“Ahhh, another week of waiting.”
“Episode eight has ended, let’s celebrate!”
“Episode eight is over, huh.”
“About every two episodes, there’s a big event—this show’s pacing really is tight.”
“As someone following the show, I don’t think that’s a bad thing ()”
It’s over.
Yun Ruoxi sat on her dorm bed, looking as if she were spacing out, but in truth, her attention was all focused on the anime playing in the top right corner of her vision.
This eighth episode was the one she’d interfered with the least out of all the recent episodes.
Mainly because the key moment in this episode—Lin Zhen meeting Chi Cha—was simply too important.
She was afraid that making any rash changes might affect the whole story, so she simply scrapped her plan of following along as well.
Instead, she decided to gain popularity by showing off her cool side. Judging from the barrage of comments, it seemed to be working pretty well.
“System!” Yun Ruoxi called out quietly in her heart. Now that episode eight was finished, it was time to check her gains.
【Name: Yun Ruoxi · Yelan】
【Age: 12 years old】
【Fame: Fragrant Death (Empire), Strongest Trainee in the Battle Camp (Pando-35 exclusive)】
【Role: Female No.2 (Antagonist)】
【Star Energy Index: 162】
【Potential: A+ ( ??? )】
【Bloodline: A-Rank Bloodline (Perfect Awakening), Unknown Bloodline (Unawakened)】
【Attributes: Strength C, Agility C, Willpower S, Constitution B+, Spirit Power S, Brain Capacity Calculation S, Star Energy Mastery S】
【Current Skills: (Collapsed, click to open)Empathic Domain (Current self-developed proficiency 80%), Level 1 Brain Capacity Calculation, Level 1 Star Energy Mastery, Elementary Telekinesis Development (Telekinetic Penetration, Slowing Field, Polymorphic Telekinetic Shield, Hundred-Handed Constriction)】
【Current Star Technique: A-Rank Secret Art · Full Cycle (Stable Version)】
【Popularity: 20,000 + 210,000 + 180,000 + 270,000 = 680,000】
【Outstanding Popularity Debt: 100,000】
Compared to one year ago when she first awakened her Star Energy bloodline, the system panel now had some notable changes, upgrades based on her growth over the past year.
For example.
There were new attributes that didn’t matter much for ordinary people, but were critical for Star Energy users, like Brain Capacity Calculation and Star Energy Mastery.
There was also a separate category for Star Techniques.
Though, limited by her popularity, there was only that Full Cycle Secret Art she’d exchanged for a year ago in this section.
But in the future, Yun Ruoxi was sure she’d fill that up completely.
Since she’d just performed seamlessly through three episodes in a row, her popularity now reached an astronomical 680,000.
It was enough for another major upgrade.
But for now, her current strength was more than sufficient.
Previously, by chatting with Lin Zhen, she’d already managed to “whitewash” the origins of her immense strength.
So if she made another leap in power in a short span, she really wouldn’t have a good explanation for where her strength came from.
After all, she couldn’t just say it was all hard work and sweat, could she?
Anyone could see that was a lie—maybe all that effort and sweat belonged to someone else.
“This 680,000 popularity can be saved for when I’m on the run, to give myself a massive power boost in a pinch,” Yun Ruoxi analyzed to herself.
Rapidly leveling up out of nowhere would only draw suspicion under normal circumstances. So, why not just become stronger at a life-or-death moment instead?
A simple “my inner cosmos exploded” would be excuse enough.
What, you don’t buy it?
Then come to the anime world and confront Yun Ruoxi yourself.
When the time comes, if the power balance collapses, that’s the writer’s fault—what does it matter to Yun Ruoxi and her “cheats”?
“Mm, not bad!” Yun Ruoxi nodded in satisfaction at this thought.
“As for any popularity left afterward, I’ll just save it up. After all, when the first season ends, there won’t be any way to earn a massive amount of popularity at once until season two begins.”
Of course, as time passed, new viewers would trickle in, adding to her popularity.
But compared to the huge boost provided by viewers on the First Broadcast Day, those new gains would be nothing more than a slow and steady trickle.
Once she’d finalized her plan for using this popularity, Yun Ruoxi glanced over the other sections of the system panel.
“Wait, my Star Energy Index went up by five? That much?”
The girl was a little surprised.
To get even 12 points on her Star Energy Index now, she’d have to work hard for over two months just to inch it up.
And that was even with the support of an A-Rank Secret Art.
But now, she’d spent just a little over a month, barely training in that time.
Honestly—
Is this really the fastest way to grow stronger—battling?
No wonder the battle camp was willing to spend so much to have these brats playing starship games out in space.
If they played this “house” game a few more times, a lot of trainees would probably see their strength skyrocket.
“Mm, now even the skills I developed from my abilities are listed on the panel?” she murmured.
The names in parentheses after Elementary Telekinesis Development were the skills Yun Ruoxi had created after mastering her [Telekinesis Development Experience].
Telekinetic Penetration involved reducing the density of her telekinetic power to the minimum, allowing it to penetrate directly into objects or even bodies to attack.
But compared to the huge popularity boost on First Broadcast Day, the rest could only really be considered a steady trickle.
Once she’d finalized her plan for using this popularity, Yun Ruoxi glanced over the other sections of the system panel.
“Wait, my Star Energy Index went up by five? That much?”
The girl was a little surprised.
To get even 12 points on her Star Energy Index now, she’d have to work hard for over two months just to inch it up.
And that was even with the support of an A-Rank Secret Art.
But now, she’d spent just a little over a month, barely training in that time.
Honestly—
Is this really the fastest way to grow stronger—battling?
No wonder the battle camp was willing to spend so much to have these brats playing starship games out in space.
If they played this “house” game a few more times, a lot of trainees would probably see their strength skyrocket.
“Mm, now even the skills I developed from my abilities are listed on the panel?” she murmured.
The names in parentheses after Elementary Telekinesis Development were the skills Yun Ruoxi had created after mastering her [Telekinesis Development Experience].
Telekinetic Penetration involved reducing the density of her telekinetic power to the minimum, allowing it to penetrate directly into objects or even bodies to attack.
Though she hadn’t yet reached the level of attacking living bodies.
But it worked perfectly for taking down ships without Star Energy Shields—one hit, one kill.
Slowing Field was a skill she developed during an assessment, facing high-speed ability users like Shadow Step and Viper.
After compressing her telekinetic power, she spread it evenly around herself, forming a high-resistance field.
Anyone who entered would be squeezed by her power, slowing down or even getting immobilized on the spot.
Combined with the ever-present Polymorphic Telekinetic Shield she wore, which could both tank hits and cushion impacts, it was practically an overpowered, interaction-denying move.
As for the last skill, Hundred-Handed Constriction—it sounded impressive, but it was actually the simplest in principle.
Just like she’d shown Lin Zhen before.
She split her vast telekinetic power into hundreds of “little hands,” locking down an enemy’s joints and muscles.
It was thanks to these four skills and her Star Energy Index that Yun Ruoxi could basically strut through the battle camp.
And likely would continue to do so in the future.
Aside from Mo Yuan, even if the others had a year, they probably couldn’t match Yun Ruoxi’s current strength.
Feeling a little pleased with herself, Yun Ruoxi suddenly saw a new notification pop up on her system panel.
【You currently have 28 messages from Alternate-Earth. Open them?】
“Twenty-eight messages from an alternate Earth? Wait, don’t tell me they’re what I think…”
Ever since she dumped the Promotion Fund all at once, Yun Ruoxi hadn’t bothered to check in, other than paying off the final payment in advance.
Looks like there were results now?
But thinking about it, even though over a year had passed for her, at least three weeks should have gone by on the other side.
Curious, Yun Ruoxi opened the messages. Right at the top was a flood of unspeakable doujin covers.
“Reverse NTR: Aili and Lin Zhen’s Night Talk.”
“Aili’s Endless—”
“Aili Wrapped Road—”
Wow! Explosive!