Bai Fu guessed that in the original storyline, the main quest [Dark Domain Insectoid Conflict] was supposed to trigger in version 2.0, or even later.
Under the normal progression, players would probably stumble upon a sample of Dissociative Potion while adventuring through space, triggering the main quest's prerequisite. Once they collected all five samples, the Dark Domain Zerg Queen would revive, promise them the world, and talk them into helping her reclaim the throne.
Unlike Bai Fu, players cared a lot about experience rewards. Even if they knew the Dark Domain Zerg Queen was making empty promises, most of them would probably accept the quest in the end and charge into battle for her.
Then, while helping the Dark Domain Zerg Queen collect the remaining samples, the players who accepted the main quest [Dark Domain Insectoid Conflict] would end up utterly opposed to Mita, locked in a fight to the death with Mita's faction.
In the end, whether Mita's plan succeeded or the Dark Domain Zerg Queen got her revenge and reclaimed the throne was anyone's guess.
The game's story developed dynamically; there was no rule that good always triumphed. If Bai Fu hadn't intervened, Mita would probably have recruited plenty of players once the 2.0 Starsea update launched. The players would clash fiercely, and the outcome would be impossible to predict.
In version 1.4, the level cap for players was 35. Even if hundreds of thousands of them banded together, they couldn't affect the course of a war between system-level civilizations.
But in version 2.0, the player level cap would very likely rise to 45. At level 45, they would be close to the peak of B-Rank. Players with special opportunities, or those who had trained in multiple professions, might even be able to beat a weaker A-Rank esper