Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

"Has the boss forgotten his own race?"

Xia Yuan smiled. After getting to know him better, Sister Jian Yu started talking more. To be honest, the relationship between them was not just that of a boss and a bodyguard.

"Before race, we are all Terrans." Xia Yuan looked at Senomi who was sitting behind him and observing him quietly through the rearview mirror, and winked at her. "Compared to this, how about spending Christmas in Yan Country this year?"

"Food and clothing have always been the traditions of Yan Country. I have to taste them. Senomi, if you see something you want, just buy the clothes you like. I just made some money and I'm very wealthy now."

Senomi lowered her head timidly and hummed. Xia Yuan shook his head upon seeing this. It had only been a few months since he bought Senomi, so it was a luxury to expect her to open her heart so quickly.

She never gave up her practice, and she exercised and sweated every day. The purpose of her mace training was to stretch her body and exercise her flexibility. Of course, she also practiced sparring with others, but it accounted for a smaller proportion.

In Senomi's little hand, she held a piece of round black material, which felt quite heavy. This was a farewell gift given to her by ACE.

ACE, who was close to Xia Yuan, also met Senomi. This man was extremely sympathetic to the girl's situation. Sometimes the two of them would stand aside and watch the training of Jian and Senomi.

Before leaving, ACE gave Senomi a piece of material. This was a special material for making his shield. It was an uncontaminated E-series diamond that could only be mined in Kazdel. This material was expensive, and only the most elite guards and shield guards could use this material to make weapons and armor.

Maybe when ACE saw Senomi he thought of his wife and daughter whom he had never met... After all, ACE looked like he was old enough to have children.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Yuan returned to the camp.

The appearance of this place has changed a lot from when he left. The players have actually built a high wall made of stones and mud on the outside, and even the city gate has taken shape. Several production players are waving hammers in front of the gate, and there are several players on patrol.

Xia Yuan was slightly surprised when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that the construction of the city would be so fast.

The sight of the pickup truck made some players look up, and when they saw the sound and shadow of the Trailblazer getting off the car, some players were already in tears and immediately came to the Trailblazer to spend money and exchange for copy crystals.

When Xia Yuan saw this, he immediately understood that these were new players who had joined the town.

But to be honest, building a city where the sun never sets in Kazdel is still a bit of a pipe dream. He drove so boldly on the way back in the pickup truck because the sky in the distance turned black, which was obviously a sign of a natural disaster.

Natural disasters will not reason with people, they will still hit them when they are supposed to.

After selling a lot of things, Xia Yuan entered the city, where he found several Sarkaz in mercenary costumes sitting on the roadside sharpening their knives and chatting. They were not the same as players and had no IDs on their heads.

Finally, NPCs have moved in, and Xia Yuan is in a good mood. With the addition of NPCs, players can receive tasks from NPCs without leaving home. Especially these mercenaries, they have many tricks and tasks. Although the money given is little, the experience is still good.

In the future, when Xia Yuan is away, these NPCs will be an important factor in supporting the city.

With NPCs, there is a stable source of tasks, and players are willing to stay in this city and regard it as the main city.

Xia Yuan felt embarrassed to disturb the players, because a city in Kazdel could not compete with natural disasters.

Along the way, many players ran towards him with warm smiles on their faces and began to give Xia Yuan things.

"what's the situation?"

Not only Xia Yuan, but even Jian Yujie and Senomi received many gifts from players... What's going on?

Xia Yuan was confused. Why would these players who only wanted to benefit from it suddenly send so many gifts? Although these materials were useless, they could be sold at a higher price after processing.

"Hey hey hey, little Loli Senomi's favorability has increased to 3. Woo woo woo, my cute pink-haired mouse, let Shushu hug you——"

"The Black Knight's favorability has only increased by 1. Well, no wonder. After all, she is an icy queen. The colder she is to me, the more I love her."

"Why hasn't Mr. Pioneer's favorability level changed? Is the value of the gift I gave too low?"

"Didn't the guide say that giving gifts can increase your favorability? Why didn't the pioneer increase it? Is it because he is a high-level mysterious NPC?"

Xia Yuan heard these whispers and immediately understood what was going on. Wow, it has become popular among players to give gifts to gain NPC favor recently.

Thinking of this, he shook his head helplessly. This favorability was very important to him, and he couldn't give too much at once. If he gave too much at once, in this situation, many players would come to him to send him garbage every day, and he couldn't stand it.

So Xia Yuan smiled and thanked the players who gave him gifts. His smile was sunny and handsome, but his favorability didn't increase at all.

"Is this what they call hot on the outside but cold on the inside? You are indeed a mysterious NPC."

"Just because you have a handsome face, you can do whatever you want! If you accept my gift, you should become my boyfriend."

"Jimei, you are too humble. The pioneers belong to everyone."

After the pioneers left, the players started talking to each other. They soon concluded a rule, that is, the higher the level, the more mysterious the NPC, the harder it is to capture, especially the NPC that hides the main storyline. The higher the level, the harder it is to capture, just like the handsome men and beautiful women in real life - after all, the pioneers are not ordinary NPCs. If you give a few pieces of bread to ordinary NPCs, their favorability will increase by 5. Here, the pioneers... shouldn't have their favorability deducted, right?

After the previous gift-giving incident, they became more certain of the idea that the pioneers were high-level NPCs.

Xia Yuan took advantage of this time to quickly browse the forum and found out what happened. The reason was that a player in Leitania wanted to learn Originium skills from an NPC in the Novice Town, but his charm was not high. He relied on giving gifts every day to raise the NPC's favorability to 10 and obtained a valuable note from the NPC.

After using the note, the speed of experience gain is doubled for a period of time.

After he shared this news, all the players started looking for the highest-level NPC nearby and gave them gifts... The gifts were naturally all kinds of strange, and these NPCs were naturally confused - just like Xia Yuan just now.

He found Ursula in her office, and his cheek twitched as he glanced at the gifts that filled one corner of the office.

As expected, in his absence, Ursula became a target.

"Employers." Ursula stood up immediately. She glanced at the corner of the wall embarrassedly. "They are too enthusiastic... Is this the custom of 'adventurers'?"

Xia Yuan smiled, "I'm very happy to hear the title of adventurer from you."

"There are a lot more mercenaries in town. I see some of them are affiliated with the Scar Market. Thank you for your hard work."

When Ursula heard Xia Yuan's praise, her devilish little tail twisted left and right unconsciously.

"Long story short, there was a natural disaster in the distance on my way back."

Hearing the word "natural disaster", the color on Ursula's face instantly disappeared, "Employer, you are not hurt?"

Sister Mace smiled and glanced at Ursula, who stared straight at Xia Yuan. Seeing this, Xia Yuan shrugged and said, "The natural disaster is very far away from us. Even if we get off the car at that distance, we will not be infected by the Originium Dust."

"That's not the point. There is no city that stands forever in Kazdel, which is why most buildings are simple wooden blocks and stone frames." Xia Yuan said calmly, "Homes may perish due to natural disasters, but the home in your heart will always exist."

"I will stay here for the last few days, and then I will leave Kazdel. I don't know when I will come back next time." Xia Yuan said softly, "Ursula, as the deputy city lord, I hope you can formulate an evacuation plan when a natural disaster strikes. As long as the Sarkaz are still there, our homeland will definitely be rebuilt."

Ursula looked at Xia Yuan deeply and saluted, "Yes!"

Chapter 59: Swordsman

Xia Yuan left.

Dan Dao Dan Tart, Magic ZX and Qiu Muyu were reluctant to leave because this time when Xia Yuan left he only told them that they would meet again in the future and he did not take the three players with him this time.

Although they joined the Dynasty Team's small group, if Xia Yuan waved to them, they would immediately abandon their current team and follow Xia Yuan, obeying Xia Yuan's orders.

However, all three of them received a task from Xia Yuan to train their strength and level. When their level reaches level 25, he will take them with him when he comes back to find them.

Now the highest level among the three is only around level 20, which is still a long way from level 25.

A year has passed since the players first landed on Terra, and more than a hundred days have passed since the server was launched. The progress of some players is slightly different from their previous lives due to Xia Yuan's arrival, but most players are still exploring this land of Terra.

Most of them have left the Novice Village and entered the Novice Town or Novice City, where they are accumulating strength in the hope that one day they will be able to enter the mobile main city that appeared in the magic teacher's video.

Of course, players have also tried to enter the mobile city, but they were stopped at a checkpoint as they kept moving forward along the road. Without a pass, they were roughly driven away by the guards - from then on, the idea that the mobile city is version 2.0 has become deeply rooted in people's minds.

Isn't it the same with Feifei 14? In the early stage, you can see the main city of Ishgard but cannot enter it. Only when the main storyline reaches 3.0 can players enter Ishgard.

After this incident, everyone got used to it.

When talking about Yan Country, the first city that comes to mind is Longmen. At the end of 2.0 and throughout 3.0, it became the city with the highest number of floating population among players.

Someone once commented on Longmen online: "In 1097, the city I live in was rated as the most outstanding economic and cultural center in Da Yan. Why? Shops and businesses are emerging one after another, and the population of the city ranks among the top in Da Yan. This is a fact that cannot be denied... People flock to this city, and this city always gives you a glimmer of hope, as if living in this city will give you countless opportunities to get rich. It may be a lie or an illusion. But it is so close, as if it is within reach, making people desperate...

It's a City of Dreams, and I'm a Big Dreamer (sound of rubber bullets being loaded)

Xia Yuan had thought about this before. If he went to Longmen now, he wouldn't be able to meet any plot characters. How boring would it be to have no NPCs in such a big city? This is also why players like Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals. After all, there are so many NPCs that everyone is familiar with. Maybe he could meet his own solo pusher while eating in the cafeteria?

But even so, when going to Yan Country, one must visit the mobile city within Yan Country once. His desire to try some Chinese food is real. He hasn't eaten hot pot, pan-fried buns, steamed buns, and pancakes for a year, and he misses it.

Kazdel was not far from Dayan as shown on the map, but it would take at least a month and a half to drive there. After leaving Kazdel, this land of suffering, Muirseth reappeared as a water clone. Without the pollution of the earth and the interference of the source stone, she could once again use the elves' racial spells to control the water clone.

Xia Yuan felt it was a pity. After all, the water clone could not eat. During the rest of the trip to Yan Country, Muirseth could only watch him and the others eat and drink delicious food.

Muirseth brought him some news. First, his order with the military was almost completed. The Colombian military was very satisfied with Rhine Life and was very happy with his attitude. There would be more backdoors in the future. Ferdinand Clooney, the researcher who studied energetics, praised his move to seek benefits for the growth of Rhine Life. His latest project was to cooperate with another company to strive to grow Rhine Life.

The second reason is that many new people have joined Rhine Life, and the company has already undergone a second expansion. It may move to a new address in the future, which is something Christen and others have not considered yet.

The third was that the Mechanical Engineering Department had fallen into stagnation after he left, and Christen hoped that he would find an apprentice to run it while he was away.

Xia Yuan thought about it and felt that he really had a tendency to be a hands-off boss, but what Christen said made sense. He had to find some researchers who were interested in mechanical engineering and dynamics.

Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. It would have been nice if he could have dug Korsil up to Rhine Life, but unfortunately he came too late.

Unfortunately, there are no airplanes or wireless telephones in this world, making it very inconvenient to transmit information.

In November before the New Year, Xia Yuan drove a pickup truck and finally saw the sign of the Dayan boundary line. Driving in further, he would reach the land of Dayan.

Yan is a country located in the easternmost part of Terra continent, with a vast territory. Not many people have ever been to the heart of Yan, but the rumors about the strange people and events in this country have never stopped.

Most players in the Chinese region are willing to stay here. After all, people are strangers in a foreign land. Players still prefer to live in the home-like territory of Dayan. Not only is the food here delicious, but there are also many exploration tasks.

The most expensive house in Lateran is a sea view room, the most expensive house in Casimir is a penthouse, and the most expensive house in Colombia is a villa with a swimming pool. In addition to a traditional courtyard house in the mobile city, the most expensive house in Yan Country is a white-walled and black-tiled villa specially built in the mobile city with the beauty of the Jiangnan water town.

In his previous life, Xia Yuan had participated in the auction of these two types of houses. In the game "Ark", players have no restrictions on the purchase of real estate. Unlike Fei Fei Shisi, who can only buy one house, in Terra, you can buy as much as you want as long as you have money. Unfortunately, there were too many bidders, and in the end, the courtyard house was won by a player for 4 billion Longmen coins, while the Jiangnan Water Village Villa was won by another player for 4.2 billion.

Xia Yuan didn’t have that much money, so he could only sigh at the players who lived in big mansions, feeling a little envious and jealous.

He did not immediately follow the signs to the nearby mobile city, but continued driving along the road.

Crossing the territory of Dayan, Xia Yuan continued driving on the road for more than ten days, and finally saw houses with small bridges, flowing water and houses in his sight.

The territory of Dayan is not covered with yellow sand. It is completely opposite to Kazdel. It is very suitable for living and has been voted by players as one of the most comfortable national forces for many years. The novice town where Xia Yuan arrived is located on the border of Longmen, where Longmen and the East Country are far apart.

A large number of players also gathered here, mostly from Yan Country, but there were also quite a few from Dong Country. This was also Xia Yuan’s original purpose.

After parking the car aside, Xia Yuan was greeted by a crowd of players. Most of them were wearing ancient Chinese costumes. Some of them were equipped with bamboo hats and long swords that only knights had, as well as the long swords that Yan Kingdom and Dong Kingdom had been dreaming of. They looked a bit pretentious.

"Wow, wow, my destiny! My sword!"

"Let me see if there is a skill called Dragon Slash."

"Oh my god! Pioneer giegie has a sub-profession book for Swordsman for sale here! Why don't you buy the Bull Demon one quickly?"

After selling a batch of goods, Xia Yuan took on a few exploration missions. The rewards for the missions were copy crystals. The players immediately put on their newly purchased equipment and left with a grunt.

The news that pioneers appeared in the novice town on the border between Dayan and the East Country was spread on the forum, immediately attracting widespread attention from all over the world.

Muirseth was startled by the players' enthusiasm and turned back into a mini version of Muirseth. He leaned against the window and carefully looked at these adventurers who were the same as Casimir but somewhat different.

The land and water shape the people, and the NPCs living here are really pleasing to the eyes. Each one of them is as beautiful as a fairy, stunningly beautiful, as pretty as a flower, as pretty as the moon, as beautiful as the country, extremely beautiful, as graceful as a dragon, as beautiful as the moon, and as delicious as a feast for the eyes!

If Xia Yuan was a player from Dayan, he would probably choose to live here for a long time. Maybe he would give gifts to NPCs every day and a young lady from Yan country would fall in love with him.

It's not impossible to choose the one from the East Country. After all, in the subconscious of the players, the young ladies from the East Country are all the various beautiful girls in the two-dimensional world, so you can just conquer them with a strategy.

The bureaucratic system of Yan State imitates the officialdom of the old times in China. This makes many players very interested in the system of Yan State. Some players even made the so-called "going to Beijing to take the exam". However, the test paper was too difficult and they were eliminated several times. After all, the exam is not just about memorizing a few ancient poems, but also involves dealing with current affairs. It is not an easy task for players who have not lived in Dayan for a long time.

But there are lucky ones who successfully passed the imperial examination. These people are also top-notch students in real life. After entering the officialdom, some of them joined the Dali Temple and the Censorate to be responsible for judicial affairs, while others joined the Six Ministries to be responsible for the local affairs of Dayan. Some people also post their 996 work routines on the forum, making some players who love RP envious.

Being an official for players is different from being an official for Terrans. Players don’t have nine clans, so they can do whatever they want as long as they don’t get fired.

After spending a few days in the town with small bridges and flowing water, Xia Yuan drove away and headed for the nearest mobile city, Longmen.

Longmen is a very modern city. It does not have the atmosphere of Casimir where business is pursued for the sake of business. Instead, merchants from different regions of Terra open branches here and compete conscientiously.

Xia Yuan drove a pickup truck into Longmen, went down along the main road, and stayed in a hotel in Longmen.

"Are you doing business with Longmen this time?" Sister Jian Yu asked with a smile.

"I really came here to celebrate the New Year this time. Look at the lights and decorations on both sides of the road. This is how Dayan spends the New Year..." Xia Yuan pointed to the red lanterns outside the car window. The combination of modern and classic, this is Longmen.

As for the business that Sister Jian Yu mentioned, he really didn't want to do business with Wei Yanwu. After all, this person's identity was extraordinary and there was no room for bargaining for him. What's more, Longmen had its own guard system and did not need crossbows or pistols at all. If he recommended himself, Wei Yanwu probably wouldn't even look at him.

Longmen has the reputation of being the night worth a million Longmen coins, but it’s a pity that it was not night when we entered the city.

After checking into a traditional hotel, Xia Yuan went out for a stroll with Muerseth, Jian and Senomi. This time he had no mission on hand, nor was he thinking about business or hammering iron. During the New Year period, he decided to experience the long-lost Chinese life in the city of Longmen.

Xia Yuan specially took Senomi to a children's clothing store. He had vowed before that he would buy Hanfu for Senomi. Seeing the timid and shy Senomi changed into the gorgeous Hanfu with red as the main color and black as the secondary color, Muirseth and Jian both said that it was very cute.

With the help of the enthusiastic shop assistant, Senomi tied her hair into a bun, and now she looked more like an ordinary citizen of Dayan.

After crossing the Dagu Square, they came to the Tea Street. While it was still dark, they casually walked into a tea shop. Xia Yuan was not short of money, so he ordered a few side dishes as appetizers before dinner.

Muirseth turned into water and disappeared. Before leaving, she looked at Xia Yuan sadly and said that today's dinner in the cafeteria was the mashed potato salad and noodles that they had eaten last week. Xia Yuan coughed lightly a few times and said that as a shareholder, she would definitely improve the food at Rhine Life. Only then did Muirseth smile again and left.

"Longmen always makes people feel at ease." Mace took a sip of tea and commented silently, "There are no noisy lights, and no continuous wars. Dayan is suitable for human habitation."

"The fate of the Great Yan nation lies only in the hands of the True Dragon and the people of the Great Yan."

Xia Yuan said, "As long as the people of Dayan are standing on the land, this land is Dayan's territory. Dayan's past can only be glimpsed in myths and stories. As one of the countries with a long history on the land of Terra, Dayan has its own stories."