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This Moment, More People Liked Bai Fu! [6k]

The meeting with Jiu Jiao was set up a few days ago. When Jiu Jiao mentioned wanting an exclusive interview, Bai Fu readily agreed.

[The popular NPC Bai Fu from Above the Stars is accepting player interviews for the first time!]

Using the first-time angle would undoubtedly attract a large number of players’ attention, and she planned to use this opportunity to promote her reconstruction plan for her home planet.

She said some ambiguous words to pique their interest, so as not to lose players who might leave due to boredom in the Silent Courtyard.

To make the interview video more attractive, Bai Fu changed into new clothes to give players a fresh feeling.

Straw hat, light yellow dress, white open-toe flats…

She looked very fresh and relaxed, like someone going out to meet friends during a holiday.

This was her goal, to give players the impression that they were close to her.

“Recently, someone has been slandering me, saying I treat players like farm slaves. My response is—nonsense!”

“Players are my family, and I always think about them; I would never do anything to harm my family!”

However, Bai Fu never expected that when she let Jiu Jiao into the room, Jiu Jiao’s first words would be about finding the location of the Truth Society’s base.

“Wow!”

Bai Fu blurted out, realizing she had used a rather crude word. She then feigned composure by covering her mouth.

“How did you find it?”

The surprise was too sudden, and she needed some time to calm down.

Jiu Jiao didn’t expect such a big reaction from Bai Fu, but she was glad she had recorded the scene. This made the new episode much more exciting.

“Here’s what happened.”

While explaining, Jiu Jiao pulled out two maps, one large and one small.

On the large map, a red cross marked the exact location of the Truth Society’s main base. It was located in the northern part of the Gene Progenitor and the Former Republic, which was translated as the Deep Sleep Land. This was somewhat unexpected for Bai Fu. From this perspective, the main base of the Truth Society was actually quite far from Marske Lab but closer to the Black Eagle Base.

No wonder the players sent towards Marske found nothing.

The smaller map was drawn by Tai Ergen, showing the internal layout of the Truth Society’s main base. Since his activities were limited, the map only showed a limited area, but it clearly marked the location of the laboratory, which was still very useful.

A sentence from Tai Ergen caught Bai Fu’s attention.

“The Truth Society takes them to the main base to test a drug related to spiritual energy. The drug comes from an imprisoned test subject, and only the lab supervisor, Ed, can contact that subject.”

Could this laboratory be connected to Yulia’s body?

“Hold on a moment.”

Bai Fu quickly went to the bedroom to inform Xiao Xiao Yulia.

Xiao Xiao Yulia replied, “That’s me.”

Great!

Bai Fu secretly gave Tai Ergen a thumbs-up.

The benefits of getting along well with players were much greater than Bai Fu had imagined. If not for encountering Tai Ergen, a player aspiring to become a master spy, during the ambush on Graham, she might not have been able to uncover the main base of the Truth Society so soon.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!”

Bai Fu became excited.

She must take advantage of this opportunity to rescue Yulia. By doing so, she could not only severely damage the Truth Society but also complete the main quest [Watcher’s Lament], which would surely boost her strength significantly.

“A direct assault is not advisable. If the President of the Truth Society decides to die with Yulia, it would be over.”

Bai Fu decided to wait until the Truth Society began executing Tai Ergen’s intelligence, thus making the main base vulnerable and increasing her chances of rescuing Yulia.

However, this was not entirely secure. What if the President of the Truth Society learned of the attack on the main base and decided to fully defend it?

“At this point, other forces will need to step in.”

Bai Fu had already thought of this.

If the stealth operation failed, she would reveal the location of the Truth Society’s main base to other forces, asking them to send reinforcements. If the operation succeeded, she would inform other forces of the Truth Society’s major move, asking them to prevent the Truth Society from retaliating.

This was her best plan to maximize the benefit.

She was quite confident in the operation. Her current strength was formidable, and she had accumulated a lot of experience over these days, ready to strengthen herself further before the final action.

“Stay tuned for good news.”

After greeting Xiao Xiao Yulia, Bai Fu found Jiu Jiao again and gave her a faction task that could be completed with a single click, as a reward for passing important information.

“Don’t tell anyone else for now. Oh, and please convey to Tai Ergen that I remember his contributions. When he returns, I will reward him as a hero deserves!”

Jiu Jiao nodded repeatedly.

Bai Fu gestured for Jiu Jiao to sit down. “Now that we’ve discussed the main matters, let’s start the interview we talked about earlier.”

Jiu Jiao felt delighted, thinking the interview was going to be canceled. Unexpectedly, Bai Fu still remembered.

Perhaps this is what it means to be like Fu Fu, always thinking of others, truly touching!

…

After the interview, Bai Fu posted multiple bounties for acquiring spiritual knowledge on the Darknet. Then she approached Gao Yuan, Su Li, Father Insect Ferreira, and others, asking them to keep an eye out for rare spiritual knowledge.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be advanced knowledge; any uncommon knowledge will do.”

Collecting spiritual knowledge, accumulating experience, making prayer cards, preparing combat gear for He Fu, and customizing weapons for Xiao Xiao He Fu, Bai Fu was making her final preparations for the upcoming action.

Just as she was swamped with tasks, Jiu Jiao’s third installment of the Silent Courtyard News Flash was finally released.

This video had been in the works for a long time. The changes in the Silent Courtyard had already spread through several highly viewed live streams, so players watching the video were most interested in Jiu Jiao’s interview with Bai Fu.

At this moment, as a short player in the game and a giant in hype, Jiu Jiao started scoring big points.

She inserted a one-minute behind-the-scenes clip at the end of the video. The content was Bai Fu reacting to the intelligence brought by Jiu Jiao, shouting “Oh!” and covering her mouth.

Since Bai Fu instructed her not to reveal the intelligence yet, she muted her voice and added numerous voiceovers and subtitles.

“Let you see a different side of Fu Fu.”

“Silver Moon? Lord of the Silent Courtyard? Night’s Dominator? No, today it’s Neighborly Sister · Homely Fu!”

“Fu Fu personally poured me tea!”

“Guess what caused Fu Fu to react this way? Stay tuned for the next video to find out the reason.”

Jiu Jiao managed to raise the video’s popularity to an unexpected level with a small segment.

People were already speculating whether the content of Bai Fu’s interview was related to the subsequent main plot. With this twist, a whole new wave of players joined in to watch the drama.

[“Oh, you can cut videos like this?”]

[“Oh, did you attack Bai Fu, Digging Jiao?”]

[“Don’t touch Fu Fu, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you…”]

[“I command you to release the next video now”]

One group of players ranted at Jiu Jiao, while another group ranted at Bai Fu.

The Night’s Dominator, who could easily slay high-level psychics, was embarrassed to cover her mouth out of instinct when surprised, a stark contrast…

[“Ah Wei died”]

[“I like Bai Fu even more now”]

[“Cute, want to see more!”]

“You know what, Bai Fu is indeed cute.”

“At least she looks better than those researchers who keep sticking needles in me.”

“If Bai Fu were the one sticking needles in me, I wouldn’t mind it at all.”

Meanwhile, at the main base of the Truth Society, Tai Ergen, who had finally gotten some rest time, was watching the video released by Jiu Jiao with over a dozen other players.

Tai Ergen remained silent, while the others expressed their opinions in the squad channel.

They initially praised Bai Fu for her appearance, which perfectly matched Chinese aesthetics, and found her personality unexpectedly cute. But as they continued, they started collectively criticizing the Truth Society.

Unlike those players forcibly transformed by the Truth Society, these players had joined voluntarily. They believed the Truth Society’s century-long resistance against four major factions was impressive, and joining such a capable Truth Society would surely bring great rewards.

This idea wasn’t entirely wrong. After joining the Truth Society, they did earn experience much faster than regular players.

But as they spent more time in the Truth Society, they increasingly regretted their initial decision to join.

There were no significant advantages except for faster leveling. The drawbacks were numerous.

For example, joining the Truth Society required transformation, and once transformed, players couldn’t leave voluntarily for a short period.

Players in the Truth Society were treated like dogs, similar to mutant NPCs, with little chance of promotion based on reputation. Even minor NPCs could boss players around, making the experience terrible.

This wasn’t the worst part. Upon receiving new missions at this base, they realized things could get even worse.

“How long have we been here?”

“Almost a month.”

“I swear, this month has been spent either being studied or working like slaves. It’s more torturous than work. If I knew this, I’d rather challenge a boss like Bai Fu with no gear.”

“Exactly. Now I can’t switch sides even if I wanted to; I’d have to switch accounts.”

No one wanted to switch accounts. They were almost level twenty, and switching now would be a huge loss.

Without comparison, these players in the Truth Society could endure. They leveled up quickly and didn’t need to grind for experience.

But since the late 1.1 version, especially after the launch of 1.2, players in the Silent Courtyard were showing off everywhere.

Their leveling speed?

Silent Courtyard players weren’t slow either, and some were even faster.

When leveling up quickly, the Silent Courtyard players had a vastly superior gaming experience.

Rich main quests, faction quests, and commission tasks, building their own main city, having their names used for roads and buildings, appearing on the game map, and receiving personal commendations from Faction Leader Bai Fu…

“Such a tragedy!”

These players discussing together no longer wanted to compare.

How could they compare?

Comparing the Truth Society President with Bai Fu?

If the Truth Society President were a cat girl, it might be possible to compare, but this was clearly impossible. Based on the current public information, the Truth Society President was comprehensively outmatched by Bai Fu.

“Not bad!”

“Ah, President, ah, Bai Fu, just hold on a bit longer. If there’s no change, I’ll switch accounts to join Bai Fu.”

“From today, I won’t look at the community anymore. It’s too painful.”

People’s joys and sorrows are not the same. The complaining players found the noise from other players in the community annoying.

Watching silently, Tai Ergen’s eyes flickered. The hearts of these players were usable. Perhaps, he could take advantage of Bai Fu’s popularity to persuade them to defect?

After some thought, he decided to postpone the action. If one of these players was just agreeing casually and reported him upon learning he was a spy, all his efforts would be wasted.

The closer the storm came, the more composed he needed to be!

Tai Ergen carefully continued gathering intelligence.

…

Six days later.

Bai Fu was giving medicine to Elder Nissen and Anya at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute’s branch.

These medicines were created by the researchers captured during the mission at Tong Shan Camp and the Former Republic.

[Enhancement Potion (Prototype I)] increases constitution by 3 after the first use.

After confirming the medication was safe, Bai Fu drank one bottle herself, then distributed one to all senior members of the Silent Courtyard. The rest she planned to give as quest rewards to players who performed well.

She wanted to sell them, but currently, production couldn’t keep up.

“How do you feel?”

Bai Fu asked Elder Nissen and Anya after they took the potion.

Anya stood up and spun around. “Boss, I feel like I’ve grown a little taller.”

Clearly, it was an illusion!

Bai Fu rolled her eyes, but Anya’s constitution had indeed increased by 3 points, becoming more resilient. Elder Nissen experienced the same.

“I wonder how Yulia’s medical skills are. Can she heal Elder Nissen? If not, we’ll have to find another skilled doctor.”

Recently, Bai Fu was trying to boost her own strength and the strength of those around her.

Players were very useful, but she couldn’t rely solely on them.

She would leave the Source Star, and at that time, she would need trusted people to manage the main camp and recruit new players.

Currently, she trusted two people unconditionally: Anya and Elder Nissen.

“The Source Star, as a beginner planet, must have many hidden rewards. These rewards may not be useful to me, but they can be used to cultivate players worth cultivating or to train Anya, Elder Nissen, and others.”

Bai Fu had a new plan, but everything depended on defeating the Truth Society, the Gene Progenitor, and achieving true safety. At that time, she might not be any easier, and she still had a lot of preparation to do before entering the Star Ocean.

Just then, her personal terminal rang.

Jiu Jiao?

Bai Fu pressed the answer button.

“Fu Fu, the Truth Society has started moving!”

The Truth Society moved swiftly. As soon as Tai Ergen relayed the message, they had already attacked from the main base.

Receiving the news, Bai Fu no longer hesitated. She glanced at the 12 million experience points she had accumulated over the past few days. First, she spent 760,000 to upgrade Moon Dancer (Advanced) to Level 20, then invested the remaining experience points in Spiritual Painter, boosting it from Level 1 to Level 8.

[You have unlocked a new skill [Spiritual Repair Lv1]]

[You have unlocked a new skill [Summon Rage]]

Spiritual Repair consumes spiritual energy to restore the life points of summoned True Spirits, with a maximum of 200 points per use at Level 1. Summon Rage consumes spiritual energy to put the True Spirit into a rage state, boosting its abilities by 15%. Currently, using it on He Fu would increase her from 0.8 to 0.92 times Bai Fu, a significant improvement.

Besides these two new skills, Bai Fu’s other stats saw a dramatic increase.

[Health Points]: 3962/3962

[Spiritual Energy]: 3495/3495

[Qi]: 300/300

[Attributes]: Strength 33, Agility 79, Constitution 143, Intelligence 50, Spirit 60, Inspiration 231

Although the increase in health points was not as significant as the last upgrade, inspiration and other attributes had risen considerably.

Bai Fu felt that now, even with her eyes closed, she could easily lock onto and respond correctly to the movements of those around her.

Powerful, inside and out!

“Now, with this strength, even if the President of the Truth Society blocks me, I shouldn’t be afraid.”

Bai Fu nodded to herself.

Last time, the game prompt suggested that collecting spiritual energy chains would unlock spiritual attributes. She hoped to make progress in the main base of the Truth Society this time.

After bidding farewell to Anya and Elder Nissen, Bai Fu rushed back to Bai Fu Town.

She loaded all the prepared items into the vehicle and that night, she released a more detailed mission to the players.

She selected some higher-level players to accompany her, while the rest were assigned to various factions, ready to cause chaos as soon as the target of the Truth Society’s attack was discovered.

“This operation is very special. I can’t say too much now, but I’ll explain the details once we reach our destination.”

Bai Fu scanned the players standing in front, including Paida Xing, Convert to Me Fu, Old Dog, Black Tiger Afu, and others.

All the players seen by her straightened their backs involuntarily.

Though they didn’t know exactly what was happening, this was definitely a main quest. Even Black Tiger Afu, who usually enjoyed battles, appeared extremely serious.

“If there are no objections, let’s set out now!”

Old Dog opened his mouth but ended up saying nothing. Most of the guild members were dispatched to investigate the Gene Progenitor and the archives sent by Xia Shi, missing out on this quest. It was unfortunate.

Seeing no objections, Bai Fu drove out of Bai Fu Town under the cover of night, heading straight for the Deep Sleep Land.

She left in a hurry, even the majority of players in the Silent Courtyard didn’t know she had left, let alone players from other factions.

By the time she entered the territory of the Former Republic, people already knew she had left the Silent Courtyard. However, even those who had been secretly watching her had no time to react.

Shocking news spread that multiple locations in the Former Republic and Human Alliance were under attack, suspected to be by the Truth Society.

The scale of these attacks was much larger than the one on Black Mountain City in the Former Republic. Everyone believed this was the prelude to a full-scale retaliation from the Truth Society, with storm clouds gathering.

But Bai Fu knew these were just small tricks used by the Truth Society to hide their true intentions.

Although Tai Ergen wasn’t drafted into the Truth Society’s expeditionary force, he knew players who had joined. Through one of those players, he learned that the main forces of the Truth Society were rapidly advancing toward the Gene Progenitor. The real target was likely the Gene Progenitor itself!

“After all this preparation, it seems they’re going to make a big move on the Gene Progenitor.”

Bai Fu was delighted.

Her two enemies were fighting each other. Could there be anything more enjoyable?

…

Days later.

Overhead in the Deep Sleep Land, dark clouds gathered. Cold winds blew from the ice plains and snow valleys, causing players hiding by the roadside to shiver. Most players had turned off their cold resistance, but the effects of the cold couldn’t disappear without it.

“How long do we have to wait here?”

“Who knows? We’ll just wait. Anyway, we’ve been traveling for days, so waiting a bit longer isn’t a problem.”

“Do you know where we are?”

Idle players chatted randomly in the faction channel.

Then, a strange NPC appeared from the end of the opposite road. This drew everyone’s attention.

They held their breath, watching as the NPC approached their direction.

As the NPC got closer, thick snow suddenly burst open, revealing two incredibly tiny and exquisite creatures. They wore white clothes and had been lying face-down in the snow, so it took the NPC a while to realize the danger.

But it was too late.

One of the creatures kicked the NPC to the ground, while the other covered the NPC’s mouth with a cloth. The fluidity and efficiency of their actions made many larger creatures feel inferior.

“Bring him back.”

Bai Fu controlled the two Tiny Black Fuses to capture the NPC and bring him back.

After questioning, she obtained a lot of valuable information.

The captured NPC didn’t know if the President of the Truth Society was in the base, but Chief of Operations Bernardo was definitely there.

According to the NPC, the main base of the Truth Society had seven levels, two above ground and five below. The underground areas were divided into regions A, B, C, and D, connected by password doors or special elevators requiring specific permissions. Most people who worked in the base for long periods didn’t understand the connections between regions A, B, C, and D.

“It looks like the first thing to do is infiltrate the base and obtain a detailed map.”

Bai Fu sent the prisoner away, her gaze locking onto the Truth Society base nearby.

To prepare for this operation, she had spent a lot of experience gambling on cards on the way here. Now was the time for the new prayer cards to prove their worth.

PS: We’ve reached 2000 votes, thank you all!

This month, I wrote nearly 190,000 words. Next month, I’ll continue working hard and ask for July’s votes. The more votes, the more updates!

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