Chapter 191: Racial Evolution, Bai Fu Ascends to the Peak of S-Class! [57k]
As players on the Indigo Star were immersed in the joyous activity of opening treasure boxes, Bai Fu was also playing with probabilities alongside Anya and the others.
Under normal circumstances, her chance of triggering a mental mutation using Dissociative Medication was only 2.3%. However, with the dual boost from her Inspiration Talent and the special equipment, Sin Punishment Needle, this probability increased to 32.3%.
Even though it was still less than one-third, this probability was already quite high. After all, she currently had two prototypes, and Youlia could produce dozens of doses of Dissociative Medication every day through these two prototypes.
“Let’s begin.”
Bai Fu took the lead in using a dose of Dissociative Medication.
Under the influence of the “field” created by the Sin Punishment Needle, she entered a very special state. For a moment, she felt as if her consciousness had separated from her body. Even with her eyes closed, she could clearly perceive every part of her body with her mind, even more clearly than if she had used her eyes.
“This feeling is somewhat similar to what’s described in cultivation novels as ‘spiritual wandering outside the body.'”
In this strange state, her body absorbed the Dissociative Medication several times more efficiently, and the combination of her cells with the medication became much tighter.
While the effect was still fresh, Bai Fu injected herself with another dose of Dissociative Medication. On the fourth injection, she heard a voice.
[You have triggered a new mental mutation.]
During her first mental mutation, she gained a permanent +10% bonus to her base mental attribute. The additional bonus from the second mental mutation was only 2%, but free bonuses are never something to be dismissed.
“Alright, continue!”
After injecting herself with 41 vials of Dissociative Medication, accumulating five mental mutations including the previous ones, Bai Fu finally heard the game prompt she had been waiting for.
[Your mental mutation count has reached the critical point, you now have the opportunity for racial evolution.]
[Since your current race is [Prayer of the Stars], after the racial evolution, your race will change to [Shadow Phantom (Prayer of the Stars)].]
“Hmm?”
Upon seeing this prompt, Bai Fu’s eyes lit up immediately. She had originally been worried that after her race changed to Shadow Phantom, the racial talent of Prayer of the Stars would disappear, preventing her from gaining additional inspiration attributes after leveling up. Unexpectedly, the human form of Shadow Phantom retained all the characteristics of the Prayer of the Stars intact.
Is this the racial characteristic of a special race?
Without hesitation, Bai Fu clicked on the evolution button.
[Racial evolution in progress…]
Instantly, an excruciating pain akin to having bones torn apart surged from deep within her body. Fortunately, Bai Fu had been battle-hardened for a long time, so she didn’t let out a groan due to the sudden pain. Even so, her complexion involuntarily turned pale, and her condition looked worse than when she conducted excessive experiments with Youlia.
“Hey, are you really alright?”
Scarlet Leaf quickly stepped forward to support Bai Fu, and the others also tensed up.
Unable to speak, Bai Fu could only weakly wave her hand.
Scarlet Leaf wanted to say something else, but suddenly, Bai Fu’s body seemed to be covered in a layer of gray mist, becoming blurry. Scarlet Leaf was greatly startled and hurriedly tried to grab Bai Fu’s hand, only to be shocked when her hand went right through Bai Fu’s wrist.
“?!”
She was frozen in place from fright. Looking up, she saw Bai Fu’s body flickering continuously, like an old cathode-ray tube television fluctuating due to poor signal.
“Boss!”
Anya immediately put away the Sin Punishment Needle and lunged toward Bai Fu. However, her lunge passed through empty air. When she steadied herself and turned around, there was no sign of Bai Fu in the large room.
This is bad! The boss seems gone!
Anya’s composure broke down. Scarlet Leaf, Xia Shi, and Wei Ke beside her were completely panicked, unsure of what to do. The room was filled with suffocating despair and sadness.
Seeing this scene, Youlia helplessly sighed, supporting her forehead.
So, none of you know Bai Fu as well as I do!
Gone?
Is Bai Fu the type of person who would easily put herself in peril?
But it’s true; among those present, or perhaps even in the entire universe, no one dared claim to understand Bai Fu better than her, not even Bai Fu herself. After all, the numerous experiments they had conducted together weren’t for nothing!
Of course, Youlia was confident that Bai Fu wasn’t dead this time mainly because they had been in a bidirectional connection state. Since the connecting “duct” hadn’t disappeared yet, it meant Bai Fu was still alive.
“Don’t worry, Bai Fu is perfectly fine. I’ll go get her out.”
Following her senses, Youlia walked toward Bai Fu hovering in the corner of the room.
At this moment, Bai Fu was immersed in the game prompt.
[You have completed genetic optimization. Your race has changed to [Shadow Phantom (Prayer of the Stars)].]
[Race change complete. You have gained attribute corrections—
Strength +13, Agility +28, Constitution +17, Intelligence +12, Spirit +39, Inspiration +14.]
[You have gained new racial trait enhancements—
1. Consume spirit power to enter [Phantom] form;
2. Each point of constitution converts health points +5;
3. Spirit resistance +50%, spirit damage reduction rate +10%.]
The moment the racial evolution was completed, the pain receded like the tide. Bai Fu felt as if she had broken free from some kind of restriction. Her body felt warm and comfortable.
She hurriedly checked the changes in her body.
In phantom form, she could freely alter her shape and effortlessly pass through ordinary walls. Her speed while moving through walls was nearly three times that of her normal form. Moreover, her perception became much sharper. She could clearly sense the energy fluctuations around her, including electrical energy and the energy flowing inside Youlia and others’ bodies.
This unique perception ability was extremely useful in combat. If used properly, she could predict her opponent’s next move by observing the direction of energy flow, thus deciding whether to dodge or counterattack.
“Considering the attribute corrections and the increase in health conversion rate, my current strength is at least two or three times stronger than before the racial evolution!”
Bai Fu was increasingly looking forward to the boosts she would gain after transforming into a Void Lifeform.
The series of traits of Void Lifeforms far exceeded those of Shadow Phantoms and Prayer of the Stars, and Void Lifeforms also had special burst skills.
“Let me see what changes have occurred to my original form.”
Bai Fu dispelled the phantom form, descending from mid-air, gently touching the ground with her feet. Just at that moment, Youlia approached her, and Bai Fu grabbed her.
“Do you feel that I’ve become more beautiful?”
Youlia couldn’t help rolling her eyes: “Nope, I just think you’ve become more narcissistic.”
Bai Fu shrugged. What’s wrong with being narcissistic? Isn’t it okay to be self-absorbed when you’re good-looking?
After pondering for a moment, Bai Fu suddenly realized that although her appearance hadn’t changed during this racial evolution, the internal structure of her body was entirely different from before.
The most direct change was that even without eating, as long as she had a continuous supply of energy, she wouldn’t starve to death. A secondary change was that since her bones and internal organs had undergone fundamental alterations, her body flexibility had improved drastically.
Not to mention doing splits, now she could easily bend herself into a taut bow while raising her legs high.
This special ability was very useful for both combat and intimate moments with Youlia, significantly enhancing her combat prowess.
“This is a special race existing between physical matter and energy.”
Bai Fu silently marveled.
Youlia couldn’t resist criticizing her: “Stop being so self-centered. For a while there, Anya thought you were dead. How did you suddenly become invisible? Did taking too much medication cause a mutation?”
Bai Fu nodded: “You guessed right. After accumulating multiple mental mutations, I did trigger a mutation, turning into a Shadow Phantom.”
Youlia: “?!”
Goodness, now she would have to study Bai Fu even more thoroughly!
Actually, Bai Fu had no intention of hiding anything, because she wanted Anya and Wei Ke, who followed the mental school, to also become Shadow Phantoms.
“Alright, alright, stop staring at me. You should try injecting Dissociative Medication.”
Under Bai Fu’s urging, Anya once again brought out the Sin Punishment Needle.
Half a day later, thanks to Bai Fu’s guidance, Anya and Wei Ke successfully transformed into Shadow Phantoms. Meanwhile, Youlia, Scarlet Leaf, and Xia Shi all triggered the fifth level of mental mutations.
The enhancement of mental attributes didn’t benefit Youlia and Xia Shi much, but it significantly boosted Anya’s and Wei Ke’s abilities.
Although Anya’s level hadn’t increased yet, her current strength was already comparable to some ordinary A-class superhumans. As for Wei Ke, his power skyrocketed, making him one of the top performers among A-class superhumans.
However, the happiest person here, aside from Bai Fu, was undoubtedly Scarlet Leaf.
After triggering the fifth level of mental mutations, her prophet compatibility probability soared to 61%, while Bai Fu’s rose to 64.2%.
“Continuing to enhance mental attributes won’t yield much more compatibility improvement. Next, we need to find ways to boost intelligence attributes.”
Bai Fu temporarily set this matter aside because Anya had found her.
“Boss, during the process of evolving into a Shadow Phantom, I inadvertently saw something significant through the Sin Punishment Needle.”
“What did you see?”
“It’s like this…”
According to Anya’s account, she saw an intense battle through the Sin Punishment Needle. The combatants were two enormous insects, one of which wielded the Sin Punishment Needle. In the end, the insect wielding the needle fell victim to a sneak attack and lost. In its dying moments, it hurled the Sin Punishment Needle into spatial turbulence.
Thus, she drifted all the way here to Indigo Star by accident.
After losing control, the Sin Punishment Needle began to regularly release sin punishment fluctuations. Under the influence of these fluctuations, the special Indigo Star people were alienated into “devil gods,” while the less special ones were twisted into monsters. From this moment on, Indigo Star entered centuries of turmoil until Bai Fu arrived, finally bringing everything to an end.
“Bug?”
Bai Fu first thought of the Dark Domain Bug Clan.
But because she had never seen a high-level individual of the Dark Domain Bug Clan, she didn’t dare to assert that the bug Anya described was from the Dark Domain.
At this moment, she received a new game prompt.
[You have triggered the hidden quest [The Sin Punishment Needle Lost in the Dark Domain]]
[Quest Introduction: The Sin Punishment Needle lost on Indigo Star is a very rare mental prop. Many factions in the Tide Star System are interested in this Sin Punishment Needle. Now that it has fallen into the hands of your closest person, how you deal with it will depend on you.]
[Quest Objective:
Branch 1. Hand over the Sin Punishment Needle to the Tide Civilization. Reward – 3 million experience points, unlock the affinity for the Tide Civilization faction, unknown;
Branch 2. Hand over the Sin Punishment Needle to the Moon-Blasphemy Alliance. Reward – 3 million experience points, unlock the affinity for the Moon-Blasphemy Alliance faction, unknown;
Branch 3. Keep it for yourself. Reward – none.]
[Note: This quest has a relatively high probability of triggering subsequent quests, depending specifically on your performance when interacting with various factions.]
Bai Fu slightly raised her eyebrows; this quest was like the one she triggered after obtaining the True Essence Pillar, indicating that she had guessed correctly earlier. The Sin Punishment Needle played a crucial role in the main quest of the Tide Star System, just as the True Essence Pillar did in the Sea Lion Galaxy.
Very good. Whether to collect new titles or more protagonists, more experience, and more key props for the main quest, she would need to visit other beginner planets next.
According to the game description, special titles like [Truth-Burying] and [Devil God Terminator] can be collected up to three at once. Collecting all three can synthesize a unique title that adds +20% basic attributes, which is quite impressive. If she could successfully obtain it, her promotion to Catastrophe would be much easier.
“Everyone, go ahead and enjoy yourselves freely. I’ll check out those undead on Indigo Star.”
Bai Fu lavishly praised Anya for discovering the new quest, then happily went to look at the leeks newly planted in her backyard.
The players on Indigo Star were also pent up. Since they learned that Bai Fu was likely the Overlord of the Night Shadow, they’ve been craving Bai Fu. Now that she’s really come to Indigo Star, how could they hold back?
Clearly, Fu Fu wouldn’t stay long on Indigo Star. There’s no time to hesitate!
Don’t wait until Fu Fu is far away and regretfully cry over her picture!
Skills, advanced knowledge, prayer cards, special equipment, special materials, interstellar common language…
Charge! Phase rush!
Money?
All given to Fu Fu!
Experience?
Except for keeping part for leveling up, the rest will also be given to Fu Fu!
Just by walking around the event site, Bai Fu found herself with a large amount of Indigo Star currency and experience.
She planned to exchange Indigo Star currency for resources and invest them in the Dusk Sect. She had already decided to transform the Dusk Sect into the Indigo Star branch of Silent Courtyard, letting this branch help manage the players on Indigo Star.
As for experience…
Bai Fu shrugged.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t tried hard enough, nor that her techniques weren’t refined enough, nor that her charm towards Indigo Star players wasn’t strong enough. But the difficulty of extracting experience from Indigo Star players was indeed much higher than from Source Star players.
For no other reason, there were no Spirit Energy users on Indigo Star. The Spirit Energy knowledge, skills, diagrams, and items she used to harvest experience from Source Star players basically couldn’t sell on Indigo Star, except for a small portion of players who temporarily wanted to learn Spirit Energy as a secondary profession.
Even so, after five consecutive days of celebration activities, Bai Fu still gained a full 1.1 billion experience!
That’s 1.1 billion, a ten-digit number!
This was the first time Bai Fu had extracted so much experience from players, and now she was truly satisfied.
However, this was not yet the limit of the Indigo Star players. They actually still had a lot of stockpiled goods. Once she returned to the Star Ocean and listed some Mental School knowledge books, skill books, and diagrams in the merchant store, she estimated she could extract another few hundred million experience from the Indigo Star players in a short period.
If looking further ahead, once she gradually transformed all the Indigo Star players into her shape—meaning turning them into Spirit Energy users—she could probably squeeze out another 1 billion experience.
In summary, the experience squeezed out on Indigo Star was already sufficient for Bai Fu to upgrade her main cultivation path to level 110, officially entering the S+ tier.
However, before doing that, she still needed to collect advanced knowledge and complete a career transition task to finish the last transition from level 100 to level 101.
“Let’s charge!”
Bai Fu consecutively invested 250 million experience, upgrading Miracle Constructor from Lv19 directly to Lv25, bringing the total level of her Spirit Energy main cultivation path to 100.
After the level increase, her stats became—
[Health Points]: 30703/30703
[Spirit Energy]: 40210/40210
[Qi]: 3970/3970
[Stats]: Strength 169, Agility 334, Constitution 507, Intelligence 351, Spirit 387, Inspiration 1148
Compared to when she came to Indigo Star, her base Health Points increased by more than 7000, her base Spirit Energy increased by more than 5000, and her base Inspiration increased by 157.
This was only a numerical improvement. If you count the various characteristics brought by the Shadow Phantom race, Bai Fu felt that her current self could easily handle two of her former selves.
“There are differences even among S-rank individuals.”
Even now, she was still no match for Scarlet Leaf and Tessia, but if it were Herbert and others, the situation would be unclear.
Herbert’s level was slightly higher than hers, but in terms of bonuses, Herbert couldn’t compare with her.
If she hadn’t become sworn enemies with the Tower of Secrets, she could almost walk sideways in the Sea Lion Galaxy right now.
“Feels great!”
Bai Fu closed the game panel.
Besides her, Anya and Youlia’s strength also improved significantly, especially Anya. After the trip to Indigo Star, Anya had truly grown into a capable superhuman, which would greatly assist the development of the Silent Courtyard faction.
“It’s time to implement the final plan!”
Bai Fu took out the virtual combat platform from the spaceship and held a selection event in the same format as she did on Source Star.
This time, she prepared to take 3000 Indigo Star players to the Star Ocean.
This new event immediately caught the attention of all Indigo Star inhabitants, including players and NPCs.
To the Star Ocean?
The President of the Pursuit of Star Nation was greatly shocked.
When he saw the spaceship, he guessed that Bai Fu might come from the Star Ocean, but it wasn’t until Bai Fu confirmed it herself that he dared to believe.
So, there really are stronger civilizations and stronger superhumans in the vast star ocean?
Discussions about the Star Ocean quickly became the hottest topic on Indigo Star.
On the second day of the discussion, Qi and Theresa found Bai Fu, their eyes filled with unusual colors.
Bai Fu immediately understood their intentions.
They wanted to follow her to explore the Star Ocean!
Recruiting two protagonists as followers was something Bai Fu was very willing to do, as it could enhance her own value. However, Qi and Theresa were too weak now, and once she returned to the Star Ocean, she might face Tessia directly. Therefore, she temporarily didn’t plan to take them to the Star Ocean. Her plan was to let Qi and Theresa stay on Indigo Star for a while longer, until the 2.0 version, during which time she wanted them to help her lead the Indigo Star branch of Silent Courtyard.
The root cause had been removed, but the monsters and secret societies causing chaos had not been completely eliminated. It was perfect to let Qi and Theresa lead the players to complete the aftermath work.
With two protagonists personally leading the branch missions, Bai Fu was confident that there would be no mistakes.
As for the current Spiritual Master of the Dusk Sect, once the Dusk Sect was renamed, she would give him a leisurely position and let him stay.
Bai Fu explained her thoughts to Qi and Theresa.
After hesitating for a moment, Qi and Theresa agreed. They yearned for the Star Ocean, but they didn’t want to drag Bai Fu down either.
After what happened recently, in their eyes, Bai Fu was no longer just a kind devil god but an idol they admired, their guide.
Seeing how cooperative Qi and Theresa were, Bai Fu quickly handed over the medicine she had promised earlier, allowing them to treat themselves and their relatives. Then, Bai Fu called Anya and let her use the Sin Punishment Needle, giving them a large amount of dissociative medication.
“Alright, alright, don’t get emotional. If you really want to repay me, help me keep an eye on Silent Courtyard and Indigo Star well, to prevent ambitious people from causing trouble again.”
“Yes, Elder Bai Fu!”
Qi and Theresa bowed deeply.
Bai Fu fully accepted it.
She had done such a big thing, so why shouldn’t she accept bows from two protagonists?
On the 17th day on Indigo Star, when the clock struck midnight 12, Bai Fu standing at the highest point of the original Dusk Sect headquarters looked down, and in an instant, all the players disappeared from her field of vision.
Version 1.3 ended.
Version 1.4 was coming soon.
But for her, what she looked forward to most now was the fifth enhancement during the version update!
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