reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

However, Bai Ye did not give up his research, because his intuition told him that these things were extremely important. Considering the value they could generate, the value of Lungmen Dollars alone could not be measured.

Some things should perhaps be measured by the standards of civilization.

Anyway, Bai Ye isn't short of money, so let them burn it.

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After taking photos with the happy players, Bai Ye returned to the Rhodes Island branch with some souvenirs from all over the world.

Although he no longer has the authority of a branch manager or supervisor, Bai Ye's system permission level remains unchanged at level 8, the same as the Doctor's.

In Rhodes Island, this is a very high level of authority.

Bai Ye used her access privileges to open the electric door and entered the almost deserted building. Although this was not the Rhodes Island main ship, its security and confidentiality measures were far superior.

The buildings of the Ursus Empire are known for their sturdiness and durability, and this branch building was converted from the central hospital in the core city of the Ursus Empire.

The hospital building itself is an old fortress, probably left over from the great war between the Divine People and the Falcon.

Afterwards, Bai Ye had Rhodes Island's engineers and players reinforce and modify the buildings, and also placed a large number of shield generators inside. Combined with the function of the core city's "Stone Coffin" device, the main buildings could probably withstand the city's cannons head-on.

Looking at the fortress he had built with his own hands, Bai Ye felt a little reluctant to part with it. This big toy was about to be handed over to the next person.

Footsteps echoed in the corridors, which were much wider than those on Rhodes Island. Apart from a few operators who remained on duty, everyone else had gone to participate in activities, and the entire branch building was eerily quiet.

Bai Ye arrived at the door of his office, preparing to pack his things and say a final goodbye to his post.

However, to his surprise, when the door opened, a familiar figure was sitting in front of his desk.

When Bai Ye entered, Typing Girl was startled. She jumped up from her chair and then fell back down. Bai Ye even saw the halo above her head fly up.

Although her eyes were full of joy, Typing Girl kept a straight face and looked at Bai Ye with feigned seriousness.

“Lephne?” Bai Ye blurted out.

"I've told you so many times! Don't call that name!" The typing girl couldn't hold back any longer and glared angrily at Bai Ye.

"Why are you alone? Aren't you going to the Mid-Autumn Festival activities?" Bai Ye ignored the pufferfish-like typing girl and sat down opposite her.

"Get out!" the typist muttered, but she poured Bai Ye a cup of tea.

Bai Ye picked up his cup and then saw the terminal on the table.

Although it wasn't very clear, you could see from the lit screen that Typing Girl was reading a letter from inside Rhodes Island.

It was an email from the personnel department.

"Received the appointment? Congratulations on your promotion." Bai Ye smiled as he sipped his tea.

"And you?" The typist didn't seem too happy.

"Me? I'll probably be very busy after this, so I won't have time to take care of Rhodes Island, whether it's headquarters or branches."

Upon hearing Bai Ye's reply, Typing Girl suddenly stood up, bracing herself on the table with both hands, and looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean?"

"Well, that means I'm neither a supervisor nor a branch manager anymore. I've resigned. From now on, you'll have to rely on yourself here." Bai Ye was somewhat surprised by the typist's reaction.

"You're leaving?!" Typing Girl's eyes widened; she clearly hadn't expected Bai Ye to say such a thing.

For a moment, the girl froze on the spot.

Chapter Twelve: The Journey Begins

"Hey, what's wrong with you? You suddenly have this expression like you know the world is about to end, hey..."

Bai Ye was somewhat surprised to see the typist acting as if she had met Hoshiguma.

"Did that old woman bully you?" the typist asked through gritted teeth. "No, did you do something strange to offend her?"

"Who did you learn that from? Her name is Kal'tsit!" Bai Ye glared at the typing girl, then got up and closed the door.

"A Sarkaz mercenary sister who likes to eat potatoes." The typist looked completely innocent, as if she hadn't just been talking about an old woman.

Bai Ye frowned. Could it be W?

"She came back to see you?"

"Yes, she's a very gentle older sister."

This time, it was Bai Ye's turn to be dumbfounded.

W? Gentle?

These two words seem completely unrelated, don't they?

Moreover, that guy is a Sarkaz, who is naturally at odds with the Sarkaz. Back when he was a mercenary in Kazdel, he must have robbed Sarkaz caravans more than once, and probably has several angels' lives on his hands.

After a moment of contemplation, Bai Ye opened Luna's log and discovered that W had smuggled a lot of supplies from Typing Princess's branch warehouse.

No wonder she behaved so well...

Bai Ye knew that W seemed to be quite good at disguising herself, which explained why Typing Princess had some misunderstandings about her.

"W doesn't matter anymore!" Typing Girl almost got distracted by Bai Ye's change of topic. She looked at Bai Ye and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"Didn't I just say that I'll be traveling around a lot from now on, and I won't have much time to manage things at Rhodes Island?"

Bai Ye then smiled and said, "From now on, you're the boss. No one will be asking you to do this or that anymore."

"Wait, why are your eyes red?"

The typist rubbed her eyes and said irritably, "My eyes are naturally red!"

Bai Ye shrugged. This guy was stubborn too, I don't know where he learned that from. Suddenly, as if he thought of something, he couldn't help but say, "You... you're not reluctant to see me leave, are you? It's a good thing. No one will make you work overtime anymore. You can find an assistant and put all the work on her."

"..."

The typist fell silent.

After a long pause, she suddenly burst out laughing: "Pfft, hahaha—"

Bai Ye had rarely seen Typing Girl smile so happily; her facial expressions had never been so rich.

Bai Ye stood quietly to the side, waiting for her to finish laughing.

After she finished laughing, she finally spoke, "How could you say such shameful and disgraceful things!"

"Could it be that they learned it from you Laterano people?"

"Do you have some misunderstanding about us Lateranos? Is this some kind of regional discrimination? Apologize to all Lateranos!" Typing Girl laughed rather harshly, her words coming out breathless.

However, after discussing this topic, the two fell into an eerie silence, much like a tacit understanding between them.

The atmosphere in the office also became strange.

Finally, Bai Ye broke the silence: "In short, I'm not leaving completely; I'll come back every now and then."

The typist on the other end of the line visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she rolled her eyes: "What does this have to do with me?"

"Well, that means I might come back, and I might need your help with something then," Bai Ye said cautiously.

After that, he no longer had the freedom to directly assign tasks to the typist, but once she got used to it, it was very difficult to quit.

The typist smiled and shook her head: "It doesn't matter if I help out or anything."

"I just hope you are safe."

Bai Ye paused for a moment, then said, "I understand."

“If I have the chance to go to Laterano, I’ll help you look into empathy.”

Of course, Bai Ye hadn't forgotten about Typing Girl.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether we empathize or not..." Typing Girl didn't care about the culprit that made her leave her hometown. "I may not have any friends in my hometown, but I have made more friends outside."

"If it weren't for this incident, I might not have had the chance to meet you... So, my past obsessions have long since disappeared. Even if I regain empathy, what I lost in the past will never be regained; but even without regaining it, I already have a lot now."

"But your father misses you very much." After hesitating for a long time, Bai Ye finally said these words.

"Wait!!" Unexpectedly, the typing girl wasn't angry; instead, she got impatient.

She glared at Bai Ye: "You may go see him again! And don't answer any of his questions!"

"I am not ready yet."

"Please, give me a little more time!"

……

Even when he left, Bai Ye still thought that this runaway young lady was not ready to meet her family again.

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After saying goodbye to his friends, Bai Ye prepared to leave the core city.

His friends at Penguin Logistics in Longmen had invited him to attend the Requiem Festival at the end of October, but he didn't know if he could make it back in time.

Moreover, he wasn't very interested in activities that players used to frequently participate in.

However, he forgot which version of Requiem it was, and the Emperor recreated the famous scene of his heart breaking. Everyone was quite amused at the time.

Forget it, I'll ignore it.

The three directions I previously outlined are Casimir, Great Yan, and Iberia.

There's no immediate need to call him, there's no rush with the Great Yan, and we can postpone Kazimierz. Kal'tsit also has no immediate plans to go to Victoria, but we definitely need to go to Iberia.

Goredia's transformation into a sea creature is no joke.

Logically speaking, Bai Ye has a nascent soul within his body and can connect to a large group of knowledge, so solving the problem of the sea's evolution is exactly his area of ​​expertise.

However, the large group lacked this knowledge, and he couldn't do it either—in fact, the only knowledge he possessed was how to completely transform Goredia into a Sea Monster and accelerate the transformation process. It was a clear case of reverse optimization.

In the eyes of the swarm, the deep-sea hunters are their blood relatives, and their attacks on the hunters are nothing more than an attempt to tear open their flesh and free their blood relatives from their wounds.

Bai Ye has always believed that there are other methods, outside of combat, to solve the Sea Heir problem.

Simple combat is indeed necessary, but it is meaningless.

However, this idea might be difficult for Goredia to accept in the short term.

Just like how she was angry about the scales on her neck.

Even if nothing seems amiss on the surface, she probably still harbors fear and disgust deep down.

Chapter Thirteen: Bait

(I feel like a clown for spending so much money on that ring... I'm quitting the game to focus on writing. Goodbye, all you ship girls.)

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Although Baiye said he was going to set off, it was Gretia who left first.

Perhaps it's because she doesn't want to see or hear the strange noises in the room anymore, or perhaps she feels excluded, or maybe she doesn't know how to face Byakuya, Skadi, and Specter for a while.

……

The story begins three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Greta and Baiye received information from Dr. Kal'tsit.

According to the old woman's mysterious intelligence network, signs of activity from the Deep Sea Church have appeared in a coastal city in Iberia.

However, Kal'tsit couldn't guarantee what level of church members were in the city. If they were just ordinary believers or brainwashed scoundrels, they would be of little value, just like before.

However, if Bai Ye and his team can find a more valuable target, they can obtain higher-level data and information.

Unfortunately, the game version before Bai Ye's journey had not yet been updated to include the deep sea, and players' activities were mostly limited to the Iberian coast. Therefore, even Bai Ye was not very familiar with these things.

Just before the White Night travel, the official trailer for the new version was released, titled "Water Moon and Deep Blue Tree". Unfortunately, it only had a strange name and a stream-of-consciousness trailer.

Experienced gamers can probably deduce that the new version is related to the deep sea, and some within the Valletta Institute even claim that the storyline might be connected to the game's ending. However, the specifics will only be revealed after the update.

What happened next was exactly as the story began: Bai Ye was kicked back to the pre-public beta era by Luna before the version update, and everything that followed basically had nothing to do with him anymore.

Therefore, the information that Bai Ye, as a player, gained was even less than the knowledge he gained after joining the large group.

What's even more ridiculous is that Hai Si, whom the believers of the Deep Sea Church regard as a god, has no interest in paying attention to them at all. As a result, there is very little information about them in the revelations of the Great Clan.

Furthermore, Hai Si's revelation was obscure and difficult to understand; it was not a concrete image or text, but rather an abstract feeling. Therefore, the fog of the deep sea was not cleared by Bai Ye's raid on the house.

……

"The focus now is on how to return home, not on those insects hiding on land," Gladys said expressionlessly, looking at Dr. Kal'tsit's intelligence report.