Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

Kanelian sat in the passenger seat and asked in confusion, "There are too many infected people. The boss can't save them all by himself."

"If we save one, we must save them all."

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "To be honest, there is such ugliness in human nature. If a person who has always done good things does a bad thing, everyone will think that he has fallen. If a person who has always done bad things does a good thing, everyone will publicize that he has turned over a new leaf. I naturally understand this principle. We must treat everyone equally."

“The boss wants them to buy these supplies.”

"What else? Do you think I'm running a charity?" Xia Yuan asked back, "It's not like those infected people don't have money, or they have some money but nowhere to spend it. We're just a middleman supplier."

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and no one will cherish things that are obtained for free. Xia Yuan naturally understands this truth, so it is impossible for him to give these food and supplies to these infected players for free.

Driving northward, Xia Yuan gradually saw traces of players. These people always appeared and investigated in small teams. After Xia Yuan asked for directions, they generously showed Xia Yuan the way to the "base camp" of the infected players.

The infected players formed a settlement belonging only to players in this snowy area with only trees, with a total number of nearly a thousand people.

After Xia Yuan got off the car, all the infected players gathered not far from Xia Yuan, with burning eyes in their eyes.

Kanelian followed Xia Yuan out of the car. She noticed the uneasiness in the eyes of those adventurers, but more of it was trust.

Her heart was shaken. Is this... the boss's reputation?

Chapter 135: Mr. Han

This is the first time that Xia Yuan has seen a settlement headed by players, mainly composed of players, and where only players exist. In his previous life, he had only heard of such a phenomenon in the early days of Ursus. But after all, he was still an insignificant new player at that time. He had not become an infected person, and he was not in Ursus, so naturally he would not pay attention to the interaction between players in the Ursus section.

The combat effectiveness of a settlement consisting of only players is strong, and as long as there is a good leader, the players under their command will surely unite as one in the future. This is also the main collision group in PVP in the late 3.0 period. In order to compete for some new land or base camp territories, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people will engage in a melee with other players.

After Xia Yuan got out of the car, he looked towards the infected players in the settlement.

They were indeed all infected players, without a single NPC. It seemed as if all the infected players living in the north were gathered together. They were wearing old and rustic equipment, and the weapons in their hands looked like the low-durability splitting axes and severely corroded iron swords they brought from the Novice Village and Novice Town.

Although their equipment was very backward and more tattered than that of the players in any town Xia Yuan had visited, they were the most united group of people Xia Yuan had ever seen. They stood together straight, and although their levels were not high, they were able to put a certain amount of pressure on any NPC standing in front of them.

Xia Yuan opened his own shop. He placed generations of food and clothes on the ground and leaned against the car, looking cool and uncommunicative.

He didn't say anything righteous, nor did he say that he was here to help these infected players. He just stood here and then opened the store.

This simple action made the players feel respected... The time spent as infected people surviving in this miserable land was no different from playing Fallout. Merchants were unwilling to trade with them, and no one would stop and pay them special attention. They were like garbage on the side of the road, despised by everyone and everyone.

And Xia Yuan came here.

The power of words is weak, but actions speak louder than words.

After hanging up the food and clothes in the store, Xia Yuan began to edit tasks and send them to these infected players with complicated expressions on their faces.

[You have triggered the E-level mission [Intelligence Exchange], accept/give up? ]

[Mission details: A pioneer from the land has come here. His purpose is unknown for the time being, but he has brought supplies. You know that if you want to get something, you naturally need to use something in exchange. Tell the pioneer what you know. This will help both the pioneer and you.]

[Task requirements: Provide any intelligence to the pioneers (0/1)]

[Reward: 500 Cherven]

[Reward: 1000 experience points]

The players stared blankly at the task bar floating in front of them, and suddenly they had an urge to cry. Damn it, God knows how long it has been since they received any tasks?

What's more, all transactions in this desolate land are based on barter, and there is no place to spend the money except the Cherven obtained at the beginning of the mission.

Soon, an infected player approached Xia Yuan. He moved his lips, opened the store, and bought a windproof coat with half of his savings.

The moment he put on the coat, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the cold debuff in his vision finally disappeared.

The infected players looked at each other, and with the first person taking the plunge, the rest of the players immediately came up and started buying the supplies and equipment they needed while talking to Xia Yuan. Kanelian stood aside and was responsible for distributing the supplies purchased by the players to them.

"...Thank you for coming, Mr. Trailblazer."

The person Xia Yuan was talking to at this time was an infected player, who seemed to be the leader elected by these thousands of players. Although these players had a hard life, they had put a lot of effort into being leaders. They adopted a round-table meeting system, where each player elected five most trusted representatives, and these five players decided the decisive events of this settlement.

As for why there are 5 people, it is because it is easier to tie the votes if the number is an even number.

The person who was talking to Xia Yuan was one of the five players. His ID was Doudou Han, and his foreign name was MillerRHan. He was an up-host with a certain number of fans. Everyone respectfully called him Brother Han. His race was Elafia - this race was not uncommon in Ursus. Most of the Elafia race lived in the northern border of Ursus. They were born with a buff of resistance to cold, and their double defense was higher than other races. They had advantages in Originium skills and were considered a strong race.

Among these five people, Brother Han is the most popular, and the other four also implicitly regard Brother Han as their pillar (with deep meaning).

"No, this is just a small amount of strength." Xia Yuan said lightly, not accepting Doudou Han's kindness, "I heard about your movements from the adventurers in the town. Although you are infected, I saw your strong will."

"Yeah..."

Doudou Han smiled and saluted. He thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Pioneer, further north of here there are some small villages where adventurers have stayed. However, there are no adventurers there now. If we go east, we will reach the territory of nobles. We don't know what kind of nobles they are."

Xia Yuan nodded. He saw Dou Dou Han rummaging in his armor and taking out a small map. "Mr. Pioneer, please accept this. It's easy to get lost in this desolate and miserable land without a map."

"Thank you for your help, adventurer."

Xia Yuan patted Doudou Han's shoulder heavily and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

"No... there's nothing I can do about it, haha. I hope you like it, Mr. Pioneer."

It gets dark very quickly in the north of Ursus, but the weather is very good tonight and it is not snowing. Xia Yuan stayed here temporarily. After setting up the tent with several players, he moved closer to the fire and started to warm himself.

The players here each have their own responsibilities, just like playing the display version of Don't Starve. In this game, you can indeed use real-life experience to build tools, such as making stone axes, or stone knives and other simple tools, but such weapons have no bonuses and have low durability. This is also because the players who make these equipment do not have a production-related secondary profession.

After Xia Yuan came here, he naturally put out a series of production sub-professions such as craftsmen, lumberjacks, blacksmiths, etc. This allowed the equipment made by the players to finally have bonus attributes and the durability was greatly improved.

Today the players' dinner was very sumptuous. Although the players were saying that food in the game was not important, there were still many players who liked to record their lives and post them on the forum. This made it difficult for the infected players who could not eat delicious food.

Tonight was different, they raised the cauldron, lit the torches, poured the food into the cauldron and cooked an appetizing broth.

Xia Yuan and Kanelian were invited by Doudou Han to sit in the center of the camp. The five people at the round table were all there. Xia Yuan listened to them complaining about their difficult experiences of surviving on the earth, sighing from time to time, and became the best listener.

"Mr. Pioneer, I don't understand why Ursus hates the infected so much."

Dou Dou Han asked softly. There was no resentment or anger in his tone, only the curiosity of a player.

As an up-host, he can easily distinguish between grudges and world views. After all, he is still more rational. However, when he was initially infected by accident and was driven out by those Ursus men in black, he was still angry and aggrieved.

"Why...? Actually, I don't have the answer, because I'm not from Ursus." Xia Yuan smiled and said slowly, "The fundamental reason is that the mineral disease has no cure, it can be transmitted, and it will shorten lifespan. These three things make all Terrans fear it like a tiger."

"I am not perfect, adventurers. I am also afraid and scared, but when I heard those cries and wails, I found that I could not ignore them."

"Do you want to know how mineral sickness is transmitted?"

Doudou Han and the other four players immediately perked up, "Please tell me in detail."

"If someone is in an area with high Originium pollution or inhales Originium dust, or is cut or scratched by Originium, the infection will be transmitted through the blood. The children born by the infected person will also be infected."

Xia Yuan raised three fingers. "Why are there so many infected people in Ursus? I think it is very clear."

Doudou Han thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "Mr. Pioneer, you are talking about... the mine?"

"Yes, in modern times, Ursus has vigorously developed the Originium industry and mobile cities, and established a fairly complete heavy industry system. Its raw materials mainly rely on mines on the tundra. Working in an environment with high-density Originium pollution like a mine, it is very likely that you will contract oripathy and become infected... Although most of the people who are forced to move to the mines to work are infected, this is their fate."

Several players were speechless, and some even sighed.

Doudou Han shook his head, changed the heavy topic, and asked, "Where will you go next, Mr. Pioneer?"

"I will first go to the east to resupply supplies, and then go to the northern border of Ursus to provide some help to the infected people to the best of my ability."

"I understand. I wish you a safe journey, Mr. Pioneer."

Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. Xia Yuan did not put on any pretentious attitude. He got along with the players the same way he usually did, making the players feel that the distance between them and Xia Yuan was not that far away.

The infected players are easy to approach, because they are less cynical and more full of anger like Ursus himself... But in the final analysis, they are still players. Although this is their clone in another world, it is still just a game after all, so it is easier to approach them.

He could imagine how strong the sad anger was burning in the hearts of those NPC infected people. Xia Yuan had self-awareness and he could not become the leader of the NPC infected people because they would ask, why do you want to rule us when you are not infected?

Xia Yuan is not a saint, so he naturally doesn't want to hear them say such nonsense. To him, the lives of those NPC infected are certainly not as useful as the lives of the infected players. Of course, he can't command them, but he can communicate.

Xia Yuan also didn't want to lead a team of infected people who were unhealthy, hungry and cold... To be honest, it took the Integration Movement so long to take down Chernobyl. If he had to spend time training a group of infected people... He might as well use that time to hammer away at metal.

The next day, Xia Yuan said goodbye to Dou Dou Han and several other players, got on the pickup truck in front of all the infected players, and drove eastward.

As for these players, there will always be a day when we will see each other again.

Brother Han has been updating Don't Starve and Fallout Wasteland videos on the video website for thousands of years. Today the style suddenly changed, and the cover of the video is the man that countless players call the God of Fate!

"Fuck, what's going on? Isn't Brother Han in Ursus to open up new land? How did he meet the God of Fate?"

"The one mentioned above, you don't go to the forum? Yuan Shen went to Ursus a few days ago and issued tasks and traded with some players."

"You are worthy of being my husband!"

The video content still records a lot of pioneering life, but most of it is still about that man.

Brother Han recorded the pioneer's smile and words, as well as his conversations around the campfire at night. His burning golden eyes and frank words made the players feel his strong personal charm at that moment.

The angels born in the ideal holy city took the initiative to go to the earth and save the people on the suffering earth.

During the video, Brother Han said, "The pioneer did not give us these supplies for free. He gave us tasks, exploration tasks, hunting tasks, which are not difficult tasks. After completing them, the currency and experience gained can be used to buy goods in the pioneer's store."

"He could have given it to us for free, but he didn't, because he knew people have dignity and would not accept charity."

"He doesn't have that kind of sympathy. When he communicates with us, it's as if he's our companion... Why doesn't he have sympathy? It's because sympathy is an emotion that the strong have when they look at the weak, and the pioneers regard us as people who are no different from other adventurers."

A lot of praise floated in the barrage, saying that this sentence was well said and it really touched the hearts of the players.

After all, although the players have become infected, they do not have the mentality of being inferior to others, and the pioneers' attitude of not discriminating against them obviously benefits the players very much, whether they are infected players or ordinary players.

......

"Who are the nobles in the city ahead? I can't remember their names." Xia Yuan held the steering wheel and looked at Kanelian who was sitting in the passenger seat. The latter glanced at the newspaper.

"...There is a particularly famous one, whose family name is Ivanova."

Chapter 136 The Pink-haired Girl

Xia Yuan's English level is not ideal.

The Russian name of Ursus is very difficult to remember, just like the English name in real life, not to mention that most of the Ursus people with status have a middle name. If he wants Xia Yuan to remember it, especially for a noble whom he may never meet again, he naturally will not remember it in his heart.

He gave these tasks to Carnellian. When Xia Yuan talked about creating a power, Carnellian automatically put himself into the clerical work. Senomi was still too young to fully represent Xia Yuan in handling work, so she naturally took over some of Xia Yuan's work. She had already learned about the information of these nobles before she set off.

"Boss, the most influential family in this mobile city of Samara is the Ivanova family. The family runs a wine business and monopolizes a part of the market. They are one of the new nobles."

Kanelian smiled and said, "As a member of the new nobility, the Ivanova family did not act aggressively. Their attitude was more neutral."

There are deep and irreconcilable contradictions between the old and new nobles of Ursus. The old nobles became nobles with the glory of the founding of the country or after the war, while most of the new nobles obtained their titles and status through business and management. Many of the new nobles run mines in the north, and even the emperor of Ursus has to give them some face.

There is constant friction between the new and old nobles. This is the same as the vast majority of other national forces. There are two different forces fighting within one force. For those in power, the most important thing is how to maintain this balance.

"Boss, are you ready to interact with the nobles after entering the city? I will prepare the relevant procedures for you if necessary."

"...I don't think I can discuss any business with the nobles of Ursus."

"Isn't the boss's drone ready to be traded?"

"It's not appropriate in Ursus." Xia Yuan said lightly. He glanced at Carnellian and smiled. "Ursus is a warlike country. You can get a glimpse of it from the past history of Ursus. For them, expansion is the basis of survival. The early Four Emperors' Battle, the Blood Peak Battle and the Great Rebellion in modern times all demonstrate the combative spirit of Ursus."

“Do you know why I traded drones to the Colombian military?”

"Hmm...Is it because Rhine Life is in Columbia?"

Xia Yuan's lips curled up slightly, "You're right. It's true that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Secondly, it's because of Colombia itself. My drone will become a carrier for scientists to study at the very least. In Ursus, my drone has only one use, and that is war and killing."

"But in the final analysis, Colombia is a country after all, and it also has ambitions, so my second reason is a bit far-fetched. In fact, Kanelian, you are right. Colombia is already my base, so it is reasonable to reach a tacit understanding with the Colombian top management... Although the company's headquarters will not be in Colombia in the future."

"Is it Longmen? I haven't been there yet."

"You'd be surprised."

Xia Yuan smiled. He parked the pickup truck in front of a hotel and continued to enjoy the warm air conditioning for a while. "I would like to go to Rem Billiton to talk to those bunnies. It would be great if there were a carrier similar to a land ship."

"Wow, boss, only Victoria has land ships." Kanelian laughed exaggeratedly and blinked her eyes. "If you mean mining ships, Rem Billiton does have quite a few. I've been there and boarded a mining ship. To be honest, it felt pitch black and the vibrations were too violent. I got seasick after staying there for a long time."

"If there is an opportunity, I will buy it... Of course, it is not a recent thing. I will implement it after the company is well established. I can try to contact the mine owner of RIM Billiton."

"Okay." Kanelian took out a small notebook and wrote it down.

This little notebook contains all the current things to do, from small things like preparing materials and facilities to big things like future policies, she records them all in detail.

The mobile city Samara that the two of them came to was a standard industrial city. Due to its proximity to the northern border, it became an industrially developed mobile city, processing the ore that was continuously transported back from the mines, processing it into equipment or tools and then transporting it to other mobile cities.

The Ursus people on the street were walking in a hurry. The place where Xia Yuan and others arrived was considered the wealthy area of ​​the city... It's not that he didn't want to go to the slums to see the miserable life of the lower-class civilians in Ursus, but he felt it was unnecessary, because he already knew their miserable appearance in his heart, and there was no need to go through it again.

His mission in Samara was only to replenish supplies. He believed that he would not come to this city again in the future. As for those noble lords, he had no desire to talk to them. The friction between the new and old nobles had nothing to do with him. Now he just wanted to complete the supply mission as soon as possible and then leave.

"Have you heard... the Ivanova family is being targeted—because of the wine business."

"Hush, you are killing yourself. Gossiping here is not something that people of our class can discuss."

"We are just ordinary baronesses, right? We are all nobles, so why is there such a big difference?"

While shopping, Xia Yuan heard two beautiful women beside him whispering. He heard the name that Kanelian had just said, and after pondering for a moment, he came to the two baronesses with a gentle smile on his face.