Bai Fu's plan was to have Cui Jiming give a player plastic surgery to resemble her, and then use this player to deceive the Truth Society.
Before coming to Shelter No. 5 yesterday, she had shared her plan with the players, of course, intentionally omitting the purpose of earning a bounty and only mentioning that she intended to use this method to lure out the Truth Society members hiding in the shadows.
Hearing that there was a task to be done, and that not only could this task increase Bai Fu's affinity, but also reward several thousand experience points, all the female players stepped up.
Bai Fu chose a female player known as Eating Immortal, whose build was most similar to hers.
While she was at Shelter No. 5 on business, the players also had Cui Jiming escorted back to the Red Sand Camp laboratory for surgery.
So far, everything was progressing very smoothly. Next, all she had to do was wait for the surgery to be finished on the other side and then she could take the player to collect the money from the Railroad Guild.
After retrieving the Rattlesnake's identity card from the terminal, Bai Fu quickly disconnected the network. Her next destination was the Gao Family's external office in Shelter No. 5.
However, this time she didn't plan to show up in person but instead had Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi, along with Old Dog and the others, go to negotiate with the Gao Family.
This way, she could avoid exposing herself and also give players a greater sense of participation, assuring they would follow her loyally.
Bai Fu learned from the conversations between Digging Girl and other players that Digging Girl was recently preparing a video column called "Silent Court News Delivery", which piqued her interest.
Wasn't this essentially a public relations window for her and the Silent Court?
She decided to add some exciting material to the inaugural video.
Just imagine, while other players were still toiling away for NPCs, they would suddenly discover that players who joined the Silent Court were already communicating with influential NPCs on equal footing. What would be their reaction?
Pure envy and jealousy, period.
Promising everyone to be equal to Palu, yet sneaking off to drive a Range Rover by yourself.
Without some real benefits to show and assure them, Bai Fu wasn't confident she could convince players to willingly become spies for her to steal intelligence from other camps.
She casually found a shop by the roadside, sat down, and quietly waited for the results of Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi's negotiations with the Gao Family.
After about twenty minutes, her personal terminal rang. It was Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi contacting her.
"BOSS, the Gao Family's Boss Gao wants to talk to you personally."
Since it wasn't convenient to reveal Bai Fu's name publicly, Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi used the very generic term "BOSS" when addressing Bai Fu outside.
"Let him speak to me."
Shortly after, Bai Fu's personal terminal rang again, this time it was a stranger reaching out to her.
"I am Gao Yuan. I heard you eradicated the Red Sand Camp and want to continue the partnership with our Gao Family in place of Red Sand Camp?"
"No, I think you might have misunderstood," Bai Fu immediately corrected, "I'm not trying to replace Red Sand but to open up a new trade route for you."
Gao Yuan was intrigued by her boldness: "You speak with quite the confidence."
Bai Fu asked, "How much material does Red Sand Camp purchase from you each year?"
"About two hundred thousand."
"How much are the sand worm materials worth that you sell to them?"
"Twenty to thirty thousand at minimum, fifty to sixty thousand at most."
Bai Fu laughed, "Let's not talk about firearms for now. I mean, if I could increase the sand worm materials I sell you by tenfold, maybe even a hundredfold, could you handle that?"
The usually composed Gao Yuan was so startled by Bai Fu's statement that his voice involuntarily rose.
He doubted if he had heard correctly.
Tenfold, a hundredfold, even jokes don't go that far.
How many people would need to be deployed to collect so much material, and how many would need to die?
Even if all the wanderers in the Goli Desert were organized to hunt sandworms, such an effort wouldn't last long because most wanderers would flee due to fear of the worms.
"Do you realize what you are saying?"
"I am very sober. I just want to know if you can handle that much sand worm material; after all, it is no small amount," Bai Fu stated.
Gao Yuan replied, "As long as you have it, I can take it!"
"In a while, I'll send over the first batch of goods, then you'll see that I'm not toying with you."
Bai Fu continued to chat with Gao Yuan for a few more minutes. She had Gao Yuan send over a batch of weapons to the Red Sand Camp first, as it would now serve as the temporary headquarters for the Silent Court. She also asked Gao Yuan to bring along a new group of players who were soon to arrive at Shelter No. 5 on their way there.
The number of players in this batch was quite large; just the ones posting in the community saying they were on their way already numbered thirty to forty, and the actual number could very well be twice that.
With the transportation resources Bai Fu currently had, it was impossible to move so many players in a short time, so she had to rely on the Gao Family for now.
After reaching an agreement with Gao Yuan, Bai Fu purchased some materials needed to craft Prayer Cards from Shelter No. 5. Next came the card gambling segment that could make even the unluckiest shudder.
Card gambling meant using experience points and the knowledge of the Spiritual Ability System to combine and create new Prayer Card blueprints, an exclusive ability of the Apprentice Spiritual Artist and the core of this profession, which made a living from card playing.
Generally speaking, Apprentice Spiritual Artists had three ways to obtain new Prayer Card blueprints: buy them, learn them, or gamble for them.
Undoubtedly, card gambling was the most thrilling and commonly used method.