Bai Fu rated her second appearance in front of the players at ninety points.
The only reason she didn't score a perfect hundred was to keep herself from becoming arrogant.
Within minutes, the incident had already spread through the Star Travel Society.
Players were mainly focused on three points.
1. Her name.
2. The fact that she gave money to the fallen players.
3. Her high player affinity score of 82.
Any of these topics had a considerable degree of discussion in the Star Travel Society.
A significant portion of those players exemplified the current mental state of today's gamers, which is to go nuts.
The others were demonstrating the gamers' aggression.
But it's worth noting that this wasn't a keyboard warrior duel betting their mother's life, but rather a unilateral thrashing from Bai Fu's supporters against the snarky players.
This was an extension of what happened in "The War."
"The War" is what players called the "First Most Popular Female NPC Contest."
The situation looked clear at first in The War, but Bai Fu's unexpected rise threw the entire battle into disorder.
Most players didn't really care; they were just there for the fun. Among the crowd of NPCs, Bai Fu's looks were definitely top-notch, and her widely praised white hair made her fourth-place finish entirely justifiable.
But there were always a few players who were annoyed.
The one who made that flashy entrance was a supporter of "The President," the NPC that Bai Fu had pushed down to fifth place, known as "Mule Epic."
The President, another nouveau riche from a newbie planet, possessed a beauty that was simple and unadorned.
[I'm really fed up with you all, even bragging about such a small amount of money, dividing it among everyone only comes to a single Credit Coin, The President has outclassed her with just a thin veil!]
Mule Epic demonstrated with their own actions what it means to "make other players spit out a thousand comments with a single sentence."
However, those rushing to the forefront weren't all Bai Fu's supporters; many were fun-seekers who lived by the motto that "the strong should brutally humiliate the weak."
Until Patrick himself entered the fray to reply.
[What's considered a lot, what's considered a little?
Honestly, you can't really quantify that because 'a lot' and 'a little' are relative.
True, Bai Fu didn't give us much money, but that was all she could give!
What would you say about the sentiment behind it, is it a lot or a little?
I'll abstain from judgement, but everyone should take a good look at that high affinity score of 82.
Let's turn back and consider The President. She's a rich woman, and she's certainly wealthier than Bai Fu, but so what?
Has she even looked at us, has she given us even a cent, would you say that her so-called 'a lot' is truly of any significance to us?
I don't think so.
Just my two cents; feel free to consider it, but in the end, arguing is wrong.]
For some players who had experience with other games, the name Patrick was all too familiar.
[Oh man, it's Patrick, he once led me in an instance in 'Sea Corner Sun Sword']
[Is this the Patrick who earned the Martial God title in 'Origins Reality' S1 season as a roaming Gunman?]
[Patrick makes a great point]
Patrick single-handedly changed the tone of the battle.
Before he stepped in, players were trash-talking Mule Epic, but after his comment, they started consoling Mule Epic instead.
[Bro, take my advice, stop bootlicking; you've gotten nothing from it, why bother?]
[Exactly, if you're going to be a bootlicker, at least pick a target that might react a bit after licking, otherwise what's the point?]
[Have some self-respect!]
[Sir, may I take a few minutes of your time to introduce you to our Dear Fu?]
[Bro, it's not too late to come to your senses. Come join Fu Sect. With us, you don't have to fawn over Fufu; she will take the initiative to give you money, care for your safety, and you might even trigger an advanced task.]
[Little bro, as a veteran, I understand how you feel, hang in there!]
[Don't give up, you can do it!]
[Look forward, don't look back!]
Mule Epic, who had been so frustrated and angry from the barrage of insults, was ready to fight to the last breath. After seeing those words of comfort and encouragement in the post, he completely broke down.
Combo attacks, percentage damage plus true damage, that's not how you play!
He stared fixedly at the community interface, fixated on the words "Fu Sect."
Fufufufu...
Damn it, my head is full of Fu, I can't take it anymore, I'm defecting!
Mule Epic took one last look at the President's photo, and after leaving the message, "Goodbye, President, today I sail away," he decisively deleted his account.
On this day, the world lost a "Mule Epic."
On this day, a "Convert to My Fu" was born!
In fact, Mule Epic wasn't the only one to delete and start over; influenced by the post, quite a few players who had just entered the game also joined the massive surge of people smuggling themselves to Ancestral Origin Star.
However, since there were more than one Newbie Village on Ancestral Origin Star, and players couldn't choose their own Newbie Village, only a very small portion of the smuggled players ended up in Abandoned Cooling Factory.
"Fu Sect!"
It must be said that Mule Epic made an indelible contribution to the sudden surge in Bai Fu's popularity.
After he disappeared, the community once again became the Fun-Seekers' playground.
Some players were promoting Fu Sect, others were selling the Credit Coins given by Bai Fu, and still others were bullying Piano Girl, hoping for a "second war" to come quickly.
"I want to see a river of blood!"
This scene amused Digging Girl to no end.
All right, all right, if Patrick makes a move, then my chances of success as Qingsuan just increased!
She hurriedly sent a friend request to Patrick.
Bro, let's be friends. From now on, we'll rave about Bai Fu together!
While Digging Girl and Patrick were politely greeting each other, Bai Fu turned off the community.
With that, her somewhat tenuous popularity had now stabilized quite a bit; all she needed to do was get rid of her identity as a Wildfire Gang member, and she would have completely broken free from the cage.
However, before that, she still needed to earn some more experience and quickly level up Spiritual Ability Apprentice to level 5 to unlock her profession-specific passive skill.
The profession-specific passive is the core of a profession.
Sometimes different professions can learn the same skills, but because of different profession-specific passives, the same skill can have vastly different effects.
"If there's no task, those 200 experience points will be difficult to accumulate. It's a pity; if Old Man's underlings hadn't run away, I could have just finished them off and turned in the debt collection task to get enough experience."
Bai Fu frowned slightly.
She was trying to find a solution when An Ya's shout suddenly rang in her ears.
"Boss, over here, look this way!"
Bai Fu turned her head to see An Ya hopping up and down behind a railing, waving at her. Two people stood next to An Ya; they were two of Big Brother Dabiao's four underlings who had run away in the chaos.
She cast two "Spiritual Vision" spells their way.
The skill assessment was successful, and it displayed the detailed attributes of "Local Rascal B" and "Local Rascal D."
Bai Fu's mouth twitched.
You guys sure save on names, huh?
She opened the interface for Local Rascal B first.
Name: Local Rascal B (Weakness) (Injured)
Template: Ordinary
Main Profession: Unemployed Lv2
Secondary Profession: None
Life Value: 29/40
Attributes: Power 5, Agility 3, Constitution 4, Intelligence 3, Spirit 2, Inspiration 3
Skills: None
Talent: None
Affinity: Slight Hostility (-13)
Danger Level: Green
Local Rascal D's panel was almost the same; both had debuffs for weakness and injury, with weakness reducing attributes by 15% and injury by 10%.
Bai Fu smiled.
All right, all right, you know how to give timely help!