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

But the greater the storm, the more precious the fish!

To rise above others in this turbulent Star Sea, how could one not take risks?

Hehe.

"Leader, I will always be watching over you, forever!"

Bai Fu calmed her excited heart, looked around, and said to An Ya and the others, "You all got a clear grasp of the situation, right?"

An Ya said, "I didn't expect that behind the Honorable Force stood the Tem Civilization Leader."

Bai Fu said, "Let's keep this to ourselves for now."

An Ya and the others quickly nodded their heads.

After cautioning An Ya and the others, Bai Fu packed N2's body into the cryostasis chamber.

She had said she would give Nellis a big present, and although N2 was dead, it was still worth bringing his body back to Nellis.

Closing the cryostasis chamber, she found a chair to sit down and began to tally the gains from the operation.

Including the experience reward from the "Leader's Fury" task, she banked 190 million experience points.

Apart from experience, she had two other significant gains.

First was the plot Exploration Degree; after viewing N2's memories, her Edge World Exploration Degree jumped by 0.5%, reaching 0.7%. Such a significant increase not only indicated the value of the information but also meant that she would likely receive a decent enhancement in the next version update.

Next was another reward from "Leader's Fury": a "Random Spiritual Ability Skill (limited to Catastrophe Level)".

Before opening this reward, Bai Fu meticulously washed her hands clean and even played a song similar to "Good Fortune Comes".

"Open!"

The game notification sounded.

[You have acquired a new Passive Skill: Dark Desolation]

"A Passive Skill?"

Bai Fu paused, but after reading the skill description, a smile quickly spread across her face.

[Dark Desolation]: You have received the Dark Apostle's blessing; for every 20% decrease in Life Value, your Basic Power, Agility, and Inspiration temporarily increase by 5%, and this effect will be removed once Life Value is restored.

The increase was in Basic Attributes, meaning that the enhanced attributes would benefit from other skill bonuses.

With all her skills activated, her current Inspiration was 4851 points, but if she used "Fictional Life" to activate a second Blood Bar and sacrificed it, plus consumed 40% of her own Life Value, her Basic Inspiration would gain an additional 15%. With all the bonuses added, her Inspiration would shoot up to 5531 points.

"Holy crap!"

Bai Fu, having done a simple math problem, got a shock.

This number should barely reach the standard of a Dominator Level, right?

Although she definitely couldn't beat a real Dominator without a domain and various other Dominator enhancements, who among the usual Catastrophe Levels could still be her match?

Ten of them?

She could take on twenty!

"Spiritual Ability Sect may be weak in the early stages, but it's true that they become strong once you level up, no wonder even the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations strictly control access to Advanced Spiritual Ability Knowledge. Looks like making good relations with one of the Cosmic Civilizations is essential for advancing to Dominator Level, otherwise, acquiring Advanced Knowledge will be very hard."

Bai Fu closed the skill panel and sincerely expressed her gratitude to N2.

Buddy, rest in peace. I will take revenge for you!

...

As the Night of Serenity sped away from the Dark Domain toward the Tem Civilization, all the NPCs in the Edge World who were following the player's livestream exploded with chatter.

Everyone was guessing whether Bai Fu could survive an ambush by ten Catastrophe Levels. As for Bai Fu, she just had to pay the price of a comrade's death to kill three Catastrophe Levels on the opposing side and sent the remaining seven running in disarray.

What kind of Supernova in the Dark Domain was this?

"I-I-I-I... Ugh ah."

As Hampton was celebrating with a drink, rejoicing that Bai Fu was about to die, he heard the news. His mouth twisted, his eyes bulged, his hands trembled, and then he went thump, collapsing onto the table with a thud.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The nearby nursing robot, startled, immediately emitted the highest level alarm sound.

Before long, all of the high-level executives from the Origin Consortium nearby had rushed to the scene.

After watching the surveillance footage played by the nursing robot, they figured out why Hampton had ended up like this.

[Is there a risk of recovery?]

Andras originally wanted to ask that.

But on second thought, saying something like this in such a situation would be considered unstable, so he forcibly suppressed his laughter.

"Can he be cured?"

The nursing robot replied, "He can, but even if he is cured..."

Even if cured, he'll drool, huh? Oh, it's more than drooling. The reason for his collapse has been revealed; with a thick face like Hampton's, I guess he wouldn't have the face to continue wielding power in the consortium.

With Hampton gone, those big and small cats unified under him were truly not a concern for Andras.

Problem solved.

The issue that had troubled him for many years was just like that, resolved.

Andras felt it was incredible.

Although he had high hopes for Bai Fu, this was a bit too amazing, wasn't it? Without even lifting a finger, Bai Fu made Hampton half-dead with anger.

Hiss—

Now without Hampton dragging them down and with Bai Fu, the supernova, the Origin Consortium's development could finally move to a new stage.

"Given Mr. Hampton's current condition, it seems impossible for him to continue overseeing the work. Let's all have a meeting later to discuss what to do next."

At this point, no one dared to contradict Andras.

With great power in his hands, Andras decided to continue increasing his investment in Bai Fu.

Didn't Bai Fu say she wanted to build a second base?

Let him pay for it!

While the Origin Consortium was holding a meeting, Nellis and the Leader were also each having their own.

Many people around Nellis used to be hostile towards Bai Fu. Now, some of them were speechless, and others became even more hostile but didn't dare to speak out.

What if Bai Fu came over, pointed a finger, and said, "Don't agree? Let's have a fight then!" They would become muggles.

Nellis couldn't help but feel sentimental: "It looks like we've struck gold this time."

Having the support of such a Dark Domain Superman on the brink of war, he felt much more confident.

The Leader, upon learning that N2 hadn't told Bai Fu that he was the mastermind, was very calm.

Although the relationship between N2 and the Glorious Army had been exposed, this was something he had planned to reveal at some stage anyway. Although earlier than expected, it definitely wasn't bad news; actually, it might even be good news.

Because if he or anyone else released the news that N2 and the Glorious Army were connected, it's very likely people would suspect a trick. Now, with Bai Fu releasing the news, given her reputation and honor, hardly anyone would doubt it.

"Bai Fu found the Assassin who tried to kill me, this is a great achievement. As the Leader, I must thank her in person."

The Leader smiled and instructed his aides to contact Bai Fu and simultaneously gave orders to another aide.

"Eradicate everyone who has had extensive contact with N2 in the past few years but is not trustworthy, and those civilians who have seen N2 as well, to avoid accidents."

"Yes."