Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

Xia Yuan shook his head. He opened the long weapon box and took out the weapons inside. "This is the reward of this adventure."

"This is... an ancient weapon."

Muirseth opened her little mouth. As an elf, she had a special sense for Originium. Although she was a water clone, she could naturally judge that the Originium on this weapon was quite old.

"I can't equip this weapon right now... The requirements for this weapon are too high." Xia Yuan looked at Muirseth from the side, "It's a weapon from the Witch King era, not too old, but for the people living on earth now, it is indeed ancient."

"For now, we should focus on repairing this weapon and explore its performance as a supplement."

Muirseth nodded. "I saw from Kazdel's investigation report that ancient weapons all have special characteristics in certain aspects. You need to be careful when trying to use them. Xia Yuan, I must be present when you test it."

The topic came to a temporary end, and Muirseth forgave Xia Yuan, but she still pestered Xia Yuan to tell her adventure stories during this period. When Xia Yuan introduced them, she naturally mentioned Carnellian, a Caprini warlock with very strong physical fitness, who would travel to Colombia with them next.

After hearing this, Muirseth breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't do such reckless things in the future, otherwise I will be worried."

Xia Yuan lay on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, and hummed in a daze.

"You must be tired. Take a rest today." Muerseth came to Xia Yuan and touched his cheek with water. "But you need to take a shower before going to bed, otherwise you won't be clean."

Xia Yuan did not resist. After taking a shower, he went back to bed and fell asleep. Muirseth also took a rest in Columbia during this time, and his water clone turned into clear water in the bottle again.

Silent all night.

The next day, when Xia Yuan woke up, he greeted Kanelian who got up a little late while biting a piece of bread.

"You're here so early." Kanelian yawned. She saw two little girls whom she had met yesterday eating vegetables and drinking milk obediently. When they saw Kanelian, they turned their heads curiously.

"Wow, what a cute little sister." Kanelian laughed.

Xia Yuan rubbed the two girls' heads and introduced them, "The one with pink hair is Senomi, and the one with black hair is Mandela. Let's chat in the afternoon. They have to go to school now."

Kanelian began to use a knife and fork to put the food into her mouth. Her eating movements were not pleasing to the eye, but they were generous and one could always feel hungry watching her eat. "Okay, I'll just wander around Leipzig this morning."

After temporarily parting with Kanelian, Jian was training alone during this period. The parents who sent their children to school suddenly became Xia Yuan and Muerseth. They sent Senomi and Mandela into the school gate and watched their backs from a distance.

At this point, Susie is about to graduate, and Snow Pheasant is probably on the train to Columbia.

After arriving at Rhine Life, he was able to carry out the preliminary forging of smart materials, but he still lacked some key materials, such as chips and circuit boards... So at present, Xia Yuan thought that he should start with creating the materials needed for Lumen.

Although the journey to the mobile city was full of twists and turns, Xia Yuan finally got the materials and an ancient weapon after much persuasion. It was definitely worth it... Being so lucky might also be because Senomi and Mandela hugged him and said goodbye reluctantly before departure.

Xia Yuan looked at Muir Seth beside him and said, "Let's go. I'll go with you to meet Dr. Nauman."

"Aren't you going to take a day off?" Muirseth blinked. "You look a little tired. Maybe you are too exhausted from the exploration."

"Aren't we leaving soon? I still want to listen to the class before we leave."

Muirseth did not continue to persuade Xia Yuan, but smiled slightly because Xia Yuan was able to go to William University with her. Professor Naumann had a class in the morning, so the two of them went to the library of William University as if they were familiar with it and started reading books.

Xia Yuan's purpose of visiting Professor Neumann and his wife was certainly not simple. Of course, he would not deny that he was very curious about their knowledge and experience. He would gain something every time he chatted with them, but the most important thing was that he could increase his experience points when chatting with them.

With the gift of genius, he would learn anything faster, and that was no exception when attending lectures. At this speed, he could finish a four-year course for others in just two years.

The progress of Ecologists and Originium Scientists is only about 5%, and it will probably take another one to two years of classes to unlock them.

However, Xia Yuan's requirements were not that high. He also did not intend to unlock the natural disaster system and become a natural disaster messenger. After all, this profession was prone to oripathy, and he only had one life, which he could not waste casually.

After school, Muirseth was chatting with Professor Magna Naumann, while Professor Katia Naumann was working overtime to tutor students. Xia Yuan listened to their conversation while watching Adele sitting at a small table reading a book.

The Neumann family is a family of scholars, and Adele's hobby is also reading. During the time when Xia Yuan was not in Leipzig, Adele took Senomi and Mandela out to play, and also held a reading club with the two of them, recommending some of her favorite books to them.

Adele reluctantly put the book down after turning to the last page. She found that Brother Xia Yuan, who was sitting opposite her, was smiling at her. She smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Brother Xia Yuan. I was so focused on reading just now...I didn't notice you."

"Don't worry, I was just thinking about something." Xia Yuan stood up, took the kettle, and refilled water for himself and Adele. "I was just reading a book, Adele, don't worry about it."

Adele raised her water glass and took a sip. She saw that there was indeed another book on the table, "Environmental Evolution and Natural Disasters". Her mother said that this was a textbook for sophomores in college.

"Brother Xia Yuan, where have you been these days?" Adele asked. She heard from her two good friends that their brother had been out on business and had not returned for a long time, and they were worried that he might have had an accident.

The two of them only had worries in their minds. As for whether they were afraid that Brother Xia Yuan would abandon them...that was impossible. They trusted Brother Xia Yuan with all their hearts. They were a family, and Brother Xia Yuan would never abandon them.

If Xia Yuan knew what these two girls were thinking, he would agree.

Xia Yuan shared his adventures and explorations of those days with Adele, which of course was not included in this version of the story. To Adele, this was a whole new door opening in front of her.

As a girl who loves reading and is curious about everything, Adele likes Xia Yuan's adventure stories very much. There are little stars in her eyes, as if she has put herself into the role of the protagonist of the story, able to explore this land freely.

"Awesome...Brother Xia Yuan, exploring is so fun."

"When you grow up, we can explore this land together."

"Ok."

The little sheep smiled and stretched out his little pinky finger, "Brother, it's a deal."

Xia Yuan stretched out his little finger and hooked it with Adele's. "Well, it's a deal."

......

Xia Yuan was in a good mood, as he had planted a seed in young Adele's heart. He had been in Leipzig for just one month. He was not sure he could conquer Adele as he did Susie. After all, she had a perfect family, didn't she?

If Adele's life continues like this, she should be able to successfully complete her studies at William University and become a scholar in the future.

Who can tell what will happen in the future? At least Xia Yuan wants to be friends with Adele now, rather than a friend's brother.

After completing the leave of absence procedures for Senomi and Mandela, Xia Yuan and Muirseth said goodbye to Professor Naumann and his wife. Xia Yuan invited them to visit Tremont, Columbia, and they happily agreed with a smile, but considering that they were very busy as professors, it sounded more like politeness.

Before leaving, Adele gave a book to Cenomia and Mandela respectively. Cenomia and Mandela also gave Adele gifts. Cenomia gave Casimir's knight novel and Mandela gave Victoria's history book. The three little girls were very happy and said goodbye to each other with a smile.

Xia Yuan and Kanelian sat in the front row, while Jian sat in the back row watching the children. Before leaving, he informed Magic ZX and the others that the players had earned much more by completing tasks in the city for a month than in the Novice Town.

When they heard that the pioneer Giegie was going to take them to a new map, their enthusiasm was immediately ignited.

A pickup truck and three off-road vehicles drove across this land of suffering, heading straight towards Columbia.

Chapter 90: Power Ambition

Returning to Columbia again, Xia Yuan felt like returning home. It had been more than a year since he last left. The words he said when he said goodbye to a few people were very similar.

Take a year off and come back (fog)

They stopped in the town of Barichara to replenish supplies. This place was still a small village when Xia Yuan visited before. Unexpectedly, after many days, the village has now become a town. Not only has the periphery expanded, but it has also built its own wall on the border. Although the owner of this town is the NPC mayor, and in the future the mayor's designated personnel will take over his job, it is obvious that the players have been here for a long time and have already regarded this place as a home where they can live.

There are now 40,000 permanent players in the town of Barichara, which is comparable to a small mobile town, but most of the time the players do not stay in the town. More often they will participate in pioneering missions, trying their best to dig up precious supplies and props and equipment, just like the US team once did. They hope to find their own opportunities in the vast land of Colombia.

But to be honest, it is better to go to Kazdel to dig than here, although you can still be infected with oripathy even if you wear ordinary protective equipment there.

There are two teams in the town of Barichara, one is the American Cloud Team, and the other is the European Sunflower Team. This place is currently the base camp of the two guilds. Both of them are professional players, but belong to different game guilds. The tasks here are often snatched by both sides.

Lao Mi and the Europeans are unwilling to give in to each other. When their favorability drops in PVP in the city, they go to fight in the wild. This is also a way for them to train their own formations and strengthen their own complements in each PVP.

It’s more like a training match than a fight.

There are more pioneering missions in Colombia. If you want to find excitement, some people can pay to take the freight train from Colombia to Casimir and become bounty hunters in Casimir.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan looked at the rearview mirror. The car behind him was driven by Dandao and Dantart. In his previous life, he was still hanging out in Syracuse at this time, but eventually he ran to Yan Country and joined a new team. He played the first season hastily and did quite well. In this life, he ran around the map with Dandao and Dantart, and it seemed like he could no longer join the team.

Xia Yuan's return made the players who stayed in the town doing patrol and cleanup tasks ecstatic, but when they saw the players getting off the off-road vehicles one by one, their joy suddenly turned into envy and jealousy. It had been a long time since they last saw him. When did so many players appear around the pioneers? Were these all players who triggered the secret mission?

Well, they did count.

However, after seeing the newer cold weapons and armor, they still rushed forward with great interest and started buying them.

When they discovered that a brown-skinned Caprini with white hair and red eyes had been following the pioneer, their eyes suddenly lit up.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. You're so naughty. Can you look at me, sister?"

"As expected of a pioneer, I like his aesthetics, Shashasha, white hair and black skin, let me take a few photos..."

"When did this sister join the Pioneers? She has the same charming manner as the mace!"

"She looks like a sorcerer. If we try to gain some favor with her, will she teach us something?"

The players once again surrounded the group and began to take out good things and give them to Xia Yuan, Jian, Carnellian, Senomi and Mandela. Except for Carnellian, it was not the first time that the others had received gifts from adventurers. Jian nodded and thanked them, Senomi and Mandela were a little embarrassed, but seeing the enthusiasm of the players, they accepted them.

Kanelian was surprised. At first, she suspected that these people had some purpose and intention, but after a closer look, she felt that their strength was about the same as that of ordinary gendarmerie members. After not considering them as a threat, she also nodded and thanked them like Mace.

Magic ZX and Yang Yan XF stood aside, and he asked, "Is this issue of Terra Daily almost due?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Yang YanXF nodded.

"I think we can post it later. Mr. Pioneer will take us into the main city in a day, which is what the NPC calls the mobile city. You can take a few photos then and use the mobile city as a topic."

Yang YanXF understood immediately. The magic teacher was familiar with this matter. At first, he thought that Mr. Pioneer would stay here for a few more days.

"The Pioneer does have his own charm." Yang Yan XF said, "We have all fought in the Black Knight's dungeon. She is stronger than the Pioneer, but it can be seen from her words that she is a subordinate of the Pioneer."

"The origins of Senomi and Mandela are unknown, but a person's goodness or evil cannot deceive a child. They are so close to the pioneers..."

Yang YanXF coughed, "The new member, Carnerian, is indeed very strong... Although he didn't bring us the despair that the Black Knight brought us in the dungeon, he is indeed very strong..."

Magic ZX was happy, he still remembered that at the beginning of the journey, the advanced players and the strategy group players were practicing fighting by the campfire at night, but he didn't expect that Kanelian got itchy hands and wanted to have a fight with them, so the players naturally agreed, they wanted to see the strength of this NPC.

As a result, they were disarmed by Carnellian in no time. Among them, some high-level players persisted the longest. Magic ZX adopted a special professional fighting method and was considered to have persisted for a long time among many players. He used the traps and hidden weapons and flying swords purchased from the pioneers to break Carnellian's spell shield once.

Of course, this is also the result after a round-robin battle. This Kanelian has not rested. Ten players took turns to fight, and Magic ZX just enjoyed the benefits given by the previous players.

"Do you think the pioneers will create a force in the future?"

Magic ZX's eyes lit up, and he looked at the smiling Yang YanXF, "Indeed, if we create a faction... Mace is a fighting faction, Carnellian is responsible for magic, and Senomi and Mandela are the successors trained by the pioneers... Is that what you mean?"

Yang YanXF nodded and said softly, "That's what I meant. What I want to say is that as a player who joins the pioneer faction first, there must be some benefits, and there should be some favorability rewards, right?"

Magic ZX nodded, and an idea suddenly occurred to him, "What if players create their own forces? Although players can indeed create forces now, they are mostly organized in the form of guilds."

"You're right, but for now we can only become a guild temporarily because we... don't have the power." Yang YanXF coughed twice, "But in the later stages of the game, when the players are strong enough, we should be able to become a force... It's hard to say whether we can become a country, but it should be possible to occupy a mountain or a land and become the king."

The two looked at each other, and saw the ambition of the players in each other's eyes. As a man, who knows, who doesn't want to hold the power of the world and sleep on the lap of a beauty? Ah. Although the power of the world is impossible and the beauty is untouchable, the territory and a little power are indeed real.

"Let's keep up with the pace of the pioneers. What we just imagined may only be realized after three or four versions."

"Ah."

Xia Yuan could understand the players' thoughts. He had already sent it in 4.0 in his previous life, so he didn't see whether the players had taken over the mountain or not.

But it cannot be denied that Magic ZX and Yang Yan XF saw it very clearly and predicted it very accurately. Xia Yuan naturally had his own way. Establishing a force was a small matter. The key was to bring the players together tightly... As for how to do it, Xia Yuan had some preliminary ideas.

The players in Barichara Town had indeed saved up quite a bit, and after buying Xia Yuan's merchandise and occupation books, there was still quite a bit left. While selling things, Xia Yuan was thinking, he could use the money to put it to good use... Of course, not spend it on himself, but for other uses.

After giving the players a wave of long-awaited benefits, the few of them drove again to the mobile city of Tremont in Colombia.

"Hey, Xia Yuan calls them adventurers." Kanelian stood aside curiously, waiting for the identity check when entering the station. "I have also met tourists with strange clothes when I was traveling... They don't seem to care what they wear at all, they all wear strange clothes..."

Xia Yuan twitched his lips. Isn't it true? In battle, you just wear whatever you feel stronger than you actually are, nor do you wear whatever looks good on a catwalk. The equipment in Ark is varied and strange, so it's normal for players to wrap themselves up like bears or dress like models in an abstract fashion show.

In the early stage, players’ money is used to accumulate equipment. Only a small number of casual players will choose to buy fashion or clothes with strong sense of design at this time. Such clothes have low attributes, but look good. There are many girls on the forum who often post records of their travels, which attract a lot of traffic every time.

"You will meet more adventurers in the future." Xia Yuan smiled, "I am looking forward to their growth."

Xia Yuan showed the guard the identities of his group and his business card as a shareholder of Rhine Life. The guard politely saluted and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, who are these wanderers?"

Here we will explain why players could not enter the city in the 1.0 era. This is because they were refugees and wanderers, and without ID cards their strength was just average, so they naturally could not pass the strictly guarded checkpoints.

In the middle of the 2.0 era, when the player's strength reaches a certain level, he can apply for an identity and pay a huge fee to become a legal citizen of a certain country. At this time, the player's identity will be transformed from a wanderer to a citizen with a real identity - in the words of Sakota, it means that the citizen rights of Lateran from one to thirteen will apply.

Xia Yuan said softly, "I'm just a porter. The military's experiment needs some materials recently—"

Before he finished speaking, the guard coughed loudly, pretending he heard nothing and quickly let him go.

The players felt very surprised that they were not searched. The pioneer must have said something nice, maybe saying something like "these people are my companions and subordinates". They are really reliable.

Except for Magic ZX, Egg Knife Egg Tart and Qiu Muyu, the remaining seven people saw the mobile city appear in their field of vision for the first time. The towering city walls made them marvel. Several players from Kazdel who participated in the town construction mission compared the city walls in front of them with the city walls in their memories... Well, they are not in the same league and cannot be compared at all.

Several people drove into the mobile city in amazement. The players driving the cars were so surprised that they looked around from time to time, which caused congestion on the streets.

"I will stay in Tremont for about a month. You can choose to move around freely or explore this unknown city."

Xia Yuan said this and threw an exploration mission over, and the players immediately left happily.

Xia Yuan arranged for his group to stay in a hotel next to Rhine Life. This summer, he planned to let Senomi and Mandela study while playing. They didn't have to go to school as there was no school in session at that time.

It was early July and the sun was shining brightly on the streets. Susie should be arriving soon, and Snow Pheasant should still be on the way to Columbia, so Xia Yuan was not in a hurry.

After settling down, Kanelian went for a stroll in the city. Sister Jian Yu also prepared to go for a walk. Senomi and Mandela rested in the hotel, while Xia Yuan walked towards Rhine Life.

There was no difference here from when he left, perhaps the only difference was that the green vegetation in front of the door was a little more lush.

No one knew that Xia Yuan had returned. Even Muirseth did not appear by Xia Yuan's side in the form of a water clone because he was in a meeting and writing a report for the past two days.