Damn!

Drano, the chairman of Titan Industry, felt his head was about to explode.

What now?

It's screwed!

Shit, you son of a bitch, Fitz, you actually ran off to the Rebirth Empire!

While Drano was furious, representatives from the Rebirth Empire and the Supernova Battle Group had already arrived; there was no chance of settling the assault on Bai Fu peacefully.

Faced with the offensive from the Rebirth Empire and the Supernova Battle Group, Drano was at a loss for words.

Titan Industry couldn't handle both the Rebirth Empire and the Supernova Battle Group simultaneously, especially now that two Super Supremes have been captured; Titan Industry had no strong capital anymore.

Drano's head was nearly bald from thinking, yet he still couldn't come up with a good counter-strategy.

Just as the battle group assistant thought, Titan Industry indeed hadn't considered seeking help from the Apostle Holy City.

The three explored cosmic level civilizations had formed an awkward relationship over the course of more than twenty thousand years of struggle; they all wished the others dead, but they would always rely on one or two of each other, splitting and merging for years, having conflicts and reconciliations.

This matter is also recorded in the book "Imperial Star Ring Island History".

Over ten thousand years ago, during the Advanced Era, the Empire encountered the cosmic level civilization Superpower Garden while exploring the Dark Domain and couldn't defeat it despite their best effort.

The Empire was quite embarrassed at the time; if the Supernova Battle Group or Titan Industry had launched an assault from the flank, the Empire would likely have fallen amidst the ruins.

Yet they didn't do so; instead, they accepted the Empire's invitation and turned to strike against the Superpower Garden together with the Empire, ultimately annihilating the Superpower Garden.

Bai Fu thought any of the three cosmic civilizations likely had this mindset —

[They can lose, but only to the other two; if a foreign civilization steals their victory, wouldn't the struggle of the past twenty thousand years become a joke?]

And so, focused around Galini and Xue Quan, the three cosmic level civilizations dragged each other around for nearly twenty days.

During these twenty days, Bai Fu was just a bystander, eating melons almost to the point of being overwhelmed; the Dominators and Super Supremes of the three cosmic civilizations all knew each other well and had fought many times; when they held meetings, oh man, it was just like a marketplace.

Luckily they never sat together face-to-face but held meetings in virtual space; otherwise, Bai Fu estimated someone would have started fighting outside to settle scores.

Finally, after difficult negotiations, the three parties reached a clause that everyone could reluctantly accept.

As a bystander, Bai Fu profited greatly; she estimated that once she fully assimilated the materials sent by Titan Industry, she'd be able to upgrade the Sacrificial God Scepter to a Cosmic Treasure.

"It must be cosmic level civilizations; squeezing casually yields so many good things."

Bai Fu felt incredibly assured.

Speaking of negotiations, there's one thing that must be mentioned.

During the meeting, the representatives of the Rebirth Empire demanded that Titan Industry must hand over Srike, and explain the means to lure Srike.

This request left the people of Titan Industry dumbfounded.

Hand over Srike?

No, when was Srike ever with us.

As for luring Srike, that's something that never even happened, how are we supposed to explain that.

The Rebirth Empire initially thought Titan Industry was being stubborn, but after pressure from the United Supernova Battle Group several times, they finally realized the situation was nothing like they imagined.

"You guys have no idea who really conveyed the message to you; you acted upon the message only after using other spies to confirm its credibility?"

This...

The Rebirth Empire became increasingly puzzled about what Srike was doing.

If he's not a spy for Titan Industry, could he be a spy for the Apostle Holy City?

Bai Fu suggested to the Rebirth Empire: "Issue a quest to the Undying People to find Srike. When it comes to finding people, although the Undying People aren't as professional as your special agents, if Srike appears in their sight, they will definitely notice."

She was confident because Srike was now a mortal enemy of the Rebirth Empire; if Srike appeared in front of players from the Rebirth Empire camp, his bright red name would surely quickly catch players' attention.

Although the Rebirth Empire people didn't understand the principle, since Bai Fu said so, they chose to believe, after all, issuing a task to the Undying People wouldn't consume too many resources.

Next, it would depend on whether the Undying People could really bring them some surprises.

Three days after the negotiations ended, Bai Fu discovered the Hidden Task she had triggered long ago [Superpower Evolution Tree (II)] had finally become submitable.

Due to the absurdly high number of players under her command, and most of them possessing power ranging from Rank A to Rank S, the reward for this task was pushed to the highest tier —

1 billion Experience Value, Special Talent and Superpower Garden link +30!

Bai Fu decisively submitted the task.

After submission, she drew a new talent [Superpower Genius], which could enhance the mastery and effect of superpowers.

She didn't have superpowers, but she could use copied superpower skills from the Superpower Evolution Tree Diagram, so this talent still had some effect.

Bai Fu cared more about the Superpower Garden link, after completing the task, this value of hers rose to 40.

Then, she triggered [Superpower Evolution Tree (III)], requiring her to advance to Dominator, with a reward of 1.5 billion experience and 30 link points; she immediately hit the submit task button.

[You have triggered the Hidden Task [Superpower Evolution Tree (Final)]]

A new prompt appeared.

The final task in the series seemed very simple, requiring her only to pilgrimage to the Superpower Garden; its location was directly marked on the map.

But Bai Fu keenly sensed this task harbored hidden dangers.

"Task reward 10 billion experience, link +30."

This was 10 billion experience and a Cosmic Treasure even for a Super Supreme; such a reward was entangled with enormous risk.

There might be something in the Superpower Garden; or say, after she enters the Superpower Garden, some unfavorable events might happen outside.

"Better wait until completing the first Divine Transformation before visiting the Superpower Garden."

Bai Fu was not in a hurry.

The Superpower Garden was great, but she needed to return safely to enjoy its benefits.

She closed the task panel; days later, Titan Industry's spaceship arrived at the Ancestral Origin Star to deliver compensation and materials, and to fetch Galini and Xue Quan.

Upon learning they could finally leave, Galini and Xue Quan were nearly on the verge of tears.

"Why have you become like this?"

Everyone looked at Galini and Xue Quan in astonishment.

Bai Fu wore an innocent expression.

It's not her fault; blame the Beast God; it was the Beast God who tormented them!

"Come visit when you have the time."

Bai Fu waved to Galini and Xue Quan, almost scaring them half to death.

Visit more? If we play any longer, we'll lose our lives!

The two, who had just reshaped their bodies, hurried into the spaceship, no longer wanting to see Bai Fu.

Shortly after Galini and Xue Quan returned to Titan Industry, a piece of news suddenly came from the Dark Domain.

The Supernova Battle Group's exploration team discovered a civilization in the Dark Domain, which was under attack from the Apostle Holy City; upon contact with the Supernova Battle Group's exploration team, this civilization sent out a distress signal.

[Here comes the cosmic war mentioned in the teaser!]

All the players became excited.