Chapter 201

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Chapter 201: Strength Increases Again, Exp Grinding Maiden Bai Fu [5k]

The time was tight and the tasks were heavy.

Upon arriving at the Jin Gu Star, Bai Fu did not consult with the players or the main characters as she had done on the Indigo Star before taking action. Instead, she directly eliminated all the antagonists in the main quest.

If they had wasted time chatting, the people from the Tower of Secrets might have suddenly attacked.

Bai Fu was not worried about causing dissatisfaction among the players and main characters of the Jin Gu Star.

The situation on the Jin Gu Star was different from that on the Source Star and the Indigo Star. Most of the players here had joined the righteous faction.

However, due to their initial lack of understanding of the game mechanics and their disregard for the main quest, they focused only on showing off their abilities in the arena and community. By the time the players on the Jin Gu Star started pushing the main quest, they were shocked to find that the antagonists in their area had developed as if they were invincible.

With their numerical advantage and fearless style, the players of the Jin Gu Star once held the upper hand against the antagonists.

However, it wasn’t long before the antagonist organization revealed their trump card, creating a super artificial person with extraordinary physical abilities and multiple rare spiritual powers.

This artificial person, relying on their peak B-class strength, killed the original leader of the organization and declared themselves the new leader, calling themselves the “King of Abilities.”

From then on, the players on the Jin Gu Star were doomed.

The King of Abilities was not only stronger but also smarter than the previous leader. Moreover, he had a very arrogant ideal — to become the father of everyone on the Jin Gu Star!

Father?

He wanted to become a god!

The ambitious King of Abilities launched a fierce attack, overwhelming the players and significantly reducing the progress of the main quest.

In the midst of this victory, the King of Abilities gathered numerous criminals on the Jin Gu Star and established a city called the City of Abilities.

If Bai Fu had not arrived promptly, when players from other beginner planets finished their main quests and eagerly awaited the arrival of the 2.0 Star Ocean version, the players on the Jin Gu Star would likely still be fighting the King of Abilities.

It could be said that some players were playing a normal online game while others were playing an extremely difficult high-speed ACT game.

Although Bai Fu’s approach was a bit crude, it directly pulled the players of the Jin Gu Star out of a dire future. As long as they had any sense, they wouldn’t blame her; instead, they would praise her.

If the main quest ended early, so be it; they would still get their rewards.

What? Worried there won’t be any more quests?

No way.

Bai Fu is here, and the big villain from the Tower of Secrets will soon arrive. There will likely be too many tasks to handle!

[“Hurry up, I don’t want to fight those ability criminals anymore. I want to go straight to becoming a Star Ocean mercenary, fighting space pirates and chasing down wanted criminals.”]

[“Damn it, we’re all level 35, but compared to those treasure hunters with full Star Ocean gear, we look like poor relatives from remote mountain areas.”]

[“Haha, the King of Abilities thinks he can beat me? Bai Fu is number one!”]

Bai Fu quickly glanced at the community’s discussions and, finding the situation as expected, began to tally up the rewards after defeating the King of Abilities.

After completing the main quest on the Indigo Star, she received four rewards, but this time completing the main quest on the Jin Gu Star, she only received three.

These were 16 million experience points, a special title [Ability Equilibrator], and a [Self-Selected Ability Upgrade Fragment *1].

Yes, the Jin Gu Star didn’t have special items like the True Essence Pillar or Sin Punishment Needle. The most unique item on the Jin Gu Star was the [Ability Evolution Tree Chart].

Bai Fu found the Ability Evolution Tree Chart in the residence of the King of Abilities. This chart detailed many evolution routes and methods for abilities. While it was useless to her as a Spiritual Prayer Mage, it was invaluable to players on the path of abilities.

With this, ordinary ability users could evolve their abilities according to the chart, without needing to grind endlessly.

“Great stuff!”

Bai Fu became excited.

With the Ability Evolution Tree Chart, she could sit back and let the players of the ability class come running to work for her.

“I can handle the Spiritual Energy side myself, and Anya and Wei Ke will take care of the Mental Power side. Now that the Ability profession has this Advanced Guide, once I develop Xia Shi and recruit a Martial Arts Grandmaster as a professional mentor, the Silent Courtyard will meet the needs of most players.”

Bai Fu laughed happily.

Officially, she was positioned as a Spiritual Energy profession mentor, but a mere profession mentor couldn’t satisfy her.

Her appetite was enormous, and her ultimate goal was to have all players enter her secret garden and work for her.

Clearly, being a single profession mentor couldn’t achieve this goal.

Only by establishing a comprehensive “university” that accommodates all professions and having herself serve as the “president” could she achieve her goal.

“All players will fall under my command!”

Bai Fu closed the description of the Ability Evolution Tree Chart and opened her new title.

Like [The Slayer of Demons] and [The Burier of Truth], the [Ability Equilibrator] provided her with an additional 5% boost to all basic attributes.

However, this wasn’t important. What mattered was that once she collected three titles of the same type, she could synthesize them into a new title!

“Synthesize!”

Bai Fu extended her hand and clicked.

[You obtained a new title: [The Mentor of the First Land]]

The effect of [The Mentor of the First Land] was simple and straightforward, giving her an additional 20% boost to all basic attributes.

This was a significant increase, but considering how difficult it was to obtain this title, Bai Fu felt it was reasonable.

To obtain this title, one must complete three major main quests and reach a high contribution value in each.

Under normal circumstances, obtaining a title like [The Burier of Truth] was already challenging, let alone three.

Bai Fu obtained this title because she was very special. As an NPC with a player panel, she couldn’t revive like a player, but she also wasn’t limited by level caps. She could freely increase her level and use her higher level to farm players’ main quests for her own benefit.

After loading the [Mentor of the First Land] title, Bai Fu’s attributes underwent dramatic changes:

[Health Points]: 34152/34152

[Spirit Energy]: 57010/57010

[Qi]: 4550/4550

[Attributes]: Strength 195, Agility 377, Constitution 564, Intelligence 400, Spirit 445, Inspiration 1295

Her base inspiration attribute increased by 105 points. Now, combining with Youlia and using [Mind Blessing], she could raise her inspiration attribute to 1808 points, surpassing Thessia’s high constitution of 1764 points.

“This is getting interesting. If Thessia is still in the fleet sent by the Tower of Secrets, seeing how much stronger I’ve become compared to a few days ago, I wonder what she’ll think?”

Bai Fu didn’t know what Thessia would think, but she knew she was very happy.

This new title boosted her strength immensely, and there was even an added hidden benefit. In the future, if players discovered her title [The Mentor of the First Land], they would immediately associate it with the statement she made in the 1.4 version preview video that she was a player mentor, right?

When the two facts were combined, it would generate considerable attention.

Good, keep pushing forward.

Bai Fu clenched her fist.

Even without relying on Youlia and Mind Blessing, she could easily overpower Thessia!

Not long after, Bai Fu brought the main character of the Jin Gu Star to the docking point of the spacecraft.

It was bustling here.

Players nearby saw the spacecraft and gathered around. After sending the King of Abilities’ subordinates on their way, Mana, Anya, and others also brought influential NPCs from the Jin Gu Star.

At this moment, the players and NPCs of the Jin Gu Star formed a stark contrast.

The players surrounded the spacecraft, admiring its grandeur and occasionally touching it. The NPCs, however, had no such leisure; they were now afraid.

The terrifying King of Abilities and the City of Abilities had both been wiped out, which was good news. But they didn’t understand the true intentions of these strange beings who came from outer space in their spacecraft. If these strangers decided to eliminate them…

Sigh.

The NPCs frequently sighed.

When facing the King of Abilities and the City of Abilities, they still had some thoughts of resistance, but when faced with these aliens, they had no resistance left.

There was no helping it; the power gap between them was simply too vast.

They had thought the King of Abilities had reached the divine realm, but this “god” couldn’t even withstand an alien’s kick. How could they deal with such a situation?

Just as they were feeling helpless, cheers erupted around them.

“Bai Fu is back!”

“Bai Fu, I’m your ten-year-old fan!”

Bai Fu?

They hurriedly turned their heads. First, they saw her white hair fluttering gracefully in the clear sky. For a moment, they felt as if they were in a snow-covered wilderness, but before the cold could penetrate their lungs, the youthful smile on the young girl’s face made them feel like they had moved from winter to a bright spring day after the snow melted.

“Alright, since everyone is here, let’s talk about the main topic. Xia Shi, broadcast the meeting content globally.”

Bai Fu nodded at Xia Shi, and Xia Shi immediately complied.

A few seconds later, all the Jin Gu Star residents watching TV discovered that the program they were watching had changed.

“This is…”

They were stunned by the spacecraft, the white-haired girl, and the familiar faces standing beside her that appeared on the TV screen.

[Today, I invited you all here to discuss the future of the Jin Gu Star.]

[Unfortunately, the Jin Gu Star has been targeted by a notorious organization in the Initial Gateway Star Cluster.]

Bai Fu spoke about the crisis facing the Jin Gu Star and her reasons for coming here.

The crisis had arrived, affecting every person on the Jin Gu Star, and this crisis was far more terrifying than anyone had imagined.

Even though the King of Abilities caused a lot of trouble, he would never do something as extreme as massacring all the people of the Jin Gu Star. However, the Tower of Secrets could do such things. Composed of a group of avengers, they often took extreme measures.

In their battles with other civilizations in the Initial Gateway Star Cluster, they had repeatedly committed atrocities, killing all life on entire planets.

Facing such ruthless individuals, no amount of caution was too much.

Bai Fu called on all Jin Gu Star residents through live TV to stay put and avoid wandering around, and if they encountered members of the Tower of Secrets, they should remain calm and not provoke them.

[We will do everything in our power to stop the Tower of Secrets!]

The live TV broadcast ended with Bai Fu’s words.

After watching the live broadcast, the Jin Gu Star residents looked at each other, unsure whether it was real or not.

Although Bai Fu appeared harmless and even made people want to believe her at first glance, her words seemed too far-fetched to the Jin Gu Star residents.

If someone suddenly told you that your planet was about to be invaded by evil extraterrestrials while you were eating hotpot and singing, would you believe it?

Many people’s response would be:

Let’s just believe that light exists!

Bai Fu had anticipated this, so after the live broadcast, she showed the Jin Gu Star NPCs her strength.

“With our strength, we don’t need to waste effort putting on a show for you. We can just take what we want.”

That made sense.

“Alright, time waits for no one. Let us handle the Tower of Secrets, and leave the task of calming the public and arranging evacuations to you.”

Bai Fu sent away the NPCs, including the main character of the Jin Gu Star.

Next, she needed to start exploiting the players.

The situation here was completely different from the Source Star and the Indigo Star. She couldn’t hold celebratory events to exploit the players like before.

But without celebrations, she could still motivate the players.

Jin Gu Star players, facing the ruthless Tower of Secrets, it’s time to pick up your weapons and fight for your second home!

What? You say your weapons are outdated and can’t compete with the Tower of Secrets?

Hey, don’t worry, I happen to have plenty of weapons, equipment, items, skills, and knowledge for advancing professions!

Past and present, don’t miss out. Players who perform well in battle may be selected for the first batch of qualifications to head to the Star Ocean!

Bai Fu gave an impassioned speech, successfully attracting a large number of Jin Gu Star players to join the Silent Courtyard and spend money in Anya’s mysterious store and the shopkeeper’s store.

Before coming, she spent some time purchasing a lot of items, and now these items became the best bait to lure the players.

“This skill is expensive, but it can boost my output… No matter, buy it anyway. If I don’t buy it, and someone else does and performs better than me in battle, I won’t be able to follow Bai Fu to the Star Ocean right away.”

“These special prayer cards require spiritual energy to use. There’s no choice, I’ll have to learn to be a Spiritual Prayer Mage as a secondary profession.”

Thinking of the opportunity to head to the Star Ocean, many players who usually preferred to hoard resources finally opened their “Scriptures Repository” and bought from Bai Fu, making her quite satisfied.

Unfortunately, although Bai Fu still ate her fill, compared to the Indigo Star, she didn’t eat as much.

It wasn’t because her appetite had grown larger or because the players were harder to satisfy.

Nor was it because the Jin Gu Star players were less loyal; in fact, most Jin Gu Star players spent everything they had after leaving the shopkeeper’s store, and their experience became Bai Fu’s meal.

The problem was that the average storage of the Jin Gu Star players’ “Scriptures Repositories” was much lower than that of the Indigo Star players.

Bai Fu went to the Indigo Star during the late 1.3 version, when the players had reached the version’s level cap. They had been holding back for ten days to months, and all their experience was stored in the “Scriptures Repositories.” With a little effort, she could easily extract a large amount of experience.

This time, she came to the Jin Gu Star in the early 1.4 version. Due to the official increasing the version level cap, most of the experience in the “Scriptures Repositories” of the Jin Gu Star players had already been used up. Even with all her efforts, the experience she could extract was limited to what remained.

“It’s all the planner’s fault. If the 1.4 version had been released later, would I have gone hungry?”

Bai Fu pouted.

But despite her complaints, after exploiting this wave of players, she gained 610 million experience. Adding to her previous reserves, she now had a total of 1.5 billion experience.

1.5 billion, too much to spend, at least for now.

Enough experience to level up her main profession to 110, max out her newly unlocked skills, open several high-level blueprints, and bring her secondary profession to A-grade peak.

“Everything is ready, except for one piece of advanced knowledge!”

Bai Fu’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.

After closing the attribute panel, she immediately found Feng Youjing. She stated her intentions clearly, asking Feng Youjing to help find trustworthy players to act as undercover agents when the Tower of Secrets arrived.

“Like Tai Ergen?” Feng Youjing’s eyes lit up.

Bai Fu nodded. “Exactly.”

“Can I do it too?”

“No, because the long-distance signal was sent in your name. If you go, the Tower of Secrets will suspect your motives.”

“I see.”

Feng Youjing felt deeply disappointed. Well, if he couldn’t be an undercover agent, he would have to stay close to Bai Fu. That was his top priority.

He quickly contacted other players, and within half a day, thousands of players signed up. Bai Fu picked out hundreds and prepared them.

“I’m ready here. Now, let’s see what the Tower of Secrets does next. Will they bombard with ship cannons, engage in ground combat, or release a flood like they did on the Heaven Lake Star?”

Thinking of the flood, Bai Fu wanted to laugh.

Flood?

If the Tower of Secrets really did that, it would be time for them to realize that the flood formed by players gathering together was the most terrifying flood of all!

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Time flew by, and two days later.

On the fleet of the Tower of Secrets.

Foster watched the large screen in the cockpit and issued orders: “End warp flight status. All ships enter Level 1 alert status. All nests enter preheating status!”

At the entrance of the cockpit, Thessia, who was parasitizing a cleaner, couldn’t help but get excited.

Bai Fu, I’m back. This time, I’ll definitely eat you alive!

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