Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

"I thought you would sleep longer." Xia Yuan said.

Avdoka swallowed the food in her mouth hurriedly and pursed her lips, "Because you said that we would set off tonight... I don't want to affect your formation."

"You... I haven't introduced myself to you formally yet. My name is Xia Yuan, Xia for summer, Yuan for fate. You don't have to call me "you", just call me by my name directly."

"I understand...Brother Xia Yuan...Sir."

Avdoka quickly took back what she had just said, she lowered her head quickly, and told herself all the time not to be radiant with just a little sunshine. She was nothing now, she had nothing, and the other party was her savior, and it was obviously wrong to treat him so carelessly.

"Brother... Do you have a brother? I mean in the Ivanova family."

Avdoka shook her head slightly, her eyes dim, "I am the eldest daughter, I have two brothers and two sisters."

"...I'm sorry to ask you this." Xia Yuan took a step forward and gently stroked Avdoga's head. Senomi, Mandela, Susie and Lafiela all liked his intimate gesture. He comforted her softly, "As for brother, call me if you want."

Avdoka opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say the words she wanted to say, "This is very rude to you, Mr. Xia Yuan."

Kanelian chuckled, "The boss has too many sisters."

"Isn't there a Fester...Oh, he calls me teacher, then it's okay." Xia Yuan shook his head.

In order to sneak out of the city, Avdoga naturally had to hide in the trunk of the pickup truck. Xia Yuan specially bought a lot of specialties from other nobles in Samara. When the patrolling noble guards saw that he was Sakota and saw so many of their own goods in the trunk, the inspection was not so serious as to open each box one by one. They waved their hands and let him go.

Afdoka felt the vibration of the pickup truck in the cardboard box. She might never come back again.

Her home is gone and she can't go back.

Thinking of this, Afdoka was so glad that there was music playing in the pickup, so that Xia Yuan and Kanelian would not hear her quiet sobs.

Chapter 138: Desperate Battle Unlocked

There is a vast land in the north of Ursus, which is no different from what Xia Yuan had expected. The closer to the northeast, the thicker the snow, the fewer towns, and naturally the smaller the population.

Under such weather and climate conditions, the energy and resources required to move a mobile city are exaggerated, so some towns with less supplies simply do not move. Anyway, they can just wait until a natural disaster comes before moving. Being located in the same place also facilitates the flow of people from different cities.

Within a few weeks, Xia Yuan encountered many infected people wandering in the wilderness, including many players and NPCs. The settlement of the infected players was similar to the one Brother Han had seen before. They all gathered together in small groups and were very united.

However, compared to the players, these infected Terran NPCs are like poop in a cesspool. They have a strong resistance to Xia Yuan, an uninfected stranger. If they were not afraid of Xia Yuan and Carnellian's strength, they might eat them alive.

Xia Yuan understood their feelings. The future of being an infected person is dark. Under such circumstances, more and more people will naturally be dragged into it... What, I'm already living such a miserable life, and you're not an infected person, so why should I be dragged into it?

This is the evil thought deep in human nature, but Xia Yuan understands that people who are truly desperate will only have two choices: one is to drag everyone else down with them, and the other is to let go and continue to live.

For the vast majority of Ursus people, they belong to the former.

Because in Ursus, being infected is a life worse than death. They have fear, anger, resentment, and hatred in their hearts. If people stay in such a mentality for a long time, their thoughts will naturally be distorted... and they will also turn into avengers in the dark, pointing their knives and swords at those who are not infected.

There is no reason, only a simple "why"

Throughout history, how many wars have been caused by this simple question: "Why?"

Therefore, Xia Yuan did not have too much contact with them... He even did not find any players among these infected NPC teams. It was estimated that the players themselves could not stand such a negative energy environment and died early.

This creates a phenomenon that is very strange to the Terrans but not surprising to Xia Yuan. The infected players unite and cooperate with each other, living a life after the wasteland, hunting when they should hunt, mining when they should mine, exploring when they should explore, and they are very loyal as a group!

However, the infected Terrans were relatively in a bad state. There was no hope of life on their faces, and their daily lives were numb.

Kanelian was a little surprised, but to her, it seemed that she would not be too surprised by what these adventurers did next.

After all, players will not die no matter how recklessly they act.

There were already infected people on the forum who summarized the pros and cons of being an infected person. Xia Yuan read carefully while driving. After all, he did not become an infected person when he was a player in his previous life.

The first is the benefit that everyone knows. The infected can use Originium skills without the help of a medium. This has already been concluded during the internal test. In battle, they can use weapons more skillfully and cooperate with Originium skills to fight. After becoming an infected, the player's attributes will also increase slightly.

Next are the disadvantages. The obvious thing is that you become infected and cannot enter the main city or mobile city. Secondly, your HP will decrease at a fixed rate during each battle, and the degree of infection will also deepen with specific situations - such as death due to infected debuff in battle... As the infection deepens, the upper limit of your HP will gradually decrease, and your attributes will also rise and fall accordingly.

So far, the player with the most serious condition is a foreign player from the previous internal test. His systemic infection rate has exceeded 40%. Although he can still move around, his agility has decreased a lot - because he carries a lot of Originium crystals on his body. At the same time, a dizziness debuff will pop up from time to time, just like he is sick with a cold.

At this point, he has to think twice if he wants to join the battle. This broadcaster can't play anymore. After all, the audience comes to have fun, not to watch him eat shit, so he is considering opening a new account.

This has sounded a wake-up call for every player. It is not wrong to fight madly, but one has to experience the consequences of the battle himself. Having learned from previous experiences, players will naturally not be so wasteful.

[[Type-100 Rainy Night Knight] Cleared % of the levels and reached the conditions for unlocking the difficult dungeon]

While Xia Yuan was still slacking off and browsing the forum, this message suddenly popped up.

Xia Yuan hummed. Is it finally unlocked? He had never explored this function before. Thinking of this, he moved his fingers slightly and clicked on the unlocking information.

[Knight of the night (Ultimate)] Unlocked

[There is no if in the past, because history is sung by the victors. It's just that on that stormy night, people still unconsciously think about another possibility. If all the forces in the dark emerge one by one, will the result be slightly different?

Listen to the poems of the Sakota pioneers and experience the second possibility of that freezing cold night.

[Mission location: Blood Rain Arena]

[Task time limit: 120 minutes]

【Team composition: 8 people】

[Level Requirement: Level 30]

I'm super!!

What is this copy! Xia Yuan's eyes widened. He had never heard of such a mode in the copy issued by NPC in his previous life. Wait, what is a desperate battle? There are only eight people fighting?

This dungeon... looks very difficult. Not only is the level requirement the limit of 1.0, but will the output be enough for eight people to play such a dungeon?

Xia Yuan was a little skeptical, after all, he didn't have this thing in his previous life... But this was spit out by the game system itself, so he should be able to beat it, right?

Well, when the time comes, I’ll give it to Dandao and Danta and let them study it carefully.

It’s a pity that Xia Yuan, as an NPC, seems unable to enter the dungeon by himself, but he can watch the players’ first-person perspective of the game, which is pretty good from this perspective.

"Boss...that sign means there's a village nearby."

Afdoka, who was sitting in the back row wearing a warm winter coat, whispered, pointing her finger forward, "The small words below say... No outsiders allowed."

“Is it so strict?”

Xia Yuan complained in surprise.

Afdoka nodded silently. After being depressed for the first few days, the girl's mind gradually became active. She might never be able to live the life of a young lady who sat in the back garden on a winter afternoon and enjoyed a cup of warm black tea. But her life as Afdoka continued.

"Yes... because there is little food in the village in winter. Although tourists can bring money, they cannot bring food."

The little girl said in a soft voice.

I don’t know if it’s because Afdoka herself has a good character, or because she has read a lot of books and loves literature, but the conversations during the journey were all about Xia Yuan and Kanelian arguing about all sorts of things, and Afdoka, as a third party, would sometimes express her own opinions in a low voice.

What surprised Kanelian was that Miss Afdoka could learn a lot about Terra without leaving home. Afdoka just said that she liked reading books, so she learned a lot of "useless" knowledge.

Xia Yuan felt a little relieved to see that Avdojia was able to communicate. This was how interactions between people occurred. At least now she was much better than the taciturn girl she was in the first few days.

"No way, it looks like we won't be able to stay in the village today."

Xia Yuan patted the steering wheel and changed his mood, saying, "The tent comes in handy at this time. Fortunately, I prepared sleeping bags and other things. After all, gasoline is still very important in such a remote wilderness. I don't want to push the car."

"Okay, I'll help." Kanelian is a man of action and does what he says.

"Ah... I'll come too." Afdoka was also eager to try. Now the only way for her to show her value... was probably to know Ursus and work as a translator.

After parking the car near the woods so that it would not be exposed to the incessant wind and snow, Xia Yuan turned off the engine, got out of the car, and opened the trunk. In addition to the supplies he had collected in nearby towns for doing business with infected players, there was also a full set of camping equipment he had prepared earlier.

As a man who has watched Bear Grylls survive in the wilderness many times, Xia Yuan is quite interested in surviving in the wild. If he really wants to do it in real life, he might as well experience it in the game... However, it is still a bit too difficult to take these two girls hunting in the snow.

While Kanelian and Afdoka were setting up the tent, Xia Yuan was preparing the ingredients for tonight's dinner. Although the meals were usually prepared by Senomi, Mandela and Susie, it didn't mean that Xia Yuan couldn't cook.

Well, he opened the video website and started searching for videos of cooking meat.

Alas, the only good thing about being able to open web pages in the game is that I could read forums and watch shows, chat and look at porn pictures with my stupid group friends, and when I was bored, I could play 7k7k games to kill time.

Safety is very necessary when setting up a tent in the wild in such a snowy and icy place. Xia Yuan didn't want to be attacked by a hateful infected person while he was sleeping, so he sent his drone into the sky early to search for human presence nearby in the vast snow... This place is located in a forest area, and there is not much room for drones to operate, but Xia Yuan did it anyway, just in case.

Kanelian and Avdotka sat on small chairs, leaning against the campfire. Well... it is indeed dangerous to light a fire in the forest, but it is not summer now, the snow on the ground has not melted yet, and it is very wet, so there is no possibility of a fire.

Afdoka's Luper tail rested on her thigh, and she stared at the bonfire in a trance.

She thought of the past. Unconsciously, when she was alone, she would always think of her past happy life and herself now. This was not a kind of sadness or lament about the unfairness of fate. She had accepted the present and the moment. However, as a sixteen-year-old girl, memories were like a tide, always flooding into her heart in the dead of night.

"Give."

Xia Yuan handed the hot soup to Avdoga. The girl was stunned for a moment. Rupert's ears moved and he looked up at Xia Yuan. The latter had a calm smile on his face, as if he was doing something as a matter of course.

It's not that Avdoga didn't observe Xia Yuan carefully during this period, or rather, she spent most of her time observing this boss because she had nothing else to do. This Sakota from Lateran showed something that Avdoga felt unfamiliar with. He could chat and trade with the infected with a smile, and he would also take out his pistol to kill all the infected who attacked the pickup. Sometimes he talked humorously, and every complaint made her smile, and sometimes he spoke in a deep tone, uttering words that were as heavy as the land, which she couldn't understand.

"Thanks..."

Afdoka thanked him quietly and took the hot soup. She wrapped her hands around the outside of the cup, feeling her fingers gradually warming up. This warmth made her feel infatuated and she had an urge to go to bed right away.

It is normal for people to feel sleepy in a cold environment, let alone young people like Afdoka who are sleep-deprived.

Xia Yuan handed the hot soup to Kanelian, they smiled at each other and took a sip at the same time.

He looked at the screen on his arm, put the cup aside, and clicked a few times to let the drone return to their side and enter the alert mode. That is, if there is any unusual movement around them, the sensor on his arm will vibrate. If Xia Yuan does not respond in time, the drone will use the submachine gun module to kill the moving creature.

This is a means of self-defense.

"...there are traces of people."

Xia Yuan took a sip of hot soup, wiped his mouth and looked at the screen. There were several moving figures on it - of course, they were thermal images, and these people were also in the woods, and looking from this direction, they seemed to be approaching them.

"Here we are."

After hearing this, Kanelian picked up the magic sword beside her, turned to Avdoka and said, "Stay away, and come out when we call you."

Avdoka realized that she was a burden here, so she bit her lip and obediently returned to the tent, but her eyes were still looking here.

In the snowy wilderness, encountering humans is even less likely than encountering wild beasts, because wild beasts will show you their fangs from the beginning, while humans hide their fangs in their hearts.

Xia Yuan remained standing, with the drones lined up behind him, and his hand had already touched the gun on his thigh.

There was a rustling sound of footsteps, and as the two men waited in silence, several hooded men and women wearing uniform winter clothing came into their sight.

In front of these men and women, there was a man named Carters who was not wearing a hood.

Her expression was cold as ice.

Chapter 139 Frost Star

In extreme environments - in this desolate and cold land, humans are more terrifying than wild beasts.

Beasts have only one option: eating, but human hearts are unpredictable.

Kanelian's hand had already reached for the magic sword at his waist, while Xia Yuan stood calmly in front of Afdoga. Afdoga was just a high school girl with no fighting ability. She was saved by Kanelian, so naturally she needed protection.

"Oh, there's a fire. It's really warm when I get close to it."

"Hey! Can't you read the atmosphere? Doesn't our appearance sound a bit like the villain?"

"...alright."

Before Xia Yuan and the other two started talking, several people who had come from afar began talking to each other. Compared with the communication between strangers, their words were more intimate, and it was obvious that these people were not ordinary companions.

After observing their uniforms, I found that the coats worn by both men and women were of the same style... This may not be accurate, because each person has slight differences. Traces of stitching and mending can be seen on these uniforms, and some old clothes can be seen inside the coats.

A member of the infected NPC settlement? Maybe not.

Xia Yuan glanced at the weapons on their waists and backs. As a craftsman, he examined these weapons and found that they were quite different from those of the settlement members he had met before. These people's weapons and equipment were too good and were not on the same level as those of other settlement members.

"Which settlement are you from?"

Xia Yuan did not release his hand from the gun handle, and asked lightly.

"Hey, I can actually see brother Sakta in this land. He looks so handsome. I think he's my type."

"Hey! Petrova, the captain hasn't spoken yet."

"No, there's no way we can start a fight. We're not bad guys."

Under the complaints of the other team members, Carters, who was standing at the front, said softly, "Put down your weapons and rest where you are."

Hearing this, the team members wrapped up their weapons and placed them on the ground. Some of them took off their hoods, sneered at Xia Yuan and Kanelian, and sat near the fire.

"My code name is Frost Star. This is my team. We want to rest here for a night." Carters, codenamed Frost Star, quickly identified the leader Xia Yuan among the three and nodded to him. "It's too difficult to make a fire in the heavy snow."

Although the explanation was very clear, I don't know if it was an illusion, but Frost Star's tone always gave people a cold or indifferent feeling, as if she herself had been affected by the constant blizzard weather in the north of Ursus.

Xia Yuan had no objection. It seemed that the other party had no other intentions at the moment. From the moment they laid down their weapons, the relationship was at least not as tense as before.

After saying this, Frost Star returned to her team. She had no interest in continuing to chat with Xia Yuan... After she sat down, she simply took out some dry food from the small bag she carried with her and started to eat it. Even the softest food would become stiff due to the cold weather.

Several members of the team began to set up tents, while those who were resting began to eat dry food. They had no complaints or grumbles, and it seemed as if they were used to this kind of life.