Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

She suddenly opened her eyes and subconsciously reached out to grab the weapon beside her.

But when she saw who the man in front of her was, she stopped again.

He was squatting in front of the Archangel, rubbing and pinching with his hands...the dream master, Lu Shang.

"Ok?"

Lu Shang seemed to notice that Texas had woken up, so he looked up and said with a smile: "Hey, what a rare guest. After such a long time, De Gouzi, you finally came to the dream world again. Is this the second time?"

183. Lu Shang’s sharp comment: “Aneng, why are you acting like a woman?”

The picture is inexplicably...a bit weird.

This was different from the first time Texas came here. She closed her eyes and was in a shabby hotel in Columbia, but when she opened her eyes, she was in the operator dormitory in Rhodes Island, which made her wonder, "Where did you come from? Is this still China?"

The second time I came here, she was where she was before she closed her eyes and where she was when she opened her eyes.

Sora and Croissant were still sleeping soundly beside him. The fire was emitting a faint heat. Angel was still sitting in the distance holding her gun and keeping watch.

Turning around and looking around, he found that it was an unfinished house with no windows, so the evening breeze blew in, making Texas shiver unconsciously.

Texas felt like she was not in a dream, but rather her soul was leaving her body.

She always felt that if she looked down now, she might be able to see herself in a coma.

This feeling of disconnection, which seemed to be in reality but was so incongruous, made Texas stare at Lu Shang with a cold face.

Because she was sure that she was in a dream.

reason...

Maybe it was because Angel just started working yesterday, and the employee uniforms were still being made to order, but the Angel in front of her was wearing the uniform very well.

Before she closed her eyes, Angel Exia still had waist-length hair with a small bun on the side. But when she opened her eyes, Angel Exia had short hair like a tomboy.

"Hey, a long-haired Exia? I haven't seen this CG image before, but it was mentioned in the story of Mastema... Was it Mastema? Or was it in the story of Law of Noise? Anyway, it was mentioned."

Lu Shang looked up at the status bar above Texas' head, then lowered his head to look at the Archangel NPC who was on guard.

So he raised his hand, swiped open the interactive menu of Angelica, and changed her hairstyle.

In Texas' eyes, Exia was like an NPC that suddenly appeared in the game. Her long hair suddenly floated up, then slowly fell down. When it hit her shoulders, it slid away due to the collision volume, until it all fell on her back.

Lu Shang's bare-handed reception stunned Texas.

"What's so strange about this? Being able to change the heroine's clothes and hairstyle, isn't this a standard feature of porn movies? Some even use the number of changeable clothes as a selling point."

"For those with a lighter taste, the original innocent heroine had long straight black hair, but after getting pregnant, she dyed it blonde."

"For the more serious ones, there are things like pregnant bellies, piercings, body modifications, basic stuff."

Texas: “…”

Basic operations...?

This serious, matter-of-fact tone...made Texas feel a little uneasy.

but...

I can only say that fortunately Lu Shang is not that mentally abnormal.

After Lu Shang changed the hairstyle of the NPC Angel of Power from short hair to long hair, he reached out and lifted her hair again: "Where is Angel of Power's little bun tied? Left? Right?"

He looked up and glanced at the status bar above Texas' head.

"Oh, it's on the left."

So Lu Shang tied a small braid for the Angel.

After doing all this, Lu Shang stepped back a few steps and looked at the current makeup of Angel Neng:

"Aneng, why are you acting like a woman?"

The mainland businessmen made such sharp comments.

But don’t mention that from a little devilish junior high school girl, she became a tomboy, and from a tomboy, she became a gentle and elegant lady——

Obviously the latter is more sexually interesting.

Because the latter can easily make people imagine a plot of "a tomboy falls in love and grows long hair for the person she likes."

Well, although tomboy lovers will be furious about it.

Lu Shang played for a while before turning to look at Texas, and couldn't help but find it funny:

"Well, to be honest, the system reminded me that a new recollection room had been added, and then a reminder popped up that you were online, so I came to take a look."

"I originally thought that the moment you saw me, De Gouzi, you were wary because you were worried that I would do something inappropriate to your companions."

"I didn't expect that your vigilance actually came from the fact that you didn't understand why you were pulled into the dream world again?"

"But that's true. After all, this is only your second time in the dream world. It's natural for people to be wary of things they don't know."

"And even if the Angels are your companions—"

Lu Shang raised his head and glanced at the top of Texas' head.

"Oh no, let me correct you. Exiah actually joined Penguin Logistics only yesterday? That's weird. Exiah shouldn't be that late, right? No, it should be that Sora and Croissant shouldn't be that early, right?"

"Never mind. It's okay."

"You were looking for death the last time you came here, De Gouzi. How long has it been since then? The second time you come here, will you sacrifice yourself heroically for a companion you've only known for one day?"

"If you really have such a change of character, I have to suspect that you have been brainwashed by hypnosis."

Texas: “…”

What do you mean?

Are you chatting with me now?

"if not?"

Lu Shang asked back, "According to the normal process, the first time you come you get scared, the second time you come you get familiar with the show, and the third time you come you're the main character. It's basically like this, but who told you to come here and want to die the first time? You broke the rules, so I skipped everything. Why shouldn't I chat with you? Should I just put a title like 'Lu Shang: I'm really screwed'?"

At this point, Lu Shang couldn't help but sigh again: "What a pity, I actually really hope that you, De Gouzi, will say, "Even if they are just NPCs... they are still my companions! Let them go! Come to me if you have any problems!" Then I can say, "Hehehe, you want me to let your companions go? You know the rules, right?"

Texas: “…”

Are you the villain from somewhere?

Texas didn't feel the slightest bit of emotion, and even felt like laughing.

Unlike Kal'tsit and the others who had to explore slowly from scratch, Texas was able to reap the rewards.

In her opinion, Lu Shang is the Lord of Dreams, like a god. Why do you, a god, like to play some minor villain roles? Isn't it embarrassing?

"Because it's fun."

Lu Shang didn't care about whether he would lose face or not, he just felt sorry that he couldn't play out this kind of script anymore.

So Lu Shang stood up, walked around, and then found the package that Texas and the others were going to deliver this time.

He reached out and opened it casually. Seeing the contents inside, Lu Shang immediately understood: "Let me see... Oh, I see. Your delivery of the package this time is just a cover. The main purpose is that Longmen Governor Wei Yanwu wants to use this opportunity to lure out those local snakes and eliminate them in one fell swoop. At the same time, he can also help Chen Huijie to increase his sales. It's a good way to kill two birds with one stone."

"But does this mean that Chen Huijie is also around?"

184. So why did you drag the NPC Archangel to the next room?

Lu Shang did not go looking for Chen Huijie. After all, even if he found her, she would just be an NPC.

Texas didn't care because she knew the whole story of the express delivery incident from the beginning, otherwise she wouldn't have stopped Angel from opening the package, nor would she have been so reckless as to just choose an unfinished house to spend the night.

So the two of them kept silent about it and never mentioned the matter again.

"This Aneng is still a little immature."

Lu Shang glanced at the direction that the NPC Angel was facing, which happened to be the only staircase entrance to the building, and he commented sharply: "If it was W, she would definitely throw a few potato mines at the staircase entrance, and then happily squat beside it. After all—"

Lu Shang turned his head and looked in the opposite direction: "After all, this is a rough-finished house, and the windows haven't been sealed yet. If you want to attack here, in addition to attacking the door head-on, you can also throw a hook up directly from downstairs."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a clang, and a hook really flew up and hung on the window frame.

Texas was stunned by this scene. She was about to ask if this wasn't a dream world? Where did the hook come from? Was it the plot going on?

But when Texas turned around, he found that Lu Shang had disappeared.

"Then when the enemy climbs up along this hook, they will find that, hey - Angelica has her back to them."

Lu Shang's voice sounded again. Texas turned around and saw Lu Shang grabbing the rope of the hook and climbing in from the window.

Texas: “?”

Wait...

How did you do it...like teleporting and flashing, disappearing one moment, appearing downstairs the next, and lying outside the window the next?

"The time-stop series? What a classic script. Wouldn't Mostima also know it? Have you never seen it, De Gouzi?"

After replying casually, Lu Shang waved his hand again: "Don't interrupt me, De Gouzi. I'm still demonstrating to you. What will happen if you really encounter this situation?"

Texas: “…”

Okay, you go in.

"Where were we? Oh yeah, the enemy climbs up the ropes, only to find that Archangel has his back to them, and then it happens like this—"

Lu Shang crouched down, and without making any sound, he moved step by step to the back of the NPC Angel.

Then he exerted force suddenly, strangled Archangel's neck with one hand and covered Archangel's mouth with the other hand.

I saw the Archangel struggling violently, but after a while, he calmed down.

Lu Shang then loosened his hand that was strangling the Angel of Power's neck, and instead held her waist, pulling her back little by little.

To be honest, Texas panicked a bit when he saw Exia really struggling.

She actually thought that Angel had also traveled to this dream world.

But when Lu Shang dragged the Angel to her side, Texas realized that the Angel didn't seem to be silent at all. It was still lying there with its eyes open, and the status bar above its head said "Automatically finding its way".

I don't even know how the dialogue option was triggered, but the Angel said to the empty space: "Don't worry, everything is normal!"

Texas: “…”

Forget it.

This Archangel is just an NPC, just an NPC.

After Texas muttered a few words in his mind, he looked at Lu Shang again with a look that said, "The Archangel has been caught, what next?"

But soon, Texas discovered that Lu Shang was dragging the Archangel and had no intention of stopping.

Instead, he kept dragging the Archangel to the next room.

Texas pricked up her dog ears and heard rustling sounds coming from the next room, as well as Lu Shang's voice:

"Wow, I didn't expect that this tomboy has such big breasts. What a blessing!"

After saying that, there was a click and a coat was thrown out the door.

"Wow, this woman actually has a six-pack."

With a snap, a skirt was thrown out the door.

"Tsk, these legs."

With a snap, a pair of black pantyhose was thrown out the door.

If W was here, when he saw the third piece of clothing, he would definitely say, "Take it off, take it off. This bastard is trying to scare people. He has taken off all his clothes. It's impossible for this bastard to take off his black stockings. Who is he trying to fool?"

But Texas doesn't know that.

It's impossible that in the booklet written by Kal'tsit, it would be written that "The dreamer likes legs, especially black stockings, so the first thing every operator who enters the dream does is to take off their black stockings", right?

Are you sure this is to save your life, and not to buff Lu Shang?

So from Texas' perspective, this is the language of the lens.