reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

These hunters, they've all gone through their rebellious phase, one by one... they're really a handful... they weren't like this before.

It's all Isamara's fault!

Yes, Grétia subconsciously did not attribute all of this to Bai Ye, but believed that it was all influenced by Isamara.

That wretched newborn! It's done so much harm.

Even Goredia herself didn't realize that, deep down, she had begun to instinctively make excuses for Bai Ye.

……

In short, this is just a microcosm of the wonderful daily life in the White Night Dormitory.

Three deep-sea hunters and Bai Ye live in a dormitory, and every day some delightful and interesting things happen.

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The next day, Bai Ye slept in, which was unusual for him.

With his mental attributes, he could go without sleep for several days without any problems. Unfortunately, yesterday's exertion with powers and deep-sea hunters took a toll on his mental energy, and it took a long period of deep sleep afterward to fully replenish it.

Skadi and Specter, on the other hand, looked radiant, as if they had encountered something wonderful.

Grandia has already left, and she's recently been following up on the power armor development project at the White Night "Lobotomy" Research Institute. Especially since White Night had just obtained firsthand data on the prototype "Alpha" through her student Melantha, which is extremely helpful for the power armor development.

Goredia was also curious about the capabilities of this new type of power armor that combined land and sea technologies.

Chapter 129 Knight

Bai Ye turned on the bathroom ventilation system, and he probably understood why Goredia had looked slightly disgusted before leaving.

For someone with a poker face to make that expression indicates that she is quite emotionally agitated.

Although he was ready to depart, Bai Ye did not leave the Rhodes Island main ship immediately.

Instead, after having lunch, Bai Ye decided to go find Lin Guang first.

This was a habit he developed while he was active as a player before he transmigrated.

"Incidental consciousness," that's what Bai Ye called it.

Before the teleportation mechanism was implemented, traversing the map in Arknights Online was incredibly tedious, making long-distance travel between maps extremely difficult. Therefore, players like Bai Ye, who joined the game in the first version, usually wouldn't make a trip just for one specific purpose, otherwise they would feel like they were missing out.

Yes, players often find themselves heading to a new map due to unforeseen circumstances, an urgent mission, or simply a sudden whim. This happens quite often.

However, after deciding to leave, players will not set off immediately, but will instead take on a large number of related quests around their destination.

Finding relevant NPCs or simply going to the Adventurers' Guild to receive a quest related to the destination is something that experienced players like Bai Ye will definitely do before leaving.

"So that the trip won't be in vain, and we can also complete some tasks along the way."

Even with the addition of teleportation in later versions, making it easier for players to travel across the land, players still couldn't change the habits they had developed in one version.

New players gradually learned this tradition as well.

Only clueless newbies would run back and forth between teleportation crystals for a particular quest. Sometimes, to complete a series of quests, newbie players will frequently travel across the map, using teleportation crystals to run between two locations, which is incredibly tedious.

Generally speaking, if you see a player frequently using certain words near a teleportation crystal within a short period of time, you know that this player is probably a complete newbie.

……

White Night, retaining the player's usual habits, went to find the Rhodes Island main ship's operators related to Kazimierz.

The only one he could think of was the Radiant Knight Nearl.

To be honest, he still couldn't accept that a champion of the Kazimierz Major was just an unknown ordinary operator on Rhodes Island.

Well, of course, Nearl isn't ordinary either. Although she's not an elite operator, she's still the leader of a squad and often acts as an instructor on the training field.

However, this status still cannot compare to winning the Casimir Major.

It's like a professional player who has won the League of Legends World Championship working as a manager in a relatively unknown internet cafe.

Some might say, "What's wrong with Rhodes Island? It's the exiled government of Kazdel, the rightful successor to the Demon King, and it even has the old lady Kal'tsit."

However, this company actually has very low international recognition; only a few powerful entities know about Rhodes Island's special status through their intelligence channels. To the general public, it's a small, relatively unknown company.

Even among infected individuals, only a portion actively sought out this company to treat their Oripathy. Those infected individuals who proactively established contact with Rhodes Island typically had rather unique backgrounds.

For example, Melanie, a student of White Night.

The infected person came from an upper-class family in Victoria, and his parents learned about the Rhode Island medical company through high society channels.

The Radiant Knight Nearl, who can endure such a disparity in status, is definitely not an ordinary person.

This guy is amazing just for his mindset.

With immense strength, a resilient spirit, and acceptance by Rhodes Island, he is undoubtedly an upright and honest person who is willing to endure ordinariness. He is a noble person who has transcended base desires.

Based on his experience, Bai Ye had already made a basic guess about the personality and character of the operator Lin Guang, whom he had never met before.

"Could it be a real knight?"

Bai Ye couldn't help but stick out her tongue.

Although Kazimierz is known as the land of knights and even hosts the world's largest knightly tournament, ironically, modern Kazimierz knights are a new species known as commercial knights.

The proud knights lowered their once-proud heads, becoming mere playthings and objects of amusement in the arena, and the outcome of the competition was easily influenced by external factors.

The entry and interference of capital have led people to abandon the original chivalrous virtues, which are considered a useless burden and outdated dogma. Chivalrous virtues are of no help to the Major and will only drag down the exciting competition.

As a result, the once glorious knights gradually became tarnished, and more and more monsters calling themselves "knights" appeared in Kazimierz and became the mainstream.

"This Radiant Knight probably couldn't stand this atmosphere, which is why he left Kazimierz after becoming the champion..."

Just like star players who don't want to be controlled by clubs and guilds, they choose to leave the league after being suppressed by capital, becoming lone wolves and solo players.

As a player, Bai Ye is all too familiar with this kind of plot.

Even with seemingly comprehensive regulations on the surface, guilds and clubs still engage in some disgusting underhanded dealings.

At the "Libertines' Tea Party," Byakuya had witnessed many such things.

……

It must be admitted that Bai Ye's guess was actually quite accurate.

When he picked up the operator files and information about Nearl, the image of a radiant knight truly came to life.

"Nearlight, from Kazimierz, was once a member of the Kazimierz Knights and vehemently opposed the commercialization of the Kazimierz Knights' Tournament—"

Bai Ye found descriptions in Nearl's operator files that confirmed her guess.

"Due to an accident, she contracted Oripathy and under immense pressure, Nearl was forced to leave Kazimierz."

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. This was going a bit too far.

If anyone on Earth dared to do this, they would probably be punished by Luna before they even finished preparing.

After all, unspoken rules are still within the permissible range, but the mechanical gods who oversee everything will prevent any behavior that affects the progress of human civilization.

Essentially, what she pursued was noble and lofty human virtues.

Unfortunately, Terra was too primitive and barbaric, and its level of social civilization was not very high, which is why a tragedy like that of the Radiant Knight Nearl occurred.

At least, Baiye believes that Nearl is a tragic character.

However, when he actually met the girl, he had a different opinion.

Chapter 130 Apostles

Bai Ye found Lin Guang in the afternoon.

Because there weren't many opportunities to meet with Nearl operators before—well, basically apart from the medical department and elite operators, White Night didn't have many opportunities to meet with other operators.

So Bai Ye first found Shining and Liz from the medical department.

They are Lin Guang's friends.

After leaving Kazimierz, Nearl did not immediately join Rhodes Island, but instead wandered around for a while.

After that, she met Shining and Liz from the medical department, and the three of them eventually formed a small group called "The Apostles." The group traveled around helping people and practicing medicine, until they eventually joined Rhodes Island together.

Actually, for a traditional Kazimierz knight, this level of experience is nothing special.

Or rather, wandering is normal; it's a normal stage that a knight must go through.

A young scion of a traditional knightly family would begin receiving guidance from elders in the family from childhood, becoming an apprentice and learning various weapons commonly used by knights, including the knight's shield, knight's lance, and one-handed and two-handed swords.

As they grow into young adults, apprentices typically travel as squires with the knights of Kazimierz on their campaigns. This is a learning process that allows apprentices to accumulate combat experience from many outstanding knights.

According to the traditions of those long-established knightly families, young men often choose to set out alone again as they approach adulthood, wandering the world as wandering knights to hone their skills and character. If they return alive, they often join the Knights Order and serve Kazimierz in the traditional way.

Yes, some knights will choose to set off again at some point, embarking on their wandering journey once more. This time, their goal is to find the legendary Holy Grail.

Legend has it that the Grail Knight is considered the ultimate human warrior, and only an adventurous knight who has completed all of Goddess's trials has the chance to become a Grail Knight. To do so, he must slay powerful enemies, complete terrifying duels, and resist various worldly temptations.

If he truly overcomes these challenges, he will find a path to a secluded clearing and behold the goddess herself in the lake. Only then can he drink the most sacred relic, the liquid within the Holy Grail. At that moment, he will become a Grail Knight infused with a portion of the goddess's power.

"He looked like an immortal, holy paladin, a perfect living legend, radiating an aura of power, discipline, and faith as fiery as the fires of hell."

Of course, this is just a legend of Kazimierz, a story filled with hopeful expectations. Because in reality, there are no Grail Knights on this land. If anything comes closest to being a Grail Knight, it's Kazimierz's "Pegasus."

When the Ursus Empire invaded Kazimir, at the most critical and perilous moment of the battle, the Pegasus appeared on the battlefield, like a second sun rising. The Ursus Empire's vanguard elites and shield guards were all annihilated.

Bai Ye believed that if he asked his eldest uncle, he would likely provide more details about the battle and its aftermath.

Of course, with the commercialization of knightly competitions, these ancient traditions have gradually been forgotten. By the time of the previous generation of Nearl, very few people did this, and by the time of Nearl's generation, this tradition has almost been lost.

In other words, while Nearl's experience is admirable, it is just basic stuff for a knight from an ancient knightly family. But in the present day, even such basic skills are precious, which makes one marvel at the progress of the times.

……

In the medical department, Bai Ye found Shining.

"Bai Ye, how is Ghost Shark's health?"

The medical staff are all old friends of Bai Ye. Back then, Bai Ye spent more time here than at the field headquarters.

In addition, Bai Ye's series of measures saved the lives of many medical operators who went out to perform field missions, especially Anto, a top student of Dr. Kal'tsit. Therefore, Bai Ye has a very high reputation in the medical department, almost to the point of "worship" according to the game's rating system, with an average favorability of 80+.

The Shining is no exception.

As an old friend of Byakuya, she began to show concern for Ghost Shark's health after seeing Byakuya.

"Lauren Tina's body is in great shape, or rather, a little too good..." Bai Ye couldn't help but complain, recalling the deep-sea hunter who had been pestering him in the bathroom yesterday.

"That's good." Shining, of course, had no idea that so much had happened between White Night and Ghost Shark. She just felt that White Night's tone was slightly strange, but she didn't think too much about it.

Where is Liz?

The Liz mentioned by Bai Ye is the operator Nightingale. However, as an infected person, her condition is worse than that of Specter, and the two also have certain similarities, namely psychological trauma.

Mentioning Liz, Shining sighed, her expression somewhat somber:

"Things have improved somewhat, but... as you know, some children are exhausted just from simply surviving..."

Bai Ye nodded.

"Sigh, it's not easy for anyone."

“Yes.” Shining nodded in agreement.

Then she asked with some curiosity:

"It's rare for you to come to me. Is there something you need my help with?"

"Oh, and by the way, if you'd like to make it clear beforehand, I must decline if you're asking for a swordsmanship spar," Flash said with a smile.

Bai Ye laughed as well, and said jokingly:

"Hey, why? Your swordsmanship is clearly superb. You are the undisputed Sword Saint of the Medical Department."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm just an ordinary medical operator. I don't have their kind of power."

Shining quickly waved his hand.

"Oh." Since she had said so, Bai Ye had no choice but to give up.

Shining breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"Oh, I almost forgot my original purpose." Bai Ye then remembered the important matter.

He looked at Shining and asked: