Chapter 6: There Are Just Too Many Souls Born
Bai??Fu stopped.
Anya, who followed closely behind her, took a step forward and nervously grabbed the hem of her clothes.
“Boss.”
“Just a small issue, don’t worry.”
Bai??Fu turned around and took Anya’s hand, gesturing for her not to be anxious.
She knew the person standing under the sign all too well.
Martin, the small supervisor of the Wildfire Gang, was her direct superior, with a combat power around 20 “Ya”—not much stronger than her post-level-up.
With his strength, he wasn’t really qualified to be a supervisor, but he had one special skill—
He was well-versed in first- and second-grade primary school knowledge!
Yes, not only could he write his own na, but he could quickly add and subtract within one hundred, and he handled single-digit multiplication and division effortlessly.
In the Wildfire Gang, where the vast majority of mbers were illiterate, Martin, who had this ability, stood out like a foundational cultivation expert among Qi Refinent novices.
So, naturally, he was promoted to small supervisor.
At first he was quite proud of this advancent, but he soon realized there was a problem.
“Fuck, I know how to do math—so how could I use “can’t compute” or “calculated wrongly” as excuses to embezzle money?”
“Could it be that those at my sa level who really can’t do math are actually pretending to be fools? Genius fools?”
Martin was about to split in two.
He thought long and hard.
He had worked so hard to beco a small supervisor—for money, or to make the Wildfire Gang great again?
Since the path of cooking the books was now closed, he could only squeeze the profits from his subordinates!
He kept assigning various tasks to them, and loved to pressure them rcilessly.
Ideally, they could complete them—but if they couldn’t, he’d find ways to withhold their pay and occasionally throw in so PUA tactics.
“Why can others do it?”
Bai??Fu’s previous incarnation beca a victim.
Debt collection had never been simple.
If you lent a hundred bucks to friends or family, who knows how long it would take to get it back—let alone pursuing old wasteland dwellers with ties to the Wildfire Gang.
“At the eting, it was decided—you collect this debt. If you bring the money back, I’ll give you a 5??point cut!”
Bai??Fu’s evaluation of that offer was—
Damn, only half a point? You’re even more ruthless than Huang Silang!
And the assessnt of Bai??Fu’s previous self was—
You’d better ask soone wiser.
Martin, not very charismatic, imdiately threatened.
“Trouble?”
“Bai??Fu, you know the organization’s recent economic performance isn’t great. We might not be as punctual with salaries as before. You’d better earn so extra bounty…”
“Think of that child you took in—so cute. You don’t want her to starve because you’re broke, right?”
Bai??Fu’s previous self could only pat Anya’s head and set off, and then got punched so hard that she lay down for two whole days.
There are just too many souls in this world!
One can only say that in tis like this, you really can’t act too human.
Bai??Fu thought so.
Martin’s appearance now must be to pressure her to continue collecting debts.
As expected.
The mont he saw her and Anya, Martin smiled and ca over.
“Why did your hair turn white? Forget it, that’s not important. I heard you were injured before—I was pretty worried. Fortunately, it wasn’t too serious.”
After the small talk, he imdiately bared his fangs.
“Bai??Fu, I know it’s hard for you, but the deadline from higher-ups is approaching…”
Ding!
Suddenly, two ga prompts popped up in front of Bai??Fu.
The first one was—
【You have triggered the faction quest “Pay Your Debts”】
The quest ca with a detailed description—so no problem.
SKIP!
Although the ga didn’t have a skip function for the plot, Bai??Fu simply ignored the nagging Martin and began reading the quest details.
【Quest Description: Your superior Martin wants you to reclaim a sum of money lent out by the Wildfire Gang.】
【Quest Objective: No thod restrictions. Recover as much of the debt as possible. Details ← (Remaining Ti 47:59:36)】
【Reward: 2000 EXP, 10 Faction Reputation】
【Accept / Decline】
Bai??Fu chose to accept.
A reward of 2000 EXP was no small amount—at this stage, if players only did daily tasks like carrying bricks and collecting bottle caps, they might not even earn 200 EXP in a day.
From the reward alone, it was clear the quest would be difficult.
But it didn’t matter.
If she couldn’t win, she would just run away!
After all, this wasn’t so main god space where failing a quest ant punishnt.
Bai??Fu then opened the second prompt.
【You have unlocked the Faction System】
What followed was a dense wall of explanatory text.
The faction system in “Beyond the Stars” wasn’t too different from other gas.
Once players t certain conditions, they could join a faction.
By increasing faction reputation, players could unlock faction-level quests, exclusive shops, exclusive class knowledge, faction roles, etc.—and even gain stat bonuses in so special factions.
Joining a faction wasn’t all good; it could cause hostile factions’ NPCs to beco aggressive, leading to many negative consequences.
But that didn’t matter to Bai??Fu—because her faction had already been locked as 【Wildfire Gang】.
From the current situation, Bai??Fu had no intention of defecting from the Wildfire Gang.
Her perspective on the Wildfire Gang was different from others.
To other survivors of the abandoned Cooling Plant, the Wildfire Gang was a terrifying demon king, always robbing and looting, a source of fear—but to her, the Wildfire Gang was as alluring as the demon queens in doujinshi.
A powerful faction ant the Wildfire Gang had money.
Robbing a lot ant the Wildfire Gang likely had loads of rare upgrade materials and class knowledge books.
If she didn’t stay in the Wildfire Gang to ruthlessly raid its gold, was she supposed to go outside and exploit those pitiful paupers?
That made no sense.
How much oil could those paupers possibly have on them?
Obviously, go where the money is!
Playing the undercover role to gain favor with players while secretly looting the Wildfire Gang’s vault—that was the true path to ascension.
As for how to raid the Wildfire Gang’s funds, Bai??Fu imdiately thought of Martin.
Even though she had returned most of her knowledge to the teachers, she had still attended a top-tier university—comparing her to Martin was like letting Tyson beat up a child.
If Martin could be promoted to supervisor under special consideration, it wasn’t too much to ask for her to beco head of logistics, right?
But that wasn’t so simple either.
In others’ eyes, not long ago she had been an illiterate who could barely write her own na—then after two days of rest, she suddenly knew so calculus?
That was shocking.
Would they crack open her skull for study?
What a sha.
If she had been born in a place where people actually believed in sothing, she could’ve acted like a cult leader shouting “Heaven is dead, white day shall rise!” and gotten rich selling indulgences.
Damn it—why is making money so hard?
Bai??Fu sighed inwardly and looked up. “I’ll finish the task soon, but…”
“But what?”
Martin, who had been interrupted, looked sowhat displeased.
Bai??Fu made a request: “I want to take a look at the gang’s library.”
The Wildfire Gang piled all the books they collected—useful or not—into the library, but not everyone had access to it.
“Library? How many words do you even know, wanting to go to the library?” Martin laughed out loud.
Bai??Fu remained calm and pointed at Anya. “For her to see. She’s still young—she can learn.”
Heh.
Martin couldn’t be bothered to argue over this. “Use my na—the smallest public library is open access.”
That was exactly what Bai??Fu wanted to hear.
Smiling, she gave a few more reassurances and saw Martin off.
Although Martin was clearly courting death, it was still too risky to act now.
She’d wait a bit longer.
After dinner with Anya, Bai??Fu wasted no ti and went straight to the Wildfire Gang’s library.
After giving Martin’s na, the gatekeeper didn’t give her any trouble.
She stood by the bookshelves, her gaze sweeping swiftly across the titles.
“Bro, You Sll Nice,” “Basic Arithtic,” “The Art of Being Human”...
“What is all this?”
Bai??Fu was speechless.
No wonder anyone could enter this tiny library just by giving Martin’s na.
But perseverance paid off.
After searching for a while, she finally found the professional knowledge book she had longed for.
“Three Minutes to Get Started with Psionic Prayer”
Bai??Fu took the book down from the shelf.
Though the book was full of symbols she didn’t recognize, that posed no difficulty for her.
【You begin reading “Three Minutes to Get Started with Psionic Prayer,” current progress 0.3%】
This was the charm of the player interface at work!
Three minutes later, Bai??Fu received a new notification.
【You have unlocked a new class 【Psionic Apprentice】,
1 Spirit,
1 Inspiration,
2 Stat Points】
【During reading, you comprehended new skills: 【Fervor】, 【Harden】, 【Spirit Vision】
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