Chapter 121: Upgrade Positioning, World-Class Boss Bai Fu Makes Her Debut [12]

After the role setting adjustments ended, Bai Fu’s anticipated reinforcement notification finally popped up.

During her last reinforcement, she had gained nine corrections. This time, she received one more, totaling ten.

“The more exploration you unlock, the more reinforcements you get. Of course, having more doesn’t necessarily mean better rewards. I need to see the specifics.”

Bai Fu was in high spirits.

She enjoyed this system where gaining reinforcements was akin to completing hidden quests. The reinforcement rewards were closely tied to her current state and how she was perceived by others. The only inconvenience was that she could only receive these rewards after the version update.

She casually opened the first notification.

[Correction 1: You have come into contact with the Spiritual Energy attribute. Collect more Spiritual Energy knowledge to unlock the attribute.]

“Hmm?”

Bai Fu was taken aback.

This notification was exactly what she expected.

However, this notification was indeed useful. The development of Spiritual Energy classes depended on the class itself and its attributes, and different attributes had distinct effects.

Due to the limited information released on the official website, Bai Fu could only make simple deductions based on her skill, “Dark Burn.” The dark attribute likely applied various debuffs when attacking an opponent.

“Collecting more Spiritual Energy knowledge will unlock the attribute. I’ll have to put in extra effort.”

[Correction 2: Talent [Tough Body] merges with talent [Spiritual Energy Affinity] and passive skill [Natural Breathing] to become a unique talent [Extraordinary Physique (Bai Fu)].]

Before fusion, Tough Body provided +200 Health Points (HP) and +2% resistance to all abnormalities. Spiritual Energy Affinity increased the conversion rate of Spirit Energy by 100% and added +2 Spirit Energy per minute. Natural Breathing increased HP regeneration by 300% after combat.

After fusion, the unique talent Extraordinary Physique (Bai Fu) showed a significant boost.

[Extraordinary Physique (Bai Fu): During your growth, your body has exhibited extraordinary traits. HP max +10% (base HP), Spirit Energy conversion rate +100%, HP regeneration +150%, Spirit Energy regeneration +100%, post-combat HP regeneration +300%, post-combat Spirit Energy regeneration +200%, all abnormal resistances +2%.]

Without mentioning the additional bonuses, the increase in HP max by 10% was a massive improvement for Bai Fu, who already had a thick health bar.

“This is no ordinary talent! It’s much stronger than regular talents!”

Bai Fu clearly felt her body becoming more robust, which was a direct result of her thicker health bar and increased durability.

She happily opened the third notification.

[Correction 3: Skill [Super Burst] is corrected to exclusive skill [Super Burst (Bai Fu)].]

This correction brightened Bai Fu’s eyes.

Super Burst was a burst-type skill she had obtained from the young Youlia during their first meeting.

At that time, the effect was quite powerful, adding +7 Strength, +7 Agility, and +5 Spirit. But now, with her level and stats significantly higher, the temporary boosts seemed less cost-effective compared to the effort required.

[Super Burst (Bai Fu): Consumes 30% Spirit Energy and 20% HP to enter Super Burst mode, lasting 10 minutes. During this period, Strength +18, Agility +18, Spirit +10. Cooldown: 24 hours.]

Although the bonus wasn’t high, it was still useful in critical moments, especially the boost to Agility. With the addition of Black Fu, Overflowing Colors, combat gear, and this skill, she could temporarily raise her Agility from 45 to 94, enough to catch up with advanced martial artists.

Tough yet capable of output, fast and agile, with a continuous string of attack moves—families, who understands how troublesome this boss is!

Bai Fu was relieved that this boss was herself. If she encountered such a boss while traveling, she would be furious and directly curse the game developers.

“Bad review, must give a bad review! Do you think I’m Dante?”

[Correction 4: Character strength positioning changes from [Regional Boss (Goli Desert)] to [World Boss (Source Star)].]

This correction was straightforward and had little impact on her.

However, it was significant for players opposing her. With the change in positioning, any tasks related to her would offer much better rewards.

Only world bosses should have world boss treatment!

Bai Fu checked the remaining corrections, all related to the Silent Courtyard.

[Correction 5: A new feature, [Challenge Dungeon], is added to the [Silent Courtyard] management interface.]

“Is this about adapting to the new version’s challenge dungeon feature?”

Bai Fu clicked to read the detailed explanation, and her heart skipped a beat.

Oh my, she hadn’t realized that the new function was so impactful. The benefits of this new feature were far greater than any exclusive talent or skill she might have.

The challenge dungeon feature allowed her to create a dedicated Silent Courtyard dungeon that only Silent Courtyard players could challenge.

The number of dungeons, their levels, and reward tiers were linked to the overall reputation of the faction. With the current reputation of 2100 (rising star), she could only create one challenge dungeon. When her reputation reached 3000, she could create another higher-level challenge dungeon.

“This will attract more players to join the Silent Courtyard!”

But the benefits for Bai Fu went beyond that. What truly attracted her was a special feature of the challenge dungeon—

Pre-battle Preparation!

Players had a pre-battle preparation phase before entering the faction’s challenge dungeon. In this phase, they could freely swap equipment and items and purchase additional items, equipment, skills, and job knowledge books from the built-in shop to enhance their capabilities.

Naturally, purchasing items required money. Bai Fu had some control over what currency was used.

She could set the type of currency. When players purchased skills, job knowledge books, knowledge chains, blueprints, and other “virtual” items she possessed, the currency could be set as experience.

This benefit came at just the right time for Bai Fu, who needed experience.

She had many useful basic skills, like [Flowing Light], [Overflowing Colors], and [Moon Concealment], which were considered divine skills for low-level physical cultivation players. For players using spiritual energy support, skills like [Frenzy], [Spiritual Perception], and [Dispelling] were also considered divine.

“Teaching players skills and job knowledge and profiting from it is the most fitting for a vocational mentor!”

Bai Fu excitedly reviewed the next five corrections.

[Correction 6: Elder Nissen is revised to [Silent Courtyard] [Deputy Commander].]

[Correction 7: Gao Yuan is revised to [Silent Courtyard] [Partner].]

[Correction 8: Anya is revised to [Silent Courtyard] [Quartermaster] [Deputy Commander].]

[Correction 9: [Silent Courtyard] will be revised to one of the main factions of Source Star in version 1.2 [Planet’s Past].]

[Correction 10: The main quest [Watcher’s Lament] in the Goli Desert area will be revised to one of the main quests of Source Star in version 1.2.]

These five corrections were positional adjustments without directly increasing the power of Elder Nissen, Anya, etc., nor did they add buffs to the Silent Courtyard. However, these corrections were necessary for legitimacy, as both the game and players valued these settings.

For example, if she were initially set as the version protagonist, she wouldn’t have needed to work hard to persuade players when dealing with the abandoned cooling factory.

“I’m the protagonist. Follow me. Complete quests, get rewards. Otherwise, scram!”

A legitimate identity was incredibly powerful.

After reviewing all the reinforcement notifications, Bai Fu quickly opened the faction management interface and found a new challenge dungeon feature in the bottom-right corner.

She clicked in and started creating a new dungeon according to the prompts.

According to the instructions, she could create a dungeon based on any major event experienced by members of the Silent Courtyard.

However, since she could only create one dungeon, she had to put considerable effort into selecting the topic to maximize the use of the dungeon for turning player money and experience into her own.

First, the dungeon had to be challenging but not too difficult. It shouldn’t be easy because that wouldn’t motivate players to spend money or repeatedly challenge it to achieve no-damage records or speed runs, thus increasing the spread of the topic.

But the dungeon couldn’t be too difficult either; otherwise, it wouldn’t attract players to spend money. While difficulty in mechanics was acceptable, numerical difficulty could deter players.

Second, it should preferably be a multi-player dungeon. Multi-player dungeons helped her quickly gain experience in the early stages, and multiplayer didn’t mean solo players couldn’t complete it. A solo player completing a multi-player dungeon would become a topic of discussion among many players, attracting top-tier players.

“Most players are now around level 11-20. Experiences from the abandoned cooling factory and Linen Settlement can be ignored as they’re too easy. The BOSSes in the Goli Desert are too high-level, with even the weakest Rattlesnake being level 30 and easily overpowering groups of players. So…”

Let’s choose the battle of Bagalos Base!

Bagalos Base offered four BOSSes for players to challenge, excluding Youlia’s doppelganger. The strongest was Guido, a level 28 martial artist with fire-based abilities. Though he was only two levels lower than the Rattlesnake, his strength gap was significant because the Rattlesnake had a rare spirit-based ability on Source Star.

Currently, players find it very difficult to defeat Guido, but with the 1.2 version, they can continue to develop, level up slightly, and obtain skills and prayer cards from the store, making it possible to overcome Guido. Even if they can’t defeat Guido, they can still take on the deputy commander and supervisor of Bagalos Base, achieving minor accomplishments.

Bai Fu designed the Bagalos dungeon, setting it as a special dungeon where players must defeat four BOSSes to truly clear it, but they can earn stage rewards by defeating any one of the BOSSes.

The strongest doppelganger of Youlia (level 30) was set as a hidden BOSS. In the normal clearing process, players don’t need to fight the doppelganger because her virtual image in the game would hold off the doppelganger, but players can choose to talk to her virtual image and personally challenge the doppelganger.

As a hidden BOSS, Bai Fu also set rich rewards.

[Defeating Youlia’s doppelganger grants an additional knowledge chain for the Spiritual Energy profession on top of the base rewards.]

This reward was highly attractive for Spiritual Energy profession players. Other profession players wouldn’t lose out either; they could sell the knowledge chain to those in need.

After designing the dungeon, Bai Fu spent a lot of time filling the pre-battle preparation shop with a bunch of items and skills.

“It’s ready.”

After working for over two hours, Bai Fu finally completed the dungeon design.

She opened the dungeon description, and a small window popped up in front of her.

[Challenge Dungeon (Silent Courtyard) – Bagalos]

[Dungeon Description]: Before the establishment of the Silent Courtyard, the current leader Bai Fu fought fiercely against the Truth Society in the Bagalos Base, earning a formidable reputation. Now, you can return to that era and experience that intense battle!

[Level Limit]: Lv11~Lv30

[Player Limit]: 1~15

[Fastest Clear Time]: None

[Solo Fastest Clear Time]: None

[First Clear Record]: None

[Clear Time Leaderboard]

Bai Fu added all sorts of records and leaderboards to increase engagement.

Once players start promoting it, competition is sure to ensue, driving players to purchase more items and skills to break records.

“If I remember correctly, the two largest guilds of the Silent Courtyard, Iron Rain and Zhongyi Hall, are fierce rivals. This dungeon will surely prompt them to spend heavily.”

She was thrilled.

Everything was in place, and she could only wait for the version update to end before putting pressure on returning players.

“I’ll squeeze every bit of experience out of you!”

The world boss Bai Fu always maintained a sense of hunger.

But before formally exploiting players, she needed to do a lot of preparatory work.

Since it was a version update, she naturally wanted to surprise players and get them excited.

Bai Fu quickly contacted Gao Yuan: “I need a large stone monument, capable of engraving thousands of names. I also need a skilled stonemason to make it look good.”

Yes, she planned to engrave the names of all players involved in the construction once the five outposts were completed.

This idea came to her after reading a player’s comment about leaving their name on a brick. She had done something similar at the abandoned cooling factory, but she hadn’t engraved player names back then.

This time, engraving player names would further enhance their sense of participation and honor in building the Silent Courtyard.

Offer more incentives, especially those related to reputation and prestige. It wouldn’t cost much and would make players grateful and less resistant to being exploited.

“Being a succubus isn’t something you can become easily. Su Li, Su Li, you want to learn from me, but you’re still far behind!”

PS: First chapter, the second chapter will be later.