Chapter Summaries

After waking in Above the Stars as a weak NPC with a player panel, Bai Fu learned that players had arrived on Zu Yuan Star and were already fighting the Wildfire Gang. She decided to survive by becoming popular with players, using her knowledge of gaming and access to the community forums.

• Bai Fu woke after two days unconscious and realized she had transmigrated into the game as an ordinary NPC with a follower, An Ya.
• Bai Fu examined her player-like panel and discovered she had no revival ability or useful NPC functions.
• An Ya told Bai Fu that strange newcomers had arrived from the west, and the Wildfire Gang’s Boss had already killed several of them and planned to attack more.
• Bai Fu recognized the newcomers as players and decided to warn the Wildfire Gang’s Boss, fearing the gang would be overwhelmed.
• Bai Fu reasoned that becoming a player favorite could help her survive and planned to use the community forums to shape herself into a popular character.

Bai Fu planned how to win players’ affection and turn their goodwill into power, deciding to present herself as a mysterious first love. She enlisted An Ya in the scheme and left to dye both their hair white before meeting the Outsiders.

• Bai Fu reassured the worried An Ya and considered what kinds of NPCs players would remember and admire.
• Bai Fu decided to win players over as a mysterious, attractive first love, hoping their expectations would help her gain strength.
• Bai Fu told An Ya that the Outsiders were more valuable than the Wildfire Gang’s bounty and said she had found a way to profit from them.
• Bai Fu told An Ya to follow her and act mysterious while she decided what persona would suit her.
• Bai Fu took An Ya to a hair salon to dye their hair white, while An Ya worried that her boss had been beaten senseless.

Bai Fu found Digging Princess, a struggling game streamer, and set out with An Ya to rescue her from a thug in an alley. Digging Princess was seized by the Wildfire Gang thug, but Bai Fu arrived dramatically as the streamer glimpsed her in the sunlight.

• Bai Fu dyed An Ya's hair silver-white and searched the game community for a player she could rescue to gain Favorability.
• Bai Fu discovered Digging Princess's livestream and decided the inexperienced, overanalytical streamer was an ideal target to help.
• Digging Princess wandered into an alley, where a muscular thug recognized her as an Outsider and tried to capture her for the Wildfire Gang's bounty.
• Bai Fu recognized the thug from a previous encounter and called An Ya to come help.
• The thug let go of Digging Princess when Bai Fu challenged him, and Digging Princess saw Bai Fu standing in the sunlight and declared that she believed in the light.

Bai Fu rescued Digging Princess from a thug, revealing that she belonged to the Wildfire Gang before killing him with a dirty trick and a knife. She left without giving Digging Princess her name, while the players watching became determined to find her.

• Bai Fu entered the alley and warned the thug to stay out of the Wildfire Gang's conflict with the outsiders.
• The thug rejected Bai Fu's warning and challenged her to fight for Digging Princess.
• Bai Fu threw lime into the thug's eyes, attacked him from behind, and killed him with her knife.
• Bai Fu straightened Digging Princess's clothes and told her to go home as An Ya waited at the alley entrance.
• Bai Fu refused to tell Digging Princess her name and left with An Ya while the livestream viewers vowed to find her.

After her dramatic entrance, Bai Fu leveled up and watched players’ votes propel her to fourth place in a female NPC popularity poll. She planned to build on her new fame and strength, then arrived near home and spotted someone waiting beneath the Lingqu Factory sign.

• Bai Fu spent her attribute point on Constitution, raising her health, and considered learning a tank or support class to improve her survivability.
• Bai Fu discovered that players had nominated her in a popularity poll and found herself in fifteenth place among 43 female NPCs.
• Digging Princess defended Bai Fu with a long theory that she was an important plot NPC and possibly an undercover agent, attracting players who voted for her.
• Bai Fu’s supporters pushed her up the rankings, and she finished fourth when voting closed.
• Bai Fu decided to use Digging Princess’s undercover-agent theory to help clear her name, then spotted a person beneath the Lingqu Factory sign near her home.

Bai Fu accepted Martin’s debt-collection quest and used his name to gain access to the Wildfire Gang’s library. She read a profession book and unlocked the Spiritual Apprentice profession and three skills, leaving her newly empowered to pursue her plans within the gang.

• Martin pressured Bai Fu to recover the Wildfire Gang’s overdue debt, and she accepted the quest for 2,000 experience points and faction reputation.
• Bai Fu reviewed the faction system and decided to remain in the Wildfire Gang to benefit from its resources.
• Bai Fu asked Martin for permission to visit the library, and he let her and An Ya enter the smallest public library under his name.
• Bai Fu found and read , unlocking the Spiritual Apprentice profession and the skills Frenzy, Hardening, and Spiritual Vision.

After learning the Spiritual Apprentice profession, Bai Fu studied dangerous prayer cases and planned to use Outsiders to confront the old man who owed her money. Digging Princess rallied a crowd of players to help, and Bai Fu headed toward the old man’s home while the players prepared to follow.

• Bai Fu checked her new Spiritual Apprentice skills and read cautionary case studies, deciding she needed to learn underhanded tactics to protect herself.
• Bai Fu told An Ya to lure Outsiders into helping her confront the old man who owed her money.
• Digging Princess found An Ya, learned that Bai Fu was heading to face the thug’s boss, and called nearby players to join her.
• The players gathered around Bai Fu and insisted on helping, despite her warnings that the opponent was dangerous.
• Bai Fu told the players to wait for her signal and went ahead to the old man’s home, while the players resolved to protect her.

Bai Fu buffed Brother Dabiao and his men before luring them into battle with the players, then looted their hideout as the fight turned against them. When Brother Dabiao fled with a sudden stomach crisis and was cornered, Bai Fu appeared and told him to follow her.

• Bai Fu warned Brother Dabiao that Outsiders had surrounded his hideout and convinced him she was helping him against a common enemy.
• Bai Fu revealed herself as a Spiritual Energy Priest and used Frenzy to buff Brother Dabiao and his four men, including his digestive system.
• Brother Dabiao led his men into battle while Bai Fu stayed behind to loot the hideout, and the buffed gang initially overwhelmed the players.
• Brother Dabiao's frenzied digestive system caused him to urgently flee, while his underlings abandoned him and the players chased him down.
• As the wounded Brother Dabiao prepared to face his pursuers, Bai Fu appeared and told him to follow her.

Bai Fu lured Brother Dabiao into an ambush, killed him, and claimed the experience and quest rewards. When the players arrived, she pretended to be injured and gave them a small portion of his money, winning their sympathy and gratitude.

• Bai Fu led Brother Dabiao to a hiding place, blinded him with lime, and stabbed him to death.
• Bai Fu received 560 experience for killing Brother Dabiao and completed the repeatable hidden quest [Order Iron Fist] for 1,000 experience and an attribute point.
• Digging Princess, Black Tiger Afu, Patrick Star, and the other players reached the alley after hearing Brother Dabiao's screams and seeing the kill notification.
• Bai Fu introduced herself to the players as Bai Fu, pretended to be hurt, and blamed herself for their fallen companions.
• Bai Fu gave the players some of Brother Dabiao's Credit Coins, and they praised her as a kind NPC.

After Calamity Dragon’s scouting skill revealed Bai Fu’s Favorability toward the players was 82, Bai Fu insisted they accept the money they had recovered. She left the players with an ambiguous invitation to meet again, and they departed determined to follow her.

• Calamity Dragon used a scouting skill on Bai Fu, revealing her Favorability was 82 and her Danger Level was Red.
• Digging Princess and the other players refused the money, but Bai Fu insisted they accept it while privately planning to blame them for taking most of it.
• Bai Fu said the players should leave and hoped they would be safe when they met again, then departed.
• Patrick Star and the other players took Bai Fu’s words as permission to seek her out again and cheered.
• The players left the area in groups, pleased with their rewards, while Black Tiger Afu decided to follow Digging Princess and the others to stay close to Bai Fu.

Bai Fu’s generosity and Favorability score sparked a community fight that boosted her popularity, while Epic of Mules and Horses switched sides and joined Fu Sect. As Bai Fu sought experience to reach Level 5, An Ya brought her two injured thugs who could help her earn it.

• Players debated Bai Fu’s name, her payments to fallen players, and her Favorability score of 82, while Epic of Mules and Horses criticized her in support of the President.
• Patrick Star defended Bai Fu, turning the argument against Epic of Mules and Horses, who deleted his account and restarted as Convert to My Fu.
• Digging Princess celebrated Bai Fu’s growing popularity and sent Patrick Star a friend request, while other players promoted Fu Sect and clamored for another war.
• Bai Fu closed the community and decided to seek 200 experience points so she could raise her Spiritual Apprentice to Level 5.
• An Ya showed Bai Fu two injured, weakened thugs, and Bai Fu recognized an opportunity to gain experience.

Bai Fu killed Thug D and Thug B after luring them with a promise of treatment, then explained to An Ya that Outsiders were immortal and could be recruited to earn money. An Ya proposed taking them to the Wildfire Gang for bounty payments, leaving Bai Fu shocked by her greed.

• Bai Fu told the two surviving thugs that their boss was cornered by Outsiders and learned that their other companions had died.
• Bai Fu pretended she could treat the thugs, then killed Thug D with a dagger.
• Thug B attacked Bai Fu, but her hardened Constitution let her catch his blade before she killed him.
• Bai Fu told An Ya that Outsiders were kind, tireless, and able to return to life after dying.
• An Ya proposed working with Outsiders to collect Wildfire Gang bounties and split the money, startling Bai Fu.

Bai Fu manipulated Martin into accepting the players’ attack on Brother Dabiao as a reason to pursue them, then used the completed faction quest’s rewards to grow stronger. She decided to remove Martin so she could rise through the Wildfire Gang and gain access to its library.

• An Ya proposed taking a larger cut from the Outsiders, but Bai Fu insisted they should keep all the money while disguising their motives behind an infiltration mission.
• Bai Fu told Martin that the Outsiders had beaten Brother Dabiao and that she had recovered only twelve Credit Coins, prompting Martin to storm out in anger.
• The game awarded Bai Fu experience and faction reputation for completing [Pay Your Debts], and she raised her Spiritual Apprentice class to level five.
• Bai Fu reviewed her improved attributes and skills, including her increased Constitution, and recognized that she needed to rise through the Wildfire Gang to access its library.
• Bai Fu decided to target Martin so she could advance within the Wildfire Gang.

Bai Fu focused on Constitution and prepared for a fight, then confronted Martin over his threats against her and An Ya. She killed him after his attacks barely hurt her, leaving her with experience and a clear path away from his control.

• Bai Fu chose a heavily defensive build and reinforced her clothes before heading to Brother Dabiao's hideout.
• Martin found the hideout empty and decided to threaten Bai Fu with wage deductions and orders to capture Outsiders.
• Bai Fu disguised herself and blocked Martin's path, but he recognized her; she revealed herself and accused him of using An Ya to threaten her.
• Martin struck Bai Fu repeatedly, but her high Constitution reduced his damage, and his stamina soon ran low.
• Bai Fu hit Martin with her cudgel, then crushed his face with her boot when he tried to escape, killing him and earning 640 EXP.

After Martin’s death, the Wildfire Gang’s Boss appointed Bai Fu as acting supervisor, and Bai Fu planned to use her new faction privileges to give An Ya a role issuing missions. Meanwhile, Convert to My Fu accepted a hidden assassination quest and called on other players for help.

• The Wildfire Gang’s Boss ordered his trusted men to investigate Martin’s death and appointed Bai Fu to take charge of Martin’s group.
• Bai Fu noticed the courier delivering her appointment had a Favorability score of -78 and suspected he wanted to become a supervisor himself.
• Bai Fu unlocked supervisor management functions and planned to appoint An Ya as Quartermaster to test whether she could issue missions.
• Convert to My Fu accepted a newcomer’s offer to kill a target for 1,000 Credit Coins and triggered the hidden quest The Killing Pact, worth 3,500 experience points.
• Convert to My Fu posted in the Abandoned Cooling Plant section of the Star Travel Society and asked Patrick Star Pai Da and others for help.

Bai Fu read the players’ discussion about her and learned that Patrick Star had recruited a raid party for a hidden assassination quest worth 3,500 experience points. She realized she was the quest’s target when the players arrived near her home that evening.

• Bai Fu counted her 871 credits, stored them in her piggy bank, and browsed players discussing whether she was a villain or a future boss.
• Bai Fu read players debating who killed Martin, while Patrick Star explained that crafting weapons could make elite monsters possible to defeat.
• Convert to My Fu revealed that an NPC in Wildfire Gang territory had offered him a 3,500-experience assassination quest, and Patrick Star recruited five teammates.
• Bai Fu noticed the quest map’s red circle covered her home and suspected she was the target.
• Bai Fu watched Patrick Star and the others arrive under cover of night and realized they were there to raid her.

Bai Fu realized a Wildfire Gang faction had hired players to assassinate her and decided to let their scheme play out. When Pai Da’s group launched the attack, they discovered their target was Bai Fu, and she effortlessly stopped their blows.

• Bai Fu concluded that someone in the Wildfire Gang had hired players to kill her, then chose not to foil the plan before it began.
• Pai Da and the players reached their assigned positions and prepared to ambush their target for experience and clues about Bai Fu.
• Bai Fu called out from inside, startling the players, but Pai Da decided they should proceed with the attack.
• Black Tiger Afu charged in and struck Bai Fu with an iron rod while Pai Da rushed after him with a dagger.
• Pai Da recognized Bai Fu and tried to stop the others, but Convert to My Fu fired an arrow and Digging Princess attacked her.
• Bai Fu deflected the arrow, seized Digging Princess’s blade, and pinned her against the wall as the players realized they had tried to assassinate her.

Bai Fu confronted the players who had come to assassinate her, but accepted their explanation after learning they were Undying from beyond the mists, as described in a Holy Word. She sent them away with a new address and planned to meet them the next day, while the players set out to confront the person who had posted the mission.

• Bai Fu threatened Digging Princess until Patrick Star intervened and explained that the players had not known Bai Fu was their mission target.
• Bai Fu noticed that the players had recovered from injuries and death, and Patrick Star confirmed they could not truly die in this world.
• Bai Fu recognized the players as outsiders and recited a Holy Word about Undying people arriving to save their homeland.
• Bai Fu said she would believe the Holy Word halfway, gently fixed Digging Princess’s clothes, and told the players to leave before anyone investigated.
• The players left with an address for a meeting the next day, then stormed toward the mission hand-in location to confront the person who had posted the mission.
• Bai Fu watched them go and looked forward to seeing the plotter’s reaction.

Bai Fu’s staged performance secured the players’ guilt and trust, while a hired attacker’s ambush turned into a beating and exposed Cao Wenliang as the one who ordered the hit. Cao Wenliang then decided to send Bai Fu to fight the outsiders himself.

• Bai Fu returned home pleased that the players saw her as an undercover agent and felt guilty toward her.
• The man in the white undershirt waited for Convert to My Fu, expecting him to have killed Bai Fu after taking a job for Cao Wenliang.
• Convert to My Fu and four other players ambushed the man with lime powder, a net, clubs, chili powder, and scattered nails.
• Convert to My Fu forced the man in the white undershirt to reveal that Cao Wenliang, the Wildfire Gang’s Minister of Logistics, had hired him to kill Bai Fu.
• Patrick Star realized the players’ underhanded tactics could overcome stronger enemies with fewer injuries.
• After learning the attack had failed, Cao Wenliang stormed off to see the boss and planned to send Bai Fu to fight the outsiders.

Bai Fu learned the Wildfire Gang planned to retaliate against the Outsiders and accepted a faction quest, then arranged for players to be captured so she could earn experience while protecting them. After learning that Cao Wenliang had ordered the attempt on her life, she recognized him as her next target.

• After an Outsider killed a Wildfire Gang member, the Boss ordered the gang to wear goggles, carry lime, and retaliate, while Bai Fu read players’ popular videos about her and accepted the Wildfire Blaze quest.
• Cao Wenliang planned to make Bai Fu look cowardly during the coming battle so the Boss would strip her of her position.
• Bai Fu told Digging Princess and the other players she had orders to act against them, and they volunteered to be captured so they could investigate the Wildfire Gang from inside.
• Bai Fu collected 2,000 experience by agreeing to capture the players and left to get sedatives to make their capture look convincing.
• Digging Princess told Bai Fu that the man in the white undershirt had said Cao Wenliang ordered him to attack her, and Bai Fu resolved to deal with Cao Wenliang.