating two Voidrangers and opening treasure chests.

In the real Star Rail World, treasure chests were guarded by monsters.

The moment you got close, these monsters would manifest and attack you.

Therefore, aside from certain Pathfinders, no one else gave treasure chests a second thought.

Ye Yun took the Stellar Jades from Stelle's hand—a total of 5—and placed them on one end of the scale.

The next second, a flash of white light crossed the other end, and 5 bills with a denomination of 100 suddenly appeared, while those 5 Stellar Jades had now vanished.

Ye Yun picked up the 5 bills.

"These are Star Coins. You can convert them here using Stellar Jades; I only accept this currency.

Here you go, your 500 Star Coins."

Stelle didn't take them, instead pointing at the Coin of Destiny and asking.

"How many Star Coins is this thing? Is my 500 enough?"

Ye Yun said.

"This Coin of Destiny is only 300; you keep the other 200."

With that.

Ye Yun pressed 300 Star Coins onto the bubble wrapping the Coin of Destiny.

The 300 Star Coins and the bubble vanished simultaneously, and the Coin of Destiny materialized, landing in Ye Yun's hand.

Ye Yun handed the Coin of Destiny and the remaining 200 Star Coins to Stelle.

Stelle took the Coin of Destiny with eager anticipation, inspected it closely, and immediately wanted to test its effect.

Fortunately, Ye Yun stopped her.

"Don't rush! Save this coin for an emergency. If you can land it on heads, it's basically like getting an extra life."

Stelle thought about it and decided that made sense, promptly putting the Coin of Destiny into her bag.

Stelle then looked at the other two items.

Ye Yun introduced them.

"Spatial Ring, worth 1,000 Star Coins. It contains a 10-cubic-meter pocket dimension, which can store items, but cannot store living creatures."

"Constitution Fruit, worth 600 Star Coins. Eating it enhances one's physical constitution."

Hearing this, Stelle's eyes lit up. These two items were great too!

Feeling her pockets, Stelle instantly calmed down.

Uhhhh, she didn't have any Stellar Jades left.

"Let's add each other on contact, so it's easier for me to find you to buy things later."

Hearing this, Ye Yun took out his phone and added Stelle on contact.

Afterward, the two bid farewell and parted ways.

After Stelle left, Ye Yun communicated with the system internally.

"System, can my novice task be considered complete now?"

Notification! Congratulations to the host for completing the novicetask: complete a transaction.

Reward obtained: Shop Card x1, High-Tier Pathfinder-Level Imaginary Energy x1.

As the system's voice faded, Ye Yun felt a majestic surge of power suddenly well up inside his body.

This power continuously reshaped Ye Yun's physique, making him far more powerful.

Ten-odd minutes later, this energy began to calm down, and with a thought from Ye Yun, a dark-golden energy orb appeared in his hand.

Good, now he finally had a bit of self-preservation strength.

There were countless powerhouses in this Star Rail World, and ordinary people had no say at all.

Just like the Interastral Peace Corporation—if they wanted to wipe out a planet, they simply did it; no one would speak ill of the Corporation for the sake of a low-level civilization.

After familiarizing himself with the power he had acquired, Ye Yun looked at the other prize.

The Shop Card.

Upon use, it could transform a room no larger than 300 square meters into an exquisitely decorated shop.

Notification! New task issued: Open a Shop!

Please set up a shop, Host.

Reward: Special merchandise Spirit Series Goods unlocked, Otherworld Guest Invitation Letter x1.

According to the system, these special goods required completing certain tasks to unlock.

In Ye Yun's view, however, the merchandise already available in the system was quite enough to sell; opening the interface revealed a dense array of items, with endless pages.

After reading the new task issued by the system, Ye Yun pondered where to open the shop.

After much consideration, Ye Yun still felt the Astral Express was the best place.

If you asked where one could acquire the most Stellar Jades, it was definitely the Astral Express.

The Astral Express sailed across the cosmos, passing from one planet to another.

It would be very convenient for the Nameless on the Astral Express to acquire Stellar Jades.

He just happened to have a Shop Card, and with so many carriages on the express, he could rent one out and put it to good use.

However, he had to figure out a way to make the Express Crew willing to rent a carriage to him.

Immediately.

Ye Yun bought a cup of Happy Water and sat on a bench, drinking it while pondering how to rent a carriage.

Over on Stelle's side.

After parting ways with Ye Yun, she arrived at Herta's office.

As soon as she stepped through the door, she saw Herta busy debugging the Simulated Universe.

The Simulated Universe was jointly built by Herta and three other geniuses.

Its purpose was to research the mysteries of the Aeons.

As for Stelle, she had tried it once yesterday after waking up, and reported that it was quite fun, plus there were rewards to be claimed.

Stelle had come here today to help Herta test the Simulated Universe.

"Herta, I'm here."

Herta turned back.

"You're late. You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."

Stelle said.

"I got held up on the way by someone selling things and bought a few items, which delayed me a bit. Sorry, sorry."