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

After leaving the Marske Laboratory, Bai Fu sped off and quickly found the car she had abandoned earlier.

Since all the players had been dispatched, she could only take one of the cars, but it wasn't a big deal. After returning to Tongshan Camp, she could just assign a task to the players to bring the car back.

Bai Fu drove for a whole day, and by the time she arrived at Tongshan Camp, news of Black Fu's death had completely spread among the players.

Most players didn't really care about Black Fu's death; after all, she hadn't been around for long from her first appearance to her sudden demise, so she hadn't made a deep impression on everyone.

[Prison Guard], [Bai Fu's Sister], [Aloof], [I Crave Her Body]...

These were the first impressions most players had of Black Fu.

But Black Fu's death still sparked intense discussions.

On the one hand, this was because players from the Silent Court were too abstract, and they started a cyber funeral in the Community subsection of Shelter 11, drawing in lots of Fun-Seekers for the spectacle.

On the other hand, Black Fu's death was so sudden that it made many players feel uneasy.

Players who liked Bai Fu were worried that Black Fu's death would negatively affect Bai Fu and feared Bai Fu might meet a sudden death like Black Fu in an unexpected event. Players who didn't like Bai Fu were worried their favorite NPCs might suddenly die like Black Fu.

While it's true that players could complain to the planners if an NPC died, that didn't guarantee the NPC would be 100% revived.

Because of such concerns, when Bai Fu arrived at Tongshan Camp, she found the players there weren't in high spirits.

[If Bai Fu dies, where else can I find such a comfortable camp?]

[Without Bai Fu, there would be no Prayer Cards for sale, how can I show off in the arena without Prayer Cards, ahh!]

[Think of a way to lock Fufu up. Just let us do whatever she wants to do. Fufu just needs to look good and make Prayer Cards.]

[I think your idea could work.]

Bai Fu casually clicked on a post in the community and found players discussing how to imprison her. There were many participants, and their consensus was that it wasn't possible for now.

No way, the power gap was too great.

But just because they couldn't imprison her now didn't mean they couldn't in the future.

Bai Fu's lips twitched slightly.

Were these players starting to act a bit off?

Such dangerous thoughts must be nipped in the bud before they sprout, or who knows, one day a Fun-Seeker might really pull it off.

Never underestimate the Fun-Seekers' ability to mess around. Bai Fu had seen players forcibly move NPCs from one area to another in single-player games using various methods, and if they could do that in games with limited freedom, it would be even more outrageous in a game with high freedom.

The main reason these players hadn't messed too much was for fear of being annihilated by powerful NPCs, which for the players was akin to Lv Bu with bursting energy charge into a crowd of low-difficulty soldiers in Dynasty Warriors.

"Black Fu."

Bai Fu waved over Black Fu, who had been summoned again as soon as her cooldown was up.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder into Tongshan Camp.

"Eh? Fufu is back, Sister Fu too... Huh?"

"Whoa, how come Sister Fu is here?"

"Resurrection from the dead? Reincarnation?"

Black Fu's sudden reappearance left the players in the camp completely dumbfounded. Wasn't Black Fu supposed to be dead? What was going on?

Feigning ignorance, Bai Fu asked, "What's wrong with you guys?"

A female player explained, "Digging Girl said that your sister died in battle, everyone is very sad, but now she..."

Bai Fu "suddenly realized," "I wanted to explain to Digging Girl and the others, but they left in a hurry. It's true that Black Fu was scattered during the fight with the Truth Society Chairman, but as long as I'm alive, she won't truly die. She... how should I say it, she doesn't have a real body but exists in a very special state. If you don't believe me, try touching her arm."

Bai Fu's explanation contained not a single lie; she just didn't outright say that Black Fu was a True Spirit she had summoned.

It was simply a matter of information asymmetry.

Players had no idea about the existence of True Spirits in the game, so when that female player bravely touched Black Fu's icy hand, discussions on Black Fu's true identity and existence suddenly became a hot topic.

[Ah, Sister Fu isn't dead?]

[Let's celebrate the resurrection of the second prison guard of the Stars!]

[Dang, we held the funeral for nothing.]

[Don't worry about that, it's good she's not dead. Now the issue is, Black Fu might really be sharing a body with Fufu, just as Digging Girl had guessed.]

[Indeed, Fufu herself said, as long as she doesn't die, Sister Fu won't truly die.]

[So does that mean Sister Fu exists in a spiritual form?]

[Seems like it, but does this game even have a concept of spirit?]

Spirit became the keyword.

Players from all over Ancestral Origin Star went to ask NPCs whether spirits existed in this world, and these questions confused the NPCs.

"Spirit? Isn't that something from novels or folklore?"

The information gathered by a large number of players indicated that no one on Ancestral Origin Star had ever seen a real spirit.

Seeing the issue's popularity, players from other planets also went to inquire with NPCs of their own planets.

"I have a friend, her name is Bai Fu, and she has a sister named Black Fu..."

The results dug up by players from low-martial planets or high-tech planets were similar to those of players from Ancestral Origin Star, while those from Spiritual Telekinesis Planet and Superpower Planet discovered something different.