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

If it hadn't been for Bai Fu's manipulation, if he hadn't realized that his downfall was all Bai Fu's doing—even if he had lost the opportunity to take over the Tem Civilization, Kade would have definitely refused Lupus.

As a Dominator, he still had a vast future ahead and it was completely unnecessary to affiliate himself with organizations like the Ten Saints Association, which were wanted by the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations.

He could simply move away, support another civilization, and eventually make a triumphant return.

But now, he couldn't be so rational.

Thinking about his current situation, thinking about the words his backer just said, thinking about how all this was thanks to Bai Fu, he felt an urge to blow everything up.

If he just fled and didn't seek immediate revenge, seeing Bai Fu stepping on him to climb higher, he would bring trouble upon himself eventually.

Or should he…

Test the waters?

As this thought surfaced, Kade slowly raised his head.

"It's quite strange, the Chairman of Wanling Sect actually colluding with an organization like the Ten Saints Association. Aren't you afraid I'll turn you in to the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations? That should be quite a merit."

Lupus appeared very calm, "You won't, you're someone who values benefits highly. The Ten Saints Association can offer you much more than the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations."

"So confident?"

"Why do you think I am willing to cooperate with the Ten Saints Association?"

"It seems the secrets of the Ten Saints Association are much greater than I imagined."

Lupus chuckled, "You must have heard of the name of the Cosmic Treasure that the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations are very concerned about, the 'Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball,' right?"

Kade nodded.

Decades ago, there was a conflict among the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations, aimed at the acquisition of the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball.

The Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball could supposedly simulate the best development path for its user. Even for the Super Supreme, it was considered a treasure that could drive one mad.

Many Super Supremes, since advancing to the Super Supreme Rank, hadn't made any progress in decades because they no longer knew how to become stronger.

Super Supreme, embodying great power in oneself.

Every Super Supreme is indeed unique; other development paths can only serve as references and cannot be exactly duplicated, otherwise, one might choose the wrong evolution path and block the path to sublimation. Thus, most Super Supremes dare not act carelessly after hitting a bottleneck.

If one could obtain the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball, then, such worries would no longer be a problem.

After hearing Lupus's words, Kade's face changed, "You mean to say, the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball is in the hands of the Saint?"

Lupus said, "The Saint was originally a partner of the Empire, and he was suddenly wanted by the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations because he stole the freshly acquired Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball from the Empire."

"Wasn't it because he attacked the 'Radiant' mainframe?"

"That was just the official statement. The Saint attacked 'Radiant' to divert the Empire's attention to steal the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball. In fact, the Saint originally became a partner with the Empire to target the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball. The Empire didn't publicize the real reason because it was too embarrassing. Although the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry know the truth, they didn't make it public either because they didn't want the crystal ball in the Saint's possession to be snatched by others."

Kade suddenly realized.

Since the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations hadn't disclosed the truth, then the Saint, the person involved, wouldn't mention it either—he would silently make a fortune.

But he still didn't understand one thing.

Why would the Saint come back now?

Could it be that he thought he could confront the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations with the guidance of the Secret Glimpse Crystal Ball?

That seemed unlikely; after all, he was a Super Supreme, not so foolish.

Lupus saw through Kade's thoughts and continued to explain, "To escape the Empire's pursuit, the Saint fled into the Dark Domain, where he encountered a Cosmic Civilization—the Apostle Holy City, a power not weaker than the Empire. He reached an agreement with the Apostle Holy City, and this return was on behalf of the Apostle Holy City."

Kade fell silent.

He pondered whether Lupus was deceiving him.

If all this were true, then aligning himself with Lupus and the Ten Saints Association meant aligning with the Apostle Holy City.

This was a Cosmic Civilization, with this backing, even if Bai Fu fully leaned toward the Rebirth Empire, he would still have a chance for revenge.

Seeing Kade still hesitant, Lupus added, "Even if you don't cooperate with us, we will still act against Bai Fu. She is good fuel, but if Bai Fu doesn't die by your own hands, even if she dies, that feeling in your heart won't be smooth, right?"

Indeed.

Kade finally made up his mind to join Lupus in a major endeavor.

"I'll take you to see the Saint now."

Lupus sent the address, and Kade redirected his spaceship, heading deep into the starry sky.

…

Meanwhile,

Bai Fu was onboard her spaceship, tallying the gains from this operation.

The Honorable Force hadn't been completely eradicated yet; some remnants were still attempting to escape pursuit, but this no longer affected the overall situation.

She decisively settled all branches of the task "The Fall of the Honorable Force." In any case, she would secure the rewards first!

In this battle, Bai Fu had eliminated 16 Catastrophe Levels all at once, including the additional reward from task branch 2, totaling to an account credit of 1.32 billion experience.

After her promotion to Dominator, eliminating Catastrophe Levels couldn't yield much experience anymore.

She would use these over ten billion experience points to synthesize a new Summoning Card and, incidentally, upgrade the Summoning Card. As for the experience needed to upgrade Profession Level… it would still have to be squeezed from the players.