When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 254 - 108 Dual Main Lines, Is Bai Fu the Savior? [2/2]
Bai Fu didn't rush to the Holy Spirit Sect's camp right away.
Her aim for this trip was to complete the fourth branch of the hidden main task, gathering all the Obsidian Fragments.
Over the past few years, Platt had studied in detail the Obsidian Fragment held by the Holy Spirit Sect and perused a large volume of news, old newspapers, and various documents to deduce through comparison and elimination that the third Obsidian Fragment could only be in one of two places—
The Truth Society or Genetic Primordial!
His reasoning was that certain characteristics of the mutants created by the Truth Society and Genetic Primordial resembled those influenced by the power radiation of the Obsidian Fragments.
After pinpointing the direction, Platt conducted a new round of research on the potential locations of the third Obsidian Fragment.
Eventually, he outlined two locations based on some inconspicuous news reports.
[Marske Wilderness (coordinates xx,xx,xx)]
[First Industrial Zone of Genetic Primordial in Sea Capital (coordinates xx,xx,xx)]
Considering that these two coordinates were directly included in the hidden main task, Bai Fu felt that the third Obsidian Fragment was very likely at one of these two locations; if not, she would at least find relevant information there.
It had to be said that although Platt wasn't exactly honorable, his abilities were truly exceptional. If it weren't for her having a player panel as an NPC, his likelihood of succeeding with the help of players would be very high.
"The Marske Wilderness isn't very far from the Holy Spirit Sect, just about two days' journey at most. Let's start there."
Bai Fu planned to visit the capital of Genetic Primordial, Sea Capital, and handle branch 3 of the hidden main task and the "Spiritual Ability Source" initiated by Xia Shi if there was no gain in Marske Wilderness, to avoid another trip there later.
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After making up her mind, she first took the players and the white-robed people back to Shelter 11.
Sharpening the axe will not delay the cutting of firewood, and on her way to the Holy Spirit Sect and Marske Wilderness, she might encounter members of the Truth Society or the Old Republic, so she had to make ample preparations.
In the following two days, she and Black Fu worked together to produce a large number of Prayer Cards.
These included life-saving Spiritual Ability Shields, reconnaissance-based Little Bai Fu, and the newly unlocked Spiritual Explosion and Penetrating Gun.
In addition to that, she made many lower-requirement Prayer Cards. If any problems arose, she would distribute these cards to the players, letting them charge collectively, giving the world a taste of what could be called the fourth Catastrophe!
Shelter 11 became very lively during these two days, since all players knew Bai Fu was about to lead them on a task.
[Yeah, this time I heard we're bringing several hundred people, far more than the last fifty.]
[Last time, although we closely watched the whole process of hanging streetlights, we didn't actually get to fight much, not sure what will happen this time.]
Players from the Silent Court were filled with anticipation, but those from other camps were a bit anxious.
Those who mingled with Su Li and the Human Alliance had it relatively easy, but players who joined other camps were visibly upset.
[Damn, can't you also make one for me?]
[Bai Fu is great, but she doesn't belong to me, which is not good.]
[I'm not jealous, not at all jealous, Black Fu and Bai Fu aren't as sweet as my Baby Qing.]
"There might be some more radical players who, seeing themselves left out of benefits, might think of blowing up along with players from the Silent Court."
Bai Fu thought to herself, feeling the need to be cautious.
She first contacted Gao Yuan to ask him to keep an extra close watch while she was away, then sent An Ya, Old Nison, and others to another shelter being intensively built by the Silent Court in the Goli Desert to avoid unforeseen dangers.
Everything prepared, Bai Fu collected the Obsidian Fragment and officially set off towards the Holy Spirit Sect with the players and the white-robed people.
Even players who had just entered the game in version 1.1 had been developing for over a month now. Thus, although she brought a large number of players this time, totaling over four hundred, the average level of the players was still quite substantial—
Level 12!
"With this level, as long as there's enough weapons and ammunition, just throwing them anywhere would be a force to be reckoned with."
Bai Fu was very satisfied with her achievements over the past few months; now she was just one step away from leaping through the dragon's gate.
...
Guided by the white-robed people, Bai Fu smoothly arrived at the Tongshan Camp of the Holy Spirit Sect.
Tongshan Camp is located four hundred kilometers west of the Old Republic and the Railroad Guild. Even before the Great Catastrophe, this area was desolate, with frequent droughts and little rainfall. After the Great Catastrophe, the vicinity became even more desolate.
Bai Fu walked on the periphery of Tongshan Camp, seeing only derelict buildings, doors and windows wide open, with cobwebs in the corners.
One of the white-robed people explained, "A few years ago, a special infectious disease suddenly broke out in the camp. Initially, the infected just had fevers, but after a few days, small black spots appeared on their bodies. If a costly medication wasn't used to suppress it, the black spots would cover the entire body in at most a month. Once it reached this stage, patients would die from muscle stiffness and suffocation."
"There, there, and over there, those places used to be inhabited, but now..."
He shook his head and sighed, his face filled with sorrow, affecting the other white-robed people with his emotions.
In the past, the Holy Spirit Sect was truly radical. Even when Platt's greedy father became a priest, things only improved slightly. However, with the outbreak of the infectious disease, members of the Holy Spirit Sect had already been battered to the point of lacking any energy to care about other matters.
