Ye Yun

In the vast, boundless universe, a Space Station named "Herta" stood tall.

This was a gathering place for all kinds of scientists; those who could come here surely possessed unique expertise in their respective technological fields.

And today, a merchant named Ye Yun had snuck his way in.

Inside the Master Control Zone.

A Little Gray Fur was pulled aside by Ye Yun.

"My friend, I have some treasures here. Would you like to take a look?"

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

Stelle became interested upon hearing this.

"Treasures? What kind of treasures? Let me see."

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

Stelle thought Ye Yun's finger-snap was incredibly cool, just like a magic trick.

Ye Yun introduced them.

"Let me introduce these to you.

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

Stelle examined the three items, curiously poking the bubbles wrapping them with her finger.

However, she discovered she couldn't actually touch the items themselves.

Stelle pointed at the Coin of Destiny and asked.

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

Ye Yun explained.

"The method for using this Coin of Destiny is simple: just toss it into the air.

If it lands on heads, it restores all of the user's Injuries, including curses, poison, and other negative statuses.

If it lands on tails, it's nothing much—you'll just get struck by lightning."

Stelle's eyes lit up after hearing this; clearly, her attention wasn't on the risk of being struck by lightning, but rather on how fun it seemed.

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

Ye Yun extended his index finger and shook it.

"I don't accept Credits here."

Stelle spread her hands upon hearing this.

"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."

After speaking, Ye Yun waved his hand, and a scale appeared before the two of them.

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

Stelle nodded upon hearing this and pulled a few pieces of Stellar Jade from her pocket.

"I happen to have a few. Do you accept this Stellar Jade? Isn't this thing useless? I only collected a few because I thought they looked nice."

She had no choice; she was incredibly broke, and this Stellar Jade was at least loot she had obtained by defeating two Voidrangers and opening treasure chests.

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

Once you approached, these monsters would appear and attack you.

Therefore, apart from some Pathstriders, others had no Thoughts of opening treasure chests at all.

Ye Yun took the Stellar Jade from Stelle's hand—five pieces in total—and placed them on one side of the scale.

The next second, a white light flashed on the other side, and five banknotes with a denomination of 100 suddenly appeared, while the five pieces of Stellar Jade vanished.

Ye Yun picked up the five banknotes.

"These are Credits. You can convert Stellar Jade into them here; I only accept this currency.

Here you go, your 500 Credits."

Stelle didn't take them, but instead pointed at the Coin of Destiny and asked.

"How many Credits for this thing? Is my 500 enough?"

Ye Yun said.

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

After speaking.

Ye Yun slapped the 300 Credits onto the bubble wrapping the Coin of Destiny.

The 300 Credits 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 great anticipation, examined it carefully, and immediately wanted to test its effect.

Fortunately, Ye Yun stopped her.

"Don't be in such a rush! Save this coin for an emergency; if you can flip it to heads, it's essentially like gaining an extra life."

Stelle thought about it and agreed, promptly tucking the Coin of Destiny into her bag.

Stelle then turned her attention to the other two items.

Ye Yun introduced them.

"The Spatial Ring is worth 1,000 Star Coins. It contains a 10-cubic-meter pocket dimension for storing items, though it cannot hold living things."

"The Constitution Fruit is worth 600 Star Coins; eating it will enhance your physical constitution."

Upon hearing this, Stelle's eyes lit up—these two items were quite good as well!

She patted her bag, and her excitement instantly cooled.

Emmmmm, she was out of Stellar Jade.

"Let's exchange contact information so it's easier for me to find you and buy things later."

Hearing this, Ye Yun took out his phone and added Stelle to his contacts.

Afterward, the two parted ways.

Once Stelle had left, Ye Yun communicated with the system in his mind.

"System, I've completed the Novice Task, right?"

Notification! Congratulations to the Host for completing the Novice Task: Complete one transaction.

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

As the system's voice faded, Ye Yun felt a surge of immense power suddenly manifest within his body.

This energy continuously reshaped Ye Yun's physique, making him significantly stronger.

Ten minutes later, the power began to stabilize. With a thought, Ye Yun manifested a dark golden orb of energy in his palm.

Very good; he finally possessed a measure of self-preservation.

In this Star Rail World, there were countless powerhouses, and ordinary people had no say in anything.

Take the Interastral Peace Corporation, for example; if they wanted to destroy 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 his newfound power, Ye Yun looked at the other reward.

Shop Card.

Upon use, it could transform a room of up to 300 square meters into an exquisitely decorated shop.

Notification! New task issued: Open a Shop!

Please open a shop.

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

According to the system, these special goods could only be unlocked by completing certain tasks.

However, in Ye Yun's view, the items already available in the system were more than enough to sell; the interface was dense with options, and the pages were infinite.

After reviewing the new task issued by the system, Ye Yun pondered where he should open his shop.

After much thought, Ye Yun decided that the Astral Express was the best location.

If there was one place where he could obtain the most Stellar Jade, it was undoubtedly the Astral Express.

The Astral Express traveled across the universe, passing by one planet after another.

It would be very convenient for the Nameless on the Astral Express to obtain Stellar Jade.

He happened to have a Shop Card, and since the train had so many carriages, he could just rent one out to use.

However, he would need to figure out a way to convince the Express Crew to rent him a carriage.

Immediately, Ye Yun bought a Happy Water and sat on a bench, sipping it while thinking about how to rent a carriage.

On Stelle's side.

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

As soon as she entered, she saw Herta busy fine-tuning the Simulated Universe.

The Simulated Universe was created by Herta in collaboration with three other geniuses.

Its purpose was to study the mysteries of the Aeons.

As for Stelle, she had tried it once after waking up yesterday, and she found it quite fun, plus there were rewards to be earned.

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

"Herta, I'm here."

Herta turned around.

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

Stelle replied.

"I got held up on the way because a merchant stopped me to buy some things. Sorry, sorry."