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

Bai Fu readily accepted the new task.

At this time, even if she wasn't greedy for the task rewards, considering her own safety, her best choice was to cooperate with Cipris.

Once she stood together with Cipris, that Dark Domain Insect Clan Empress would definitely not let her go.

Instead of passively defending, it was better to take the offensive!

Just like this operation, although she rode on the coattails of the Oath Lord and the Heavenly Eye Alliance, the outcome could be said to be quite pleasing.

She only spent a few stacks of Prayer Cards and the cost of renting spaceships, yet successfully offed four S+ Level, one Catastrophe Level, and the Abyssal Stalker. This haul was nothing short of exaggerated.

"The kill reward is 51.2 million Experience Points, which isn't high indeed, but this action also successfully captured four spaceships!"

Four spaceships, if purchased, would cost at least several million Credit Points.

Bai Fu was in high spirits as she immediately began inventorying the task rewards.

First was the task of guarding Red Ring Star.

[You have completed the emergency task 'Guard Red Ring Star' with a perfect evaluation, awarded 50 million Experience Points, 20 attribute points, and 100 Heavenly Eye Alliance Reputation]

She didn't hesitate to add all 20 attribute points to Inspiration, bringing her Basic Inspiration to 1523 points – a mere 473 points shy of the 2000 required for Awakening.

This gap seemed significant, but as long as she got closer to Julia and stacked the "Apostle's Heart" to the sixth layer, the gap would narrow to just 233 points. Following that, she just needed to level up her second profession "Dancing Girl", and she could quickly accumulate enough Inspiration to reach 2000 points.

This was the power of cheating.

The only obstacles to Bai Fu's Awakening were Experience Points and Advanced Knowledge.

After finding the grand avenue that allowed her to constantly extract Experience from players, the real trouble left was Advanced Knowledge.

"With my performance in the Heavenly Eye Alliance this time around, I should be able to draw further attention from the Origin Consortium. I'll try contacting Andras after I return to see if he can help me get ahold of Advanced Knowledge."

Then there was the task of helping Fei Ye advance to Catastrophe Level.

[You have completed the Hidden Task 'Scarlet Dream', awarded 20 million Experience Points and Fei Ye's Blessing]

The so-called "Fei Ye's Blessing" was a special item that, once used, allowed Bai Fu to summon a 1:1 replica of the True Spirit of Fei Ye.

Although it was a one-time-use item, as an item that could summon a Catastrophe Level True Spirit to assist, it could definitely be described as priceless.

"This is a lifesaver that can turn the tides at a crucial moment."

Bai Fu gleefully stashed it in her item slot.

Shortly after the completion of the task, she received a new game prompt.

[You have triggered the Hidden Task 'Malice from the Void']

[Task Introduction: The disaster that befell Fei Ye in her youth is not ordinary; a huge secret lies behind this calamity, and one day this secret will reveal itself to the world]

[Task Objective: Maintain Affinity with Fei Ye above 60 until a new task is triggered]

[Award: 1 million Experience Points]

Bai Fu was shocked upon seeing the specifics of this task.

This task was too easy for her because, currently, Fei Ye's Affinity for her had already reached a lofty 100. Like An Ya, at this level, even if Bai Fu inexplicably beat up Fei Ye several times, the Affinity would hardly drop below 60.

However, she had never encountered a task in this form before.

"The task introduction directly mentions a huge secret behind the disaster; a secret involving a Catastrophe-level Superpower User. The subsequent parts of this task are probably not something the current me could complete."

Bai Fu frowned slightly.

Fortunately, there was still some time before the task would be triggered, giving her the chance to strengthen herself as much as possible.

From Bai Fu's point of view, to enhance her power at the current stage, other than grinding attributes and collecting Advanced Knowledge to advance to Catastrophe Level, was to quickly complete the task of annihilating the Secret Tower for a burst of Gold Coins. Oh, and to increase the Exploration Degree for the plot and await the official enhancements during the version update.

Her Contribution towards eliminating the Secret Tower had risen from 17.2% to 28.1% after this operation, and the Exploration Degree for the Initial Gate Star System had also risen to 4.3%, a quite gratifying surge.

"The flowers have already bloomed, just waiting for the time to reap."

Bai Fu turned off the data panel and, grinning, went to meet Fei Ye, who was slowly descending from the sky.

She made a killing from this battle.

Likewise, in this battle, Fei Ye also had a blast.

Years of repression, as she transformed into a phoenix and struck Sentry with dozens of lotus-like slashes, were finally swept away.

At this moment, Fei Ye was clearheaded and refreshed, her fighting spirit high, and her eyes gazing at Bai Fu as if they were pulling threads.

If not for the thousands of Red Ring Star People watching, and countless cameras, she would have pounced on Bai Fu the moment she landed.

"Congratulations."

Bai Fu said with a smile.

Cecilia, standing beside her, also offered blessings, but she was considerably less willing compared to Bai Fu.

How could she be willing!

Letting Julia be, she actually had no direct conflict with Julia, but she had faced life and death with Fei Ye.

Now, with Fei Ye ascending to Catastrophe Level, could she still have a chance to sneak time with Bai Fu, or to tie up Fei Ye and tease Bai Fu in front of her?

A step slow is a step behind.

Cecilia lifted her head, her eyes filled with melancholy as she watched Bai Fu's retreating figure.

She could not afford to sit by and wait for death; otherwise, she might lose even the chance to taste a bit of Bai Fu's "soup."