Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

"No, no, Xia Yuan, the military's mechas are too rigid, like a stinky stone in a toilet. If I don't change the power capacity, it will be difficult for me to enable them to 'walk steadily and punch hard' as the military requires." Ferdinand complained with a frown. This was a small meeting the two of them had every three days. Behind Ferdinand were several of his researchers, who looked like they hadn't had a good rest for a while and were yawning slightly.

"Ferdinand, you are too impatient." Xia Yuan knew that the kinetic energy inside the mecha was not enough to make it move as Ferdinand listed in the formula. It was still the second generation of mecha. To be honest, it was already a great thing to be able to make these armored guys stand up. The military also required them to make the mecha run stably. Maybe in a few years, the mecha would be required to be able to run and fly.

"For the joints, we can use soft iron and synthetic fibers polished by D-12 to stretch and pull them, ensuring that people can move their limbs freely after wearing the mecha. However, the problem is that it is difficult to make the mecha more flexible without giving up defense."

Xia Yuan spread his hands. How could such a good thing happen? The Colombian military of Niu Mo was too whimsical. A bunch of people dressed in mechas rushed up to fight martial arts, right? This was not Holy Terra. Isn't it wishful thinking to think so when there was no technology tree?

Ferdinand frowned and said nothing. He knew what Xia Yuan said was right. "I understand. I will readjust the energy distribution. The design draft of the mecha's interior should be completed within a month."

"It's similar here. It takes me a month to collect the polishing materials."

Ferdinand nodded to Xia Yuan, "Then see you in a month."

"...Honestly, Xia Yuan, you should find yourself some assistants. Although I know that there are not many people studying mechanical materials, you can't be at the forefront of everything." Ferdinand suggested before leaving.

Xia Yuan smiled and nodded, watching Ferdinand leave.

The snow pheasant will probably arrive in September, and then he will have his first helper.

But it is obvious that Xuezhi alone is not enough, he has to find another assistant who is interested in machinery... In his previous life, there didn't seem to be any famous NPC who knew about mechanics?

In the remaining few days, Xia Yuan continued to study the materials and structures of military mechas, accumulating experience while drawing blueprints.

Although he can now read the books given to him by the Tin Man and change his job to become an agent, being an agent is not particularly helpful to him at present. It would be better for him to save these experiences for upgrading his main profession and several production professions.

After integrating some mecha knowledge, Xia Yuan updated his equipment.

【Lost Mechanical Armor (Upper Body)】

[Quality: Green]

[Attributes: Defense 80, Durability 1000/1000]

[Equipment requirements: Strength 31, Endurance 30]

[Additional Abilities: Increases strength by +10, increases agility by +15]

[Additional ability: Lost Machinery: Increases critical strike rate by 10%]

[Additional ability: Electric energy: Release the accumulated electric current in battle, causing a basic 50 electric current damage to the enemy, with a certain probability of paralyzing the opponent]

[Additional ability: Made of rare metal diamond alloy, increased durability]

Although it is still green armor, it is obviously much better than the previous Skywalker. It completely crushes Skywalker in terms of durability and defense. This is also related to the high-quality materials he used.

It’s a pity that this armor is green, which is the best among green armors, and is only one step away from blue.

Is it true that the only way to upgrade is to tap the Ghost? Xia Yuan stopped fantasizing and began to update his equipment to the mechanical-themed armor of the Lost Series. This time, he also added mechanical drive elements to his arms, which allowed him to draw the pistol faster to fight and increase his agility.

Now he is a bit like the famous V who started to modify his body into prosthetics. Of course, Xia Yuan did not abandon his barren body, but continued to work on his talent [Super Mechanical Mastery] to get bonus equipment with mechanical elements.

In addition to knocking on his own equipment, he also prepared some "limited" equipment for players.

Hey, once the mobile game reaches summer, Christmas in winter, or New Year, some limited characters will be released. As a merchant character who brings benefits to the players, he can create some "limited" weapons and equipment for the players at this time.

For example, the weapon he rolled for the [Summer Night Longsword] when rolling the craftsman's blueprint these days. The description of this weapon is that it can burst out strong starlight on a summer night, causing damage to the enemy... In fact, the description does not match the actual product. This sword is just a sword with a higher attack power. However, this weapon has an extremely low probability of putting the enemy into a vulnerable debuff that lasts for a few seconds, which is considered an advantage of this weapon.

In addition to melee weapons, Xia Yuan naturally also created a number of weapons belonging to other professions, such as [Scorching Sun Crossbow] [Summer Star Wand] [Sea Foam Dagger] and other "limited weapons" that are very characteristic of summer.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan's mouth was crooked with laughter. What is the value of limited weapons? Just like limited SSR, it is liked and criticized by people. Those who draw it will get it, and those who don't can just save up and exchange it.

And this is his advantage. He doesn't play any unboxing games in "Ark", but directly sells these limited weapons. The price is naturally much more expensive than ordinary equipment, but these are limited weapons, right?

In addition to weapons, he also made some light armor... Originally, if possible, Xia Yuan wanted to weave swimsuits and swimming trunks for male and female players, but he didn't have a tailor secondary profession, and he was already busy with so many professions, and he had to weave underwear for female players... Uh, forget it.

In addition to the players, Xia Yuan also wants to invite some friends to go with him, such as Carnellian and Muirses. The former will probably agree directly without hesitation. As for the latter, Xia Yuan considers that she should go out and play more often since she sits in the ecological park every day. As for the care of the ecological park, it can be entrusted to her water clone, which is completely opposite to the previous life where the original body is in the ecological park and the water clone goes out to play.

As for Kristen and Saria, he also wanted to invite them, but if they left, Rhine Life would suddenly be empty, and Yara would probably go crazy... forget it.

While staying in Colombia, Xia Yuan had the idea of ​​trying to meet the legendary mercenary of Black Steel International. Maybe he could get some inspiration from the old senior. Although Xia Yuan might steal Black Steel International's business in the future, he has not even established an organization yet. He is just an ordinary rogue Sakota.

During the dozen days of typing, Xia Yuan continued to pay attention to the forum and found that Magic ZX and Yang Yan XF were doing well in the battle, with victory reports coming one after another. Even some professional teams got involved, such as the Yanyu Tower team in Leitania. In addition to some players who wanted to increase their levels and combat effectiveness, and some players who could not return from their exploration, this group of players totaled a total of 110,000 people.

Damn, this number of people is almost the same for PVP in the later stages.

Xia Yuan was somewhat surprised that it was possible to gather the population of a small mobile town in just ten days.

He also saw Magic ZX's promotion on the forum urging players to buy a vehicle as soon as possible so that they can set out with the Pioneer. Otherwise, if they just walk, they will not be there by the time the Pioneer giegie comes back after playing around.

Chapter 98 Mad Max Dossores Edition

How to transport such a large number of players is also a problem. "Ark" is not like the previous equally popular "Swordsman", which has a secret realm teleportation function that can quickly reach the destination. It is also not like space online games such as EVE, which can use battleships that can carry thousands to tens of thousands of people.

Most of the time, Ark players still travel by car, but the most popular and efficient vehicle is a military truck, which is a large truck that can carry 30 to 50 seats for a team.

Wouldn't it be like a war to treat these 110,000 people?

Xia Yuan didn't have this worry. After all, the mobile city of Dosores had a larger population. Apart from the more than 10 million people in the open, there were nearly seven figures of people living in the underground world and slums.

As one of the top tourist cities, Dos Solès has a permanent population of about eight million, and its city size is not much different from that of a country's capital, with a large area reserved for accommodating tourists.

How the players go is their choice. Xia Yuan only needs to bring his own people. For this purpose, he modified his pickup truck and checked some equipment on the top of the pickup truck, finally freeing up three rows of seats.

In addition, he also needs to transport a batch of equipment to Dosores in advance. He entrusted the Melander Foundation to handle this matter for him. The Melander Foundation currently thinks he is very useful and is ready to use him to deal with antiques, so to a certain extent, as long as the request is not too excessive, the Melander Foundation will agree.

Two days before August, ten players including Dandao Dantart, Magic ZX and others returned to Tremont exhausted. When they saw Xia Yuan, they immediately came up to him and reported the progress of the mission with a smile.

The players were unable to enter Tremont, so they gathered outside the mobile city. Although 110,000 people were invited this time, only 150,000 people actually arrived. Damn, this is too exaggerated.

However, some of the players who originally accepted the invitation did not come. After all, there are not many players who would actually take the time to enjoy a one-month vacation during this stage of leveling up and increasing combat power.

Xia Yuan was not too disappointed. After all, he had two players, Magic ZX and Yang Yan XF, broadcasting live commentary beside him. Whenever he made any move, the two players would post it truthfully in the forum.

"Muerseth, be careful this time when you go out. Be sure to use the Originium technique to check if it is safe before entering Dosores."

In Rhine's life, Yara was holding Muirseth's hand and taking care of her. It was not the first time that Muirseth went on a long journey, but in the past she always traveled alone. This time she traveled with a companion.

Yara, who was closest to Murses, was naturally worried about this and that. She was most worried about Murses's health. The elves were more sensitive to Originium than ordinary people. Dosores, which they were going to this time, was a tourist city on the surface, but in fact, it was full of undercurrents and there were infected people in the slums. If something happened...

"You're just too worried, Yara." Muirseth chuckled and said, "Xia Yuan has already booked a hotel for us. It's in the safe upper city area. There won't be any sources of infection. I also heard from the Scourge Messenger that there is no information about the Scourge near Dosores recently."

Yara pursed her lips in a complicated way. Wasn't Xia Yuan the culprit? Although Xia Yuan had asked her if Christen and Saria were interested in this, they both said that although they were very interested, they didn't have time. Yara hoped that they could also travel with Muerseth and relax during the trip, but it was a pity that they refused.

Mulseth did not wear a research coat today. In other words, since Xia Yuan returned to Tremont, Mulseth wore a research coat less and less often. Except for wearing Rhine Life's white research coat in the institute's ecological park during the day, she spent more time after get off work changing into her own clothes, playing with Senomi, Mandela and Susie, or going to the night market with Kanelian and Mace, or going out to eat and watch movies with Xia Yuan.

Her originally dull life seemed to be dyed with colorful colors, as if she had returned to Muirseth's life in college. At that time, Muirseth, who had just entered society and the scientific community, was full of curiosity about everything. She would participate in social activities more often to obtain the information she wanted to know, but as her schoolwork became heavier, she had to focus all her attention on studying.

After graduation, she came to Rhine Life on the recommendation of Yara, and started her longest record of not leaving the ecological park for one and a half months. Meals were brought in by the water clone, and meetings were also held by the water clone. After Xia Yuan came in, she broke the record that had been maintained for such a long time and started to attend parties.

"Your summer dress is so cute."

Yara tidied up Muirseth's clothes and, like a parent, brought Muirseth to the door of Rhine Life.

A pickup truck stopped in front of the door. Xia Yuan got out of the driver's seat, smiled at Muirseth, and nodded to Yara.

Yala was wearing sunglasses and didn't want to pay any attention to Xia Yuan. Muerseth approached her with a smile and said, "Sorry, I didn't keep you waiting for long, did I?"

"It hasn't been long. We just arrived."

"Why didn't you come in to find me?"

Xia Yuan secretly glanced at Yala and said, "I'm afraid of being beaten by Yala."

Yara snorted, smiling, "You guys go have fun. The orders with the military will have to be handled by me again, just like most of the time last year."

"Yara, thank you for your hard work." Xia Yuan thanked her sincerely. Currently, all orders and business of Rhine Life are negotiated by Yara. As a shareholder and part of Rhine Life, Xia Yuan naturally needs to respect Yara.

She is not working at Rhine Life for the salary, but more because she wants to see her children realize their dreams. For her, who is not short of money, money is really just a number.

"...have a safe trip."

Finally, Yara gave this blessing, she smiled at Muerseth, then turned and approached Rhine Life.

"Let's go too."

"Ah."

Muirseth happily came to the co-pilot seat and sat down. She waved to the people behind her and said hello, "Good morning~"

Jian and Carnellian were still wearing their usual clothes, Jian seemed to have gotten used to wearing military uniforms and simple armor, while Carnellian only had a few sets of clothes when traveling.

What caught Muleses' attention were Senomi, Mandela and Susie. The three of them were wearing brand new summer clothes. They looked cute and had some fashion elements. They looked like lovely dolls, which made Muleses feel love for them.

While making friends with the three children, Muirseth also learned the story of each of them, which made Muirseth, who was kind-hearted, feel very distressed. He became more patient when playing and telling stories to them, hoping to make their future better.

But Muirseth was not too worried because the guardian of the three little ones was Xia Yuan.

It was Susie's first time traveling. When Xia Yuan asked Jian to take her to buy clothes, Susie was nervous, especially when she saw the numbers on the labels of her clothes. She shook her head repeatedly and her face was full of anxiety. She felt that she should not wear such expensive clothes, but was persuaded by Jian's words.

"This is the boss's employee uniform."

Susie did have the idea of ​​repaying Brother Xia Yuan in the future, but she fell silent after hearing that it was an employee service. She knew that this was just a one-sided statement... All she could do was study hard in high school to delve into the art of Originium, work part-time to earn money in her free time, and strive to give Brother Xia Yuan something one day.

By the way, she hasn’t asked Brother Xia Yuan when his birthday is.

...Xia Yuan himself didn't know the answer to this question. Of course he knew it in his previous life. In this life, he inherited Xia Yuan's memory and couldn't remember the existence of birthdays. In other words, most of the Ratlan orphans didn't know when their birthdays were.

Senomi and Mandela were not as nervous as Susie when buying clothes. After all, in their hearts, they had long been Brother Xia Yuan's (family), and they would naturally repay the favor, but they did not have as much psychological pressure as Susie.

Xia Yuan's equipment was new. For safety reasons, he did not change into rest clothes. When he saw that everyone was seated and fastened their seat belts, he stepped on the accelerator and left Tremont.

Three kilometers outside of Tremont City, he saw a large group of players.

There are quite a few cars parked here, the most conspicuous of which are the three off-road vehicles in the front, and behind them are buses and pickup trucks, which are the types of vehicles that can travel in the wild and carry a large number of passengers. After all, at this point, players don’t have any extra vehicles to buy, so some of these vehicles are borrowed, and some are bought with money pooled together, but the vast majority are the former.

"lets go."

Xia Yuan smiled slightly and drove all the way to the west. The players shouted excitedly and followed him in their cars. This was when the value of being able to drive and having a driver's license in real life became apparent. After all, the cars here were no different from those in real life. Currently, the drivers were all college students or older people.

Speaking of driving, there are indeed many people who are taking driving tests and practicing in the game in the later stages of the game. They will choose to race on the viaduct at night in Longmen to have a game of speed and passion to see who is stronger with the two-star police or my Speedster!

“It feels a bit like going on a expedition.”

"Isn't it? A population of 150,000 should be considered the number of people for a small town, right?"

"I don't think so. The total population of Barichara is only a little over 20,000. The mobile town mentioned in Yang Yan's video should have a population of at least one million."

The players drove in a long convoy that was so long you couldn't see the end from the beginning. They soon met other convoys - the players recognized them as NPC tour groups, and they also seemed to be heading towards Dosoles. How lively it would be then?

There were more and more convoys along the way. Fortunately, the road was built with four lanes, so other convoys had time to pass. Xia Yuan noticed a tour group from Colombia, with a total of several hundred buses, which looked to be in the five digits. There was also a sightseeing group from Casimir, with nearly a thousand people.

Now it seems that Xia Yuan’s team has the largest number of vehicles, and it is definitely impossible to see the end at a glance.

After driving on the road for two days and two nights, Xia Yuan saw the Bolivar checkpoint from afar. After passing this checkpoint, it would only take another half a day to reach Dos Sores.

The police officer checking at the checkpoint was not surprised by this scene. After Xia Yuan said that the people behind him were tourists from his pioneering tour group, Xia Yuan paid a considerable amount of entry fee. The police officer then opened the checkpoint and allowed the players to pass through at once.

During the long civil war in Bolivar, Dos Solès was formed under the management and promotion of Candela Sánchez. The message was also conveyed by the mayor Candela Sánchez, who wanted to expand the tourism industry to bring her a lot of income.

Dosores is prosperous, tolerant of various forces, and indulges in pleasure and crime. It can be said that it is a favorite of players to some extent. For current players, it is not a problem to kill Dosores's minions and gangsters one-on-one. They don't like the rules to be too strict, and an open city like Dosores can be said to be exactly what they love.

In addition to the largest artificial sea, Dos Sores also has a central lake and intricate rivers.

The convoy stopped outside the mobile city. Unlike Casimir's Great Knight Territory, there were no towering city walls here. Through the city wall, Xia Yuan rolled down the window and smelled the sea breeze and the salty sea water.

The artificial sea is formed by extracting seawater. To ensure the quality of seawater, it is moved to the nearest water area every summer and the water is exchanged at least twice.

The water was changed in June this year, which was a good time for Xia Yuan and others.

Dosores' security check was relatively casual, and he didn't even check identities - after all, there were too many convoys lined up in front of the door, and if they checked them one by one, they would have no chance of leaving get off work. After a quick look inside the car, Xia Yuan and other convoys were allowed to pass.

After entering Dosores, a task popped up for all the players. Don’t be surprised, this is not the task announced by Xia Yuan, because Xia Yuan himself also received this task.

[You have triggered the C-rank mission [Ironman Grand Prix in the Summer of Dosores]]

[Mission details: It's a hot summer day in Dosorez. You came to this tourist city. Are you here to explore, to have fun, or for your true desire? Team up to win the Ironman Grand Prix, and you may get more! May your wish come true! ]

[Task requirements: Participate in the Extreme Ironman Grand Prix and get a place]

[Reward: 10000 experience points]

Wow, it actually triggered a task.

The agreement between Xia Yuan and the players was to only bring them to Dosoles, and then the players would be free to move around the city. He also had no intention of restricting the players' freedom, and they could play however they wanted.

From this point of view, it seems that this year's Extreme Ironman Grand Prix will be very exciting.

Chapter 99 A Midsummer Night's Dream

The players acted separately. They were like raindrops into the sea, insignificant among the thousands of tourists. They soon separated from the pioneers' convoy and began to act separately.