When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

I can't!

Absolutely not!

Foster suddenly raised his right fist, his voice invigorating.

Those unaware of the situation might think he was doing a pre-game rally in a sports anime.

What does it mean to be fired up?

This is it!

Minasan, charge with me one last time. This time, we will—

Leave no regrets!

Under Foster's shouts, many Secret Tower members were deeply moved; they remembered the days when they were chased around, the days of their youth now past, and felt their fighting spirit soar.

Fight on, we have to fight alongside Secret Tower for another fifty years, damn it!

Seeing the morale roused, Foster sighed with relief and walked to the control panel.

"Bai Fu, I need to talk to you!"

His voice swept across Golden Valley Star through the interstellar universal broadcasting channel, and Bai Fu quickly received the signal.

Talk?

Was this an online rant in frustration after discovering that the insects had been wiped out by the players?

Bai Fu turned to Manu beside her, "How is your fleet's preparation going?"

Manu reported, "The makeshift Star Gate was set up two days ago, the fleet received orders from the joint command yesterday, and now they are on their way to Golden Valley Star. Because the Secret Tower just wasted a lot of time with the Flood Disaster, we only need to hold out for half a day to wait for reinforcements."

Just half a day?

That time was much less than Bai Fu had anticipated.

Only half a day of delay wasn't difficult for her; her escaping ability was not for show.

The only problem was worrying that Secret Tower might realize something was wrong and run away when the time came, leading to a failed encirclement and thereby not much progress on her plot Task of eliminating Secret Tower.

"We must attract the attention of Secret Tower as best we can."

Bai Fu nodded to herself.

If this operation succeeded, she could not only show her face impressively in front of the players but certainly improve her relationships with the Star Network, Tidal Civilization, and other powers. With those relationships, she might be able to get the Tidal Civilization and others to help her acquire new Advanced Knowledge in Spiritual Energy.

Anyway, let's first hear what Secret Tower has to say!

Bai Fu connected to the interstellar universal broadcasting channel.

"You Secret Tower people really are relentless, from Heavenly Lake Star to Constant Star Graveyard, from Constant Star Graveyard to Ulysses Star, and now you've chased us to Golden Valley Star. Anyone would think you're my lapdogs."

A trick already successful, so is it time to declare victory?

Foster sneered.

"Bai Fu, don't think that we've fallen for your trick and you've already won! What does it matter if you have countless Undying People under your command? We Secret Tower People have walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The current situation won't make us despair, only more resolute. We will break through all barriers, defeat everyone in your way, capture you alive in front of all the people you've arranged, and then return to Secret Tower as heroes. Don't underestimate the valor of us Secret Tower People, ahh!"

Foster roared his defiance, completely astounding Bai Fu.

That's not right, is it? Your words are wrong, aren't they?

You already know we've set up an ambush, so why not only not run away, but also say you'll capture me alive?

Bai Fu took a look; their fleet didn't compare to the one sent by Star Network and other powers. Could it be that there were extremely powerful Superpower Users, perhaps Catastrophe-level Superpower Users, hidden within Secret Tower's fleet?

She quickly reviewed the [Golden Valley Star Defense Battle] Task triggered when Secret Tower's fleet arrived.

With the airborne Dark Domain Insect Queen's defeat, the task progress had risen to 14.12%, which was unreasonable. If there were Catastrophe-level Superpower Users among Secret Tower's fleet, then just taking out a bunch of insects surely wouldn't have increased the task progress so much.

Those powerful Catastrophe-level Superpower Users could single-handedly sweep through Secret Tower's fleet and turn the entire Golden Valley Star into a lifeless zone given enough time; their Intimidation potential was a thousand times more than Secret Tower's Flood Disaster. From the task progress, it was impossible to have Catastrophe-level Superpower Users in Secret Tower's fleet.

Since that was the case, where did Foster's confidence to make bold statements come from; was he acting deliberately to make her let down her guard?

Another thing that baffled Bai Fu was Foster's tone of speech.

Hey, dude, you're shouting so passionately and righteously, who is the villain here?

Something's off, very off. From her veteran perspective, this wasn't how you acted in a play; it was too out of character, and abnormal situations signified something amiss!

As Bai Fu was thinking, Foster spoke again.

"Bai Fu, I admit you're stronger than we anticipated. Since you've set up this whole situation, you must've also made comprehensive preparations to block signals, preventing us from transmitting what's happening here back to headquarters."

Ah, did I do something like that?

Bai Fu looked bewildered, only to hear Foster suddenly let out a cold laugh.

"But just as we underestimated you, you also underestimated us! Surprised, Bai Fu? We have high-dimensional projection. While talking to you, I've contacted headquarters through the high-dimensional projection, informed them about everything happening here, and even revealed your true identity to the Housekeeper. That's right, Bai Fu, we've uncovered your real identity. Your schemes and plots end here, hahaha, are you scared, are you panicking? It's all too late!"

Bai Fu gave him a [subway, old person, mobile phone] expression.

She was completely unable to understand what Foster was talking about.