Chapter 113: Completion of the Promotion Task, the Path to the Peak! [63k]
“President, urgent news!”
The president of the Truth Society had just returned to the laboratory when he received an absolutely terrible piece of news.
Bernardo, the Chief of Operations Department far away at the Truth Society headquarters, received top-secret intelligence from agents embedded within the Railway Guild’s territory. One and a half hours ago, the Railway Guild’s upper echelons suddenly convened an emergency meeting attended by the current chairman, the former chairman, the commander-in-chief of the army, Intelligence Minister Zhou Hailong, External Liaison Bureau Director Su Li of the Undead people, and others.
In a meeting room with maximum confidentiality measures in place, they held a half-hour meeting. Afterward, the Railway Guild immediately began mobilizing its forces. It was rumored that even the elite agents who were on vacation received orders, forcing them to end their holidays prematurely and gather at military camps along the western border of the Railway Guild.
Half an hour after the mobilization order was issued, troops stationed in the capital of the Railway Guild completed their assembly and swiftly headed towards the military camp via armed helicopters to pick up agents arriving from other places.
Moreover, the Truth Society’s agents embedded in the Allied Forces unexpectedly collected urgent intelligence. It was rumored that when the Railway Guild announced its mobilization, the Allied Forces and the Former Republic also received invitations for joint operations. Due to the urgency of time, neither the Allied Forces nor the Former Republic dispatched large numbers of troops, but the high-level agents they did send out were enough to make any major power feel uneasy.
Was there anyone or any force that required the three powers to mobilize so many people simultaneously?
After much deliberation, Bernardo could only think of his own Truth Society, so he immediately reported the news to the president located far away in the Marsk Laboratory.
Recalling what had just happened, the president’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Although there was no direct evidence, he was already one hundred percent sure that those people were heading straight for the Marsk Laboratory.
“Bai Fu, Bai Fu, Bai Fu…”
He kept muttering this name, his anger growing with each repetition.
He had never imagined that someone he once considered a minor player could cause him so much trouble.
Firstly, her interference at the abandoned cooling plant slowed down the research progress of the “Evolutionary Blood” agent. Then she captured Li Cheng at the Lin En gathering place, which might lead the Gene Progenitor to guess his true identity. She then attacked the Black Eagle Base, causing significant damage to the Truth Society. Now, she revealed the location of the Marsk Laboratory, leading to the Railway Guild taking action.
The president could only be grateful that the final verification of the new mutant experiment had been fully completed before the Marsk Laboratory was discovered, allowing it to enter formal production. Otherwise, even if it risked the possible failure of the ultimate plan, he would personally lead a team to the Goli Desert to crush Bai Fu and her Silent Courtyard into powder.
“What kind of person is she?”
Bai Fu’s true identity was definitely not simple.
He had once suspected that Bai Fu was a secret agent cultivated by the Gene Progenitor, but considering the abilities Bai Fu displayed now, she absolutely could not be.
“Bernardo, go investigate. Let the intelligence department investigate. Oh yes, let those undead who have joined us investigate as well. We must find out Bai Fu’s true identity!”
“Ah? Yes!”
Upon receiving the order, Bernardo hesitated for a moment but quickly agreed.
When this order reached the ears of the players, a new storm began brewing, though few people paid attention at the moment.
The president ended the communication with Bernardo and officially issued the retreat command.
A large amount of laboratory equipment needed to be destroyed, which made him somewhat heartbroken, but it was a necessary cost.
All for the ultimate plan!
The president’s gaze passed through the vast Celestial Sea outside the laboratory door.
“Now, I only need the final step. As long as I can uncover the secrets surrounding Youlia, there will be no one left in this world who can stop me!”
Invincible, what a wonderful word.
“Pan Yunyi, release that test subject. Use the people coming over shortly to test his real strength.”
…
As the members of the Marsk Laboratory were troubled by the urgent retreat, Bai Fu was also feeling quite troubled at the moment.
The recently triggered promotion task [Proof of Courage] was a very special mission. The task had three branches, but completing any one branch counted as completing the task.
[Branch 1: Defeat a target whose total level is no less than 38.]
[Branch 2: Collect three blueprints for [Purple] quality rare Prayer Cards.]
[Branch 3: Collect an additional Spiritual Energy knowledge chain.]
[Reward: 300,000 experience points, 1 random talent or passive skill, qualification to advance to a higher-level class.]
The rewards for the task were quite generous.
300,000 experience may not seem like a lot, but the random talents and passive skills in the additional rewards were extremely powerful.
The only problem was that Bai Fu was suffering from decision paralysis when facing this task.
Branch 1 was straightforward brute-force monster hunting, but finding a monster with a total level no less than 38 wasn’t easy. She had wandered around the Goli Desert for several months without encountering such a powerful sandworm.
Branch 2 was a collection task. Although the requirement of purple quality didn’t seem too high, among the prayer card blueprints she currently possessed, only [Penetrating Spear] was of purple quality. Collecting three additional purple-quality blueprints would likely take a considerable amount of time or experience.
Branch 3 was also a collection task. Considering the difficulty of collecting Spiritual Energy knowledge chains previously, she didn’t think she could achieve this goal in a short period of time.
“Truly worthy of being a promotion task for a higher-level class, none of the branches are stress-free.”
Bai Fu couldn’t help but complain.
However, compared to regular NPCs needing to “enlighten” themselves to break through bottlenecks, and regular players who could currently only increase their main class level up to 25, she felt pretty satisfied with her situation.
“Anyway, there’s no need to force a choice. We’ll see later.”
Even if it was troublesome, a month’s time would be sufficient for her to complete the promotion task.
Bai Fu closed the task interface, and suddenly her personal terminal vibrated, signaling an incoming message from Su Li.
[Are you available?]
Bai Fu replied: [You’re contacting me now, surely not to tell me you’re about to launch a military operation, right?]
[Do you even know where I am right now and who is around me?]
Su Li seemed rather smug.
Riddle-solvers, get out!
Bai Fu’s expression darkened: [If you don’t tell me, I’ll block you.]
[Sigh, alright, fine, I’ll tell you.]
Su Li rolled her eyes in annoyance.
[We set out half an hour ago. We’re currently picking people up. After picking them up, we’ll fly directly to the Marsk Wasteland. Outside the wasteland, we’ll meet up with the Allied Forces and the Railway Guild personnel, and then we’ll head to the place you mentioned. At that time, I and other elite agents will converge with you as the vanguard force. It should take approximately an hour.]
An hour?
Bai Fu calculated that unless the people at the Marsk Laboratory simply evacuated and ignored everything else, they absolutely wouldn’t be able to complete the evacuation within an hour.
This was good news; she might still be able to gain some benefits by following behind the allied forces.
However, killing the president of the Truth Society here was clearly impossible. Everything was too rushed, and the president of the Truth Society had ample time to escape. Even if he hadn’t fled immediately, the number of people coming wouldn’t be enough to stop him.
Although she couldn’t see his exact data, Bai Fu was certain that he must possess a damage reduction talent or skill; otherwise, the injury inflicted by He Fu’s desperate attack wouldn’t have been so low.
[The exact location is… Don’t mess it up. I’ll try my best to buy you more time.]
Bai Fu sent over precise coordinates.
During the previous battle, He Fu and most of the players had been defeated. Currently, only a dozen relatively weak players remained by her side, such as battlefield reporter Jiujiao.
“You guys…”
Bai Fu turned around, intending to ask Jiujiao and the others to scare the people inside the Marsk Laboratory again, but she was startled by their expressions.
What the hell?
All the players looked sorrowful, as if they had just received a critical illness diagnosis from a doctor.
“What’s wrong with you?” Bai Fu asked.
Jiujiao suppressed her inner distress: “Fufu… sigh, I know you’re feeling pent-up frustration right now, so upset you want to die.”
Why would I feel upset or want to die if nothing’s wrong?
Bai Fu was utterly confused, sensing that these players were putting on some sort of performance to “help her fight against the world.”
“I don’t know how to console you either, because your beloved younger sister just died at the hands of the Truth Society agents. All I can do is promise you that we will definitely avenge her. So please don’t act impulsively now, leave everything to us!”
As Jiujiao spoke, she and the other players exchanged glances, then resolutely walked into the night, heading towards the distant Marsk Laboratory like fearless space marines.
“???”
Bai Fu finally understood why Jiujiao and the others acted this way — because she had intentionally left things unsaid, so the players mistakenly thought He Fu was her twin sister. And since He Fu had been dispersed by the president of the Truth Society earlier, many players mistakenly believed He Fu was dead.
The sudden death of such an important NPC caused quite a stir!
When Bai Fu opened Jiujiao’s live stream, she found the chatroom in utter chaos, with members of the Fu Sect and fans going crazy everywhere.
[No! Sister Fu, my Sister Fu, how could you die! (Little Xiao Bai Fu crying emoticon)]
[The planner has no heart. Why design such a strong monster? Sister Fu, your death was so tragic!]
[Sigh, Fu Fu’s heart must be shattered now. I hope she doesn’t get into trouble.]
[Why? The second jailer of the star cluster is gone just like that?]
Some players even started a cyber funeral for He Fu in Jiujiao’s live stream.
Bai Fu: “…”
This is absurd.
She flipped through the community posts, and while most players expressed sadness and shock over He Fu’s death, some felt regret.
Why did He Fu die instead of Bai Fu? If Bai Fu had died, all players would return to the same starting line. What a pity!
Bai Fu’s lips twitched.
Laugh now, but soon you won’t be laughing!
It was quite ridiculous how events unfolded, but Jiujiao and the others voluntarily running to the Marsk Laboratory spared her from having to issue another task.
Though Jiujiao and the others were weak, their arrival genuinely scared the people inside the laboratory, making them believe they were surrounded. They immediately stopped what they were doing and went on high alert.
This situation continued for a while before the people in the laboratory realized something was wrong.
Shit, we’ve been tricked!
They proceeded to beat up Jiujiao and her group severely, directly pounding them back to the Goli Desert.
“President, there’s no time to waste; you should leave first.”
The President of the Truth Society did not refuse. He left by land ahead of time with important documents and researchers, departing from the laboratory.
More than forty minutes later, Su Li indeed arrived with her group. Their breaths were uneven, drenched in sweat, clearly having pushed themselves to the limit without stopping even once.
It made sense; they were waiting for none other than the President of the Truth Society and a hidden laboratory of the Truth Society!
“This is Beihim, Deputy Minister of Intelligence of the Former Republic…”
“This is Ting Hongtao, Director of the Abnormal Countermeasures Bureau of the Allied Forces…”
Su Li quickly introduced these agents to Bai Fu. As she introduced them, Bai Fu also cast a round of Spiritual Vision skills.
Elite is elite; the weakest agent here had an overall level of 31, and some of the strongest ones had unlocked advanced classes.
Truly, a gathering of the wise!
Beihim, with a face full of bitterness and resentment, interrupted Su Li’s introduction.
“We’ll talk about this later. Let’s go to that laboratory first. I can’t wait to tear the President of the Truth Society into pieces!”
The others nodded in agreement, all making fierce threats.
Bai Fu wanted to comment, “Not really, with this level difference, if you fight, the President will probably just twist your head off.”
“Be careful, or don’t blame me when you die,” Bai Fu said to Su Li.
Su Li nodded.
Her situation was somewhat similar to Bai Fu’s. Recently, her position had improved, but her experience and strength were nowhere near enough compared to these old veterans, so very few people paid attention to what she said.
Bai Fu thus followed the main force toward the Marsk Laboratory.
Now, no one was paying attention to her, and she was quite happy to secretly stay at the back.
She had already shown off enough in front of the Truth Society. If she moved forward now, wouldn’t it be like offering herself up for a beating? That would not be in her interest.
Her current plan was to complete the class change quest first. After successfully unlocking the advanced class, she would complete both main quests, and after finishing the main quests, she could pretty much walk around freely on this beginner planet.
With a group of professionals paving the way, Bai Fu effortlessly reached near the Marsk Laboratory.
The President of the Truth Society had already left ahead of time, but there were still some people who hadn’t managed to evacuate. They never expected the Allied Forces to arrive so quickly. They had originally planned to completely erase the experimental equipment and data before leaving.
“Surrender and we won’t kill!” Beihim shouted loudly.
His words received no response.
The laboratory doors were wide open, resembling a sleeping beast, evoking unease.
A mechanical engineer stepped forward: “Leave it to me.”
He released a large number of miniature probe machines and began attempting to infiltrate the laboratory network, disabling the laboratory’s defense system.
As he acted, the others were not idle either. They displayed extremely high professionalism, laying traps around the laboratory or using various ranged attack methods to bombard the laboratory.
However, no matter what they did, the people inside the laboratory refused to come out, clearly intending to die together with the laboratory.
“How stubborn!”
Beihim bristled with murderous intent.
At this moment, the mechanical engineer shouted: “I have successfully infiltrated the internal system of the laboratory. Just wait a moment, I’ll pull up the surveillance.”
Everyone crowded their heads together, Bai Fu included.
The terminal screen flickered a few times, then a spacious corridor appeared on the screen. But at this moment, no one was paying attention to the corridor. All eyes were focused on the monster emerging from the depths of the corridor.
It was a creature with a bloated and distorted body resembling a ferocious beast, yet its head largely retained human form!
“What the hell is this thing?”
Even Bai Fu felt a bit nauseous at the strange appearance of the monster.
“It’s coming! Its target is us!”
The mechanical engineer suddenly shouted out loud. The images on the terminal screen kept changing, and everyone watched as the monster crossed corridor after corridor, finally appearing near the entrance of the laboratory.
【Fierce Beast Mutant No. 1 (BOSS)】
【Template】: Fierce Beast Mutant
【Main Class】: Savage Beast Warrior Lv19 [Lower Class Lv10], Truth Hunter Lv2 [Lower Class Agent Lv10]
【Health Points】: 2500/2500
This was a dungeon BOSS with a total level of 41, a health bar of 2500, and extremely exaggerated physical stats and resistances. Its danger level was red, extremely dangerous!
Bai Fu’s pupils shrank sharply.
This BOSS had high resistance, which meant that she, temporarily without He Fu, couldn’t easily deal with it. But now she had a group of tough men and women around her, and as long as she followed them, she could kill this Fierce Beast Mutant and complete her class change quest.
From repulsion to joy, it only took one Spiritual Vision skill.
When the mutant charged over, Bai Fu didn’t feel worried or afraid; instead, she was filled with boundless joy and gratitude towards the President of the Truth Society.
She was just worrying about where to find a monster not lower than level 38, and the President had conveniently sent it to her. She was willing to call the President of the Truth Society her new big brother.
The Fierce Beast Mutant launched a storm-like attack. Bai Fu stayed on the periphery, occasionally throwing buffs like fervor or chain reaction to help others strengthen themselves. Occasionally, when she noticed that the mutant’s hatred was completely attracted by the other NPCs, she sneaked in a few attacks to gain some damage output.
This coasting performance caused some people to start doubting her abilities.
Is this the new queen of the Dark Realm?
Bai Fu didn’t care. When the mutant was injured and surrounded in an awkward position, she suddenly used Battle Etiquette on the mutant.
Controlled by Battle Etiquette, the mutant couldn’t move, and could only watch helplessly as everyone around him poured all sorts of moves onto him.
“Roar—”
It let out a beastly wail, the sound even causing the ground to shake.
But all of this was futile. One cannot win against many. Everyone rushed forward, punching, kicking, shooting, and charging, finally killing the Fierce Beast Mutant.
With the death of the Fierce Beast Mutant, Beihim and the others were still unable to relax.
This was a monster they had never seen before, powerful enough to withstand the attacks of agents who had unlocked advanced classes for a period of time.
If the Truth Society only had one such monster, it would be fine, but if there were more…
Dark clouds gathered, danger lurked everywhere!
Only Bai Fu was secretly happy; she received a game prompt.
【Fierce Beast Mutant No. 1 has been defeated, contribution rate 4.2%, corrected based on level difference, gained 8400 experience points】
【You have completed the hidden quest [Fierce Beast], rewarded with 200,000 experience points】
【You have completed the class advancement quest [Proof of Courage], rewarded with 300,000 experience points…】
Bai Fu directly selected random talents or passive rewards.
Today’s luck was good; why not seize the opportunity?
【Drawing random talents or passive skills】
【Draw complete】
【1. Repeat Skill (Passive) – When casting active Psionic skills, there’s a 5% chance to automatically use the skill again】
【2. Life Overload (Talent) – You are under the protection of Psionics. After disengaging from combat, when your health is at 100%, a Psionic shield equivalent to 10% of your maximum health will automatically generate】
【3. Psionic Devotion (Talent) – For each True Spirit summon on the field, gain +1 Inspiration, up to +30. You can sacrifice True Spirits on the field to restore health, restoring 25 health per sacrifice, up to 30 sacrifices. Cooldown Time: 120 seconds】
Bai Fu quickly scanned through them and immediately passed on Repeat Skill. A Psionic Prayer Mage who relied on cards and passive/talent skills didn’t benefit from this kind of setup.
She hesitated between Life Overload and Psionic Devotion.
Life Overload was a very promising talent, effectively increasing her maximum health by 10%. Psionic Devotion wasn’t bad either, adding attributes and restoring health.
Considering that she already had a Psionic Shield skill, Bai Fu eventually chose Psionic Devotion.
Although Psionic Devotion might not grow as well as Life Overload, it clearly added more to her combat power at this stage. Skills or talents similar to Life Overload could be brushed up later.
【You have obtained [Psionic Devotion (Talent)]】
The game prompt tone sounded.
Bai Fu exhaled deeply. Now, she was only short of 300,000 more experience points to unlock the advanced class. To accumulate 300,000 experience points, it would take her at most seven or eight days.
But she obviously underestimated today’s harvest. The vast Marsk Laboratory contained far too many good things.
Despite many instruments being taken away or blown up, despite a lot of laboratory data being destroyed, some traces were impossible to erase in a short time.
In the shattered Lab No. 1, Bai Fu found a blueprint that hadn’t been shredded in time.
This blueprint was very crude. If someone else picked it up, they wouldn’t notice anything unusual, but Bai Fu was different. At a glance, she recognized that the monster drawn on the blueprint looked exactly like the Psionic Primordial in the research institute in the Goli Desert.
The Truth Society indeed had an inseparable close relationship with that Psionic Research Institute!
【You have completed the hidden main quest branch 2 [Test Subject] of [Deluded Savior], rewarded with 300,000 experience points】
【You triggered the follow-up quest [Another Psionic Primordial]】
【Quest Objective: Find and destroy another Psionic Primordial hidden by the Truth Society. Rewards depend on contribution】
Bai Fu took a deep breath: “Still need 30,000 experience points.”
Her gaze locked onto several Truth Society members who were still resisting.
When multiple Xiao Xiao Bai Fus exploded among the crowd, the whole world became peaceful.
Bai Fu glanced at her remaining experience. Months of travel, thousands of miles of rushing, countless strong enemies, at this moment, all the efforts condensed into the most delicious fruit—
She opened the path to the peak of the Source Star!
“Level Up!”
PS: Thanks to Chuxin Alter and Wo Zai Donghai Dang Daozhu for their support.
Tomorrow should be double updates. This month, nearly 130,000 words have been written, and the pace will continue to maintain, pushing the story to the climax soon.
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