Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

But that's not right...

"Didn't that man Lu Shang say that once he falls asleep, this dream world will revert?"

"Since it will be rolled back, then logically speaking, it should take at most one day."

"And it's... 1pm?"

"So all in all, today is only 13 hours."

This is what happened in 13 hours?

Then her body in the dream world is really fragile...

After all, it’s impossible for Lu Shang to endure for seven days in a row like her, right?

She stayed up because she absolutely didn't want to come here again, so what was Lu Shang doing?

"Of course, it's to not miss any wonderful moments."

The sudden male voice scared Kal'tsit so much that her cat ears, which were originally shrinking back into airplane ears, suddenly bounced up.

I quickly turned my head and saw that, as expected, her door was opened smoothly again.

And Lu Shang, who was standing outside the door, still had his fingertips in the posture of clicking on options.

But Lu Shang didn't care about the cat's angry look.

Lu Shang just walked into the room and explained casually: "After all, since Kal'tsit can travel to this dream world, others may be able to do so. As long as there is this possibility, what if I miss it?"

"Just like the last time you traveled through time, if I had gone to bed before midnight, I would have had no idea that you were alive."

"And you, Kal'tsit, probably wouldn't have thought that there is a living person like me in this world. At most, you are just surprised by this dream world, and then you will go back after a visit."

"In order to avoid this kind of thing from happening, I'll just not sleep."

Kelsey: “…”

Then you really have plenty of free time.

You don’t even want to sleep just for fun?

Then why haven't you died suddenly yet?

Of course, Kal'tsit didn't say these words.

But even if she didn't say it, Lu Shang just glanced at the top of Kal'tsit's head, then nodded in understanding and said, "Sudden death? Isn't that perfect? ​​Sudden death is a good way to go back to the previous game, and then I can be resurrected with full health."

Kelsey: “…”

So it’s really seven days?

Is this NPC so weak? Is it true that nothing will happen?

"Not even seven days. I went to play with other NPCs a few days ago. Then, I saw that you, Kal'tsit, didn't come over, so I went to play with you."

"..."

Forget it.

Kelsey gave up.

She figured it out. Even if she said nothing, the interactive menu would describe her mental activities.

So after taking a deep breath, Kal'tsit decided to take the initiative to speak: "What if I had never traveled through time? And according to what you said, NPCs would only mechanically repeat the same sentence and do the same thing every day - it's only afternoon now, I can't possibly sleep in the dormitory, so why am I here now?"

"I have considered the possibility that you, Kal'tsit, will only travel through time once. After all, there are so many NPCs in the illustrated guide. Even if I randomly pull one person here every day, it will take about one or two years for everyone to cycle through them all."

"And as for Kal'tsit, why are you in the dormitory now——"

Lu Shang did not hide anything and said bluntly: "That's because I blocked your dialog box."

"Dialog box?"

"Well, just like this—"

Lu Shang swiped his finger and opened Kal'tsit's interactive menu.

Then click "Conversation".

If Kal'tsit was an NPC at this time, she would have to say "What do you want to know?"

Then, the following pop-up topics include "Casual Chat", "Topics About You", "Topics About Amiya", "Topics About the Doctor", "Topics About Rhodes Island", "Topics About This Land", and so on.

But looking at the options in front of him, Lu Shang didn't decide on the next step.

This made Kal'tsit a little confused, and she wanted to ask what was going on.

As a result, Kelsey's eyes shrank——

She found she couldn't speak.

I couldn't even move my body.

“Dialogue has the highest priority. No matter what the NPC was doing before, it will stop instantly.”

"Even if you are sitting on the toilet to use the toilet, if I click on your dialogue box, you have to hold it back, stand up, and talk to me."

"Even if you were stabbed and bleeding profusely, lying on the ground dying, I would click on your dialog box and you would still have to jump up alive and well, finish talking to me, and then lie back on the ground to continue your life."

"Thanks to this principle, that is, "dialogue has the highest priority" and "NPC is invincible during dialogue", many operations can be performed. "

"For example--"

Lu Shang maintained Kal'tsit's dialogue box and walked straight forward.

With Kal'tsit looking incredulous, Lu Shang reached out and pushed Kal'tsit onto the bed.

While letting her maintain this sleeping position, click on her interactive menu in order:

「Change clothes」→「Accessories」

「Status」→「Lock blood」

"Body" → "No height"

"Look, that's it. Isn't it exactly the same as when you, Kal'tsit, traveled through time just now?"

After Lu Shang showed Kal'tsit everything, he did not intend to cancel the dialog box.

He was still stuck on this dialog box, then turned around, walked out of the room, and waved to Kal'tsit who was lying on the bed and couldn't move: "Bye."

Then Lu Shang closed the door.

Kelsey: “?”

Kelsey: “???”

You come back to me!

012. You can’t hide the look in your eyes when you want to kill someone

Of course, Lu Shang couldn't really just leave Kal'tsit there and ignore her.

Although placement is also a way to play, it is really a waste.

After all, who knows when she will put it back on.

Last time Kal'tsit only stayed in this world for 6 hours, what about this time?

This time it will probably be shorter.

Lu Shang didn't believe that with Kal'tsit's personality, she wouldn't think of some solutions and prepare some backup plans after suffering a loss once.

And looking at the way Kal'tsit looked when she first crossed over this time, maybe Kal'tsit really had gone without sleep for seven whole days in the real world, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and passed out.

It would be fine if Kal'tsit fainted in her own dormitory. No one would disturb her and she would definitely get a good sleep. There would be no rush.

But what if Kal'tsit fainted in the medical room, conference room, or right in front of Theresa and the Doctor?

Then they will definitely start rescue immediately.

Maybe Kal'tsit had already made an agreement with Theresa and the others, saying something like "If I pass out, you must wake me up as quickly as possible."

An hour at most? Two hours? Kal'tsit would probably have to put it back on.

So just ten minutes after leaving, Lu Shang came back.

He pushed the door open and looked up at Kal'tsit who was lying motionless on the bed.

The first thing I saw was the "+1", "+1", "+1" symbols floating above Kal'tsit's head.

Of course, this wasn't actually restoring health, after all, Lu Shang had thoughtfully locked her health bar.

This so-called "+1" refers to the progress bar unique to Xiaohuangyou.

The progress bar for women is pink with a heart on top.

The progress bar for men is blue with a "just cause" at the top.

When the progress bar is full and reaches MAX, a CG can be successfully unlocked.

That's probably what it means.

But unfortunately, in addition to changing her outfit and locking her health, Lu Shang also had a "ban" option.

So even though the pink progress bar has been increasing steadily at "+1", every time when it is just a little bit away from reaching MAX, the progress bar will stop moving or even forcefully reset and continue to increase steadily from 0 to "+1".

"Kal'tsit (Neither up nor down...)"

"Kal'tsit (Almost hit...)"

"Kal'tsit (feeling upset...)"

Kal'tsit is indeed very upset now.

And she was also sure that Lu Shang did not lie to her.

Because although the progress bar is always just a little bit away from reaching MAX and then is ruthlessly reset, it compensates you.

How to compensate?

"Number of times added"

"After removing the 'ban' option, it will be settled all at once according to the number of stackings."

What a ghost.

So now there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that there is only one layer of debris on the surface so far, so she can still be saved.

The bad news is that even if only one layer is stacked, there is still one chance. As long as Lu Shang cancels the "prohibit" option at that time, the progress bar still needs to be settled once.

So when Lu Shang pushed the door open, the second thing he saw was Kal'tsit's eyes that looked like she wanted to stab him.

Well, to be precise, Kal'tsit's expression should have changed from "irritated" in the beginning, to "disbelief", and finally to a look as if she wanted to stab him.

why?

Not only did Lu Shang come back, he also brought Amiya back with him.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that Kal’tsit can’t speak now, otherwise, even with her temper, she would probably curse out loud.

Because Lu Shang carried Amiya to her bedside, and while rubbing the bunny's ears, he said, "Oh, sorry, sorry, Rhodes Island is a bit big. It took me a lot of time to catch this bunny, but it didn't take long, right? After all, I see that you, Kal'tsit, have only stacked one layer now."

"Okay, let's not talk about me anymore. Come here, Amiya, look, it's your doctor Kal'tsit, say hello."

"Oh, I forgot, Amiya, you are an NPC and you won't pay attention to us."

"But at least it's still the same face. Your doctor Kal'tsit also admitted that you are the grown-up Amiya."

"That..."

"Kal'tsit, tell me, if I remove your "ban" option now, will you, in front of Amiya—"

"Okay, okay, it's just a joke. Kal'tsit, you look like you want to die with me."