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

She wasn't at all interested in the conflicts between Cecilia and Fei Ye, but Cecilia's willingness to cooperate with her research was undoubtedly a good thing.

Through her study of Cecilia's cells, she had concocted a potion capable of healing injuries.

This research meant that the Silent Court no longer had to spend a great deal of money buying recovery potions from outside, thus saving a significant amount of expenses.

However, in Julia's view, this was still not enough. The recovery ability of these potions was still too poor—they worked well for the Undying People, but for Bai Fu, they were almost no different than ornaments.

Cecilia's active cooperation would increase her chances of developing an efficient recovery potion that could be useful for Bai Fu.

So, she gladly accepted Cecilia's kindness.

...

The day Bai Fu returned to the division, she received a message from Star Contract Headquarters.

Fei Ye, who had successfully advanced to Catastrophe Level, had been designated as the next division director, with the formal appointment coming after the current director, Le Mans, was promoted.

This was good news.

Although the Initial Gate division wasn't large, it still represented a considerable power.

After Fei Ye took over the director position, her camp's business operations in the Initial Gate Star System Group would be much easier.

Bai Fu sent sincere blessings to Fei Ye and then declined a pile of interview requests from the Star Network and other places. She then opened an online meeting with Andras.

Andras's relentless investment in her clearly wasn't without expectations.

In fact, Andras was currently not in a particularly good position within the Origin Consortium. With factions firmly established within such a large consortium, though he was the leader, he constantly faced challenges from all sides.

Some challenges were harmless to him, but others could potentially force him out of his leadership role.

The greatest threat at the moment came from an alliance made up of three internal factions.

This alliance had deep ties with the Tem Civilization, renowned in the Edge World. They advocated leading the Origin Consortium to staunchly side with the Tem Civilization and thereby, reach out to the colossal Supernova Battle Group.

This stance was completely contrary to the neutral position that Andras and his family had always adhered to, leading to direct conflicts between the two sides.

In the past, Andras and his family had maintained the upper hand, but with changes in external circumstances and declining investment returns of the Origin Consortium in recent years, this situation had changed.

During the latest internal consortium meetings, the Tem Sect had progressively gained the upper hand, with more and more people willing to gamble with those of the Tem Sect.

Andras was understandably anxious.

He had no interest in participating in the struggles between the three major universal civilizations.

Such high-stakes struggles carried immense risks. Even if the Origin Consortium eventually won, they would merely secure a ticket to the ultimate stage.

Yet, his personal will seemed insufficient in the face of the overall situation.

Barring any unforeseen incidents, should the war between the Tem Civilization and neighboring civilizations erupt, his position as leader might very soon be jeopardized.

However, an unexpected event had indeed occurred.

Andras could never have dreamed that Bai Fu, in whom he had invested, would grow so rapidly.

If Bai Fu truly could advance to Catastrophe Level in a short period as she had claimed, he would have a strong argument in the next internal meeting.

Even if this achievement couldn't fully bridge the support gap between him and the Tem Sect, it could at least persuade some of the Fence Sitting Sect to continue observing rather than fully siding with the Tem Sect.

"Tem Civilization? War? Supernova Battle Group?"

Bai Fu pondered; she suspected this might be part of the storyline in a future version, but considering that even version 2.0 hadn't officially launched yet, pondering these thoughts was meaningless.

After discussing the internal situation of the Origin Consortium, Andras changed the subject, warning Bai Fu to be cautious.

Her outstanding performance recently had garnered much attention beyond the Initial Gate Star System, including from people in the Tem Sect faction of the Origin Consortium.

Andras worried they might have malicious intentions and take advantage of difficulties during the Dark Moon Tide's commissioned tasks to secretly undermine her.

Hearing this, Bai Fu couldn't help but laugh.

Hey, you know, she had been worried about this recently.

But she wasn't concerned about someone trying to undermine her; rather, she was worried that no one would approach her proactively. If not, her plan to send some players to other camps as undercover agents to gather information for her would face setbacks. Andras's words were like bringing her great joy.

"I will be cautious."

Bai Fu readily agreed.

After ending the conversation with Andras, she immediately had Digging Girl notify the players at Secret Tower to gather more information.

The players at Secret Tower were very competent.

As soon as Bai Fu sent the message, they reported several locations of Secret Tower bases and mentioned that Secret Tower had been training them intensively recently, seemingly in preparation for a major action.

Bai Fu didn't rush to disclose the locations of the bases on the Star Network.

Since she still didn't know where the Secret Tower Headquarters was located, she feared startling Secret Tower, causing them to hide and not dare show their faces. That would result in a loss of many task rewards.

"Everything is set; now I just need to advance to Catastrophe Level!"

Bai Fu dealt with the backlog of company trivialities and then proactively contacted Suixi of the Blessing Sect.

Before heading out to meet Fei Ye and the others, she accepted a task from Suixi to "snatch the True Spirit Pillar held by the Secret Tower."

Now, half a month later, it was time to contact Suixi's side and check on the situation.

"I noticed you were too busy at Red Ring Star, so I didn't bother contacting you. Now that you're free, come to the Blessing Sect Headquarters, and we can discuss the specific action plan."

"No problem."

Bai Fu immediately took two spaceshipfuls of players toward the Blessing Sect Headquarters.

Due to the Secret Tower's disturbances, there were fewer tasks available for players, and most had gone off to participate in Vic's main tasks. This gave her the perfect opportunity to find something for those idle players to do, and perhaps dig out more tasks for the players from Suixi, an NPC with Strong Luck Talent.

Players stayed busy to gain Experience, and with Experience, she could continue leveling up.

Each step was intertwined and critical.