Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

"I suggest you choose the Sakota race. This race is highly adaptable to firearms and has additional attribute bonuses. As for your profession, choose the sniper profession that corresponds to the Sakota race. We can build a lineup around you."

"How about assistance?" Yan Fei asked.

Bai Mi pondered, "As the captain, you need to participate in the individual competition. At present, it seems that the support is not as good as the sniper... You should create an account first. Remember to build a good relationship with the key NPCs in the game if possible."

Yan Fei's beautiful eyes swept across the angel's back and she said "oh" without commenting.

Dozens of professional teams came out to say they would join "Ark", including both domestic and foreign teams. The gaming circle was instantly injected with new vitality, and it instantly became lively. Fans who were originally on the sidelines joined the game under the leadership of the main team. In just ten days, the number of online users of "Ark" increased a lot.

Ark did not skimp on their costs, and they quickly updated a new video on their official website, which introduced the major races and their cultures. The video content allowed players to have a clearer understanding of the appearance of this land of suffering, and they also unknowingly decided which race they wanted to choose under the influence of this video.

Xia Yuan naturally didn't know all this. The battle was over. There were a pile of claw beast corpses on the ground. Green blood gradually seeped into the land. The players all suffered some minor injuries, but none of them were infected by the blood, so they won a great victory.

Xia Yuan turned his head to a female player who was close to him and said, "Adventurer, can you please inform the mayor of Noel Town that they still need to deal with the corpse and blood of the Claw Beast."

The female player who was thinking of taking advantage of the player blushed because a task appeared in front of her and the reward for the task was +1 favorability.

Wow! So lucky!

There was a special look in the players' eyes. Not to mention anything else, just today's battle was enough to make them happy for the whole night, just like winning the last ranked game before going to bed at night, making their whole body feel refreshed, not to mention the experience rewards they gained.

Everyone looked at the task summary, and [Mysterious Man's Action] was shown as completed.

The first place team was a combination of the Dingsheng Gaming Guild, the second place was the temporary team of Paradise Chasing Dreams, and the third place was...they seemed to have discovered an extra name among these people's teams.

"Is the Blazers also on the team? I see he's on the Dingsheng team, and on Draymond Green's team."

"Nonsense, otherwise, without the pioneer giegie, could we have won so easily?"

"I got the team bonus, and I think it's totally okay to give the Trail Blazers the Finals MVP award."

"Isn't it normal for NPCs to join a team? It's the first MMORPG for young people."

Several people from the Dingsheng Game Guild came to Xia Yuan with joy, saluted, and said nice things, hoping to leave a good impression on this NPC and get him to take them with him when he drinks soup in the future.

Dream Chaser and his team members high-fived to celebrate their victory. Several of the advanced players looked at the rookie Qiu Muyu. Not only did they benefit from Xia Yuan's team bonus, they also benefited from Qiu Muyu's team bonus. Although the bonus value was not comparable to that of high-level NPCs...Qiu Muyu was collecting corpses with a knife just now. As a rookie, her performance was already exciting enough.

The players were celebrating with each other the most satisfying victory they had achieved since the server was launched, and Xia Yuan had an Andorn smile on his face.

He gained a lot of experience in prize pools.

The top few players should have noticed that the percentage they obtained was slightly reduced, but considering that Xia Yuan was in the team, they were not surprised, because in previous online games, when NPCs were brought into the team to fight monsters, the NPCs would be upgraded.

In this prize pool mission alone, he gained 50,000 experience points from the top few teams. No matter how small a pigeon's leg is, it's still meat, right?

Silent all night.

Xia Yuan rested in Noel Town for one night. The next day, when he left the hotel, he was blocked by the mayor and residents of Noel Town. They were holding fruits and food in their hands and had smiles on their faces.

The players gathered around vaguely, looking like they were watching a CG scene.

"Thank you, Mr. Sakota from the Holy City of Lateran, for helping us get rid of the biggest worry in our hearts." The old mayor said with a smile, "The Claw Beast has always been a threat to Noel Town. No matter how many words I say, I can't express my gratitude. Please accept Noel Town's gift, the symbol of friendship from Noel Town."

Xia Yuan established a friendly relationship with the town of Noel, and at the same time, he received a reward of 10,000 Longmen coins.

"No need to thank me." Xia Yuan took a step forward, looked at the players standing around watching the show, and gave them a kind smile, "If it weren't for these adventurers from foreign lands, I alone would not be able to eliminate the threat of the Claw Beast. I am just a guide, and it is these brave people who are really fighting bloody battles with the Claw Beast."

Upon hearing this, the players put away their expressions of watching the show on their faces. They looked at the pioneer's smile, and the players who participated in last night's battle felt a warm feeling in their hearts... It's great to have an NPC like this who can speak for you.

"'Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity.' Please give these gifts to these adventurers, for this is the reward they have earned."

Xia Yuan supported the old mayor and did not let him bow to salute.

The players looked at the young man from Sakota who was chatting and laughing with the old mayor.

This man...this man ahh ...

Chapter 26 The Taste of Capital

After the players exaggeratedly described this "war" on the forum, players came to Noel Town in an endless stream. New players reported to Noel Town almost every moment, and the number of people outside Noel Town also exceeded five digits.

Many Casimir players have gathered here, which makes the mayor of Noel Town both happy and worried. He is happy that there are so many cheap laborers, but he is worried that these vagrants will gather together and cause trouble.

Xia Yuan didn't have this worry. He just hoped that more and more people would come. After he showed his strength in front of the players last time, everyone was attracted by his powerful team bonus and superb gun skills. It was a pity that the people in the Casimir region were all Kuranta, and a knight holding a Gatling gun and shooting looked weird no matter how you looked at him.

However, Xia Yuan's cold weapons are still sold out every day, and there are only a few guns prepared, just to let players have a taste of the sweetness. Players who want to equip guns have to train their attributes, otherwise they may not be as effective as cold weapons.

Every day, new players give the Longmen coins and experience earned from missions to Xia Yuan. They are also the first lucky ones who can get a career without having to come into contact with larger forces.

Players from other regions were filled with envy and hatred. Some places were too far away from Casimir and could not be reached without a month or two of travel. There were no airplanes in this area, so how could there be direct flights?

"Master Pioneer, please take a look at us in Leitania. We have beautiful music and a strong artistic atmosphere here. The NPCs all speak German. I wonder if there are any Austrian art failures. PS: The Twin Towers are still standing and now they only lack a plane."

"Woo woo woo, I want to buy a gun, come back to my original belief, it's all the Sakota race, I just want to shoot!"

"Come to the East Country quickly. There are arrogant and willful young ladies, beautiful girls from heaven, cute lolita girls, and many beautiful girls here. Come to our East Country to sell cold weapons. I just want to be a swordsman."

The players of this session are still interesting. Xia Yuan was browsing the forum and found that many people were petitioning the official website to put his character portrait on the official website. The players have even thought of a title for him: A Saint Walking on the Earth.

Ah, the word saint has nothing to do with him.

He has also come into contact with people from professional teams in the past few days. The Liquid team branch born in the Casimir region has contributed a considerable amount of resources to him.

In addition to daily sales, he also issued some not-so-easy tasks to the players as usual, and the reward experience was much more than that given by the tasks in the town. They would then use this experience to buy career books from Xia Yuan, forming a perfect cycle.

"Mr. Pioneer, what do you think of the infected?"

Xia Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked at Qiu Muyu who was trying to communicate with him.

He has not actively communicated with players in the past few days. When players chat with him, he only replies with the minimum number of words, which is enough to make his meaning clear.

He did not try hard to create the image of a quiet and indifferent Sakota, as this was inconsistent with the expected image of him among the players. He just felt that if he talked too much, others would think that this NPC was a little too "real", even though there were already tens of thousands of posts on the forum discussing how the game was too real.

But as a "protagonist" NPC, it shouldn't be a problem for me to talk more, right? Thinking of the title that the players gave me on the forum, Xia Yuan spoke.

“They are human beings just like us.”

"The Holy City of Lateran is far away from all suffering. They stand too high and cannot see the dust on the ground below their feet." Xia Yuan shook his head slightly. "All people are born equal, but some are high above others, while others have experienced all the suffering in the world. Before they had the identity of an infected person, they were human beings."

Qiu Muyu's eyes sparkled with curiosity. As one of the players who was particularly curious about the story, she was very interested in the history of Terra. However, everyone was in the Novice Town now and had no time or tasks to dig into the history, so she wanted to ask the angel who had recently appeared in front of the players.

The infected are a taboo topic for people living on this land, but for players there are not so many taboos. Among the many players, there are a few who were infected by Originium while on missions or exploring the map, or who were directly encountered by the storm. If they are not accepted by the Novice Village, they will type on their keyboards and start to rant on the forum.

Just like what was said before, there is no conflict of interest between him and the players. They are now in a mutually beneficial "honeymoon period". The players and he are not enemies. He can recruit players like other forces in this land of suffering, give them resources, and train them to become his most solid backing, and use their character and interests to bind them firmly to his side.

This is also the advantage of players being immortal. Think about it, when we are fighting, each player here has countless lives. Once he dies, it’s just a matter of reading a bar, and he will go to the battlefield again the next day. After such a fight, which NPC force can withstand the attack?

However, in the previous life, NPC forces had considered the immortal army like the Fourth Calamity. They would specially open up a battlefield and let those players who didn't care about death fight against each other in a war of attrition.

"Someday, if you ever get a chance to go to Rutland, you'll understand."

Xia Yuan smiled. Auxiliary players like Qiu Muyu could play with him. As a production profession, what they lacked was materials. If he was short of any materials in the future, he could issue a task to the production players. Maybe they would have the materials stocked in their bags.

It is necessary to train players. At least he is very optimistic about those professional teams. If they are trained properly, he will not only gain a group of fighters, but they will also become more powerful in the professional arena and will no longer have such embarrassing results.

Then again, players are not online all the time, and it is impossible for him to ask players to do everything for him. If he wants to create a force that players feel is reliable in the future, he will still need the help of NPCs. This is also the reason and excuse for him to save money.

He had an idea, but the time had not yet come, and only in 1088 could he carry out his plan.

It would be dangerous if that woman Arturo was here. If she used her Originium skills, she would probably want to become the Holy Emperor sitting on the toilet and overlooking the entire Terra.

Xia Yuan continued to introduce the infected to Qiu Muyu, that is, the origin of the oripathy and the preciousness of resources such as Originium. This was information that was unknown to current players and required reading a lot of literature to obtain. He integrated the original owner's memory and the documents he read in his previous life, and told Qiu Muyu the story.

As Xia Yuan continued her story, Qiu Muyu couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for the infected. This was usually the case for players like her who were immersed in the story. There were many players who liked to skip the plot when playing old-time online games, but there were also many players who would shed tears when they heard sentences like "You look best when you smile", "Ah... I don't know... whether that persimmon... suits his taste...", "Give me... remember... we... once lived in this world."

"If you are interested in other things in the future, you can continue to come to me."

Xia Yuan smiled at Qiu Muyu.

[The pioneer's favorability towards you has increased by 1]

Qiu Muyu nodded happily. She didn't expect to gain such a reward just by asking the NPC for the background story. What surprised her was that she received a task from the pioneer.

A mission called [Pioneer and the Land] requires her to reach level 10 before going to find the pioneer. There may be a surprise waiting for her, and the reward of experience and Lungmen coins is very generous.

Qiu Muyu left happily, and Xia Yuan wrapped his coat tightly.

Snowflakes were already falling from the December sky of Casimir, but his mind had already flown to the near future, planning his journey in his heart.

......

Xia Yuan had no interest in Kazdel's civil war. To him, it was a fight to the death among the Sarkaz race. It was interesting to watch the players who joined both camps arguing with each other on the forum.

A faction section was soon developed on the forum. The cause was that Theresa's border guards were discussing the location of the players' camps on the forum. Not long after, they were ambushed by the Theresis army, which were also players. This incident fired the first shot of PVP. Xia Yuan watched the two armies of players on the forum cursing at each other and described the battlefield as a duel between martial arts masters.

But the actual situation is that they use sticks and knives to engage in close combat. What level can the players who have played the game so far reach?

The camp section eliminates the possibility of players from different camps seeing posts. Before entering a camp, you need to report your ID. The best proof of your ID is whether you belong to the Theresia Army or the Theresis Military.

Of course, spies lurking in the opposing camp soon appeared, but that is a story for later.

More and more players gathered, and Xia Yuan's stock was running out. He planned to move to another place and start business again after the New Year. After all, he had almost fleeced this group of players, and it was time to target the players in Colombia and Ursus, who were closer to Casimir.

But he was not in a hurry, not only because there was not much stock left, but also because he found that as a new player, there was not much profit to be made. With the story missions in their novice village and novice town, the benefits of doing business with them would be maximized after they grew up.

On that day, he received a message from the Chamber of Commerce that the materials he ordered had arrived. At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce gave him a gold-stamped invitation letter, inviting him to attend the end-of-year knight competition awards ceremony as a distinguished guest.

That's right, this party is a product of capital, and is held every year by the Chamber of Commerce. They will select the most popular knight, the most promising new knight, and a series of award ceremonies each year. After the ceremony is the old-fashioned cocktail party. No matter what, for any knight or guest who participates in this event, it is an opportunity to expand their social circle.

Knights are no longer the respected knight class of the past. Knights of this era also need to make a living. It has become an honor for knights to be sought out by companies to endorse their products. At least in this so-called award ceremony, all major manufacturing companies in Casimir will be present one by one, and it is not surprising to talk business with the knights they are optimistic about.

So, under the reluctant gazes of the players in Noel Town, Xia Yuan drove away in a military pickup truck.

Xia Yuan felt a little nostalgic when he returned to Cavaleliaki after several months. He went back to the apartment and studio prepared for him by the Chamber of Commerce, and started tinkering after finding the materials.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Yuan read the mechanic promotion book given to him by Dürrenmatt, and then divided half of the 15 experience points he had gained into this secondary profession. The original mechanic apprentice was promoted to trainee mechanic Lv15. Although the overall level did not change, after obtaining 1 free attribute points, he also gained attribute bonuses of +2 strength +2 endurance + intelligence.

He learned new skills [Basic Mechanical Manufacturing] and [Mechanical Strength]. The former is a preliminary upgraded version, while the latter allows him to increase the damage caused by mechanical weapons when using mechanical weapons in combat. Xia Yuan temporarily upgraded the skills Basic Mechanical Manufacturing and the characteristic Basic Mechanical Understanding to Lv10, but did not change the mechanical strength. His current fighting method is still with a pistol, so he will wait and see when he can make mechanical weapons.

Of the 10 experience points, 10 were lost. With the promotion of the profession, each level consumed a lot of experience points. Xia Yuan had no place to spend the remaining 3, so he was itching to spend it all on the secondary profession of novice craftsman. After finishing the book given to him by the old craftsman and upgrading, his novice craftsman reached Lv2, gained free attributes, gained + strength and + endurance, and learned the basic [craftsman forging] and [basic craftsman understanding].

There is not a drop of experience left.

In the remaining days, Xia Yuan's work was to hammer iron and browse the forum. The next thing he could do was to obtain the gunsmith's profession book. After reaching a certain level, he would be able to modify his own firearms and integrate them with machines, allowing him to benefit from the bonus of mechanical power.

Of course, Xia Yuan was also considering enhancing his melee combat capabilities. All the enemies he had killed so far were defeated by him in fair and square battles, but what if someone didn't follow the ethics of martial arts and tried to sneak attack him?

Fortunately, the secondary profession of craftsman can give him the possibility of close combat, but his level is not high enough and he cannot learn any skills.

Every shooter has a heart for close combat. Although Xia Yuan is not a shooter, the feeling of punching hard is still good.

On this day, Xia Yuan finished all his work. After a simple wash, he changed into the formal suit he ordered from the Chamber of Commerce. It must be said that he looked like a businessman in this outfit.

Xia Yuan took a car and arrived at the award ceremony. The long red carpet made him laugh. The red carpet was surrounded by reporters and staff from the Chamber of Commerce and the National Council. On the red carpet, several knights were walking slowly towards the front, showing charming smiles to the camera as they walked.

The smell of capital, Xia Yuan criticized, how could I be in cahoots with them! I have no mutual respect for capital!

He coughed twice and nodded to the beautiful Kuranta girl who was tapping his legs inside the car. The beautiful Zarak girl outside the car greeted him warmly and politely as he got out of the stretched Lincoln.

Chapter 27 Traditional Warrior

Xia Yuan does not think that he is a successful businessman now. Unlike many people in suits and ties who talk big, he is not an entrepreneur, not even a capitalist. However, his identity as Sakta has attracted the attention of many reporters and media people.

The reporter from the Chamber of Commerce received an order from his superior through the headset, and all the gossip or thoughts about this Sakota in his mind immediately disappeared.

Because their superiors told them that this Sakota was one of the important clients of the Chamber of Commerce.

Ordinary people cannot beat capital. Sometimes curiosity can really kill people. They retracted their gaze and focused on their own jobs.

Walking along the red carpet, Xia Yuan stepped into the golden hall with a slight polite smile on his face.

Modern Casimir is a feast for competitive knights. A famous author once wrote that the knight competition is the luck of this era, which continuously provides Casimir with huge trade and tourism income. The knight competition is also the misfortune of this era. The knight class that once symbolized glory is now worthless. Their glory value exists in the long river of history. Competitive knights are what Casimir needs most in this era.

Although the author was very fair in his words, he was still criticized by the Chamber of Commerce, and under their supervision, he later wrote a book advocating how much benefit jockeying brought to Casimir.

The knights present here have all participated in knight competitions, or are new knights who will participate in the 21st knight competition next year. Some of them are already backed by big companies, and they are wearing armor that has been endorsed, which looks very cool.

Some knights were sitting in their chairs with their shirtsleeves folded, some were much more lively and chatted with their companions with a smile, and some knights stood with their sponsors, giving the image of loyal guardians.

Xia Yuan was a little envious of the treatment those sponsors received. Some of these knights had stubborn warrior mindsets and would never betray once they had set their minds on something. If he could conquer one or two knights, they would become Xia Yuan's most loyal subordinates or most like-minded partners.

Xia Yuan looks mature and steady with the bonus of the formal suit, but he lacks the sophistication and experience of a company executive. In terms of aura, he cannot be compared with those high-ranking company representatives and financiers for the time being.

There's nothing I can do about it. In his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker. He didn't have the courage to turn my broken body into a raging fire. Temperament is something that cannot be changed without the influence of the surrounding environment.

However, there were still some competitive knights who came to talk to him, and Xia Yuan also chatted with them for a few words, but did not mention the company or his own identity in his words. The knights did not hear the information they wanted to know, and soon said goodbye and left.