When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

While players on Indigo Star were immersed in the joyful activity of opening loot boxes, Bai Fu was also engaging An Ya and the others in a game of probability.

Under normal circumstances, her chance of triggering a Spirit Mutation with a Dissociative Potion was only 2.3%, but after factoring in the double bonus from her Luck Talent and the Punishment Needle, a piece of special equipment, this probability had increased to 32.3%.

Although it was still less than one third, the probability was actually considered high since she now had two parental samples, and Julia could produce dozens of Dissociative Potions every day using these samples.

"Let's begin."

Bai Fu was the first to use a Dissociative Potion.

Under the envelopment of the Punishment Needle's "Domain," she entered a very special state, where for a moment, she felt as if her consciousness and body had separated. Even with her eyes closed, she could "see" every part of her body clearly with her mind, even clearer than she could with her eyes open.

"This feeling is somewhat like the out-of-body experience described in cultivation novels."

In this marvelous state, her body absorbed the Dissociative Potion several times faster, and her cells combined with the potion more closely.

Bai Fu struck while the iron was hot, continuously injecting new Dissociative Potions. When she injected the fourth dose, a voice rang out by her ear.

[You have triggered a new Spirit Mutation]

The first Spirit Mutation had granted her a permanent buff of an additional 10% to her basic Spirit Attribute, and the second one had brought an extra bonus of only 2%, but this kind of free bonus was too good to refuse.

"Good, continue!"

After a continuous injection of 41 vials of Dissociative Potion, and including the ones before, having cumulatively triggered five Spirit Mutations, Bai Fu finally heard the game notification she most wanted to hear.

[Your number of Spirit Mutations has accumulated to a critical point, granting you a chance for Racial Evolution.]

[Since your current Race is 'Star Prayer People,' upon completing Racial Evolution, your Race will change to 'Shadow Ghost (Star Prayer People).']

"Huh?"

Bai Fu's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing this notification. She had been worried that after her race evolved into Shadow Ghost, the Racial Talent of the Star Prayer People would vanish, preventing her from gaining extra Inspiration Attribute upon leveling up. Unexpectedly, the human form of Shadow Ghost still fully retained the characteristics of the Star Prayer People.

Is this the Racial Trait of a special race?

Bai Fu immediately clicked the evolution button.

[Racial Evolution in progress...]

Instantly, a pain as sharp as if her bones were being carved and flesh cut surged from deep within her body. It was only because Bai Fu was so battle-hardened that she didn't cry out from the sudden agony. Even so, her face involuntarily turned pale, looking even worse than after an excessive experiment with Julia.

"Hey, are you really okay?"

Fei Ye quickly stepped forward to support Bai Fu, and the others became tense as well.

Bai Fu couldn't speak; she could only weakly wave her hand.

Fei Ye wanted to say more, but suddenly, Bai Fu's body became enveloped in a layer of Grey Mist and started to blur. Fei Ye was shocked and quickly tried to grasp Bai Fu's hand, only to be stunned to find that her hand passed right through Bai Fu's wrist.

"?"

She stood there, petrified, and when she looked up again, she saw Bai Fu's body flickering non-stop, like an old cathode-ray tube television where the whole screen fluctuates back and forth due to a poor signal.

"Boss!"

An Ya hurriedly put away the Punishment Needle and lunged toward Bai Fu, but she completely missed, grasping at thin air. When she steadied herself and turned back, there was no sign of Bai Fu in the large room.

It's over, the boss is gone!

An Ya was mentally shattered. Fei Ye, Xia Shi, and Vic beside her completely lost their composure, unsure of what to do, and the room was filled with a suffocating air of despair and grief.

Seeing this, Julia helplessly held her forehead.

You all don't understand Bai Fu like I do!

Gone?

Was Bai Fu the type to recklessly put herself in danger?

But then again, it was true—when it came to understanding Bai Fu's depth and breadth, no one in the universe, not even Bai Fu herself, could claim to compare to her. Those numerous experiments she conducted with Bai Fu weren't for nothing!

Of course, Julia was sure Bai Fu wasn't lost mainly because she was constantly in a two-way conduit state with Bai Fu. The "conduit" that linked them had not yet disappeared, which meant Bai Fu was still alive.

"Don't worry, Bai Fu is very much alive. I'll go call her out."

Julia followed the sensation and walked toward Bai Fu, who was floating in the corner of the room.

At that moment, Bai Fu was immersed in the game's notifications.

[You have completed genetic optimization; your Race has changed to 'Shadow Ghost (Star Prayer People)'.]

[Race change complete, you have received an attribute correction—

Power +13, Agility +28, Constitution +17, Intelligence +12, Spirit +39, Inspiration +14]

[You have acquired new Racial Trait bonuses—

1. Consume spiritual power to enter 'Ghost' form;

2. Every 1 point of Constitution contributes an additional +5 to Life Value;

3. Spirit Resistance +50%, reduction in spirit damage +10%.]

The moment Racial Evolution was completed, the pain subsided like a receding tide. Bai Fu felt as if she had broken free from some kind of restraint; her body was warm and inexplicably comfortable.

She quickly checked the changes in her body.

In her Ghost Form, she could freely change her shape and easily pass through ordinary walls. The speed of traversal had almost reached three times that of her normal form. Not just that, her Perception had also become much sharper; she could clearly sense the energy fluctuations around her, including electricity and the energy flow within the bodies of people like Julia.