Chapter 285: The Wretched Beast God, the Supreme Bai Fu About to Go Online
After joining up with the Rust Corps, Bai Fu immediately reported that she had encountered a massive fleet from the Holy City of the Apostles.
The leader of the Rust Corps was initially puzzled about why Bai Fu suddenly called him over.
But as soon as he heard it was because of the Holy City of the Apostles, his face turned dark.
A battleship even larger than a Planet-class Mothership?
The strength of the Holy City of the Apostles was probably far beyond what they had previously imagined!
He hurriedly reported the news to the Senate and the Emperor.
Within just a few minutes, the Empire convened an online meeting.
As a firsthand witness, Bai Fu was also allowed to attend.
This was the first time Bai Fu met the Emperor of the Empire.
The Emperor was advanced in age, yet his spirit remained vigorous.
He smiled and nodded at Bai Fu before announcing the meeting’s start.
After urgent discussion, the Empire finally decided to dispatch the elite Forged Arrow Legion, as well as three Transcendent-level powerhouses—Annihilation, the Sword Emperor, and the Lord of the Maelstrom—to station on Origin Star.
Bai Fu quietly let out a breath of relief.
With so many heavyweights present, she probably wouldn’t have to worry about the Holy City of the Apostles coming to Origin Star to trouble her anytime soon.
She could use this period to fully excavate the value of the Beast God.
The Beast God’s combat ability, placed among the Transcendents, was frankly embarrassing.
But its body was a treasure trove, priceless in value.
“I’d like to purchase some experimental equipment from you.”
After the meeting, Bai Fu went to find Whitney and sent her a list.
Yulia’s laboratory was sufficient for researching Calamity-class subjects.
But it was far from enough to analyze the genes of a Transcendent.
A Transcendent’s genes all had natural locks, a self-protection mechanism.
Normally, Transcendents would never casually reveal their genetic codes, as that would be the same as exposing their weaknesses to their enemies.
The Beast God naturally didn’t want Bai Fu tinkering with its body.
But under another’s roof, one had to bow their head.
If it didn’t let Bai Fu experiment on its body, then Bai Fu would move on to tampering with its soul.
Between two evils, it was better to choose the lesser.
So it was still preferable to let Bai Fu “play” with its body.
After arranging all matters, Bai Fu took time to settle the 【Black Tide】 quest.
She had performed quite well in this quest, and finally earned 9.14 billion experience.
Although there were no other rewards, this much experience was already quite satisfying.
“Just 7.7 billion more, and I’ll have enough experience to charge toward the Transcendent level!”
Bai Fu’s face lit up with joy.
On her way back to Origin Star, a small incident occurred.
The Holy City of the Apostles grew more furious the more they thought about Rufas’ escape.
They had searched the depths of space for decades for that cosmic treasure hidden within the Mental Sanctuary.
And now Rufas had simply snatched it away?
If it had been just an ordinary cosmic treasure, they could have swallowed the loss.
But this was one that could push their overall strength to an entirely new level!
In a fit of rage, the Holy City of the Apostles released news through the Ten Saints Council, declaring that Rufas had stolen the Ark of Paradise.
They also claimed that Rufas and Bai Fu were accomplices, implying that the Three Major Interstellar Civilizations should beware, lest they be swindled again by that cunning villain Rufas.
This piece of news left many across the explored universe dumbfounded.
Ah.
Rufas had fallen out with the Holy City of the Apostles?
And he was supposedly working with Bai Fu?
What kind of bizarre development was this?
To be honest, most people didn’t really believe it.
First, the Ten Saints Council was widely recognized as a villainous organization, so their words were always taken with a grain of salt.
Second, there was no reason for Bai Fu to be allied with Rufas.
Bai Fu possessed the ability to guide others to breakthroughs.
If she truly worked with Rufas, why would Rufas keep making reckless moves?
With Bai Fu’s guidance, he could have grown stronger steadily.
Would anyone really gamble with their life like that?
“Tch.”
Upon seeing the news, Bai Fu curled her lips.
Spreading rumors about her?
With her current reputation, was it so easy to spread rumors about her?
What surprised Bai Fu, though, was that Rufas had truly fallen out with the Holy City of the Apostles.
By heaven and earth as witness, when she had used Rufas’ skill, she had never imagined it would cause such a life-or-death clash between him and the Holy City.
She only had a few seconds to make her choice back then.
There was no way she could have thought everything through.
Rufas getting beaten up wasn’t her fault for being ruthless.
It was simply because the relationship between those two sides was far too fragile.
Still, the clash between Rufas and the Holy City gave Bai Fu some inspiration.
“Skill cards aren’t just for use in battle.
They’re also perfect for setting others up.”
Bai Fu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
In her hand, she still had the 【Planetary Burst】 card she had obtained from Head of State Kaede.
This card was just right for framing someone.
Not long after, Bai Fu returned to Origin Star along with the main force.
Two days later, Whitney arranged for all the experimental equipment Bai Fu had requested to be delivered.
She hurried to help Yulia replace the lab’s tools, then organized a research team to begin studying the Beast God’s body.
Now that its body was being put to use, its soul naturally couldn’t remain idle.
“Get up and work!”
Already in “Paradise” and still wanting to laze around?
Tired of living, are you?
Bai Fu summoned a group of Players, including Excavation-Princess.
【A Special Experiment That Might Improve Your Strength】
“Ah, what kind of quest name is that?”
Upon receiving the quest prompt, Excavation-Princess and the other Players all froze.
It was their first time seeing such a bizarre quest name.
Yet it undeniably piqued their curiosity.
An experiment—what kind of experiment?
“Just this many people?”
Inside the laboratory, seeing the Players walk in, the Beast God’s tense heart finally eased.
When Bai Fu had said she would have him help improve some people’s strength, he had assumed she meant Calamity-class or even Domination-level targets.
He had panicked, knowing that strengthening others put a huge burden on him.
But now, when the moment arrived, he discovered Bai Fu’s chosen targets were merely a few dozen A-rank Psionicists (Level 70).
So that was it?
Heh.
The Beast God laughed.
It thought it was some huge ordeal.
Forcing a few dozen A-rank Psionicists up to S-rank (Level 75+) was simply effortless for it.
It didn’t even feel any consumption.
After the forced enhancements ended, the Beast God’s attitude toward Bai Fu shifted slightly.
Bai Fu was bad, sure.
But compared to those true slave-masters, she still had some redeeming points.
At least she wasn’t that cruel, right?
It could never have imagined this was only the beginning.
Dozens of people?
Hehe.
For now, Bai Fu ignored the Beast God.
Her focus was entirely on Excavation-Princess and the others.
The Beast God’s enhancement to them was enormous, instantly raising their levels from 70 to 95 (temporary)!
If not for Excavation-Princess and the others having poor “Constitution,” the boost would have been even more exaggerated.
But just as she had expected earlier, though their levels rose by 25, their actual stats didn’t increase by that much.
The special weakened debuff left them with stats comparable to a Player at Level 85.
Even so, both Bai Fu and Excavation-Princess’ group were overcome with excitement.
In Version 2.2, the Player level cap was 70.
Even Version 2.3 would only open up to 80.
But now, with the Beast God’s help, Players could experience Level 85 content early, right in Version 2.2!
【Holy shit, Fu-fu is awesome!】
【Kneeling to Fu-fu, please allow me to kiss the back of Fu-fu’s hand to show my respect】
【Get lost, forget the hand, you won’t even get to kiss her foot】
Amidst the cheers, Excavation-Princess immediately posted the event on the forums.
When other Players first saw the thread title, they thought she was just clickbaiting.
But after reading the post, and especially seeing the attached panel screenshots, every Player was shocked.
【What? There’s even such an operation?】
【As expected of Fu-fu, always coming up with new tricks】
【How did she pull it off?】
Players erupted into heated discussion.
Most didn’t believe this kind of enhancement could be widely promoted.
Still, just being able to experience the Level 85 version early was enviable enough.
With that buff, wouldn’t climbing to the top of the Arena rankings be easy?
As for PvP tournaments—if one side had this buff, then the champion’s prize was already in the bag.
But those Players soon realized they had guessed wrong.
Couldn’t be widely promoted?
Hmph!
Today, Bai Fu would show them the meaning of Bai Fu’s Welfare!
That very afternoon, Bai Fu gathered 50,000 Players on Origin Star at the laboratory entrance.
Hundreds of Tiny Bai Fus held megaphones to maintain order.
“Everyone, no cutting in line, queue up in order, everyone will get a share!”
“Cutting in line is shameful, cutting in line is shameful!”
“Anyone caught cutting will have points deducted!”
The threat of losing points was effective.
In an instant, the Players outside the lab didn’t dare act out of line.
Bai Fu lightly patted the Ark of Paradise.
“Let’s begin.”
With a creaking sound, the laboratory doors opened, and the first batch of fifty Players walked in.
The Beast God froze for a moment.
Another fifty?
Fine.
Fifty was nothing.
It remained relaxed as always.
But that attitude finally crumbled as wave after wave of fifty Players kept entering the lab.
Wait—why wasn’t this ending?
“How many people did you call over?”
Bai Fu replied, “What’s the rush? This is only the first thousand or so. There are still over forty thousand waiting outside.”
“How many?!”
The Beast God was stunned.
So she really called 50,000 people to take turns draining him?
“You think I’m made of iron?!”
Bai Fu chuckled.
“Don’t pretend with me. I’ve already done the math.
Even if you enhanced all 50,000 Undying Ones at once, you’d still have 5% of your mental power left.
What’s more, I’m letting them come in batches.
So you’ll end up with far more left over.
Quit whining and get to work!”
The Beast God: “……”
So this was her idea of mercy, huh?
It had wanted to loudly refuse.
But recalling Bai Fu’s previous threats, it decided to endure.
After all, it was only this one—
“Oh, almost forgot to tell you,” Bai Fu added.
“This is only the first time.
Once you recover, there will be a second, third… until every Undying One who joined the Silent Court has been enhanced.
But don’t worry, only this period will be so busy.
After that, those Undying Ones will have to pay points and con—well, anyway, once you get through this stretch, you won’t be so tired.
You might even get the occasional break.”
Damn it, even a slave-master looked kinder than her!
The Beast God fumed—then caught Bai Fu’s gaze.
“If you hadn’t followed the Dark Zone Insect Queen to try to kill me, would things have ended up like this?
Atone properly, damn you!”
The Beast God: “……”
Heaven, earth—couldn’t someone punish this vile Bai Fu already?!
Under Bai Fu’s lash, it had no choice but to obediently enhance the Players.
After the first 10,000, it felt slightly tired.
After the 30,000th, it felt utterly exhausted.
After the 50,000th, it felt completely hollowed out.
The Beast God directly entered a state of soul-weakness.
Bai Fu nodded in satisfaction.
Good, good, good, take a proper rest.
Tomorrow another 50,000 Players will come find you to have fun.
Leaving aside the Beast God fainting from anger, what happened here was basically a huge advertisement for Bai Fu and the Silent Court.
Many Players who originally weren’t interested in the Silent Court had their souls hooked by Bai Fu after watching the livestream.
With a grit of their teeth, they ended up handing over their bodies as well.
Yes yes yes.
Isn’t it fine if we join the Silent Court?
During the Dark Zone Great Exploration era, the number of ships heading for Origin Star increased dramatically.
This gave Players from other factions a convenient chance to defect to the Silent Court.
In just a single week, the number of Players arriving on Origin Star each day by ship broke through the one-thousand mark.
Among them were quite a few from large guilds, or Players who had their names recorded on the ranking boards.
They didn’t actually want to come.
They had cultivated in other factions for a long time, and switching sides now would inevitably mean huge losses.
But they had no choice.
If they didn’t switch, how would they compete in future tournaments?
How would they climb the rankings?
How could they compete in first clears and clear speed against guilds that had received enhancements?
“Well, things are looking up.”
Bai Fu had made a fortune.
With these new Players, plus the spiritual school advancement knowledge she had acquired from the Mental Sanctuary, and the third channel of buying enhancements for experience from the Beast God, she should soon save up enough experience to advance to Transcendent.
The Supreme Bai Fu was about to go online!
Taking advantage of Version 2.3 not being here yet, Bai Fu first submitted an application to the Empire, urging them to quickly send the remaining five frontier knowledge sets to Origin Star.
Then she released a large number of exploration quests, letting Players open up as many maps as possible before the maintenance update of Version 2.3 arrived.
The enhanced Players were working at more than double the previous efficiency.
Transfer stations sprang up from the ground one after another, and stargates stood tall in the starry sky.
While the Rebirth Empire’s Dark Zone Exploration plan was unfolding in full swing, the Holy City of the Apostles was not idle either.
They changed their strategy.
On one hand, they dispatched large forces to hunt Rufas.
On the other, they had the Saint escort Sui Xi back to the Holy City of the Apostles.
The Saint actually didn’t really want to hand Sui Xi over.
But since the “True Spirit Pillar” had been seized by the “Supernova Battle Group,” keeping Sui Xi, this being with a special constitution, at his side was meaningless.
It was better to hand her over to the Holy City of the Apostles in exchange for benefits.
In the Sanctuary of the Holy City of the Apostles, in front of countless believers, the Supreme Apostle accepted Sui Xi as a disciple.
“From this moment forth, the entire starry sky shall bow down before you!”
The Supreme Apostle placed a small golden crown upon Sui Xi’s head.
Sui Xi was overwhelmed with excitement.
She finally had the chance to get close to fragments of the True Spirit Remnant, and could contribute to restoring Apostle Bai Fu’s strength!
The Players such as Wind Rises Among the Stars, who had accompanied Sui Xi to the Holy City of the Apostles, were also excited.
Haha, Sui Xi had finally soared.
They hadn’t followed the wrong NPC.
Bai Fu, was it?
We’ve heard you’ve been shining lately.
Don’t get cocky.
With our assistance, sooner or later you’ll be the one crushed beneath Sui Xi!