Chapter 267: The Case Is Solved, Bai Fu Is the Apostle! 【5k】
It wasn’t just Sui Xi who was dumbfounded by Bai Fu’s sudden appearance.
As a subdeacon, Elron was also stunned at first glance.
As for Rufus’s trusted aide, Gison, his reaction was half a beat slower.
It wasn’t that his reflexes were worse than Sui Xi’s and Elron’s, whose strength was inferior to his.
It was mainly because he had never stayed by Bai Fu’s side like Sui Xi and Elron had, so he needed a little more time to confirm Bai Fu’s identity.
Just a little bit!
Although he had never been around Bai Fu before, lately he had seen her face plenty of times.
To be precise, in recent days, in the Outer Worlds, anyone who could go online had seen Bai Fu, right?
Even those who didn’t like watching the news were bombarded with Bai Fu’s ads every day.
Snacks, daily necessities, clothing, and even weapons and equipment…
Except for products that would negatively affect her image or draw excessive attention to sensual aspects, Bai Fu could be seen in commercials for almost every category.
Thus, Gison had memorized Bai Fu’s face.
Thus, Gison fell into panic, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Bai Fu wasn’t just a Dominator — she was a Dominator who could fight Cade without giving him the slightest chance to fight back!
Gison actually looked down on people like Cade, who didn’t even dare to be villains openly — it was disgraceful.
But he had to admit Cade was strong; even if Gison attacked with all his might, he wouldn’t match even one finger of Cade’s.
And now, Bai Fu, who could fight Cade evenly, had shown up.
“Marla!”
In such a critical moment — when the True Spirit Pillar had just been activated to sense and summon the Holy City of the Apostles, and they were trying to break out of the encirclement — Bai Fu suddenly barged in.
This situation was, damn it, absolutely terrible!
Gison didn’t know whether the escape route had been opened.
But even if Lord Rufus, the Saints, and Corona took the opportunity to flee, it no longer had anything to do with him — he didn’t think he could escape Bai Fu’s encirclement.
What a cruel twist of fate!
He was clearly standing in the safest spot, so why did Bai Fu suddenly rush over — and why did she appear amidst the glow of the True Spirit Pillar?
Eh, wait!
Gison suddenly realized a problem.
Bai Fu, True Spirit Pillar, ritual, sensing, summoning, teleportation, sudden appearance.
When he put these words together, the conclusion was that Bai Fu had been summoned here by the sensing effect of the True Spirit Pillar ritual that Sui Xi and Elron had conducted.
Honestly, this guess was outrageous.
But if this outrageous guess was actually the truth, then it meant Bai Fu had probably come from the Ethereal Realm!
After all, that was exactly why they had seized the True Spirit Pillar.
“You, you, you… are you an Apostle, or an Apostle’s Follower?”
When Gison thought of this, Sui Xi and Elron — who had an even deeper bond with the True Spirit Pillar — thought of it too, and their reaction was far greater than Gison’s.
Up to now, everything they — or rather, the Holy Ordination Order they belonged to — had done, including secretly siding with Frank and the Myriad Souls Society behind him, including the struggle with Mita Min, including backstabbing Bai Fu, had all been to summon the Apostle’s descent.
And now, a terrifying fact was right in front of them—
【You wanted to summon an Apostle? That Bai Fu, who once acted alongside you, helped you a lot, and was eventually backstabbed by you, is the Apostle!】
This was even more of a cruel joke than fate itself!
Sui Xi felt the world spin, and as a Calamity-class being, she nearly lost her footing and stumbled to the ground.
Although Bai Fu hadn’t yet answered, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Because there were simply too many suspicious points about Bai Fu!
First, no one knew Bai Fu’s true origins — not even the closest of her Undying acquaintances knew anything about her past before she appeared at the abandoned cooling plant.
Sui Xi didn’t believe Bai Fu was just an ordinary person born in the Wasteland.
Second, Bai Fu had never said she was looking for the True Spirit Pillar, but ever since she appeared in the Sea Lion Galaxy, her adventures had always been more or less connected to it.
Third, Bai Fu’s kindness and light of justice were too dazzling — for a time, many thought she was just acting.
Sui Xi had considered that too, but now, looking back, this personality wasn’t strange at all — Apostles were supposed to be like that!
Fourth, Bai Fu’s talent in psionics was simply too strong — at a glance, she hardly seemed human.
Sui Xi had combed through the lives of all supernaturals with high psionic mastery and found that none had advanced as fast as Bai Fu at her age, nor had as broad a range of knowledge as she did.
Even those born into advanced civilizations and given special training by their civilization couldn’t compare to Bai Fu.
That was far too abnormal.
Many people had noticed this.
But because of different personal experiences, they had different guesses.
For example, Yuan Yi speculated from this that Bai Fu was a Seeker, while the Rebirth Empire speculated she might carry a supreme treasure of the universe.
Sui Xi didn’t know about Seekers, and she didn’t think of cosmic treasures right away — she naturally leaned toward the idea that “Bai Fu is so powerful because she’s a reincarnated Apostle or an Apostle’s Follower.”
滴答……滴答……
Beads of sweat dripped onto the ground, making a crisp sound.
In truth, it wasn’t just Sui Xi and the others who were surprised.
Bai Fu herself, who was being stared at, was also a little dazed.
How could Sui Xi and her group be the ones who had summoned her and Yulia here?
This confusion lingered until she saw the fake pillar that Frank had snatched from her back then.
【Activated True Spirit Remnant Fragment (Fully Charged)】
Now it all made sense!
No wonder the fake pillar Mita had made had never aroused Rufus’s or Frank’s suspicion — she had found it strange at the time, thinking maybe Mita’s forgery skills were just too good.
But it turned out it was because the thing was half-real and half-fake.
As a small fragment of the True Spirit Remnant, this fake pillar didn’t have most of the True Spirit Pillar’s abilities.
However, for anyone who had never touched the real pillar, even a close inspection would reveal nothing abnormal.
At this moment, Bai Fu completely understood.
“Just now, Sui Xi and Elron activated this fragment. Whether they did it to summon the Apostle’s descent or for some other reason is unclear for now.
In any case, they activated the fragment, which allowed Yulia — as the main body of the True Spirit Remnant — to sense its existence.
Then, Yulia and I flashed over here, scaring Sui Xi and Elron so much that they blurted out that question: are you an Apostle, or an Apostle’s Follower.”
Oh!
Things were starting to get interesting.
Bai Fu couldn’t help but smile.
She certainly hadn’t forgotten that Sui Xi carried a protagonist-exclusive lucky buff.
Before, she had wondered where Sui Xi’s main storyline was, but now it seemed obvious — wasn’t it right here along the line of Rufus, the Ten Saints Council, and the Holy City of the Apostles?
Apostle, Apostle’s Follower, is that it.
No problem.
My last class was called Apostle Walker, this one is called Apostle of Truth, so saying I’m an Apostle is absolutely not a lie!
Bai Fu instantly slipped into her award-winning actress mode, looking at Sui Xi and Elron with great interest: “What do you think?”
Sui Xi, Elron: “……”
With you answering like that, what else can we do but think we guessed right?
Gison was sweating profusely in anxiety.
If he wanted to escape, now seemed to be the only chance.
He quietly backed toward the door, but after just a few steps, suddenly, an extremely terrifying force field descended upon him.
At the same time, he felt himself stepping into endless darkness, unable to tell east from west, his five senses instantly stripped away, feeling only a void.
This was exactly why everyone hated psionic chanters and those freaks with special abilities — against such people, you often got hit before you even understood what was happening.
Gison wanted to cry out, but he had completely lost control of his body; he didn’t even know what kind of torment he was enduring.
It was like opening a deadly blind box.
Absolutely despairing.
He didn’t know how much time had passed when, at some moment, he found his body had returned.
He instinctively wanted to lower his head to look — and was shocked to find he no longer had a neck, nor a head.
During the time his senses had been stripped, his body had been compressed by the force field into a round, plump meatball, tightly packed, small, round, and so cute that even timid children wouldn’t be afraid to see it.
Mm… except for himself.
Ahhhh——
Gison’s soul let out a miserable scream.
The scream didn’t last long, for soon he completely stepped into death.
Good, powerful!
Bai Fu looked at her hand with satisfaction — after advancing to Dominator, the strength of her Dark Force Field had undergone a qualitative leap, becoming terrifyingly strong.
She turned her gaze back to Sui Xi and Elron.
Seeing her kill Gison, the two reacted very differently.
Sui Xi not only didn’t fear her, but her eyes shone with dazzling light, while Elron reacted like a normal person — with intense fear, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Bai Fu chuckled: “That’s right, I really am an Apostle.”
She admitted it — she really admitted it!
In that instant, Bai Fu received several notifications.
Half were that Sui Xi’s favorability toward her had skyrocketed, jumping from just over 20 to 90, with the evaluation changing from 【Envy】 to 【Faith】.
The other half were that Elron’s favorability toward her had plummeted, dropping from a negative few to over negative 60, with the evaluation changing from 【Repulsion】 to 【Wishing You’d Die Soon】.
“……”
That big of a difference?
Bai Fu thought about it — one reason Elron’s favorability had dropped so much might be that he had mocked her at the Mita headquarters, and even called Frank to deal with her.
If she hadn’t already advanced to Calamity-class back then, and hadn’t had Scarlet Leaf’s help, Frank could have easily killed her.
As for whether there was a deeper reason for Elron wishing her to die soon — she wasn’t Elron, how would she know?
Naturally, there was.
For Elron, who had pinned his hopes on the Apostle’s descent and on becoming an Apostle’s Follower to rise in the chaos of the new world, Bai Fu being the Apostle was the worst possible outcome.
It meant cutting off all his hopes directly — he wished Bai Fu would hurry up and die, so they could summon a new Apostle.
Of course, this was something he didn’t dare show.
He tried his best to suppress his inner fear and appear as Sui Xi did.
“Respected Apostle Lo—”
Bai Fu waved her hand, cutting him off: “Enough, considering we once cooperated fairly well, I’ll let you die as easily as that guy just now.”
“？”
Elron’s face changed dramatically.
Considering we cooperated well, you still want to kill me that brutally?
Just as he was about to curse, his five senses were stripped away, and since even Gison hadn’t survived under the force field’s pressure, he died even faster.
Thud.
Elron-ball dropped to the ground, just like Gison-ball.
Sui Xi’s face stiffened.
First Gison, then Elron — was she next?
She wasn’t afraid of death, she just thought dying like this was ridiculous — she had spent her life chasing Apostles, and now, with a real Apostle right beside her, she hadn’t even realized it.
To live like a joke and die like a joke.
Sui Xi saw Bai Fu walking toward her.
She didn’t move, baring her neck to await the blow.
Unexpectedly, Bai Fu stopped in front of her without striking: “Relax, I won’t kill you. You’re not like them — they only wanted to use my power. Only you truly believe in me.”
Sui Xi’s eyes widened; she didn’t know what to say.
Bai Fu said: “Are you secretly blaming me for never telling you I’m an Apostle?”
“No, I’m not, I would never have such a thought. I am your most loyal believer, Apostle, and I have only praise for you!” Sui Xi hurriedly explained.
Bai Fu said: “No need to panic, I was just speaking casually. I wasn’t deliberately hiding it from you — in fact, I only learned recently that I am an Apostle myself.”
Of course — her previous class hadn’t been called the Apostle of Truth.
But when these words fell into Sui Xi’s ears, they carried another layer of meaning.
Got it — the Apostle had lost her memory before, and only upon advancing to Dominator did she recover her original memories.
That would perfectly explain why the Apostle had not reclaimed the True Spirit Pillar in her hands.
While Sui Xi was imagining this, Bai Fu’s expression suddenly grew serious: “I am collecting the fragments of the True Spirit Remnant.
Only by completing the True Spirit Remnant can I fully master the power of the Apostle.
The True Spirit Pillar in your hand is one of those fragments.
Aside from this one, do you have any other leads?”
When it came to serious matters, Sui Xi’s expression also became serious: “Apostle, may I ask, how many fragments does the True Spirit Remnant have in total?”
Bai Fu said: “Three.”
“Three?” Sui Xi pondered, “Aside from this one, I guess the Holy City of the Apostles has at least one as well.
The Holy City of the Apostles is—”
She had just begun to explain when Bai Fu said: “I know the Holy City of the Apostles.
Just get to the point.”
Right.
Sui Xi smiled awkwardly.
How could an Apostle who appeared here not know the Holy City of the Apostles?
She repeated Rufus’s orders: “Rufus ordered me and Elron to use this True Spirit Pillar to communicate with the Holy City of the Apostles, thereby opening a temporary passage to the Holy City to escape.
I was thinking, since the Holy City of the Apostles can respond to the communication of the True Spirit Pillar, doesn’t that mean they must have one or two fragments in their possession?”
Bai Fu nodded.
It made some sense.
But things might not be so simple — otherwise, why wouldn’t the Holy City just use their own fragment to stir trouble?
Why wait until the Saints and Rufus got a new one before acting?
Either the Holy City’s fragment was not very effective, or the Saints and the Holy City were cooperating with hidden agendas.
In any case, Sui Xi had pointed her in a direction.
If the last fragment truly was in the Holy City’s possession, then there would be no need to go to great lengths to search — the only problem would be figuring out how to obtain it.
At this moment, Sui Xi volunteered: “Apostle, if the Holy City of the Apostles really has another fragment, I might have a way to help you get it!”
Bai Fu asked: “What way?”
Sui Xi said: “The reason I made it this far, even earning the trust of the Saints and Rufus, is because my Constitution is very special — I can serve as the ritual base for a fragment.
With this special ability, I should have the chance to get close to the Holy City’s fragment.
Once I touch it, I can summon you to come and take it.”
Bai Fu’s eyes lit up.
Considering Sui Xi’s protagonist-tier lucky buff, she thought Sui Xi might actually pull it off.
And the benefits Sui Xi could bring her didn’t stop there — there was also the exact location of the Holy City of the Apostles on the map.
That was extremely valuable intelligence; selling it to any one of the Three Major Interstellar Civilizations would be enough to earn her an enormous reward.
Hiss— looking at it like this, Sui Xi was a super-prized piece of meat, one that had to be firmly held in her grasp!
Bai Fu’s eyes turned slightly: “This is dangerous, and I do not wish to see my loyal believer in peril.”
Sui Xi felt her heart warm.
This was the Apostle.
Even though she had never treated the Apostle kindly before, the Apostle still showed tolerance as broad as her own heart.
“In order for you to regain your strength, Apostle, no matter how dangerous it is, I’m not afraid!
Let me go — to burn in the flames is my eternal glory!”
“Elron and that other person are dead.
If you return now, you’ll likely be suspected.”
“I’ll just say they were killed by attackers before entering the temporarily opened passage.”
“Won’t the Holy City and the Ten Saints Council check your memory?”
“My soul is bound to the True Spirit Pillar — they cannot check.”
Oh?
Then no problem!
“Very well then.”
Bai Fu appeared to agree with difficulty, then secretly tossed a locator card onto Sui Xi.
“But your strength is still too weak.
Let me help you.”
Bai Fu, looking at Sui Xi’s stat panel, told her how to increase her power and how to remove the negative buffs from forcibly advancing to Calamity-class.
The more Sui Xi listened, the more moved she became — her favorability toward Bai Fu, already absurdly high at 90, continued climbing until it hit 99.
“Apostle…”
In that instant, her eyes toward Bai Fu were brimming with water.
As a Tideborn, her skin was already a clear watery hue, as though she were made of water — and now even more so.
Bai Fu felt this was a degree of control where she could do whatever she wanted.
So raising favorability was this easy?
She had never had such an easy time with Yulia’s favorability, and Anya’s had taken years of mutual reliance to build.
Of course, this favorability wasn’t stable — once Sui Xi found out she was a fake Apostle, it would probably plummet from +99 to -99 instantly.
Who cares.
Enjoy it for now.
Shrinking in Bai Fu’s consciousness, Yulia looked at Sui Xi — who had been coaxed into completely selling herself out — and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
You really have a way with people!