When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 282: Officially designated by the government, Spiritual Ability Profession Tutor Bai Fu [2/2]

Version 1.1 of the game introduced rankings and an arena feature, added some Newbie Villages, and raised the player's level cap from 20 to 25.

This update wasn't massive, but it greatly enhanced the game's playability.

The introduction of the arena became a haven for those who enjoyed PvP, as Stars Above, a game boasting extreme freedom, had its PvP played in new and exciting ways.

It's safe to say that version 1.1 was quite a successful update.

Thus, when news of the 1.2 update broke, most players immediately clicked the link to see what interesting new features were coming.

[Players in the Silent Court have been having a blast for so long, it's about time they give us a Bai Fu in the new version]

[Following Bai Fu Meow, thank you Meow]

[Add a "remove pants" feature, please!]

[Bro, do you want this game to die? If we could actually remove pants, imagine the freaks running around on launch day]

Upon clicking the official update preview page, Bai Fu noticed that the video pinned at the top was already flooded with comments.

She clicked on the video, and with light, lively music playing, the Stars Cluster Girl, representing the official mascot, appeared on the screen.

[Have you missed me? It's been a few months, but today Stars Cluster Girl is back to bring you an ultra-ultra-exciting version update!]

[At 2 am five days from now, Stars Above will undergo maintenance to update, just like last time. If adventurers have any urgent matters, please prepare ahead of time]

[Alright, let's dive into the topic today]

Stars Cluster Girl's straightforward style garnered much praise. In the video that followed, she detailed the contents of the 1.2 update, which primarily focused on two areas.

One was optimizations to the gaming experience, including increasing the number of Newbie Villages, optimizing matchmaking rules in the arena, and improving the game login interface.

The other was functional enhancements and additions. Version 1.2 would introduce four new features.

First, a team competitive mode to enrich the entertainment content of the game and let players experience faction battles early.

Second, the game chronicles for players who missed the storyline can browse summaries to understand what's been happening in the game.

Third, challenge instances allow players to battle former popular Bosses they've defeated.

Fourth, career tryouts where players can experience other professions in a virtual space to decide if they want to transfer to that profession.

Bai Fu quickly skimmed through the 1.2 update content. Honestly, these additions were irrelevant to her since she couldn't register a game account and therefore couldn't enter the arena or expect any profit from the new challenge instances.

However, an update beyond the game content caught her eye.

No, it didn't just catch her eye—it wowed her!

Firstly, the official had inserted a segment of the 1.1 update's various Newbie Planet storyline clips at the end of the update spoiler video. As the most active NPC in the Ancestral Origin Star, Bai Fu unsurprisingly featured in the video.

[Holy crap, it's Fu!]

[Yes! It's Bai Fu, I'm swooning!]

Players excitedly started debating.

Next, upon opening the Ancestral Origin Star subpage of the update preview page, Bai Fu was thrilled to find herself featured as the cover character.

Of course, she wasn't the only one; joining her were Xia Shi, Julia, the faceless Chairman of the Truth Society, and an unfamiliar man.

According to the official announcement video, all the characters featured on the cover were key to the 1.1 storyline and were very likely to shine in the new update.

For most players, Bai Fu's appearance on this interface was expected, but for Bai Fu, it meant something extraordinary.

Leaving aside the unfamiliar man, Xia Shi, Julia, and the Chairman of the Truth Society were either main characters in a storyline or important Bosses. The officials grouping her with these NPCs, she saw it as an indirect acknowledgment of her main character potential.

"It was worth all the storyline exploration I did!" freēnovelkiss.com

Bai Fu was overjoyed, curious about how the planners would strengthen and adjust her role next.

[What the hell, isn't this the bad woman from the Abandoned Cooling Factory and Bagaros Base?]

[Bad women are awesome. I love bad women. Is there anyone else who doesn't like Bai Fu? I think she's too righteous, I don't like characters filled with righteousness]

[Whether full of righteousness or just the character for right, I love her]

[Ah, it's Miss Xia Shi, she's the one who released the Genetic Primordial's laboratory series of tasks]

[Fu go away, Shi is the best in the world!]

Watching the argumentative comments float across the top of the video, Bai Fu couldn't help but laugh.

Julia the best in the world? Xia Shi the best in the world?

She was eager to see what these players would think when they found out about her relationship with Julia and Xia Shi.

The plush doll versions of Julia you like are at my mercy to play with!

Lastly, what most surprised Bai Fu was the official response to player inquiries.

Q: What exactly does the career tryout feature involve? Is it just fighting practice dummies in virtual space, or are there not even dummies?

A: Each profession has a corresponding Profession Tutor. Players can apply to spar with Profession Tutors in virtual space. It's now revealed that Lumia will be the tutor for the Gunsmith profession, and Bai Fu for the Spiritual Ability Painter profession.

"Bai Fu? That's me?"

Wow!

Bai Fu was stunned. After her character art made a brief appearance on the homepage and following a slight feature, she had become one of the representatives for the Spiritual Ability Profession!

This was a Profession Tutor role. From now on, any player wanting to learn about Spiritual Ability Professions couldn't bypass her. The potential for popularity was massive, and this wasn't just a fleeting kind of popularity but one that would last as long as the game operated.

"Awesome!"

Bai Fu wanted to grab Stars Cluster Girl and give her a big smooch.

When she noticed this question and answer, many players also came knocking.

"Really? Can we challenge Fufu?"

"Ah, I get to fight Bai Fu?"

"This is great, haha, everyone wait for me, when the new version launches, I'll show you how to clear Bai Fu without taking damage."

"Dream on, you're not taking any damage? You think this is a game with invincible frames that can reflect attacks?"

Although most players felt that challenging Bai Fu would result in being trampled beneath her feet and casually tormented, many still wanted to rush to challenge her as soon as the new version launched.

"I just like being stepped on by Fufu, what's wrong with that?"

Bai Fu lightly pinched her chin.

If the officials could make her the boss in the challenge instance, it would undoubtedly stir up greater fervor, as it would surely lead to more players making videos of challenging her, but alas that wasn't happening.

She shook her head, casually flipping through the player discussion posts related to her.

This time, Digging Girl was again at the forefront, but instead of guessing her identity as usual, she speculated about the official release of new content.

"I guess the new version will involve a lot of tasks related to the true identity of Fufu, everyone can look forward to it."

How could they not look forward to it?

If Fufu really was the Ghost Night Dominator, that would be freaking awesome: a shadow twin, the Dominator of Ghost Night, even the severely injured version of the Ghost Night Dominator was so cool, let alone the full-strength version.

Bai Fu casually closed the official website and community.

With five days left until the new version update, she needed to make sufficient preparations to avoid any unnecessary trouble from players suddenly going offline en masse.

After pretending to be a passerby and fleeing from Black Mountain City, Bai Fu quickly returned to Tongshan Camp.

After submitting the task of investigating the infectious disease at Tongshan Camp, she gained 140,000 Experience, not much, but not little either.

"These days you guys continue staying at Tongshan Camp taking care of those patients, I'm heading back to Goli Desert for a bit."

After giving instructions, Bai Fu left.

On her way back to the Goli Desert, she tried the new Memory Fragment she obtained.

The level restriction for this Memory Fragment was 35, a formidable barrier for players, but child's play for her.

Upon entering the special instance of the Memory Fragment, she transformed directly into a War Fanatic.

Stealth?

Screw stealth!

Leading the mutants starting the uprising, she busted out the front door of the research institute, defeating all who tried to stop them, making them kneel.

When the instance concluded, a plain-looking mutant gratefully looked at her, "Are you really not leaving with us?"

Bai Fu shook her head, "Go, seek the freedom that belongs to you, and don't get caught again."

While speedrunning the instance, she took the opportunity to investigate the causes of the mutant rebellion, and the truth was contemptible: most of these special mutants were originally ordinary civilians, but suitable for transformation into mutants, they were captured by the Spiritual Ability Spread Committee, enduring countless pains in the institute until their agony exceeded a threshold and they decided to risk everything to escape.

"Thank you, meeting you has been the greatest luck of my life. I will take them to a place where no one can find us to start anew."

The plain-looking mutant kept thanking Bai Fu until the instance rewards were distributed, and then he disappeared from her sight.

Bai Fu sighed; in the instance, these mutants were saved, but in reality, according to Beixim, their escape attempt ultimately failed and they were all executed, never achieving the freedom they desired.

She glanced at the game prompt.

"Instance Clear Time: 13 minutes 46 seconds"

"First clear today, awarded 140,000 Experience Points"

Although the Memory Fragment could be challenged repeatedly, only the first clear of the day provided Experience rewards.

Even so, Bai Fu was quite satisfied.

Being able to gain an extra 140,000 Experience points daily was a great deal, and if she could collect more Memory Fragments, she wouldn't be short on Experience for a while.

…

As Bai Fu was about to arrive at the Goli Desert, the Old Republic publicly disclosed all details of the attack on Black Mountain City, severely condemning the Truth Society and issuing a top-level wanted alert for the traitor Beixim.

The news reached the Truth Society, leaving the Chairman of the Truth Society baffled.

"How come I didn't know I ordered an attack on the Old Republic, or turned the Old Republic's Beixim against them?"

At first, he thought his subordinates acted without orders, but after investigating, he was sure someone had impersonated the Truth Society.

"Intentionally impersonating the Truth Society, they must have a motive, but..."

The Chairman of the Truth Society snorted coldly.

No matter what the impersonator's intentions were, it was pointless now because he was about to launch the final operation. If the operation succeeded, all lesser foes would be easily crushed; if it failed, he would probably die and wouldn't need to worry about plots against him anymore.

Upon reflection, being impersonated might not even be a bad thing because it diverted the Old Republic's attention away from other matters.

"That impersonator did quite a good job."

The Chairman of the Truth Society couldn't help but laugh.

There really should be fewer people in the world like Bai Fu who only added to his troubles!

He dialed Dr. Ed's terminal: "Arrange it, I need to meet Julia now."

"Yes."