Chapter 171: Fu Takes the Stage, Holy Maiden Bai Fu is Tonight’s Main Character [6k]
It’s all over now!
When countless bugs surged in through the breach that had suddenly been blown open in the second line of defense, those who felt despair weren’t just Manu but also Holter’s men.
An hour ago, Holter had delivered them this message—
“Everything’s fine, completely fine. We’ll soon find out the prototype’s whereabouts from Bai Fu. After that, we just need to wait for the bio-battleships of the Dark Domain Bug Clan to attack, and we can leave Heaven Lake Star.”
But the way things unfolded left them utterly stunned.
Look at the screaming bugs far away; look at the disconnected communicators—Holter’s men trembled in their minds.
Brother, is this what you call stability?
This is too stable!
Once Holter was dead, they had a very high probability of being exposed. Even if by some miracle they weren’t exposed, with the bugs having suddenly attacked, could they really survive this completely out-of-control flood disaster?
Disasters show no mercy. They certainly didn’t have Holter’s privilege to contact headquarters during emergencies and get headquarters to intervene to persuade the brain bugs to spare their lives.
“What kind of crap idea king, what sort of rising star of the Tower of Secrets, I f***…”
“What did Holter mean before he died when he said Bai Fu isn’t human? Could it be that Bai Fu is some special existence?”
“Who knows, is this the time to think about such things? I need to leave here quickly. I don’t want to be assimilated by those damn bugs.”
In the panic, Holter’s men “split.” Some gritted their teeth and stayed put, while others quickly scrambled aboard the spaceship they came in, trying to escape amidst the chaos.
They were gambling, but clearly they lost the bet.
Fear and unease didn’t make Manu lose his resolve; instead, it made him even more decisive.
Upon discovering that a spaceship was attempting to flee, he immediately ordered the control tower to call the ship to stop. Receiving no response, he issued the attack order without hesitation.
On the ground, dozens of cannons roared together. The small transport ship couldn’t withstand such an assault and was shot down in just a few rounds. Everyone on board perished in the explosion.
Flames fell from the sky, signaling the official start of a new round of battles against the Dark Domain Bug Clan.
The battle lasted from noon until midnight. Despite the Star Network Commonwealth showing steel-like combat determination, after the barrier developed a flaw, they were forced to gradually retreat in the face of the relentless assaults by the Dark Domain Bug Clan, until they retreated into the last line of defense, where they managed to suppress the bug clan’s offensive momentum using countless laser nets and specially-made chemical bombs.
“This round of attacks is basically over.”
Manu stood on the final mechanical wall, watching the bugs crawling on the scorched earth, and couldn’t help but sigh softly.
Around him, except for the S-class superhumans, everyone else, whether standing or sitting, looked terrible.
The sudden appearance of a spy caused the second line of defense, which should have held for another two or three days, to fall within a day. How could they be happy?
There was still more than five days left until the mission ended, and they couldn’t figure out how to hold out for five days relying solely on this last line of defense.
Things weren’t bad just in that regard.
The spy who fired the cannon admitted very calmly that he was a spy for the Tower of Secrets when caught, but he confessed not because he was honest. He was deliberately undermining the morale of the Star Network Commonwealth. While shouting “Tower of Secrets will surely win, Star Network Commonwealth will surely fail,” he laughed loudly, saying, “Do you really think I’m the only spy the Tower of Secrets has planted on Heaven Lake Star?”
This combination of actions further scattered the already low morale of the defenders.
Yeah, what if there are other spies? What if another spy emerges to cause trouble while they’re resisting?
In his frustration, Manu approached Bai Fu.
“The communicator of the Titan Hammer that attacked you has been fully analyzed. We’ve marked everyone he contacted. Those on Heaven Lake Star have all been captured. As for those not on Heaven Lake Star, we can only wait.”
As he spoke, he handed Bai Fu a list.
Bai Fu quickly scanned it. “There are media people too?”
Manu nodded. “He contacted several news agencies and temporarily hired a group of trolls to spread negative information about you and deliberately tarnish your reputation.”
Holy crap!
Bai Fu was shocked.
Fortunately, she kept the Titan Hammer’s communicator and obtained evidence from it. Otherwise, if this guy had succeeded, who knows how many little black-hearted individuals would have emerged to smear her.
Now it’s good. With the evidence, she could slap the faces of those who slandered her later.
Joke aside, this world ultimately belongs to the white ones!
“By the way.”
Seeing Manu approaching, Bai Fu hurriedly asked if the knowledge transmitted by Jiujiao was given by the Star Network Commonwealth. To her surprise, Manu knew nothing about it.
What’s this?
Ah, if it wasn’t from you guys, then who was it?
Bai Fu was utterly confused. Fine, she’d ask Jiujiao when they met next.
She truly had to thank the generous person who sent the advanced knowledge. Otherwise, the prayer card production line she had painstakingly set up would have been destroyed by the Titan Hammer. Moreover, she wouldn’t have been able to obtain the evidence of the Titan Hammer hiring trolls to smear her. Without these pieces of evidence, the little black-hearted individuals would have gone wild.
Though she didn’t know who the generous person was, she wished them a long life first!
There are still more good people in the world. Not everyone is as inhuman as the Titan Hammer.
After tidying her thoughts, Bai Fu noticed Manu let out a faint sigh. This was the first time she saw this side of Manu.
“The hearts of the people are somewhat scattered.”
She shook her head inwardly.
This commission might fail.
But failure is failure. Compared to the great harvest of completing the promotion task and advancing to S-class, the failure of the mission wasn’t a big deal. With Scarlet Leaf protecting her, she wouldn’t die anyway.
There was just one thing Bai Fu didn’t quite understand.
“I’ve been wondering since the first day of the war. Why don’t we use those automated turrets and ship cannons? Using these weapons to fight bugs should be much more efficient than power armors and traps, right?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Fu noticed Manu, Herbert, and others staring at her with strange expressions, as if saying, “You don’t even know this?”
Bai Fu: “?”
Damn it, isn’t it normal for us country bumpkins to not know this and that?
At this point, Scarlet Leaf stepped forward: “This is my fault. Because the situation was urgent, I forgot to explain it to you these past few days. There are three reasons why the Flood Disaster is so difficult to handle. First, the reproduction ability of the Dark Domain Bug Clan is extremely strong, and they can optimize their genes by consuming other lives. Second, they have mastered the ability to deliver objects remotely and create secondary spaces. Third, some special brain bugs have gained abilities similar to cybernetic engineers during evolution. They can infiltrate AI systems. If we use weapons with high AI levels, if these weapons’ controls are taken over by the brain bugs, that would be troublesome.”
Bai Fu paused.
Oh, these bugs are that powerful?
No wonder they haven’t been wiped out after all these years and have become even more rampant. Calling them catastrophes is indeed very appropriate. But compared to players who can resurrect, these bugs are still inferior.
After explaining the situation to Bai Fu, Scarlet Leaf turned to Manu, Herbert, and others: “Bai Fu is not from the Edge World. She comes from a small civilization in the Dark Domain, so she doesn’t know these things that have become common knowledge to us in recent years.”
She didn’t plan to hide this fact. Bai Fu had quite a few big-mouthed followers, and sooner or later everyone would know.
Oh, Bai Fu comes from the Dark Domain. Then everything makes sense… Makes sense my ass!
Upon learning that Bai Fu came from the Dark Domain, Manu and Herbert both widened their eyes, and the nearby dispirited people also looked up at Bai Fu.
Judging from Bai Fu’s performance in fighting Holter earlier, she had undoubtedly reached S-class. An S-class superhuman born in the Dark Domain civilization?
Either Bai Fu’s civilization is very powerful, or Bai Fu herself is a once-in-a-century super genius!
Herbert frowned deeply.
Compared to the current commission, he was now more concerned about Bai Fu. With Bai Fu’s assistance, Scarlet Leaf was undoubtedly the biggest threat on his path to competing for the position of minister.
Not only was Bai Fu an S-class superhuman herself, but she also had a bunch of followers who were practically immortal.
What a ridiculous situation! Not long ago, Scarlet Leaf was at the bottom, and now the situation has reversed.
“How did you two meet?” Herbert couldn’t help but ask.
Many people were curious about this question.
Scarlet Leaf briefly explained the situation. At this point, she was quite proud. On a casual outing, she met Bai Fu, who had just entered the Star Ocean and knew nothing about it. Then, with her charm, she easily lured the pure and innocent Bai Fu onto her ship. Jealous? Are you jealous?
Herbert wasn’t just envious; he was jealous.
F***, what kind of lucky break is this?
Could Scarlet Leaf have been intentionally accumulating good luck previously because she was so unlucky, resulting in getting a golden card now?
He began to ponder whether there was a way to lure Bai Fu over. If not Bai Fu, luring over Bai Fu’s followers would be good enough. In any case, Scarlet Leaf shouldn’t enjoy Bai Fu’s benefits so effortlessly!
Herbert feigned enlightenment: “This is really coincidental. With Bai Fu, the Holy Maiden’s strength, if she had encountered the minister at the beginning, she might have been directly promoted to supervisor.”
“?”
Scarlet Leaf’s gaze instantly sharpened.
I may be stunned, but I’m not stupid. Do you think I can’t tell you’re trying to sow discord between me and Bai Fu?
Even Scarlet Leaf could see through Herbert’s intentions, so there was no way Bai Fu couldn’t.
Stop messing around. Even if I drink three catties of liquor, I won’t abandon Scarlet Leaf, who is good-looking, strong, and slightly naive, to join you.
Besides, in the public eye, I am already seen as a kind-hearted and capable Holy Maiden. How could a proper Holy Maiden do something shameless like changing sides at someone’s slight temptation?
Although I am indeed shameless, this kind of truth, even if true, cannot be easily revealed!
Bai Fu knew that now was the time to increase her affinity with Scarlet Leaf and establish her own reputation…
It was an excellent opportunity to shape her image, so she shook her head decisively.
“The title of supervisor means nothing to me. What I value has never been this. The reason I led those undead away from my hometown to this completely unfamiliar world is mainly to save my hometown.”
Save the hometown?
This topic immediately caught the attention of everyone around.
In recent days, Bai Fu’s performance has been very impressive, and there were many people praising her. Many people wanted to know about her past, but they couldn’t find any useful information online.
“Alas.”
When mentioning her hometown, Bai Fu suddenly sighed softly, her face showing a sorrowful expression as hard to resolve as ten thousand years of frost.
“Years ago, a terrible global war and out-of-control spiritual energy jointly destroyed my hometown. Cities were damaged, and countless people died. After the great calamity, the world was full of sources of pollution formed by violent spiritual energy. Whether humans or other animals and plants, once they come into contact with these pollution sources, they turn into monsters. Everyone lived very hard and painfully. I grew up in such a desperate environment, so I determined long ago to do something to change my hometown.”
The listeners nodded silently. So Bai Fu’s world was that tragic.
Bai Fu continued: “To achieve my goal, I defeated one ambitious person after another, rising from obscurity until I eventually became a legend in others’ eyes. At that time, I thought I could finally change the world. But I was still too young. How easy is it to solve pollution sources? I almost fell into despair. Fortunately, later I found a way to leave my hometown. I decided to leave, not for escape, but to come to the Star Ocean to find a way to save my hometown.”
What!
The listeners were shocked.
No wonder everything Bai Fu did revealed such righteousness. This was all related to her growth environment and past experiences.
Savior?
Yes!
Bai Fu is truly the savior; she fully deserves this title. Many people have great respect for Bai Fu.
At this moment, Bai Fu turned her head towards Scarlet Leaf, with deep affection.
“When I first arrived at the Star Ocean, I was confused and naive, but I never thought of giving up. Behind me stands my hometown and millions of compatriots who are still waiting for me to return. How can I give up? I must say my luck is really good. When I lost sight of the future, I met Manager Scarlet Leaf. She heard about my difficulties and lent me her starship without hesitation, along with several sets of facilities to purify spiritual energy. It was Manager Scarlet Leaf who gave me the ability to change my hometown, and I am very grateful to Manager Scarlet Leaf. Therefore, when I heard that Manager Scarlet Leaf would come to Heaven Lake Star to carry out a mission, I immediately came with my followers to support her.”
Scarlet Leaf felt her heart melting because of Bai Fu.
So she was so important to Bai Fu?
Manu couldn’t help but sigh: “You are a hero, and Manager Scarlet Leaf is also a hero.”
Bai Fu quickly shook her head humbly: “Hero is too much praise. I’m just doing what everyone in the same position would do their best to accomplish. Aren’t we all like that? During these days on Heaven Lake Star, I saw everyone fighting bravely. Even if the Bug Tide comes in waves and even if we fall into danger repeatedly, for Heaven Lake Star, for the Star Network Community, for the loved ones behind us, for everything we love, everyone has never slacked off and is always ready to sacrifice themselves. To be honest, I am deeply moved.”
While saying these words, Bai Fu’s acting was impeccable, not only in demeanor and actions, tone of voice, but also in her eyes.
What kind of eyes were they?
They were bright like stars, making every person who looked into them feel pricked and unable to maintain eye contact.
How could anyone look straight into them?
Look at how firm Bai Fu’s determination is, even when facing despair alone, she never thought of giving up. Compare that with themselves, after encountering unexpected setbacks, they actually thought of giving up. The gap between them was too big.
Shame burned the hearts of most people present.
At a certain moment, a soldier who had originally been sitting on the ground suddenly threw the water bottle in his hand onto the ground, his face filled with ferocity.
“I will absolutely not give up. My parents and sister are waiting for me at home. I must hold back these bugs here. I don’t want to see the day they get eaten by bugs!”
His shout broke the silence and set a good example.
Starting with him, one by one, soldiers and superhumans who were originally low in morale stood up.
“In terms of strength, I may not be as good as Holy Maiden Bai Fu, but in terms of love for family and hometown, I will not lose!”
“If I give up here, how can I still call myself a fan of the Holy Maiden?”
“Damn it, fight these bugs to the death!”
The joyful mood spread quickly.
Each shout was like a small flame, and when these small flames gathered together, Bai Fu had only one thought –
Wow, it’s burning up!
She just wanted to gain some affinity and shape her image as a holy maiden, but she didn’t expect that these words would have such an inspiring effect on morale.
Neither Herbert nor Manu expected it either.
The former secretly thought it was bad. It seemed impossible to recruit Bai Fu, so he could only target those undead.
The latter looked around, seeing those passionate and young faces. His originally restless heart became completely calm, and there was no sign of unease on his face.
Young people are spirited, isn’t he, as a middle-aged man, supposed to be spirited once too?
There is only one line of defense left. Even with high morale, holding out for five days would be difficult, but this does not mean he has no chance to complete the task assigned by his superiors.
Besides defending, he can also take the initiative to attack.
Piloting a battleship, rushing into the celestial sea, attracting the attention of brain bugs. Although extremely dangerous, if he can successfully find the hiding place of the biological battleships and brain bugs, there will be a chance to reverse the overall situation.
Manu made up his mind to gamble, using his own life to bet. He must thoroughly solve the bug problem this time and cannot leave such a crisis for the next generation.
“Bai Fu, I remember you said before that if you could obtain new advanced knowledge or knowledge related to prayer card production, you would have a certain chance to break through and increase the speed of producing prayer cards?”
Bai Fu nodded.
“Great.”
Manu opened his communicator and contacted the supervisor personnel of the Star Network Community’s Heaven Lake Star Campaign through a dedicated network.
“I’ve told you before, I need S-class advanced knowledge of spiritual energy and prayer card blueprints, as well as knowledge related to prayer card production. How’s your application going?”
“Manu, this matter is complicated, you know these things…”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Manu rudely interrupted the voice on the other end of the communicator, “I don’t care about what’s complex or not. I only know that I and the warriors here are risking our lives for the Star Network Community. If you want to win this war, then send me what I need. I don’t have time to argue with you, do it now, immediately!”
Suddenly, an extremely powerful aura emanated from him, honed by experience in blood-soaked battles.
Even though there was a great distance between them, the person on the other end of the communicator was scared.
“Calm down, I’ll apply right away.”
It took only a few minutes for Manu to receive the materials sent by the supervisor personnel.
He took off the communicator and handed it directly to Bai Fu.
“I entrust this to you.”
Bai Fu was surprised, never expecting to obtain new advanced knowledge in this way, but she accepted it calmly anyway since she wasn’t someone who freeloads.
Just study it!
She spent nearly half an hour digesting all the knowledge Manu gave her.
The new knowledge allowed her to unlock two new skills, [Miracle Resonance] and [Summon Arbiter]. The former is a super rare skill similar to Youlia’s [Sanctification Link]. After selecting and binding a target, both parties can enjoy an additional 3% boost to all attributes. The latter is a skill to summon a true spirit. The summoned arbiter can fly, and its main offensive method is a spiritual energy gun similar to a lightning gun called Arbiter’s Gun.
Bai Fu decisively bound herself with Youlia. This way, she and Youlia would be doubly connected, achieving real port trade and mutual benefit.
In addition to these two skills, she also obtained many new prayer card blueprints, such as [Imprisonment Ground], which can create a spiritual energy cage to trap enemies, [Mind Storm], which can create a large-scale spiritual energy storm, and [Whisper of Illusions], which can create multiple illusions.
Although her card-making speed did not improve, the new skills and new blueprints directly enriched her combat style more than doubled.
Arbiter + gunner + Big Black Fu + Small Black Fu + Small White Fu + Black Fu, her True Spirit Army Flow playstyle was initially taking shape.
Various restriction cards and damage cards combinations also gave her card flow playstyle more tactical options.
“Give me some time!”
Bai Fu dove into the new workshop and, with Youlia’s magic replenishment, produced a large number of new cards in a very short time.
More than two hours later, news came from outside that the Dark Domain Bug Clan had launched a new round of attacks. Those bugs seemed to want to break through the last line of defense at once.
“Here they come.”
“The Holy Maiden is here!”
When Bai Fu appeared on the city wall, cheers erupted all over the wall, and the morale soared.
Originally positioned as just support, under the gaze of countless eyes, she was elevated to the leader of an indomitable spirit, and her presence suddenly shone like that of a leading female character, even overshadowing Scarlet Leaf.
“Taste the combination of Imprisonment Ground and Mind Storm!”
Bai Fu handed the extra cards to Manu and played two cards herself.
The cards turned into light points, and a huge square cage hundreds of meters long appeared on the plain, trapping countless bugs. A moment later, a huge storm like a tornado swept through the cage, mowing down the lives of the bugs like grass.
Bug Tide?
Take a look at how one Fu guards the pass on the city wall!
Encouraged by Bai Fu, more Imprisonment Ground cards and Mind Storm cards were thrown out.
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