Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Let the Players Charge Forward

The death of Seven made Bai Fu feel that helping players enhance their abilities at the right time was indeed an excellent decision.

Otherwise, the group of players would have had a hard time subduing Seven even if they had tackled him to the ground. And without the players’ efforts, her idea of harvesting Seven’s life would have been pure nonsense.

Of course, in this battle, not only Bai Fu won big, but also the players.

Seven’s level was much higher than the players’, and the large level difference brought significant experience bonuses.

After his death, even the players who dealt only 2 points of damage received a reward of 196 experience points. The player who threw the poison sac gained as high as 1724 experience points, making the other players envious.

For a moment, all the players excitedly surrounded Bai Fu in the middle.

Who wouldn’t like an NPC who is good-looking and can help them level up?

[“Angel!”]

[“If I had known Bai Fu would come, I would have used all my props to attack that guy. Now I’ve lost hundreds of experience points, I’m crying.”]

[“Don’t stop me. If there’s such a thing again, I will definitely rush to the front.”]

[“Stop dreaming. Would it still be your turn for such a good thing?”]

Bai Fu didn’t stay long at the player stronghold. After enhancing her presence in the players’ minds, she left.

Before returning to the Wildfire Gang, she wandered around nearby, but unfortunately, no high-reward quests were triggered.

It doesn’t matter; today’s harvest was already enough for her.

There’s no need to mention the experience rewards. With the video of her taking down Seven with two shots being uploaded to the community, her popularity surged again, showing a strong trend of surpassing the large mech and temporarily topping the popularity chart.

Bai Fu felt deeply satisfied.

She realized she couldn’t just wait for the game developers to strengthen her; it was necessary to use this popularity well and let the players contribute to her rapid leveling plan.

…

The instrument indicator lights in the laboratory kept flashing. Nine, standing guard at the door with arms crossed, had impatience written all over his face.

“How hasn’t he returned yet?”

It had been exactly eight hours since Seven left, and not a single piece of news had come back during this period, which made him extremely uneasy.

A moment later, the laboratory door opened, and the leader of the Wildfire Gang walked in.

“Where’s Seven?” Nine asked anxiously.

Wildfire Gang Leader said, “He wasn’t found.”

Nine frowned, “If you didn’t find him, why don’t you send more people to look?”

“Sending too many people might alert the enemy,” replied the Wildfire Gang Leader.

“Do you have a brain problem or something?” Nine suddenly roared, “If you’re afraid of alarming the enemy, why don’t you give another reason, like capturing outsiders? Send people now, or I’ll make you regret it!”

The Wildfire Gang Leader’s face turned red, but he still obediently agreed.

“I’ll go immediately.”

After saying that, he quickly left.

Although he looked very upset, he was actually elated inside.

These outsiders are really tough; they actually managed to keep Seven from coming back. But since Seven isn’t coming back, there’s still Nine, who is troublesome.

The Wildfire Gang Leader gritted his teeth and decided to do something big – secretly notify the outsiders to get rid of Nine as well!

They must die; Seven and Nine are both lunatics. If he doesn’t eliminate them both, he will eventually be killed by them.

“Since you don’t act human, don’t blame me for acting inhuman!”

After leaving through the hidden door, the Wildfire Gang Leader immediately arranged for his subordinates to find the missing Seven. Subsequently, he found Bai Fu.

“Bai Fu, do you think I can trust you?”

This statement implied, my name is Bai Fu, read as Loyalty!

Bai Fu immediately pledged loyalty: “I am personally promoted by you, Lord Leader. There is only one sun in the sky, and there is only one sun in my heart – you!”

Wildfire Gang Leader said, “I am glad to hear you say that. Now I have a very dangerous mission in hand. It’s inappropriate for me to take action myself due to my prominence, so I need you to handle it.”

Bai Fu nodded, “Just tell me, Leader.”

Dangerous?

Take the mission first, then run away if it’s really dangerous.

Wildfire Gang Leader explained his predicament.

[You have triggered the hidden quest [Killing with Borrowed Knife]]

[Quest Introduction: During contact with foreign dignitaries, the Wildfire Gang Leader faced a threat to his life. Unable to bear it anymore, he decided to fight to the death and use the players’ hands to eliminate the threat. He knows this is a very dangerous mission, but he still wants to entrust you with the heavy responsibility.]

[Quest Objective: Inform the players about the existence of Nine]

[Reward: 2000 Experience Points, 10 Faction Reputation, 5000 Credits]

Bai Fu’s expression seemed a little strange.

This mission was indeed very dangerous for others in the Wildfire Gang. A slight misstep could lead to being taken care of by the players, so the reward of 2000 experience points was set quite reasonably.

But for her, it was just a word, practically free experience, no need to decline.

Seeing Bai Fu accept the mission without hesitation, the Wildfire Gang Leader smiled contentedly.

He had considered asking others for help, but in a place like the Wildfire Gang, talking about trust made him want to laugh. Everyone was here for profit. Finding those old foxes who were already full of oil would likely result in them selling him out to Nine. It was better to find someone young and energetic like Bai Fu.

“Go ahead.”

The Wildfire Gang Leader waved his hand. He had already seen Nine walking towards him.

Bai Fu turned and left. After walking a certain distance, she faintly heard Nine say that he wanted to personally participate in the investigation.

“One called Seven, one called Nine. Although the Wildfire Gang Leader didn’t explicitly say it earlier, it seems that the foreign dignitaries he mentioned refer to the Truth Society. I wonder what the Truth Society came here for.”

Bai Fu was curious. This abandoned cooling plant looked like a place with no apparent profit.

She did not make any unnecessary moves, first heading to the player stronghold to pass on the message.

On her way back to the Wildfire Gang, she saw a heavily armored truck parked by the roadside. Beside the car stood two people, a man and a woman, both looking young. The man wore a leather jacket, and the woman wore a work coat.

This was the first time Bai Fu, after becoming an NPC, saw a completely intact car. She instinctively threw two spirit visions at them.

The data panel of the male NPC was relatively simple.

[Name]: Yago Kaufman (Elite)

[Template]: Special

[Primary Profession]: Sniper Lv2 [Lower Profession Agent Lv10 (Max Level)]

The data panel of the female NPC looked simple at first glance.

[Name]: Xia Shi (Elite)

[Template]: Ordinary

[Primary Profession]: Junior Mechanical Engineer Lv2 [Lower Profession Scholar Lv10 (Max Level)]

Skipping over a series of unimportant data, Bai Fu’s gaze landed on Xia Shi’s [Talent], where she saw a glaring red [Strong Luck].

[Strong Luck]: Naturally has extremely good luck.

Although the introduction was just a simple sentence, Bai Fu already understood that this woman named Xia Shi was a life form envied and hated by many—

An Overlord Player!

The terror of the Overlord Player is self-evident. They can easily achieve double yellows in ten consecutive draws, withdraw money on BingXixi, and rumors claim that Overlord Players have short lifespans, but it must be clarified that the lifespan of Overlord Players is actually quite long.

Being enraged by Overlord Players.jpg

Bai Fu quickly closed the data panel. She couldn’t stand this dazzling talent.

“What are these two doing here? Judging from their professions, they are definitely not ordinary people.”

Bai Fu had a bad feeling. First, the Truth Society appeared, then a group of unknown people showed up. It seemed that the abandoned cooling plant was going to have a major event.

Although major events in the game’s beginner village are almost standard plot elements, her current strength was not enough to ensure complete self-preservation, which was troubling.

Perhaps she should consider leaving the abandoned cooling plant.

With her current strength and wealth, it was not difficult for her to leave the abandoned cooling plant. After going to a large settlement, she could not only receive higher-level missions but also find career advancement knowledge books. The only issue was that the players wouldn’t be able to catch up for a while.

Bai Fu pondered for a moment. Just as she was preparing to leave, she saw a half-familiar person.

Across the street in the alley, Nine was staring straight at the woman named Xia Shi. After watching her for several seconds, he turned and left.

Although she didn’t know what Nine was up to, judging from his previous gaze, Bai Fu felt he didn’t have good intentions.

“It’s better to send him off to reunite with Seven sooner.”

Bai Fu turned back and informed the players of Nine’s whereabouts.

Upon receiving the message, the players, who were already sharpening their knives, grabbed their weapons and chased after him without a second thought.

With the previous experience of dealing with Seven, the players were highly motivated, determined to use the newly devised tactics in this battle to gain a big advantage.

This time they had nothing to worry about. Bai Fu had already said that this was the Wildfire Gang Leader’s plan to use their hands to eliminate Nine, so the Wildfire Gang wouldn’t interfere. They just needed to deal with Nine.





A single person was enough. The hidden quest triggered after Bai Fu said these words seemed to confirm this point as well.

Even if the boss of the Wildfire Gang had plans behind their backs, they weren’t afraid.

As long as they took out Nine, they would earn a large amount of experience for leveling up. Once their levels increased, hehe, do they even know what it means to break all with sheer power?

Bai Fu closely followed the Player.

They moved forward stealthily, arriving near the Wildfire Gang’s territory.

As the player hesitated whether to charge in directly or ambush outside, Nine had already returned to the underground laboratory.

“I saw people from the Gene Progenitor outside. They’re from Si Chu. Those outsiders must be related to them, and Seven’s disappearance is definitely connected to them too. Our movements have been discovered by them.”

Nine’s eyes flashed with a cold gleam.

“They not only killed Seven today but also showed up personally. It seems they don’t intend to hide anymore. I estimate they will soon launch a full-scale attack on the Wildfire Gang.”

Youlia’s face was as solemn as water: “It will take at least two more days for me to complete the basic verification here.”

“Two days?” Nine paused his breathing slightly, “Too long, but the experiment absolutely cannot stop. Since there isn’t enough time, I’ll make an effort!”

Youlia asked, “What are you going to do?”

Nine pulled out a semi-transparent green cylinder lying on the ground: “Use this.”

“Induction bait? Do you know what consequences will arise after using this?” Youlia’s expression changed drastically.

Nine laughed, “Mutated life forms will surge over like sharks sensing blood, attacking everything alive along the way until those creatures die or become their kind.”

“You know the consequences and you still want to use it?”

“Using it will keep those outsiders busy dealing with mutated life forms, leaving no time for them to disturb your experiments. Don’t worry, even if the people from Si Chu ask Lin En for help, reinforcements won’t arrive in less than two days, which is enough for you to finish the verification.”

Nine picked up the induction bait and walked straight toward the door without hesitation.

He didn’t feel any psychological burden because he originally planned to destroy the entire abandoned cooling plant with the induction bait after the experiment was completed to erase traces of their existence; now it was just being done earlier.

“You’re crazy!” Youlia shouted loudly.

Nine stopped his steps: “Crazy? Youlia, remember that we are the Truth Society! Don’t think about doing small tricks. Think about yourself, your people back home, and the kindness the president has shown to you. Your task is to quickly complete the verification using these abandoned cooling devices. Otherwise, once the president gets angry, you… hehe…”

The cruel laughter echoed in the laboratory until the big door closed, and everything returned to silence.

Youlia silently came to the cooling chamber and continued her previous verification. This was not the time to think about other things.

…

After leaving the laboratory, Nine brought the induction bait straight to the outskirts of the abandoned cooling plant.

His main goal wasn’t to kill everyone in the abandoned cooling plant, but to eliminate the two agents from Si Chu and all the outsiders, buying time for Youlia’s verification. Therefore, he planned to secretly pour the induction bait near where the outsiders were hiding.

“I don’t care if you really have immortality. Once this place turns into a paradise for mutated life forms, even if you can resurrect, you’ll only live a life worse than death!”

Nine’s eyes were extremely cold.

After coming out of the Wildfire Gang, walking about four to five hundred meters, there was suddenly a shout from the side of the road.

“He’s coming out!”

“Who?”

Just as Nine turned around, he saw several arrows flying from afar. He immediately bent down to dodge, but the next moment, more than ten burly men jumped out from both sides.

“Hmph, trying to escape?”

“Hold his legs.”

Amidst the shouting, a lot of stuff flew out from the roadside.

Lime, chili powder, ropes, fishing nets, slippery mucus, poison sacs… The throwing group players threw whatever they had, completely disregarding whether it would harm their allies.

This brutal, unreasonable, and sudden attack left Nine utterly confused.

When he regained consciousness, he found that a type II amoeba poison sac was almost hitting his face.

“Damn!”

Nine quickly leaned back, and the poison sac barely missed him, flying past his scalp. He broke out in a cold sweat.

Although the poison from the poison sac couldn’t kill him, if it landed on his face, the pain would temporarily render him unable to fight.

“I will kill all of you!”

Nine stood up again, furious.

At this moment, he suddenly sensed someone approaching rapidly from behind.

Trying to sneak attack?

Nine burst out laughing.

Find death!

He twisted his shoulder and grabbed Convert to Me Fu’s fist rushing towards him.

“Just you—”

Before Nine could finish his sentence, Convert to Me Fu lifted her leg and kicked him hard in the groin.

Snap, was the sound of chicken flying and eggs breaking.

“Aaaah—”

The intense pain instantly froze Nine.

Not only him, the surrounding players also felt a chill in their groins and instinctively stepped back to distance themselves from Convert to Me Fu.

“Too ruthless,” Bai Fu muttered while watching from the shadows.

It had to be admitted that the players performed much better than she expected, so she didn’t need to step in. Although not participating would cost her some experience, she wouldn’t have to worry about exposing herself either.

Seeing the other players retreating, Convert to Me Fu panicked: “What are you standing there for? Come and beat his testicles together, or he’ll recover his ability to move.”

“Oh oh, I’m coming, I’m coming.”

Pai Da Xing felt embarrassed. He had actually zoned out during the battle, but he thought it wasn’t his fault. How could anyone not be intimidated by Convert to Me Fu’s ruthlessness?

As Pai Da Xing moved forward, the other players also snapped back to reality.

They pulled out their weapons, some beating his testicles, others stabbing his rear end.

Fortunately, Nine was not an ordinary person but a mutant. After enduring the initial impact, he managed to withstand the continuous kicks to his groin and pressed the button on the spiritual energy restraint device hidden in his pocket.

Buzz!

In the instant the players were controlled, Nine forcefully smashed the induction bait on the ground.

Here was far from the edge of the abandoned cooling plant, so it would take a long time for the mutated life forms to smell the bait and rush over.

But he had no time to think about these things now. Smash it first, then deal with the aftermath. After smashing it, he pulled out an injection agent from his pocket and injected it into his arm.

After the injection, despite his injuries, Nine limped toward the Wildfire Gang.

The longest restriction time of the spiritual energy restraint device was only one minute, and for those with high inspiration, it might only last a few seconds.

He had no intention of retaliating against the players now. All he wanted was to quickly escape back to the laboratory.

Several seconds later, one of the players broke free from the restraint first.

“Shit, my experience, stand still!”

Soon, more and more players broke free from the restraint. They didn’t care that the Wildfire Gang was right ahead. One by one, they quickly chased after Nine. How could they let the duck already in their mouths fly away?

“Hey, what are you doing?”

Inside the Wildfire Gang’s base, the remaining henchmen who saw the players rushing over were stunned. It took them a while to react.

“What are you standing there for? Quickly go fetch the boss back, the outsiders are attacking!”

They scattered everywhere, and no one dared to really intercept the players. In the previous battles, they had already been terrified by the players’ shameless tactics.

For a monthly salary of just a hundred bucks, why risk their lives? Just passing on the message to the boss was enough to justify their wages.

Bai Fu didn’t rush to follow and watch the spectacle. She hurriedly cast a spirit vision on the thing Nine smashed before fleeing.

Nine must have had a reason to suddenly smash this thing while running away.

[Induction Bait (Broken)]

[Quality]: Blue

[Additional Effect]: After use, it can lure nearby mutants. Radiation range 5 kilometers, duration 1 month.

“5 kilometers, it’s enough to cover the contaminated area.”

After seeing the data fed back by the spirit vision, Bai Fu’s face turned green.

The horror of the mutants was self-evident. She didn’t know how many mutants this induction bait could lure, but even if there were only a hundred, the chain reaction they caused would be enough to lead to the fall of the entire abandoned cooling plant.

“Is this beast planning to let the entire abandoned cooling plant perish with him?”

Running away?

No, obviously it’s impossible to run now, since the convoy from the abandoned cooling plant to Lin En only made a round trip once a week.

At this point, Bai Fu didn’t care about anything else. She rushed home and had Anya hide in the basement before returning to the Wildfire Gang.

She could only hope that Nine had something that could suppress the induction bait, otherwise, this matter would get out of hand.

PS: Thanks to Jerrycua032 for the reward.

I originally wanted to write more, but it’s not easy to split the plot into chapters, and it’s almost 12 o’clock. I’ll add more tomorrow.

Also, I’d like to recommend a friend’s book, “After Rebirth, My Arch-Enemy and I Swapped Bodies.”

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