When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village-Chapter 72 - 40 New Breakthroughs, Unlock Advanced Professions!

Bai Fu arrived in Lynn at eight in the evening, and since it was late, the meeting with the bureau chiefs was arranged for the next day.

"Let's find a place to stay for the night."

After sitting in the car all day, she was not tired, but it was different for An Ya. If Bai Fu hadn't been holding her hand all the time, An Ya might have just lain down on the street.

As she was about to leave, Xia Shi quickly stopped her, "If you don't mind, you can move into my place first. My place is quite large, and it's very close to the bureau. Even the people from the Truth Society wouldn't dare to mess around."

Bai Fu stopped. She had been looking for an opportunity to get close to Xia Shi, to see if she could extract some story tasks from her. She hadn't expected Xia Shi to approach her voluntarily—why should she mind?

She couldn't possibly be afraid that Xia Shi wanted to do something more thrilling than what a game might offer. Joking aside, she was very brave. With her current attributes, it's good enough that she wasn't teaching Xia Shi a lesson instead.

"That would be really kind of you."

Bai Fu, dragging her large suitcase, went to Xia Shi's home with An Ya.

Xia Shi's place was a three-bedroom apartment, sans shared area, and was actually over a hundred square meters. Although the interior was decorated in a typical Syrian style, the size alone was enough to make others envious.

"Genetic Primordial Intelligence Bureau pays so generously that they even provide large houses?"

Xia Shi casually threw her coat onto the sofa, "The benefits are so-so, this apartment is my own purchase."

So, she was a wealthy woman. No wonder she dared to choose the Mechanic as her profession.

In the Stars, Mechanics was undeniably a rich player's profession. Although in the early stages it wasn't much different from other professions and even had several output bonuses for shooting, as the advanced professions and blueprint creation function unlocked, this profession completely turned into a rich player's profession.

Ordinary players labor half a day to manually crank out a Mecha, only for it to be turned into scrap by body cultivation players passing by within an hour or two.

Rich players were different. They would directly manufacture dozens or hundreds of Mechas and then set up a few Particle Light Spears behind them. No matter what cultivation you were under, they could turn you to dust in moments.

Of course, this "rich player" concept carried multiple meanings for players. While money could buy blueprints and mechanical knowledge chains, funds alone were far from sufficient. A large investment in experience was also required to upgrade blueprints, combine blueprints, and upgrade various passive skills.

Thus, although Mechanics looked very cool once fully leveled, players actually willing to learn this profession were few.

Bai Fu was among those dissuaded.

She neither had the money nor could she depend on her prophetic ability with plotlines to reap various benefits. After much consideration, the Spiritual Ability Sect profession suited her better.

The Spiritual Ability Sect profession initially focused on a support function, but once the levels were increased, using the "Power of Radical Thought," they could execute all sorts of unimaginable maneuvers.

To paraphrase a certain master—

There are no useless professions, only useless players.

In other games, this statement might not hold true, such as in LOL, where there are always a few champions with terrifyingly low win and appearance rates—it doesn't matter how skillfully you play, it's still hard to make it to the tournament.

But in Stars, the situation was different. The skill combinations and equipment pairings of a single profession in this game were frighteningly diverse and could be enhanced through inter-professional collaboration.

Mechanics were powerful in the late stages, but the Body Cultivation Sect's "Freedom Extreme Intent Skill" should not be underestimated!

After settling her things, Bai Fu comfortably took a bath.

When she came out of the bathroom, she found Xia Shi sitting cross-legged barefoot on the sofa, watching some boring videotape programs.

"After this visit to Lynn, do you plan to go back?"

Bai Fu sat down next to Xia Shi, "No, I'd rather not get heartbroken seeing that monument again."

"I suppose, those outsiders..." Xia Shi sighed, "How did you meet them? I heard you killed many of them, but they seem not to hold any grudge against you."

Bai Fu slightly turned her head away, noticing that Xia Shi's toes unnaturally curled up while discussing this topic.

She seemed to understand a bit why Xia Shi had invited her to stay at her house.

Was it a command to subtly interrogate her?

Ha, woman, you are playing with fire!

Bai Fu hesitated for a moment, making no superfluous moves.

It appeared that the bureau did not want direct conflict with her, otherwise, they would have used a more aggressive approach—like directly sending someone to capture and interrogate her.

Better to keep playing the innocent lamb.

"Not all those outsiders are together. I had conflicts with some of them and helped others among them."

"Indeed, it's impossible for so many people to be of one mind; there's often fierce quarreling at the meetings." Xia Shi awkwardly cleared her throat, "By the way, don't be nervous. The director is a really nice man. Since he said he wanted to reward you, he definitely means to do it. You can think about what you might want."

This topic was very much to Bai Fu's liking, "Would advanced knowledge related to Spiritual Abilities work?"

Xia Shi thought for a moment, "If it's ordinary advanced knowledge, the bureau's data room has it, and I can take you there. But if you want to access more advanced knowledge, that's not easy unless there's a huge contribution; usually, those materials aren't open to the public."

Bai Fu was elated.

She had originally just wanted to get an advanced knowledge book, but she now saw an opportunity to access the Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain.

"A huge contribution, huh?"

According to the official description, on Ancestral Origin Star, a newbie planet, most elite monsters and bosses are only advanced professions, with very few bosses unlocking advanced professions. It's safe to say that whoever unlocks advanced professions reached the T0 stratum of personal force on Ancestral Origin Star.

And the knowledge chain is indeed an indispensable booster from advanced to higher professions. It was quite reasonable for the Genetic Primordial Intelligence Bureau to keep tight control over the knowledge chain.

It looked like she might need to stay in Lynn for a while.

After chatting casually with Xia Shi for a few more moments, Bai Fu went to sleep.

The next morning, led by Xia Shi, she smoothly entered the bureau's data room.

After a moment, Xia Shi brought over a book as thick as a modern Chinese dictionary.

"Will this do?" she asked.

Bai Fu took the book.

[Would you like to read "Advanced Uses of Spiritual Ability Power"?]

She looked up, "Yes."

Xia Shi said, "Then I won't disturb you further. Take your time here. I have some other matters to attend to. If you need anything, just call for the guards outside, they will inform me."

She conscientiously left.

Bai Fu looked around and noticed surveillance cameras on the walls.

Was this another test?

It didn't matter; she was genuinely here to read. She harbored no ill intentions against the Genetic Primordial, at least not at the moment.

[Yes]

After confirmation, the reading progress bar started to slowly climb.

[You have started reading "Advanced Uses of Spiritual Ability Power," low-level spiritual ability specialization takes effect, your reading speed increases by 10%, current progress 0.1%…0.2%...]

While Bai Fu was earnestly reading, in the chief's office elsewhere, Chief Lu Yuelin's gaze shifted back and forth between the monitors and Bai Fu's file in his hands.

"Her background is normal, and her strength could be explained by awakening. I see no issues," he mused.

"Of course," Xia Shi replied helplessly. "I watched her charge into the insect tide to save the Abandoned Cooling Factory and build monuments for those foreigners. Everyone praises such a good person. Even the boss of the Wildfire Gang willingly entrusted her with the Wildfire Gang. I really didn't expect Uncle Lu that you would suspect her of wrongdoing."

Lu Yuelin chuckled, "Better safe than sorry, but you're right. Let's drop the investigation. Let her continue to stay at your place; it will be easier for us to protect her. The Truth Society has issued an assassination bounty, so they are bound to make a move soon."

"No problem," Xia Shi's mood instantly improved.

Lu Yuelin smiled as he sent her off and then continued to peruse Bai Fu's investigation report.

According to previous investigations, it was unlikely that Bai Fu was connected to the Truth Society, given she had killed their people and made their researched drugs fall into their hands, but what if all this was a feigned plot?

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[Current progress 100%, would you like to spend 20,000 experience points to unlock the new profession [Spiritual Ability Prayer Master]?]

It took about twenty minutes before Bai Fu received the new game notification. With more than 50,000 experience points, she immediately pressed the confirm button.

[You have unlocked the new profession [Spiritual Ability Prayer Master], Intelligence +1, Inspiration +2, attribute points +2]

[During the reading process, you have comprehended new skills [Chain Reaction], [Combat Etiquette], [Intermediate Spiritual Ability Specialization], [Low-level Spiritual Resilience]]

Two notifications sounded one after the other, and Bai Fu felt as if she was listening to celestial music.

"Done!"

After several days, she had finally unlocked the advanced profession as she wished and could continue to level up.

Advanced professions were indeed impressive; the level cap for the Spiritual Ability Prayer Master was 20 levels, doubling that of a Spiritual Ability Apprentice. The inspiration bonus she received per level also increased from one point to two.

Continue!

Bai Fu invested another 25,000 experience points into [Spiritual Ability Prayer Master], raising her level to Lv2. Then, she allocated all four free attribute points into her Constitution.

Thus her attribute panel now reflected—

[Main Profession]: Spiritual Ability Prayer Master Lv2 (0/30000) [Lower Profession Spiritual Ability Apprentice Lv10 (Full Level)], Unemployed Lv5 (Full Level)

[Secondary Profession]: None

[Life Value]: 770/770

[Spiritual Ability Value]: 115/115

[Attributes]: Power 11, Agility 7, Constitution 37, Intelligence 5, Spirit 14, Inspiration 23

[Skills]:

Fervor Lv3, Hardening Lv1, Spiritual Vision, Innate Spirituality Lv1, Power Surge (Inferior), Multiplicative Enhancement (Inferior), Spiritual Ability Boiling

Chain Reaction - Binds target B with target A, during the binding period, target B shares all states of target A, consuming 5 points of Spiritual Energy per minute, cooldown 1 second.

Combat Etiquette - Although fighting is thrilling, etiquette is essential, can be used on a target once per fight, consumes 20 points of Spiritual Energy, forces the target to perform combat etiquette with you (2s), cooldown 1 minute.

Intermediate Spiritual Ability Specialization—Efficiency of learning in the Spiritual Ability System and active skill effects +20%

Low-Level Spiritual Resilience—When attacked, receive +2 Inspiration determination

[Talent]: Luck

This round of upgrades did not significantly enhance her attributes, but her blood volume increased by 80 points, and what satisfied Bai Fu the most were her newly acquired skills.

On the surface, Chain Reaction seemed like a skill for sharing buffs, but it could also be used to share one's debuffs with the enemy.

Bai Fu instantly thought of several uses for it.

As for Combat Etiquette, it was not just an ordinary skill; seemingly a skill to hard control an opponent for 2 seconds, creating opportunities for her teammates. However, considering that Combat Etiquette settings were customizable and the timing of the skill's activation could be strategized, the potential of this skill might be even higher than Chain Reaction.

Bai Fu closed the book; it was time to come up with a Combat Etiquette strategy that could greatly weaken her opponent's power in a short time.