Chapter 2: Finding NPCs
Two
Open your eyes again. I found myself on a turquoise prairie. The breeze blows, and I can feel my hair stretching and the bones flowing. After taking a deep breath, I couldn't help but exclaim. It's perfect! Same as in real life, exactly the same feeling! Even, the senses are clearer than in reality. I could feel the blood flowing around me, the strength in my body was slowly accumulating, my cells were full and powerful, and I had no doubt that I could kill a cow with one punch now.
Opened my status panel with the words:
Name: Original Occupation: Rookie Level: Level 0
Constitution 5 - Qi and Blood 60 (Belt Qi and Blood +10)
Strength 5 - Attack 0-7 (Short Knife Attack +2)
Dexterity 5 - Dodge 12 (Shoe Dodge +2)
Intelligence 5 - Magic Attack 0-5 (no accessories)
Spirit 5 - Magic 50 (no accessories)
Stamina: 5 - Physical Defense 12 (Cloth Defense +2)
Close the panel and look around again.
Surrounded by newcomers like me, they're a bit of a busy running around. Some of them stayed where they were, presumably just starting out of the game like me. However, how can any novice in online games be born on the grassland? It can't even be called a novice village! Except that players are still players. I can't even see a house. And......
What's going on? Why isn't there even an NPC? According to the online game guide, when entering any online game, there should be a novice instructor or other character standing here, guiding us in the direction of progress.
I tried to look around again, and I saw only humans, dwarves, elves, gnomes, orcs. No NPCs in sight. But the game is highly intelligent, could it be that NPCs are hiding in the crowd? Thinking of this, I reached out and tapped the round skull of a silly-looking dwarf and asked, "Excuse me, are you an NPC?" ”
The dwarf rolled his eyes at me and said, "I thought, have you ever seen such a shabby NPC?" ”
Indeed, the tattered armor on his body has already revealed his true identity - a newcomer.
The dwarf was also there, and said to himself, "yes, why don't you see NPCs!" ”
Everyone who enters the game is asking each other, "Where are the NPCs?" ”
A golden-haired foreigner actually came to this birthplace magically, and he also asked with a blank face: "whereistheNPC?"
NPC, NPC, where the hell is this damn NPC?
Such a problem is difficult for hard-working players, and after discovering that there are no NPCs, people begin to chase butterflies with axes and slash rats with giant swords, and they cut everything they can...... Some are even chopping miscellaneous flowers and weeds. When I looked up, I saw that the hill not far away was not very high. Suddenly, I had a desire to climb. Think about what the president of Bisso said, this is a game that players need to figure out for themselves. So I don't waste any time, this game is different from other games, so why should I care if there are NPCs or not. I decided to climb the mountain first, maybe at the top of the mountain I could get a closer look at the environment of this novice village.
In this virtual world, I feel more athletic than in real life. The climb was so easy that I almost made a small jump all the way to the top. When I climbed to the top of the hill with ease, I found that an elf in leather armor with a bow and arrow was already standing there, looking down.
I greeted him amicably, "HI, I didn't expect anyone to get here first." ”
The elf raised an eyebrow, surprised. He asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
I looked down and asked, "What about you?" ”
The elf did not answer, but pointed down the mountain and said in a deep voice, "Look at these lonely people. ”
Alone??? I looked at the people at the bottom of the mountain like a swarm of bees coming out of the nest, and thought to myself, I must have met a fool.
Seeing that I didn't speak, the elf sighed, and suddenly opened his arms and looked up to the sky and said in English: "Ah~~~lookatallthelonelypeople~~~~~~"
I understood instantly! He's not a fool, he's an NPC!! It's the NPC I've been looking for!!
Only NPCs are so stubborn that they repeat the same sentence in different languages.
I almost knelt in front of him, and grabbed the corner of his clothes:
"NPC, I've found you! Fast!! Give me a task!! ”
The elf struggled and cried out, "Let go of the bastard!" You're an NPC, your whole family is an NPC! ”
I let go of my hand and asked strangely, "Since you're not an NPC, why don't you level up and cut monsters?" ”
The elf shook his hand: "Look at you, I only know what NPCs to find and do tasks." Or it's to fight monsters and level up! Are these two things the game is all there is to do? ”
I said, "I just played an online game, so I don't know much about it. I don't know what I'm going to do in the future, but these two things should be the foundation. ”
The elf raised an arm violently and said with emotion like a speaker's speech: "Yes, this is your fate!" But by no means mine! As the last person in the world who truly understands the game, I won't be in the same league as you! I've been struggling to find the true meaning of the game, just as you've been struggling to level up. You are a poor bunch of people, pathetic! Got it? If this continues, sooner or later the online game will be ruined by you!! ”
Then I understood that he was a fool.
It is recorded in the online game guide that when kimchi online games first became popular hundreds of years ago, there were also people who issued such a disease-free **. Nowadays, online games are becoming more and more popular, but wherever they go, there are people who despise leveling and soak in online games every day with nothing to do.
I ignored him and continued to look down the mountain.
This is a small lonely mountain, the only hill within a radius of 100 miles. On the horizon, I could faintly see the rows of tall peaks. They are about a hundred miles away. The area centered on this small lonely mountain is simply a flat river. There are only tall weeds and fragmented trees. Why would game developers want newcomers to be born in such a place?
Before I could think about it, I jumped up and ran down the hill in excitement.
Because I found that the people at the foot of the mountain suddenly became agitated, and rushed towards a group of black-pressed ants, and collectively rushed to the east.
They must have found an NPC!!
I can't afford to be left behind!
I ran down the hill in a puff of smoke, and behind me, the elf was still shouting in a hoarse voice:
Oh~~~lookatallthelonelypeople~~~~~~
Ah~~lookatallthelonelypeople~~~
……
My running speed is so fast and my running posture is so elegant.
In a few moments I had caught up with the large army. At the back of the group, I saw the dwarf I had seen when I first entered the game.
The dwarf dragged an axe taller than him, exhausted and out of breath. In this way, he did not forget to curse to himself: "Damn...... This game is also ...... It's too real, I knew I wouldn't have chosen this cool-looking broken axe......"
In order to take care of his self-esteem, I pretended to be out of breath and said to him behind him, "Brother, brother. Where are we going? ”
The dwarf turned his head to look at me and said, "It's you, hey, I don't know what's going on, everyone else runs away and I follow." ”
As soon as I saw that I couldn't hear any news, I immediately accelerated under my feet: "Don't get tired when you run slowly, brother, I'll go first!" With that, a single arrow left the dwarf far behind. A string of muffled curses was left behind.
The dwarf got tired of running and stopped to rest. At the same time, he wondered, how did that human run so fast just now?
It turns out that players who have an in-depth study of online games will not waste points in the physical fitness class at all. Since it is a real simulation. Therefore, people with good physique will have a much higher natural physical fitness after entering the game, and you can't catch up even if you add points, and you can't reflect the advantage. Of course, if your constitution is too weak, your body will automatically adjust to the normal level. Since I love to climb mountains, I exercise every day. My stamina points were already high when I entered the game, and my potential points were all added to my stamina. So in a world where everyone is homesick and the obesity rate is as high as 48%, it's fair to say that I'm the most physically fit of all the players.
When I got to the second half of the main army, which was mostly full of dwarves and gnomes, I asked a few people who didn't know what was going on. So I continued to speed up and ran to the first side of the large army.
It was full of agile elves and able-bodied orcs, brandishing axes, bows, arrows, daggers, scimitars, and shouting as they ran forward. "Catch it!! Chop it up!! ”
At the very front of the brigade, a poor rabbit was running desperately, and he didn't know why so many people were chasing him.
I didn't know, so I asked a sweaty orc who was running. The orc said: "Hey, don't mention it. Butterfly mice have no experience or anything, and some people can't find a rabbit, according to the convention of the previous game, rabbits are the best prey for newcomers, so we started chasing this rabbit......"
I see!
In this way, the experience of this game is so unprofitable!! I fought hard for the sake of experience!
Without saying a word, I accelerated again, and finally rushed to the first place in the crowd.
"Holy, can humans run so fast? I knew I was going to choose a human too! ”
"That's not right, why have the humans my brother also chosen, already been dumped and can't see people?"
The group of people in the back were talking and were amazed at how fast I was!
I didn't have time to pay attention to them, I reached out and took out my delicate knife from my bosom, five steps, four steps, three steps, and I caught up!
At this moment, the rabbit suddenly rolled a few times, and lay down on the ground foaming at the mouth, stretched out its legs, and did not move.
It looks like it's being exhausted to death......
Hundreds of people rushed over and surrounded me and the rabbit in an instant. Formed a big circle.
"Dead!? He's dead!!. ”
"What? He's dead? Did you explode something??? Burst the money??? ”
"No, I didn't see this human do anything?"
I expressed my opinion and said, "It seems to be exhausting! ”
A dwarf who struggled to squeeze in disagreed: "Rabbits are the most cunning, who knows if they are playing dead." ”
Hearing this, I picked up a knife and carefully stabbed the rabbit's corpse.
"Gain 5 XP"
A few blue words popped out of my head.
I stood up happily and solemnly announced, "I've gained experience!" Got the experience! ”
Even though I only have 5 XP, it really makes it up to my XP slot! I was the first one in this new group to gain experience!
The little dwarf also squeezed next to the corpse and tapped the rabbit with a small wooden stick. Then he shouted loudly, "I've gained experience too!" I got it too!! ”
Hearing the little dwarf's shout, the people who had already given up became excited again. Is it possible to gain experience by chopping corpses!!
In an instant, knives, guns, axes, axes, sticks, spears, whips, brick knives, and many other weapons were taken out of the body, and they began to cut the poor rabbit's body like crazy. Accidentally, I got a few hits on my body. Luckily, the newbie was protected and I didn't feel any pain.
In less than five minutes, the rabbit's corpse could not be found, only a pool of blood and a gray fur on the ground.
The dwarf dragging the great axe finally felt it, and he gasped for breath as he asked, "What...... What's the situation? ”
I picked up the muddy rabbit skin from the ground and frowned, "You seem to be late." ”
Everyone is at a loss, and it seems that our path to escalation has reached an impasse again.
It was the dwarf who broke the ice, his piercing eyes sparkling and seeming to see everything.
At this point, he stood at the top of a tree and shouted, "Look over there! ”
All the people looked in the direction of his finger, and he was pointing to the place where we were born.
I saw that there, tens of thousands of rabbits had inexplicably appeared on the grass, jumping around.
An orc patted his head and suddenly realized: "Damn, we came in early, and the rabbit hadn't been brushed when we came in!" Now the rabbit is brushed out, brothers! Kill back!! ”
The crowd became excited again, and the black-pressed novice army moved again. A puff of smoke billowed with the words "Kill! "Rush!!" roared, and the army re-entered the novice village.
The newlyweds who had just been born in the novice village saw a group of ragged people in the distance, holding various weapons, rushing over with red eyes. Everyone is at a loss, what the hell is going on? A small orc suddenly trembled in his legs and trembled all over. He said to himself, "No! As soon as I entered the game, I encountered a monster attacking the city......"
On the small lonely mountain, the pretentious elf still stood there, stretching out his arms and looking down at his life, as if smiling and sad.
The sun shines on his long shadow, and his figure resembles the statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro.