reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

"It's alright, you forge swords, I'll kill people, that'll do."

Bai Ye felt a surge of joy.

In his view, the conditions for the year were incredibly simple. It was much easier than those riddle-solving NPCs, those messy errand-running tasks, and those unpredictable gift-giving methods to unlock favorability.

"Ah..." Nian was initially quite guilty, after all, she had never made demands before, and it was a bit embarrassing. But she didn't expect Bai Ye to agree without even thinking, and was even... a little happy.

"Do you know what the difficulties I'm facing mean?" Nian asked, looking at the young man before him.

Bai Ye smiled and said, "Of course, if it's a problem that can't be solved even after a year, then it must be something quite terrifying, and probably not many people in the world can solve it."

"Tell me, how many gods and how many behemoths will we face?"

In Bai Ye's words, those lofty behemoths seemed to be worthless.

Nian clearly sensed the eager anticipation in Bai Ye's tone.

This guy is a pretty scary person...

Suddenly, I started to worry whether I should really drag him down with me.

However, she quickly put those concerns aside, after all, now was not the time to think about such things.

Chapter Sixty-One: Thank You

(I feel like a hopeless illiterate person)

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Bai Ye could roughly guess that in the predicament Nian was facing, he would definitely need to confront a certain god or behemoth.

But Bai Ye didn't know exactly who it was.

How many are there exactly?

Bai Ye didn't know either.

As players, we have very little information in this regard, and most of it consists of undeciphered rubbings.

These rubbings, with their overly obscure content, are so rare that even few native Terrans have ever seen them, let alone players.

No matter how powerful the experts are, there are limits. Behemoths are too distant for players, practically equivalent to existences from another dimension, and the information they can gather about them is far too limited.

However, players still have an advantage, namely the ability to collect and share information.

The Great Yan Kingdom kept information about the behemoth a closely guarded secret. However, when players obtained fragmented pieces of information, they would upload them to the forum and make them public. Over time, the amount of information a single player possessed became terrifying to the native inhabitants.

Bai Ye was able to recall some information about the year from the rubbings because he had been fortunate enough to read the manuscripts on the subject.

……

Although it was his own suggestion, Nian remained silent.

After a moment, she nodded and finally made her decision: "Alright, then I will forge the sword for you."

Become!

Bai Ye snapped his fingers happily.

Skadi had never seen Byakuya so happy. Her excitement was palpable, something that was extremely rare for Byakuya.

In fact, Bai Ye was indeed very happy.

At heart, he is still a gamer, and the most exciting thing for him is to own a top-tier piece of equipment.

A good weapon that I can use until graduation.

Bai Ye originally thought it would be difficult to find someone to forge the sword, and he was even prepared to cultivate long-term goodwill by using gentle persuasion.

But fate seemed to be on his side.

Nian agreed very readily.

This was the best blacksmith Bai Ye knew and could find.

Perhaps, he is the best blacksmith on this land.

Because the existence of the year represents the concept of metallurgy and casting, which is its power and essence.

"When do we start?"

Bai Ye calmed himself down and asked, caught off guard.

Nian shook his head: "I need to prepare."

Although she can melt and cast objects with ease, almost creating things out of thin air, which is quite extraordinary, Nian still wants to prepare a weapon worthy of Bai Ye's status.

Because it concerns me personally, I'm taking this year's preparations seriously.

Moreover, Nian had a premonition that after forging this weapon for Bai Ye, her own nature might also change.

Although she only had a vague feeling about it, her intuition told her that this change was a good thing.

This gave her a little hope.

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A meal resolved all the issues, and Nian An returned home to prepare with peace of mind. Bai Ye, on the other hand, prepared to go find Kal'tsit.

Now that the weapon issue has been resolved, it's time to talk about the deep sea. After all, the two people closest to Bai Ye right now are both deep-sea hunters.

The older woman had just undergone surgery and looked somewhat tired.

"After all, time waits for no one..." Bai Ye muttered softly.

"What are you talking about?" Dr. Kal'tsit suddenly asked.

"No, it's nothing..." Bai Ye didn't expect Kal'tsit's hearing to be so good.

It's clearly just a mortal body.

"How did your conversation with that person go?" Kal'tsit asked before Bai Ye could ask.

As she tidied the medicine in her pocket, she looked Bai Ye up and down: "You seem to be in a good mood?"

Bai Ye nodded: "Overall, it's very good and meaningful."

“Although your personalities don’t seem like the type to clash, having two of you on one ship… is really dangerous,” Kal’tsit sighed.

She felt a little tired.

Clearly, she had already concluded that Bai Ye was also an incarnation of some kind of giant beast.

Even though Bai Ye always refers to himself as human.

It's worth noting that there have been precedents of giant beasts transforming themselves to reshape human bodies.

However, the ingredients in Baiye are obviously much more special, feeling like a miscellaneous mixture that is difficult to identify.

"What have you been busy with lately?" Bai Ye noticed that Kal'tsit seemed quite tired, as if she hadn't had a proper rest for many days.

“The Undead.” Kal’tsit took out her terminal and projected it onto the wall. “The sudden disappearance of the Undead has more or less affected Rhodes Island’s outposts.”

"But someone just happens to be away from the Rhodes Island main ship, so I have to handle all these things."

As Dr. Kal'tsit spoke, she glared fiercely at Bai Ye.

Bai Ye shifted his gaze: "Right? They're so incompetent. How can they possibly govern Rhodes Island with such incompetent people around!"

"Ha ha……"

Dr. Kal'tsit had nothing to say.

However, although Rhodes Island's field operations system has been somewhat chaotic recently, it hasn't been completely paralyzed, which means that Bai Ye had clearly made preparations in advance.

This shows that this guy definitely knew the undead would suddenly disappear, but he wasn't quite sure about the timing.

Kal'tsit was pondering the true nature of the relationship between the White Nights and the Undead.

Although that's what she thought, Dr. Kal'tsit knew that now was not the time to ask that question.

……

Bai Ye, who was standing to the side, took out a key from her inventory.

"Doctor, you should know about this thing."

"??"

Dr. Kal'tsit glanced at the key in Bai Ye's hand and was momentarily stunned.

"How did you get this thing?"

"I met 'Sunset in a Flash' on the way, and they gave me the key," Bai Ye told the old woman about what had happened.

Even Dr. Kal'tsit found it difficult to understand after hearing this.

"You, as the field supervisor, have really gone far and meddled quite a bit..." She really hadn't expected that Bai Ye would actually dive headfirst into the deep-sea problem, and that its connection to the problem was far deeper than she had imagined.

“After all, this matter concerns Titi and the shark…” Bai Ye smiled, then looked at Kal'tsit, “Doctor, actually I should thank you.”

"no need thank me?"

"You're the one who introduced me to Skadi... If it weren't for your introduction, I wouldn't be working with Skadi."

Bai Ye was genuinely grateful.

However, Dr. Kal'tsit couldn't be happy at all.

To be honest, how did she, the de facto head of Rhodes Island, become a matchmaker in Bai Ye's eyes?

Chapter Sixty-Two: The Warm Machine

(It's hard to believe that Wolong is a game from 2023... The boss phase transition actually involves a black screen loading, I was just like, what?)

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Dr. Kal'tsit pulled out a chair in front of the table and slowly sat down.

She looked at the key in Bai Ye's hand, somewhat speechless. She had already given it away, hoping to use this opportunity to establish contact with the new generation of sea gods in the deep sea, as she would likely need their strength in the future.

Unexpectedly, this thing ended up back in Bai Ye's hands. What's even more interesting is that Bai Ye himself is the head of Rhodes Island, so in effect, it's back.

But...did they choose you too?

Kal'tsit looked at White Night, lost in thought.

She hadn't originally expected Bai Ye to get involved in the deep sea affairs, but just as Bai Ye himself said, by some twist of fate, he was also drawn into it.

……

"Dr. Kal'tsit, the Doctor... oh, Chief White Night!" Just then, Amiya knocked on the door and came in, but was startled by White Night in the room.

"Is this little rabbit so timid?" Bai Ye reached out and touched Amiya.

"Hehehe, it's because Mr. Bai Ye rarely appears on Rhodes Island, so it feels a bit strange."

Amiya smiled happily. She naturally exudes a "soft" atmosphere, and at least when Bai Ye sees her, he can't help but smile.

In the past, there were also members with similar personalities in the "Libertines' Tea Party". With the little girl around, the atmosphere of the boring dungeon runs could always be relieved.

Thinking about the past, Bai Ye replied, "There are quite a few things to do in the core city. I will try to come back more often in the future."

Amiya smiled and nodded; her temper was indeed much better than Dr. Kal'tsit's. After complaining to the old woman about the Doctor, she hurriedly left.

After the little rabbit left, Bai Ye watched her departing figure and murmured, "Where we come from, someone her age doesn't need to worry about so many things..."

Although that's what he said, Bai Ye didn't really say everything.

At least, that's how it should be from the outside.

Originally, Bai Ye himself always believed that all children would be raised in the same way as the Zhongsi Academy in the orphanage.

It wasn't until I came out that I realized how wonderful everyone's childhood was.

Coming to his senses, Bai Ye looked at Kal'tsit again, his finger lightly tapping on the table: "Dr. Kal'tsit, let's be more honest with each other; that might make our communication more efficient."

"Rhodes Island's database is always open to you; you have Level VIII privileges."

"No, no, what I mean is, Doctor, what you know, I suspect, is far less profound than what you have in the database," Bai Ye said meaningfully.

Kal'tsit's gaze was cold as always, but it did not convey any sense of rejection.

She's always been like that, giving off a machine-like vibe, yet she's also warmer than a machine.