Chapter 222

Chapter 222: What a calamity, who let Bai Fu enter the Star Ocean? [54k]

Under the domination of anger, Sinturion smashed the control panel in front of him with one punch.

The flying mechanical parts bounced off his forehead and made close contact with the bulging veins on his temples that resembled old tree roots.

After bouncing a few times, the mechanical parts fell to the ground, making a crisp sound. But this sound couldn’t drown out his heavy breathing.

Sinturion was furious.

Due to extreme anger, his skin color had changed from its original pale red to a dark red as if he were congested and swollen.

However, his cardiovascular health was much better than Youlia had imagined; despite his rage, he still stood firm.

A few minutes later, Sinturion regained his composure.

Seeing the starship flying further away from the destination, he realized it wasn’t the time to be angry. The urgent task was to inform others about what happened so they could prepare mentally.

Sinturion immediately contacted the other teams sent by the headquarters, but no matter how he called through the communicator, there was no response.

Helplessly, he quickly contacted the Black Flute Pirate Group. After a rustling sound, the connection was finally established.

He quickly informed Daken, the leader of the Black Flute Pirate Group, about what happened on his side, urging Daken to be cautious.

Then, he urgently contacted the Tower of Secrets headquarters. The master of the Tower of Secrets didn’t say much, just angrily cursed Bai Fu for a while, then said he would notify the other groups and asked Sinturion to find a way to catch up quickly.

Sinturion’s reaction was quick, but when Bai Fu used the Virtual Heart to seize control of the starship, how could she not tamper with his communicator?

In fact, both Daken and the master of the Tower of Secrets were impersonated by Bai Fu. She had already stolen their voices during the eavesdropping on Daken’s communication with the Tower of Secrets headquarters.

If Sinturion had been vigilant enough, he should have suspected that his communicator had been tampered with. However, it didn’t matter, Bai Fu wasn’t worried at all that he might uncover her trick.

So what if he did uncover it?

Could Sinturion fly out of the communicator and hit her?

There are indeed those in the Star Ocean capable of such feats, but clearly, Sinturion was not among them.

“As long as I can prevent Sinturion from contacting others normally, the next step…”

Bai Fu’s gaze locked onto the small red point specially marked by the spaceship AI on the radar map. These points represented the starships of the Black Flute Pirate Group.

At this moment, Daken, the leader of the Black Flute Pirate Group, was contacting the reinforcements sent by the Tower of Secrets one by one.

His purpose for contacting them was simple — he wanted to ask one question:

“Are you here yet? Are you here yet? Are you here yet?”

Surviving a brush with death did not make Daken feel relieved; instead, he became even more nervous and scared.

A person’s reputation is like a shadow.

That was Bai Fu!

Known as the toughest woman in the Sea Lion Galaxy System, causing chaos within the Tower of Secrets, even making the master of the Tower curse her.

Now she had come to hunt him down. How could he not be afraid? After all, he was only an A-level superhuman. Asking him to participate in this level of conflict was too difficult.

Unless he boarded the rescue ship of the Tower of Secrets, Daken wouldn’t relax for a moment.

Fortunately, everything had gone smoothly so far. Everyone he had asked told him, “We’re almost there, just hold on a little longer.” Especially Sinturion, who confidently assured him that Bai Fu was nothing but a fart, and would be defeated instantly upon meeting.

Disaster-level superhumans are often proud.

“Well, then I will look forward to seeing Master Sinturion’s heroic figure!”

“Of course, of course.”

Bai Fu turned off the communicator, ending the conversation with Daken.

Then, she turned around smilingly to Youlia and said, “Alright, now we can go to the rendezvous point and wait for the Black Flute Pirate Group to deliver themselves.”

Youlia twitched the corner of her mouth: “I’m starting to be glad that we only fought twice before transitioning into a cooperative relationship. Otherwise, if I were sold out by you, I’d probably still be happily helping you count your money.”

Bai Fu rolled her eyes.

As if you were some innocent little rabbit! Don’t forget who kept coming to me under the guise of conducting experiments to discuss magic every day. If it weren’t for my early investment in physical constitution, I would have been squeezed dry like those corpses lying in the Goli Desert by now.

Don’t rush, after helping Scarlet Leaf ascend to the Disaster level, just watch how I squeeze back. Without stacking the Apostle Heart to the fifth level, you won’t leave the laboratory!

“It’s time to get to work.”

Bai Fu shouted in the internal channel of the Dark Moon Tide.

…

Half an hour later.

Near asteroid E3-X012 in the asteroid belt.

Daken’s gaze kept shifting between the radar map and the communicator. His subordinates nearby dared not say a word, and the entire ship was as oppressive as a morgue.

After an unknown amount of time, a small blue dot suddenly appeared on the radar map, and the communicator rang at the same time.

“We’ve arrived, where are you? Come over quickly.”

Daken recognized the voice – it was Rolf, the S+ level superhuman of the Tower of Secrets.

Fantastic!

The reinforcements had finally arrived!

If his subordinates hadn’t been nearby, Daken would have cried. Who knew how much pressure he had endured these past few hours.

Once he joined forces with the people from the Tower of Secrets, even if Bai Fu came after them again, it wouldn’t be his problem anymore. All he had to do was hand over the prototype of the dissociative medication, and then he could sit back and enjoy watching Bai Fu fight with the Tower of Secrets.

This time, the Tower of Secrets had dispatched a Disaster-level superhuman. Even if Bai Fu could withstand the ship’s cannons, could she possibly withstand the attack of a Disaster-level superhuman?

Daken sincerely prayed, hoping Bai Fu would be foolish enough to blindly run straight into Sinturion’s gun sights, allowing Sinturion to eliminate this super menace for all the villains in the Initial Gateway Star Cluster.

All the villains of the Initial Gateway Star Cluster, lend your strength to Sinturion! Exterminate pests and shine today!

Daken prayed sincerely and then issued orders to his crew.

“Advance full speed towards the target point and meet up with Rolf.”

Hearing that they could join forces with the people from the Tower of Secrets, Daken’s subordinates also cheered.

Hooray, we’re saved! Hooray, finally saved!

About two minutes later, a spaceship appeared in Daken’s sight. It was a typical Tower of Secrets style spacecraft, over 400 meters long, the size of an ordinary escort ship.

Daken had no doubts. After communicating with the operator on the opposing ship, he slowed down the speed of his ship, disarmed it, and approached for docking.

With a clicking sound, the docking channels of the two ships connected.

“Master Rolf, thank you so much this time. If you hadn’t traveled billions of miles to save me, I wouldn’t know what to do. From now on, my life belongs to you. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west!”

While expressing loyalty through the communicator, Daken anxiously awaited the opening of the ship’s cabin door.

“Oh, that’s what you said, then I won’t hesitate.”

“Hesitate? No need to hesitate, you can command me however you want…”

Daken’s voice abruptly stopped because the door in front of him had opened, revealing the person behind it.

This person was someone he knew all too well.

Isn’t this Bai Fu?

But why is Bai Fu here?

Daken’s brain froze, and those following him were in similar situations. No one screamed, no one showed expressions of terror; they all stood stiffly, as if affected by a time-stop button.

The clear sound of shoes tapping the ground grew closer.

When the sound disappeared, Bai Fu had already stopped in front of Daken.

“Thank you for personally delivering the prototype of the dissociative medication to me amidst your busy schedule.”

Bai Fu nodded at Daken and smiled warmly.

As she spoke, she extended her right hand and took the box containing the prototype that Daken was holding.

“You… you… you…”

Daken stammered repeatedly, unable to utter a complete sentence.

No matter how he calculated, he never expected things to develop this way.

Why was Bai Fu on the Tower of Secrets’ spaceship? Did Rolf betray them? Or did Bai Fu kill Rolf and take over the Tower of Secrets’ spaceship?

Daken thought hard but couldn’t figure it out. He felt like his head was about to explode.

He could never imagine that his own flagship had already been taken over by Bai Fu, nor could he imagine that Bai Fu had made the AI of his spaceship simulate false images, causing him to mistake Bai Fu’s spaceship for the Tower of Secrets’ spaceship.

At this moment, Daken only wanted to swear.

What a calamity!

Why did he agree to help the Tower of Secrets keep the prototype of the dissociative medication just to curry favor with them? This thing may enhance the spirit, but not by much. Now Bai Fu had targeted him.

What a calamity!

Who created such a monster as Bai Fu and sent it to the Star Ocean to harm them?

No, this isn’t the time to swear. Surrendering is the best option.

“I…”

Just as Daken opened his mouth, Bai Fu activated the mental lock pendant hanging from her chest.

An invisible…



A wave of her spiritual energy surged forward like a tide. All those who were hit instantly had a vacant look in their eyes as a new status appeared after their names—

[Descent of the Divine]

Under the brainwashing effects of Descent of the Divine, every member of Black Whistle Pirates, with Daken at the forefront, became Bai Fu’s loyal dogs.

Bai Fu wasn’t in a hurry to take out the Black Whistle Pirates. She still wanted to lure over the reinforcements from the Tower of Secrets one by one and kill them. Since deception was involved, how could she do without these extras from the Black Whistle Pirates?

“Hurry up!”

Before the reinforcements from the Tower of Secrets arrived, Bai Fu quickly directed Youlia, Scarlet Leaf, and Tessia to transfer to the Black Whistle Pirates’ starship. As for the starship they were originally on, it was simply parked near a relatively large asteroid nearby.

After everything was prepared, Bai Fu pulled out the Dark Domain Bug Queen and handed over the four additional prototypes of dissociative medication she had collected to her.

“Don’t forget your previous promise.”

“Tsk, underestimating people, huh? I’m a queen, a queen has dignity. Do you understand what it means when a queen gives her word?”

The Dark Domain Bug Queen sniffed lightly and then rolled over to the prototype.

As before, the prototype began to fuse with her.

What was different this time was that after the fusion was complete, clear cracks appeared on the surface of the bug eggs.

Were they about to crawl out of the eggs?

Bai Fu watched the bug egg with interest, wanting to see what the Dark Domain Bug Queen looked like. The ordinary dark domain bugs weren’t exactly ugly, but at least each one had its own abstract form.

Not only her, Youlia and the others were now staring intently at the bug egg.

The Dark Domain Bug Queen being observed showed no shyness whatsoever; instead, she became even more excited.

Haha, commoners, admire the beauty of this queen!

Soft blue light emanated from the cracks in the bug egg. As the crack grew larger, the blue light completely enveloped the entire room.

When the light gradually faded, what appeared in Bai Fu’s line of sight was a creature about 40 centimeters long.

It hovered in mid-air, resembling a butterfly at first glance. Its four pale blue wings fluttered lightly, like delicate silk dancing in the wind, dreamlike and fantastical. But its upper body had already transformed into a humanoid shape, differing from the common space humanoids only in the details.

For instance, there was a blue diamond-shaped mark on her forehead, as if an embedded matte gemstone.

For instance, behind her temples were upward-growing feather-like structures, cute like tufts of hair.

For instance, her teeth were serrated, indicating a good appetite.

For instance, her fingers seemed to be made up of segmented shells rather than regular flesh and blood, exuding a cold sharpness.

But no matter what, in Bai Fu’s aesthetic judgment, this was a very cute semi-human, semi-bug lifeform, not less adorable than Anya.

“This is the appearance I evolved myself. How about it, am I mesmerizing?”

The Dark Domain Bug Queen proudly wagged her large tail below.

“You can call me Queen Xiphilis! Phew~ Finally out of that cramped bug egg, I was almost suffocated. When I fully recover my strength, my lower half will also transform into a human form, which will be even better-looking.”

Bai Fu sneered slightly. What are you proud of? You’re not as beautiful as me.

“Alright, alright, stop being self-absorbed. Hurry up and help Scarlet Leaf enhance her mental power.”

“Eh, aren’t you planning to enhance your own mental power?”

Xiphilis was somewhat surprised. She had intended to leave her mark on Bai Fu while enhancing Bai Fu’s mental power.

She was very satisfied with Bai Fu, a woman qualified to be her queen both in ability and appearance.

“I don’t need it. I have my own methods. Help Scarlet Leaf first. The priority is to get Scarlet Leaf promoted to the Catastrophe level as soon as possible.”

At Bai Fu’s urging, Xiphilis regretfully took out her own mental essence to help Scarlet Leaf enhance her mental attributes. It was at this moment that Bai Fu received a notification that the task was completed.

[You have completed the main quest [Dispute of the Dark Domain Bug Clan (Part One)], rewarded with 24 million experience points and the mental essence of the Dark Domain Bug Queen.]

Enveloped by the mental essence, Scarlet Leaf’s mental attributes increased at an unimaginable speed.

+1, +1, +1…

Goodness, even the repeaters in the chat group wouldn’t press +1 so fast.

However, this state didn’t last long.

After increasing for a period of time, the speed of attribute growth slowed down. In the end, the growth amount stopped at 271.

This number wasn’t particularly exaggerated, considering Scarlet Leaf absorbed a portion of Xiphilis’ mental essence, and Xiphilis at her prime had Overlord-level strength.

Bai Fu walked to Scarlet Leaf, who had her eyes closed. “How do you feel?”

Everyone looked at Scarlet Leaf, waiting for her answer.

Scarlet Leaf’s body trembled involuntarily.

The feeling…

Since the day her sister passed away, it felt like a heavy burden had been pressing on her shoulders. But today, she felt that the burden had finally been lifted. She could control the void power within her body with her own will. She had never felt so light in her body, nor had she ever felt such a strong desire to express her gratitude in a rather intense way.

“Bai Fu.”

Scarlet Leaf suddenly opened her eyes and hugged Bai Fu tightly.

If it were just that, things would have been easier to handle, but unfortunately, at the moment she hugged Bai Fu, Scarlet Leaf lost herself and kissed Bai Fu passionately.

“???”

The previous second, Tessia was still envious that Scarlet Leaf had finally escaped the constraints of the void, while she was still deeply trapped in the torment of spiders.

The next second, Tessia immediately got angry and her hair started to move around.

What are you doing?

Kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you…

Fortunately, Youlia was right beside her, otherwise Tessia might have really taken action.

Xiphilis didn’t have the same restraint as Tessia.

Hey hey hey, what are you commoners doing, daring to touch my person? This is outrageous!

She angrily flapped her wings trying to pull Scarlet Leaf away, but even though she had transformed into a bug, her level was still only 50. Trying to shake off Scarlet Leaf was like dreaming.

In the end, Scarlet Leaf realized what she had done and awkwardly let go of Bai Fu.

“I… I was too excited just now. I’ll calm down. After I evolve my race into a prophet, I can ascend to the Catastrophe level. You… goodbye.”

The always carefree Scarlet Leaf blushed for the first time.

While running away, she still glanced back at Bai Fu. After reaching a secluded corner, she couldn’t help licking her lips, reminiscing about Bai Fu’s taste.

Bai Fu coughed lightly.

Ahem ahem.

Scarlet Leaf probably needed another half day to ascend to the Catastrophe level. Next, let’s deal with the Tower of Secrets!

We’ve already seized the Black Whistle Pirates’ starship. If we don’t trick some members of the Tower of Secrets, isn’t this ship stolen for nothing?

Seeing Bai Fu bring up serious matters, the others could only temporarily put aside thoughts of Scarlet Leaf. They held their breath, waiting for Bai Fu to contact the reinforcements from the Tower of Secrets.

“Lord Rolf, it’s me, Daken. I’ve arrived at the agreed location. Oh oh, you’re coming soon? Great!”

Ten minutes later, Rolf piloted his starship to the agreed location.

Just like before, the two starships docked.

Rolf never expected that after the hatch opened, he would be greeted not by Daken, but by a simultaneous dark burn attack from He Fu and Bai Fu, along with a full-blood-sucking skill from Tessia.

He didn’t even have time to cry out before he fell to the ground.

After casually dealing with the rest of the people on the ship, Bai Fu used Daken’s communicator to call other members of the Tower of Secrets.

“Lord Sorel, it’s me, Daken. Lord Rolf and I have already arrived at the agreed location. You…”

Twenty minutes later.

“Lord Garrett, it’s me, Daken. Lord Rolf, Lord Sorel, and I have already…”

This time, Bai Fu failed to take out Garrett because the other members of the Tower of Secrets came during the fight.

Alright.

Since the act cannot continue, I won’t pretend anymore!

Isn’t it just a star monster plus two S+ levels? She doesn’t fear single combat, let alone with Tessia’s assistance.

Bai Fu tore off her disguise. She first let Daken, who had been brainwashed by the Descent of the Divine, drive the spaceship to find Sinturion, then she took Tessia toward the spaceship of the Tower of Secrets and the Abyssal Stalker.

“Come out and duel with me if you dare!”

Bai Fu shouted loudly on the interstellar general broadcast channel.

The people from the Tower of Secrets were already seething with anger due to her actions. Seeing her step forward and no longer playing tricks, they all laughed.

Duel?

“Activate the main cannon. Once we start fighting Bai Fu, use the main cannon to sneak attack Bai Fu. She might be able to withstand Reynold’s spaceship’s main cannon, but I don’t believe she can block the main cannon of my spaceship!”

Morin, the S+ superhuman who came to pick up Garrett, revealed a cruel expression.

They were previously tricked by Bai Fu, and now it was their turn to trick her back!

After issuing the order, Morin, Garrett, and the Abyssal Stalker flew towards Bai Fu and Tessia together with full confidence.

They were confident, but they didn’t realize that the control of their spaceship had actually fallen into Bai Fu’s hands a long time ago.

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