Chapter 77: The Scheming Bai Fu
Under the embellishment of the Player who had joined the Truth Society, for a while, Players who frequented the Community all learned the news of Bai Fu's death.
As they caused a ruckus, some NPCs who overheard their in-game conversations or exclamations also came to know of Bai Fu’s death.
“Is that true?”
Some didn’t believe it.
Some did.
Some, holding a skeptical attitude, began to inquire about it from the Truth Society through various means.
Thus, before the personnel sent by Graham even reached the Ilinas Settlement, the Truth Society President had already received the message relayed up through the levels.
He immediately summoned the Minister of the Combat Unit, Bernardo.
“What’s going on? Now the whole outside world is spreading the news that Bai Fu is dead, and you're currently dispatching people to verify the situation?”
Bernardo looked completely baffled.
He had specifically given strict orders to prevent the news from leaking for the time being, so how did the President find out?
“This is what happened…”
He hurriedly explained the situation.
The President frowned deeply.
Could it be that there was indeed a traitor inside this time? Otherwise, how could the news of Bai Fu’s death have leaked?
Now the Gene Primordials were already looking for trouble with the Truth Society due to the previous attack incident. To avoid being backstabbed at a critical moment, it seemed necessary to conduct another internal purge!
But considering a high-ranking member had accidentally died during the last purge, this time it had to be conducted with even greater caution.
Temporarily setting aside these tangled thoughts, the President ordered Bernardo to contact Graham immediately and confirm the situation.
Half an hour later, the accurate information came back.
“The Dark Web side has already verified it. Our own people just arrived and confirmed it as well. The corpse delivered by Rattlesnake is indeed Bai Fu.”
“Good, good! Hahaha!”
The President was overjoyed, slamming the table beside him with force.
He had once wanted to recruit Bai Fu into the Truth Society, but if he could eliminate this arrogant little bug, that was also a rare delight.
“Bernardo, spread this news! I want all those who dare to disrespect the Truth Society to take a good look!”
This was the Truth Society!
Anyone who dared to oppose the Truth Society, whether a commoner, an extraordinary being, or even a renowned faction, would ultimately meet annihilation!
After sending Bernardo off, the President summoned all members involved in psionic research at headquarters.
Bai Fu's power had grown too fast. Whether it was because she had previously concealed her strength or had grown rapidly afterward, it was certain she was a psionic genius.
“I will have her corpse brought back as fast as possible. You all prepare yourselves. Do your utmost to find out what makes her body different from ordinary people. This concerns the future of both myself and the entire Truth Society!”
One by one, the researchers became excited upon hearing the news.
Nowadays, it was not easy to find someone with extremely high psionic talents for research.
The Truth Society had successfully captured Yulia, but Yulia's abilities were too complex, and they couldn’t conduct effective research. They had to lock her up for now. If Bai Fu’s corpse was brought back intact this time, it would greatly accelerate their research progress!
……
Under Bernardo’s supervision, the news of Bai Fu’s confirmed death spread.
To make his statement more convincing, he even had the team of Truth Society members responsible for escorting Bai Fu take several photos of her corpse alongside her Dark Web identity card.
This became the most powerful piece of evidence. Even the most unwilling to admit it had to believe that Bai Fu was truly dead.
“Life is unpredictable.”
As intelligence officers, the Division Four members of the Gene Primordials Intelligence Bureau were the first to receive the news.
After Bai Fu fell out with the Gene Primordials, those who had a good relationship with her—like Xu Hong—had been secretly praying for her safe escape from their assassination bounty.
Who would have thought she had escaped the Gene Primordials' kill order, only to fall into the hands of the Truth Society in the end?
On the other side, Xia Shi also received the news immediately.
Looking at the photo of Bai Fu lying peacefully in the Freezing Device, she became momentarily dazed.
She vividly remembered how, after their parting, Bai Fu had her follower comfort her, saying things like “any time, any place, if you're in trouble, you can come to me.”
And now what? Bai Fu was dead—where was she supposed to go?
It had been so hard to find someone she could speak her heart to, and in the end, she was left with nothing. It was all the Truth Society's fault!
Although she was no longer with the Intelligence Bureau, she would still burn everything she had to destroy the Truth Society!
Aside from the Division Four members, others who saw the news released by Bernardo mostly marveled at the Truth Society’s dominance.
Bai Fu may have embarrassed the Truth Society many times, but no matter how many times she humiliated them, she couldn't truly harm them. On the other hand, the Truth Society only needed a single opportunity to send her into eternal damnation.
“Speaking of which, that bastard Rattlesnake really got lucky. So many people couldn’t find Bai Fu, and in the end, he just ran into her. That’s eight hundred thousand! Actually, the money isn’t even the most important part—it’s the fame and status boost he’ll get from this.”
“He even killed off wealth itself. Next time we have a high-difficulty mission, maybe we should give it to him.”
“Damn, why did he hand the body over to the Truth Society instead of the Gene Primordials? He could’ve earned another two hundred thousand!”
“Who knows?”
The Gene Primordials were also puzzled. They strongly suspected the Truth Society had secretly promised Rattlesnake greater benefits, just to step on them.
Lately, the Gene Primordials and the Truth Society had been at each other’s throats, both placing bounties on Bai Fu. The Truth Society was definitely capable of such underhanded tactics.
“Damn Rattlesnake! Notify everyone at the Intelligence Bureau—next time we see him, beat him to death!”
The Gene Primordials were fuming, whereas Bernardo was in a great mood—but he hadn’t let joy cloud his judgment.
Now was exactly the time not to relax. If Bai Fu’s corpse got intercepted halfway, they would lose all face.
He quickly contacted Graham, ordering him to send more people for reinforcement.
……
In the afternoon, a warm breeze blew.
The vehicle carrying Bai Fu’s corpse sped across the wilderness.
As he drove, the driver suddenly noticed something strange: “Someone’s following us!”
Through the rearview mirror, he vaguely saw the dust kicked up by other vehicles.
The Psionic on the passenger seat sneered, “Commander Graham’s worries were not unfounded after all. We don’t know where the leak occurred, but someone truly intends to launch an ambush on us midway.”
The driver laughed. “If they had just laid an ambush, that’d be one thing, but they actually want to catch up to me from behind? What a joke!”
With a shout of “Hold tight,” the vehicle accelerated across the wilderness filled with Pollution Sources at a shocking speed.
With just two beautiful drifts, the driver successfully lost the tailing car completely.
“Do they really think the top-tier driving skills I’ve honed over 20 years and my familiarity with this region are just for show?”
He took a sip of water, but before he could swallow, he was stunned to find that the same car had appeared again in the rearview mirror.
Puh!
“How is that possible? I clearly…”
Wait!
His pupils shrank suddenly. He noticed that when he turned left and right to avoid the Pollution Sources, that car had not turned at all—it had gone straight over the Pollution Sources.
So it was perfectly reasonable for the car to catch up—but the actions of the people inside were not normal.
Who in their right mind would drive like that? Were they really unafraid of infection? Even if they managed to catch up and steal Bai Fu’s corpse, wouldn’t they likely die on the way?
Unless…
“They’re death warriors!”
The Psionic in the passenger seat turned pale.
To be able to deploy death warriors—they could not be from any ordinary faction. They were lucky Graham had sent reinforcements earlier; otherwise, they might not be making it back today.
After a chase, the Truth Society’s vehicle was eventually forced to a stop—bullets from behind had blown out the tires.
“Hurry, reinforcements will arrive soon. We must not let Bai Fu’s corpse fall into their hands!”
The two vehicles halted in the wilderness. Members from both sides leaped out and began shooting at each other from a distance.
One side consisted of well-trained Truth Society Special Agents, the other of Players who followed Bai Fu. Both sides exchanged fire evenly.
In fact, this was exactly the scenario the Players wanted.
Before this mission, Bai Fu had instructed them that the goal was not to kill the Truth Society members, but to uncover the Truth Society base hidden near the Ilinas Settlement.
So they couldn’t kill the Truth Society’s people right away, nor could they let themselves be killed. A deadlock like this was the best outcome.
Stall. Just stall.
After more than ten minutes, cheers full of joy suddenly rang out from the enemy’s side.
“They’re here! Reinforcements are here! Hahaha, kill them all!”
The dust clouds in the distance proved the Truth Society had not been bluffing. Seeing this, the Players exchanged glances.
This was their chance!
Sword Qi Soaring immediately gave orders. “We’ll drive. Infiltrating the Truth Society base is up to you guys!”
They had prepared two plans before coming.
Plan A: Get captured intentionally by the Truth Society and be brought into the base.
Plan B: If Plan A failed, Sword Qi Soaring and the others would find another way to track the Truth Society and locate the base.
As soon as the reinforcements approached, Sword Qi Soaring signaled Old Dog and the others to run toward the vehicle.
“Trying to run?”
“Hmph, stop them quickly!”
With the arrival of reinforcements, the Truth Society Special Agents were emboldened and formed ranks to launch a rapid assault.
Facing their attack, the Players who stayed behind fought while retreating, putting all their acting skills to use.
Finally, after five minutes of encirclement, three of the six Players were killed. The remaining three ran out of ammo and were surrounded.
“Run? Why aren’t you running now?”
One Special Agent sneered and shot one of the Players in the foot. Then, with a firm wave, he commanded:
“Capture them all.”
The three Players barely resisted before being beaten down and thrown into the Truth Society’s vehicle.
Though they would surely die once in this mission, it wasn’t a big issue. As long as they found the Truth Society’s base location, the XP gained from exploration would compensate for the loss—not to mention all the follow-up quests that would be triggered.
“Commander Graham, we’ve already rendezvoused with the team retrieving Bai Fu’s corpse. Yes, we were ambushed, but we repelled the attackers and captured three of them alive. They’re death warriors. Don’t worry—we’ll bring them back immediately.”
After repelling the Players, the Truth Society convoy encountered no more incidents on the return trip. Still, for safety, they took a longer route back to the base.
Unlike the Bagaros Base, this was not a military base but a Special Agent station. Few in number, but every one of them formidable.
After confirming with his own eyes that the Freezing Device indeed held Bai Fu, Graham ordered the corpse to be sent to headquarters immediately. He personally began interrogating the three Players.
The Players had already prepared for this.
“Capturing us is useless. This is just a warning. Sooner or later, the Gene Primordials will throw the Truth Society into the trash. Long live the Gene Primordials!”
Graham’s expression turned extremely grim.
“So it really is those Gene Primordial scum? Still up to their tricks!”
He summoned the Interrogation Special Agents, instructing them to extract as much intel from the three Players as possible—but in the end, all three Players were killed, and they got nothing.
Graham was deeply regretful, but the thought of Bai Fu being dead lightened his mood.
By now, Bai Fu should already be on a helicopter to headquarters, right?
He tried to contact Bernardo. “How’s the situation?”
On the other end, Bernardo laughed heartily. “She arrived five minutes ago. The escort is pushing Bai Fu’s corpse into the lab as we speak. Graham, you did very well this time. The President will surely commend you.”
Graham replied humbly, “Just doing my duty.”
Bernardo said nothing more, following behind the escort team as the Freezing Device containing Bai Fu’s corpse was wheeled into Lab 1 at headquarters.
Inside the lab, seven Psionic researchers stood on both sides.
“Careful.”
“Open the Freezing Device. I want to check her psionic affinity immediately.”
Under the operation of a lab assistant, the Freezing Device was opened, and Bai Fu’s corpse was transferred to a testing apparatus.
Watching the fluctuating numbers on the screen, everyone was tense.
What would it be?
Then, something strange happened.
Bai Fu’s corpse vanished into thin air—like an illusion—before everyone’s eyes.
What?
Those standing in front of the device thought they were hallucinating, but when they frantically opened the machine, Bai Fu’s corpse had indeed disappeared.
Vanished into thin air? That was impossible—unless it had all been a trick from the start!
Bernardo broke into a cold sweat. He immediately tried to contact Rattlesnake, but every message he sent sank like a stone into the sea.
“What did you say?”
The Truth Society President was stunned upon receiving the report.
They had been tricked. Hahaha. Completely tricked. He gradually understood everything. Yes—it had to be Bai Fu, Rattlesnake, and the Gene Primordials colluding to set him up. Otherwise, why would Rattlesnake turn down the Gene Primordials’ one million and come to them?
He was such a fool. Truly. He had wondered why the Gene Primordials and Bai Fu suddenly fell out—it was all staged! The Gene Primordials had planned this just to humiliate him!
Births.
The Gene Primordials were a bunch of births. Bai Fu was a birth too!
The Truth Society President fell into a rage.
Just then, Bernardo arrived again.
“President, bad news—Bai Fu just uploaded proof on the Dark Web that she’s still alive.”
“Bai Fu! Gene Primordials!”
The President’s roars echoed from his office.
On this day, every member of the Truth Society at headquarters was silent as the grave.