Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

After thinking about his own profession and secondary profession, and also thinking about the fact that there are no machines that can be used for combat now, and the only benefit of the gun is the technician, which is far from the bonus brought by the sniper profession, it doesn't seem surprising.

However, only players with the profession of Gunsmith and Mechanic can equip more advanced firearms and machinery, so Xia Yuan is not in a hurry for the so-called evaluation, and he is not ready to open the battlefield. Of course, while forging, you can also add unique modules, so that ordinary players can also equip advanced mechanical equipment.

For the next period of time, Xia Yuan lived in Dürrenmatt's cabin and his daily life was very regular. He took over Dürrenmatt's hunting job and went out hunting every day with the Ace of Spades in his pocket. At the same time, he practiced his proficiency with the revolver. He brought the prey home before lunch and processed it. After lunch, he officially started his day's study.

Dürrenmatt provided him with a lot of mechanical drawings, all of which were entry-level drawings, such as simple power devices or mechanical hooks that are easy to move. In terms of daily necessities, mechanics had a lot more room to play, such as portable heating devices or highly secure and confidential suitcases.

Dürrenmatt was surprised to find that Xia Yuan mastered the machinery very quickly. His learning attitude was diligent and serious, and there was no fault of him. After dinner, he went into the basement, completely oblivious to the romantic and explosive behavior of his peer Sakota. He increasingly believed that he had made a very correct decision and treated Xia Yuan as his successor, teaching him everything he knew.

Soon, mechanical creations of all sizes filled the cabinets in the basement. Most of what Xia Yuan made were convenient machines that could be used by hand, such as precision gear sets. Batteries were a scarce commodity in Dürrenmatt's inventory, so Xia Yuan naturally could not use them without restraint.

His mastery of mechanics quickly reached a new level. He had never experienced such a focused "cultivation" in the previous six months in Lateran. This kind of wholehearted immersion in learning and numerical growth is the favorite of every hardcore gamer. Now Xia Yuan does not need to log off at all, and can play as long as he wants.

Xia Yuan's entry-level mechanic secondary profession has been mastered through day and night training. Dürrenmatt has the professional books needed for entry-level mechanic advancement. When Xia Yuan asked him to borrow a book, Dürrenmatt's face was complicated. He had been hesitating at the entry-level mechanic stage for a long time and could only move forward by relying on his own exploration. He didn't know how many times he had hit a wall.

But then he thought, Xia Yuan is his student, to some extent, he is his last disciple, isn't it because of his good teaching that he is so talented? Thinking of this, Dürrenmatt was happy again, isn't this a case of a good teacher producing a good student?

...

[There are 1.0 days left until the 10 Terra Spark version update]

After receiving this reminder, Xia Yuan raised his head, put down the cut metal block in his hand, and stretched lazily with satisfaction.

During these three or four months of hard work, he successfully changed his secondary occupation from Mechanic to Apprentice Mechanic, which gave him +2 Dexterity and +4 Intelligence. After the secondary occupation was promoted, the level was reset to Lv1, and the character's level was reduced accordingly, but the level cap was increased from level 10 to level 15, and he gained 10 free attribute points again. All in all, he now has quite a few points.

The experience Xia Yuan gained in the past few months was not enough to upgrade his mechanic apprentice to the full level, but it remained at level 10, which resulted in no change in Xia Yuan's overall level.

His skills and characteristics have also changed, from elementary to preliminary. Now he has elementary mechanical manufacturing Lv1 and elementary mechanical comprehension Lv1. He really does not have the experience to upgrade these two skills to the maximum.

But the biggest gain was not this, because he successfully inherited Dürrenmatt's talent.

Super Mechanical Mastery - Gain triple strength, dexterity, and intelligence bonus when drawing mechanical blueprints, manufacturing, and using machinery.

For example, if he is equipped with a set of mechanical armor, and the attributes of the armor itself are +10 strength +5 agility, then the feedback he will get will be +30 strength +15 agility, which is definitely a weird statistic!

"Ark" is a game that pays great attention to attributes. Like most MMORPGs, character development is the real core. In PVP, there are countless cases where a player is defeated because of a slight difference in attribute damage. In the middle and late stages, almost every player's attributes are piled up to around three digits. PVP is still okay, with masters fighting each other and noobs pecking at each other, but when it comes to PVE, they still can't beat the NPCs, which occupy a major part of the plot.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan suddenly remembered that the game forum should be open at this time.

Players can browse the forum while in the game. He opened the menu and tried to click into the forum.

Just like when he was a player, he succeeded. His first post was a promotional post on the official website, with a picture of a land filled with smoke and Originium pillars everywhere.

In the center of the picture, a figure walks on this land of suffering and destruction.

That is the epitome of every player.

Chapter 12 has attracted widespread attention from all over the world

"Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, I'm King Urgent, I'm so anxious! I won the internal test qualification, and I've already decided what race of character to create and what main profession to choose!"

"Wow, the place of birth is also related to the race you choose. This game is so hardcore. I like it. Doesn't this mean that we will be in every corner of the map?"

"The one above, where can I find this information about race?"

"Don't you know Baidu when you are cooking beef?"

"Ahem, you can find it on the official website. By the way, I also won the internal test qualification."

"Wow, you guys are not allowed to be housed."

Xia Yuan clicked on the official website link, and the official website was opened unexpectedly. The content inside was no different from what Xia Yuan saw for the first time in his previous life.

First is the introduction of the background story, um, vocabulary search, in just three paragraphs, the earth appears six times, so terrifying.

Then there is the introduction of the optional professions for players, a total of eight professions: Vanguard, Sniper, Guard, Warlock, Heavy Armor, Medical, Special and Support. Using the terminology of other games, it can be roughly explained as thief, hunter, warrior, wizard, knight, priest, trap master and bard.

Each character has a different presentation screen.

Then we came to the races that players can choose from. There were suddenly more options here. Currently, except for a few rare races, almost all races are available for players to choose from on the land of Terra.

These include Adaklis (desert butcher), Agol (aquatic creatures), Anati (Mustede), Elafia (deer), Anura (frog), Durin (emergency rations of Lala fertilizer), Phidias (snakes), Filin (cats other than lions), Fengti (minotaurs and pack animals), ghosts, Caprini (sheep), Carters (rabbits), Kuranta (horses or horse-like animals), Liberi (birds), Luper (wolves), Pello (dogs), Safra (lizards), Sarkaz common species (demons), Sakota (angels), Volper (foxes), Ursus (bears), Zalak (rodents or animals similar in appearance)

This is a headache for players who have difficulty making choices, but for players who love the story and world view, this is a treasure! They have long heard that "Ark" has a lot of options and the plot is interactive, but they didn't expect to encounter such a surprise when creating a character.

For example, players cannot create rare races in the plot, such as Aslan, dragons, and elves. This can be regarded as a response to the world view.

"Oh, even the main plot characters show up?"

In the 1.0 Terra Spark era, most players were hanging around the Novice Village, and only a small number of advanced and professional players would come into contact with factions and camps. They were also the first players to have the opportunity to step into the mobile city.

This year is 1087, and the news about the Tower of Babel has been clearly listed on the background of the official website. Currently, only one NPC has been announced, and she is a cat girl character whose face is as calm as this desperate land.

Kelsey, age?, profile?

This character introduction is very detailed, and I believe players will understand what role she plays in the story.

Xia Yuan returned to the forum, which was already flooded with players. Hundreds of new posts appeared in a minute. This was only in China, and several foreign forums were equally popular.

"Ark" is equipped with advanced language functions, which means that even when foreigners come to play "Ark", they can understand what the NPCs say, and they have no problem communicating with the NPCs. However, there is no module for players to communicate with each other, so it is normal for players who speak the same language and dialect to form groups and play together.

"Oh, the Sky Dragon Guild is preparing to move into the Ark?"

What he said was the name of a Chinese professional team. As one of the old gaming guilds, Tianyoulong is famous for spending money in the club. The previous game was ridiculed by many gamers because they recruited a lot of foreign players but failed to achieve good results. However, they still have a big voice in the gaming world.

He could get in touch with the members of the guild in the form of NPCs. In his previous life, the champions of the first season were Europeans and Americans, the second season was won by Russians, and the third, fourth and fifth seasons were all won by Koreans. Until Xia Yuan was reincarnated, the Chinese game guild was still preparing for the sixth season.

......

[NPC function template has been enabled]

Xia Yuan was a little confused by the nonsensical sentence in the pop-up window: What is the NPC function?

Recalling his negotiations with NPCs when he was a player, he immediately understood that this NPC function was an expanded function after the negotiation, such as buying and selling goods, issuing tasks, or imparting career transfer books and so on.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan felt that he needed to show himself more in front of the players.

Whether it is the NPC listed on the official website or the NPC hanging in the forum encountered by players in their respective plots, they are all extremely well-known without exception. They receive respect and praise from players, and can attract the attention of players no matter when and what they do.

In the past life, many people deliberately did some sneaky things in Longmen and were executed on the spot by Chen, Shi Huaiya and Xing Xiong. Suffering? Enjoying! Absolutely enjoying it.

A collective is not built in a day, but relies on the accumulated influence and Longmen Coin. Rhine Life was just established in 1085, the year before he came. Why couldn't he create a group of his own?

Of course, this is just a hypothesis at the moment. He has spent a lot of his accumulated Longmen coins on gambling on blueprints these days, and he has also spent a lot more to prepare equipment for new players. He is ready to make a lot of money from the players.

Let players have a relaxed and enjoyable shopping experience, win. Xia Yuan gets Longmen coins, win. Xia Yuan's reputation gradually spreads among players, win. This is the real win-win-win-no-loss.

Ten days left...

Xia Yuan took a deep breath, polished the completed mechanical device on the workbench, and then left the basement on his own initiative for the first time in several months.

Dürrenmatt was still leaning on his old seat, warming himself in front of the stove. He glanced at Xia Yuan and smiled, "Are you going to be the messenger?"

Xia Yuan nodded, "Well, I don't know when I can come back after leaving this time."

Dürrenmatt smiled, his throat felt a little hairy, and then he started coughing. He stopped Xia Yuan from going forward to rub his back, shook his head and chuckled, "I know my own body. In a few years, when all my old friends have passed away, it will be time for me to return to the arms of the Lord."

"I have some books about mechanics here, you can take them with you." Dürrenmatt looked at Xia Yuan with his metallic eyes as if he was explaining the last thing. "From now on, little guy, you don't have to come to me. I have no place to live. When you receive my relics and will from the notary office, remember to light a bunch of lilies for me."

Sakota was very frank when talking about death. He had no fear of death. The suffering this land brought them was not even one-tenth of those infected. Some angels never left this isolated holy city in their entire lives.

To them, death is just a return to the sea of ​​stars.

"I understand."

"You can leave after breakfast tomorrow morning." Dürrenmatt closed his eyes, and the old man dozed off comfortably on the sofa.

Xia Yuan was silent and bowed to Dürrenmatt.

The next morning, he changed into a black protective jacket, with an ace of spades pinned to the outside of his thigh, a double eagle hanging around his waist, and a heavy travel bag behind him.

"Goodbye, Master." Xia Yuan made the sign of the cross, which is the highest etiquette in Lateran.

Dürrenmatt narrowed his eyes and smiled. He also made the sign of the cross on his chest and said, "Little one, have a safe journey."

The door closed, Xia Yuan held back his sigh, he took out the map, and now he had to march quickly.

It was five days later when he returned to Florence. Although he was dusty when entering the city, he was still recognized by the sharp-eyed younger brothers of the Saluzzo family. They admired and respected him. Compared with their simple job of guarding the gate and collecting protection fees, the job of a messenger, who was mostly alone in a desolate area and had to face natural disasters that could come at any time, made them admire him.

After returning to the hotel and asking the boss to prepare dinner for him, he went upstairs to take a shower.

After washing up, the sticky feeling on his body disappeared and Xia Yuan suddenly felt much more relaxed. After tasting the standard Italian food, he began to pack the equipment he was going to take out this time.

Xia Yuan started to work as a porter after orderly putting some of the equipment that he had drooled over a year ago but now seemed ordinary into the weapon box.

In addition, the professional books he had read were also backed up on the terminal. This thing was very valuable for novices, and Xia Yuan planned to decide whether to sell it depending on the situation.

There are hundreds of thousands of players participating in the internal beta test. They will conduct a one-month internal beta test within the game time. After the internal beta test is over, the millions of cavalrymen of the Fourth Scourge will set foot on every corner of Terra.

Thinking of this, he glanced at his information board.

【模板：NPC（距离内测开始还有5天1小时4分钟19秒）（距离公测开始还有125天1小时4分钟19秒）】

Without choosing to say goodbye to anyone, Xia Yuan, after a night's rest, quickly left his base. He got back on his military pickup truck and drove out of the city.

......

【Dan Dao Dan Tart ID registration successful】

[Race selection completed: Luper tribe]

[Based on the race you selected, the most suitable birthplace has been assigned to you: Syracuse]

[Adjusting coordinates...Loading network configuration...Reading updates...Trying to establish a spiritual connection with the Ark...]

Syracuse, Yellow Sand Tribe, one of the birthplaces of newbies in Syracuse.

There was darkness in Dandao Danta's eyes, and then they suddenly brightened up. He blinked quickly, and the next moment he couldn't help but kneel down, kissing and worshiping the real earth under his feet.

Although I heard that this game is very well-made, who knows whether it is a real gaming experience or CG?

His nose could smell the scent of the yellow sandy earth, his eyes could see the gray sky, he could feel the warmth of the sun, he looked down and found a wolf's tail hanging behind him, he reached out and touched it, Wow, WC actually has a sense of touch? It was like an organ appeared out of thin air. This feeling reminded him of ALO in the Sword Art Online series, where players can feel the wings appearing out of thin air by mobilizing the muscles behind their backs, so he can only move the muscles on his buttocks to shake his tail?

He looked around and found himself in a small square. The number of players who were "born" at the same time as him was close to three digits. Most of them were observing the surrounding scenery with wide eyes, muttering to themselves.

Dandao Dantart called up his personal panel, glanced from the level 1 attributes to the equipment column.

Like the opening of most MMORPGs, the novice is equipped with a three-piece suit, gray quality clothes, pants and shoes that do not add any attributes.

While he was studying the equipment bar, the buddy next to him had already started stroking his wolf tail, drooling as he did so: "Hey, my ***, my ***"

Ah, Egg Knife and Egg Tart immediately moved a few steps away from him.

Before he could stand still, another player near him cursed: "****, you can't take off your pants, I ***"

Shit, what kind of ruthless people are they who have escaped from demons! Dandao Dantart ran a few steps away and breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he noticed that there were several NPCs surrounding the outer edge of the square. They were wearing tattered cloth clothes, and some men were even shirtless.

Upon seeing this, the players hurriedly tried it and found that the top and pants could be taken off, but the underwear could not be removed, which made some players look regretful.

"So what should we do next?"

"Shouldn't an NPC be there to guide us at this time? Are there any convenient rations?"

"There's not even any hints. Are we supposed to figure it out on our own?"

The players waited there for a while before an old man named Luper, who looked respectable, came to them and said, "Since you have come to this settlement to make a living, you naturally know that this settlement does not support idlers."

When everyone saw such a similar opening statement, they immediately understood that this was the so-called guiding NPC.

The egg knife and egg tart took a look at the old man.

【Lycan Lv10】

[Introduction: The village chief of Huangsha Village treats you as wanderers seeking a living]

[Dangerous level: A seemingly ordinary village chief can beat you up] (White)

Players cannot detect anything about NPCs that are too high in level, and sometimes their introductions will not appear. As for the degree of danger, it is only the player's chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the NPC.

The higher the danger level of the NPC, the color will increase like the quality of the equipment. Their levels are divided into gray, white, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, orange, and red.

The NPC name of Laken is displayed in yellow, which represents neutrality, green represents the same faction or friendly intimacy, and red represents hostile faction or cold hatred relationship.