When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 406 - 153 As if a deity has descended to the world, Bai Fu has brought the Fire of Hope_4

"The slave traders this time caught 725 people, they didn't catch more because their spaceship couldn't fit anymore. These 725 people were all young and strong; after they were taken away, it will be even more difficult for us to gather food in the future."

The Manager scratched his head in worry, surrounded by other Ulyssians who similarly sighed.

Interstellar Slave Traders frequented Ulysses every now and then, colloquially referred to as "stocking up." Each time they abducted hundreds, sometimes even thousands of people, drastically reducing the population of Ulysses. These Slave Traders exerted great force.

The Ulyssians harbored boundless hatred, but hatred couldn't be converted into combat power.

When the Slave Traders came again, they were already incapable of any resistance.

Resistance required military power and money; they were about to lose all military power, and as for money, where could they possibly get any?

At such times, the Manager would regret.

Perhaps when the Great Split arrived, he should have firmly made the decision to lead his entire people away from Ulysses Star. At that time, they still had some money to hire starships for transportation.

Unfortunately, at that time, all he could think was that once they abandoned Ulysses, they would become rootless duckweeds, more vulnerable to bullying in the Star Sea. Even if their bloodline luckily continued, the word Ulysses would henceforth exist only in memories.

In fact, even staying on Ulysses, as they waited year by year, the situation never improved in the slightest. Now, with only a few hundred thousand people left, wasn't the term Ulysses about to vanish in the cosmic torrent?

The Manager forced a smile, "Vic, why have you come back early? Never mind, it's good you're back. With you here, those Slave Traders should restrain themselves a bit."

Vic said, "Uncle, I came back this time to rescue our fellow people who were captured by the Slave Traders."

Hearing this, the Manager's expression changed instantly, "That's too dangerous, don't be rash."

He no longer wanted to struggle too much.

Vic was the last A-level Superpower User in Ulysses. If he also died, then Ulysses would be left without any last resort and would soon be dismembered by those Slave Traders.

Vic said, "I've brought help back with me."

The Manager glanced at Bai Fu and Julia, still shaking his head, "Those Slave Traders are not ordinary people, better to be cautious."

The Ulyssians standing behind him moved their mouths, but in the end, said nothing.

Vic had anticipated this situation, "We have no way out now. If we don't resist, extinction is inevitable. Resisting might lead to a quicker death, but there might also be a glimmer of hope."

The Manager didn't speak, just sat there.

Vic stood for a while, then firmly said, "I will act according to my own ideas."

Dropping this statement, he walked out of the Manager's home.

Outside, he said with a grim face to Bai Fu, "The Manager wasn't always like this, but as he gets older, he... sigh."

The Ulyssians were nearly completely losing their fighting spirit, living like walking dead. There were a few exceptions among them, but these exceptions often ended up either dead or assimilated.

Bai Fu looked around, her gaze sweeping over the Ulyssians.

She suddenly thought of Ancestral Origin Star. After Version 2.0 launched, Ancestral Origin Star would also connect to the Star Sea. Would it become like Ulysses by then?

With Players around, Ancestral Origin Star probably wouldn't end up this miserable, but it wasn't guaranteed it wouldn't face some hardships. A bit of hardship from the Star Sea might be a major earthquake to an ordinary civilization like Ancestral Origin Star. In this earthquake, perhaps many people she knew, even those she had good relationships with, might die.

Bai Fu felt a connection to Ancestral Origin Star; after all, it was her homeland in the game.

"We need to find a way to avoid this situation, the best method would be if I could grow to be strong enough to protect Ancestral Origin Star before Version 2.0 launches. S-level power should probably be sufficient."

S-level was the pinnacle of "Mortal", the necessary path from "Mortal" towards becoming a "Catastrophe."

"When do you plan to start the operation?" Bai Fu asked Vic.

Vic replied, "Let's start now. Please temporarily hand over the command of your followers to me; I'll arrange for them to draw the attention of those Slave Traders."

"What do you plan to do?"

"I suspect there are people among us secretly working with the Slave Traders. The last time the Slave Traders attacked, they left prematurely while I was still en route, so this time I only contacted a few people I trust."

Bai Fu nodded, "It's good that you have a plan."

She summoned Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi, Hei Si, and Patrick, explaining the situation to them and not forgetting to caution them,

"This task is very important. I know you usually like to compete, but now is not the time for competition."

After a bit of discussion, Vic left with half of the players.

Bai Fu stood on the rundown street for a while and suddenly noticed the little girl who had greeted Vic when they disembarked from the spaceship approaching her.

"Sister, you are so beautiful."

Wow, children really know how to talk!

Bai Fu took out some energy-replenishing candies and handed them to the little girl.

"Sister, I heard brother Vic say that he originally couldn't afford to hire an A-grade superpower user, but you voluntarily reduced your price and even flew the spaceship to bring brother Vic back. Thank you." The little girl quickly thanked her after receiving the candies.

Bai Fu said, "No need to thank me; it's just normal trade."

The little girl looked up, "Sister, do we Ulyssians really have no future?"

Bai Fu paused for a few seconds before responding, "You are Ulysses' future, and so is Vic. One day he will become the hero who leads you out of suffering."

The little girl's mood markedly improved, "Sister, you are really a good person."

Bai Fu neither affirmed nor denied; she called An Ya over and asked her to go play with the little girl.

The upcoming battle was too dangerous, and An Ya was not suited to join.

But her asking An Ya to play with the little girl wasn't just for fun; it was mainly to let An Ya keep an eye on things here to see if any traitor might emerge to cause trouble during the fight.

An Ya's power was already close to that of a B-grade superpower user. There were not many in all of Ulysses who could defeat her, especially since she had both power armor and a prayer card—catching a traitor would be a breeze.

After everything was arranged, Bai Fu took the remaining players back near the spaceship to keep an eye on the situation, in case the slave traders drove their spaceship directly over to bomb them.

While waiting, she made a mark on the map over Ulysses Star.

She had her eye on this planet. Buying a habitable planet was too expensive, but if she could transform Ulysses into her base in the Star Sea, a place to receive players coming from various Newbie Planets...

Bai Fu thought this idea wasn't bad, although she didn't know what the Ulyssians' attitude would be.

In her view, this would be far more beneficial than harmful for the Ulyssians. She didn't represent any particular civilization; her followers were players and NPCs she had "abducted." Her stationing there would ensure the safety of Ulysses without impacting Ulyssian civilization.

In any case, she'd see how things went when the time came.

With her current power, driving off this group of slave traders wouldn't solve the underlying issues facing Ulysses Star. Only when her name made the evil organizations in the Sea Lion Star System's Chaotic Star Road terrified, would she have the confidence to stir things up on Ulysses Star; otherwise, she might end up getting bombed after investing a lot of money in construction here. frёewebnoѵēl.com

Bai Fu ended up waiting for over two hours.

As it began to get dark, she received an urgent contact from Vic.

"A squad of the slave traders has attacked your followers. According to your followers' report, they are interrogating those they've captured. Once the interrogation is over, they'll launch an attack on us immediately. They don't know you have a special way of communicating, so they also don't realize their plans are fully exposed. This is our chance!"

Vic was agitated.

The various special abilities demonstrated by the players made him even more convinced that Bai Fu was a superhuman.

Bai Fu nodded, "Let's start moving. Lead them to a place a bit further from the city where it's inconvenient for spaceships to land directly. I'll be right over."

Vic did as told.

After ending the call, Bai Fu glanced at Julia, who was clipping her toenails.

"Time to get to work."

Julia packed up her nail clippers, "Let's go."

It was time to stretch their muscles; staying cooped up in the lab would only lead to dehydration sooner or later.