But even with the Truth Society and Genetic Primordial in over their heads, Bai Fu dared not underestimate them.
They could hire assassins from the Dark Web or Wanderers, the warlords of the wilderness, to deal with the Silent Court if they couldn't handle it themselves.
"We must be prepared."
Leaving Black Fu to guard the research facility, Bai Fu quickly returned to Refuge 11, where she plastered the area with Dark Moon Eye surveillance, then sneaked some Dark Moon Eye Prayer Cards around Refuge 5 while discussing selling clothes to Players with Gao Yuan.
"This way, we can prevent anything from happening to Refuge 11 as much as possible."
After all was done, Bai Fu temporarily moved An Ya and her Mysterious Store close to the research facility.
The research facility had turned into an instance, and a large number of Players had rushed over upon receiving the news, as continuing to sell Prayer Cards at Refuge 11 would definitely not be as profitable as at the entrance of the research facility.
However, Bai Fu also opened a new store at Refuge 11, with a salesperson who was an NPC she had rescued from Black Hawk Base.
Seeing everything back on track, Bai Fu began planning to grind for Experience.
At this stage, she had two steady sources of Experience. The first was Black Fu helping her make Prayer Cards, from which she could harvest over 30,000 points of Experience daily. The second source was Black Fu occasionally assisting Players in taking down Sandworms, which was less stable, but averaged about 10,000 Experience a day.
By this calculation, if one Black Fu could help her earn 40,000 Experience a day, with ten Black Fus...
Man, she could directly add a nickname like 'Plantation Farm Owner.'
Wrong, actually, she could claim that title now, since farming Players was just like farming crops.
"Over 40,000 a day, it'll take two months to amass enough to unlock an Advanced Profession. Too slow."
Bai Fu decided to take the initiative.
She targeted the tasks on the Dark Web and some of the wild BOSS in the Goli Desert.
But just as she was about to act, an unexpected event disrupted her plans. A group of Players on a task in the desert were attacked by strangers; most Players were slaughtered, and some were captured, including Afu, the famous War Fanatic of the Silent Court.
Bai Fu was immediately confused.
She had cleaned up all the Wanderer Camps of significant size in the Goli Desert, and those smaller camps had run faster than one another after hearing the news. The Goli Desert was essentially the Silent Court's backyard by now—who had the guts to attack Silent Court Players in the Goli Desert?
Bai Fu moved at that moment.
This was another perfect opportunity to raise Player Affinity; how could she miss it?
Led by a Player, Bai Fu headed straight to the scene of the battle.
By the time she arrived, the group had already left, but that was no trouble for her. The captured Players weren't fools; they had turned on real-time location sharing on the Camp channel as soon as they were caught.
With this real-time location, Bai Fu easily found the perpetrators.
They were on a small dune about tens of kilometers away from the "Monster Box" she had found earlier.
The bright moon was high, a group of people in white robes formed a circle, and in the center of the circle were the bound Players. They seemed to be performing a ritual, and the offering for this ritual was the Players they had captured.
"With the fresh blood of these Demons, we shall honor the departed Prophet!"
One tall figure in a white robe loudly directed the others.
The Players surrounded in the middle cursed, "You'll not die a good death, ah ah ah!"
"It's your fault my task failed, fuck your mother!"
"Wait for it, I'll come back!"
From a distance, the corner of Bai Fu's mouth twitched.
Yeah, yeah, I'm here to save you.