When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 252 - 106 Who in the world does not know Fu, hidden main line in hand! 【5k】_3
Before his death, the man revealed some critically important intelligence. He told the people of the camp that the Great Catastrophe of the Goli Desert originated from a research facility in the Goli Region. The facility was studying a power that fundamentally couldn't be fully mastered. As expected, that power went out of control; the experiments became violent, the lab was ruined, researchers were either dead or had mutated. The power that spilled from the lab led the Goli Region into the Great Catastrophe.
"That is the power of demons, the punishment meted out by demons. Everyone will die, not just me, but countless others to come. All those who attempt to harness that power will eventually become its captives; their life force will become incredibly tenacious, even attaining an Undying Body, but they are no longer themselves!"
The man howled in misery, finally collapsing powerless.
The words he spoke plunged the people of the camp into a frenzy. Most of the camp's inhabitants lived in the Goli Region, and a minority near it, knowing their homes were destroyed because of the research facility, how could they not be furious?
Thus, the Holy Spirit Sect was born, and its purpose was to take revenge on the hidden masterminds who established the research facility for their own gain and to restore the world to its original state.
"The reason I regard the Undying as demons, is precisely because their trait of immortality matches exactly what the man described."
Platt interjected briefly, then continued to explain the situation.
Hatred made the members of the Holy Spirit Sect extremely radical, but this extremism did not last too long. After the generation that remembered the world before the Great Catastrophe had passed away, the Holy Spirit Sect was no longer so extreme, especially after Platt's father became the Priest; the situation changed even more.
Rather than revenge and restoring the world to its origins, Platt's father preferred making money. Being radical all this time hadn't produced any useful results; it was better to earn more money under the name of the Priest.
Platt also liked making money, but unlike his father, he had much greater ambitions.
The man was originally found by his great-grandfather, who cared for him and inadvertently heard more secrets.
For instance, the hidden masterminds were actually several major powers before the war, and the man had a peculiar fragment in his body, which the people of the Holy Spirit Sect claimed was a Holy Relic that had protected the man, letting him escape from the Goli Desert to the camp. But only his great-grandfather knew the fragment was actually what the research facility was studying.
Platt was not content with being just a Priest in a small camp; he longed for a much vaster world.
After hearing these secrets from his father, his mind became active. He played the part of a good man, winning the favor of most of the people in the camp, while secretly contacting the Old Republic, which had once funded the Holy Spirit Sect, hoping to exchange the secrets of the Holy Spirit Sect for a grander future.
But in the process of contacting the Old Republic, he deliberately held back, not revealing that he actually already had a piece of the Holy Relic.
"I plan to use the Old Republic, and after I collect all the Holy Relics, I will then go to combine the power of the Holy Relics."
"Aren't you afraid of losing control?"
Platt shook his head. "I've investigated carefully, this research is not as simple as the man said. Although the Goli Region's lab had a big problem, it seems that other region's labs have had many successful cases."
Bai Fu understood; Platt was aiming for a big gamble. If he won and successfully absorbed the power of Obsidian, he could stand at the pinnacle of the Ancestral Origin Star.
At that point, he could, as he fantasized, leverage unbeatable power to establish the labs' behind-the-scenes nefarious plans, transforming from a Priest of an extreme religion into the world's Savior.
To achieve this goal, he was unscrupulous, after all, once he truly became the Savior, there would be those who would step forward to wash away his sins thoroughly clean.
Oh, what a nice dream.
Bai Fu estimated that Platt's main storyline would originally conclude with the Players helping Platt a lot before discovering Platt's true nature, then joining forces to defeat Platt, the ostensibly main antagonist world boss.
"You have a piece of Obsidian Fragment, and I have one too. Do you have any idea about the remaining piece?" Bai Fu asked.
Platt nodded. "I've investigated for a long time and finally have a clue."
As he explained, Bai Fu finally triggered a new Main Task—
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[Delusional Saviors]
This main task was different from regional main tasks like [Watcher's Lament]; it involved the entire Ancestral Origin Star.
[1. The Hatred of Old: The Old Republic arose from the pre-war powers that led Spiritual Ability research; maybe here you could find the complete list of members of the Spiritual Ability Spread Committee.]
[2. Experiment: It is said that the Truth Society has absorbed some experiments produced by the Spiritual Ability Research Institutes; clarify the situation.]
[3. Secrets of Dust: After investigation, Platt found the location of Spiritual Ability Research Institute Branch No. 3, address is..., but the place is now controlled by Genetic Primordial; find a way to enter the research facility to uncover secrets.]
[4. The Last Obsidian Fragment: This task has merged with [Mysteries of Obsidian].]
[Note 1: This task is a series of connected tasks; completion of any part will automatically calculate and trigger subsequent tasks.]
[Note 2: This task is a hidden main task; as a special envoy, you can recruit more Players to join the task.]
Bai Fu glanced over the rewards for these four task branches; most of the rewards were hidden, only available upon task completion based on rating, but the base Experience rewards for all four branches were plentiful.
Branch 1's Experience reward was 500,000, and Branch 4, like [Mysteries of Obsidian], was 700,000. If she claimed all the Experience rewards from these four branches, she would unlock Advanced Profession; then, after completing the regional main tasks of the Goli Desert, she could rise to the peak of the Ancestral Origin Star.
"Not bad."
Bai Fu smiled and nodded at Platt.
The task was set to auto-resolve, so Platt was no longer useful.
In any case, he wasn't a good fit, it was better to send him off quickly to prevent further complications.
"What are you going to do?"
Platt realized the danger, but it was already too late for him to resist.
Bai Fu approached with Combat Etiquette, then swiftly drew her Electric Knife and chopped at Platt.
