When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

And so, Bai Fu approached the second barrier gate. The players behind the gate had already pressed the button, and the gate had risen halfway.

"Fufu, the third barrier gate is this way, please follow me."

"Stop her, stop her quick!"

The mutants outside cried out in horror, but no one responded to them anymore.

What was the point, anyway? The facility had been infiltrated so thoroughly that entering it was as easy as walking into one's own home. It was all over, and rather than running over to meet their deaths, it was better to wait quietly here; perhaps they would even get to keep their lives.

The mutants, receiving no response, thought about stopping Bai Fu themselves, but how could Su Li and the others let them pass?

Charge, Bai Fu!

Bai Fu now could only describe the situation with one phrase—

My path is unobstructed, my path is unobstructed!

Passing through the second barrier gate was the third one, and after the third, a maze-like corridor. Past the corridor was the monitoring room where the person in charge resided.

Bai Fu stood at the door, to her rear were dozens of emotionally charged players.

In this operation, they had earned indelible merits and could boast about their deeds in the post-battle video summary!

Bai Fu drew out her electric knife and shattered the door with a single stroke.

The great commotion immediately drew the attention of the person in charge inside the room.

"Who?"

He had just started talking to someone from the Sea Capital and was already dealing with an intrusion—his temper was raging. But when he saw that the intruder was Bai Fu, he was completely dumbfounded, to the extent that he did not even notice his terminal dropping to the floor.

How could Bai Fu be here?

It was over—his dreams of promotion, his entire life!

Surprise, kiddo!

Bai Fu used Flowing Light to instantaneously teleport beside the person in charge and punched him heavily in the chin before he could press the self-destruct button.

A full-strength blow with 25 points of power sent the person in charge flying, his head hitting the ceiling so hard that it cracked his well-seasoned skull.

As the person in charge landed, she drew a gun and placed it against his forehead.

Goodbye!

A bullet straight to the "soul."

Before his head exploded, the only thought in the institute leader's mind was—

What cursed being brought Bai Fu into this world?

While other people's strength might be described as skyrocketing, Bai Fu was leaping through the ranks. Not only was her advancement rapid, but she also had the Undying People willingly subordinate to her, which was utterly unreasonable!

...

In ten minutes, Bai Fu and the players had moved out all the paper materials and storage devices from the base.

By then, the fight outside had also come to an end; all the mutants had been eliminated, and the remaining people were crouched on the ground, heads in hands, not daring to speak or move.

Looking at the expressionless Bai Fu and the jubilant players, Su Li felt incredibly complex emotions.

If it weren't for being harshly defeated by the players earlier, if there wasn't a little snag in her heart, she might have been kneeling in front of Bai Fu right now.

She had never thought completing a task could be so simple.

Is this Bai·Dark Realm Queen·Fu?

The feeling of being shielded by a great daddy was just wonderful!

Coyote and Ferreira didn't have her mental burden; their eyes shined as if they were looking at a celestial being, especially Ferreira, who already admired Bai Fu's combat record. He exclaimed in an exaggerated tone,

"Queen returns in triumph!"

Bai Fu didn't engage with his antics.

Shh, it's known; there's no need to shout, how embarrassing.

"I've checked these materials; they're undamaged."

Bai Fu quickly handed over the items to Su Li. She had the players photograph all the paper materials. As for the digital data, she had made copies using a hard drive.

It must be said, the information was indeed explosive—the very first page of the paper materials mentioned a key term—

Artificial Human!

Yes, it was a research facility for artificial humans.

The Genetic Primordial had captured a large number of Scavengers, using the pretense of studying ocean life, to conduct bloody experiments unacceptable to ordinary people.

Bai Fu remembered—if she wasn't mistaken—when she interrogated Graham, Graham had told her that the Truth Society Chairman was an artificial human.

However, the Truth Society Chairman was rumored to have lived at least fifty or sixty years, while the earliest research records of this institute could be traced back only twenty years, with the first record even stating, "We have finally researched artificial human technology."

From that perspective, it was hard to say whether the Truth Society Chairman had any connection to this institute.

As for the specifics, she'd study the newly obtained materials carefully once she was back at Shelter 11 and possibly trigger new tasks.

"Here's your reward."

After checking the materials, Su Li handed over a data hard drive containing advanced Spiritual Ability Knowledge to Bai Fu.

Without hesitation, Bai Fu quickly imported the data into her terminal.

[Data import successful]

"Let's go; if we don't leave now, Genetic Primordial's reinforcements might arrive," urged Bai Fu.

Su Li nodded and began to call for the logistics team to pick them up.

The logistics arrived quickly, reaching the institute in just ten minutes. After loading the materials and prisoners into vehicles, Bai Fu led the players aboard.

The entire journey was without incident; the car engines roared as they sped away from the Ocean Life Research Institute.

[You have completed the task [Secret Commission of the Railroad Guild], rewarding 300,000 Experience Points, Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain (11)].

Including the raid on the institute and the task assessment rewards, Bai Fu amassed a total of 410,000 experience points—a bountiful harvest.

But what she valued even more was the newly acquired Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain and the ensuing impact of the battle footage on the player community.

Sitting in the car, Bai Fu activated her personal terminal.

[You begin reading "Railroad Guild's Advanced Spiritual Ability Knowledge," Middle-Level Spiritual Ability Specialization active, your reading speed +20%, current progress 0.1%...]

After about twenty minutes, a crisply pleasant notification sounded.

[You have unlocked Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain (11)]