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

"New tricks?"

Bai Fu, who was engrossed in stacking layers on the Apostle's Path, opened the game's official website with confusion and began reading the preview of the new version from the beginning.

The first half of the preview held no surprises and was just a normal analysis involving the two major storylines, the forces, and characters implicated in them. She also appeared in a few frames.

But from the midpoint, things changed completely.

In the Edge World, the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations, the Ten Saints Association, and the Wanling Sect made consecutive appearances.

Then, an NPC who was unfamiliar to many players but definitely not a stranger, popped up.

"Isn't that Suixi?"

In the following video, Suixi alone occupied a third of the runtime, and her image changed several times.

From the ordinary-dressed Suixi to the Holy Robe Suixi of the Blessing Sect, to the main character Suixi holding a scepter and appearing godlike under the Ten Saints Association's blessing, each look stunned the players.

Goodness, this is the charm of the Alien Realm!

Instantly, a vast number of players went crazy in the comment streams.

[My wife]

[Is the brand-new prison guard!]

[Is this version Suixi's version? With so many appearances, even if not the main character, she must be an important one, right?]

[If I remember correctly, the Ten Saints Association is a villainous organization, isn't it? A main character from a villainous organization?]

[Who says villains can't have their saviors, from today onwards, I'm a devoted fan of Suixi!]

Bai Fu, accustomed to seeing players go wild, remained very calm. These comments seemed all too ordinary.

But soon, she found an extraordinary post in the community.

It was posted by her little troll, Little Heizi.

[The rise of Stars]

Bai Fu had seen [The rise of Stars] leading the charge against her more than once, in the community, on video websites, and in the comment sections of official videos.

Despite being constantly proven wrong by Digging Girl and the game's plot, and even if his reputation became pig-headed, he remained undeterred and continued his trolling for ten years. Thus, The rise of Stars also became somewhat of a celebrity, with a substantial fanbase.

This time, The rise of Stars' post began by analyzing how awesome Suixi would become, claiming that riding on Suixi's coattails would guarantee a full belly. The second half of the post used Suixi to trample on Bai Fu, proclaiming that her formidable rival had arrived.

Suixi has a vast background; Bai Fu lacks a background like the Ten Saints Association's, which is one point for Suixi!

Suixi had long screen time in the 2.2 version preview, but Bai Fu was briefly seen, two points for Suixi!

Suixi is an alien, quite unique; Bai Fu is an ordinary human, plain and unremarkable, three points for Suixi!

Suixi is shorter than Bai Fu, with a babyface and a huge X; Bai Fu is taller than Suixi, big and burly, four points for Suixi!

Four wins for Suixi, four losses for Bai Fu, thus five points for Suixi!

Suixi for five points...

"?"

Bai Fu looked at the screen, filled with question marks.

Leaving aside the background and screen time, ordinary human, who calls someone ordinary human like her?

And... babyfaced huge X? Suixi is quite large, but that has nothing to do with having a babyface. Actually, she seemed much younger than Suixi, as though her skin were tender enough to squeeze water from.

Even though The rise of Stars' comparison was nonsense, it still resonated with a large number of players.

Mainly because Bai Fu had many fans, but also many trolls.

The trolls previously had no gathering place and couldn't join special forces like the Silent Court to reap benefits. With Suixi's arrival, coupled with The rise of Stars' rallying, they suddenly found that Suixi might be a good place to band together.

Therefore, they flooded The rise of Stars' post, building up the thread and imagining a future in which Suixi would become more powerful in the following versions, ultimately becoming the ultimate boss in a major update, and the trolls who followed Suixi would come out more glorious than the Silent Court players.

"..."

Bai Fu scratched her head.

Their plans sound nice, but right now Suixi is my "Believer," so your allegiance to her...

Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, Bai Fu found it quite amusing.

She wasn't a mean-spirited person, but the thought of these players discovering the relationship between Suixi and her couldn't help but make her want to laugh.

Letting these players go to Suixi did have its advantages.

Firstly, with all the trolls gathering in one place, it would be easier for her to know if they were trying to sabotage her.

Secondly, she could indirectly exploit these trolls through Suixi; although she couldn't squeeze out Experience, she could squeeze out Money, which was better than getting nothing at all before.

Thirdly, when the storyline reverses, there would probably be quite a few trolls who are not so resolute and would switch from Suixi to her side.

As long as I can exploit them, regardless of whether they're trolls or fans, they're all good to me!

Go player Bai Fu closed the official game website and continued with her stack of layers.

Days later, sensing it was about time, she took An Ya, Julia, and others on the road to the Imperial capital.