Chapter 151: Let the Celestial Sea know Overlord Bai Fu’s name!
The main reason why Bai Fu insisted on bringing a group of players with her was primarily for two purposes.
The first purpose was to hope that the players would continue to promote her on video websites and communities, keeping her exposure consistently high so she wouldn’t be forgotten like other game characters after events or exclusive plots end, only to be overtaken by other female NPCs.
The second purpose was naturally because the players were very useful, especially those who had been molded into her image through three versions of development; they were even more effective.
Brick-moving, acting as tanks, holding up appearances, exploring unknown areas…
The uses for players were countless.
Even if her mood was bad, seeing these players who often called her “kind-hearted Fu Fu” while looking at her with eager eyes would naturally improve her mood.
Interacting with Youlia could easily leave her parched and exhausted, but interacting with the players was different. The experience could be summed up in two words: easy!
In short, Bai Fu had high hopes for the players she brought along.
Looking at the retreating back of the strange alien, she came up with a new idea.
She secretly released a few Xiao Xiao Bai Fu to track the alien, then assigned the players the quest to explore this cargo hub. When the players were preparing to act, she summoned Anya to broaden their thinking.
“Convert to Me Fu, do you remember the Fu… ah, wrong. Do you remember when you went to the Lín’ēn Jùjūdì gangs to borrow money with collateral?”
This trick wouldn’t work on the novice planet anymore since the NPCs there knew the players could resurrect and wouldn’t lend them money without strong guarantees. But the NPCs in the Star Ocean didn’t know about the players’ resurrection ability yet.
Prepare to be baptized by the fourth catastrophe!
Since she was new here, Bai Fu originally didn’t plan to directly intensify things with the NPCs in the Star Ocean. Her principle was:
We promise not to use Tier Catastrophe weapons first!
But now that the alien who walked away had ideas about her, whether it was for wealth or her body, she wasn’t going to sit idly by.
“I Bai Fu am certainly no good person. Wanting me? Then I’ll find a way to take all of you down!”
After Anya reminded them, Convert to Me Fu and others immediately became active.
Wow, really!
If Anya hadn’t reminded them, they would have forgotten such a profitable little trick.
Doing this on Source Star made sense, and there was no reason not to do it in the Star Ocean. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair to the NPCs on Source Star!
Convert to Me Fu and others exchanged glances and immediately took action.
After boarding the starship, their respawn points automatically bound to the ship, so they didn’t need to worry about respawning back on Source Star.
The most excited among the players weren’t Convert to Me Fu, but those who entered the game late and found their shortcuts blocked when trying to learn from Convert to Me Fu. For them, this was their first, and possibly last chance. They should definitely give it their all to make it worth their virgin death in the Star Ocean.
[“Wow, you guys are really born again.”]
[“Mourn for the NPCs in the Star Ocean. Why did you have to provoke them?”]
[“Still Anya, without her reminder, Jiujiao probably wouldn’t have thought of doing this in the Star Ocean.”]
[“Ah, I thought Anya was a cute and innocent girl, turns out she has so many tricks up her sleeve?”]
[“Don’t you think Anya, who willingly becomes a black-hearted girl to protect the noble Yue Fu she follows, is adorable?”]
In Jiujiao’s live-stream room, the players happily discussed.
Bai Fu nodded inwardly. This kind of thing definitely couldn’t be personally reminded to the players by her since it didn’t fit the persona she presented to them.
If the players discovered her kindness was all an act and she was actually a woman full of schemes, always thinking about how to squeeze every bit of value out of them, she would surely lose a lot of fans.
Sad.
Fortunately, she had Anya and He Fu as her shields.
“Exploiting little girls, worthy of you!”
After the players left, Youlia gave Bai Fu a disdainful look.
Bai Fu ignored Youlia’s gaze. If she didn’t eat kids, then would she eat you? She doubted you could withstand even a few bites from her.
Anya grabbed Bai Fu’s sleeve, happy to be able to help her.
What was wrong with being exploited by the boss? She hoped the boss would exploit her more, so the boss wouldn’t be distracted by Youlia, that fake cold-hearted bad woman!
“Let’s go. Before the Xiao Xiao Bai Fu and the immortal people gather enough information, let’s wander around this cargo hub and see if we can find anything useful.”
The special abilities of the players and Youlia’s magic replenishment ability were Bai Fu’s reliance for standing firm in the area around the Light Curtain Star Harbor.
However, she was also very clear that the most important thing to truly establish herself in the Star Ocean was her own strength.
Her Spiritual Energy class career had been stuck at level 50 for some time. To trigger the promotion quest, she urgently needed to collect three higher-level Spiritual Energy advanced knowledge sets.
Besides the advanced Spiritual Energy knowledge, Bai Fu also wanted to buy a complete star map of the Edge World sector. With the star map, it would be more convenient in the future whether she was fleeing after committing crimes or finding other novice planets.
She didn’t know the exact locations of the other novice planets, but as long as she obtained the star map of the Edge World and inputted it into the game’s map system, she could deduce the routes to the other novice planets based on their relative positions on the map compared to Source Star and other novice planets. Then she could pilot her starship over to harvest more players.
In the matter of harvesting players, she never lagged behind any NPC in the game.
Bai Fu entered the nearby trade hub with Anya, Youlia, and He Fu.
This trade hub set inside abandoned heavy industrial equipment was astonishingly large, stretching from bottom to top with more than twenty floors. The topmost floor could even dock small starships. The walls cast in black metal exuded a sense of danger amidst their thickness.
Trade hubs established in chaotic places were not meant for ordinary people.
At a glance, Bai Fu noticed that even the seemingly least significant street vendors by the corridors were already at least level 25. Those wearing power armor, special clothing, or with mechanical prostheses were even higher in level.
“This NPC’s main profession is level 54. From what passersby say, he’s an A-class superhuman, but some of his attributes aren’t better than mine. He just has more exclusive skills.”
Bai Fu understood. Her previous guess was correct; although she hadn’t completed her third promotion yet, her strength was already comparable to some weaker A-class superhumans.
This discovery was reassuring.
The overall level of the Star Ocean map was much higher than that of the novice planets, but the combat power of ordinary people in the Star Ocean wasn’t necessarily much higher than that of ordinary people on novice planets. In the Star Ocean, most superhumans were stuck at D-class and C-class levels. B-class and A-class superhumans, whether in the Edge World or in the sectors governed by the three major civilizations, could be considered elites.
As for S-class superhumans, their full power unleashed was comparable to walking nuclear bombs, making them the true tough guys of the Star Ocean.
Bai Fu didn’t dare to think that far ahead yet. She wandered around the trade hub, mainly looking at advanced knowledge, star maps, and mental energy cultivation guides.
Good news was that the trade hub sold what she wanted. Bad news was that the cheapest [Spiritual Energy Construction Method] cost 5000 credits, and the complete Edge World star map was worth 100,000 credits.
Bai Fu: “…”
It was truly thought-provoking. On Source Star, she had become the richest woman. Now, she was so poor she didn’t even have a hair on her crotch.
Fortunately, she still had the players. Her money was her money, and the players’ money would eventually be hers.
“The total price for the three advanced knowledge sets is at least 23,000 credits. Hopefully, the players can explode more gold coins from the NPCs here, and also regarding that NPC who targeted me earlier…”
Speaking of that NPC, Bai Fu’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Here it comes! The Xiao Xiao Bai Fu she sent out finally had some results!
…
On Mining Area 3 Star, District D, at a certain abandoned drilling platform.
Dris entered a round house with a “Flame” flag hanging after passing identity verification at the entrance, smiling.
This was a temporary base of the Flame Transmission House.
The Flame Transmission House was an organization whose name sounded serious and was quite famous in the Light Curtain Star Harbor, but engaged in the strictly prohibited slave trading within the Star Network Community.
The Flame Transmission House was established 20 years ago by its founder, Magma, who used to be a henchman in a well-known interstellar pirate organization. After leaving the pirates, he started a new business with a group of followers. Magma was tall and imposing with a barrel waist, but his bloated body wasn’t filled with fat; instead, it was packed with muscles like steel armor, which was a racial talent. His hard skin allowed him to master fire-based martial arts without burning himself.
“Leader, I’ve contacted the people you mentioned. They seem cautious, but judging from their speech habits and behavior after landing, they’re likely country bumpkins from a minor civilization,” Dris flattered Magma.
Magma chewed on an unknown roasted meat in his hand, “No interstellar passage identity, either country bumpkins or fugitives from somewhere. They have nearly a hundred people and an old-style cargo ship in decent condition. The leader’s appearance qualifies as top-notch in any universe race. If we can successfully capture them, we should make a big profit this time.”
“Hahaha.”
The other thugs in the house burst into laughter upon hearing Magma’s words.
They were in this line of work for money, and now the money-making opportunity had come knocking. How could they not be happy?
Just then, Magma’s communicator rang.
“Quiet.”
Magma glanced at the virtual screen that popped up. It was the scout he sent out.
“What is it?”
“Leader, the country bumpkins you asked Dris to keep an eye on suddenly came to us asking for a loan. How should I handle this? Should I just capture them outright, or…”
“A loan?”
“Yes, they are desperately trying to persuade me to lend them money, promising to pay it back soon. They even said if I don’t believe them, they can offer themselves as collateral.”
Upon hearing the scout’s explanation, Magma was stunned for a moment.
Body collateral?
He was planning to sell these country bumpkins anyway, this was perfect, laughable.
“Lend, lend them first. I need to gather more manpower, don’t alarm them prematurely. If they run away, it will take more time to catch them again. Anyway, once we capture them, the money lent out will return to us.”
“Yes, boss.”
After ending the call, Magma looked around and burst into loud laughter.
“These country bumpkins are so naive, they’re adorable.”
“They don’t know what’s coming to them.”
“That’s how country bumpkins from small places are, unaware of the cruelty of the Star Ocean, full of naive fantasies. Today, I’ll teach them a good lesson. The Star Ocean eats people!”
“Eat people! Eat people!”
The other thugs in the house cheered and jumped, some already reminiscing about the smell of feet. The big-footed women in the trade hub were exciting!
…
[Name]: Magma
[Race]: Ash Human Race
[Template]: Special – Innate Penetration
[Main Profession]: Ash Martial Artist Lv7[+50], Plunderer Lv3[+10]
[Secondary Profession]: None
[Health Points]: 6750/6750
【Qi】: ?
【Stats】: Strength 403, Agility 154, Constitution ?, Intelligence ?, Spirit 78, Inspiration 33
【Skills】: Ash Martial Arts, …
【Talents】: Body of Ashes, Odd Meridian Mastery, ???
【Affinity】: Covet (-13)
【Danger Level】: Yellow
In front of Bai Fu, an attribute panel unfolded. This was the result of her reconnaissance using spiritual vision after sending Xiao Xiao Bai Fu to “risk her life” infiltrating the Fire Spreader’s territory.
The NPC named Molten Rock had very high stats. The 403 base strength points were the highest she had seen so far. From its yellow danger level, it was evident that without any enhancements, Molten Rock was stronger than her, but not strong enough to be utterly hopeless for her.
“If we really fight, I have Youlia, He Fu, and a bunch of prayer cards on my side, so there is still a chance of winning. But he has many subordinates, and this is his home turf. Players and Anya might not hold up. Once they are in trouble, I will be surrounded.”
Bai Fu opened the quest triggered by eavesdropping on the conversation at the Fire Spreader’s hideout.
【Sudden Crisis】
【Quest Introduction: Leaving Source Star for the first time, you’ve caught the attention of the notorious slave trading organization Fire Spreader, which colludes with the Light Curtain Spaceport. You stand at a crossroads of fate!】
【Quest Objectives:
Branch 1: Escape from the Fire Spreader’s pursuit, Reward – 700,000 Experience Points;
Branch 2: Eliminate the Fire Spreader, Reward – 3,000,000 Experience Points, unlock Light Curtain Spaceport reputation, +50 Light Curtain Spaceport Reputation, one-time skill card from Molten Rock *1】
There were two branches to the quest, and the rewards for escaping versus eliminating the Fire Spreader were vastly different. This made it clear that even with her current strength, defeating the Fire Spreader would be difficult.
“It seems to complete the second branch, I’ll have to activate the final plan – killing with someone else’s knife!”
When bidding farewell to Drelis, Bai Fu came up with an idea.
If everything went smoothly, she could not only resolve the potential trouble caused by the spaceship from Suixing but also make a handsome profit, completing a rewarding task while seizing her first pot of gold in the Star Ocean.
She decided to give it a try. Since she had already foreseen the actions of the Fire Spreaders, even if her plan failed, she was confident she could cut her losses.
Bai Fu quickly contacted Jiujiao and instructed her to gather other players after borrowing money and return.
Most players, having just arrived in an unfamiliar area, were still in the heat of exploration when Bai Fu urgently called them back, though they were still reluctant to leave.
Although other NPCs were good too, none seemed as powerful as Fu Fu, so it was better to follow Fu Fu.
Bai Fu said, “If I’m not mistaken, you can choose your resurrection point after death, right?”
Jiujiao nodded.
Bai Fu continued, “I’m planning to abandon the ship we came in on. It would be best if you all change your resurrection points now.”
“Huh?”
The surrounding players were confused. Why abandon the ship for no reason? Without it, wouldn’t they lose their ability to roam freely in the future?
Bai Fu shared her discoveries and plans with the players: “Abandoning that ship doesn’t mean we won’t have others. The Fire Spreader’s ship looks quite nice.”
Judging from both appearance and model, the Fire Spreader’s ship was better than the old cargo ship from Suixing.
Bai Fu planned to completely switch tactics against the Fire Spreader—
When the Fire Spreader launched their attack, she would send out He Fu and the players, deliberately pretending to die, then sneak into the Fire Spreader’s base while they were celebrating and steal their ship.
Of course, her goal wasn’t just to switch ships.
The ship from Suixing was like a time bomb to her. Although she was safe for now, who could guarantee that in the future companies like Shijing Security or organizations like the Red Moon Mercenaries or the Blessed Sect wouldn’t suddenly recognize her ship as Suixing’s?
If they did, she’d be in trouble.
At worst, she’d lose her True Essence Pillar; at worst, she’d lose her life.
Bai Fu didn’t want to be constantly threatened by such a time bomb. She intended to use this opportunity to discard it. With some luck, she might even use this time bomb to blow the Fire Spreader to pieces.
“Let’s start.”
Under Bai Fu’s command, the players first changed their respawn points, then moved all valuable items from the cargo ship down. The focus was on Youlia’s experimental equipment. As for other materials, Bai Fu only kept those needed to make prayer cards, selling the rest at the goods distribution center.
These materials weren’t worth much, and even if sold cheaply, she didn’t care.
It was petty cash anyway. The players had just borrowed over 400 credit points from the Fire Spreader, and Bai Fu felt very secure. Money obtained through skills should naturally be kept through skills.
“Perfect, everything is ready. Now we just wait for the Fire Spreader to make their move.”
…
The Fire Spreader’s actions were faster than Bai Fu anticipated. This was because Molten Rock was provoked by her actions, assuming she was preparing to flee with the ship after selling her goods.
How could he let such prime prey near his temporary base escape?
Molten Rock mobilized a large number of people, leaving only a few trusted ones behind. He feared Bai Fu fleeing and also worried about others trying to snatch his business.
“The next few months’ supply of alcohol, meat, and women all depend on this operation!”
Molten Rock’s charisma was unmatched, and his call stirred up jubilation among his group of thugs.
As his men hastily flew past the trade distribution center on single-person flight motorcycles, some small vendors gathered together whispering.
“Who has the Fire Spreader targeted this time?”
“Who knows, as long as it’s not me. I still need to do business.”
“Damn, I admire Molten Rock. When he left the pirate gang, I thought he was going downhill, but who would have thought he hooked up with a big slave dealer and his new business thrived.”
“He’s too reckless. When the Star Network Community gets free, they’ll deal with him sooner or later.”
“That’s what they say, but the Star Network Community has plenty of issues to handle. Even if they get free, it’ll take some time before they find him.”
Tsk tsk tsk.
Hiding in the shadows, Bai Fu couldn’t help but marvel secretly. No wonder Zone 3 Mining Planet was known as a chaotic place; it was hard to find any truly virtuous individuals here.
She watched Molten Rock fly away. Earlier, she had sent He Fu and a few Small Black FUs stacked together disguised as Youlia to attract the Fire Spreader’s attention.
Calling me a country bumpkin, huh?
Today, Big Bai Fu will show you the terror of this country bumpkin!
On Source Star, I rose from an ordinary village girl to become a queen; why couldn’t I replicate this path in the Star Ocean?
Bai Fu signaled similarly disguised Youlia and Anya. “Let’s go, we’re stealing their base!”
The three quickly moved into action.
With Xiao Xiao Bai Fu leading the way, they easily avoided various lines of sight and approached the now rather empty temporary base of the Fire Spreader.
Bai Fu didn’t rush to attack immediately. She was waiting for Molten Rock’s group to strike first. Once they were fully engaged in battle, she would have enough time to steal the ship and transport the previously hidden supplies onto it.
This waiting period passed quickly.
The flight motorcycles carrying the Fire Spreader’s thugs were extremely fast. After finding He Fu and the players, Molten Rock immediately ordered the attack.
He Fu inherited only 85% of Bai Fu’s basic attributes, but one mustn’t underestimate her power. The blessings from Youlia’s Sacred Link and the summonings of True Essence increased her inspiration attribute from 322 to 371 instantly. After using the “Spiritual Energy Enhancement Potion (Youlia Edition)” obtained from the “Demise of the Truth Society” quest, this value skyrocketed to 406 points. However, this wasn’t the limit. He Fu immediately activated the second stage of Mind Blessing, causing her base inspiration attribute to soar by 20%.
470!
This was He Fu’s current inspiration attribute.
Facing the imposing Molten Rock, He Fu wasted no words and unleashed a Dark Burn attack right away.
The base damage of the triple hit was 2115, and with various output damage bonuses factored in, the displayed damage reached over 6000!
But display damage is just display damage. After entering the Celestial Sea, Bai Fu’s biggest challenge was that opponents knew how to defend against psychic attacks and had means to counter them.
Even with equipment that weakened psychic damage, his body’s innate damage reduction talent, and the activation of his Qi Barrier, when He Fu’s triple Dark Burn attack, consuming 65% of her Spirit Energy, accurately landed on him, a terrifying “-2921” damage number floated above his head.
One hit dropped Molten Rock’s Health Points by nearly half due to his underestimation and failure to dodge!
“You damn hick!”
Molten Rock fell into a rage.
He never dreamed that he would feel the threat of death from a mere villager.
“Kill her, no, capture her alive. She must fetch a high price!”
Molten Rock immediately used his abilities to restore his HP, while the other members of the Fire Spreader surrounded the players and He Fu from multiple directions.
These thugs were formidable, and one of them was an A-class superhuman like Molten Rock.
They thought this would be a relatively easy battle, but they were wrong again. The seemingly naive villagers exhibited a fearless bloodlust that shocked even interstellar elites.
No surrender, only death!
The Fire Spreader’s thugs were stunned.
They had come to capture slaves, but now these villagers were fighting desperately, committing suicide when they couldn’t prevail. How was this supposed to work?
“Shit, we won’t recover the loan!”
Molten Rock glared furiously: “Is this the time to think about that? We won’t lose as long as we seize their spaceship. As for these people…”
Realizing they wouldn’t capture He Fu alive anytime soon, he gritted his teeth and had his men pull out their most lethal weapons.
Since you refuse to be captured alive, I’ll fulfill your wish and send you on your way!
“Blow them up!”
Continuous bombing rained down, engulfing He Fu, the Small Black FUs, and the remaining players.
At the same moment, Bai Fu charged into the Fire Spreader’s temporary stronghold.
The guards left behind never expected Bai Fu to emerge, nor did they expect her to be so powerful. By the time they realized the danger and tried to call Molten Rock, Bai Fu and Youlia had already started their mixed doubles combat routine.
You a Sky Burial, me a Sky Burial, you a Spiritual Explosion, me a Force Field. They worked seamlessly together, swiftly reducing the guards to their knees.
“Don’t die if you open the spaceship door and start the ship.”
Under coercion and the enforcement of combat etiquette, Bai Fu successfully entered the Fire Spreader’s spaceship. As she had anticipated, this private spaceship was much more advanced than the cargo ship from Suixing.
After knocking out the useless thug with a punch, Bai Fu piloted the spaceship, picked up Youlia’s experimental equipment and the already resurrected players, and flew toward the exit of the Light Curtain Spaceport.
As the spaceship disappeared into the clouds, Molten Rock just entered the spaceship from Suixing.
Looking at the spaceship with no signs of aging inside, Molten Rock’s anger from his injury finally calmed down.
“Capturing a spaceship, this time we didn’t lose anything.”
He chuckled. At that moment, a signal transmitter caught his eye.
“Who activated it?”
The people following him looked at each other blankly.
“It should have been activated before we entered.”
Taking a few steps forward, Molten Rock turned off the signal transmitter. He checked the transmission log and found that the transmitted information was “Suixing.”
For some reason, an ominous feeling arose within him.
…
Stone Crystal Planet, Spaceport Observation Station.
At this moment, the on-duty observer suddenly stood up excitedly.
“Found it, the spaceship stolen by Suixing!”
PS: Thank Tang Ting for the tip.
Putting out a bowl to beg for votes~
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