Chapter 194

Chapter 194: Shockwaves Across the Star Network, Bai Fu is Actually an Overlord? [55k]

At Manu’s urging, the signal monitoring officer quickly sent the translated message to his communicator.

He opened it immediately. After being translated into the common language of the Star Network Community, the message wasn’t long—barely over a hundred words. The sender was labeled as “Jin Gu Star Undead Representative Wind Essence.” The content stated that Jin Gu Star was currently in crisis and hoped that “the newly crowned Holy Maiden of the Sea Lion Galaxy System, founder of the Dark Moon Tide Private Armed Company, Overlord Yoyo Night, Bai Fu,” could come to Jin Gu Star to help quell the calamity.

“This message is indeed addressed to Holy Maiden Bai Fu!”

Manu’s pupils dilated in shock.

The new Holy Maiden of the Sea Lion Galaxy System, the founder of the Dark Moon Tide, who else could this be but Bai Fu?

However, what shocked him wasn’t that the message was for Bai Fu, but rather the title used by Wind Essence when addressing Bai Fu—

Overlord Yoyo Night!

Wait, Overlord?!

Manu shook his head vigorously.

Had he misread? An Overlord was stronger than even a Tier Catastrophe superhuman, second only to Ultra-Class beings.

Keep in mind, the strongest openly known individual combatant in the Initial Gateway Star Cluster wasn’t even close to Overlord level—it barely reached lower-tier Catastrophe, merely weak Tier Catastrophe.

“This ‘Overlord’ mentioned by Wind Essence must not be the same concept of ‘Overlord’ that we know; otherwise, it would be too exaggerated—an Overlord from the Dark Domain civilization… impossible. Holy Maiden Bai Fu’s previously displayed strength was just… um?”

Manu suddenly froze.

Deep down, he didn’t quite believe Bai Fu was an Overlord. An Overlord coming to such a remote place in the Edge World Star Zone could easily declare themselves Empress and do as they pleased. How could they possibly be bullied by the Tower of Secrets?

But when he carefully recalled Bai Fu’s strength, he couldn’t articulate any clear conclusions.

When Bai Fu first appeared on Heaven Lake Star, her displayed strength should have been between peak A-class and S-class. However, when she reappeared at the Star Tomb, her strength among the S-class superhumans was already above average.

It had been less than a month since then—this improvement in power was simply too fast. Even those Ultra-Class beings hadn’t advanced so rapidly during Bai Fu’s stage.

“Is Bai Fu’s talent extremely high, or has she been concealing her strength? Wait, it’s also possible that she was injured, leading to a drop in power, and is now slowly recovering.”

Manu furrowed his brows.

Regardless of the reason, the Star Network must increase its attention towards Bai Fu—even elevate it higher than that of Void War Princess Scarlet Leaf.

If Bai Fu merely possessed extraordinary talent, raising her profile within the Star Network would be akin to investing early in a promising superhuman with potential to ascend to Catastrophe or even Overlord status, which would undoubtedly benefit the future development of the Star Network.

If Bai Fu was either hiding her strength or recovering from injuries, increasing her importance wouldn’t harm their relationship with her, and at the very least, they wouldn’t antagonize her.

“Continue monitoring to see if there are any new signals. I have urgent matters to attend to.”

After instructing the monitor officer, Manu immediately informed the joint session of the Star Network Community about the situation.

Upon receiving the news, the rotating chairman of the meeting, Clayville, replied, “Are you sure this information really came from the Dark Domain? Based on the wording of the message, Jin Gu Star shouldn’t be Bai Fu’s homeland. If so, how did the undead on Jin Gu Star learn about Bai Fu’s reputation in the Sea Lion Galaxy System?”

Manu hesitated for a moment, “Maybe they can connect to the interstellar network?”

“If they could connect to the interstellar network, would they need to send such a wide-area signal to contact Bai Fu? Wouldn’t it be easier to reach out through the commission platform’s backend?” Clayville rolled his eyes, “Investigate first. Times are uncertain, don’t fall for the tricks of the Tower of Secrets.”

Manu immediately complied.

Half a day later, the preliminary analysis results of the signal were out. Judging from the long-distance attenuation value, this group of signals indeed originated from deep within the Dark Domain. Whether it was orchestrated by the Tower of Secrets remained unknown.

But it wasn’t a big issue. The Star Network had ways to discern truth from falsehood.

When Bai Fu left Ulysses Star for Indigo Star, she had departed in great haste, only taking part of the players who were on Ulysses Star with her. The rest were left behind in the Sea Lion Galaxy System.

Manu ordered someone to contact those players to extract intelligence.

Since the 1.4 version update had already begun, these players logged on instantly, making it easy for the Star Network to establish contact with them.

“Jin Gu Star? How did you hear about Jin Gu Star? Why are you asking this?”

Calamity Dragon looked cautiously at the Star Network agent questioning him.

Despite much effort, the Star Network agent failed to extract any useful information from Calamity Dragon, only deducing from his reaction that Jin Gu Star existed and indeed had some connection to the undead and Bai Fu.

With no other options, he approached other players, eventually finding Black Tiger Afu, who seemed rather simple-minded.

If it was this person, extracting intelligence should be relatively easy, right?

“Have you heard of Jin Gu Star?”

“Jin Gu Star? Isn’t that where other ** are located? What’s wrong? Is anything unusual happening?” Black Tiger Afu asked back.

The term “player” was blocked by the system, but it didn’t matter—the Star Network agent paid no attention to it. All he wanted to do was laugh. Wow, he actually got some useful information!

He quickly rambled on about threats from the Tower of Secrets, maintaining world peace, signals from the Dark Domain, and after a long while, finally brought up Bai Fu.

As a battle-crazed player, Black Tiger Afu always adhered to the principle of avoiding unnecessary chatter with NPCs whenever possible, so this Star Network agent quickly annoyed him.

Why has Bai Fu’s strength increased so quickly?

“Seems like she was injured or something, I’m not sure, stop asking me.”

And why does Bai Fu’s nickname, Overlord Yoyo Night, include the word Overlord?

“An Overlord is an Overlord, what else could it mean? Alright, alright, go ask someone else. I’ve got quests to do.”

Black Tiger Afu turned around and walked away, leaving the Star Network agent with only his tall and strong back.

Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow!

The Star Network agent was shaking with excitement all over. This time, he truly gathered super-useful intelligence! He was going to get promoted and receive a raise soon. Thinking about this, he quickly transmitted the intelligence back to Manu.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Manu hurriedly found Clayville again.

“It’s all clear now!”

Bai Fu was an Overlord—an Overlord who was injured and recovering her strength!

At this point, Manu suddenly remembered what Bai Fu had said to the media of the Sea Lion Galaxy System, one sentence that stuck with him was “I want to save my hometown with my own strength.” At the time, he thought Bai Fu was a bit stubborn and wondered why she couldn’t rely on others during critical moments.

Now looking back, he realized how naive he had been!

What kind of existence could severely injure an Overlord, causing their strength to plummet to S-class? It must be at least Overlord-level.

Bai Fu refusing assistance from the Star Network wasn’t stubbornness—it was saving them. She didn’t want to drag these “novices” into the struggles of high-level superhumans.

“Truly worthy of being the savior Holy Maiden!”

Manu couldn’t help but marvel.

Originally, he thought Bai Fu was kind-hearted, and upon learning that Bai Fu was an Overlord, he became even more convinced that her kindness stemmed from her true nature.

To possess great strength, hold a high status, and still remain so kind—what else could this be but genuine goodness?

Actually, if Manu had thought more carefully, he would have noticed some inconsistencies. For instance, if Bai Fu was truly an Overlord, why would she seek knowledge of advancement from him? But his preconceived notions had taken root, and he no longer cared to think about these details. As he grew increasingly wary of the formidable opponents Bai Fu faced, he felt more and more certain that knowing Bai Fu presented a perfect opportunity for the Star Network to soar.

From a star-system level civilization to a star-cluster level civilization, the Star Network had been striving for this goal, yet for years it had struggled to retain seeds capable of reaching Catastrophe tier. This time, if they could successfully form a bond with Bai Fu at her lowest point, perhaps they could seize the chance to surpass this threshold.

Manu shared his thoughts with Clayville. Clayville, along with other members of the joint session, unanimously agreed with Manu’s perspective—they yearned for progress!

“One thing to note, given Bai Fu’s character, if we forcefully offer her benefits, she might reject them. We need to change our approach.”

“Advertising fees will work. She doesn’t oppose accepting advertisements, so we can indirectly invest in her by introducing commercial collaborations.”

“That method is good, but I have another idea. Hasn’t she started a private armed company? We can hire more of the undead under her command.”

Clayville nodded repeatedly.

Both methods were excellent, but there was still one problem facing them.

“The signal received from Jin Gu Star was a wide-area signal; others besides us could also receive it. If other forces, like the Tower of Secrets, discover Bai Fu’s secret and make contact before us, our pressure will increase.”

“Bai Fu detests evil and injustice, and…”





The Night Mother of the Tower of Secrets had just caused a commotion on Ulysses Star. Even if they deliberately tried to befriend Bai Fu, she probably wouldn’t pay them any attention.” Manu spoke confidently, “We only need to guard against other civilizations. However… if the Tower of Secrets really receives this signal, it will likely cause a lot of trouble. According to those undead, there are also many undead on Jin Gu Star. If the Tower of Secrets sends people to recruit these undead on Jin Gu Star, even if only a small part of the undead join them, it would still be quite troublesome.”

“We cannot let the Tower of Secrets succeed, Manu. You find a way to contact Bai Fu and tell her what happened here.”

“Leave it to me.”

As soon as the meeting ended, Manu immediately headed to Ulysses Star with a team.

He knew Bai Fu wasn’t on Ulysses Star, but he was going there to boost her affinity towards him. For this purpose, he specially brought an engineering team to rebuild the buildings that Tessia had destroyed earlier.

After finishing all this, he initiated a call to Bai Fu.

“No response?”

Manu paused in surprise. Bai Fu wasn’t at the Initial Gateway Subcommittee, so why wasn’t she receiving his calls?

He continued waiting and received a reply from Bai Fu the next day.

“What happened?”

At this moment, Bai Fu had just arrived at the Star Ocean with players from Indigo Star.

Manu didn’t rush to explain the situation but instead asked first, “Night Overlord?”

Bai Fu was momentarily stunned, “How do you know?”

She was merely confused about how Manu knew her nickname since she had never mentioned it to him, nor had she said it during media interviews.

But in Manu’s eyes, her words carried deeper meaning. “How do you know?” That statement indirectly confirmed her identity.

Indeed, Bai Fu was the Overlord!

Manu hadn’t realized that the term “Night Overlord” could not be split into “Night” and “Overlord.”

“It’s like this.”

He quickly explained the situation on Ulysses Star and the transmission of signals from Jin Gu Star.

“I’m worried that the Tower of Secrets might take action.”

Bai Fu’s expression darkened.

What? This kind of thing is actually happening?

In fact, she had seen similar comments in Jiujiao’s video, but she thought the players were just joking around. She didn’t expect them to actually act on it.

The good news now was that even if the Tower of Secrets received the signal, without a reference point like Source Star, it would take them some time to calculate the exact location of Jin Gu Star.

While the Tower of Secrets was calculating the location of Jin Gu Star, she could get there first and take advantage of the opportunity. Perhaps this would be a good chance to outsmart the Tower of Secrets.

“I can contact the various civilizations of the Gateway of the Beginning and have them ambush near Jin Gu Star. When the Tower of Secrets arrives, they can jump out and attack them, avenging Tessia’s assault on Ulysses Star.”

“However…”

Bai Fu suddenly had a cunning idea.

She felt that retaliating this way was too lenient; it wouldn’t hurt the Tower of Secrets fundamentally because no matter how you look at it, the Tower of Secrets wouldn’t send large-scale forces to Jin Gu Star, and they might not even go to Jin Gu Star.

“A different approach is needed.”

Thinking about it, Bai Fu remembered Tai Ergen.

Ah, she could completely let some of Jin Gu Star’s players join the Tower of Secrets after contacting them. With these players acting as spies within the Tower of Secrets, she would have countless opportunities to retaliate against them in the future.

Wouldn’t that be more satisfying than ambushing the Tower of Secrets on Jin Gu Star?

“Thanks for telling me this news in time.”

“Not at all,” Manu chuckled and shifted the topic to advertising. “By the way, Holy Maiden, while you were away, many companies contacted me. They want you to endorse their products…”

Listening to Manu ramble on for a while, Bai Fu’s head was filled with question marks.

When she was on Indigo Star, she was still thinking about how to make money. But as soon as she returned to the Sea Lion Galaxy System, a bunch of endorsements came knocking. Was this a bit too timely?

Never mind, whatever the reason, she was desperately short of money right now. If there were advertisements to shoot, why hesitate? As long as they weren’t underwear ads or anything else that would damage her image, she would gladly shoot them. After all, she needed enough money to support Anya, Youlia, Xia Shi, and Scarlet Leaf—these four gold-guzzling monsters.

Oh, she herself was now also a gold-guzzling monster. Not only that, she was a book-guzzling monster. There was nothing else to worry about then.

“Thank you!”

Bai Fu quickly thanked Manu and concluded by praising the Star Network users.

The Star Network users were truly enthusiastic! Bai Fu liked the Star Network the most!

Hearing this, Manu couldn’t help but feel comfortable inside.

This praise came directly from the Overlord, and from Bai Fu, such an honest Overlord!

It seemed that their plan to win over Bai Fu was progressing very well.

After ending the call with Manu, Bai Fu excitedly patted her cheeks.

Nearby, Youlia asked, “Good news?”

Bai Fu nodded. “Good news. This time we might earn a few million credits. Once the money comes in, I’ll buy you spiritual energy crystals. These crystals should be enough for your awakening.”

Awakening?

Youlia’s icy eyes instantly brightened up. Her eyebrows and eyelashes trembled, revealing her inner unrest.

She, who usually remained calm due to her ability to replenish mana, stayed calm even when Xia Shi and Scarlet Leaf kept getting closer to Bai Fu. She knew clearly that no matter how others danced around, she, with her ability to replenish mana, was indispensable to Bai Fu.

This relationship was far more reliable than the sparks created between her and Bai Fu during experiments.

But deep down, Youlia still felt it wasn’t enough.

She wanted to be not only indispensable to Bai Fu but also the most indispensable one to Bai Fu!

Yes, Youlia positioned herself as the Empress, and to secure this position, having just the grace of an Empress wasn’t enough. She must have corresponding strength.

Now her power was stronger than Anya and Xia Shi, but compared to Scarlet Leaf, it fell short. However, if she could successfully awaken, she wouldn’t fear even Scarlet Leaf.

Don’t underestimate the power of the True Essence Pillar!

“Let’s do an experiment. To better awaken, I need a deeper understanding of my own body, but I need your help to study it.”

Youlia grabbed Bai Fu’s hand.

Bai Fu was startled.

Hey, it’s still broad daylight!

Whoosh—

The next second, she was pulled into the nearby laboratory by Youlia.

…

Two days later.

The spaceship driven by Bai Fu smoothly arrived at the Initial Gateway Subcommittee.

As soon as the spaceship landed, Green Mud rushed over with a group of people.

During Bai Fu and Scarlet Leaf’s absence, Herbert and other supervisors led their teams to complete various commissions, significantly boosting their ratings. On the other hand, Scarlet Leaf, who had disappeared for over a month, had dropped to the bottom of the rankings. At this rate, Scarlet Leaf would have no chance of competing for the position of Minister.

Green Mud was deeply worried about this situation.

His anxiety was also related to Herbert and others frequently visiting. Green Mud clearly understood that Herbert claimed to come to check on Scarlet Leaf and worry about her condition, but in reality, it was just an act of showing off. Yet, knowing this didn’t help much because he was only a B-class superhuman and couldn’t do anything.

When Scarlet Leaf cheerfully descended from the spaceship alongside Bai Fu, Green Mud hurried forward.

“Director, you’re finally back. Where have you been recently? I’ve been trying to contact you but couldn’t.”

“I went to visit Bai Fu’s hometown, and then…”

Scarlet Leaf grinned.

She wasn’t stupid, just a little slow, and she naturally knew why Green Mud was so anxious.

“This trip wasn’t wasted. Just look.”

Scarlet Leaf pointed a finger, and following her gesture, Green Mud saw more than three thousand players disembark one by one from the spaceship.

Most of these players he hadn’t seen before, so these players must be new ones brought by Director and Bai Fu from Bai Fu’s hometown?

He couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

“Don’t worry. With me here, the position of Minister is definitely secured for Director Scarlet Leaf!”

Bai Fu was full of confidence. What was Herbert? Now she could take him out with one punch!

“Oh, Green Mud, I have two things to ask of you.”

Bai Fu asked Green Mud to help her find someone to calculate the location of Jin Gu Star and check if there were any advanced knowledge of the Spiritual Energy series available on the internal trading platform of the Star Treaty.

She was only two advanced pieces of knowledge and one career transition quest away from reaching S+. Once she crossed this threshold, no one in the Sea Lion Galaxy System would be able to overshadow her—not even Scarlet Leaf!

As Bai Fu entrusted Green Mud, the news of her and Scarlet Leaf’s return spread.

“What? Bai Fu has brought thousands of undead again?”

Herbert and others, who had been enjoying a pleasant life recently, were greatly shocked upon hearing this news. They suddenly had a bad feeling.

Meanwhile, the Tower of Secrets also held an emergency meeting, with the main topic being the signal sent by the players of Jin Gu Star.

PS: Today I went to repair my electric bike, so the update took a bit longer.

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