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

Fei Ye's fingers brushed past the hair by her ears, lightly pinching the deep red earring, the whole motion unexpectedly ladylike, a far cry from her previous carefree style.

"I have, but I don't want to talk about that now."

"Hmm? What do you want to talk about then?"

"You."

"Me?"

"That bite you gave me..."

Fei Ye stood up, and at this moment, her eyes seemed to be veiled with a faint shimmer of water.

Not tears, but the gentleness of a softened, burning flame rippling.

"That bite, I will remember for a lifetime."

Fei Ye walked over to Bai Fu.

"Without you, I probably would have been forever stagnant in one place, for one year, five years, ten years... There would have been no change. I couldn't move past the day my sister passed away, couldn't break free from the prison woven by the Void Blood, couldn't escape the shackles I had placed on myself... until the warmth of your teeth touched my shoulder, until your teeth pierced my skin. Everything changed then, just like it is now..."

Fei Ye leaned down, opened her mouth, and gently bit Bai Fu's shoulder.

She didn't apply force, just quietly felt the soft warmth that came from her teeth and the fragrance that instantly filled her nostrils.

She was sincerely happy.

Although she didn't support Bai Fu like An Ya, wasn't inseparable from Bai Fu like Julia, didn't have a common beginning with Bai Fu like Xia Shi, she also had her own unique aspect—

She and Bai Fu were both Prophets!

Fei Ye sent a request to Bai Fu.

"Bite me."

"Okay."

...

Bai Fu and Fei Ye spent ten days circling the vicinity of the Sea Lion Star System twice. On this journey, they found two NPCs who currently were only grade B but seemed to have great potential.

It was likely that these two could be main characters that Players encountered as soon as they arrived in the Star Sea, similar to Vic, but with slightly less power.

Bai Fu brought them back to the Star Contract Branch and had them get accustomed to the situation along with the two main characters from Indigo Star, Teresa and Yiqi.

Bai Fu was quite satisfied with the gains from this trip.

The accompanying Fei Ye was also very satisfied, seeing it as a kind of alternative honeymoon.

During the journey, Bai Fu discovered that the official had finally released the final promotional video for the 1.5 update "Stars Era."

The content of the promo was somewhat unexpected.

The first half of the promotional video mainly introduced the main characters of each Newbie Planet. Seeing this, she thought she wouldn't have a part in this update, but the style of the video completely changed in the second half.

She, Bai Fu, made an appearance!

Not just an appearance, she stood at the very center of the whole stage, and the other NPCs who appeared in the video became mere foils to her, even the Oath Lord and the Leader of the Tem Civilization were no exception.

She had done it.

At the beginning of the Stars Era, even the official had recognized her as the most prominent one!

Thinking about it, Bai Fu found it quite reasonable.

After all, who else could be the main character if not her, when she had almost completed one of the two most important main storylines of the Initial Gate Star System Group, and she had a hold over the other storyline, the Dark Domain Insect Clan Chaos as well thanks to having Cipris in her possession.

However, these good days would probably not last too long.

Once the storyline on the Tem Civilization side began, or if another new storyline started somewhere else, she would have to say goodbye to the central stage being on the periphery.

Of course, this was not what Bai Fu wanted.

So, next, she had to strive to stand in the center of the stage!

Bai Fu turned off the promotional video and then browsed the Community for a bit. As expected, Digging Girl had quickly released a video analyzing the promotional video.

This time, there was actually no need for a dedicated analysis, as everyone could see how important Bai Fu would be in the new version, but how important exactly was difficult to say.

Would she be the puppet master as Digging Girl said, or the main logistics manager for players entering the Star Sea as many others imagined...

[Let's see how the official decides.]

[Anyway, Fufu is awesome!]

Time slowly passed by.

As soon as the server downtime for the update ended, version 1.5 started right on time.

In an instant, countless players popped up where they had logged off before.

Seeing the players suddenly appear, Bai Fu was as composed as ever, but Secret Tower, which had been anxious for more than ten days, reacted differently.

"?"

Even the usually poised Housekeeper was startled.

But they only calmed down after learning from the players that it was a mechanism for players to disappear collectively every so often.

So, it was not one of Bai Fu's tricks?

Good, very good!

"Continue with the plan."

...

Several days later.

Bai Fu received a secret message from the Star Network.

"Bai Fu, an important member of the Secret Tower has betrayed them, and they are now sending people to hunt him down. We may need your help."