They exchanged a glance, both seeing the anticipation in each other's eyes. They didn't know what their superior would think, but at least they themselves were truly excited about the future Bai Fu had described.
Except for a very few people, who would enjoy struggling for survival in the harsh wastelands?
They, due to their superior strength, could lead lives far beyond the ordinary, but what about their descendants? They couldn't guarantee that their descendants would also stand out in the wastelands.
"I..." one person from the Old Republic, emotionally charged, said, "I hope what you're saying is true."
If Bai Fu wasn't just deceiving them, then even if the people above disagreed with cooperating with Bai Fu, they would actively join the Silent Court, and shout along with the Undying People—
Hey, Queen Bai Fu, we admire you greatly!
"It will be, that's all I have to say for now. As for the details and such, let's discuss them slowly once you guys have come to an agreement internally."
Bai Fu smiled as she sent away the representatives from the three major forces.
That evening, a TV production team sent by Igor arrived at Sea Capital.
After collaborating with them on the filming of a documentary, she gathered the still-living managers of Sea Capital for a meeting, instructing them to continue managing Sea Capital. None dared to refuse, and they obediently agreed.
After arranging the affairs of Sea Capital, Bai Fu, carrying the spoils of this expedition, set off on the road back to the Silent Court.
Bai Fu did not rush, as Xia Shi's condition was pretty bad, even worse than Julia when she had just been rescued, so they took two and a half days to reach Bai Fu Town via Shelter 5.
Just like last time, the residents of Bai Fu Town held a grand celebration ceremony for her. What was different this time was that there were many players who, due to their low levels, couldn't participate in this operation against the Genetic Primordial and were standing alongside the road.
These players looked at Bai Fu with even more eagerness than Bai Fu looked at Julia.
They were very annoyed.
Why hadn't they joined the Silent Court earlier? Why hadn't they completed more tasks earlier and learned more skills from the shop to boost their power?
Now they had perfectly missed the Genetic Primordial offensive, and could only watch jealously as other players in the Silent Court made a huge profit from the operation.
"Ah, I am so envious."
"Is there a new main task on Ancestral Origin Star?"
"After defeating the Genetic Primordial, are we going to fight the Old Republic and the Human Alliance next? I definitely want to sign up this time!"
Bai Fu was originally quite proud of the players' roadside welcome, but after overhearing their conversation, she couldn't help twitching her lips.
It was a good thing that people from the Old Republic and the Human Alliance weren't there, otherwise these energetic players would definitely have scared them.
[Don't come over here!]
Bai Fu waved to the NPCs and players by the road. She knew that the players from Ancestral Origin Star were worried that after the Truth Society and the Genetic Primordial had fallen, there would be no more main tasks for them to do, but she wasn't planning to reveal her own Ancestral Origin Star rebuilding plan just yet.
She had already discussed with Igor to reveal the plan in the trailer of the documentary to create a super advertisement for it.
In any case, she thought it best to keep the players in suspense for a few days; the longer they were held back, the more explosive their release would be once they found an outlet.
This would be very beneficial for her plan to elevate her status on Ancestral Origin Star, allowing her to become prominent once again.
"Gao Yuan, first arrange a place for Xia Shude and Xia Shi to stay, and find a doctor and a nutritionist to check on Xia Shi. Her body is already frail, and after being detained for a while, she seems to be somewhat malnourished."
During the drive, Bai Fu had conducted a physical examination on Xia Shi, and when she grabbed Xia Shi's foot, she thought she had grasped the tip of a bamboo chopstick.
However, Xia Shi had actually turned adversity into a blessing this time.
While checking Xia Shi's body for abnormalities, Bai Fu gave her a Spiritual Vision and then discovered that her attribute panel was completely different from when they first met.
The most obvious change was that she had two new talents in her talent bar—
[Mechanical Sensing] and [Magnetic Chain Resonance].
The former allowed her to learn mechanical knowledge and manufacturing with a significant bonus, while the latter gave her a far greater bonus than ordinary mechanics when controlling machinery, and the more machinery she controlled at the same time, the higher the positive bonus generated between the machines, similar to how Shattered Star used machines in an egg-shaped room to protect itself.
"These are essential talents for becoming a legendary mechanic!"
Bai Fu was curious how Xia Shi had acquired these two talents. After poking the details button behind the talents and asking Xia Shude, she gradually understood everything.
Shattered Star was actually a very talented mechanic who, in order to resurrect, had the Genetic Primordial create many Artificial Humans, all genetically edited according to his requirements.
Because of Shattered Star's limited understanding of genetic editing, combined with the Genetic Primordial's imperfect execution, over the years, the Artificial Humans they produced mostly did not display any outstanding talent, including Xia Shi, who appeared ordinary in the Artificial Human training camp; otherwise, the Genetic Primordial wouldn't have allowed Xia Shude to take her home to raise.
But what Shattered Star and the people of the Genetic Primordial never expected was that Xia Shi had the Strong Luck Talent.