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

"What's the matter?"

An Ya squeezed into the room nimbly, "Boss, I just had a dream. I dreamt that you were calling my name, and I woke up with a start, then I realized that I seem to have awakened, Spiritual Ability, I guess that's it."

She controlled her Spiritual Telekinesis to lift her hair.

It didn't look very skilled, but to be able to lift objects with Spiritual Telekinesis right after awakening was a sign of Talent not common among Spiritual Superpower Users.

However, a problem now lay before Bai Fu; Ancestral Origin Star didn't have any particularly powerful Spiritual Superpower Users. To train An Ya's Abilities, she would have to go to the Star Sea.

Take it slow, she also needed to go to the Star Sea to find Spiritual Ability Knowledge and trigger the Transferring Professions Task, otherwise, the ninety million Experience she had would go to waste.

"This is good news."

Bai Fu praised An Ya a few times. An Ya was now excited, non-stop using her Spiritual Power in the living room. It didn't take long before she exhausted herself. Bai Fu shook her head and carried her to her own bed.

In the following days, she explained the disappearance of the Players to the various forces using a rather vague explanation.

When the eighth day arrived, Bai Fu received a proactive contact from the Spaceship AI—

[The spaceship has been repaired!]

Looking at the words displayed on the terminal, Bai Fu abruptly stood up and quickly pulled Xia Shi to go inside the spaceship to check the situation.

[The spaceship's Warp Engine is intact, the kinetic fire cannon is intact, the Decomposition Cannon is severely damaged and cannot be repaired with the resources of Ancestral Origin Star, two plasma torpedoes remain, cocoon-style Force Field Shield's integrity is 78.1%]

The AI reported earnestly.

Bai Fu excitedly looked around, everything was ready. Now, she just waited for the Players to return, and then she could almost depart for the Star Sea.

Taking advantage of the two days before the Players' return, she planned to renovate the interior of the spaceship. The resources had been moved onto the ship, and it was time to stock up on more food and water, especially the life-sustaining water, which must be stocked up. Although there was an ecological recycling system on the spaceship, having more clean water could never be wrong.

"Bai Fu."

Just then, Bai Fu suddenly received a call from Xia Shi.

"What is it?"

She walked over curiously and saw Xia Shi squatting next to a shattered metal cylinder.

Xia Shi said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a Signal Transmitter. It started up with the spaceship just now, but because it didn't start for long, the likelihood that anyone who received the signal can use it to calculate our exact location is practically nil, no, on second thought it is completely impossible to locate us accurately because Shattered Star escaped to our location with this spaceship, and if it were possible to locate the spaceship with this Signal Transmitter, Shattered Star would certainly have been caught long ago."

Bai Fu nodded, indeed, it made sense.

"However..." Xia Shi changed her tone, "even though the Signal Transmitter cannot be used to locate us, this spaceship is no longer safe. It might be recognized upon arrival in the Star Sea, you better change to another spaceship quickly when you get there to avoid being targeted."

"Thank you."

Bai Fu felt reassured, it was good to have a Mechanic by her side.

...

At the same time.

In the Edge World's Sea Lion Star System, far from the Ancestral Origin Star—Stone Crystal Planet.

This was a planet that had undergone extensive mechanical modifications, named after the Stone Crystal Security Company which had established its headquarters here. In the outer space of the planet, there floated several dozen Star Ports of various designs, uniformly distributed across the Starry Sky. The blue light beams emanated from the top of the Star Ports both connected other Star Ports and acted like lighthouses guiding the inbound and outbound Spaceships on their course.

At that moment, in the circular observation station at the top of Star Port No. 3, a humanoid lifeform suddenly widened its eyes; the chip implanted in their body transmitted an emergency signal to their brain.

"That Top Secret designated Spaceship has appeared!"

He stared fixedly at the blue three-dimensional Star Map that appeared before him, urgently calling out the central computer's AI to help analyze the data transmitted by the Super-Distance Signal Transmitter.

Unfortunately, just like a hundred Ancestral Origin Star years ago, the computer was still unable to determine the exact location of the Signal Transmitter. The signal's origin was the unexplored Dark Domain where billions of stars interfered with the computer's calculations.

The observer rubbed his temples, feeling as if he had missed an opportunity for merit.

He didn't know exactly what was being carried on that spaceship, his rank was not high enough to have access to the company's confidential information, but he was well aware of what "Top Secret" meant for the company—it was something the company had been fixated on for many years. If he could pinpoint the exact location of the spaceship, the company's reward would be enough to let him live out the rest of his life comfortably.

While regretting, the observer hurriedly contacted his superior.

The message went up the chain to the ears of the higher-ups at the Stone Crystal Security Company, who immediately convened a remote meeting.

"That cargo ship has appeared again. After such a long time, I thought Shattered Star was dead."

"Even if he's not dead, he's probably too old to stand straight by now. I'm more inclined to think that he's dead, and that someone else activated the spaceship."

"Doesn't matter who it is. The fact that the spaceship has activated means it's possible that it'll come back to the Edge World. Our chance has come. My father never got to see the True Spirit Pillar again before he died, now it's my turn to fulfill his last wish for him."