When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 1051 - 379: Sudden Upheaval, Bai Fu’s Two-Pronged Preparations [4k]

[After helping for so long, a pack of ungrateful wolves]

[Odoacer, nmsl!]

Apart from Ignatius, the one receiving the most scolding is undoubtedly Odoacer.

Because under Bai Fu's directive, his cooperation with Ignatius in stealing the Holy Relic, morally manipulating Demetri to plot against Bai Fu, and other matters were all made public.

In fact, many people were already dissatisfied with Odoacer, both within the Empire and outside it.

As the news spread, those already discontented people became even more dissatisfied.

What on earth is going on here?

Bulalo, the representative of the Imperial Elder Council, felt numb after seeing various news reports. He completely couldn't understand why things turned out this way.

The return of Emperor Ignatius is supposed to be a good thing, but why deal with Bai Fu?

This uproar suddenly made the Empire the villain in the Star Sea.

Confused and dissatisfied, he sought out Odoacer.

At this moment, Odoacer was sweating profusely out of anxiety.

Not long ago, Odoacer received an order from Ignatius to launch a fierce media campaign to discredit Bai Fu, but before he could act, the Empire had already been discredited.

How can the situation be reversed?

The anxious Odoacer couldn't say a word in response to Bulalo's questioning.

He stammered, his mind racing, thinking of how to appease Bulalo. At this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared in the room.

"Great Emperor?"

Bulalo's pupils suddenly contracted.

He recognized that the sudden presence was the projection of Emperor Ignatius.

"Odoacer, step back and let me handle this."

Relieved, Odoacer quickly withdrew.

In the vast Imperial Palace Main Hall, only Ignatius and Bulalo remained for a while.

Ignatius patted Bulalo's shoulder and then began to reveal the truth of the world.

...

The media storm raged for several days.

After suffering continuous defeats initially, the Empire finally regrouped and began employing various means to turn the tide.

First, they organized people to refute rumors, and then gradually sent people to "leak information."

Completely clearing the Empire's name was impossible, so their goal was to give the world this impression—

Although our Empire's actions are not honorable, Bai Fu isn't a good person either!

The Empire promoted this narrative mainly to prevent people or forces outside the Empire from feeling pressured and flocking to Bai Fu instead.

Bai Fu is already difficult to deal with, so if more people defect to her, it will be even harder to eliminate her.

Besides media propaganda, the Empire quietly did many other things.

The first task was to consolidate internally within the Empire.

Ignatius was back. Although Odoacer was still the Emperor, from this moment on, he was no longer the main authority of the Empire—it was Ignatius.

Who agrees, who opposes?

Those who agree, stay.

Those who oppose and are slow to flee, were all purged.

The second task was to conduct comprehensive collaboration with the Origins Agreement.

Both sides shifted from opposition to standing on the same line, working together to strive for establishing a new order.

During this process, a large number of resistance and Revolutionary Army organizations associated with the Origins Agreement exploded into chaos.

They felt betrayed by the Origins Agreement.

They had fought for so long to overthrow the three major Cosmic Level Civilizations, and now the Origins Agreement went to cooperate with the Empire. Are you kidding me!

Some launched attacks on the Empire and the Origins Agreement, and unsurprisingly, they were defeated.

Others fled quickly, trying to find Bai Fu.

The third task by the Empire was having Ignatius to personally reach out privately to the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry.

In Ignatius's initial plan, there was no need to bother with the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry directly. Using overwhelming power, those two Cosmic Level Civilizations would be crushed if they dared to resist.

But now he couldn't do that.

Bai Fu wasn't eliminated as planned. If he acted against the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry directly, it would push them toward Bai Fu, which would be very disadvantageous for his plan.

Ignatius's communication was not going smoothly.

Because while he was secretly contacting them, Bai Fu also maintained constant communication with both the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry.

The three sides continued pulling at each other, creating a relatively delicate balance.

Being Cosmic Level Civilizations, the Supernova Battle Group and Titan Industry wouldn't easily submit even if they knew their power was inferior to Ignatius and Bai Fu.

If they really had weak knees, they would have surrendered during the fierce assault of the Apostle Holy City; there is no way they could have held on until now.

This balance lasted for several days.

Ultimately, Ignatius could not hold back any longer and decisively detonated a long-buried bomb—

Eternal Investment!

Bai Fu didn't have much contact with Eternal Investment, only discussing authorized cooperation on the Character Card sales with the Cosmic Net game developed by one of its companies.

But undeniably, Eternal Investment is the most powerful consortium in explored space, its financial clout and connections so vast they can impact the decision-making of a Cosmic Level Civilization.

In the eyes of some, He Xi, the actual Controller of Eternal Investment, is at the same level as the Emperor, Titan Industry Chairman, and the Chief of the Supernova Battle Group.

He Xi and Eternal Investment are indeed formidable.

But nobody knows that it was Ignatius who played a significant role in bringing He Xi and Eternal Investment to where they are today.

Throughout its competition with other consortia, its investment ventures provoking other forces, and conflicts with Cosmic Level Civilizations, Eternal Investment faced multiple crises of utter loss. During these times, it was Ignatius who intervened to solve the crises for them.

Now that Ignatius faced a problem, it was naturally time for He Xi to step forward and assist.

The headquarters of Eternal Investment is in Titan Industry. Therefore, what Ignatius needed He Xi to do this time was to deal with the most vehement opponent of cooperation with the Empire within Titan Industry—Drano, the Chairman.

Although He Xi found this difficult to accomplish, considering Ignatius's power and the benefits he would gain once the Empire successfully established a new order, he began taking action.

Days later.

Something shocking occurred, rocking the entire explored universe—

Drano was assassinated!

Despite his considerable ability, he was brutally murdered, and the culprit was a leader of a notorious interstellar criminal force that had serious rivalries with Titan Industry.

This incident reeked of strangeness at every turn.

The interstellar criminal force's leader's power was indeed sufficient to kill Drano, but how did he manage to approach Drano silently, and why were there no major signs of disturbance during the assassination?

There must be a mole collaborating with the killer!

Titan Industry spiraled into intense internal conflict.

The faction ultimately victorious was the one Xue Quan, Drano's granddaughter, belonged to—the Super Supreme group that Bai Fu had previously defeated severely in two fights, causing significant damage to their allies.

The faction Xue Quan was part of successfully rose to power, using the excuse of investigating the mole to heavily target competitors and attempting to establish good relations with the Empire.

These actions immediately alerted several factions within Titan Industry.

A major event has erupted!

They promptly went to seek the Supernova Battle Group.

The Chief of the Supernova Battle Group, Fitz, also realized the problem at this time.

Titan Industry would inevitably lean toward the Empire, and given the subsequent developments, with its current strength, there is no way the Supernova Battle Group could contend with the combined forces of the Origins Agreement, the Empire, and Titan Industry.

Surrender?

No.

He would rather die than surrender to this group of treacherous schemers!

Fitz urgently had people contact Bai Fu, hoping she could provide assistance.

He foresaw that it wouldn't be long before the Empire potentially initiated a hot war against the Supernova Battle Group.

...

"Wow, has the explored universe gone this chaotic in just twenty days?"

Bai Fu couldn't help but click her tongue.

It seems like Ignatius's group has completely dropped the pretense.

Though they can't threaten her for now, her maneuvering space has been significantly compressed.

Once Ignatius fully integrates the three major Cosmic Level Civilizations, how could she contend with him?

"Looks like I must prepare two more strategies!"

The first preparation, naturally, is to do her utmost to help the Supernova Battle Group repel the invasions from the Empire and Titan Industry.

The second preparation is to assemble everyone opposing Ignatius and form an anti-Ignatius alliance, so even if the Supernova Battle Group collapses, she won't be left with absolutely no resistance.