Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

Muerseth smiled and waved to Xia Yuan, then noticed that his face was slightly red. Although she couldn't smell anything as a water clone, she still covered her nose and said, "Go take a shower quickly, the smell of alcohol is not good."

"Go, go, go."

Xia Yuan was pushed into the bathroom by Muirseth and started to wash.

After washing off the tiredness and alcohol smell, Xia Yuan wiped her light grey hair in front of the mirror. When she was a player, there was no setting for her hair to grow longer and her body to change. Even though she had been here for a long time, Xia Yuan usually didn't pay attention to these things. The figure of Xia Yuan in the mirror was much better than the thin appearance when she just came here.

Although he hasn’t done any deliberate exercise, he looks more muscular and his lines are smoother, perhaps because of the increase in his attributes.

"How do you feel? Cavaleliaki." Xia Yuan returned to the living room and came to the floor-to-ceiling window. The city that never sleeps under his feet never stopped.

"It's more commercial than Colombia. It must be fun to go shopping."

"Would your original body feel uncomfortable if it came here?"

Muerseth glanced at Xia Yuan, stretched out his hand and touched the glass, and part of his arm turned into water molecules and floated towards the entire Cavalleria.

"...Well, the pollution is not serious, but there is a lack of vegetation." After a long time, Muirseth said, "...Yeah, I found some infected people in the sewer."

"Are you okay?" Xia Yuan sat down.

Muirseth retracted his arm, "I was just suddenly frightened... It turns out that the underground of Cavalleriaki is where the infected live."

Contact with infected people will not cause infection, and being attacked will not cause infection either. This is the conclusion that has been confirmed by the authorities. However, infected people are still discriminated against. They live like smelly rats in dirty sewers. Even if they live in this modern metropolis, they cannot live like normal people.

They are in Casimir, where discrimination is common, and in Ursus, which borders Casimir... the infected there are truly living a life worse than death. They are thrown into mines to mine Originium, and are exposed to the Originium-infected environment for a long time. Many of them die prematurely. Their lives are not respected, and they are treated as tools without any maintenance. They are scum, trampled under the feet of Ursus.

Crying will not attract attention, cursing will only make the abusers laugh. Sometimes, living is more painful than death.

"This is the meaning of Rhine's life."

Xia Yuan said softly, looking up at the dark sky, "If we say too big a goal, people will laugh at us. At this stage... let's create an environment that is more suitable for people to live in, where there are birds singing, flowers blooming, streams flowing, and peace and harmony."

"Why did you tell me my goal?" Muirseth smiled slightly.

“Because you are not alone on the road ahead.”

Muirseth's gaze continued to stay on Xia Yuan's face. After a moment, she smiled faintly and reached out to poke Xia Yuan's face, just like Xia Yuan liked to poke mini Muirseth's face.

Xia Yuan only felt a chill on her cheeks. "What are you doing? Ouch."

"Nothing, I'm going to rest now. Xia Yuan, you should also go to bed early and don't stay up late!"

Muerseth's body floated up, and he said with his hands on his hips in a very imposing manner.

"Okay, got it."

Watching Muirseth turn back into water in the bottle, Xia Yuan returned to the workbench and continued hammering, but this time he was hammering on the raw materials, and the experience points he gained each time were much lower.

......

While Xia Yuan was hammering iron, Magic ZX updated his new video online.

The title is "Ark Travels: Pioneers in the Land of Suffering (1)"

"The missing people have returned. Will UP no longer make content for "Swordsman"?"

"Didn't the magic teacher say before that he would like to play Ark? Oh, let's triple-click first."

"The title is Trailblazer, what's going on? Magic ZX and Trailblazer are involved?"

"Laxative, I'm in Novice Town, just got off the plane, the magic teacher triggered the pioneer's hidden mission in Columbia Novice Town, and now I'm acting with the pioneer."

The video is shared in the forum, so that players can also see the video when browsing the forum while playing games, and can kill time by watching the video while playing games. Magic ZX itself is a UP host with its own traffic, and because the game he made is the Ark, which has been a hot topic in recent months, the popularity is rising steadily.

"Hello everyone, I am your magic ZX."

"Just like the title of this video, yes, I'm going to introduce the players' novice mentor, the handsome guy who is cold and ruthless to female players, the mysterious NPC, the king of team battles, known as the Yan Shuangying Marco Polo... Yes, it's what you see in the title, the pioneer!"

The opening scene is Magic ZX's unique mellow voice. He can be seen waving at the camera, and behind him is the Pioneer with a halo on his head and a tall figure.

"Traveling with the pioneers is something I have never imagined. Oh, the scene of that day is still unforgettable to me. I am even woken up by it when I am sleeping--" The background is the scene of Magic ZX sitting on the pickup truck. The scenery outside the window passes by, mixed with the chat between him and Egg Knife and Egg Tart. Sometimes Xia Yuan will join the conversation and say a few words.

"The pioneers seem very friendly and even join in the conversation."

"The pioneer's voice sounds so gentle, with a little hoarseness. I really want to listen to the pioneer talking to me all the time."

"You guys haven't noticed the real shining point of the Trail Blazers. Listen to what he said, it's all about level."

"So that's how the Pioneer got his name. Hmm, I like him even more."

The barrage included all kinds of monsters and demons. The scene changed and the voice of Magic ZX was trembling with fear: "Run, run, I'm going to die!"

The audience laughed, and then saw the camera turn to the pitch-black tornado outside the window that merged with the sky. People in the car could hear the teeth-grinding crunching sound, and Magic ZX and Egg Knife Egg Tart's faces turned pale.

Xia Yuan's calm voice came: "This is a sandstorm disaster. The disaster is carrying Originium dust and tearing everything that passes by. Don't worry, we are far away from the disaster and can rush out."

"Fuck, is this a natural disaster?"

"You are silent. If we get lost in the wilderness area, why don't we just send it directly?"

"Who in my family understands, the Trailblazer is such a great driver, and the car is so fast! I want the Trailblazer to drive under me, and by the way, I'm a beautiful girl, send a private message to my subordinate to get out..."

"That nympho girl in front, can you take off your pants?"

"The pioneers belong to everyone, you lowly girl."

Chapter 38: Fate God!

The video is more about the journey than introducing the pioneers. After the two players arrived in Casimir, they brought Qiu Muyu with them. With the presence of a very eye-catching young lady, some male players suddenly became excited. After all, there were two grown men in front of the camera, and no matter how handsome the pioneers were, they couldn't do that.

"During our communication with Pioneer, we learned about many forces. First, the force Pioneer belongs to is called Lateran Notary Office. From the name, it is not difficult to guess that this is an official institution of Lateran... Then we heard the word Rhine Life. From Pioneer's conversation, we heard that Mr. Pioneer is a shareholder of this company. If anyone in the audience knows about Rhine Life, please write the answer on the public screen or in the comments."

"We can see that the pioneer is rich and talented, humorous and gentle, and has excellent character. He is simply the best of all the good things in the world. Ahem, I am a man and I am also moved. I suspect that in the future, many female NPCs will have intersections with this pioneer. Brothers who think what I said is right, give me a 1."

"111111111"

A barrage of 1s immediately appeared on the barrage.

Magic ZX's words were humorous, but his tone gradually became serious. In the camera shot, the high walls of a city were looming.

When the camera zoomed in, the audience discovered that this was only a small section of the city wall. Through the thick fog, how far would the city wall extend?

The players all received more or less visual shock. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that they suffered from temporary gigantic fear, because this city was so big that it was a little scary.

"This is what the NPCs call a moving city. Note that the word 'moving' means this piece of iron will move. I observed it and found that this kind of city is indeed not something that players of our level can enter. The danger levels of the pedestrians on the street are all white, yellow, and green. No one can beat them except for the working office animals."

Magic ZX spoke out what the players were thinking. It was quite shocking at first glance. It was obvious that this place was not something that could be entered casually. It was completely on the same level as the Novice Town. Didn’t you see the long security queue just now?

However, they were soon attracted by the colorful advertisements and commodities. Whether it was the knights wearing cool armor walking on the street or the mascots gathering on the street, they all made the players sigh with emotion. Seeing the Magic ZX Egg Knife Egg Tart and Qiu Muyu looking timid, they immediately laughed. This was the scene of the country people entering the city for the first time.

Then Magic ZX and the other two entered the busiest shopping mall. He and Egg Knife and Egg Tart checked the equipment for sale here, compared them with the equipment sold by the Pioneers, and immediately sighed.

"I've discovered that no matter the workmanship, attack power or durability of weapons and equipment, they can't compare to those produced by Pioneers... not to mention that the prices here are even several times higher. Brothers, now you know how much Pioneers care about us! If you leave this village, you will never see this shop again! Type your gratitude on the public screen!"

Countless expressions of "touching" mixed with words like "Pioneer, come to my novice town, I have saved all my money for you, woooo."

In the video, Magic ZX naturally talked about the first person who triggered the hidden task, Egg Knife and Egg Tart, and Qiu Muyu, who triggered the second hidden task. The three of them are currently doing hidden tasks in a small team. It can only be said that it is worthy of being a hidden task. This mysterious senior NPC actually led a group of players from the novice town directly across the map into the main city!

Then, amid the envious and jealous gazes of the players, the pioneer in the video gave Egg Knife and Egg Tart a very handy weapon, which made them couldn't help but let out indescribable player screams.

At the very end, Dandao Dantart let slip that he called Pioneer "Fate God". He immediately said that this was not Pioneer's surname, but his name. He called him by his code name because he thought it was impolite to call him by his name. However, an astonishing number of "Fate God!" appeared in the comments again.

The whole video is a slow show-off. They enjoyed the pioneer's private car service, witnessed the terrifying natural disaster storm, entered the main city that players cannot enter now, and even got the weapons made by the pioneer himself. The bull demon is so jealous! Who are the lucky ones who triggered the pioneer's hidden mission!

"Oh my god! Start it!"

"I'm so jealous, the European Emperor is going to be beaten!!!"

"I will just do a sucking motion and suck all your luck away. Will Mr. Pioneer look at me then?"

"←Are you a yandere?"

At the end of this program, Magic ZX ended with a quick rap song: "Traveling thousands of miles, leaving footprints everywhere, every stop has ↓↑ new scenery ~ The sky is high and the earth is vast, let me roam freely, and the pioneering journey will follow me! With the first episode of the video introducing the pioneers, there will naturally be a second episode! In the next episode, we will get closer to Casimir's triennial competitive knight conference, and continue to explore the past and present lives of the pioneers! Dear viewers, don't forget to click three times, see you next time!"

All the players felt satisfied after watching the entire 30-minute video in one go.

Wonderful, really wonderful!

The screen records the first-person and third-person adventures of Magic ZX, and will also be interspersed with later commentary, introducing information that many players do not know at this stage, revealing more world views and background settings, and also indirectly answering many questions of players.

Of course, what surprises players is traveling with a pioneer. Imagine traveling with a man who can drive fast, is responsible, generous, caring, and can chat and joke with players. It's so cool! Girls may pursue the appearance of the pioneer, while boys are more attracted to the character and personality of the pioneer.

From the perspective of Magic ZX, the daily routine of the pioneers is unfolded in detail in front of the players, and all aspects of the pioneers displayed during the travel obviously conquered the players who like the plot... Players who like to become stronger and like benefits are envious of the weapons obtained by Egg Knife and Egg Tart. The pioneers are so generous to their own people, which makes them eager to become the pioneers' younger brothers.

The audience was satisfied with what they saw and went to other posts to promote this 30-minute feast. At the same time, some people forwarded it to the group to persuade those who had not yet joined the show to do so.

Originally, Trail Blazers had become a popular topic on the player forum. There were still people leaving comments on Draymond Green's posts every day. This time, Magic ZX used Trail Blazers as the title and directly launched a wave of king bombs, which made its presence felt among the players. It was extremely popular and the players responded very well. The number of viewers was in the four or five digits. There were too many barrages and people could no longer see the picture clearly.

This episode became an instant hit, even more popular than the previous Magic ZX "Swordsman" video, surpassing the previous highest number of views in minutes and continuing to set new records.

Magic ZX himself was also very happy. He was happy to be the pioneer's right-hand man. Even being able to go on such an adventure with him made him feel the emotion and excitement of adventure... In the Ark, such NPCs should make a difference... No, they will definitely make a difference.

Players also learned about the unknown side of the Pioneer, and his image gradually changed from a welfare merchant and a golden finger grandfather to an influential NPC. He is also the first NPC that left a deep impression on players. Compared with the cute cat girl on the official website...well, no one has seen her so far, the influence of the Pioneer is gradually expanding, and it has become known to everyone who plays "Ark".

This is an important factor besides the interest relationship, which is the players' view of NPCs, that is, worship, following, and flattery. Such a relationship stems from the players' love for NPCs, their understanding of them, their strength, and their background stories. Even if the NPC is a villain or a negative character, the players are also impressed by the above, thus forming a fan group. Positive characters include Pikachu, Kratos, Captain Price, and Master Chief, while negative characters include Sephiroth and Vergil.

If NPCs are loved or admired by players, they will tend to think in a biased way in certain decisive choices, such as giving up the mission of the other faction and turning around to fight with the famous NPC that is at odds with the faction - if all the NPCs in past games were made into online games, there would definitely be a large group of players who would stand firmly by the side of the extremely charming villains. Among these NPCs, beautiful women, people with story backgrounds, and perverted characters are the most popular among players.

Of course, being handsome and beautiful can't solve all problems. In addition to having a personality that players like, it doesn't mean that all players have to work for love, right? So the benefits are also important. He has to do both, and he should have both popularity and benefits. In the long run, there should be no problem.

We have to thank Magic ZX for recording the ridiculously priced weapons and equipment in the store into the video, otherwise players who don’t manage the household would not know how expensive daily necessities are.

Of course, it didn't matter if his real name was exposed. After all, he hadn't committed any serious crime with his real name, nor was he wanted. At most, a few acquaintances in the Holy City of Lateran would be surprised when they heard it. He didn't expect that Dandao Dantart would be willing to keep this secret for him. Although the "Yuan" in his name was revealed, the forum was now full of "Yuan Shen".

As for other forces, Xia Yuan used the code name Pioneer in Casimir, and used his real name in Rhine Life in Columbia. The two places were too far apart, and the players had not entered the mobile cities of either side, so they probably would not associate the two names together.

From the public beta to now, the name of the Trailblazer has been dominating the front page headlines of Ark. He is now a real big star, and his popularity has gradually evolved from short-term popularity to a long-term position in the hearts of every player, not to mention that there is a wishing building built specifically for the Trailblazer, which is full of wishes that the Trailblazer will appear in front of the players in a pickup truck tomorrow and let them spend money.

Xia Yuan thought about it and thought, if he really walked through every gathering place on Terra, wouldn’t that be equivalent to stepping on every piece of land? This did sound romantic.

Currently, Pioneer has a very good reputation. Xia Yuan knows that he is good in everything except that he has too little contact with players.

The contact here does not refer to the contact in the form of merchants, because not all players can trigger the "hidden main line", there are only a few lucky ones, which means that he will lack interaction with players in the plot in the future, because there is not much plot in Lateran at present, and not all players can participate in the plot of Lateran.

Ark is very limited in this regard, because generally speaking, the plot of the faction to which the player belongs will be triggered, and it is impossible to have all of them. Only in the copy crystal generated after going through this plot can you see what happened to the other factions.

It is obviously impossible to get all the players to participate. Xia Yuan scratched his head. This is indeed a headache. How can he come up with his own main storyline?

Putting all this aside, this video was also uploaded to a foreigner’s video website by someone, which immediately caused foreigners to exclaim.

"Oh my god, you don't believe me, I told you, I met this NPC in Colombia, his weapons are cheap and high quality!"

"Very good NPC, love comes from America, ah ah ah."

"Sukabulie, when will you come to Ursus, our angel?"

Xia Yuan didn't know that he was gradually becoming well-known in the eyes of foreign players. He would naturally sell what he wanted to foreign players, but his training points were still players in the Chinese region.

Today is the North Zone half-match, and the winner of this match will meet the winner of the South Zone half-match in the final.

Needless to say, in the other half of the zone, the Light Knight had made it to the second half of the game with an unstoppable force. However, Xia Yuan did not watch that match. He heard from the old knight and the old craftsman that it was still a performance, but in order to let the audience experience the realism, the two sides fought hard and even the Light Knight was injured in the end.

Xia Yuan didn't go to see it, but three players did. Magic ZX naturally recorded this exciting scene.

"Please go to the VIP box."

The beautiful maid bowed and made a gesture of invitation. Her action allowed Xia Yuan to see the number printed on her collarbone. Well, she was once a slave.

Someone pulled at the corner of Xia Yuan's clothes. He turned his head and saw Muir Seth, who was dressed in youthful and beautiful clothes, staring at him with an unhappy look on his face.

"what happened?"

"Eh~ Nothing, let's go."

Muirseth snorted softly, and soon looked at the decoration inside the arena with curiosity, with a sigh on his face, "Although Tremont also has a gymnasium, it's not as big as this one."

"Because competitive knights need a larger venue."

Xia Yuan explained.

The two of them came to the door, and the maid bowed slightly to Xia Yuan, "Sir, if you need us to serve you, just press the button and we will come to serve you immediately."

Xia Yuan felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind.

So he pretended not to understand anything and walked into the box.