CHAPTER 691: 240 STAR CONTRACT’S SECOND BANNER - BAI FU【5K】

Don’t be fooled by Fei Ye’s seemingly simple-minded appearance, but when it comes to intelligence gathering, she’s quite skilled.

Who blames her for knowing so many people?

With a significant background and her guileless demeanour, even when she stands still, many people actively seek to befriend her.

At times like these, Fei Ye’s connections prove to be very useful.

Various pieces of intelligence floated into her hands like snowflakes, before being compiled and sent to Bai Fu.

Bai Fu had the AI developed by Xia Shi on the spaceship reorganize the intelligence, finally gaining a preliminary understanding of the current situation of the various forces that sent her the information.

1. The Free Star System Alliance was formed by several small civilizations that had been oppressed by the Tem Civilization during its expansion. To date, they have been fighting with the Tem Civilization, both overtly and covertly, for over a thousand years. Both sides have had their victories and losses but overall, the Tem Civilization tends to have the upper hand; they are traditional archenemies.

2. As everyone knows, the Tem Civilization has the support of the Supernova Battle Group, but the Free Star System Alliance is also suspected of receiving support from Titan Industry. As for the Rebirth Empire, there are rumors their spaceships have appeared in that star region, but their exact purpose remains unclear.

3. The Tem Civilization is highly fragmented internally, due to many long-standing contradictions that came to a head during the last Leader election. An assassination occurred during the election process, leading to the death of a highly reputable candidate. To this day, it is still unknown who sent the assassin, but the incident has made the contradictions irreconcilable.

4. Nellis and Gustav are both popular candidates for the next Leader, with completely different political philosophies. Nellis belongs to the Moderate Faction, while Gustav seeks to transform the Tem Civilization into a "battle group" like the Supernova Battle Group. As a result, the two sides never miss an opportunity to show their displeasure towards each other.

5. There are more than just Nellis and Gustav’s factions within the Tem Civilization; in fact, there are over a dozen, but most are quite inferior. Even counting the numbers of Catastrophe-level Superpower Users, they probably don’t have as many as the Silent Court.

6. The origins of the Honorable Force, which has been causing chaos within the Tem Civilization, are unknown. They claim to liberate civilizations that have been annexed by the Tem Civilization, but so far, no one knows who their leader is. Many suspect that the Honorable Force might actually be backed by the Rebirth Empire.

"Are all three Cosmic Civilizations joining in as if they’re performing a ’Three Kingdoms’ saga?"

Bai Fu couldn’t help but make the mocking comment.

This main task seemed to have a hefty amount of content, since it involved the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations.

However, Bai Fu was not overly anxious; with her power, she could still stir things up. In proxy wars, even if the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations intervened, they would only provide intelligence, resources, limited troops with changed banners, and so on. It was unlikely for them to deploy their Super Supreme forces—if they did, what kind of proxy war would it even be? Direct engagement would be much simpler and more straightforward.

Bai Fu turned off the virtual display and looked at the task panel.

The newly triggered main task "Deep Sea Undercurrent" now branched into five options.

You could join any of the four camps that had sent invitations or find another camp to collaborate with on your own.

Currently, the rewards for all five branches were the same—

million experience + unlocking of camp Affinity and exclusive camp Reputation.

Bai Fu immediately ruled out the option of finding another camp to work with on her own, as without Super Supreme power, such a path would likely result in getting her legs broken.

She wasn’t interested in who became the new ruler of the Tem Civilization; what she cared about was how to gain more benefits from this war to ascend to the Dominator Level as soon as possible.

"The Honorable Force can also be excluded; it’s too risky to collaborate with an organization whose origins and leader’s appearance are so mysterious. If there is some grand conspiracy behind them, going over with my current power might just deliver myself into trouble."

"Then there’s Gustav; his political philosophy is about control, which means less freedom if I join his camp, which is detrimental for both myself and players. Moreover, there are rumors that he has a good relationship with Frank’s camp. Pass!"

After a process of elimination, Bai Fu found herself left with only the Free Star System Alliance and Nellis as viable options.

She had no special preference for either camp; it would all come down to who offered her a better deal.

If she remembered correctly, both had made appearances in the 2.0 version’s promotional video, implying they weren’t the kind of passersby who would be quickly eliminated.

As Bai Fu was contemplating, she suddenly received a communication from Silver Zhu.

"The Oath Lord has instructed me to express her gratitude for your care of Fei Ye over the years; here is a gift of thanks from the Oath Lord."

A beep sounded through the communication device.

Bai Fu opened the file sent by Silver Zhu and was stunned when she saw the file name "Spiritual Ability Amplification Theory (Catastrophe Advanced Edition)."

This was the Catastrophe-level Advanced Knowledge that many major forces strictly controlled!

The effect of the Spiritual Ability Amplification Theory was to strengthen the effects of the Spiritual Ability System skills, with a 50% enhancement ratio at Lv1, and reaching 100% when fully leveled up!

Once mastered, her damage multiplier would rise from the original 3.08 times to 4.08 times, nearly a 1/3 increase.

Bai Fu’s breathing quickened.

She had coveted this knowledge for a long time, and had even contracted Andras a year ago to help her acquire this knowledge, but there had been no progress. She hadn’t expected to receive it from the Oath Lord today.

Could this be the hidden benefit of helping Fei Ye?