"Uh......" Zhou Jian sweated wildly, he was also a top student in liberal arts, and this time he was actually regarded as illiterate, okay, illiterate is illiterate, he honestly admitted: "I am indeed illiterate." ”

The old lady didn't seem too surprised, and said, "It's okay, I'll take you to the second gift, so that you can be illiterate." ”

Zhou Jian was slightly stunned, and there is a gift that can teach him to read? Could it be something that inherits the memory of the gods? Memory inheritance...... I don't want to inherit the memory of any main god, as long as I inherit the memory of an alien, I am also satisfied, such as those scientific and technological knowledge that is 10,000 years ahead of the earth.

At that time, there will be no need to build any aircraft carriers, just replace them with spaceships, starships, and the like.

"Thank you then." Zhou Jian suppressed the Yiyin in his heart and said with anticipation.

"Don't thank me, it's my tribe's duty, for every outsider, my tribe chooses the best warrior to be the outsider's follower, that is, the mercenary. The mercenaries can read to you the mind of my shadow clan. ”

"Mercenaries?" The expectations in Zhou Jian's heart were all gone, and he thought it was a memory inheritance, but it turned out to be a mercenary.

Although mercenaries can help themselves fight, in "Gods and Demons", mercenaries are different from babies, and babies are subordinate to their masters and are summoned to fight at any time. Mercenaries, on the other hand, have no affiliation with the player, and are paid one day's salary for each day they work, and they can follow other players after the employment period expires.

What's the use of not being able to belong to oneself and bring back to the real world?

The old lady turned slowly, opened the back door of the tent, and entered, and there was a canvas passage behind the chief's tent, and at the end of the passage was a small black tent.

The old lady lifted the curtain of the tent, and inside was a small narrow space, very simplely furnished, with a table, a bench, and a small bed one meter wide.

A girl in black sat on a stool, about sixteen or seventeen years old, her hairstyle was very special, her forehead was neatly banged, satin-smooth, the hair next to the cheeks was the longest, hanging straight to the shoulders, and then shortened to the back of the head, like a beaded curtain hanging next to the ear, such a strange hairstyle did not seem to have been deliberately combed, making people feel that it was born like that.

She wears a golden round head ring engraved with a strange spell mark on her forehead, in the shape of a "V", blue-white pupils, as if she can't tolerate any filth in the world, and seems to contain endless worries and distant thoughts, her fair face is angular and angular, and her slender jade neck is also covered with a collar in the shape of a "V", which is still a complex pattern. The black leather armor was half-hidden in the black, but it still framed the curves of her body.

The whole girl gives people a very quiet, but full of mysterious beauty.

Because it was raining outside, and there was no light in the house, the light was very dim, but with the sight of the ghost killer, I could still see the scene in the house, the girl was holding a delicate dagger in her hand at this time, sharpening a thin bamboo stick, and then she took an arrow with a cold light, and slowly twisted it on one end of the bamboo stick, she was making arrows?

Gently placing the arrow, the black-haired girl stood up and said lightly, "Chief." ”

The old lady pointed at the black-haired girl, glanced at Zhou Jian and said, "She will be your mercenary in the future." ”

“……”

Zhou Jian didn't know what his expression should be for a while, he thought that his mercenary would be a strong man with five big and three thick, but he didn't want to be such a girl, he always felt that this girl gave people a very unreal feeling.

"Shadow Feather? Leave. The girl said, this was obviously her name, but she didn't know if Shadow Feather was a surname, or if it was a surname?

"Darksaber." Zhou Jian introduced himself.

"Sign the contract?" It was the old lady who said this, and she didn't know where to get a piece of parchment, on which was still tadpole text that Zhou Jian couldn't understand.

Do you still have to sign a contract? In "Gods and Demons", you only need to spend money to hire mercenaries to take them away, and the hiring time system defaults to twelve hours, and you don't need to sign any contract at all, because the system is the best contract.

Zhou Jian was a little speechless when he signed the contract but couldn't understand the content, but he didn't expect that NPCs would lie to him about anything.

But the old lady was very thoughtful, and she said, "I will read the contents of the contract for you." ”

"From the time the contract is signed, ____ is the follower of ____, and at all times and in all places, the follower must take the safety of the master as a precedent condition, the follower must follow the master's orders, and the follower must ......"

The old lady read unhurriedly, Zhou Jian heard it in a fog, this contract is not a little fair to the followers, the followers do not have a little power, go to block the gun when it is time to block the gun, send it to death when it is time to die, unconditionally obey any orders of the master, and meet any requirements of the master.

And the master doesn't have to do anything, and most importantly, he doesn't even have to pay for it.

Is there such a contract in the world?

It's a fool to sign it, is this old woman with this shadow feather? Is there a grudge?

But thinking that the other party is an NPC, Zhou Jian was relieved, yes, they were just made by aliens with spiritual energy, although they were a little stronger than a computer program, but after all, it was just an advanced program, and the meaning of their existence was only to help the trialist complete the trial.

Just when Zhou Jian was thinking nonsense, Shadow Feather? He had already pulled out his dagger and cut his finger open, and wrote his name in blood on the blank horizontal line on the contract. Then she turned her head to look at Zhou Jian, meaning, it's your turn.

Although it is a program compiled by spiritual energy, Zhou Jian always feels that the other party is like a real life, especially when he looks at the girl, the other party's indifferent blue and white pupils ......, "That, I want to ask, when is the employment period?" Zhou Jian asked. The term of employment in the contract only says that it will start from the date of the contract, but it does not say when it will end.

"Until I die in battle." Shadow Feather? Li said indifferently, but Zhou Jian's eyelids jumped.

Until you die in battle, isn't that forever? Belch...... That's not right, NPC mercenaries can also be resurrected...... That is, if she dies in battle, she is free?

Is that so? I always felt that something was wrong.

What are you thinking. Zhou Jian shook his head slightly, cut his fingers and wrote his name, at this time the contract suddenly burned, Zhou Jian was shocked by the sudden change and took a small step back, and then he watched the contract curl and shrink in the rolling flames, and finally turned into a small point of light and disappeared.

At the moment when the point of light disappeared, Zhou Jian seemed to see a large dim circle gathered together in the void, dense one after another, like human eyes.

What is this?

Is it just a special effect from contract burning?

At this moment, Zhou Jian suddenly felt a pain in his arm, as if he had been burned by a soldering iron, he opened his sleeve to take a look, but saw that there was a small tattoo-like thing there, which was an arrow feather.

It's ......" that's the sign of a covenant. Marco said slowly.

Zhou Jian was stunned, and smiled bitterly in his heart, there is no need to be so formal. It's just a contract, and you have to make a mark, although this mark is beautiful, but it's always not so comfortable to fall on yourself.

Marco added: "If she is seriously injured, she can turn into spiritual energy and hide here to cultivate, but it will take about ten seconds to enter. ”

"Huh?" Zhou Jian was stunned, a girl hid in her arm? However, considering that it belongs to an NPC made by aliens with psychic energy, it is not unacceptable to turn into psychic energy and hide in a tattoo.

Although he didn't like this mark very much, thinking about it, as long as he died in battle, the contract would be terminated and the tattoo would disappear, and Zhou Jian was relieved.

At this time, Chief Mark looked at the sky and said, "Outsiders, it is time for you to go." The mission is only two days long, and if you can't complete it, you'll never be able to leave. ”

Hearing that he could never leave, Zhou Jian's heart trembled, "Okay, let's go immediately." He turned his head to look away, "Let's go." ”

After a long time, Marco smiled, her shriveled face was almost wrinkled, she touched her face, and then slowly straightened her hair, and said, "Child, it's time to go." ”

After speaking, she slowly turned around, however, the moment she turned around, Zhou Jian's body froze suddenly.

He looked at the old lady's rickety back in disbelief, his heart fluctuated, and at that moment just now, he clearly saw ...... There was a sparkle in the dirty eyes of this lifeless, dying old lady, and she ...... Crying?

Tears of NPCs? Is it because of reluctance?

According to my own thoughts, this should be a program left by aliens to experience "outsiders". Could it be that over time, these NPCs have acquired feelings of their own? Has it become a living being?

I am reluctant to give up, but I have to follow the orders of the setters and give the girl to myself as a mercenary...... Unable to disobey the orders of the creators of "Gods and Demons 2", this is the tragic fate of NPCs.

There is no freedom, no choice, talking about the dialogue that is forever lonely, waiting alone for thousands of years.

In all games, the player is like the flowing water, which is different from day to day.

The only things that will never change are those NPCs, who are forever imprisoned in the game, watching the gamers come and go...... What kind of existence do they have?

However, even if he is given to himself as a mercenary, once he leaves this world, can't he still return to the tribe to meet Marco?

Why tears?

Zhou Jian's mind was confused, and he began to slowly realize that whether these NPCs were alive or not, he couldn't treat them as a cold program.

What kind of world is this?

The girl took a black bow from the wall, leaned on her back, and then stood behind Zhou Jian, without speaking, she was waiting to go with Zhou Jian, or Zhou Jian's order.

Zhou Jian was silent for a while, and then said, "Let's go." ”

(To be continued)