Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

Author: Sakura Cat

Summary:

[Day 24: I, Lu Shang, male, years old, am a time traveler.]

【Good news, I have traveled to the Ark of Tomorrow. 】

[Bad news, everyone except me is just an NPC. ]

[Everyone just repeats the same sentence mechanically, and does the same thing every day. ]

I suspect they are playing me.

【So I went to find Kal'tsit, who knew everything. 】

[The next day: Kal'tsit is very moist. ]

[Confirmed, they are indeed NPCs, not playing me. ]

So what should we do next?

[Am I the only living person in the world? Will I die alone?]

[Day 4: The Angel of Power unexpectedly looks slim in her clothes. ]

[Day 5: Xinteleya is really flat. ]

[Day 6: Lu Shang, oh Lu Shang, how could you be so depraved. ]

[Day 7: Skadi warms people’s hearts. ]

【... ...】

[Day 30: Wait, Kal'tsit seems to be alive? ]

Tomorrow

001. It can’t be that the NPC is alive?

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[Day 24: I, Lu Shang, male, years old, am a time traveler.]

[Good news, I have traveled to the Arknights, and the place I traveled to is still on Rhodes Island. ]

[Bad news, everyone except me is just an NPC. ]

[Everyone just repeats the same sentence mechanically, and does the same thing every day. ]

[At first I thought they were playing me, like I didn’t actually travel through time? They were just reality show cosplayers hired by Fu Ge, just to watch Shu Shu’s fun? ]

[Like in Another, where a person is treated as air by the bully? ]

[Or maybe with Saint Hui or Akalin... Oh, this is Arknights, so his presence should be as weak as Scorpion? ]

【So I went to find Kal'tsit, who knew everything. 】

[The next day: Kal'tsit is very moist. ]

[Confirmed, they are indeed NPCs, not playing me. ]

[I wondered again, could it be that, like the story of the people in the painting, I was in the world of the painting? Am I just a character painted by that little Xigua?]

【So I went to find Xi again. 】

【Day 3: The sunset is also very moist. 】

[Okay, it’s confirmed. This is not the world in the painting either.]

[After three days of investigation, I came to a rough conclusion. I guess I have traveled through time and space into the game? ]

[Games... If that's the case, then it's easy to understand why everyone is just an NPC. ]

So what should we do next?

[Am I the only living person in the world? Will I die alone?]

[Day 4: The Angel of Power unexpectedly has something interesting to say.]

[Day 5: Xinteleya is really flat. ]

[Day 6: Lu Shang, oh Lu Shang, how could you be so depraved? Have you forgotten how sad it is to die alone? ]

[Day 7: Skadi warms people’s hearts. ]

【... ...】

【... ...】

【... ...】

[Day 30: Who should I go play with tonight? ]

“It’s only been a month.”

Lu Shang picked up a pen and wrote down today's diary: "Diary? No, no, this should be called an investigation record. After all, who would write a diary? Don't you think so, Amiya?"

Bent over the desk, Lu Shang held a pen in one hand and held Amiya's little rabbit in his arms with the other.

He let her sit on his lap and dangled her little feet, whose shoes Lu Shang had already taken off.

Lu Shang was not idle either. The black stockings wrapped around the little rabbit's legs were so delicate and soft to the touch of his fingertips that he rubbed the rabbit's legs from time to time while writing the investigation records, so he did not seem bored.

It's just a bit of a pity that even though Lu Shang asked this, Amiya didn't have any intention of answering.

The reason is simple, just like what is written in the diary... oh no, it is the investigation record, Amiya is just an NPC.

Even if you just turn your head, you can see a translucent pop-up box appearing in front of Amiya:

"Amiya (automatically finding the way...)"

"dialogue"

"information"

"Task"

「More+」

Good news, she looks like the system girl that time travelers must bring along.

Bad news, it only looks like that.

Compared to the system, this so-called translucent pop-up box is actually more like an interactive menu interface for NPCs in the game.

But it’s actually pretty good if it’s not a system.

Because at the end of that interactive menu, isn’t there a “More+” option?

Click here, and options such as "Status", "Mood", "Body", and "Change Clothes" will pop up instantly.

Just talking about "Clothes Change", at first glance, it is actually changing the skin of the NPC character.

For example, in Amiya's "Dress Up" option, there are options such as "Newsboy Rabbit", "Delivery Rabbit", "Tree Planting Rabbit", and "Space Rabbit".

But Lu Shang has been here for a month and has already figured out all of this.

This so-called "change clothes" option has a bug... I can't really say it's a bug, it may just be designed that way.

For example:

If you go to Amiya's dormitory, open the little rabbit's wardrobe, and actively put a donkey doll costume in it, then when you click on Amiya's interactive menu again, you will find that there is an additional "Doll Costume·Donkey" option in her "Change Clothes".

The reason why Lu Shang does not think this is a bug is that even if you do not put clothes into the closet, you only need to scroll to the bottom of the "Change Clothes" option and you will see a blank option. This thing also looks like a bug, but it is not. It is really blank, the kind that has nothing after you change clothes.

Oh, by the way, "dressing up" is not limited to clothes.

Earrings, necklaces, various decorations——

Even if you think it is a decoration, as long as it can be worn, the corresponding option will still appear in "Dress Up".

"If this is really the System Girl, then it is definitely not a serious thing."

But it’s also very convenient.

When Lu Shang was thinking about whether to stuff a few more clothes into Amiya's stomach, and whether it would be nice to touch the white silk rabbit legs -

"Dr. Kal'tsit? Hehehe~ Not yet. The doctor gave me a few cookies... Okay, I know. After this meeting, I will have a good dinner."

Amiya, who was held in Lu Shang's arms, spoke so suddenly.

Also, the translucent pop-up box above Amiya's head changed from "Amiya (automatically finding the way...)" to "Amiya (talking to Kal'tsit)".

But there were only her and Lu Shang in the room, and the Dr. Kal'tsit she mentioned was nowhere to be seen, as if she was talking to the air.

But Lu Shang was already used to it. He just stopped writing and turned to look at the sunset outside the window: "It's already this time. Amiya, you always say this every time it's this time. It's like an alarm clock."

After he finished speaking, Lu Shang turned back.

He reached out and grabbed the little rabbit's two chocolate-flavored, slender little feet that were just big enough to fit in his palms and played with them, and put on her shoes.

Finally, he reached out and patted the rabbit's buttocks, saying, "Okay, go and have fun."

Amiya broke away from Lu Shang's arms. The information above her head kept flashing alternately between "Amiya (automatically finding the way...)" and "Amiya (talking to Kal'tsit)". Amiya walked out of the house while talking to the air.

Two NPCs are talking. You drag one of them away, but the remaining one will still follow the set program and continue to talk to the air.

It seems stupid, but in a sense it makes things convenient for mainland businessmen.

Because dialogue has a high priority, you only need to make physical contact with the NPC or click the "Dialogue" option in the interaction menu, and the NPC will stop instantly no matter what he was doing before.

That's why Lu Shang held Amiya in his arms. Amiya was very well-behaved and did not perform the so-called automatic path-finding or flap her little feet like a rabbit.

"But after all that, it's still just an NPC."

Lu Shang shook his head, looked at Amiya's departing back, and stretched himself: "You really don't even bother to answer me, this little rabbit."

This is also the reason why Lu Shang called her little rabbit instead of playing the donkey joke.

Because there is no reaction or feedback, playing with the donkey joke is just like entertaining yourself, which will become boring after a while.

"Forget it, let's go to the cafeteria."

Lu Shang put away the diary... oh no, the investigation record, and stood up: "Which NPC's food should I steal today and then watch her eat air? Hmm... steal Snow Pheasant's, right? Forget it, that's too inhumane."

day to day.

Everyone just repeats the same sentence mechanically and does the same thing every day.

Although this is written in the investigation record, in addition to the fact that they are all NPCs who only follow the underlying logic, there is actually another very important reason -

Rollback.

No matter when, no matter where.

Whenever Lu Shang falls asleep, becomes unconscious or dies, the whole world will go back to the original state when he opens his eyes again.

So rather than saying that Lu Shang had traveled through time and lived here for 30 days, it would be more accurate to say that he had been repeating the first day, repeating it a full thirty times.

"Although this makes it seem like the game is stuck in the main storyline. You have to complete the main storyline, otherwise you will be stuck at this progress."

"But...replaying the game isn't bad, actually."

The scope of the rollback is not limited to one person or one thing, but the whole world is rolled back.

If you smash a vase, it will be restored to its original state after you roll back. If the character dies, it will be restored to its original state after you roll back. If the NPC receives any damage, it will still be restored to its original state after you roll back.

There are exceptions, however:

"Who are you going to play with tonight?"

"Why don't we go find the doctor? After all, the Amiya alarm clock keeps nagging at us."

By the way, according to the rule that if a male character travels through time and space to become a doctor, he must be a female doctor, and if a female character travels through time and space to become a doctor... he is most likely a female doctor. The doctor that Lu Shang mentioned is indeed a female doctor.

This female blogger has perfect character settings, with white hair and no voice, a sickly beauty, and aloof and silly.

Oh, and she has a good figure too, Lu Shang has verified it himself.