Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Ten Thousand Experiences, the Welfare of Being Kept by the Rich Woman Youlia! [6k]

Rattlesnake’s total level is 30, with a special mental system bonus template, agility-based talent, and multiple single-target and group-based mental attack skills.

Whether transformed into an assassin roaming through the dark or acting as support on the frontlines for key breakthroughs, he excels. However, he has a common weakness among most mental-based professions – his frail physical condition.

Realizing his own deficiencies, Rattlesnake immediately launched an attack on Bai Fu after not getting the answers he wanted from her.

An invisible wave of pressure swept across the sandy ground under the night curtain, leaving noticeable trenches in the fine sand.

The speed of this mental shock was too fast; even though Bai Fu was prepared, she couldn’t evade it.

It felt like a bomb exploding deep within her brain.

Severe pain, akin to being crushed by a heavy tank, stimulated Bai Fu’s nerves. Her vision and hearing were both suppressed to their lowest levels, nearly causing her to fall to the ground.

Then came the game’s notification sound.

[You have been struck by a mental shock, Health Points -109]

[You have entered a brief state of [dizziness]]

Rattlesnake’s mental attack directly bypassed Bai Fu’s spiritual energy shield and impacted her body, dealing over 100 points of damage, the highest single hit damage Bai Fu had suffered recently.

The tenacity of mental power users was evident.

Seeing Bai Fu motionless, Rattlesnake’s face beneath his mask revealed a relaxed smile.

“You don’t seem like an ordinary person, but when faced with my mental powers, you cannot utilize any of your abilities!”

He took a few breaths.

To render Bai Fu incapable of fighting with just one strike, that mental shock consumed a lot of his physical strength and mental energy.

He quickly drew a gun from his waist. This gun appeared to be an ordinary RS-1917 model pistol produced by the Human Alliance, but each bullet had been modified by the doctor Marco had tied up, carrying toxins with different effects.

Although many strong individuals in this world have strong resistance to toxins, among these various toxic bullets, there must be one suitable for Bai Fu’s constitution.

“It’s time to depart, next life don’t provoke people you can’t handle!”

Rattlesnake raised his gun.

Before he could pull the trigger, suddenly, an inexplicable force acted upon him, and he found himself unable to move.

No, it wasn’t just immobility; his body began to turn against his control, completely exposing his back to Bai Fu.

For a killer, exposing one’s back is the greatest taboo!

What’s going on?

During the turning process, Rattlesnake saw a small power armor standing on a distant vehicle. He didn’t know if this change was related to it, but all he wanted now was to break free from this restraint as soon as possible.

His mental energy began to surge, and during his charge-up, he was delighted to find himself restored to freedom.

Wait, there’s a sound from behind!

Bai Fu endured the pain in her head and fired a grenade at Rattlesnake’s back.

Boom!

Sand flew everywhere, obscuring the view.

Bai Fu didn’t stop for a moment, activating her spiritual energy perception and charging straight into the dust cloud. She only heard Marco’s death notification, not Rattlesnake’s. Since that was the case, moving forward was the solution; when dealing with enemies, one must never be merciful.

At the last moment, Rattlesnake pulled Marco in front of him to block the fatal blow.

He survived, but Marco died.

Harming his employer would greatly tarnish his reputation, giving him even more reason to kill Bai Fu.

“I’ve never been put in such a disadvantageous position before. Even when assassinating high-ranking members of the Truth Society, I’ve never been pushed this far. It seems I must resort to that move.”

Rattlesnake struggled to get up from the ground.

Just then, he suddenly saw the yellow sand split apart, and a black-and-white figure charged out like a sports car.

He had no time to react, his heart sinking straight to the bottom.

The next second, a fist wrapped in a black glove mercilessly smashed into his nose, sending him flying like being hit by a dump truck.

“Damn!”

In mid-air, Rattlesnake hastily released a second mental shock, but before it hit Bai Fu, she had already fired a grenade.

[You have been struck by a mental shock, Health Points -65]

[You have defeated Rattlesnake, contribution rate 98%, corrected based on level difference, gaining 39200 experience points]

[You have completed Quest [Youlia’s Trial] Objective 2, receiving rewards of 70000 experience points and a one-time skill card]

Bai Fu’s head still hurt, but her mood was quite good.

Rattlesnake was strong, but he absolutely wouldn’t have expected her to give Anya a combat etiquette card before the action.

“Your hard control mental shock is strong, but my combat etiquette isn’t bad either!”

If she fought Rattlesnake alone, today she would have lost at least a few hundred health points. Although hundreds of health points aren’t fatal for her with 1670 health points, who would want to go through the trouble if they could win relatively easily?

Bai Fu first spent some experience to upgrade her increasingly handy spiritual energy perception to Lv5, making the basic sensing radius 30 meters, which was much better than thermal imaging.

After upgrading her skills, she opened the newly acquired one-time skill card.

[Rattlesnake: Mental Omen]

[Quality]: Purple

[Item Description]: A one-time skill card recording Rattlesnake’s skill [Mental Omen].

[Additional Effects]: Causes mental shock to targets with spirit <50, with damage depending on the difference in spirit between the two parties, having a higher probability of causing dizziness effects, covering a radius of 20 meters.

Indeed, it was something similar to a prayer card.

Bai Fu was very satisfied.

This Mental Omen skill card was a pretty good reward. When surrounded or needing a key breakthrough, this skill card could produce effects dozens of times greater than combat etiquette.

She inserted the card into her tactical backpack, then took two steps forward to start looting the bodies.

As an NPC who transitioned from being a player, looting bodies was a good habit she had developed.

Although Marco and Rattlesnake's faces were bloodied beyond recognition, she still found two intact items.

[You obtained Rattlesnake's identity card]

[You obtained Kirilenko's electric knife]

The identity card was needed by Rattlesnake to log into the Darknet, so with this, she could freely access Rattlesnake's Darknet backend.

As for Kirilenko's electric knife, it was a special weapon Marco didn't have time to use.

Its quality is purple, made of special alloy, with far superior strength than regular swords. A fusion core similar to the power source of a power armor is installed on the handle, allowing it to produce a flashy effect of sparks and lightning when slashing.

Of course, it's not just for show; the damage is also considerable. Ordinary people can't withstand a single slash...


Those with special abilities can be immune, for example, martial artists like Marco can use their energy to resist.

Bai Fu casually swung the electric knife around a few times; this knife could be said to perfectly make up for her lack of a melee weapon.

“The drop rate in this Red Sand Camp isn’t just high.”

Bai Fu loved it.

She casually slung the knife behind her back and then called Anya and Elder Nissen to walk towards the Red Sand Camp together.

With Marco and Rattlesnake dead, the remaining small fry were no longer anything to fear; she only needed to be wary of not getting hit by the camp’s heavy weapons.

However, under the second wave of attacks from the players, the wanderers in the camp were now too busy to operate the heavy weapons.

They desperately called for Marco and Rattlesnake to come back to help, but all they got in response was static noise.

“Shit, don’t blame me then.”

A wanderer grabbed some valuable stuff from the camp and ran away.

With one person leading the way, the psychological defenses of the others began to crumble.

By the time Bai Fu entered the camp, only the wanderers trapped in the camp laboratory were still resisting under the leadership of the doctor.

Out of more than twenty players charging forward, only six were still alive. They couldn’t break into the lab, and the wanderers inside didn’t dare to rush out either, fearing an ambush outside.

After Bai Fu arrived, she first had Anya fire at the lab for a minute.

The sudden increase in firepower stunned everyone inside the lab. What the hell is this?

Then Bai Fu directly led the players to charge into the lab. She stood in front, transforming into a wall, blocking all bullets for the players hiding behind her. All they had to do was shoot and reap the rewards to happily gain experience.

“Whoa.”

“Is it this fun? Is Fufu going to carry us straight to victory?”

“Damn, I’m envious.”

At this point, the players lying in the “fountain” of Shelter No. 11 watching this siege through a shared perspective had bloodshot eyes.

But no matter how red their eyes were, they could only watch helplessly. They certainly didn’t have the ability to fly from Shelter No. 11 to the Red Sand Camp area.

“Monster!”

The wanderers inside the lab shot wildly, but incredibly, even after emptying their magazines, Bai Fu, who was rushing forward, remained unscathed. Even more incredibly, her clothes weren’t even disheveled.

This is the charm of a spirit shield.

With Bai Fu officially breaking into the lab, the annihilation campaign against the Red Sand Camp was declared over.

All the other wanderers except for the doctor Cui Jiming were cleanly turned into experience by the players.

“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me!” Cui Jiming bowed his head.

Bai Fu checked his stats.

His level was low, none of his attributes stood out, but he had a very rare talent [Drug Sensitivity].

This sensitivity didn’t mean he was allergic to drugs; rather, it meant he had a talent in pharmaceuticals, with far superior drug-making bonuses. No wonder Marco captured him to make poison.

The Silent Courtyard now had a new player guide and merchant (Anya), a soon-to-be-recruited manager and combat commander (Elder Nissen), and adding a pharmacist would be a perfect match.

“Just find a merchant selling guns and ammunition, and the basic framework of a faction will be set up.”

This wasn’t difficult for Bai Fu.

The firearms of these wanderer organizations like the Red Sand Camp were basically impossible to manufacture themselves; they must have a supplier. As long as negotiations were made with that supplier, everything would be fine.

Bai Fu pointed a shotgun at Cui Jiming’s head: “If you don’t want to die, answer whatever I ask. Understand?”

Cui Jiming nodded furiously.

After a round of questioning, Bai Fu had the players dig out all the supplies hidden by the Red Sand Camp and learned the source of their weapons purchases — the famous Gao family from Shelter No. 5.

The Gao family had close ties with the Makarov family, which operated the Darknet. Not only did they sell weapons to various wanderer organizations in the Goli Desert, but they also purchased various materials from those organizations, solving two problems for Bai Fu at once.

“It seems it’s necessary to talk to them when I go to pick up the next batch of players.”

“Fufu, there’s something I must remind you about.”

At this moment, Jiujiao suddenly stepped forward.

“What is it?”

“I’ve said before, not all undead like us are trustworthy. Some undead actually hope you die. They secretly expose your whereabouts to the Truth Society and Gene Progenitors. They also disguise themselves as people close to you and steal intelligence while lurking near you.”

Oh, so you’re talking about this.

Bai Fu naturally understood such matters, but she still pretended not to know and thanked Jiujiao for the reminder.

She believed that not only would some players willingly do this, but as the Truth Society and Gene Progenitors realized the power of the players, they would also send players to spy on her.

For this, she had already thought of a way to deal with it — strike first!

Just because you’ll send players to spy on me, I will too, and I’ll do it before you. Not only will I send players to spy on you, but I’ll also give you a few hard punches, making your image plummet in the hearts of the players.

After loading everything she had plundered from the camp onto the vehicle, Bai Fu returned triumphantly to Shelter No. 11 with the players.

This operation was highly rewarding for her. Besides the firearms, she also found a lot of money in Marco’s little treasury, which could be used to build the Silent Courtyard’s base.

It was already morning when they returned to Shelter No. 11.

Including herself, everyone was a bit hungry, but compared to eating, the players were more excited about another thing.

Before the operation, Bai Fu had said eliminating the Red Sand Camp would be a test. Now that the Red Sand Camp had been eliminated, they should have passed the test successfully and could formally join the Silent Courtyard, right?

Bai Fu didn’t disappoint these players and even took it to a new level. She staged a “personal award ceremony,” lining up the players and personally handing out the custom-made Silent Courtyard “Eye of Heaven” badges from Shelter No. 5 to each player.

There weren’t many spectators for this ceremony, only Jiujiao, Anya, Little Youlia, Elder Nissen, and Cui Jiming, but the sense of ceremony was fully achieved.

Jiujiao stood aside and snapped away, capturing the excited expressions of the players, as well as the ghostly expressions of Elder Nissen and Cui Jiming.

After Pai Da Xing and others were attacked by assassins, she stopped live streaming mainly because she was afraid it would reveal Bai Fu’s location.

But as an UP main, she had to create some buzz to make money. If she couldn’t stream, she’d make videos.

Just as there were now a large number of players coming to Bai Fu, Jiujiao had already figured out what kind of video to make next.

That’s right, [Silent Courtyard News Express]!

Jiujiao planned to turn the development of the Silent Courtyard and interesting events nearby into a series of videos. This idea came to her after seeing other players’ Star Daily Reports.

She believed this column would definitely be popular.





It can attract a large number of views because the content is extremely rich.

Whether it’s Bai Fu’s quick kill of the assassin in Shelter No. 5, Bai Fu beating up Marco and Rattlesnake in the red sandstorm, Bai Fu leading the players to rush into the laboratory, or the current medal ceremony, all are enough to spark massive discussions.

“I am truly a genius!”

Jiujiao continued to take various angle shots around Bai Fu. She planned to release the first episode of the video within the next one or two days.

Now she was completely tied to Bai Fu and the Silent Courtyard.

The more players influenced by her videos join the Silent Courtyard, the more materials she would have for shooting, and more materials would attract even more players. This is what you call a virtuous cycle!

Not until every player was sent away did Bai Fu return to her residence.

She first checked the quest rewards.

[You have completed the goal 1 of the task [Yulia’s Trial], contribution 51.9%, received a reward of 77850 experience points.]

After putting these experiences and the previous accumulated ones into the初级制卡, she still had 28820 left after reaching the full level Lv10.

[Primary Card Making Lv10]: Efficiency and success rate of making prayer cards +20%.

Perfect.

Now her success rate for making spiritual energy shield cards was 90%. With some more practice, she could soon reach 100%.

“After carrying out the new plan, I need to clear all the wanderer camps in the Goli Desert.”

Bai Fu estimated that with this wave of action, she could easily level up 4-5 times. The advanced class seemed to be beckoning her.

After closing the game panel, she took out little Yulia from her bag.

“I’ve cleared out the Red Sand camp, a wandering camp that might threaten Elder Nissen. Now it’s time to fulfill our agreement and tell me why Li Cheng betrayed the Gene Progenitor and what secrets about the Gene Progenitor he knows?”

Little Yulia didn’t play any tricks and told everything honestly.

“The President of the Truth Society showed Li Cheng part of his memories. I don’t know the specific content, but I only know that it was his past. In that past, Li Cheng learned the cause of the outbreak of the world war and the truth about the pollution source leakage causing the whole world to be polluted.”

“Li Cheng you see now is different from the Li Cheng in the past. Although he was an official’s son, he was more ambitious than anyone else. Although he received a certain degree of care, all the achievements he made in school and training camp were obtained through his own efforts.”

“Later, he became the person you saw because of the part of memory shown to him by the President of the Truth Society.”

Bai Fu nodded: “Do you mean the collapse of faith?”

“Maybe.” Little Yulia didn’t say anything definitive, “He doesn’t know much, otherwise the President of the Truth Society wouldn’t let him stay as a mole in the Gene Progenitor.”

Bai Fu asked: “So what is the reason for the outbreak of the world war? And what is the truth about the world being polluted?”

“Aliens, on a day before the outbreak of the world war, a strange cabin fell in the southern Colordo continent, and after that the world changed. Finally, the benefits brought by those aliens led to the outbreak of the war. These are what I accidentally heard from Dr. Ed who was responsible for guarding me.”

Bai Fu frowned slightly.

Wow, she gave herself an alien identity, but there really are aliens.

But is that all?

It can’t be. If it’s just these, would the Gene Progenitor go so far as to chase her?

Little Yulia said: “Li Cheng probably knows only these, at most he knows more details than me, which are the contents displayed in the memories of the President of the Truth Society, but the Gene Progenitor may not think so. They would think Li Cheng knows much more than that, and Li Cheng has told you what he knows.”

That makes sense.

Bai Fu received a game prompt.

[You have completed the task [Secrets Hidden in Heart], received a reward of 50,000 experience points and 0.2% Source Star plot exploration degree]

After completing the task, she triggered a new task [The Origin of the Truth Society].

[Task Introduction: We still do not know the origin of the Truth Society that we saw that day. It remains a mystery, even within the Truth Society, seemingly few people know the name of the President of the Truth Society]

[Task Objective: Find out the true identity of the President of the Truth Society]

[Reward: 300,000 experience points, exploration degree]

[Hidden Reward: ?]

[Note: A new task will be unlocked after completing the task]

Bai Fu thought deeply.

This task appears to be the exploration task of the Truth Society, and the task [Spiritual Energy Source] triggered by Xia Shi should be the exploration task of the Gene Progenitor. These exploration tasks are closely related to the main storyline.

She glanced at the exploration degree she just obtained. The game description mentioned that the higher the unlocked exploration degree, the deeper the involvement in the game plot, and accumulating to a certain extent will yield very rare rewards.

“Drawing a big pie here?”

But although it’s a pie, Bai Fu decided to eat it.

The basic reward for the new task alone is 300,000 experience, and the hidden reward won’t be bad either.

Bai Fu looked at little Yulia: “Can our cooperation be more in-depth now?”

“I need your help to save people,” said little Yulia, “As long as you help me rescue those people, I will do whatever you ask.”

“Where are the people?”

“I don’t know, but I know who does. Graham, the deputy director of the Special Action Department of the Truth Society, operates near the Railway Guild. I only know the general area, not the exact location. If you can find out the exact location, you can not only find the people I want you to rescue, but also deal a heavy blow to the Truth Society.”

Bai Fu received a new task.

[Little Yulia’s Request (1)]

[Task Introduction: …]

[Task Objective: Find Graham]

[Task Reward: 100,000 experience points]

The reward was unexpectedly rich.

Before this, she had already earned over 200,000 experience points through the rewards from Little Yulia’s trials and Secrets Hidden in Heart, giving her a feeling of being kept by Little Yulia.

If this is what being “kept” feels like, Bai Fu was willing!

Who wouldn’t like a rich woman who looks good and doesn’t make her do crazy things?

What she didn’t know was that Little Yulia really wanted her to try steel wool balls, of course, just to test her physical strength and recovery ability, it has nothing to do with being crazy.

Bai Fu put Little Yulia back in her bag.

One day later, Shelter No. 5.

Bai Fu took out Rattlesnake’s identity card, logged into the Darknet backend, and then contacted the Truth Society under the guise of Rattlesnake.

[I’ve already killed Bai Fu, how do you want to verify?]

This message immediately shook the Truth Society.

PS: Thanks to Ta Xu Po Kong for the tip.

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