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Chapter 90: It’s All About Kissing Anyway, Why Not Kiss Bai Fu! [53k]
After getting off the vehicle, Bai Fu waved at Xu Hong and the others, gesturing for them to talk by the roadside.
During the previous battle, Xu Hong, Yago, and others had been injured, but now they walked briskly, almost in a hurry.
They were full of confusion.
Under the tree, Xu Hong tentatively called out, “Bai Fu?”
Bai Fu replied, “Let’s get to the point. What do you want to discuss with me?”
“How did you become so powerful?”
Yago couldn’t help but swallow his saliva. He recalled their first meeting at the abandoned cooling plant. Back then, Bai Fu struggled against a Truth Society mass-produced mutant, but now she could kill Luo Wan, Pedro, and Qiyuan in the midst of gunfire without showing any signs of injury.
Such was her formidable strength!
The top agent from the Gene Progenitor Intelligence Bureau might not even match her level. No, perhaps he was even weaker.
Before Bai Fu could speak, Xu Hong gave Yago a stern look. Could such a question be asked so directly?
“This is how it is. We came to find you today because we have two things to discuss. A few days ago, I received a message from Xia Shi, who asked about your situation. At that time, I didn’t know where you were, so I just gave her vague answers. If she knew you were alive and thriving, and even more powerful, she would definitely be very happy.”
“By the way, Xia Shi told me to tell you that she has joined the laboratory where her father used to work. She will fulfill her promise as soon as possible and help you find the archive.”
Xu Hong explained.
Bai Fu was somewhat surprised. Without the task bar constantly reminding her, she almost forgot that Xia Shi had promised to help her find the archive documenting the origins of spiritual energy. It turned out Xia Shi had always remembered and taken action.
It was truly moving.
“Thank her for me. If she encounters any trouble, she can contact me using the method I told her.”
Just as Xu Hong was about to say something, his personal terminal suddenly flashed.
He quickly answered, and a roar came through the speaker: “Xu Hong, what are you doing leaving the team? Get back here immediately!”
“Yes, yes.”
He was sweating profusely.
Xu Hong ended the call hurriedly and looked at Bai Fu. “I have another question that has been bothering me for a long time. There are rumors outside that you are actually the top agent of the Gene Progenitor. I wanted to ask…”
Bai Fu interrupted him directly: “Ridiculous. I have nothing to do with the Gene Progenitor. The Gene Progenitor genuinely wants to eliminate me, but I don’t know the exact reason. I only know it has something to do with the secrets Li Cheng holds.”
She must clearly separate herself from the Gene Progenitor.
She wasn’t afraid that Xu Hong and the others would come up with wild speculations, but mainly she was worried that players might mistakenly think she had a good relationship with the Gene Progenitor and consider joining the Gene Progenitor if they couldn’t join the Silent Courtyard.
As she spoke, Bai Fu suddenly had an idea.
After this attack on the Black Eagle Base, the various factions would certainly pay more attention to players and start actively recruiting them. She needed to make things difficult for the Gene Progenitor.
“Better not investigate Li Cheng. People could die.” Bai Fu’s tone changed, “If you can’t resist your curiosity, find those outsiders to help. They should have demonstrated their abilities to you already.”
If players investigate Li Cheng and are caught by the Gene Progenitor, it would likely make those highly sensitive individuals wary of players, and if there were any conflicts, it would be even more interesting.
Xu Hong was stunned. Bai Fu’s suggestion seemed to work.
Because the Intelligence Bureau was urging them urgently, he bade Bai Fu farewell and left with Yago.
Knowing that Bai Fu had no connection with the Gene Progenitor was enough; let the outsiders slowly investigate the rest.
On the way back to the car, Yago was anxious, scratching his head: “Captain Xu, are we really leaving like this? We haven’t asked many questions, like Bai Fu’s relationship with those outsiders.”
Xu Hong stopped: “Yago, if you were in Bai Fu’s position, could you fully trust me, a Gene Progenitor agent?”
Yago felt he couldn’t.
Xu Hong smiled, “So some questions shouldn’t be asked, especially not before trust is established.”
Yago nodded and asked, “Captain Xu, what do you think of Bai Fu?”
Xu Hong pondered for a moment: “The arrival of those outsiders may signal a change in this dark world. And Bai Fu… a new moon is rising.”
The speaker meant well, but the listener took it differently.
Jiujiao, who was waiting nearby for Bai Fu to return, was struck by lightning when she heard this.
Wait, a new moon?
As the queen of speculation and the first person to invent plots, she immediately recalled that the version name of 1.1 was “Dark Moon Tide.”
Dark Moon, New Moon, Bai Fu.
Yes, yes, everything connected!
Jiujiao was grateful for her habit of recording videos. She clipped Xu Hong’s statement into audio and quickly opened the community to edit a new post.
[Explosive news, everyone, explosive news, I found another strong evidence that Bai Fu is the version protagonist!]
[Everyone knows that the name of 1.1 is Dark Moon Tide, right? I won’t say much else, just listen to this audio]
[(Audio)]
[Surprised or not? Unexpected or not?]
[To be honest, I never expected the evidence to appear like this. It just shows that the truth lies in the details. This game is too detailed, every line of dialogue can be analyzed to reveal useful information]
[If you still don’t believe it, pay more attention to your surroundings and see if others mention the moon or dark moon when talking about Bai Fu]
This post immediately sparked widespread discussion, given that both Jiujiao and Bai Fu were now stars.
[Jiujiao, you’re amazing, you discovered this. You’re the biggest loss to this game for not being a plot planner]
[Dark Moon refers to Bai Fu, Dark Moon Tide, Bai Fu’s Tide, what does the word “Tide” mean?]
[Tide, tide water, yes, tide water]
Among a bunch of obviously absurd guesses, a new reply suddenly went viral.
[I think the tide refers to the player tide, and Dark Moon Tide means this version is one where Fu Fu leads players to cause chaos]
Many players were immediately shaken by this reply.
Damn, that makes perfect sense. Bai Fu is the protagonist of 1.1, her faction Silent Courtyard recruits a lot of players in 1.1, and after the opening of 1.1, she led players to cause several incidents, all aligning with the content of that reply.
[Prostrate before the master]
[Master smokes cigars]
Bai Fu: “?”
No, how could you guys be so excellent?
Bai Fu, who accidentally opened the community, was stunned. She never imagined that during a brief conversation, Jiujiao and a bunch of playful players had completely labeled her as the “version protagonist.”
There wouldn’t be any more twists now.
Under Jiujiao’s call, many players would start paying attention to NPC dialogues, and eventually, one or two NPCs would link her with the moon.
Normally, such statements wouldn’t attract anyone’s attention, but with Jiujiao’s prior warning, the situation was entirely different.
Evidence, this is the proof that Bai Fu is the version protagonist and Jiujiao is a genius at uncovering game plot.
Bai Fu anticipated the players’ enthusiastic praise for Jiujiao’s accuracy in the community.
Her assessment was to shoot first and draw the target later; it would be hard not to hit the bullseye.
“At this point, I’ll have to cooperate a little with Jiujiao.”
When passing through areas with internet access, Bai Fu logged onto the Darknet and blew her own trumpet under the bounty list for her, calling herself “Silver Moon.”
The speed of information flow on the Darknet wasn’t particularly fast, but a killer did remember the nickname “Silver Moon” and mentioned it while chatting with others, which was overheard by nearby players.
Motivated by the heat, that player quickly posted their discovery on the forum.
This was the “first sighting” aside from Jiujiao, and within two days, several players claimed to have heard similar things.
Now, no one doubted that Bai Fu was the version protagonist.
Ironclad evidence, family!
[Ah, ah, ah, envious, envious, envious]
[Those players born in Shelter No. 11 are so lucky]
[Damn, who is the version protagonist on our planet? Let’s dig up another Jiujiao, I want to ride the protagonist’s coattails too]
A group of players watching the players from the Silent Courtyard salivated, and soon, this emotion became even stronger.
This matter started when the news of the Black Eagle Base’s destruction spread.
With Pedro and Qiyuan dying at Bai Fu’s hands, the remaining members of the Black Eagle Base scattered. Most were either captured or killed, and only a few strong individuals managed to escape with their lives and luck.
After escaping, they immediately reported the battlefield events to the President of the Truth Society. After Graham’s defection, the President suspected something big might happen, but he never imagined it would be this big—almost the entire Black Eagle Base was wiped out, key personnel were killed, and the hostage used to threaten Youlia was rescued!
The President nearly fainted, but despite his anger, he seized the key issue from this crushing defeat.
“A young woman with white hair and a black mask?”
The President seriously suspected this person was Bai Fu, but lacking evidence, he temporarily put this matter aside and focused instead on the players who exploded with the mechanical dog belonging to Qiyuan.
He picked up a report from the table, submitted a few days earlier, detailing the characteristics of the players.
“They seem to be able to infinitely respawn. Sometimes they suddenly disappear and reappear. Most of these individuals seem to have severe mental illness, with extremely unstable minds. They often say irrelevant things and do incomprehensible actions.”
Previously, due to focusing on retaliating against the Gene Progenitor and Graham’s defection, he hadn’t paid much attention to this report, but now he had to take it seriously.
The ability to infinitely respawn was too powerful.
Although these undead individuals had mental illnesses, it wasn’t an issue for the Truth Society. Regardless of their original mental states, once they used the Truth Society’s mutant technology, they would become the most loyal Truth Society warriors.
Imagine having thousands of immortal mutant warriors behind him, wiping out the Gene Progenitor and the Railway Guild!
“Implement the Mutant Plan fully!”
At the President’s command, newly recruited players who hadn’t been promoted yet were in for a rough time.
“What are you doing?”
“Let me go, let me go.”
Tai Ergen, who was promoted for successfully retrieving the materials from Graham, felt a chill run down his spine seeing this scene.
Fortunately, he had been promoted, otherwise, he would have been captured for experiments too.
The transformation into mutants carried certain risks, and some players were severely affected. Those who failed saw their races become bizarre, with the worst case having a race-to-health ratio of 5, only half of a normal player.
Even those who succeeded weren’t happy. The Truth Society’s generic mutants had too many restrictions.
[Holy crap, my account is ruined, Truth Society, I’m done with you!!!]
[Damn, mutant, I can’t learn other professions now]
[F*ck, turning into a mutant is ugly, I’ll kill the Truth Society President’s horse!]
Bai Fu: “…”
Fine, she hadn’t even acted yet, but the Truth Society had already become the most hated faction on the Source Star, facing the Gene Progenitor head-on.
Actually, the Gene Progenitor’s behavior was much better than the Truth Society’s, although they also dealt with mutants, they didn’t force players to become mutants.
The decline in the Gene Progenitor’s reputation was caused by multiple events.
First, a few days ago, the Truth Society suddenly revealed the production records of the Gene Progenitor’s bioengineering factory, accusing them of researching inhumane technologies that erase human consciousness.
Players saw this and thought, “Isn’t this typical villain behavior?”
Most players disliked villains, some simply hated villains, others feared that following villains would lead to failure.
Next, Xu Hong really sent players to investigate Li Cheng’s situation, and those players were indeed discovered, causing the Gene Progenitor’s upper echelons to become wary of players. They not only increased scrutiny but also strictly prohibited players from contacting key positions internally.
These orders significantly reduced the players’ gaming experience. They worked hard to improve reputation and NPC relations, but it was all for naught, as they couldn’t take on management roles.
Without comparison, it might have been fine, but with Bai Fu on the Source Star, Bai Fu established the Silent Courtyard, which became a top trend under Bai Fu and Jiujiao’s collaboration.
[Is the Gene Progenitor human? In the Silent Courtyard, Bai Fu leads tasks, whereas in the Gene Progenitor, players are treated like servants, and they constantly make empty promises, but in the end, the promises aren’t fulfilled.]
[Damn, worse than my boss]
[I…]
[Anyway, why not kiss Bai Fu? She’s the protagonist and looks good. Even if she doesn’t produce anything, kissing her is at least visually pleasing.]
[This unfortunate thing will be destroyed sooner or later, I’ll join the Silent Courtyard]
[Is it too late to join the Silent Courtyard now?]
The anger of some players who joined the Gene Progenitor was fully ignited, and their antagonistic attitude towards the Gene Progenitor made the Gene Progenitor even more wary of players, creating a vicious cycle.
A small number of players with capital chose to leave, while the rest could only endure for now but began to appeal in the community.
[When will Fu Fu come and overthrow the Gene Progenitor? If she comes, I’ll switch sides immediately]
[I support Fu Fu becoming the Source Star leader, who supports, who opposes?]
Bai Fu was delighted.
Exactly, that’s it, everyone come and kiss me!
She even suspected that the Truth Society and the Gene Progenitor were her fans, otherwise, why would they push players towards her so cooperatively?
Please increase the efforts, and I’ll bring these players to bury you!
To further stimulate these psychologically unbalanced players, Bai Fu decided to take players to clean up the wandering camps around the area after returning to Shelter No. 11.
A day later, she returned to the base via Shelter No. 5.
Recently, various factions had been studying what players are, and with the Allied Forces just fighting the Truth Society, they had no energy to manage her, which was undoubtedly good news.
After posting a bounty on the Darknet for collecting spiritual energy knowledge chains, Bai Fu brought Youlia’s relatives to Elder Nissen’s tavern.
Reuniting with old friends naturally involved reminiscing and feeling sentimental.
Bai Fu couldn’t stand the crying scene, so she quietly returned to her residence to count the quest rewards.
The quest “Little Youlia’s Request (3)” was completed, with a reward of 220,000 experience points. Since she successfully rescued all targets, a hidden reward was triggered.
The hidden reward was a special spiritual energy item blueprint.
[Spiritual Energy Collector]
This collector can store up to 500 units of spiritual energy and can be reused, with a durability of 250. Although it cannot replenish spiritual energy, the energy inside can be used to create various spiritual energy items, such as prayer cards.
Bai Fu’s eyes lit up.
This way, she could store large amounts of spiritual energy in advance and use it when making prayer cards, effectively increasing her card-making efficiency.
The only problem was that filling the collector alone was too slow.
“Eureka!”
Bai Fu had a great idea—why not let the players fill it?
She could set up a bunch of collectors in Anya’s shop and have players who have switched to spiritual energy professions pray regularly, contributing their spiritual energy.
Of course, she wouldn’t let players do this for free. To boost player enthusiasm, she decided to package this behavior.
“Silent Courtyard Prayer Ceremony!”
“One prayer grants a ‘Blessing.’ Accumulate enough ‘Blessings,’ and you can use them to get discounts when purchasing prayer cards!”
This way, not only would it encourage players to pray daily, but it would also encourage them to switch to spiritual energy professions, and even enhance the mystique of the Silent Courtyard, achieving three goals at once.
Bai Fu applauded her plan.
She chose to learn the blueprint. After completing the learning progress bar, she invested experience to raise the Apprentice Soul Painter from Lv13 to Lv16.
After leveling up, her spiritual energy cap exceeded 800, triggering a new spiritual energy bonus.
[Constitution +8, Intelligence +4, Spirit +4]
Current stats:
[Health Points]: 1850/1850
[Spiritual Energy]: 880/880
[Attributes]: Strength 20, Agility 21, Constitution 81, Intelligence 25, Spirit 27, Inspiration 85
“It’s time to strive for a higher profession and become the true protagonist of this era!”
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