When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village
Chapter 993 - 353: Harvester's Past, Cultivation of Civilizations
[Listener]: Maximum Spiritual Ability Value +15%.
The title is a good one, but Bai Fu has no time to focus on that now.
All she wants to say right now is, "What the hell."
Is this for real?
Could this be a huge scam aimed at her?
If this is true, doesn't it imply that there are many parallel universes in the game, making the game's map vast beyond comprehension?
Thinking about it, Bai Fu remembered what the leader of the Origins Agreement had said earlier.
When the leader was explaining why they needed to kill her, he kept saying that her actions had made her a hindrance to the world, and that since she refused to cut her ties with the three cosmic level civilizations, she had to be eliminated.
At the time, she thought the leader was quite inexplicable, but now she roughly understood.
"The leader's words seem to prove that the Harvester truly exists, and he must be aware of the Harvester's existence as well."
"He wants to kill me because he fears my guidance to the three cosmic level civilizations will lead to a rapid increase in their development speed, hitting the threshold that would lead to the Harvester's descent in a short period of time."
Bai Fu squinted her eyes slightly.
If the truth really is like this, then the leader seems like someone who can be recruited.
As long as she promises to stop guiding the superpower users of the three cosmic level civilizations, then the most urgent issue for the leader to handle should be the Apostle Holy City, not her.
Leaving the Apostle Holy City unchecked would mean that eventually, the three cosmic level civilizations would be swallowed by it.
In this case, although the total number of Dominators and Super Supremes in the Star Sea will decrease, the Supreme Divine Disciple could likely use this opportunity to continue enhancing their power, reaching level 270 or above, and perhaps even completing five Divine Transformations, becoming the first in history.
Could this unprecedented breakthrough trigger the harvesting mechanism?
Bai Fu was unsure.
But she believed that if the leader sincerely wanted to maintain "balance" and prevent this era of the universe from triggering a harvesting mechanism, then he would certainly not watch as the Supreme Divine Disciple continued to increase their power, because the risk is simply too great.
"Even though the Origins Agreement always wants to kill me, given the current situation, making peace with them should be the right choice."
Bai Fu scratched her head.
This is tough.
She thought she was about to reach the end of her struggles, but who would've thought another Harvester would emerge.
This thing, at first glance, is just as terrifying as the creation gods in mythological stories, and beings like Aijie, who are revered as "gods," can't even compare to "them."
"I must proceed carefully next. If I accidentally trigger the Harvester's mechanism, it's over."
Once the harvesting descends, the entire game would collapse, and she wouldn't escape death either.
Bai Fu dared not assume that the game developers would reset everything. If they didn't, she'd be truly done for.
At this thought, a recurring question popped into Bai Fu's mind.
"Is this really just a game?"
As her power became stronger and her exposure to various things increased, her doubts grew.
The Harvester's appearance has pushed Bai Fu's sense of doubt to a new height.
She began to suspect that "Above the Stars" is actually a "game" created by the Harvester, and all developers, planners, operations, etc., are played by the Harvester, with her and the players cast into the "game" for some purpose.
"Hey, planner dude? Are you there?"
"Hmm? Not a dude? Then planner lady? Hello? Have you eaten?"
Alright then.
Despite calling out over ten times, Bai Fu received no reply and stopped calling.
The absence of a response doesn't mean her speculation is incorrect—perhaps the Harvester simply doesn't want to engage with her.
Bai Fu picked up the ancient relic 003, hoping to find more clues but found nothing.
She had to temporarily give up investigating the Harvester.
Without any clues, continuing the investigation was just a waste of time.
Instead of this, she might as well consider how to manipulate Aijie.
Cooperating with the Origins Agreement was to be her major move, but given that the leader always wanted her dead, to truly secure cooperation, she had to showcase enough power to make the leader wary.
"In Aijie's eyes, I am her mother, the true God of the Void Realm. She knows that I know everything she does; normally, me asking her about the synthesis of Void Realm Particles would definitely raise her suspicions."
"So, I need to put on a show, turn into my version that doesn't seem normal in her eyes, a version that needs her to share what she knows for me to return to normal."
"Amnesia."
"Ordinary amnesia is not convincing enough."
"I need some disturbance to make my amnesia appear more natural."
Bai Fu's gaze wandered around and finally landed on the ancient relic 003.
She thought of a plan that could kill multiple birds with one stone, and to execute this plan, she needed the cooperation of a Void Lord.
You're the choice, Lupus!
Lupus is far too dangerous, Bai Fu felt it was best to keep him within her sight.
Having made her decision, she didn't rush into action but continued to assimilate the Void Lord Core.
This state lasted for another day and a half.
During this period, she had multiple contacts with the three cosmic level civilizations, discussing future strategies against the Apostle Holy City.
In this aspect, she didn't have any good proposals yet, and she was still not prepared to disclose her plan to cooperate with the Origins Agreement.
A day and a half later, Bai Fu finally raised the digestion progress to 100%, and her Racial Potential also increased from the original 96.1 to 99.8.
A notification sounded.
[You have completed special ascension, entering a new life stage. Please name your new race.]
"After absorbing the Void Lord Core, I am both an Angel Envoy and a Void Lord. To continue calling my race [God of the Void Realm] seems quite one-sided; let's call it [Old Gods] instead!"
Ding!
[Your race has been changed to [Old Gods (Exclusive Race)]]
[Race change complete. You have received attribute correction—
Power +1319, Agility +1902, Constitution +1021, Intelligence +871, Spirit +1105, Inspiration +581]
Compared to the previous ascension into the [God of the Void Realm], this race ascension provided significantly more attribute correction for Bai Fu.
The only pity was that the increase in Inspiration from the Void evolution was too little, only 581 points, the lowest among all.
In addition to the basic attribute correction, Bai Fu also received many new abilities.
For instance, an upgraded version of the [Void Dimension Complete Adaptation] talent: [Void Primordial Body], an ultimate evolution of the [Void Travel] talent: [Void Fusion], and an ultimate evolution of the [Transform into Night] talent: [Void], etc.
Besides these evolved versions of her existing Void talents, Bai Fu gained several new talents.
1. [Void Dominator]: From now on, Bai Fu can manipulate the Void Dimension, freely altering some regions' forms, and harness the Void Power to enhance herself.
2. [Special Energy Conversion]: From now on, Bai Fu can convert the absorbed Void Power into Spiritual Energy, Dark Energy, restoring the Blue Bar; she can also convert Spiritual Energy, Dark Energy into Void Power to use some special Void abilities.
3. [Perfect Fusion]: The perfect fusion of the Void Gene allows Bai Fu to transcend the limitations of a single race, embracing a new evolution, which provides an additional boost.
[You have received an additional attribute correction— Power +1019, Agility +1202, Constitution +1001, Intelligence +1301, Spirit +1405]
"Whoa, is this the benefit of two rounds of attribute corrections for having a Racial Potential Score of over 270?"
Bai Fu was utterly astonished.
The Void Core from Gui Ji had indeed turned her into a behemoth, which made even Aijie, who had Awakened to something more formidable than an angel, perceive something was amiss.
Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Bai Fu became excited.
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