Chapter 120

Chapter 120: The Third Enhancement, Officially Recognized as the Main Character [44k]

Passing through one heavy door after another, the President of the Truth Society arrived at the deepest part of Base B3, Zone C.

“How is she doing?”

He turned around and asked Dr. Ed, who had been waiting for a long time.

Ed walked to the control panel, tapped a few keys, and pulled up a large amount of data: “Compared to four months ago, all her physical data has increased by at least 11% and up to 37%. The only problem is that due to her spiritual energy being continuously drained, her mental state is gradually becoming unstable.”

The President of the Truth Society nodded, his eyes filled with seriousness, but also a hint of surprise.

Youlia was simply a monster.

Even while confined in a spiritual energy limiter, even with her spiritual energy restricted to less than 1% of its normal level, she continued to grow at an incredible speed that was difficult for ordinary people to comprehend.

The President of the Truth Society could not imagine how far Youlia would have grown in these few years if she hadn’t been restricted.

Perhaps, she would become the overlord of this world!

Perhaps, she would fly out of this planet to pursue the limits of spiritual energy!

Fortunately, Carl betrayed the Watcher Camp before Youlia grew too powerful, interrupting her growth process and changing the course of the entire world’s development.

“Let me inherit the path you have paved and become the overlord of the world. Anyway, you are not interested in power; you just want to be a doctor.”

The President of the Truth Society retracted the longing in his eyes and turned to ask Ed again.

“How is the research going?”

Ed said, “The temporary enhancement agent made from the spiritual energy extracted from Youlia has successfully passed clinical trials, but the research on the potential stimulating agent is not going smoothly. Since we cannot figure out why Youlia has such an exaggerated spiritual energy talent, we can only try the most primitive methods slowly. Unfortunately, so far, no one has survived after taking the agent.”

The President of the Truth Society frowned deeply.

Seeing this, Ed quickly explained, “President, please rest assured. The progress of the research is indeed not as expected, but now I have found the direction. The existence of undead makes trial-and-error easier. I believe there will soon be results.”

“That’s good.” The President of the Truth Society did not ask any more questions.

Ed secretly sighed in relief.

He wasn’t lying, but there was one thing he didn’t say: given Youlia’s current state, she might go insane before the experiment succeeds. If Youlia goes crazy, it is uncertain how much impact it would have on the experiment. He could only take it step by step.

After seeing off the President of the Truth Society, Ed instructed his assistant to bring all the newly recruited test subjects over.

Time waits for no man; he must start the next round of experiments immediately.

A few minutes later, Tai Ergen, whose eyes were covered with several layers of black cloth, was pushed into the laboratory.

“As long as you cooperate with me properly in the experiment, there will be plenty of benefits for you.”

While listening to Ed’s lecture, Tai Ergen looked around.

The players around him seemed to be in good spirits. They could gain experience by lying down, and after completing the task, they would receive rare items, with a certain chance of transforming into a special race. It was hard not to be happy when encountering such a task.

Tai Ergen was also excited, but his excitement was different from other players. After all, he was a spy!

Since Graham was killed by Bai Fu, he decisively defected to Bai Fu and became a spy for the Silent Courtyard. In these few months, he had collected a lot of intelligence within the Truth Society, but those pieces of information were mostly useless.

Now, having finally caught a special opportunity, he decided to make a big move.

It’s better to remain silent and then make a stunning appearance.

This time, he wanted Bai Fu to know what a wise decision it was to accept him initially!

Before accepting the task, Tai Ergen had already inquired about it. Ed held an extremely high position in the Truth Society, someone even Chief of Operations Department Bernardo dared not easily provoke. He didn’t know exactly where he was now, but since Ed was here, it meant this place was very important to the Truth Society.

[First, stay hidden for a while and see if I can find out the location of the main base of the Truth Society. If I really can’t find out, then I’ll tell Bai Fu the location of this place.]

…

When all the major forces were tense because the capital Black Mountain City of the Former Republic was retaliatorily attacked by the “Truth Society,” the real mastermind Bai Fu had already returned to Shelter No. 11.

Considering that there would be a version update in a few days, she did not go out to cause trouble anymore but prepared to seize the time to earn more experience and organize the players to launch a new round of construction in the Goli Desert.

Both Branch 3 [Order Defender] and Branch 4 [Ideal Country] of the main quest in the Goli Desert region were linked to the construction of the Goli Desert. The better the Goli Desert was built, the more rewards would be obtained at the end of the task settlement.

Bai Fu, who urgently needed a lot of experience to enhance her own strength, naturally would not ignore these two tasks.

For others, maintaining order in the Goli Desert and improving its prosperity was not easy. Materials were still manageable as long as there was money, but it was difficult to find a large number of construction workers in a short period. In this polluted world, who would send their workers to take risks to build houses elsewhere?

But for Bai Fu, it was too simple.

She worked hard to recruit so many players, not to let them eat her soft bread!

Of course, compared to those NPCs who exploit players to the extreme, she was still kind-hearted and wouldn’t let players work themselves to d*ath just to end up drinking foot-washing water.

“Primitive men, start building caves!”

The contractor Bai Fu for the Goli Desert construction project appeared.

She had already decided that she would significantly reduce the number of commissioned tasks and call on all players to work on construction sites.

[Work hard for thirty days, build a new home!]

[Goli Desert is our home, prosperity depends on everyone!]

After arriving at Shelter No. 11, Bai Fu first met with Gao Yuan.

Before setting out to cause trouble in Black Mountain City, she had already instructed Gao Yuan and Elder Nissen to try to attract more players from outside. Gao Yuan and Elder Nissen took her orders very seriously. During the few days she was away, they managed to bring in nearly a thousand players from outside. Including those who came on their own, the total number of players in the Silent Courtyard had exceeded four thousand and was rapidly approaching five thousand.

At this stage, she planned five checkpoints with resurrection points in the Goli Desert, averaging one thousand players per checkpoint for construction, which was more than enough.

“The plan to bring in undead cannot stop. Chaos will soon break out outside. The more undead we control, the safer we will be.” Bai Fu reminded Gao Yuan again.

Gao Yuan nodded vigorously.

He was currently enjoying himself immensely.

Initially, he chose to cooperate with Bai Fu merely because he admired her abilities, but who would have thought that in just a few short months, Bai Fu had become a prominent figure on the Source Star, and the Silent Courtyard had become a force that even the five major powers dared not underestimate.

He originally just wanted to secure his position as the head of the family through cooperation with Bai Fu and build a commission platform similar to the Darknet to strengthen his family’s power, but judging from the current development, he might one day even be on par with Makarov, the head of the family behind the Darknet.

This was undoubtedly the best investment ever!

“I will arrange everything properly, so don’t worry.”

After leaving Gao Yuan’s office at Shelter No. 11, Bai Fu went to see Elder Nissen and Xiao…





Little Youlia.

Though she was nominally the foreman, it was impossible for her to actually go down to the construction site and direct the players to work. She still had to grind for experience. At most, she would occasionally visit the site to cheer on the players; otherwise, Elder Nissen would be responsible for management.

Elder Nissen was highly enthusiastic.

For him, what happened in these few months felt like a dream. He cherished everything he had gained, and was excited that he still had the chance to participate in this great reconstruction.

“Thank you.”

“There’s no need to thank me. Since I’ve chosen to settle in the Goli Desert, even without your connection, I would still do my best to build here.”

“I know, but I’m not just thanking you for this. There’s also Carl…”

At this point, Elder Nissen couldn’t help but sigh.

Bai Fu didn’t have to help him k*ll that traitor Carl. Even if Carl was killed, there was no need to bring his body back to Shelter No. 11, but she still did it.

This was certainly not a simple show. It just proved that Bai Fu truly considered his and Youlia’s matters as her own.

After being betrayed and falling to rock bottom, meeting such a person was truly the greatest luck of life.

Nissen secretly resolved to coordinate this project well, ensuring that no undead would complain about Bai Fu. If someone complained, he would take the blame himself.

Silent Courtyard was like this; Bai Fu only needed to play the role of the compassionate Bodhisattva. Everything else could be handled by others.

Walking home, Bai Fu smiled brightly at the players who kept taking pictures of her by the roadside.

“Our Silent Courtyard is truly flourishing!”

She opened the door and found Anya calculating accounts.

“Boss!”

Anya jumped up from the sofa.

Bai Fu said, “Now that Silent Courtyard has so many members, you can’t manage the shop alone. In the future, don’t bother with it. Follow Elder Nissen and learn how to manage Silent Courtyard. If I leave Source Star someday, this place might end up in your hands.”

Upon hearing this, Anya’s smile immediately disappeared, turning into deep worry.

“Boss, are you abandoning me?”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Bai Fu glared at her.

“Hehe,” Anya immediately laughed again, “I knew the boss wouldn’t abandon me, but what do you mean by leaving Source Star?”

Bai Fu rolled her eyes.

Acting, it seems, is something you excel at.

But seeing how good Anya was at acting reassured Bai Fu. This was the quality a qualified manager of Silent Courtyard should possess.

If one’s heart isn’t black enough, they won’t be able to extract enough profit from the players. If one doesn’t act well, they won’t be able to make the players feel they’re not losing out while exploiting them.

Bai Fu said, “One day, I will leave Source Star, but because I don’t know the specific situation, I’m not sure if I can take you all with me. If it’s inconvenient, you’ll have to stay on Source Star a little longer until I establish myself in space.”

Anya seemed to understand, but she didn’t dwell on it too much. She only knew that Bai Fu was like the sky, and believing in the sky was right.

…

In the last few days before the 1.2 version update, Bai Fu spent most of her time grinding for memory fragments and making prayer cards, and the rest of the time patrolling between several construction sites.

Most players actually don’t know how to build houses, but since it’s a game, players just need to follow the game prompt and fill the progress bar to complete the task.

In this round of large-scale infrastructure tasks, some players unexpectedly became famous in the community, such as Convert to Me Fu.

These players’ real jobs outside the game were related to the construction industry. When they heard that Silent Courtyard was going to renovate and rebuild five outposts, they volunteered to help draw design plans and coordinate the players to complete the construction tasks.

Elder Nissen immediately agreed upon hearing this.

You wouldn’t believe it, but due to the ultra-high realism of the game, the experience Convert to Me Fu and others possessed could be perfectly applied to the game’s construction.

[Holy cr*p, Civil Engineering Saint!]

[Dude, you guys are really awesome!]

Praises in the community made Convert to Me Fu and others stand out, and also motivated other laboring players to work harder. They now wanted to see if they could really turn Convert to Me Fu’s designs into reality.

Some astute players found a new opportunity and started “construction live streams.”

[Folks, today we’re smashing walls with a big hammer.]

[Building our main city ourselves, the sense of participation is full, isn’t it?]

[Ha ha, I carved my name on the brick.]

[Exploration, it’s time to update the latest Silent Courtyard news bulletin.]

[Question of the day: Has anyone run away with their bucket?]

Amidst laughter and joy, these players took only a few days to lay the foundation for all the main buildings of the five outposts and erected fences around the perimeter. This efficiency stunned both Gao Yuan and Elder Nissen. They could only describe the players with one word:

6!

Undead people, as long as they don’t d*e, will work themselves to d*ath!

Satisfied, Bai Fu looked at the greatly transformed Shelter No. 11: “Once the outposts are completely built, we’ll put up a statue of me in the middle of the square and make it a landmark building of the Goli Desert, or even the entire Source Star!”

Although Bai Fu hadn’t gone out to cause trouble lately, and neither had the players who joined Silent Courtyard, the events happening in the Goli Desert had caught the attention of various major forces nearby.

They couldn’t figure out what Bai Fu intended to do. Because they couldn’t understand, they became increasingly cautious.

“Building a city in the desert, what’s this woman’s purpose?”

“Is she really the Overlord of the Night as those undead say?”

“We can’t explain why her charm is so high, making those undead willingly serve her like oxen and horses, so we have to believe it to some extent.”

“Overlord of the Night? What a ridiculous title.”

Pairs of eyes stared closely at the Goli Desert. Most of them were very restrained, even though they thought Bai Fu was a great threat, they dared not act rashly, fearing that once they failed, they would provoke a storm of retaliation.

Thus, time slowly passed, and the official预告update day finally arrived.

As soon as it hit midnight, the game promptly shut down the server, and all players were forcibly logged out. Looking at the streets that suddenly became empty, Bai Fu’s heart slightly tightened.

Will there be any new enhancements this time?

It took more than ten seconds, but finally, the pleasant voice she had been waiting for sounded in her ears.

[Plot Participation Confirmation (0%…10%…)]

[Current Plot Exploration Rate of Source Star: 2.7%]

[Character Position Adjustment (0%…3%…)]

[Character Position Adjusted from [Important Participant in Hidden Plots] to [Main Character in Single Mainline Plot of Source Star]]

[Character Setting Adjustment (0%…2%…]

Main character?!

Upon clearly seeing that line in the game prompt, Bai Fu almost jumped up.

After subtly hinting to the players and guiding public opinion among them in every way possible, she really got the official recognition and became the main character of Source Star, although not the sole main character, it was still a huge leap forward.

Bai Fu couldn’t wait to click on the other prompts behind to see what kind of enhancement the planner gave her this time.

PS: The content of the enhancement couldn’t be written hastily, so it will be released tomorrow. Two updates tomorrow.

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