Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

"Come to think of it, I actually have to thank you, Kal'tsit, for helping me investigate the truth of this so-called dream world."

Because Lu Shang has always believed that this is a game world, and when talking about games, there is always a group that cannot be avoided——

Players.

The reason why Lu Shang looked so solemn the moment he saw Kal'tsit come back to life was because books like "Arknights, the Doctor's Assistant is Driven Crazy by the Players" and "Arknights, Don't Let Me Become a Six-Star Character" had already appeared in Lu Shang's mind at that time.

But looking at the surveillance footage on the phone, Kal'tsit neither rummaged through the drawers in the room, nor even looked through the trash can or the toilet lid, and tossed around on the bed, chairs, and other places where she could sit or lie down.

There was no jumping up and down as if the floor was hot on my feet—

That means this Kal'tsit has nothing to do with players.

After confirming this, Lu Shang felt relieved and laughed at the same time.

After all, Kal'tsit might be confused. I just took a nap, how could I have traveled through time?

But for mainland businessmen, it was truly a day worth celebrating.

It’s been a month, a whole month, and finally someone came who could breathe.

Oh, okay, that doesn't seem quite right, because those NPCs can also breathe, and their breathing sounds pretty nice.

So it must be that a living person finally came and someone could finally chat with him.

As we all know, for a chatterbox, holding back for a month would make him almost crazy. Now that he has finally met someone with whom he can chat, he would be doing a disservice to his mouth if he doesn't talk for days and nights.

But Kal'tsit is obviously very alert now. If you want to talk to her, she will definitely be very frugal with your words.

then what should we do?

So Lu Shang took out his mobile phone and dialed Kal'tsit's communication device directly, then called up the interactive interface of the artificial intelligence PRTS and forced it to connect to Kal'tsit's communication device.

Then, Lu Shang came to the phone and said, "Welcome to Rhode Island Ghost Story. The rules are as follows:"

"1. The operators on Rhodes Island come from all corners of the world. You can see people of all races here, so if you see something inhuman, don't panic. They are not monsters in disguise, nor are they Hai Si's mimicry."

"2. If you see someone behaving like an NPC and everyone else is ignoring him, don't panic. Just pretend you can't see him. Once you're out of his sight, go to the medical room and find Dr. Kal'tsit. She can handle most things."

“3. Do not go to the medical room, especially if Dr. Warfarin is the only one in the room.”

“4. Please return to the dormitory before 0:6 PM and do not leave until : AM, and do not open the door.”

“5. If your roommate knocks on the door and calls your name after midnight, please confirm whether your roommate is still in the dormitory.”

"6. If you are alone in a room with your roommate, please make sure your roommate is the real person."

“7. If you don’t have a roommate—Puchi…”

Kelsey: “?”

No? What are you laughing at?

Although Kal'tsit in the room didn't quite understand what the so-called rules and strange talk were, after calming down, she immediately realized that this was the fastest way for her to investigate the current situation.

Rhodes Island, Sea Mimicry, NPC...

These are all information.

Originally, Kal'tsit was listening attentively, but this weird talk about rules suddenly made her burst into laughter, which completely confused her.

"You can't blame me for this. After all, it's your fault that your cat ears bounce around."

Lu Shang, who was outside the room, muttered a few words like this after he stopped laughing and hung up the phone.

When he was pretending to be a ghost to scare Kal'tsit just now, he also split the screen on his phone.

So through the surveillance footage, he could clearly see that after the communication device was inexplicably connected and a completely unfamiliar male voice came out of it -

At that moment, Kal'tsit, who was already extremely alert in the room, had the two cat ears on her head shrank back and turned into airplane ears.

Then when Lu Shang started to explain the rules, the two cat ears on Kal'tsit's head curled up again in a sneaky way.

When the second rule was mentioned and Kal'tsit's name was directly mentioned, the cat ears on Kal'tsit's head popped up.

Even when Lu Shang couldn't help laughing out loud, Kal'tsit's cat ears shrank back in fear.

"NPCs are indeed far inferior to real people."

"As for the NPC's ear, if you hadn't told me it was an ear, I would have thought it was welded on."

"No matter how hard you try to rub, touch or pull, the NPC's ears won't move at all. They are not as flexible as a real person's ears."

After sighing, he saw that Kal'tsit in the surveillance camera was still standing there without moving, only the two cat ears on her head were turning around stealthily, as if listening to everything around her -

"Okay, Amiya, now it's time for you to backstab your Dr. Kal'tsit."

Lu Shang turned his head and looked at Amiya, who was pulled out of the bed by him and was wearing cute little bunny pajamas. As a result, she was carried all the way here by Lu Shang.

He raised his hand and drew a line in front of Amiya with his fingertips.

When the interactive menu of "Amiya (Huai Min Yi Wei Qian)" popped up in front of him, Lu Shang clicked "Dialogue" → "Topics about Kal'tsit" again.

"Um... Doctor Kelsey?"

Amiya was sleepy and confused, but she still followed the underlying logic of the NPC and said, "She—"

Okay, little rabbit, you don’t need to say anything more.

The moment Amiya called out Kal'tsit's name, Lu Shang decisively ended the conversation.

Not only that, he reached out and knocked on the door.

Boom boom boom.

After doing all this, Lu Shang lowered his head and continued to look at the surveillance footage on his mobile phone.

Then he saw Kal'tsit in the room was first stunned by Amiya's voice, and then frowned suddenly because of the knock on the door.

wrong...

Kal'tsit made a quick judgment in her mind.

It was indeed Amiya's voice outside the door, but her voice and age didn't match...

Before she went to bed, she had just said good night to the baby-voiced Amiya. How was it possible that when she woke up, Amiya's voice had changed into that of a girl?

"I remember the fifth rule said that if someone knocks on the door after midnight, it's very likely not the person... No, maybe not even a person? What about Amiya outside the door...?"

Kelsey muttered to herself.

When Lu Shang heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Amiya beside him: "Little rabbit, not only does your doctor Kal'tsit not want you anymore, he also expelled you from the hospital."

But unfortunately, as an NPC, Amiya would naturally not respond to him.

and--

"I see. The timeline doesn't match?"

Lu Shang thought about Kal'tsit's reaction for a moment, and roughly understood: "This Kal'tsit may have traveled through time from the Tower of Babel period? That's why she feels that the big rabbits from the Rhodes Island period don't match the little rabbits she remembers?"

"That's a pity. Never mind. Amiya doesn't need you anymore. Go back to sleep."

I let go of my hand and watched the interactive menu above Amiya’s head change from “Amiya (Huai Min hasn’t slept yet)” to “Amiya (returning to her room to sleep)”. Then the little rabbit turned around and left without even looking back.

"So Kal'tsit really believed it? She really believed some weird rules I made up?"

Lu Shang felt a little happy.

Is this a common problem among smart people? When faced with something that is beyond their understanding, their first reaction is not to deny it, but to confirm its rationality first?

"But in my nonsense rules, although it did say not to open the door, I never said that monsters can't break the door."

After saying this, Lu Shang raised his hand and gently tapped Kal'tsit's door.

"Door (locked)"

"Open"

"Unlock"

"Lock Picking"

"destroy"

"Cosplaying as the male protagonist in The Shining, using an axe to split the door open and saying the classic line "Here's Johnny!""

「More+」

004. When it comes to NPC gameplay, this option is always indispensable.

ask:

You were inexplicably thrown into a strange place, and before you could figure out the situation, the phone suddenly rang and someone started talking about some weird rules.

You note the key points inside, for example, after midnight, the person knocking on the door may be a monster disguised as someone you know.

The next second, there was a knock on the door.

When you have just determined that the person knocking on the door is definitely not someone you know, and is even very likely to be the monster in the so-called ghost story -

The door was knocked open as if by a giant bear.

So what happens next?

答:

Wait to die.

All clues point to the fact that there must be a monster outside the door. Now that the monster has broken through the door, everyone knows what will happen next.

But sitting back and waiting for death is not Kal'tsit's character.

Now there are two paths before her.

Either run away or fight back.

Escape...It's impossible to escape. The only exit of this room is that door. Where can she run to?

So in fact, there is only one choice left for Kal'tsit.

This is why, from Lu Shang's perspective, he was just cosplaying as the male protagonist in The Shining and breaking open the door.

Turn off the lights, create an atmosphere, walk into the room openly, find a good position, strike a pose, and finally turn on the lights——

As a result, when the lights were turned on, the first thing he saw was Kal'tsit, like a cat with its fur standing on end, pouncing on its food, with her brows furrowed and her eyes narrowed, as if she was ready to pounce on him and give him a claw at any time.

"Wow, this welcome ceremony is quite unique. Why didn't I know that you, Kal'tsit, had such a setting?"

"Human...?"

Lu Shang and Kal'tsit spoke almost at the same time.

But then their attitudes became different.

Lu Shang looked the old cat up and down with interest, but Kal'tsit... felt terrible.

Let’s not talk about the way Lu Shang suddenly appeared in front of her when the light was turned off and then on again...

Kal'tsit would rather it was a monster that broke in the door than a strange man.

Because if it was a monster, the worst that could happen was that she would be killed with one claw. Even if it would be a miserable death, at least it would just be a matter of closing her eyes and opening them again.

But a man appeared...

Kal'tsit was very clear that her current situation was not good.

It didn’t matter whether this man was a victim who was inexplicably thrown here like her, or a native of this world, or even if this man was actually a monster in disguise.

The key issue now is: this man showed interest in her...well, actually sexual interest.

The way that man looked at her was too obvious.

If it were in the original world, Kal'tsit would just feel bored because her "mon3tr" would take action to solve everything.

But in this world...

For some reason, she had lost all her strength and was as weak as a little girl. Kal'tsit knew that if the man in front of her knew that she was powerless and didn't even have the strength to resist...

Then her ending might not be so good.

So she had to pretend—

"Ah, I'm sorry, I really don't want to be there and listen to you telling riddles, Kal'tsit."