Chapter 150: Documentary Goes Viral, Bai Fu, the Endorser for the Star Ocean Version, Makes Her Appearance! [6k]
The starship Bai Fu was currently aboard was just an ordinary cargo vessel, but it still had all the basic functions.
For instance, life support systems, gravity simulation systems, basic entertainment systems…
Especially the basic entertainment system, which quickly captivated the players with its alien entertainment options shortly after they boarded the ship.
When Bai Fu turned her gaze away from Source Star, gradually enveloped by a bright blue glow as the ship ascended, she noticed that the players were gathered in twos and threes around an entertainment console in the public lounge of the cargo ship.
The entertainment console provided a card battle game similar to “Yu-Gi-Oh!” called “Star Network,” where players would assume the role of a faction, using characters, skills, and items from the game world to form their deck, then battling other players.
Upon discovering this game and understanding its rules, even Jiujiao enthusiastically joined in the fray. For a while, no one on the ship was exploring or watching Bai Fu.
“Treasure hunting, you promised to focus more on filming the situation aboard the ship, why are you live-streaming a card game?”
“I want to see Fu Fu!”
“Good grief, this game is pretty interesting. @Celestial Girl, don’t be lazy, log in and play the card minigame.”
Bai Fu shrugged and said to the ship’s AI, “Please display the star map of the entire Edge World for me.”
The AI replied, “I’m very sorry, this ship only has the star map of the Sea Lion Galaxy System. If you want to load star maps of other regions, you need to purchase them with credit points. However, since we cannot connect to the Star Network on Source Star, even if you have credit points, you won’t be able to buy them.”
Bai Fu: “?”
Grandma’s, so the map costs money, huh? Alright, you win.
She actually considered going to another galaxy to evade potential pursuit, but given the current situation, she could only honestly head to the Sea Lion Galaxy System.
Randomly flying around in the Star Ocean is extremely dangerous; accidentally encountering space pirates or distorted space, dimensional fragments would be disastrous.
Bai Fu walked into Youlia’s laboratory.
“Don’t disturb me unless it’s urgent, I need to carefully plan my future… uh.”
She closed her mouth because she saw Youlia fiercely battling Anya.
“I activate my trap card [Mind Grid]!”
“Hehe, didn’t expect that, did you? I was prepared!”
Bai Fu: “…”
It seemed Youlia wouldn’t come to her for experiments anytime soon.
Sigh, card gamer!
“In any case, call me when needed.”
Bai Fu returned to her room through the white cabin door that automatically opened outward, then opened “Star Network.” She wasn’t here to play cards but wanted to see if she could gather useful intelligence from these combat cards based on the game’s storyline.
After flipping through for a while, she did indeed find some results.
Players’ strength is easy to divide; simply look at their levels and stats. NPCs in the Star Ocean are different; they have their own method of classifying power.
The energy level measuring device developed by Titan Industries can relatively accurately measure the energy intensity of superhumans. They roughly classify superhumans into eight levels based on energy intensity: D, C, B, A, S, Catastrophe Tier, Overlord, Ultra-Class.
Superhumans from D to S rank are still within the “mortal” realm, while those of the Catastrophe Tier can already cause large-scale destruction across an entire planet, even tearing planets apart, fully living up to the name of catastrophe.
Ultra-Class is somewhat special; the first superhuman to reach this tier thought it was the limit of power, hence naming it Ultra-Class. However, as more seekers explored the essence of power and the world, civilizations discovered even more terrifying forces beyond Ultra-Class. For example, apostles that spiritual energy-type superhumans sense in the void realm are above Ultra-Class, so Ultra-Class was further divided into Ultra-Class I, Ultra-Class II, etc.
“Doesn’t this energy intensity seem a bit like the fighting power in Dragon Ball?”
Bai Fu estimated that after completing two promotions and about to undergo the third promotion, her strength rating should be between B and A, possibly already reaching A-level due to her numerous bonuses.
Before leaving Source Star on the spaceship, she tried to plan her future.
The Star Ocean is boundless, with countless opportunities. Finding a development path suitable for oneself among these numerous opportunities is crucial. Should she join another faction and grow under its protection until she’s ready to fly solo, or start alone with the players?
Because she was unclear about how her strength compared in the Star Ocean, she couldn’t make a decision.
Now, judging from the representative character card of the Initial Gateway Star Cluster being weak at the Catastrophe Tier, her strength in the Sea Lion Galaxy System under the jurisdiction of the Initial Gateway might not make her a top-tier figure, but she certainly isn’t a nobody either.
This reassured Bai Fu somewhat.
Her main purpose in going to the Sea Lion Galaxy System was for two things.
The first thing was to actively participate in various plots in the Sea Lion Galaxy System.
Her experience on Source Star clearly told her that only by actively intervening in the main plot, increasing her fame and plot exploration degree, could she enjoy various enhancements during each version update.
The second thing was to try to find out the specific locations of other novice planets.
Currently, Bai Fu’s popularity among all NPCs is the highest, but she doesn’t dare to relax at all.
As the Star Ocean version officially launches and more powerful or distinctive NPCs enter the players’ field of vision, her popularity will inevitably be impacted and may even be surpassed by many latecomers.
In the end, popularity is like rowing against the current; if you don’t advance, you retreat.
To maintain long-term popularity like Queen Tifa in the 3D area is extremely difficult. Most of the time, a character’s popularity will only last for a while, then quickly be overwhelmed by the next wave and become a tear in time.
Bai Fu’s goal is not to be the new king of the 3D area but the popularity king of the surface world, so her path is harder than Tifa’s. Always creating content and maintaining high exposure in front of players are essential tasks for her.
Her plan is to contact the players of other novice planets before they encounter the Star Ocean, leaving a deeper impression on them. This way, even if players from other novice planets meet female NPCs more suited to their preferences in the future, they won’t forget her immediately. As long as the players remember her, she will still have a chance to turn things around.
Of course, Bai Fu’s purpose for going to other novice planets is not limited to this.
“Other novice planet players keep shouting that they want a Fu Fu to exploit their experience. If I don’t go, am I even a qualified succubus?”
Bai Fu, who has already experienced the joy of bathing in the experience pool on Source Star, wouldn’t miss any opportunity to harvest players.
One player from Source Star made her soar, and with players from several planets, she feared she might faint from happiness.
Bai Fu couldn’t wait to feast on everyone.
Players are good stuff, chicken-flavored, crispy, with protein content dozens of times higher than ordinary NPCs. After tasting the flavor of players while establishing her camp, she felt completely unable to leave them.
However, participating in the main plot and harvesting players from other planets are all future matters.
“Upon arriving at the Sea Lion Galaxy System, the first step is to avoid pursuit, get a new identity, and then find a way to complete the promotion.”
Having stronger abilities allows for more choices.
Bai Fu stared at the virtual screen displaying several cards. The Initial Gateway Star Cluster, located at the edge of the explored universe and not belonging to any cosmic-level civilization, is synonymous with chaos. The Sea Lion Galaxy System under the Initial Gateway is no exception.
The card mentioned that the exterior of the Initial Gateway faces the “Flood Disaster” threat, and there was once a dimensional disaster inside.
The so-called Flood refers to attacks from stellar giants and dark domain bug tides, the latter similar to the flood in the Halo series, known for rapid proliferation, strong infection, and frequent mutation.
The dimensional disaster originated from wars that erupted when civilizations within the Initial Gateway first encountered each other in the Star Ocean. In the days before the cosmic order was formed, the competition between civilizations decided both superiority and survival, akin to the Dark Jungle.
A lost civilization within the Initial Gateway attempted to manipulate dimensions to destroy other civilizations and was ultimately annihilated by a coalition of other civilizations. Although the civilization was almost entirely destroyed, some survivors remained. Since then, these survivors have occasionally emerged like ghosts, causing trouble on a scale larger than the Twin Towers attack.
“Flood, ghosts, I wonder if they still exist after a hundred years. If they do, it feels like there would be two main plotlines.”
Bai Fu nodded repeatedly. Besides these two major disasters, the Initial Gateway Star Cluster also faces various contradictions such as religious disputes, pirate attacks, and backstage competitions from cosmic-level civilizations.
She felt incredibly excited. Chaos was her ladder to ascend!
“Edge World, here I come!”
Bai Fu let out a joyful cry.
After she sat back on the bed, the ship had officially left Source Star. With the announcement from the ship’s AI, the Type II warp engine aboard the ship began to operate.
The engine roared, distorting the space curvature behind the ship.
When the porthole no longer showed normal stars and was instead filled with the tranquil darkness of the dark domain, Bai Fu knew the ship had officially entered warp speed flight.
“The journey from Source Star to the Sea Lion Galaxy System will take 115 hours, please wait patiently.”
The broadcast echoed in the room.
115 hours, which is less than five days.
For Bai Fu, who likes to stay home, waiting five days is nothing. Not to mention the ship has games to play and people to chat with. Even if there was nothing, she could easily entertain herself alone in the cabin for five days.
During the voyage, Bai Fu browsed the game’s official website and player community.
She went to the official site to check the update announcements. Actually, there wasn’t much to see in the announcement. Just as Celestial Girl said, the 1.3 version mainly focused on exploring the main plot, without adding any new features. However, due to her outstanding performance in the 1.2 version, her artwork was placed at the end of the update announcement explaining the development of the main plot, making her slightly famous.
Her performance in version 1.3 was still impressive. Next time the official update announcement is released, her standing illustration should appear at the very top of the update announcement. If she shines brightly again in version 1.4, when the Star Ocean version officially begins, she will become the main character of the Star Ocean version trailer.
From the queen of the rookie village to the rising star of the Star Ocean, who else is more suitable to be the spokesperson for the Star Ocean version?
“If there is, then I’ll turn her into my wings ahead of time!”
In fact, in the eyes of the players, Bai Fu has already become the spokesperson for the Star Ocean version.
On the noon of the day she left Source Star, Igor and Gao Yuan jointly launched her exclusive documentary.
This documentary lasted 90 minutes, full of content, and the quality was also excellent. Igor bought a lot of Bai Fu’s combat scenes from Jiujiao and inserted them into the documentary, and also filmed a large number of Bai Fu’s interview footage. In the interview, Bai Fu talked about her mental journey, interests, and hobbies, and changed more than ten different outfits for出境, from dresses, to black stockings and white shirts, to combat uniforms, to Silent Courtyard uniforms, satisfying the preferences of different players.
[“Miss Silver Moon, if there were no so many disputes, what do you think you should be doing now?”]
[“Drinking tea, going on an outing, sunbathing, playing games when there’s nothing to do. Actually, I’m a person who really dislikes work, haha.”]
Some witty dialogues in the documentary made this already curious documentary explode.
[“The statue of Fu under the sunset remains standing, looking at this scene, I am somewhat moved.”]
[“Fu in a hoodie looks so cute, haha.”]
[“I still like black stockings, they are flavorful!”]
As Bai Fu initially predicted, after two days of fermentation, this documentary went viral, with an impact even greater than when Tai Ergen first became famous. The quality of NPCs filming documentaries for NPCs exceeded some classic documentaries, which was a great selling point. Many people who were completely uninterested in games came to take a look after seeing the hot search, and although these people were not attracted into the game, they helped Bai Fu expand her influence greatly.
Some directors in reality had the idea of asking Bai Fu to make a cameo in their new movie after watching the documentary to ride the wave of popularity, but soon they found that it wouldn’t work.
[“Fu Fu has already gone to the Star Ocean, I cry so hard, I won’t be able to get close to Fu Fu for a long time.”]
[“The first person from the rookie planet to the Star Ocean, the true pioneer of the Star Ocean, steadfast Fu!”]
[“Fu Fu, I hope you are happy in the Star Ocean!”]
Bai Fu nodded with a smile.
As long as you regularly send me your hard-earned experience through the instance store, I will feel full of happiness!
While discussing the documentary, the players discovered a big secret based on the card description in the “Star Network” game.
[“Wait, isn’t Fu Fu’s title something like the Overlord of the Dark Night?”]
[“Overlord, my goodness, I always thought Overlord was just a respectful title, but now it seems we may have underestimated things. Overlord is a level of superhuman ability, just below Ultra-Class. This means that before Fu Fu suffered betrayal leading to severe injuries, she was probably a big shot capable of dominating a star region!”]
[“So cool, aaaah, I want to hug Fu Fu’s legs tightly!”]
Upon seeing these discussions, Bai Fu twitched the corner of her mouth.
To be honest, when she first saw the Overlord level, she didn’t associate it with such implications. It can only be said that this coincidence was quite fitting, and players are very good at filling in the blanks.
When coincidence meets imagination, her character image suddenly became fuller, much like her previous dramatic revelations.
“Alright, alright, I’d like to see what else you come up with in the future!”
Bai Fu excels at performing shows based on player imagination.
…
Day five.
The spaceship passed through the dark domain not detailed on the star chart and finally entered the Sea Lion Galaxy System.
At this moment, the AI reminded Bai Fu that the spaceship had connected to the interstellar network built on ultra-communication.
“Please choose the location for the spaceship to dock?”
Bai Fu waved her hand: “Not so fast, let me check first.”
Large starports like Kalinas can be ruled out. After selecting for a while, she chose a relatively remote starport —
Light Curtain Starport!
The Light Curtain Starport is not within the territory of the Star Network Community and is famous for the strange wormholes around it, surrounded by colorful light. The area around the Light Curtain Starport used to be a mining area, which gradually became a chaotic zone due to the depletion of minerals and the lack of further construction plans by the mining company.
However, what Bai Fu valued was not its chaos, but its low regional level.
According to messages on the interstellar network, the area around the Light Curtain Starport is very barren, so there are no major powers stationed there, making it a perfect place for her to change her outfit.
“The destination is confirmed as the Light Curtain Starport. The spaceship will arrive at the destination in 1 hour and 21 minutes!”
When the AI’s voice sounded on the spaceship, both Bai Fu, Anya, Youlia, and all the players on board were filled with excitement.
More than an hour later, as predicted, the spaceship arrived at the destination.
Through the porthole, the passengers on the spaceship saw a huge dark gray metal building floating between the colorful stellar curtains.
This is the Light Curtain Starport. Its overall shape is spindle-like, with metals crisscrossing each other, exuding a sense of heavy history amidst its coldness. It is the crystallization of technology and the power of civilization.
At this moment, inside and outside the starport, dozens of spaceships are advancing along the traction beams emitted by the starport. The black lines left by the closed warp engines obscure the traction beams. From afar, it seems that the traction beams have been cut into celebratory confetti, extremely spectacular.
“So amazing!”
Although the players on the spaceship have seen many starports in various film and television programs and other games, they couldn’t help but exclaim upon seeing the Light Curtain Starport up close.
If a starport of a mining area is this big, how big and magnificent must the legendary Kalinas Starport be?
In Jiujiao’s live streaming room, the waiting players kept brushing the screen with comments.
Astonishment, surprise, envy…
Standing in front of the Light Curtain Starport, many players found the same sense of freshness they felt when they first entered the game.
This is the Star Ocean!
Limitless imagination, endless journey!
[“Since I am no longer on Source Star, the ‘Silent Courtyard News Express’ section will temporarily stop updating. But don’t worry, I will actively update the new section [Traveling Through the Star Ocean with Fu Fu] next. Everyone, please look forward to it!”]
As Jiujiao waved to the live streaming room, the spaceship had already entered the starport under the guidance of the traction beam.
“Please register your identity.” The virtual image of the starport enforcement officer appeared outside the window. “If you don’t have an identity, you need to register one before proceeding.”
Despite being known as a chaotic area, the management of the Light Curtain Starport looked surprisingly formal.
Bai Fu registered a temporary identity according to the instructions. After the registration was completed, under the guidance of robots, the spaceship passed through a narrow channel into the interior of the starport. After circling for several minutes, it finally headed towards Mine Star No. 3 nearby, which had the largest population.
Mine Star No. 3 is a yellowish-brown planet with a suitable climate, but the environment is relatively harsh. There are many traces left from the large-scale mining period, and it has now become a cargo distribution center near the Light Curtain Starport. Every day, many goods of unknown origin flow into the market here and are then purchased by others.
Bai Fu chose to land here to make money.
In the Star Ocean, without money, you can’t move an inch.
She planned to sell some prayer cards. Even in the Star Ocean, prayer cards are not common items. It must be said that the spiritual energy knowledge brought by the broken stars was very powerful, allowing her to unlock a rather rare profession.
It’s truly fortunate to have so many big brothers supporting her business on such a small Source Star!
The spaceship passed through the atmosphere and stopped at a dedicated docking point.
As the vibrations disappeared, the cabin door opened, and the players rushed out in a frenzy, looking around and taking pictures, their eyes shining like they had installed light bulbs.
“We are newcomers and not familiar with the surroundings, so don’t wander around recklessly.”
Bai Fu quickly gave a reminder.
Their commotion had already caught the attention of aliens nearby. As a place of cultural exchange, there are many kinds of aliens appearing near the Light Curtain Starport, including those resembling humans from Source Star, furries, and some very unique-looking beings.
Bai Fu ignored them and turned her gaze to a massive black building hundreds of meters tall not far away. That building seemed to be some kind of heavy industrial equipment, but it had now been converted into a trading market. On the ground floor of the trading market, there were many different shops offering entertainment, dining, foot massage services, etc., all available.
“Let’s go and check out that market first.”
Bai Fu called all the players. Just as she took a few steps out, a humanoid alien with slightly pointed ears and pale blue skin suddenly blocked her way.
“Are you visiting the Sea Lion Galaxy System for the first time?”
Bai Fu slightly raised her eyebrows. She noticed that this alien’s affinity towards her was -13, and his total level was not high, only 28.
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
The alien smiled and showed his teeth: “I run errands. Seeing that you haven’t registered identities, I assume you’re not very familiar with our place. Hire me, and for just 1 credit point, I can take you on a tour of this planet for a whole day.”
1 credit point?
Even if it were half price, I couldn’t afford it.
Bai Fu calmly waved her hand: “I appreciate your kindness, but I’d like to explore on my own.”
The alien asked a few more questions, but was eventually rejected and had no choice but to leave disappointedly.
“That guy might not be as simple as he claims.” At this moment, Youlia whispered a warning.
Bai Fu nodded: “I’ve never seen him before, but he knows we haven’t registered identities, which means he knows people in the starport.”
The chaotic area of the trench, she had just said that the service at the Light Curtain Starport looked formal. It turns out there are hidden secrets.
But this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
“Maybe we don’t have to sell prayer cards to get our first pot of gold. That spaceship might also be handled well.”
Bai Fu’s eyes squinted with a smile.
The people in the chaotic areas have no idea how terrible the fourth calamity is yet.
PS: Thanks to fiestazwf and Mercury’s masked superhero for their support.
Today was a bit busy, so I’ll lay down 6000 words as a prelude and leave a lead-in for the new volume. I’ll try to update more tomorrow.
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