Chapter 152: First Kill of the Star Ocean Boss, Unlocking the A-Class Superhuman Advancement Quest
“The ship’s AI has been reset.”
“Navigation data has been backed up.”
“All sensors with unknown purposes have been removed.”
Inside the newly captured starship, Bai Fu nodded repeatedly as she listened to the reports from the player-turned-mechanical engineers.
Good news. After all this effort, the starship was now completely hers.
This starship from the Transmission House was a general model produced by a company called Interstellar Dreams. It was rugged and affordable, making it very popular throughout the Edge World star zone. At any large spaceport, you could easily find several identical ships. Once the sensors were removed, it would be impossible to track.
The cargo ship she had driven before was different. A hundred years ago, it was also a best-seller, but today, it stood out too much.
If it weren’t for the True Essence Pillar, Bai Fu wouldn’t be in such a rush to change ships. An old antique is an antique, why can’t people cruise around the star ocean in an old ship?
But the potential threats from those three factions forced her to be more cautious.
In her view, the biggest risk wasn’t the old spaceship belonging to Suixing, but the True Essence Pillar itself, since that was what the three major factions truly wanted.
She couldn’t determine if those three factions had the ability to detect the location of the True Essence Pillar at close range (long-range detection methods definitely didn’t exist; otherwise, Suixing would have already been arrested). Therefore, she planned to use the exchange of ships to verify this, to avoid being suddenly arrested while cruising around later.
When swapping ships with Transmission House, Bai Fu deliberately left some players behind on Mining Zone 3, not allowing them to participate in combat. Instead, they were instructed to remain there as bystanders.
Their task was to act as her eyes on Mining Zone 3, observing the reactions of those three factions after the signal transmitter sent out its signal.
If those factions showed no reaction, her next plan would be to return and take the opportunity to strike Transmission House hard, stealing the ship back.
If those factions quickly arrived at Mining Zone 3 after receiving the signal, then she would continue observing.
First, she would see if the arriving faction would engage in combat with Transmission House. If they did, that would be ideal. She wasn’t worried about her whereabouts being exposed because, from Transmission House’s perspective, she and Youlia had already been blown to pieces. Her only concern was whether those factions had the ability to detect the location of the True Essence Pillar at close range.
To verify this, Bai Fu specially entrusted a fragment of the True Essence Pillar to Convert to Me Fu, then when passing by Mining Zone 4, she dropped Convert to Me Fu in an uninhabited area, wanting to test if the arriving factions could locate Convert to Me Fu.
If they couldn’t, then in the future, as long as she didn’t foolishly pull out fragments of the True Essence Pillar while moving through the star ocean, she wouldn’t have to worry about being targeted by those three factions.
If they could, she wasn’t afraid either. Even if those factions moved fast, it would still take time to travel from Mining Zone 3 to Mining Zone 4, which would be enough for Convert to Me Fu to commit suicide and respawn at the new spaceship where she had just set the resurrection point.
Speaking of this, it was necessary to mention the item binding mechanism of Above the Stars.
There was a certain chance that items on a player’s body would drop after death, but this only applied to ordinary items. Rare items like fragments of the True Essence Pillar wouldn’t drop due to suicide. However, if they were stolen by NPCs while alive, there was nothing one could do about it. This was why Bai Fu placed Convert to Me Fu on Mining Zone 4 instead of Mining Zone 3, to prevent robbery.
“Everyone, prepare fully. Once we discover anything unusual, we will leave the Sea Lion Galaxy System immediately.”
Bai Fu gave orders to everyone on the starship.
While checking the navigation records on the starship, she discovered that Transmission House had left traces across the entire Initial Gateway Star Cluster. She could always follow these navigation records to other star systems.
If she still couldn’t shake off the tracking of those three factions even after moving to other star systems, she might as well return to Source Star after obtaining the knowledge required for advancement.
With the knowledge of advancement, she could complete her career transition. Then, after training on Source Star for a few years, she could become a peak A-class superhuman and return to the Sea Lion Galaxy System, making her actions much easier.
Don’t underestimate the strength of Sword God from Ten Li Slope!
Bai Fu stared expressionlessly at the dashboard of the starship. After about ten hours, she received an urgent notification from Jiujiao.
“Fufu, Transmission House has been blockaded by Shiji Crystal Company!”
…
On Mining Zone 3, at the temporary base of Transmission House.
Rongyan’s mood was like riding a roller coaster—soaring to the top and then plunging into the depths.
The slave capture operation failed, all slaves were killed, but they managed to obtain a very good condition starship, so his mood was still quite exhilarated.
But when he returned to the temporary base in the starship, he was utterly confused to find that the base had been destroyed, all remaining personnel killed, all valuable items taken away, and even his starship had been stolen.
“What the hell? Who did this?”
Rongyan was almost exploding with anger.
Instantly, many familiar names flashed through his mind.
He had plenty of competitors in this line of work and had made many enemies during operations, so he couldn’t figure out which familiar group had done this.
“Go, go ask around nearby, look for witnesses, let me know who did this, I will tear him limb from limb!”
Rongyan roared in anger.
He wasn’t afraid of those enemies. Although he was currently operating independently from Dead Line Pirate Group, he still had connections within the pirate group. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to quickly gather a team.
As Rongyan examined the scene and waited for the investigation results from his dispatched subordinates, security personnel from Shiji Crystal Company showed up.
“Shiji Crystal Company?”
Upon hearing this name, Rongyan’s pupils contracted sharply.
Shiji Crystal Company was one of the top five private military companies in the Sea Lion Star System, with a wide range of businesses.
“What do they want with me?”
Rongyan walked out of the house with an ashen face.
Among the ruins stood over a dozen towering superhumans dressed in black combat suits. The leader was tall and slim, his face covered in scales. Rongyan immediately recognized him—it was Fabian, a renowned team captain and peak A-class superhuman of the scaled human race from Shiji Crystal Company.
A peak A-class superhuman, someone whose power even Rongyan at his prime couldn’t compare to.
Rongyan’s attitude softened: “Is Shiji Crystal Company interested in my business?”
Fabian turned his gaze toward Suixing’s starship: “Does this starship belong to you?”
Rongyan nodded: “Do you want it?”
Fabian said: “I’m not interested in the starship, I’m only interested in you and possibly something on your person.”
Rongyan was very puzzled. Was this the attitude of someone coming to do business?
“If you want to buy…”
Before Rongyan could finish his sentence, Fabian suddenly shouted: “Search!”
This command instantly enraged Rongyan, who was already on edge.
What the hell!
Shiji Crystal Company was powerful, but his backing, Dead Line Pirate Group, wasn’t weak either. Though their overall strength was inferior to Shiji Crystal Company, their top-tier fighters were not necessarily weaker.
“Stop right there!”
Rongyan roared in anger. His arms, already bunched up, suddenly swelled like fiery red iron pillars. With a thunderous roar from the ground, he appeared in front of Fabian, descending like a meteor of fire, lighting up half the sky.
Facing his sudden attack, Fabian calmly raised his right hand.
Hum—
A blue shield suddenly expanded, colliding heavily with Rongyan’s fiery fist. Sparks flew at the point of contact, resembling splashing lava. People standing nearby felt as though they had fallen into a furnace, feeling uncomfortable all over. Under the impact of the fiery fist, the shield violently trembled, cracking with fine fissures.
Seeing this, Rongyan increased his energy output.
Break!
Wild flames surged like drills through the cracks in the shield, eventually tearing it apart into pieces. But before Rongyan could laugh in triumph, Fabian’s scaly arm emerged from behind the shattered shield, grabbing hold of Rongyan’s fist.
Smoke billowed, and the sound of sizzling never ceased. Despite Rongyan’s struggles, Fabian held firm, unmoving. Scales reflected the firelight, exuding a chilling aura of killing intent.
“Release our leader!”
The second-in-command of Transmission House rushed over urgently, but before he reached Fabian, several members of Shiji Crystal Company had already drawn mechanical chainsaw swords, forming a battle formation to block his path.
The chainsaw swords roared wildly, and with numerical superiority, it took merely a dozen seconds for the second-in-command to collapse, clutching his torn chest, gasping for breath.
Rongyan’s eyes were bloodshot, his brain stimulated to the point of smoking.
“Was it the Star Network Consortium that hired you to catch me?”
“Our cooperation with the Star Network Consortium doesn’t include pursuing you. I came here just to find this. Shouldn’t it look familiar to you?” Fabian displayed a 3D image of the True Essence Pillar.
Rongyan was stunned: “What is this?”
Fabian sneered coldly: “Pretending to be ignorant? Continue searching!”
Under his command, the personnel from Shiji Crystal Company thoroughly searched both the temporary base of Transmission House and the inside and outside of the starship, but found nothing.
The commotion attracted many onlookers, including the players who remained on Mining Zone 3. They stood far away, pretending to be fearless spectators.
“What happened? What happened?”
Among the crowd, Fabian grabbed Rongyan by the neck: “You’re stubborn. Tell me, where did you hide the things from the starship!”
Rongyan struggled fiercely: “I don’t know what you’re talking about. This starship was just seized by me.”
“Seized? Then where are the people from the starship?”
“A group of natives. I wanted to capture them as slaves, but they kept resisting, so I had to kill them all.”
Fabian laughed bitterly. If you killed everyone, how can you tell me that the thing isn’t there?
That basically leaves two possibilities: either you hid it, or this starship has changed hands multiple times, and the current broadcast is a deliberate decoy by Suixing.
Fabian didn’t lean towards either answer, as he had means to check if Rongyan was lying.
“Bring out the memory reading machine!”
At this point, Rongyan also laughed mockingly.
Are you serious? I’ve cooperated fully and told you the truth, and you’re still using force?
“Read my memories? Can you even do that? I used to be in the Dead Line Pirate Group. To prevent members from being captured and having their memories forcibly read, thus leaking secrets, my brain has undergone multiple modifications.” Rongyan said coldly, “Fabian, do you think that just because I left the Dead Line Pirate Group, you can manipulate me at will? Try forcibly reading my memories, and see if the Dead Line Pirate Group will come to kill you. The Dead Line Pirate Group may not be able to defeat Shiji Crystal Company, but killing you would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken!”
Fabian’s brow furrowed upon being threatened by Rongyan.
He was fierce, but only to those he could handle. As for the Dead Line Pirate Group, he wasn’t sure if they would really mobilize because Rongyan’s memories were read.
Fabian threw Rongyan away and hurriedly contacted the higher-ups of the company.
“Yes, nothing was found. If the Blessed Sect were here… I think they wouldn’t be able to find anything either. Their spiritual energy sensing range is at most a few dozen kilometers. Even if their Patriarch personally shows up, it would be difficult. From my perspective, I think this is likely a decoy strategy. That old man is intentionally diverting our attention for long-term planning. But it’s not ruled out that Rongyan is lying. Specifically… Alright, I understand.”
After ending the call, Fabian stared at Rongyan for a long time, ultimately issuing the order to forcibly read his memories.
For the sake of the True Essence Pillar, the company was prepared to conflict with the Dead Line Pirate Group.
Seeing that Fabian was determined to ignore his threats, Rongyan smirked coldly. While strapped to the machine, he continued to threaten.
“Fabian, you’ll regret this!”
A few minutes later, Fabian helplessly looked at the data on the machine.
As Rongyan had anticipated, the machine only read out gibberish. Forcibly reading it would cause Rongyan’s brain to die.
To solve this problem, they needed to find more skilled mechanics or experts in soul-related matters. However, if these people learned about the existence of the True Essence Pillar, the company would be put at a disadvantage.
The competition from Red Moon Mercenary Group and the Blessed Sect was already causing headaches for the company. Adding more competitors would make things unmanageable.
Fabian ordered his subordinates to continue investigating the surroundings. All feedback indicated that Rongyan hadn’t left Mining Zone 3 today, and indeed attacked a group of villagers, leaving none alive, then seizing the starship from them.
“The only issue is that Rongyan’s starship was seized by another group, but this seems unrelated to the villagers, as all members of Transmission House witnessed the villagers being blown up by Rongyan.”
Fabian felt his head was about to explode.
Well, let’s first investigate that starship. He didn’t have high hopes, as that model of starship was too common. Because of its popularity, many criminals specifically bought that model, as it was perfect for fleeing after committing crimes.
“Boss, the investigation is almost complete… Yes, I want to inquire how we should deal with Rongyan.”
After some discussion, Shiji Crystal Company decided to first communicate with the Dead Line Pirate Group. Since Suixing had returned, they would soon face competition from the Red Moon Mercenary Group and the Blessed Sect. Resolving this trouble peacefully with the Dead Line Pirate Group would be ideal, even if it meant paying a price, which wouldn’t be a big issue.
Shiji Crystal Company specialized in private armed forces, having ties with all sorts of organizations, legal, illegal, and gray areas. Often, enemies from one moment could sit together the next for business.
The Dead Line Pirate Group was extremely dissatisfied upon learning about the memory reading of Rongyan, but after hearing that Shiji Crystal Company was willing to offer compensation, they decided to resolve the conflict with the company.
In the end, Shiji Crystal Company purchased the starship seized by Rongyan at a price above market value and additionally ceded some minor benefits to the Dead Line Pirate Group.
“Let’s go.”
Fabian threw Rongyan aside and drove the starship away.
However, he wasn’t really leaving. Shiji Crystal Company still had some distrust towards Rongyan, so he bribed the people at the Curtain Star Port to monitor where Rongyan would fly to next.
“You’d better not play any tricks.”
Fabian frowned deeply, turning to ask others on the starship.
“Did you find any useful data?”
“No, all the data on this starship has been reset. There are only records of takeoffs and landings on Mining Zone 3. That signal transmitter is also quite ordinary, leaving no extra traces.”
Fabian’s heart burned with anger.
Has that old man Suixing returned after all these years?
If he returned, then he dared to jump, let him jump. Sooner or later, he will be dealt with!
“Keep watching. Once you receive a message from the Curtain Star Port, wake me up. I’ll rest for a bit.”
…
As Fabian fell asleep filled with anger, Bai Fu on the other side was excited to the point of wanting to dance.
Her combat plan was a great success, and all the news she received was good.
“Except for the Blessed Sect, no other factions have the means to detect the True Essence Pillar. In that case, I don’t need to hide anymore!”
Bai Fu sighed in relief, almost hugging Youlia, the yet-to-awaken True Essence Child, and giving her a kiss.
With the potential threat from Suixing’s starship and the True Essence Pillar resolved, she could finally spread her wings in the star ocean.
But her gains didn’t stop there. Based on the conversations the players eavesdropped on while going to check out the commotion, Shiji Crystal Company most likely believed that Suixing was still alive.
That worked out well.
In the future, if she were to commit bad deeds or target Shiji Crystal Company, Red Moon Mercenary Group, or the Blessed Sect, she could simply do so under Suixing’s name.
Since Suixing’s reputation was already tarnished, making it worse wouldn’t matter much, would it?
Bai Fu cheerfully piloted the starship back near the Curtain Star Port. She first went to Mining Zone 4 to pick up Convert to Me Fu, then released the newly reincarnated He Fu, who disguised herself and spent a little money to board an interstellar short-distance passenger ship heading to Mining Zone 3.
Unfortunately, Shiji Crystal Company didn’t kill Rongyan, preventing her from completing the newly triggered quest. Thus, she had to take action herself.
Thanks to Fabian’s two consecutive attacks severely injuring Rongyan and his deputy, she now had full confidence in controlling He Fu to personally extinguish the fire of Transmission House.
“Leader, you must come back soon.”
The group of juniors from the Fire Transmission House looked at the lava with pleading eyes.
Lava silently nodded.
After suffering such a great loss this time, he would absolutely not let Fabian off. However, that was for later. His immediate priority was to quickly secure a spaceship and mend relations with his former leader, thanking him for his efforts in protecting him.
He didn’t bring too many people along; just a few trusted confidants. One reason was that bringing more people would increase the cost of flying away on a spaceship. The other was that most of his juniors were not up to standard and wouldn’t qualify to meet with the members of the Deadline Pirate Group.
“Let’s go.”
Lava called out, his face looking extremely grim.
When he returned, the first thing he had to do was to deal with the person who stole his spaceship. Then he needed to conduct more business quickly to make money, which would raise his status. With higher status, he could then take revenge on Fabian.
The flight motorcycles roared over the gray-brown land, heading straight for the nearest docking station of an interstellar travel company.
The wind blew across Lava’s face, blowing his tangled hair backward.
The free-spirited wind improved his mood slightly. At this moment, he suddenly noticed some strange white lights appearing in his field of vision.
What is this?
Just as Lava began to feel something was amiss, he saw the ground beneath his motorcycle suddenly erupt with dozens of black flames. Under their impact, the motorcycle he was riding instantly turned into fragments.
His attention was focused, and being a martial artist, he adjusted his posture before falling, avoiding the clusters of black flames on the ground that resembled thorny bushes. Others were not so lucky; those with better luck only fell headfirst while trying to dodge, whereas those with worse luck landed directly on the black flame thorns, screaming like pigs as they were burned to death in an instant.
“Who, Fabian, or…”
Lava’s whole body surged with true energy, his swollen figure seemingly enveloped in flames, exuding terrifying momentum. But only he knew that he was merely putting on a show. The resistance from the countryside and Fabian’s attacks left him with at best thirty percent of his peak strength. His steel-like skin was full of fine cracks upon closer inspection.
In response came several streaks of white light flying from the horizon.
Lava vibrated his fists, concentrating his true energy. With a shout of “Break,” a millstone-sized fire wheel flew out, shattering the approaching white lights.
He protected himself, but his subordinates weren’t so fortunate. Apart from his deputy, who was also an A-class superhuman like him, everyone else was struck by the white lights, pierced through the chest, and blood spurted everywhere.
“Motherfucker!”
Lava rushed out of the range covered by dark thorns, furious but not completely losing his mind. While sprinting, he attempted to contact others for support, but as soon as he pulled out his communicator, he realized its signal had been jammed.
The enemy was well-prepared!
Shit.
Lava crushed the communicator with one hand and shouted loudly: “Protect me!”
The surviving thugs from the Fire Transmission House didn’t dare to delay, hastily pulling out various firearms.
These guns were not the broken ones from Source Star, but rather magnetic rail rifles, electromagnetic snipers, particle guns, all with considerable power.
Tututu—
Under the cover of a rainstorm of electromagnetic bullets and particle beams, Lava charged forward.
After closing the distance rapidly, he finally identified the attacker, whose silhouette was completely unfamiliar. But now, he no longer cared whether the attacker was familiar or not. He felt an overwhelming sense of pressure.
The person wearing a simple mechanical mask had ten black spheres lined up on both sides, absorbing surrounding light and creating a small distortion around them. Above his head, another five similar black spheres floated in an arc.
Although he didn’t know what these black spheres were, the faint aura emanating from them, similar to the black flames, made Lava feel as if he had fallen into an abyss.
This was a formidable opponent!
He was in poor condition, and if the battle dragged on, the situation would become entirely unfavorable for him. But there was nowhere to escape because, at the moment he identified the person opposite him, the fifteen black spheres had already begun their assault.
Fifteen black beams intertwined, forming a fierce hundred-meter-long black blade slashing toward Lava. He dodged quickly, releasing energy from his feet, moving dozens of meters horizontally amidst the explosion sound. When he turned back to look at where the “black blade” had struck, all he saw was a massive crater and the ground stained with thin black flames.
This move…became increasingly familiar!
The next second, he saw Black Fu charging straight at him. Her speed wasn’t fast at all, but for him, who was already severely injured, it required him to respond awkwardly.
“To kill me won’t be that easy!”
Lava swung his fists, weaving a dense and impenetrable fire net in front of him.
This move proved surprisingly effective. The spiritual energy beams shot by the void balls either cut or penetrated, failing to break through the fire net during collisions. This fire net seemed like a wall of sighs.
But Lava didn’t remain pleased for long. As soon as Black Fu got close, she activated her superpower field. She aimed for a quick kill, sparing no spiritual energy and not hesitating to trade blows.
Lava had already guessed Black Fu’s identity or even her killing moves. Though his body appeared stiff, every cell was ready to move. At the slightest movement, he could twist his body to evade Black Fu’s dark burning heavy strikes.
But he never dreamed that this time Black Fu wouldn’t use her usual trick but instead directly “burn” using her superpower field.
The repulsive shock caused Lava to lose balance in his feet momentarily, exposing a fleeting weakness in the fire net. Black Fu formed a fist with her right hand, instantly breaking through the gap and heading straight for Lava’s chest.
A flash of ferocity crossed Lava’s eyes.
He slammed a punch, the size of his fist nine times larger than Black Fu’s, displaying irresistible force. However, at the moment the fist expanded, a large amount of spiritual energy erupted from the point of contact.
Lava felt as if he’d been hit by a spaceship. The immense impact sent him flying backward. Two of his finger bones broke, and before he even landed, an invisible spiritual energy wall heavily crashed onto him.
Sky Burial!
This blow left Lava dizzy, his chest muscles cracking like rubble, blood spurting uncontrollably, quickly staining the ground red.
But Black Fu wasn’t faring any better. Lava’s iron punch also sent her flying. Another A-class superhuman from the Fire Transmission House hiding far away swiftly raised his particle gun, firing without aiming.
Boom!
The particle beam tore through the superpower field, opening another crack in the spiritual protection and accurately hitting Black Fu’s abdomen, melting a fist-sized black wound there.
Fortunately, Black Fu had no sensation of pain. She flipped up like a fish leap, raising two piercing guns towards the A-class superhuman who fired the shot.
The A-class superhuman hurriedly rolled to avoid, and when he repositioned his gun to buy time for Lava, he was shocked to find that several small figures about 30-40 centimeters tall had appeared beside him.
“Shit.”
As the cursing sounded, those small figures exploded violently, stirring up a storm of spiritual energy and obscuring vision with smoke.
The A-class superhuman coughed loudly. Wearing detection equipment, the smoke affected him little, except for his injured foot. He must immediately create distance.
“Can you still run now?”
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out.
What?
The face of the A-class superhuman changed drastically. He clearly saw Black Fu forcing her way through Lava’s flame attack, reaching within a meter of him. Black Fu’s right arm swung like a meteor hammer, dragging behind it traces of death from the black flames, and finally smashing heavily onto his temple.
Buzz—
He felt as if he instantly sank into the depths of an endless sea, first trembling in his brain, then shaking in his body, all sounds gradually fading until they disappeared completely.
“!!!”
The A-class superhuman saw Lava’s mouth shape, but everything was too late.
A spiritual explosion detonated directly in the brain, dealing triple critical damage to his weak points. In the next moment, a metal-clad right foot flashed like a sharp blade, cutting through the air and striking the A-class superhuman’s chin, sending him flying upward while taking away his last shred of life.
K.O.
Black Fu secured her first elite monster kill in the Star Ocean, at the cost of losing over 700 HP after being thrown by Lava.
But it didn’t matter.
She had no sense of pain.
Standing up again, Black Fu reactivated her superpower field, advancing instead of retreating, directly engaging in combat with Lava, the martial artist much larger than herself. Trading blows with such a critically wounded foe, she stood to gain no matter what.
Four fists clashed, creating illusions indiscernible to the naked eye.
“It’s you!”
Lava felt terrified. He recognized Black Fu but had no countermeasures.
Why was Black Fu alive? Did she have the ability to resurrect?
While restraining Lava with a spiritual explosion, Black Fu didn’t forget to use Sky Burial to harvest the lives of the surrounding soldiers.
Seconds later, the effect of Dimensional Erosion reached its maximum, exploding inside Lava’s body at the end of the three-second countdown. Lava’s body stiffened sharply. He sensed death, but the intense pain erupting from deep within his body prevented him from fully controlling it. He could only swing his right fist with all his might, attempting to force Black Fu back to give himself some time.
Ignoring the roaring flames, Black Fu simply sidestepped the punch itself and delivered an elbow strike to Lava’s throat.
At the moment Lava was forced to lower his head, she grabbed his face, spiritual energy erupting from her palm, forcefully pressing down with her arm, pinning Lava to the ground. She repeatedly slammed his head against the ground already covered with dark thorns.
Bang bang bang!
One after another, the ground shattered, and Lava’s skull and face were smashed bloody.
Bang!
Another slam caused Lava’s cranium to fracture, his brain directly compressed into a mass of paste.
“A country bumpkin isn’t that easy to provoke!”
Black Fu stood up, lifting her right foot. Her five-centimeter-high metal heel stepped firmly on Lava’s forehead, completely crushing his head, blood splashing everywhere. But due to the suppression of the superpower field, none of it splattered on her.
[You killed Lava, contribution rate 68.1%, after level difference adjustment, gained 1,906,800 experience points.]
Star Ocean BOSS first kill acquired!
With a calm expression, Black Fu took off her dirty gloves, burning them to ashes. Turning around, she saw a few survivors from the Fire Transmission House attempting to escape unnoticed.
“Kill them.”
With a wave of her hand, fifteen void balls simultaneously exerted force, turning the survivors into sieves on the spot.
At this moment, the task completion prompt also arrived.
[You completed the task [Crisis Suddenly Arrives], gaining rewards of 3 million experience points, Lava’s one-time skill card * 1.]
The game prompt did not activate the reputation system of the Light Curtain Star Harbor due to the anonymous kill.
For White Fu, it was a good thing that killing Lava didn’t boost her reputation.
She manipulated Black Fu to leave a line of printed text beside Lava’s corpse.
[I’m back, Shiji Crystal Company. Do you like my first gift to you? A mere bait has made you jump around anxiously. Everything you’ve done to me is etched in my heart. Next, I’ll let you experience what real fear feels like!]
White Fu did not sign her name, but she believed that once this message reached the ears of the Shiji Crystal Company, they would immediately associate it with Broken Star.
Go ahead and play your intelligence games with Broken Star!
White Fu had Black Fu walk far away before committing suicide, satisfied as she watched her dual moon talent entering cooldown.
After touring Mine Area No. 3 star, she gained a bountiful harvest, totaling 5 million experience points, and obtained a skill card named [Lava Iron Net]. This Lava Iron Net was the skill Lava used to block her void balls, with quite good effects. If Lava hadn’t been severely injured and unable to use multiple skills, she wouldn’t have dared to send Black Fu to fight Lava recklessly.
However, it was still somewhat dangerous. A single slave trader carried weapons with such immense power. In the future, if she encountered bigger forces and more powerful weapons, she would be even more endangered.
“After completing the job change, I need to find a way to upgrade the Spiritual Energy Protection skill, and Little White Fu also needs optimization. Regular detection methods aren’t enough in the Star Ocean.”
White Fu closed the quest panel.
Apart from the quest rewards, when she looted the temporary base of the Fire Transmission House earlier, she successfully acquired over 17,000 credit points, leaving the Fire Transmission House penniless. Now, she only needed 5,000 more credit points to purchase all the advanced knowledge she needed.
“5,000 points, doesn’t seem too hard.”
White Fu’s gaze swept over the players.
Players borrowed 400+ credit points easily from Mine Area No. 3 star. Taking advantage of the fact that NPCs in the Star Ocean didn’t know players could resurrect, she could take players to borrow money from a few more planets. Borrowing ten or so times should be enough to save up the money.
Though players lost experience upon dying, after becoming the legendary protagonist of Source Star, her daily faction task quota was already sufficient to compensate for the experience lost when players died. She just needed to control the intervals between player deaths to prevent them from dying too many times and being unable to resurrect temporarily.
Good, good, good, White Fu Thieves Guild, set off now!
After gathering all the players aboard the spaceship, White Fu piloted it away from the Light Curtain Star Harbor.
Since she had already borrowed once from Mine Area No. 3 star, if she went to nearby planets to cause trouble again, it was inevitable that someone would notice the problem. So this time, she decided to go farther.
Anyway, she had the route map left by Lava. She could just follow the recorded planets on the map and sweep through them one by one.
Though what she was doing wasn’t exactly noble, White Fu had no psychological burden.
Could the planets specifically noted by Lava, the slave trader, be anything good?
She searched on the Star Network, and sure enough, each planet was infamous. Saying they possessed all five poisons would be an understatement.
On the tenth day of White Fu leading the players to borrow money from various places, someone on Mine Area No. 3 star discovered Lava’s corpse and the words beside it. He quickly reported the discovery to the Light Curtain Star Harbor. Subsequently, the Shiji Crystal Company, Red Moon Mercenary Group, and Blessed Sect all received the news.
“I knew it was Broken Star’s doing. He deliberately sold the spaceship to a bunch of ignorant country bumpkins and even left a signal transmitter on the spaceship to intentionally draw our attention!”
The senior management of the Shiji Crystal Company was enraged.
Now it seems, Lava’s spaceship was either stolen by Lava’s enemies or by Broken Star. But whoever stole it, finding it in the vast star ocean wouldn’t be easy.
And real fear?
Years ago, he was nothing but trash, barely surviving until now. Does he truly believe he can become a ghost floating above the Sea Lion Galaxy System and instill fear in them?
The Shiji Crystal Company immediately issued a bounty for Broken Star, amounting to 500,000 credit points. Credit points are a very valuable and difficult to trace interstellar currency. This number was enough to drive most people in the Sea Lion Galaxy System crazy.
White Fu saw this news on the Sea Lion Galaxy System’s news channel while her spaceship was being modified in the repair shop.
“500,000, impressive, unfortunately, Broken Star has already been beaten to dust by me.”
White Fu shook her head and flipped to the next news.
[Shocking! In recent times, many people have appeared on various planets along the Chaotic Star Route borrowing money and not paying it back. Most of them were killed by local lenders, strangely, the lenders killed the people but still couldn’t recover a single credit point. They vented their anger online by posting videos saying that lending standards will be ten times stricter in the future!]
White Fu: “…”
Sad, the path of borrowing money has been blocked in the Sea Lion Galaxy System.
Fortunately, she had gained significantly these past few days. Players collectively borrowed 8,000 credit points and spent more than 6,000 credit points buying prayer cards and knowledge required for class changes from her, pushing her savings over 24,000.
“The modifications are complete, boss, please inspect.”
At this moment, a spaceship mechanic dressed in overalls approached White Fu.
White Fu read the spaceship data and found that durability and other aspects were without issue, so she paid.
Changing the paint job and internal minor renovations didn’t cost much.
After leaving the repair shop, she went to a nearby trading center and bought the three doors of spiritual energy advancement knowledge she had been longing for.
[You begin reading… current progress…]
After reading three strips continuously, White Fu finally received the prompt.
[You unlocked the class advancement mission, please choose one from the following three branches to complete.]
White Fu was so excited that her whole body trembled, as if electrocuted.
Here it comes, finally!
PS: 10k, begging for a vote~
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