When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 437 - 163 Promoted to A-Class Peak, Bai Fu’s Catastrophe Army Takes Shape! 【6k】

After Bai Fu released a new test task, all players fell into a frenzy.

If they didn't seize this opportunity, according to Bai Fu, it would be several more months before they could leave Ancestral Origin Star to explore the Starry Sky.

Several months?

They could drive themselves crazy in just one day!

If Bai Fu hadn't intentionally charmed them, they might have been able to hold back, but now, there was no way they could.

[Hurry hurry hurry, I am King Jiji]

[Ahhhh, I'm going for it, I really am going for it, I'm definitely winning first place!]

[Are you aiming for the first place, or rushing to be the first?]

When Bai Fu moved five virtual combat platforms capable of testing player's power from the Spaceship, players, fierce as wolves, surged over like a tide, instantly swamping her.

"Everyone, no rush, line up, one at a time. There are still five days left."

Bai Fu purposely emphasized the word "five days" while shouting.

That word, like a kiss blown by a Charming Demon, instantly hooked the players' souls.

Only five days left?

Some players had initially planned to complete a few tasks and slightly level up before taking the challenge, but now they had no such plans. If they delayed, Fufu would leave, and then they'd be stuck in a "chasing-wife funeral" and "regrets too late" scenario.

However, now there was a serious problem: without leveling up a bit, they genuinely lacked the confidence to comfortably rank top 3000 in the test.

3000 spots seemed like a lot, but considering Ancestral Origin Star had hundreds of thousands of players, this number wasn't exaggerated, especially since the simultaneous online record had broken those set by World of Warcraft.

[Damn it, why only 3000 spots? I also want to join this huge Star Sea party.]

[Be grateful, 3000 is a lot. This is a Spaceship, not a ↑↓ train. You can't just hang on outside.]

In reality, the Spaceship Bai Fu brought could carry far more than 3000 people; 3000 was just the rated capacity, not the absolute limit.

A minivan, if you really squeeze, could fit twenty or thirty people—similarly for the Spaceship. If players were put into "subway mode", even if the experience was subpar, squeezing tens of thousands inside was certainly feasible.

Bai Fu had two main reasons for not doing this.

The first was quite pragmatic. Taking too many players to the Star Sea at once meant she simply couldn't manage them, nor could she provide various basic services immediately. If this situation persisted, some players, even if they acknowledged her as the Main Character, would leave due to the lackluster gaming experience.

Could she tolerate that?

She had taken great pains to bring players to the Star Sea, wanting to keep them close, to pull them out and exploit their Experience whenever she ran low. If players escaped elsewhere, whom could she exploit—her own or Julia's? That would only drain physical energy, yielding no Experience.

The second reason was to maximize benefits by keeping the number of participants relatively low, thus better stimulating competition among players and more effectively extracting their Experience.

In stating the need for only 3000 people, she even emphasized that she would return after a few months. This tactic was akin to a Charming Demon flicking its tail as it turned to leave; players who missed out but wanted to join would surely work harder under its spell, saving up more Experience for her to exploit when she returned.

If she had taken tens of thousands of players at once, seeing how easy it was to head to the Star Sea, players would likely just settle, stripping her opportunity to exploit further—she came for a feast, not just to sip broth.

"Harvesting leeks is also an art."

While Bai Fu was reflecting, a player opened the Copy Shop and took half of the Experience he had saved for leveling up, and bought several skills that temporarily increased his defense and speed.

This virtual test didn't require defeating opponents; it was all about the combat score which was related to output, duration, and other factors.

After successfully purchasing new skills, the player re-entered the challenge.

"907 points, damn, that's 300 points higher than before, jumped straight to rank 81, I'm secured now!"

He was ecstatic, but soon realized the situation was not stable at all.

When other players saw such a big gap between his two scores, they carefully investigated and, upon learning that he had refreshed his record by purchasing new skills from the Copy Shop, they immediately followed suit.

It's not just you who's willing to spend Experience on skills!

[Buy buy buy!]

[Get me one too!]

Suddenly, all confident Ancestral Origin Star players joined this super party that nearly had a hundred thousand participants.

Initially, scoring 1000 points in the test would crown one at the top, but as more cunning competitors joined, this number was swiftly driven up.

1100!

1200!

"1337, holy shit, beast!"

By the third evening, the leading score reached 1408. From then on, every single point improvement required tremendous effort, but players relentlessly chased points, thinking they were on a competitive ladder.

At that point, some strategically savvy veterans appeared. Although they had the capacity to burst into the top 3000, they deliberately chose not to rush, instead waiting to sneak into the competition as it neared its end.

Bai Fu just wanted to say, well done!

With these players drawing attention, no one would accuse her of being a shrewd merchant.

Where was the shrewdness? It had always been this way. Players gave their Experience; she provided rare knowledge from the Star Sea. The only thing she might have done wrong was deliberately crafting a concept that made players spend money they didn't need to.