Chapter 200: Players vs. NPCs (Happy New Year's Day)
"Recently, NPC Chen Jia is wreaking havoc in Global Evolution, and thousands of players have been murder......ed."
The sudden change caught Chen Ba off guard, he rubbed his temples and asked, "What's the matter?" How can an NPC run around? β
"This ......"
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Xiao Lu stubbornly said: "Brother Ba, have you forgotten the content of the last update?" β
Last updated?
Oh! Chen Ba remembered.
It seems that in the last version update of "Global Evolution", in order to solve the problem that boss players are too bored, the function that NPCs can also match plot bosses was opened.
The original intention was excellent.
"Global Evolution" because 90% of the players have gone astray and evolved into beast bosses, and the number of players who maintain their human form is too scarce, so they want these boss players to fight NPCs.
Find something for them to do!
By the way, you can also help a bunch of newcomers, after all, newcomers enter this game, and they may not be able to beat those fierce and vicious plot level bosses, and they are dizzy from abuse.
In this case, Meng Xin can form NPCs, or directly let NPCs go out to fight the story level boss for themselves......
"I see."
Chen Ba nodded and said, "Because of the last update, this NPC sister Chen Jia of unknown origin can compete with other boss players through the Internet just like a player. β
"That's right!"
"And what's going on with her strength? Why is it so strong? β
"Because we have lifted the limit on the number of evolutions in this update, whether it is a player or an NPC, as long as you accumulate enough evolution, your strength can be increased without limit."
"But that's not right!"
Chen Ba still feels that there is a problem, this mysterious NPC Chen Jia's strength has improved too strangely.
The update announcement is still hot, at this stage, even the players who are covered with liver have only evolved to the eleventh order at this time.
But what about this sister?
According to the data they reviewed in the background, the number of evolutions of this sister Chen Jia is as high as 14 times!
It's outrageous......
This evolutionary speed is the same as taking an airplane, it is not a level at all, why is this happening?
As an NPC, why did she evolve so quickly? Even faster than the player?
That's the crux of the matter.
An NPC can't normally defeat a heavily armed player, unless it's crushed by hard power. And evolution requires a lot of experience, where did she get her experience?
"Maybe it's because one of the players gave her experience!"
When investigating this incident, Wang Wei's actions naturally couldn't be hidden from Xiao Lu, who was monitored in the background of the game.
In simple terms.
Normal NPCs, even normal players, even if the evolution restriction is lifted after the update, they can evolve an infinite number of times, and the speed is not so fast.
After all, if you want to gain evolution experience, you have to defeat opponents of the same level, and how can it be so simple to defeat opponents of the same level?
Even if you are very powerful, if you see an opponent of the same level and kill one by one, then you will also face a problem: you can't find so many opponents to kill you!
"Let's ...... this is a single-player game"
Xiao Lu emphasized again, although the game has become a "pseudo-online" game because of bugs, but the foundation is still a stand-alone game.
Since it's a stand-alone machine, there's a problem: the plot that has been cleared can't be cleared a second time in the current archive! The level boss that has been defeated can't be played a second time without opening a new file!
"But this logic, NPCs don't need to follow. After the last update, NPCs can also fight bosses through the plot, and these bosses are played by players and can be resurrected infinitely......"
Chen Ba gasped.
Infinite evolution, the good thing is actually NPCs instead of players, who would have thought that?
"Moreover, there is no point in discussing why this NPC sister is so strong now."
Xiao Lu continued: "Because compared to why this NPC sister is so strong, what is more worthy of attention is ...... When the NPC breaks through the limit and evolves to the tenth level, the intelligence level is significantly improved! β
What?!
Hearing this, Chen Ba frowned and said, "You mean, when an NPC evolves from the ninth order to the tenth order, the AI will become more intelligent?" β
"Judging by the results, it is indeed such a ......"
Xiao Lu turned out a lot of player posts in the Tianba community, and there were many players who sighed when they met this 14th-order sister Chen Jia.
So smart!
It feels more difficult than the player, is this really an NPC? This movement and reaction are not like it at all!
Chen Ba looked at these posts, as well as the emotions that players emitted after actual contact, and said thoughtfully: "The more evolutions, the higher the degree of intelligence?" If it continues to evolve, it won't really raise an artificial intelligence, right? β
"That's not ......"
Xiao Lu denied the speculation.
Real artificial intelligence can't be raised, and the NPC generation logic and behavior logic of "Global Evolution" all come from the framework of "Divine Grace Continent".
It's just that they were restricted before, so it seems that these NPCs are relatively naΓ―ve, and they are not as intelligent as "Divine Grace Continent".
NPCs that have evolved to the tenth order have broken through this restriction and have the same level of intelligence as the NPCs of "Divine Grace Continent", which has become an unstable factor.
The so-called instability factor refers to the fact that the official Tianba Studio does not know what level this NPC Chen Jia will evolve to and what kind of damage it will cause to the game environment.
Let's wait and see what happens!
Although this incident is very unexpected, an NPC actually evolves faster than the player, and even kills all kinds of players, but after all, it is just an NPC.
What kind of waves can just NPCs make?
Don't underestimate the horror of the Fourth Calamity! Giving the player enough time to develop and grow, this NPC sister is just a piece of cake that can be easily handled.
Chen Ba was full of confidence in the players, so he didn't care too much about the impact of this incident, and passed it with a smile.
That's what the players think, too.
Although it was humiliating to be killed by NPCs, players didn't want Brother Ba to come forward to fix the bug at all.
On the contrary, they were instead aroused by this NPC sister's competitive spirit.
[Standing post as proof, buddy must take down his sister today and regain his strength! ] γ
[Just sister, do you dare to rebel? I don't have to ask Brother Ba to take action, I can suppress my sister's disaster with just one hand......]
[My sister is not sensible, just give me a beating, my brothers will rest for a while, let me come! ] γ
It's been a long time since I've met such an interesting opponent! Many players are full of energy and want to prove themselves.
Trampled under the feet of an NPC?
And this NPC is still in the plot, Chen Jia, the sister of the protagonist Chen Yun, can you bear this?
The players are scrappy.
In their opinion, everyone is infinitely evolving, and they were taken advantage of by this NPC sister's sneak attack in the early stage, as long as they are more vigilant in the back, it is impossible to miss.
The idea is excellent.
But players soon discover that something is wrong......
A 14th-order sister was just born on the front foot, why is there an 11th-order sister on the back foot? No, these should be two different NPCs, right?
"Yes, there are traitors!"
Players soon realize that there seem to be a few "traitors" in their group of players, who have defected to the NPC camp and created a new "sister disaster"!
There are still quite a few traitors......
With the first successful precedent, soon there will be a second, a third, and more and more NPC sisters, who have successfully evolved to the tenth order, breaking through the restrictions and unlocking advanced intelligence.
All of a sudden, the game environment of Global Evolution changed immediately.
The background of the previous story is humans VS beasts VS sea beasts VS spirits, and the player occupies the absolute initiative.
But now, there is no distinction between fierce beasts, humans or sea beasts. There are only two factions in the game, players and NPCs, of which NPCs are small in number but have the absolute initiative.
The number of players is huge......
But no matter how many there are, the NPCs that are crushed by hard power still seem powerless. After all, in the game "Global Evolution", there is no support for real multiplayer online battles, only one-on-one.
β¦β¦
"Huh? An NPC leads a team to invade the player's territory and liberate all the NPCs? β
When Chen Ba first heard the news, his brain was buzzing, and he almost thought that he hadn't woken up yet.
What NPC is so intelligent?
"The same NPC in "Divine Grace Continent"! Have a certain degree of independent thinking, and the degree of intelligence is not low......"
Xiao Lu muttered: "Think about how intelligent the NPCs of 'Divine Grace Continent' are, do you still think this kind of thing is outrageous?" β
"Not outrageous!"
Chen Ba thought about it seriously, and then said, "So what's the situation now?" β
Smart machine crisis?
Wrong! These are not robots, but NPCs in the game, so the correct name should be "NPC Crisis"?
"Can you believe that these highly intelligent NPCs will actually level up with other NPCs?"
Xiao Lu said speechlessly: "After the NPC awakens, it has extremely high intelligence, and can make various script-level moves and operational reactions, and press the player at the same level. β
Moreover, the ranks of NPC rebels continue to expand, and a group of rabble players can only be defeated by NPCs.
If it weren't for the fact that every player has the characteristic of infinite resurrection, and the NPC is really dead when it dies, I'm afraid that players would have abandoned the pit and stopped playing.
Even so.
Due to the limitations of Global Evolution, players are still helpless when facing NPC rebels.
I can't beat it!
It's also infinite evolution.,Although other NPCs are a little stupid.,You can't be resurrected when you're dead.,But the evolution speed is faster than you.,And it also has script-level positioning and operation.,It's really hard to beat at the same level.γ
In the face of this situation, those players who posted earlier that they wanted to solve the "sister disaster" and return a peaceful "Global Evolution" can't bear it at this time.
So, they called Brother Ba one after another, hoping that Brother Ba could be angry for them and find a little bit of ground for players in this battle of players vs. NPCs.
"What's the use of looking for me?"
Chen Ba was speechless, although he was the culprit of creating the sister's disaster, but there was no good way to do it at this time!
What a shame for the Fourth Calamity......
The fourth natural disaster, the terrifying existence of the famous and powerful heavens and all worlds, was pressed and beaten by a group of NPCs, and there was no power to fight back, it was really a shame to say it.
"Forget it, help them."
Xiao Lu said with a smile: "It's good that the players are all spending money to buy the game, and the NPCs didn't spend money on us......"
"That's right!"
Chen Ba thought about it, and it was really the truth.
Although the players were not angry, they were beaten by the NPC rebels and had a blue nose and swollen face, and they knew all day long that they would post and cry in the community, which was simply a loss of face for the fourth natural disaster.
But after all, they spent money, and they can't sit idly by.
Wipe out these NPC rebels directly?
Chen Ba felt that it was inappropriate.
While these rebel NPCs create a lot of chaos for the game, they also create new fun for the game, and the overall benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
In that case, the data should not be erased outright, but retained.
However, considering the weakness and helplessness of players, it is necessary to make a major update to Global Evolution and introduce the so-called "true online" feature.
The real horror of the fourth natural disaster is definitely huddling together for warmth.
Fighting alone, these players may not be the opponents of NPCs, but if they can keep warm in a group, then there is a saying about players vs. NPCs.
A week before the Chinese New Year.
In response to the calls and requests of players, Tianba Studio has carried out a round of version updates to "Global Evolution", upgrading the original "pseudo online" to real online.
The so-called true online means that the game is now available online.
Players can team up in online mode, crusade together and even hunt bosses......
But then again!
Although on the surface, this online mode is for everyone to team up to brush the boss, but in fact, everyone knows that this is just a step for Brother Ba to everyone.
The real role of teaming up is to hunt down NPC rebels!
"Global Evolution" has been completely messed up, and when Wang Wei opened Pandora's box, more and more NPCs broke through the evolutionary limit and walked ahead of the player.
And because these NPCs have unlocked the intelligence level of the same NPC in "Divine Grace Continent" after breaking through the restrictions, they will still hold groups, pull new people into the gang, and establish organizations.
Because most of these rebellious NPCs are the protagonist's sister Chen Jia, this incident is also called "sister disaster"!
That's right......
Nine out of ten NPCs that break through the restrictions, unlock high-level intelligence, and suppress players are sisters Chen Jia.
"A new page has been opened in the story!"
Xiao Lu may never have dreamed that the plot of "Global Evolution" would develop like this.
The elder brother Chen Yun joined the player camp, and the younger sister Chen Jia led the NPC to resist, and the brother and sister who were supposed to be dependent on each other for their lives, but because of the different identities of the player and the NPC, they completely parted ways.
"It seems that there are more brothers!"
Chen Ba pondered: "Every player is an elder brother, then there are hundreds of thousands of elder brothers!" And on my sister's side, it seems that there are only a few thousand people? β
The number is so disparity!
However, although the number comparison is very different, the overall strength is still dominated by my sister's side.
After all, the sister who first awakened was also Chen Jia, who was nicknamed "Sister No. 1" by community players, and she was already 20th level at this time!
On the other hand, on the player's side, the top combat power is only 16th......
This is still the ultimate liver emperor, 24 hours a day, three or four people take turns to brush up on the experience of the highest combat power.
It's really a fight, it's hard to say!
The No. 1 sister is afraid that she can kill 10,000 player brothers with a single slap, this is the horror of the top combat power, the 20th-order evolutionary.
(End of chapter)