Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

In this real Terra, players also have two health bars: satiety and hunger. If they don't eat or drink water, they will have a debuff that will cause them to lose blood continuously.

This game is too real.

Chapter 13: Originium worms are so tough!

Laken made it clear that if you want to eat you have to work, and there is never a shortage of manpower in the settlement.

Before that, Laken asked seriously: "Are you infected?"

Dandao and Dantart were all confused, and many people felt unfamiliar with the word "infected person". What does this have to do with anything?

However, there were still some players who had done their homework seriously. Several of them stepped forward on the spot to say that they were not infected and that they could take off their clothes for inspection. Before the village chief could say anything, they took off all their clothes except for their underwear. The village chief sent a few guys to check and found no Originium particles, confirming that they were not infected.

"What's going on?" Several players whispered to each other.

Those who had read the background of the story shook their heads, indicating that now was not the time to talk and that they would explain later.

"You can graze on the pasture, or pick some herbs. The recent stone tools are badly damaged and need to be replaced. If you are capable, you can go hunting in the nearest forest to exchange for resources and sell them for money. Those with higher strength can accept the hunting bounty sent by the town..." The old man coughed a few times, and someone beside him supported him. "If you want to leave, you will reach the nearest town in four days to the south. If you want to learn something, you can be an apprentice in a tailor shop or a handicraft shop."

According to Laken's explanation, the players learned that the place where they were born was smaller than a small town, with a permanent population of only about 300 people. They could only learn a few life-related secondary occupations here, and the only secondary occupation related to combat was [Novice Hunter].

Players who have a little knowledge of MMORPGs will know from the name that this sub-profession is not a rare thing. After learning it, you may only be able to obtain attribute judgments when hunting. If you take out a hunter sub-profession during PVP, I don’t know how many players will laugh their heads off.

As for the map, the players soon discovered that there was no such function. After asking the village chief, they learned that the map needed to be drawn by a secondary professional scribe. They also had one in their village and could lend it to the players. If they wanted to own it permanently, they had to buy it.

By the way, players who wanted to explore the large map of the small town immediately gave up their unrealistic fantasies after learning that the four days were required for driving.

This is indeed a novice village.

Soon a few people discussed it, and the four of them formed a team and walked towards the blacksmith shop.

As the first group to take action among the players, they naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Dandao Danta recognized the ID of one of them. This ID Touxinliang was the president of the medium-sized gaming guild Zhan Song. He and Touxinliang had a small dispute in the previous game, but he created a new ID this time when playing Ark, and the other party could not recognize him.

Each person's initial capital is 30 Longmen coins. Dandao and Dantart calculated that the price of a loaf of bread and a bowl of water for lunch in the village is 6 Longmen coins, which means that the novice has two days of protection time.

The four of them pooled their money together for a total of 120 Longmen coins and bought an axe for chopping wood. It could be seen from Tou Xinliang's expression that he seemed to be very satisfied with the texture of the weapon.

The players followed the four people to the bounty board, watched Touxinliang glance back and forth, and finally waved his hand, accepted the simplest Originium Bug removal task, and immediately ran towards the forest in the distance.

After about a quarter of an hour, several people came back dejectedly. Touxinliang looked unhappy. The Originium worm he encountered was equivalent to the slime in ordinary MMORPGs, right? The axe felt soft and sticky when it was chopped, which was very similar to slime. However, the Originium worm did not lose a layer of blood skin. It just crawled on the ground calmly, as if it had not been attacked.

The defense of this slime is too strong. Touxinliang and his companions were unsuccessful in their mission and were in a bad mood.

"Stop talking. I only lost 1 drop of blood from that Originium worm."

"Damn, the durability of this axe has dropped a lot."

"I was killed instantly by the flying rocks. I just got back from the countdown."

The first death takes 5 minutes, the second 10 minutes, the third 20 minutes, the fourth 40 minutes... The exponentially increasing death penalty makes many players log off directly after death to eat.

Several people were talking at once about exchanging information.

Dandao Dantart was thoughtful. He and dozens of other players came to the player who had just reacted to the word infected, "Brother, what is the profession of infected?"

"Infected is not a profession." The player said, "On the land of Terra, there is a raw material called Originium. If people come into contact with Originium rashly, they will be infected with Originosis, which is similar to nuclear energy. For NPCs, there is no cure for Originosis. They are called Infected, and they are considered the lowest of the lowest."

"Damn, is it so miserable?"

"Wait, are we going to get oripathy too?" One player grasped the point.

The man nodded. "According to the information in the data, yes. However, as long as you take good precautions and make sure you don't get fatally injured when fighting monsters, you will not get Ore Disease if you are killed instantly, because the corpse will disappear."

He continued, "I read on the official website that players infected with Ore Disease will have a buff, which is that they can use magic skills without using a staff."

"I'll go, are you so awesome?"

Hearing this, Dandao Dantart asked: "What is debuff?"

"HP will slowly decrease during battle."

This makes sense. Players are both enhanced and weakened, which is a double-edged sword.

Dandao Dantart was thinking more deeply. He interpreted something from the NPC's attitude just now, and thought of what the players said about the infected being unwelcome. If one was infected with the oripathy, he probably wouldn't be able to enter the main city, let alone the settlement.

The rest of the people were also thinking about it. As MMORPG players, they all had a long-term plan for the characters they created. The debuff of losing blood during the battle still made many people give up the idea. Those players who chose Luper wanted to experience the cold weapons and the Italian mafia background. None of them wanted to be a wizard.

After hearing this, the players immediately gave up the idea of ​​accepting quests on the bounty list in the short term. Without equipment, it was like running naked, and there was also a chance of infection. Only a fool would do that. They immediately went their separate ways, chatting with the NPCs to inquire about news while enthusiastically starting to complete the quests.

Laken stroked his beard with satisfaction. These outsiders and wanderers were very hardworking. At least none of them would just sit and wait for death. Moreover, they were all young and strong. If they could marry the girls in the town, they could help to expand the settlement. That would be great.

"Hey, I got a farmer's secondary job, and it's upgraded, and my health has increased a lot."

"The bonus for a novice hunter when hunting is okay, but it requires too much experience. I plan to work in a blacksmith shop first."

"My talent is Cold Blooded - Dexterity check when sneaking? Am I suitable to be a Scatterer?"

"Emma, ​​the settlement amount of Longmen coins for a mission is too little, only 40 yuan."

"If you cut your own tail, you will lose blood."

The game starts with 30 yuan, and you can wear a set of clothes without a dog. There is a suitable guide for novices, but it is not too harsh on players so that they cannot continue playing. This feeling of gradual progress makes players gradually addicted. Different tasks and jobs allow players to not repeat the same physical labor. Sometimes it is so tiring that people curse, but looking at the Longmen coins and experience gained makes them smile. It can be said that it is painful and happy.

Such a high degree of freedom makes the players happy, and they have already made plans for the future. Once they have saved a certain amount of Lungmen coins and their levels and attributes are reassuring, they will get on the bus and head to the new map.

Dandao Danta learned the secondary profession of Novice Hunter. He spent an entire afternoon and used the money he earned to buy a spear that seemed more reliable. He was lucky because he had a higher strength point at the beginning, so he was able to equip it smoothly. He spent all the remaining pitiful experience on Novice Hunter and raised his level to Lv4.

In the previous game, he was a member of the Touxingliang Guild and wanted to play professionally, but the management of the Battle Song Guild did not have this intention. There was some unpleasantness because of this matter. Later, Dandao and Dantart left and became a free agent. In the last season before the last game update, he successfully entered the professional league. He passed the initial round of screening and fell in the top 48.

For someone who has not joined a guild, this is already very good.

I did this out of spite at the time, but it seems funny now.

He gave up his previous username, entered a new game, and prepared to start a new journey. If possible, he wanted to use this ID to enter the professional league of Ark.

Dandao Dantart went to the place where the map was sold and took a look. The map showed a whole area of ​​green mountains, green waters, forests and deserts. Huangsha Village only occupied a small corner on the map. There seemed to be more than a dozen villages of the same size as Huangsha Village. He looked at the nearest one, which was Moshan Town, which the village chief said would take four days to reach by car. The town was right next to a place called Moshan on the map, and the name was given quite casually.

By the way, this transport bus does not run every day, but comes to Huangsha Village once a week to deliver supplies.

One map costs fifteen thousand Longmen coins. Dandao Danta thought about it and concluded that it would take him three days to collect fifteen thousand Longmen coins, including the food he would need and the supplies he would bring for the journey.

There are three types of players who are eligible for the internal test.

The first type is the lucky ones who get the internal beta qualification through lottery, the second type is the game guild club players who get the internal beta qualification through connections, such as members of the War Song Guild, and the third type is professional players, whose internal beta qualification is applied for by professional teams from Ark.

Dandao Dantart is the first type. He is no longer a player in the guild, nor is he a formally registered professional player. With this luck, he got the opportunity to participate in the internal test of this game.

How do beta testers in Sword Art Online do it? Explore the map and explore new areas.

In "Ark", a game with high game level restrictions and degree of freedom, as long as you have supplies and weapons for self-defense, you can run around as you please, right?

As an internal beta test player, it would be a waste of time for him to just stay in the Novice Village to complete tasks. He only has one month more time than the public beta test players, and by then the level gap brought by the internal beta test will be quickly eliminated.

In the vast land of Terra, opportunities and missions are truly first come, first served. With so many locations and powerful countries, as long as you can join in advance, you can obtain resources and equipment much earlier.

Most importantly, he found out indirectly that there was a secondary profession called Novice Swordsman in Moshan Town, which would be a timely relief for him now.

In a short period of time, the number of players staying in the map shop exceeded five fingers. Dandao Dantart glanced at them out of the corner of his eye and immediately realized that these were people from the game guild, and they had obviously thought of this as well.

With a sigh, Dandao Dantart became furious and ran away. He was ready to do the most tiring and smelliest job of cleaning the pack animal shed. No matter how hard and tiring it was, wouldn't he be tempted to get 100 Longmen coins?

Three days later, he successfully bought the map and took the bus to Moshan Town on the same day.

In addition to the four members of the Battle Song Guild, there were also two expert players from a large club who were in the car with him. They did not exchange information with each other in the car. When they went offline, they just controlled their bodies and lay down on the bed.

The atmosphere on the bus was dull and boring. Dandao Dantart chatted with a few NPCs. After triggering a few tasks, he found that these tasks required him to run to another corner of the map to complete. Although the rewards were more than twice as generous as those in the village, the internal test only lasted a short time. How could he be willing to waste it on such a trivial matter.

The other club members all had basic protective gear on them, it seemed that they had not been doing nothing these days. After buying the map, they tried hunting. At this time, they put on new armor that could increase trace attributes - it was more appropriate to call them knee pads and wrist guards, because they could not buy the medieval knight armor they imagined in Huangsha Village.

But fortunately, when I feel bored sitting in the car, I can read the forum to relieve the loneliness and boredom.

Players who did not participate in the internal test were begging the internal test players to send some pictures or guides. The internal test players were happily exploring the new areas at this time, and most players did not even have the time to go to the forum.

However, he still learned from the posts of a few beta test players that the novice villages of the other waves of players were also similar to Huangsha Village. The same birth point would not make the players feel unfair, but they could find joy in suffering and started to complete tasks while browsing the forum.

After staggering off the bus, the feeling of lying in bed for four consecutive days made him want to log off and eat. The only thing that caught his eye was the wind and sand and scenery outside the window. He treated himself as a tourist and enabled the player's shooting function to take a lot of photos.

The players split into three groups and dispersed, each taking their own path. Their arrival was like a drop of rain falling into the sea, without causing any waves.

Dan Dao Dan Tart stared at the medieval-style town in front of him. The difference between it and the village was really huge.

His eyes were like those of a hungry wolf, as if he wanted to immediately find a place where he could make money by completing tasks. His eyes moved from the food store to the blacksmith shop, and then to the flower shop, and a brilliant golden light caught his sight.

He was a Sakota with a golden halo on his head and golden wings behind him. He had short grey hair and eyes that were the same brilliant golden colour as the halo. He wore a black coat and held a bouquet of flowers in his hand. In Dandao Danta's heart, he was more like a kindly priest than a traveler.

The most important thing is his temperament. He has an approachable smile on his face, and the female NPC who talks to him has a silly smile on her face... When Dandao Danta saw this, he couldn't help but sigh that this game is too real.

Dandao Dantart admitted that this was the most handsome NPC he had ever seen. If he was a woman, maybe... cough cough. And the Sakota race, I heard from the players in the forum that NPCs of the Sakota race are super rare.

He narrowed his eyes and threw a retcon at the handsome Sakota youth.

[Xiayuan Lanshem Lv?] (yellow name)

【introduce:?】

[Danger level: Warning! You have no hope of survival] (Red)

Chapter 14 If You Want It, Come and Get It Yourself

The danger level made Dandao Danta stunned for a moment, and then he felt a chill. The most dangerous person he had seen on the bus was a bodyguard of a batch of goods. The danger level given at that time was blue, and the information given was: he can defeat you without any effort.

The danger level given by Sakota, who had just finished the conversation not far away, was blood red, which made Dandao Dantart's body tremble like a sieve. However, he soon became excited. This was just the outskirts of the Novice Village, and he met a character like a big boss. Could this be his adventure?

Thinking of this, the player's curiosity took over rather than fear. Even if they were discovered and the negotiation failed, it would only take about five minutes of sage time. Besides, the death penalty was refreshed once a day, so it was not a loss anyway.

Thinking of this, Dandao and Dantart began to follow Sakota quietly.

Xia Yuan also spotted the players, or rather, when he saw a country bumpkin with a strange ID on his head in the crowd, he knew that he was an internal test player. He drove to this small town for several days just to wait for the team-forming or advanced players who could play the game to come out of the novice village. His contact with the players also started from here. As for why he didn't go to Huangsha Village where there were groups of internal test players, why would Xia Yuan go to find that group of poor players now? This is not the way to show warmth.

He saw a post on the forum. The ID was familiar to him. It was Tiantang Zhuimeng, a top professional player in his previous life. Before playing the game "Ark", he played a game called Jianxia. He quickly became known to other players for his krypton gold and his superb skills. He was a good guy and a real talent with a large number of fans. In his previous life, he participated in the world championship in the first season of "Ark" and was eliminated early because of his teammates' poor performance in team battles. After changing teams in the second season, he won the highest honor of the Donghuang District, the runner-up, but lost in the championship battle.

He has long been ranked in the top 20 of the Donghuang combat power rankings and is nicknamed Dream Chaser.

The professional league of "Ark" is not just about 1v1 and team battles. In addition to these, there are also field racing, mission competitions, limited-time free exploration competitions, chicken-eating mode, land acquisition and flag grabbing competitions, hunting survival competitions, mass killing competitions, secret challenge competitions and many other competitions. Single combat and team battles are just two of the two ways to play in this vast land.

One of his posts summarized the experiences of the beta testers when they were exploring the land. It summarized the relationship between Ore Disease and Originium, and advised future players to think twice before actively infecting themselves, as they might not even be able to enter the village. In addition to these, he also described in detail the worldview he learned from NPCs. The information about some countries and cities was fragmentary, and he could not sort it out in a short time, so he put it on the forum first.

Secondly, he announced the map he bought. Seeing this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed the Dream Chaser, saving so many people 1,500 Longmen coins. On the map, Xia Yuan found that his location was in the rural area around Casimir. The race chosen by Dream Chaser was Kuranta, so it was not surprising that he was born here.

After reading the post, Xia Yuan made a plan to go to the area around Casimir. With the help of Dream Chaser's map, new players in that area would avoid many detours, and it would be easier for him to leave a deep impression in front of them.

Holding a bouquet of flowers, Xia Yuan entered the church, passed by the residents of Moshan Town who looked sad, and stood in front of the murals with a dignified look, praying solemnly. Birth, aging, sickness and death are normal in this land of suffering. This is the funeral of a middle-aged man, and Xia Yuan also triggered this prayer task because of the Sakota race.

Everyone followed him to the backyard. Xia Yuan made the sign of the cross on his chest and gently sprinkled a bouquet of flowers in front of the grave. The middle-aged man's relatives came forward, holding back their tears and scattering the petals in their hands in front of him.

In this land, the Holy City of Lateran is hope, the only place that is not stained by any dust. In the Iberia region, many people believe in the teachings of Lateran, and there are also people who believe in it in the village of Moshan in Syracuse.

People walked away one after another. Xia Yuan withdrew his gaze from the painting and looked at Dan Dao Dan Tart who was standing at the door watching the situation inside.

The latter was startled by the sudden gaze, and there was some embarrassment on his face. Now he was in a dilemma as to whether to go forward or not.

"Adventurer, do you have time?"

Adventurer? Hearing this title, Dan Dao Dan Tart looked at the novice clothes he was wearing. Well, perhaps only the iron axe behind him could prove that he was not an ordinary passerby. Even so, he still blushed when he heard this title.

But then he cheered up. Wow, isn't this the opening statement of the NPC when issuing tasks to players? I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at a larger town, I encountered the extremely rare race of Sakota walking on this land. The other party's danger level is still red. If the other party is not hostile, then it must be well-intentioned!

Dan Dao Dan Tart hurriedly stepped forward and said with a humble smile, "I'm free, I'm free, respected Father, what do you need?"

"I want a fresh bouquet of leon flowers, can you get them for me?"

Before Xia Yuan closed his mouth, a message suddenly flashed on the prompt bar in front of him.

[Do you want to issue a task to [Egg Knife and Egg Tart]? ]

Is this the so-called NPC template? It is exactly the same as an NPC, and can issue tasks to players.

This feature is a bit outrageous. If it were to ask players to smell the feet of famous NPCs, someone might actually risk certain death to try it.

After selecting yes, another pop-up window popped up.

[Please set the task requirements and task rewards. The rewards are divided into experience, money, items, skills... The amount of experience depends on your level, characteristics, talents, skills, class and reputation]