Chapter 6

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Chapter 6 – There Are Just Too Many Births

Bai Fu stopped.

Anya, who was following her, stepped forward nervously and grabbed her hem.

“Boss.”

“It’s just a minor issue, don’t worry.”

Bai Fu squeezed Anya’s hand to reassure her.

The person standing under the sign was someone she knew very well.

Martin, a small supervisor in the Wildfire Gang, her direct superior, with a combat power of about 20 Ya, not much stronger than she was after an upgrade.

Originally, Martin wouldn’t have been qualified for such a position, but he had a special ability—

He had a basic understanding of elementary school knowledge!

Yes, he could write his own name and quickly calculate addition and subtraction within 100. He could also handle single-digit multiplication and division effortlessly.

In a gang where most members were illiterate and desperate, Martin stood out like a Foundation Master among Qi Cultivators. As a result, he was promoted to a small supervisor without question.

Initially, he felt proud of this experience, but soon realized the problem.

[If I can do math, how can I fake accounts and embezzle money?]

[Do my peers really struggle with accounting, or are they pretending to be ignorant geniuses?]

Martin was torn apart.

After some reflection, he decided that he had worked hard to become a small supervisor. Wasn’t it all for the sake of making the Wildfire Gang great again?

Since faking accounts wasn’t an option, he had to squeeze profits from his subordinates!

He kept assigning tasks to them and liked to催促催得紧.

If they completed the tasks, great; if not, he would find ways to deduct their pay and occasionally indulge in some PUA.

“Why can others do it?”

Bai Fu’s predecessor became a victim.

Collecting debts was never easy.

Even borrowing 100 blocks to relatives might take ages to get back, let alone collecting debts from the Wildfire Gang.

“The meeting decided, you will collect this debt. If you succeed, I’ll give you a 5% bonus!”

Bai Fu’s evaluation:

Nima, only 0.5%, you’re even crueler than Huang Silong!

Her predecessor’s evaluation:

Please find someone else.

The less anthropomorphic Martin immediately threatened:

“Difficult?”

“Bai Fu, lately, the organization’s economic benefits aren’t good. The salary may not be as timely as before. You should earn some extra rewards, or…”

“Think about the child you brought back, so cute. You don’t want her to starve because you don’t have money, right?”

Bai Fu’s predecessor could only leave after patting Anya’s head, then got beaten up for two days.

There are just too many births in this world!

Bai Fu thought, one shouldn’t take being human too seriously in this world.

Martin appeared, definitely to urge her to continue collecting debts.

Indeed.

As soon as he saw her and Anya, Martin greeted them cheerfully.

“Why did your hair turn white? Never mind, that’s not important. I heard you got hurt, I was worried, but you seem fine.”

After the pleasantries, he revealed his fangs.

“Bai Fu, I know it’s tough, but the deadline is almost here…”

Ding!

Suddenly, two game prompts popped up in front of Bai Fu.

The first was—

[You triggered the faction quest [Debt Repayment]]

The quest came with a detailed description, so no worries.

SKIP!

Although the game didn’t have a skip feature, Bai Fu ignored Martin’s incessant chatter and read the quest content.

[Quest Description: Your former boss, Martin, wants you to collect a loan borrowed by the Wildfire Gang.]

[Quest Goal: Recover as much of the debt as possible using any means necessary. Details ← (Remaining Time: 47:59:36)]

[Reward: 2000 Experience Points, 10 Faction Reputation]

[Accept/Reject]

Bai Fu chose to accept.

A 2000 experience point reward was significant. At her current stage, if she only did daily tasks like moving bricks or collecting bottle caps, she might not gather 200 experience points in a day.

The reward indicated that this quest would be challenging to complete.

But it didn’t matter.

If she couldn’t win, she would run away!

Unlike in some other master spaces, failing a quest wouldn’t result in punishment.

Bai Fu opened the second prompt.

[You unlocked the faction system]

Followed by dense explanatory text.

The faction system above the stars was similar to those in other games. Players could join factions once they met certain conditions.

By gaining faction reputation, players could unlock corresponding faction quests, exclusive shops, restricted class knowledge, faction positions, and sometimes even attribute bonuses.

Joining a faction wasn’t always beneficial. It could cause NPC hostility from opposing factions, leading to various negative consequences.

But none of this mattered to Bai Fu, as her faction was already set as the Wildfire Gang.

She had no intention of rebelling against the Wildfire Gang.

Her view of the Wildfire Gang differed from others.

To survivors of abandoned cooling plants, the Wildfire Gang was a terrifying demon, known for extortion and robbery, instilling fear. But to her, the Wildfire Gang was like a female demon in a book, seductive.

A large force meant the Wildfire Gang had money.

Stealing more meant they likely possessed rare upgrade materials and class knowledge books.

Why not stay and loot the Wildfire Gang’s gold instead of scraping off poor wretches outside?

It made no sense.

What little oil could poor wretches have?

Of course, she would go for whoever had the money!

While playing a spy to gain player favor, she would secretly dig into the Wildfire Gang’s treasury. That was the path to ascension.

As for how to loot the Wildfire Gang’s gold, Bai Fu first thought of Martin.

Although she had returned most of her knowledge to the teacher, she had formally studied a book. Comparing her to Martin was like asking Tyson to fight a child.

Martin was promoted to a small supervisor, so why shouldn’t she be a logistics manager?

But this was tricky.

In others’ eyes, she was recently an illiterate who only knew how to write her name, but after two days, she understood calculus. This was too outrageous.

Would she be caught and cracked open?

Unfortunately.

If she lived somewhere more credulous, she could claim “Heaven has died, long live daylight” and make money selling indulgences to believers.

Truly, making money was difficult.

Bai Fu sighed inwardly and looked up: “I’ll finish the task soon, but…”

“But what?”

Martin was displeased at being interrupted.

Bai Fu made a request: “I want to check the library first.”

The Wildfire Gang piled all collected books, useful or not, in the library, but access was restricted.

“Library? You want to go there just because you can read a few words?” Martin laughed.

Bai Fu remained calm and pointed at Anya: “She’s still young, she can learn.”

Hmph.

Martin didn’t want to argue: “Say my name, the smallest public library is accessible.”

This was exactly what Bai Fu wanted to hear.

After assuring him a few more times, she sent Martin away.

Though Martin was already on a path to self-destruction, it was too risky to act now. She’d wait a bit longer.

After dinner with Anya, Bai Fu didn’t waste time and headed straight to the Wildfire Gang’s library.

After reporting Martin’s name, the gatekeeper didn’t trouble her.

Standing beside the bookshelves, her gaze quickly scanned the titles.

[“Brother, You Smell Good”, “Four Operations”, “Art of Living”]…

“What are these?”

Bai Fu was perplexed.

No wonder this small library was accessible just by mentioning Martin’s name.

Hard work pays off. After searching, she finally found the coveted class knowledge book.

[“Three Minutes to Master Spiritual Prayer”]

Bai Fu took the book from the shelf.

Although the book was full of symbols she didn’t recognize, it posed no challenge.

[You started reading “Three Minutes to Master Spiritual Prayer”, current progress 0.3%]

This was the charm of the player panel!

Three minutes later, Bai Fu received a new prompt.

[You unlocked the new class [Spiritual Apprentice], +1 to Spirit, +1 to Inspiration, +2 Attribute Points]

[During reading, you learned new skills [Frenzy], [Hardening], [Sight]

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