Heavenly Lake Star military spaceship docking point.
After disembarking the spaceship, Holt received a warm welcome, and like the others, he smiled and nodded and waved to the surrounding crowd.
A moment later, a tall man wearing a Star Network Community military uniform, with mechanically augmented arms, approached, "Thank you very much for coming. I am Manu, the Commander of Heavenly Lake Star. First, I'll take you to rest."
Leading the way, Manu began to describe the current situation on Heavenly Lake Star.
In the crowd, Holt sneered internally.
Upon learning that Dark Moon and Silver Moon Bai Fu were the same person who stole the Dissociative Potion's progenitor sample, he immediately knew he was in trouble.
Heavenly Lake Star was a hellish place, and if Bai Fu died here, finding the Dissociative Potion's progenitor sample later would become troublesome. He had to contact Bai Fu before her death to force the precise location from her.
Now a question loomed before him. Heavenly Lake Star was under strict lockdown, with all incoming and outgoing spaceships grounded. How could he get close to Bai Fu?
A direct brute force approach was obviously not going to work.
He was powerful, having reached S rank, but there were several S rank superpower users on Heavenly Lake Star at the moment, especially the Void Battle Maiden, who had attained the S+ rank.
Any rash action, if intercepted by the Void Battle Maiden, would likely lead to his death, despite his multitude of tactics.
The situation was complex, but Holt did not panic.
His superiors had assigned him the task of retrieving the progenitor sample because his abilities were particularly suited to interrogation and because he was known at the Secret Tower as a god of ideas!
When others say "I have a plan," it's just talk, but when he says it, he genuinely had ideas.
This time was no different. During his conversation with the undercover operative, Holt thought of a way to get close to Bai Fu without raising any suspicion.
The Savior Saintess, extremely popular, had also helped Ulysses Star?
This needed publicity!
After ending the call with his undercover operative, he immediately had his subordinates contact Sea Lion Station, telling them about a person named Bai Fu worth reporting.
After Bai Fu's deeds were broadcasted by Sea Lion Station, he had his subordinates act as paid posters praising Bai Fu—such a high-quality idol, everyone must love her fiercely! While sending out the paid posters, he also spent some money to push Bai Fu into the trending searches.
Following this series of moves, Bai Fu's popularity soared, and she gained a host of fanboys and fangirls. Holt used this momentum to create a new account and issue a call for support for Bai Fu and Heavenly Lake Star.
As he expected, the call received an overwhelming response from superpower users. Pretending to filter the applicants, he blended in with a group of reliable subordinates into the support team.
With this maneuver, he and his subordinates arrived on Heavenly Lake Star without arousing any suspicion.
Actually, this wasn't even the cleverest part of his plan.
Arriving on Heavenly Lake Star was just the first step; the key issue was how to get close to Bai Fu.
After boosting Bai Fu's popularity, that issue ceased to be a problem. Wanting to get close to Bai Fu? What an easy matter.
[Saintess Bai Fu, I'm your fan!]
Why fear not being able to meet Bai Fu under the guise of a fan?
After arriving at the resting place led by Manu, Holt did not delay and immediately set off to find Bai Fu—including, to his chagrin, quite a few others.
Well, let's consider this a reconnaissance mission, since Bai Fu always stays in the card-making room and doesn't wander around.
"Is that the Saintess? She looks a lot like the Adaptive Star Clan. Could she be from the Rebirth Empire?"
"The Rebirth Empire? One of the three great civilizations?"
Superpower users, after all, were different from players. They did not cling to Bai Fu like flies. Even though they came to see Bai Fu, they kept their distance, speaking in hushed tones.
However, their conversation was overheard by some sharp-eared players.
Adaptive Star Clan, Rebirth Empire?
If she remembered correctly, Fufu did mention she came from the Rebirth Empire in her live stream.
Digging Girl quickly took notes, gathering material for her next video.
As the discussions continued, everyone's gaze fell upon another person in the workshop.
"It's the Void Battle Maiden!"
Holt's expression darkened slightly.
This was his first encounter with the Void Battle Maiden, and even though they had not engaged in direct combat, the subtle energy fluctuations emanating from her convinced him that he would most certainly not win in a head-on fight.
"Good thing I don't need to face her in combat."
As long as he could get close to Bai Fu, he was confident he could use his Spirit Tentacles to control her within 10 seconds and extract the information he wanted.
He'd wait for a moment when the Void Battle Maiden was not around to approach Bai Fu.
Holt quickly realized he had simplified the problem. Sneaking to Bai Fu's workshop five times, he found the Void Battle Maiden seated next to Bai Fu on every single visit.
Damn it, are you that idle, is Bai Fu your mother or your husband, that you have to stick so close to her?
In truth, Fei Ye was simply curious.
She was squatting in the workshop because she wanted to see if Julia was really refilling Bai Fu's magic. And she watched repeatedly, each time Julia performed with utmost calmness.
Stand up, embrace, refill magic, separate, return to reading, and done in one smooth flow.
"There is indeed energy flowing."
Fei Ye found it very interesting.
Unseen and seething on the outside, Holt did not find it amusing at all.