Chapter 71: There Are Countless Others As Strong As Her
【Do you think I should save up to go to Shelter Number 5?】
【Depends on how you feel. I don’t plan to keep tossing myself around anymore. It's not really about the money—just that traveling means I won’t be able to play for a few days. I’m planning to join the Old Republic nearby.】
【Aaaah, this is killing me!】
In the Origin Star sub-section of the Star‑Play Society, similar conversations kept happening.
As soon as players learned that going to Shelter Number 5 meant they might see Bai Fu and join the Garden of Silence faction she belonged to, many of them were tempted. But once they confirmed that Shelter Number 5 was quite far from where they were, a considerable number of them started backing out.
Just as this mood began to spread, there was suddenly some activity in Excavation‑Princess's livestream room. The stream title changed to—
【Excavation‑Princess teaches you how to grind and level up!】
Nani?
When they saw this title, both Excavation‑Princess's fans and the bystanders who came to spectate were shocked.
Do you not realize how terrible you are at this game? Even when following guides, you end up fumbling everything. And now you’re trying to teach people how to grind and level up? Aren’t you being a bit too shameless?
【Babe, if there’s no content, just don’t force it. Listen to me—change the title back.】
【Seriously, grinding and leveling? Just go back to livestreaming Fu‑fu’s side profile.】
A flood of live‑stream comments scrolled across the screen.
Excavation‑Princess didn’t seem to hear them at all. After the comments floated for a while, she calmly started the stream officially.
It was late at night.
The setting was a vast desert.
Thanks to the special night vision function built into her livestream camera, every player lurking in the stream could clearly see the smug smile on Excavation‑Princess’s face.
“Everyone seems to not believe in me.” Excavation‑Princess rested one hand on her hip. Under the night sky, she somehow appeared a little cool. “But that’s fine. Today, I’m serious.”
She turned around and pointed toward a ruin in the distance.
“Let me explain the current situation first. A while ago, a group of Wanderers raided some civilians in the desert. After robbing them, they headed west in a vehicle and are now resting at the place I’m pointing to.
“Just now, Fu‑fu gave me a mission. The mission objective is to eliminate this group of Wanderers. From observation, there are ten of them—not more, not less. Their average level is 8, and the strongest among them has already unlocked an advanced class.
“All right, watch how I operate. Watch how I complete the mission!”
As she spoke, Excavation‑Princess drew two guns.
Her full-confidence stance stunned the players in the livestream.
Was this really Excavation‑Princess?
【Does Excavation‑Princess have a twin sister?】
【I’ve been a fan for two and a half years—I can confirm Digging‑Treasure is an only child.】
【Then what’s going on here? Could it be that Excavation‑Princess has been pretending to be a noob all along?】
【No, bro, you guys are actually seriously discussing this? Let me put it this way: Digging‑Treasure is definitely going to embarrass herself big time. We veteran fans have seen this too many times. Every time she gets all passionate and overanalyzes, she ends up getting slapped in the face by the developers. It’s only thanks to meeting Fu‑fu that she managed a comeback this time.】
【Wait, if she always gets humiliated by her own analysis, why are you guys still fans?】
【You just don’t get it. You think Digging‑Treasure is a story analysis content creator, but she’s actually a breakdown reaction content creator.】
【Digging‑Treasure, don’t go. There’s an abyss ahead!】
Excavation‑Princess glanced at the scrolling live‑stream comments and community posts.
Heh.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. With the right backing, I’ll show you what it means to be the Digging-Empress today!
She walked forward with a calm face.
At that moment, she adjusted the camera angle to behind herself, even locking it into a fixed position.
So the scene the players saw in the livestream was a solitary Sharpshooter walking toward the enormous shadow in the distance on the windswept desert sands, undaunted in the name of love and justice.
If there’s no return?
Then no return it shall be!
As they watched that gradually shrinking silhouette, why did it strangely feel touching?
【Is it possible that Excavation‑Princess is actually an abstract genius?】
While players were still questioning Excavation‑Princess, Old Nissen, who was sitting in the car with Bai Fu, also spoke up.
“It’s not too late to call her back now. There’s no sign she’s trained at all. Letting her face those Wanderers is like sending her to her death.”
Bai Fu smiled and said, “No rush. Just watch.”
Unless Excavation‑Princess had a Super Saiyan-level death wish, there was no way she could lose with 450 points of Psionic Shield against those mediocre Wanderers.
Since Bai Fu said so, Old Nissen could only watch.
Now blind and crippled, all he could do was pray for Excavation‑Princess.
Bai Fu started the car and slowly followed behind Excavation‑Princess’s steps.
Several minutes passed like this until Excavation‑Princess finally reached the edge of the ruins.
“One, two... ten. Good, they’re all here.” She switched the livestream angle again to a left-side view. “Next, I’m going to take on all ten at once!”
As she shouted this line, she immediately activated the 【Psionic Shield】 Prayer Card that Bai Fu had given her. A soft glow lit up from the white card surface, and a white shield bar appeared above her HP bar in an instant.
She didn’t hesitate anymore, stepping out from behind the wall with both guns raised.
“Hmm? Who are you?”
A Wanderer sorting a toolbox noticed her and hurried to his feet. His voice drew the attention of everyone nearby.
Before they could surround her, Excavation‑Princess raised her guns without a word.
“The one here to kill you.”
Her voice and expression were equally calm, calm like a truly cold-blooded killer.
【Damn, that’s kinda cool】
【Digging‑Treasure, are you actually serious this time?】
The livestream audience was stunned. But the next second, they lost it—because Excavation‑Princess fired her guns.
Left hand, right hand, a slow-motion combo.
Two shots, and the bullets grazed right past the toolbox Wanderer’s feet, leaving two deep holes in the ground.
Excavation‑Princess was officially the master of body-outline shooting!
Bai Fu, Old Nissen, livestream players, Wanderers: “……”
Excavation‑Princess’s eyelid twitched violently.
Damn, damn, damn—how did the epic moment she imagined suddenly turn into a tragic one?
Just as the live‑stream comments were about to explode, Excavation‑Princess had a flash of inspiration and sneered, “Those two shots were just a warning. If you don’t obediently hand over all your valuables, the next two will hit your hearts!”
The Wanderers were at a loss for words.
Wait, are you seriously saying those last two shots were a warning?
【Digging‑Treasure, you might still make it if you run now. Wait any longer and you’ll get beaten to a pulp】
【I’ve confirmed it—Excavation‑Princess is indeed a genius】
【You’re such a clever little thing】
The players in the livestream room were laughing themselves silly.
Even Bai Fu was speechless, but this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Let’s just treat it as a demonstration of margin for error.
Look at how Digging‑Treasure is this much of a noob and still wipes out ten Wanderers. Don’t you want to quickly buy the Prayer Cards I made?
Old Nissen got anxious: “Give me a gun, quick! If I shoot now, I might still be able to…”
He hadn’t finished his sentence when several gunshots suddenly rang out from within the ruins. On the vast sand dunes, these gunshots sounded especially sharp.
It’s over—completely over!
Old Nissen couldn’t even bear to look at Excavation‑Princess’s tragic fate. He turned his head away, his shoulders trembling slightly, but before his emotions could erupt, a hand tapped him on the shoulder.
“Excavation‑Princess isn’t dead. Don’t worry.”
Huh?
Old Nissen jerked his head up and saw Excavation‑Princess still standing tall. Instead, it was the Wanderers facing her who looked like they had seen a ghost, their expressions dramatically changed.
What was going on?
Excavation‑Princess moved again—left hand, right hand, a slow-motion combo.
This time, she got lucky. Two bullets struck two Wanderers, and the combination of gunfire and screams stimulated the nerves of the rest. At that moment, they had no time to think about why the previous bullets couldn’t hurt Excavation‑Princess.
“Kill her!”
They kept pulling their triggers, wanting to turn Excavation‑Princess into a sieve. But what was terrifying was that no matter how they shot, the bullets just rolled off her body and hit the ground.
Do you even understand what 450 points of shield value means?
Excavation‑Princess didn’t need to dodge or aim. She just walked forward and fired instinctively.
In the past, there was Brother Ma, dual-wielding through Maple Pavilion in a bloodbath. Now there was Excavation‑Princess, sweeping through the Wanderers’ resting ruins with twin guns!
One comes, I kill one. Two come, I kill them both!
Because they were so close, even with her terrible aim, most of Excavation‑Princess’s bullets still hit the Wanderers.
Not until both gun magazines were empty, not until five corpses lay on the ground, not until blood began to soak into the sand, did the remaining Wanderers collapse in fear.
“A monster, it’s a monster!”
“Run!”
The outcome shocked everyone except Bai Fu, Excavation‑Princess, and Anya. Excavation‑Princess wasn’t beaten up—far from it. She crushed ten Wanderers in just over a minute.
The surviving Wanderers, terrified out of their wits, scrambled toward their vehicle. But what they didn’t know was that Bai Fu had already shot out the tires while they were confronting Excavation‑Princess.
Run?
How would they run?
This was a one-sided massacre by Excavation‑Princess.
She slaughtered until the livestream room boiled over. She shook Old Nissen to his core. And she cleared a wide commercial path for Bai Fu!
【？？？】
【Blocking bullets with her body—Excavation‑Princess, and you still say you don’t know martial arts!】
【Activated cheats?】
【Where did the streamer get her invincibility hack—give me one too】
【Wait a sec, did any of you notice the card Digging‑Treasure was holding just now? If I’m not mistaken, Fu‑fu used a similar card during her attack on the Bagaros Base】
【Oh damn, no wonder Excavation‑Princess suddenly got so confident—she got a cheat from Bai Fu】
A bunch of players kept @-ing Excavation‑Princess, eager to know the exact effect of the card.
Having gotten her fill of killing, Excavation‑Princess generously showed off the card. After seeing the Prayer Card’s effect, every player’s eyes turned red.
【450 points of shield value?】
【If I had a few more of those Prayer Cards, I’d dare to storm the mutant insect nests in the wild】
【Is this card for sale? If yes, how much per card?】
The players’ thoughts were exactly what Bai Fu had predicted.
If even Excavation‑Princess could turn into a war god with a Prayer Card, then surely those who already had more combat power than her could become gods among gods?
They were tempted!
It was hard not to be. With the protection of a Psionic Shield Prayer Card, there were plenty of missions they used to avoid for fear of death and losing XP—now they could finally do them.
Even though the Psionic Shield only lasted five minutes, five minutes was enough to do a lot.
Many players who had been hesitating about going to Shelter Number 5 made up their minds after this.
Go? Of course they’d go.
Excavation‑Princess had just joined the Garden of Silence and already received a “showing-off” type of mission. She pulled it off and got the reward—there was no way they’d let her hog all the good stuff!
With this wave, Bai Fu’s faction and her Prayer Cards had fully made their name.
It had to be you, Excavation‑Princess!
Even Bai Fu started to wonder whether Excavation‑Princess was pretending to be a noob all along. If it weren’t for that sudden round of body-outline shooting that added a twist, the livestream likely wouldn’t have become this popular.
“Who exactly are you people?”
In the vehicle, Old Nissen stared straight at Bai Fu, his heart full of shock.
If even someone he saw as a rookie—Excavation‑Princess—had this kind of strength, then how powerful must Bai Fu be?
Bai Fu wore a white blouse on top, with a black tie patterned in subtle designs at her chest, and snug black pants from the waist down.
With this outfit, her smiling eyes still carried an elusive, chilly sharpness.
Bai Fu said, “We’re people who can’t see eye to eye with the Truth Society. Yulia wants to use my strength to break free from the Truth Society’s control, and I want to get something I need from Yulia. We’ve reached a cooperation, so that’s why I’m here. Honestly, I’m quite curious about your identity too.”
Old Nissen hesitated for a moment. “I believe what you say. Only Yulia would have you wait here. Before I changed my name and identity, I was the boss of the Watchers Camp.”
This answer did not surprise Bai Fu. Only this could explain why Old Nissen’s level was so high.
“How was Yulia captured by the Truth Society?”
Old Nissen said, “Two years ago, the Truth Society President suddenly came over to invite Yulia to join the Truth Society. The Truth Society has a notorious reputation, and Yulia wanted to help me realize my wish of bringing order back to the Goli Desert, so she refused. The Truth Society President flew into a rage and controlled a Giant Sandworm to attack the Watchers Camp. I was critically wounded and on the verge of death in that battle. Yulia actually had a chance to escape, but she was captured by mistake while trying to save me.”
Bai Fu asked, “Why did the Truth Society President want to capture her?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps he was after her power.” Old Nissen let out a long sigh.
Another major plot point.
Bai Fu made a mental note.
“To be able to control a Giant Sandworm, the Truth Society President must be much stronger than I imagined. Dealing with him will definitely not be easy.”
Hearing this, Old Nissen’s expression changed slightly. “The Truth Society’s power far exceeds your imagination. No matter how much you hate them, do not act rashly.”
Bai Fu couldn’t help but laugh. “Yulia said the same thing to me.”
After all, we’ve both experienced battle with the Truth Society firsthand.
Old Nissen was about to offer Bai Fu a few more words of caution when Bai Fu suddenly said, “Do you think ten Excavation‑Princesses could pose a threat to the Truth Society?”
This...
Old Nissen shook his head. “No.”
“One hundred?”
“They’d be considered a minor nuisance by the Truth Society.”
“One thousand?”
“They’d want to eliminate them as soon as possible.”
“Ten thousand?”
Are you practicing multiplication now?
Old Nissen still answered patiently, “They would pose a threat second only to the other Four Major Factions.”
“That’s what I needed to hear.” Bai Fu paused. “Being on good terms with me means there are countless others just as strong as Excavation‑Princess, and even stronger.”
She looked confidently at the crescent moon hanging in the sky.
Because players could level up!
Staring at that frost-outshining profile, Old Nissen was briefly lost in thought.
Yulia, it seems you’ve encountered someone incredible.
This person is either an expert con artist—or a rare hardcore savage.
Old Nissen took a deep breath. “I have some things Yulia once entrusted me to keep. I think they’ll be useful to you.”