Chapter 42: Born Unequal
All born equal? No, it's never just a beautiful fantasy, and in "The Way", this is vividly embodied.
In Tao, how do you tell the difference between NPCs and players? Warlocks can easily tell, summon the game system, and the target's situation can be clearly revealed.
The thief is a little troublesome, but it's just a small trouble, and there is a special magic for the thief to distinguish, that is, the 'Heavenly Eye Technique'.
This is a must-have technique for thieves, which is used to check the player's longevity, distinguish whether it is an NPC, and even query the opponent's life, which is invincible.
For example, the man on horseback in front of Su Ke is an NPC.
Yang Shou is understandable. So why do you have humanoid NPCs in the game?
This has to start with the proposition.
There is a saying in "Tao": life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky.
Personality is the situation of a person's life of wealth. Some people have been beggars all their lives, and that life is naturally extremely low. Some people are born as princes, and when they grow up, they inherit the throne and become the emperor of a country, and their lives are naturally unspeakably expensive.
What determines this character? Probably on the word "wealth in the sky", this heaven is not a game system, but a heavenly court, that is, a game company.
What kind of life you want, before entering the game, just pay more crystal coins. A prince who can inherit the throne of a great country, such as a big country like Great Wei, starts at 500,000 crystal coins.
Su Ke has always been a warlock, and he is also an ordinary warlock, and he deals with ordinary players in all his work, and he is not particularly sensitive to the proposition, but now, when he sees this NPC, he feels that the situation is not right.
Opening the Heavenly Eye Technique, Su Ke calmed down and carefully observed his physical body, at first, this physical body was not significantly different from ordinary players, but as Su Ke's mind gradually calmed down, an extremely faint light emerged.
The color of this brilliance is roughly red, and there is a faint yellow meaning, Su Ke suddenly remembered the news he had seen on the virtual network: 'The life grid is cheap and expensive, and its qi is black, gray, white, red, yellow, blue, and purple. White gas is for the people of Limin, if it is red, it must be an official, if there is a trace of yellow, it is possible for parents in a county. ”
'I didn't expect this Wang Shouren to be an official in the future, then he will definitely be promoted, and even become a jinshi, so there will definitely be a few diehards. ’
Unless a player is a die-hard player by chance, the player will hardly become a die-hard player of another player, and the game system is of free will and will never lead the player to become a slave to another player.
But the so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, and if an ordinary person wants to succeed, how can he do it without a helper?
What to do? So there's the humanoid NPC.
One of the biggest characteristics of these humanoid NPCs is 'loyalty', and their appearance is to serve those who have noble lives and help them succeed.
So, in Dao, if a player has one or two die-hard loyalists who are good to you, then that player is definitely blessed.
Under normal circumstances, thieves basically don't touch this kind of blessed player, because the stakes are too big and it's easy to be noticed.
"Ah, I'm still in a hurry, I'm still inexperienced, I'm already possessed, let's retire when I'm done." Su Ke was a little annoyed.
By this time, the NPC had noticed something unusual on the road, and the sound of horses' hooves became urgent, and they trotted over.
As the other party approached, Su Ke saw the other party's appearance clearly, this person was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a strong figure, a loyal face, and simple eyes, which made people feel relieved at a glance.
There was a frosty look on his face, he had obviously been on the road for a long time, he was wearing a short linen robe worn by ordinary people, and he was riding a thin jujube red horse under his crotch, he first saw the damaged carriage, and then saw Su Ke who was half-lying against a tree on the side.
Su Ke's body is a showman, he is wearing a green shirt with good materials, his face is fair, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance.
The man was startled, 'oops', hurriedly jumped off the horse, strode over, rushed a few steps, patted his head again, seemed to remember something, strode back to the side of the red horse, quickly took out a small porcelain vase, and then walked again.
When he arrived in front of Su Ke, he squatted down, stretched out his hand to probe Su Ke's snort, and said in his mouth: "Fortunately! ”
He decisively reached out and tore the clothes on Su Ke's belly, exposing the wound, then unscrewed the wooden cork of the small porcelain bottle and gently poured it onto the wound.
It seemed that some powder fell and fell on the wound, Su Ke felt a slight coolness, and the hot pain on the wound suddenly alleviated a lot: "It should be something like Jinchuang Medicine, this NPC is fully prepared." ’
If you guessed correctly, this NPC should be a follower for this Wang Shouren. Of course, whether the other party will follow Wang Shouren in the end depends on Wang Shouren's own performance.
Although the game "Dao" has a fate, this is not absolute, the fate only determines the bottom limit of your life in this life, but where the upper limit is, it depends on your own performance.
There are also princes who are ordered to be defeated and captured in the end, and they will be captives for the rest of their lives, such as Liu Chan during the Three Kingdoms. But although he was captured, he also had no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and he had a good death, and the lower limit was there.
The man poured medicinal powder on the wound, tore off the clean cloth strip on Su Ke's underwear, tied the wound tightly, and was very skillful.
As he walked, the man muttered to himself.
"Count your kid lucky, you met my Ma San, or you will have to feed the wild wolf tonight."
"I don't know if your kid is accumulating virtue or retribution, let's say accumulate virtue, this is another thief. Let's talk about retribution, I can still save a life, and I can still be touched by my Ma San. It's just that I, Ma Sanyi, am bold, not afraid of retaliation, and dare to save you. ”
"Hey, I said you kid have to hold on, don't let me be kind in vain."
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Just said all the way, walked for about ten miles, and a small village appeared in front of him, Ma San smiled: "Finally home." ”
He walked to Su Ke's side, and reached out to probe his snort, Su Ke also made his snort thicker at the right time, this Ma San laughed, patted Su Ke's arm gently, and his voice was full of relief: "Come on, your master, this ghost gate is over." ”
His voice sounds very deep, and he is born with a sense of reliability and honesty, belonging to the kind of person who has a little ability, usually is very honest, but when he is bullied, he will be stubborn.
Such a person is really a good candidate for followers.
Ma San led the horse into the village, and stopped in front of a wooden house, where there was still a fire in the main room, and it was obvious that the people inside were still waiting for him to come home.
"Mother-in-law, come out and help, it's a little troublesome today." Ma San shouted, and at the same time led the horse into the small courtyard.
"What's wrong?" The door of the wooden house immediately opened, and a slightly chubby, ordinary-looking woman hurriedly walked out, naturally, this woman was also an NPC.
She saw Su Ke on horseback at once, and at the same time saw the blood on his body, and screamed in shock.
"Master, did you hurt someone?"
"What are you yelling about? Tear up your broken mouth! The man was robbed, and he was lying on the side of the road, and he still had a breath. If I run into it, can I still see death and not save it? Ma San stretched out his hand and carried Su Ke off the horse.
When his mother-in-law heard that it was not her own family that caused trouble, she was relieved and muttered: "It's getting more and more peaceful now, hey." ”
With that, she came over to help.
"Is the baby sleeping?" Ma San asked softly.
"Sleep. Before going to sleep, he still talked about the bamboo dragonfly you promised to make for him. ”
"This little rabbit cub, it's good, I'll cut it for him when I catch up with Ming'er. Don't be busy here, go cook a millet porridge, dilute it, I guess he is about to wake up, get some gruel for him to moisten his intestines. ”
"Hey, okay." The woman turned and went into the kitchen.
Ma San carried Su Ke into the room, placed him in his bedroom, and then turned around and went out, Su Ke heard the courtyard door opening and closing and the sound of footsteps in the distance, and estimated that this Ma San should have gone to invite Lang Zhong in the village.
After about half an hour, there was a sound of talking outside the door, and after a while, an old man with bright white hair walked in, followed by Ma San, and he had an extra medicine box on him.
This old man is Lang Zhong, he showed Su Ke the wound, diagnosed the lower pulse, nodded and praised: "You treated him in time, his life should be saved." ”
He prescribed a few pairs of qi and muscle-building medicines, and then left.
At this time, Su Ke knew that it was time to wake up, so he slowly opened his eyes, coughed lightly a few times in his mouth, and made a gesture to get up.
Ma San kept looking at him, and when he saw this, he hurriedly walked over and stretched out his hand to hold him down: "Little brother, don't move, be careful of the wound bursting open!" ”
Su Ke looked 'anxious' and waved his hand: "Don't stop me, my wife has been kidnapped, I'm going to save him!" ”
If it was Wang Shouren himself, with the love of their husband and wife, it would probably be this reaction.
As soon as he heard this, Ma San slapped his thigh heavily and hated the enemy: "These dogs are really evil!" Little brother, but you still can't move, you have to rest overnight. ’
Su Ke saw that he couldn't get out, so his eyes wept: "My heart is like frying oil, how can I lie down?" ”
Seeing his appearance, Ma San was silent, and after a while, he sighed long: "Alas, saving people is to the end!" Well, I'll inquire about you. I'll be sure to bring you news back tomorrow morning! ”
Su Ke was stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Ma San, this person had been on the road for a day, he was already tired, not to mention saving his life, and now he was willing to inquire about the news for him, a stranger, to go to the thief's den, and Su Ke could see the hesitation and struggle in his heart, he was actually reluctant to go, he finally chose so, maybe just out of a kind of righteous indignation.
Such a person is really worth befriending.
'This NPC deserves to be taken in. Brother Wang, I will stay for you. Su Ke clasped Ma San's hand and promised: "Brother Tai, I remember your kindness." Regardless of success or failure in this matter, I would like to marry you as brothers with different surnames! ”
Saying this, Ma San was also very moved, stood up and hugged his fists at Su Ke: "Little brother, I did this out of righteous indignation, don't mention my brother's matter again." I don't think you are an ordinary person, thanks to you, I will live up to the trust! ”
After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the room, and his mother-in-law's voice came from outside the house, as if she was unwilling, Ma San snorted: "Women's family, what do you know!" ”
There was silence outside the house for a while, and after a while, the sound of horses' hooves began, and Ma San had already set off on a thin horse.