Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

This also led to a lot of players asking him about the infected and his own position in the past few days, hoping to open a new main line. Many players concluded that it might be because of his charm that he chatted with Qiu Muyu. After all, Qiu Muyu is a beautiful woman. So in the next few days, Xia Yuan was surrounded by beautiful girls, and they all put on heavy makeup. In addition, Xia Yuan's appearance suited the appetite of female players, so they didn't mind talking to him, but looked forward to his reaction.

Every day Xia Yuan was surrounded by fragrant breezes. The last time he experienced this was in his previous life when he had several beautiful female slaves in Casimir.

In addition to these people, of course, there were also people who thought they were very awesome and attacked Xia Yuan. As Columbia was a gathering place for old Mi players, there were naturally many players who liked to make a big killing. First, they were attacked by several idle players, and then they were ambushed by a small guild. Xia Yuan didn't say much and just took out his double guns to shoot them all. After they came back online five minutes later, they found that they were being ambushed. It was not until the death cooling time reached one day that Xia Yuan stopped.

Of course, this also means that their favorability has dropped to negative numbers, and they cannot buy any equipment from Xia Yuan.

Several players who were seeking death on the foreign forum were wailing, and the foreign players were gloating. They were not as united as the players in the Chinese region. Most of them played together with a group of friends. They didn’t care about other people’s life and death. So after laughing at them on the forum, they turned around and came to Xia Yuan to buy equipment.

Xia Yuan found that the NPC module had a language translation, which was very useful to him. In his previous life, the only English he spoke was "Gu De Mao Ning" and he only memorized one word: "abandon". With the language translation, foreigners can understand what he says in Chinese, and he can also understand what foreigners say in Martian.

As for the foreigners, he didn't have any big prejudice against them. In his previous life, he was quite happy to see these foreigners being beaten by the Chinese and the Russians and running away in panic.

While browsing the forum, he saw a red post at the top, with the bold title "Terra Times"

This is a program that has several strategy groups and professional teams participating. The content is varied, including official news of Ark, intelligence dug up by players, interesting news, the movements of professional players, analysis of game plots, etc. Terra Times has many fans, and Xia Yuan is one of them. He always urges for the next episode.

He clicked on the link. In the video, two men and one woman were sitting in front of the camera like news anchors, with the changing and flickering Terra behind them.

The female host waved cheerfully to the camera: "Hello everyone, I am Yue Ye."

"I'm Xiaolang-san."

"I am Yang Yan XF."

The two young male hosts introduced themselves with a smile.

"Welcome everyone to the latest issue of Terra Times!"

Chapter 29 Appetite and Ambition

Student Xiaolang said: "Welcome everyone to the Terra Times, which focuses on sharing game intelligence, exploring game plots, discovering game strategies, and exploring game information to make everyone's Ark life more colorful."

Yang YanXF nodded in agreement: "This is our first exploration of the Ark and Terra. The new game Ark has brought us a huge amount of content, from the countries we know about to the forces currently discovered by players. There is a lot worth exploring."

Yue Ye said with a smile: "It has been a month since the server was launched, and the number of players has increased by one million... Let me digress for a moment, your races all look very cool."

Student Xiaolang moved his wolf ears. As his name suggests, he chose the Rupert race, while Yang YanXF had two horns on his head and was from the Sarkaz race.

The three of them hosted this show in a VR space, and it was naturally their personal choice as to how they wanted to dress up and what role they wanted to play.

As the first issue of Terra Times, the content is very rich. In the next quarter of an hour, the three hosts introduced the characteristics of different races and the advantages that can be obtained by being born in different regions. They also introduced the intelligence currently known by some national forces. Naturally, they also talked about the battles in the current era. Currently, most of the attack methods used by players are sticks and cold weapons. Only a few people have the resources and money to buy equipment such as crossbows.

Of course there are guns in this world, but only players of the Sakota race and a few other races whose secondary occupations meet the attribute requirements can equip them. Currently, most players cannot afford guns. In response to this, the hosts said that guns are too advanced for current players. Everyone is still fighting with swords and sticks. The game cannot be set up to allow players to get guns and shoot in the early stages. This is not some cheesy time-travel novel where a machine gun guards a city gate.

In addition, the discussion on professions also took up some space. After all, this determines the way players play the rest of their gaming career in Ark. There are so many main professions in total, and there are many sub-professions that have not yet been explored under the main professions. For people with choice phobia, it must be very difficult. The program team analyzed the weapons and resources that each profession can currently access, and made a decent guess at the future panel attributes of each profession. Finally, it was stated that the detailed information still had to wait for the players in the strategy group or enthusiastic brothers to share the data and details.

Later, when they were exchanging interesting stories among players, they inevitably talked about the pioneers who were quite popular among the player community.

Xiaolang said: "I believe that players who follow the forum know that in the three months since the launch of Terra Time, a mysterious high-level NPC has appeared in the players' field of vision. Everyone is very curious about him, but we know very little about him. Except that he is a Sakota from Lateran, we players know nothing about him. What role do you think such a pioneer will play in the future plot?"

Yang YanXF thought for a moment and said, "According to the information sent by the players, the danger level of this pioneer is the highest level red. Some foreign players have also tried to attack him, but without exception, they were killed instantly."

Yue Ye began to analyze the character: "What does the nickname Pioneer symbolize? Is it to open up the land? Or to explore the unknown? Will this pioneer have any intersection with the cute cat girl on the official website? However, players have been playing for a month, and there has been no news of any sightings of the official website NPC."

"This is just our players' speculation that this Sakota pioneer is the protagonist who will start a series of main quests." Xiaolang rounded the topic back. "In the previous game time, we learned that he stopped in Noel Town and sold some main and secondary job transfer books. These books were what every player wanted to get in the early stage."

"Yes, from this perspective, this pioneer does seem to fit his identity as a mysterious businessman. It is also possible that the game officials deliberately set up this mentor to provide benefits to novices."

"We were fortunate to discover the combat strength of this high-level NPC from a player's live broadcast..." A half window appeared next to the screen, showing a video of Xia Yuan's battle in front of the Claw Beast more than a month ago in Terra time. Yang Yan XF analyzed: "Feedback from players who participated in the battle at the same time indicated that they received the team bonus of the Pioneer, which means that this Pioneer is a support type."

"From the firearms he wears, we can infer that he has a secondary occupation of gunsmith, which is not surprising for the Sakota race who use guns like drinking water. His protective suit and calves are wrapped in machinery, so it is not difficult for us to infer that he may have a secondary occupation called mechanic who can make mechanical products."

Yang Yan XF cleared his throat. There were only a few main professions in Ark, but players didn't know how many sub-professions there were, and the official website had not announced an answer. All the information needed to be analyzed step by step by players, and the sub-professions of gunsmith and mechanic were speculated by the strategy team and high-level players when making this program.

"This pioneer also sells the secondary profession of a technician. This profession allows players of other races to use hand cannons, but they do not enjoy the bonus of the Sakota race. The requirements for equipping hand cannons are also very high. If the attributes are not good enough, they cannot be equipped... Judging from his smooth fighting style, there is no doubt that he has the secondary profession of a technician."

“There are still many mysteries about him. For example, the equipment he sells to players shows that he also has a blacksmith secondary profession.”

“In summary, he is an NPC who occupies a more logistical position, but his frontal combat ability should not be underestimated. In future plots, we may expect him to sell more rare equipment to players. In the plot, we can speculate that he is a merchant character of the camp, or a commander character.”

Xiaolang made a summary and the other two hosts nodded.

After a short break, the three began to chat about the information of professional players in the professional circle, which is also what some players are interested in. Who doesn’t want to see the Chinese region win the trophy?

"I don't know if you have noticed that when we created a character and gave him two talents when he was born on this land, these two talents can affect a player's development path. If you get a powerful talent, it's no different from winning the lottery."

"The value of an account will also rise due to talent, but since there is no official scoring standard, it is currently impossible to judge the value of talent."

"The Midlane King, Cloud and Evil Geniuses from the US, Samurai, Sunflower and Secret from Europe, Devil King from Japan, Seven Stars, Tiger and Tianyi from South Korea announced their entry into Ark on their official accounts last week. I believe we will see more professional leagues in the game soon."

The level of e-sports in foreign countries is very strong, and each country has shown its talents in different games. The level of e-sports in China is not weak, but it has rarely won championships in recent world competitions. This is a problem for the promotion of the game in China and the enthusiasm of the players. As a player in China, it is natural that they hope that the professional team in their region can win the championship.

"During the internal beta, our Liquid team and Dynasty team had already announced their entry into Ark. In addition to these two teams that have left a strong mark in the history of e-sports, several other professional teams have also joined Ark."

"This issue of Terra Times ends here. We look forward to seeing you next time. Leave a comment with your Ark ID below the video for a chance to win our small gift. The lottery results will be sent to you in a dynamic form..."

The Terra Times ended, and Xia Yuan was fed with the amount of information dug up by the players. He did not expect that the strategy team had made such rapid progress and had already discovered many very promising sub-professions for players to choose from. As for his speculation, it was estimated that it would not be long before someone would beg him to sell the gunsmith and mechanic profession books.

He is not ready to take action in the short term.

As for professional books on other secondary professions, he did have quite a few of them, all of which he had applied to purchase from the Chamber of Commerce. The prices of some specialized knowledge were not cheap.

Dan Dao Dan Tart quickly integrated into the Columbia community. He quickly started doing the work of a pioneer and began to knock stones happily. Anyway, Xia Yuan was here and looked like he would stay here for a few more days, so he was in no hurry to leave.

The next morning, Xia Yuan drove a pickup truck out of the camp and headed towards the nearest mobile city, Tremont.

He had to hurry, as the round trip from Casimir to Colombia took two months, and he also had to take time to get back to Casimir.

After entering Tremont, Xia Yuan was relieved by the environment here. The elegant-colored buildings really refreshed his tired eyes from watching TV commercials every day in Casimir some time ago. After settling in the hotel, Xia Yuan immediately began to operate the system terminal in the hotel.

After connecting to the stock market, Xia Yuan glanced at how many shares he could buy with 20 million Longmen coins. In addition, he also knew that it was meaningless to buy free shares open to shareholders like ordinary people. This would only make him an ordinary shareholder holding a large number of Rhine Life shares, and would not make him a shareholder of Rhine.

What's more, he could buy all the shares open to ordinary people with 20 million, but his appetite was not that small.

Being a shareholder of a company does not necessarily mean that Xia Yuan has the right to participate in the company's business decisions. He will usually have voting rights, but this depends on the number of shares he holds and the company's articles of association. In some cases, a large or controlling shareholder may have a greater influence on the company's decisions.

The 20 million is enough to make him one of the decision-making shareholders. This is also thanks to the fact that Rhine Life has only been listed for two years. Otherwise, in a few years when various institutions mature, the 20 million will only be the price of instruments and materials.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan put on his coat and went out.

After walking for ten minutes, Xia Yuan arrived at the gate of Rhine Life Science. Although it has been listed for two years, no, it should be three years now, the scale of the company is not large. They have only realized the commercial transformation from "laboratory to company" for a few years, and they don't have much funds to mobilize. There is no such thing as burning tens of millions of dollars without taking a breath.

So far, Rhine Life has not yet formally established a "department" system. The general construction department has set up several parallel departments of scientific research and affairs. Here you can only see a few young researchers who are in a hurry and look excited... Compared with a commercial company, this place is more like a research institute.

I explained my purpose to the lady at the front desk, who immediately notified the senior management who could make the decision on this matter.

Xia Yuan waited in the lounge for a while, and then a mature woman dressed in a very Colombian style walked towards him. She was a beautiful film actress with long silver hair. She should have been born on the stage rather than in the laboratory.

"Hello, my name is Yara Booker Wilson, you can just call me Yara, please follow me."

Business talks are not something that can be decided casually, at least for Rhine Life right now, as they are not well-known.

So when several senior executives heard that an investor was waiting downstairs with an astonishing amount of Longmen coins, they were all stunned. Up to now, only venture capital companies were watching them. Apart from these companies, only the official eyes were left. As a result, they had never thought about normal investors.

"The mecha you are wearing looks very advanced. I wouldn't be surprised if you said you are a doctor who studies machinery."

Xia Yuan chuckled, "There is no doctor that young."

The two of them came to the office and sat down. Xia Yuan knew that the content of the next conversation would determine his future development within Rhine Life. To be honest, as a scientist, it was really exciting to be able to open up the future together with a group of people with dreams.

"I appreciate Rhine Life's slogan, answer with wisdom, expand with thinking. I think Rhine Life and I agree on many points of view, which makes me very happy." Xia Yuan leaned back in his chair. Although he was young, his tone was not childish at all, but sounded very mature. "I think in the future I will cooperate with Rhine Life, and even settle in Rhine Life to conduct research on mechanical weapons and mechanical facilities."

"My name is Xia Yuan Lanshem, just call me by my name."

Yara Booker Wilson smiled politely. "May I interpret this message as... from Rutland officials?"

"No, there's no Lateran behind me." Xia Yuan smiled. "I'm just one person and don't represent any forces. Are you interested in talking about what happens next?"

Yara Booker Wilson poured a cup of coffee for Xia Yuan. She nodded slightly, "I'm all ears, Mr. Xia Yuan."

Chapter 30 Ciallo~

Rhine Life has many competitors now. There are at least eight or ten technology companies in Colombia. They all have official backgrounds and investment from venture companies. This is necessary. On the one hand, the government needs to provide a certain degree of support to local companies, and on the other hand, it needs to understand the progress of each company, or to put it bluntly, it is surveillance.

There are still some shares in Rhine Life that have not been distributed to the founders. Now the management holds 55%, the remaining 35% belongs to the large and small investors, and the last 10% is in the market.

The result of Xia Yuan's interference would either be to take a share of the official pie or to kick out several risky companies. The latter is more likely than the former.

But these could not allow Xia Yuan to integrate into Rhine Life. He was not thinking about a title and the numbers that would increase in the bank. What he wanted were the resources and manpower that he could use, as well as an identity belonging to Rhine Life.

Xia Yuan expressed his desire to conduct mechanical research at Rhine Life Science. Rhine Life Science could enjoy the results of his mechanical research, but it needed to sign a letter of intent and an order with him.

Rhine Life Science currently has no shortage of doctoral scholars in other fields, but it has no relevant research or practice in mechanics because there are no courses related to mechanics at Columbia University, and naturally there are no students studying mechanics.

Yara Booker Wilson felt that this reason was much more reasonable than the previous one praising Rhine Life, as she felt that Rhine Life and she were a good match. It was not common to bring capital into companies of all sizes in Colombia, but most of those who did this had background and strength.

"I would like to discuss this decision with the director. Please wait here for a moment."

Yara Booker Wilson lifted her silver hair. She saw Xia Yuan's sincerity and what he could bring to Rhine Life, but Rhine Life was not hers to decide alone. She still had to make her attitude clear to them on this matter.

As for what Xia Yuan said about purchasing the voice held by venture companies, Yara Booker Wilson didn't say anything on the surface, but she actually supported it in her heart. After all, they had to look at their faces for their actions and reports. It's okay for the military and the foundation, but do you, the venture companies, understand what research is?

Xia Yuan sat in his seat enjoying the slightly cool coffee. He was sure about this action. Rhine Life could provide him with a good umbrella of protection. He could also get in touch with more knowledge about secondary professions in Rhine Life, which was much safer than going to Thor Industries to learn secretly.

After browsing the forum for a while, Yara Booker Wilson came back with a polite smile on her face. "The director and deputy director want to see you."

Xia Yuan stood up and said, "I have been fascinated by this for a long time."

After passing through the office corridor, the two came to the office at the end of the corridor. The size of this office was not much different from Yara's office. However, unlike Yara's bookcases filled with fashion books, the desks here were piled with documents and materials, and it looked like the office was too busy.

Who is the director among you? Xia Yuan complained silently in his heart. He looked at the two ladies who stood up to greet him and smiled slightly.

"Hello, I'm Kristen Wright, the director of Rhine Life."

"Hello, my name is Saria, the deputy director of Rhine Life." Saria added politely, "Nice to meet you."

Xia Yuan looked at the culprit who had beaten him to death with an iron fist in his previous life, then glanced at Christine who was so indifferent and a little silly, and stretched out his hands to shake hands with them.

"Hello, my name is Xia Yuan Lanshem, a pioneer walking on the earth."

Xia Yuan is not a businessman at heart, he just thinks that the appearance of a businessman can deceive people. Christen and Saria are pure scientific researchers...and the other one is the Rhine Boxing King. Neither of them is very interested in business planning, and the daily affairs are left to Yara.

In some ways, Yara is really the mother of both of them.

Yara smiled at the two of them, closed the door and left.

Facing the two scholars, Xia Yuan stopped making big promises and began to speak the truth on Rhine Life's side: "Rhine Life's scientific research is too little because too many venture companies are interfering in research projects, resulting in low efficiency. I will kick them out and only keep a few small companies. This is the limit of what I can do, and it is also to maintain the purity and integrity of Rhine Life."

"I graduated from Lateran College ahead of schedule. Although it is not as good as Columbia University...such as Tremont Polytechnic University, I majored in mechanical dynamics, materials science, metal processing, quality control and electronic engineering. I have a deep understanding of machinery and guns. It is my honor to work as a researcher in Rhine Life Science. Of course, this is also the reason why I chose Rhine Life Science. Using wisdom to answer and thinking to expand is just like how Columbia was built. The road of exploration will never stop."

He demonstrated the mechanical equipment on his body. As the commands were given one by one, the machines that seemed to be dead suddenly came alive under Xia Yuan's command. His coat had a faint electric light, and the mechanical-powered legs under his feet were also breathing.

This action was still very intimidating, at least Christen and Saria, who had never been exposed to machinery, had never seen mechanical equipment.

Thor Industries does not produce many large machines, but they do exist. However, I have never seen such a small machine that can be worn on the body and moved freely.

"The important thing is that the scientific community in Colombia is now corrupt, with sycophants popping up one after another. I just arrived in Colombia a few days ago and heard that a professor at Lancashire University was suspected of paper fraud. If such a person can become a professor, the scientific community behind him is naturally turbulent." Xia Yuan continued, "If he takes one step forward, he is a genius, but if he takes ten steps forward, he is a monster. The scientific community in Colombia is now standing still."

Xia Yuan spoke sincerely. He knew Rhine Life in his previous life and joined Rhine Life in the middle and late stages in order to obtain resources and career books. Naturally, he had a clear understanding of the thoughts of several people.

He had a smile on his face and spoke indifferently, "To be honest, I was looking forward to this investment trip. After all, the symbol of Colombia is the inextinguishable spirit of pioneering and exploration. However, I smell the stench of rotten money here. They laugh and talk big but stop moving forward. They pursue money and fame, and are obsessed with forming cliques and fighting overtly and covertly. They will attack anything that affects their reputation in their official careers at all costs."

Kristen's eyes moved slightly, and she looked at Xia Yuan seriously for the first time.

"My Lords, how can we do science well with insects like these?" Xia Yuan shook his head and laughed, his voice gradually getting colder. "There are countless problems on this land, mineral diseases, natural disasters, and the sky above our heads, and these insects are playing court struggles. Isn't this ridiculous?!"

"The scientific spirit requires the courage to pursue the truth and a rigorous argumentation process... Unfortunately, I have only seen so-called doctors and researchers fighting to the death for petty profits in those companies."

“I’m disappointed.”

"Will Rhine Life let me down?"

At this moment, the offense and defense switched. If before was the time when Xia Yuan expressed his first impression of Rhine Life and understood its internal operations, then now was the time for Rhine Life to introduce their project to this investor who held 20 million Longmen coins.

His eyes returned to calm, he crossed his fingers and looked straight at Kristen.

Kristen smiled, and her smile was amazing. When you take away her scientist image, it's not hard to see that she's still a beauty.

"It's great to have like-minded people joining us, Saria."

Saria nodded to Christen, then smiled at Xia Yuan, "Since you are interested in our project, I wonder if Mr. Xia Yuan has time to visit Rhine Life next time."

Xia Yuan almost had a heart attack at Saria's smile. He thought she had just punched him and that what he saw was a death illusion. However, thinking about the close relationship between Christen and Saria now, it was not so surprising that Saria occasionally showed her emotions.

Saria is the type of person who doesn't show her emotions, but she is not the type of person who is silent. This is due to her father's words and deeds, which led to Saria not feeling the warmth of the family many times when she was growing up. "Crying is useless," her father once said, so Saria put away her tears and emotions, trained herself, went to college to study science, and made herself stronger, so strong that she would not need to cry one day.