Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

[Professor Mei Lv55 is teaching you the skill [Electromagnetic Physics], the current progress is 0.08%, and the progress of unlocking the high-energy physicist sub-profession is 0.05%]

Good, good, another wave of proficiency has been added. Although most of what Professor Mei said was incomprehensible to him, as the career progress was unlocked, he was gradually able to grasp the main points of what the other party said. He began to write down a lot of questions in his notes, preparing to be a problem boy after class.

Professor Mei's calm face showed a hint of surprise. She knew from Christen that the man in front of her was a mechanics major. How come he responded so well to her course? Was he really a genius?

After class, Xia Yuan continued to ask questions that could be applied to other situations. After Professor Mei answered all the questions, he moved his lips and said, "I feel relieved that Rhine Life has you."

The professors came one by one with expressionless faces and left one by one with twitching faces. They had never seen such a genius, no, a wizard, no no no, a freak.

It is already very difficult for ordinary people to show such high-intensity dedication and achievement in a subject, but no one can quickly master the secrets of different subjects in a short period of time, and even have many questions after class... Where did this monster come from?

After class, Xia Yuan and Xue Zhi met in front of the cafeteria. They quickly had lunch in the university cafeteria, and then Xia Yuan took Xue Zhi away from the campus and walked towards Rhine Life.

"Senior Xia Yuan, will the place we are going to next really hire me?" Xue Zhi said a little embarrassedly. She still had some self-doubt. How could any company want someone like her who had just entered university?

"I already said it was an internship."

Xia Yuan smiled helplessly, "I will definitely have to wait until my third or fourth year in college to start working."

After standing at the front desk for not long, the lady at the front desk invited Xue Zhi to go upstairs and sit down with a smile. Xue Zhi looked at Xia Yuan hesitantly, and finally plucked up the courage to pat her face and left... It seemed that either Yara or Kristen would come forward. In the future, Xue Zhi would continue to study at Rhine Life as an intern. She could make money, Xia Yuan would be able to find subordinates, and Rhine Life would also have new employees joining.

This time, I made a lot of money.

Chapter 105: Intimate Little Cotton-padded Jackets

Xue Zhi looked at the contract agreement with trepidation, not because she was nervous, but because she felt that she was totally not worth the price.

She was just a college student who had just entered college for one day. How could she be qualified to intern at a technology company? You should know that college students usually start internships in their junior year. Why would other companies hire a freshman like you who knows nothing?

But thinking that this was the job recommended by senior Xia Yuan, Xuezhi hesitated and didn't want to give up, especially when she saw that this position involved work related to mechanical engineering and power, she became itchy again.

"Don't worry too much. Xia Yuan recommended you to our Rhine Life. He won't make a mistake." Yara said softly while sitting behind her desk, "If you feel you don't deserve this salary... then work hard."

"Yes...Yes, I will definitely work hard to meet your company's standards."

Snow Pheasant was a little halting at first, but then he spoke more and more fluently. Seeing this, Yara smiled and nodded. As an interviewer, she had just asked about his family situation and future goals. In the short term, Rhine Life needed to expand, so it really needed a group of new researchers who were interested in studying science. Although Snow Pheasant in front of her did have a portfolio that she could show, it was still a far cry from the mecha device that Xia Yuan and Ferdinand had collaborated on. But Yara was not in a hurry, after all, Snow Pheasant was only a freshman.

Moreover, Xia Yuan seldom recommends people. As a shareholder, he could have easily put a few people around him into the company, but he did not do so. He regarded himself as a member of Rhine Life. He gained the trust and respect of Christen and Saria. Although Yara felt that he had abducted Muerseth and led Christen and Saria astray, she still trusted Xia Yuan's behavior.

The Melander Foundation and the military did provide a lot of help during the expansion period. Yara knew that they had no good intentions. Favors were one part of their actions, but there was another part... which was related to future cooperation.

Xue Zhi was recommended by Xia Yuan. In other words, Xue Zhi can work as Xia Yuan's right-hand man in the future. She had no plans to return to Longmen after graduating from Columbia, and her grandmother took her over. Such employees are very loyal... But even if the researcher wants to leave, Yara will not refuse. After all, the mobility coefficient in the scientific community is still very high. Unless it involves some highly confidential experiments, poaching, competition and job-hopping are still very common in Columbia.

Snow Pheasant carefully wrote her name at the end of the contract. Yara smiled and took Snow Pheasant to the employee area to receive her employee card and research uniform.

"Did it work? Welcome to Rhine Life, Snow Pheasant."

"Hey hey hey hey."

Xuezhi stared blankly at the person who was talking to her. He had changed out of his casual clothes at some point and was now wearing a researcher's uniform, which made him look more elegant than usual.

"Is Senior Xia...Xia Yuan also an employee here?"

"Well, almost."

"That's about what it means..."

Snow Pheasant complained quietly.

Yara coughed lightly and said, "Xia Yuan is a shareholder of Rhine Life and a mechanical power researcher. In the future, Xuezhi, you will work under him."

Everyone in Xuezhi was stunned. What? Shareholders are gods and demons? So Senior Xia Yuan is already a researcher?

Looking at the cute Snow Pheasant being taken away by Yala for on-the-job training, Xia Yuan nodded and smiled with satisfaction. He finally pulled the Snow Pheasant in, and he could be considered to have a successor.

Xia Yuan personally took Xue Zhi on a tour of the company and also walked around in front of Ferdinand and Old Goat. He took Xue Zhi on a tour so that he could get to know them better. Ferdinand and Old Goat nodded to Xue Zhi. Although they had different research directions, they would meet again in the company in the future. Moreover, everyone had several younger students, so it was normal for Xia Yuan to bring one of them.

Then Xia Yuan brought Xue Zhi into his studio. Xue Zhi's eyes immediately began to twinkle with bright little stars. The bright tools, the smell of machinery, the program looping on the terminal, is this the paradise of dreams?

When the office is expanded, I wonder if it will still be here. Xia Yuan sat on the chair and introduced the current research orders of himself and Ferdinand to Xuezhi.

For Xuezhi, the best thing she can do at the moment is to study hard, digest the knowledge as quickly as possible, and then lend a hand when Xia Yuan is doing research or making orders. After she gradually becomes familiar with the knowledge and can forge skillfully, she can also try to take orders herself.

After the tour, Xuezhi began to concentrate on studying his textbook knowledge, while Xia Yuan continued to read the books borrowed from the library. It was so cool to see the proficiency of the experts' secondary professions increasing little by little.

If he was worried at the beginning about whether he could complete such a long degree within half a year, he is now very happy. Can he have some more? Isn’t he full?

A few days later, Xia Yuan was ready to start writing his doctoral thesis and research project. As he was in the Department of Power Engineering, he spent a lot of time on this course, so naturally he started writing the thesis in advance.

Mace, Carnellian and Saria did not stop training during this period. Carnellian seemed to like Saria, his junior, very much and would fight with her to his heart's content every time. Carnellian practiced Originium skills with Saria. As a person who traveled on the earth, Carnellian's wild fighting style made Saria feel a little difficult, but after training, Carnellian could no longer break Saria's calcification in a short time.

"Sareya, her physical ability and Originium skills are too compatible." Jian crossed his arms and glanced at Xia Yuan who was reading a book in the bedroom. "If we become enemies in the future, I may not be able to defeat her."

"Why are they enemies?"

Xia Yuan stood up from the pile of books, rubbed his wrist, walked in front of Jian, and habitually avoided her long and beautiful horns. "Sareya will always be our companion, Jian, I know you are thinking about me, but how can I draw my sword against Sareya?"

"But boss, look at Saria's eyes, there is a warrior's spirit."

The corner of Mace's mouth curled up slightly, "If it's not the desire of a man to conquer a woman, then it must be the desire to challenge... I have seen too many knights look at me with such eyes, but boss, you are not the former, so... you want to challenge Saria."

Xia Yuan got goosebumps all over his body. Challenging Saria, what a joke! Mace practiced martial arts with her, and Carnellian practiced Originium skills with her, which made her quickly become the Ultimate Saria. What else is he challenging? Go up and die?

"Why are Mandela and Susie both working outside?"

Xia Yuan roughly skipped over this topic. Seeing this, Jian smiled and gave his boss enough face.

In the land of Terra, child labor is not a surprising term. For children of Mandela and Susie's age, as middle school students, they can work outside, and the atmosphere in Tremon is so open that they will not have trouble finding a job.

Susie found a job as a barber's apprentice, and Mandela found a job as a newsboy. Now among the three of them, only the little cotton-padded jacket Senomi goes home on time to cook. She will give Xia Yuan, Jian and Kanelian a sweet hug, and then do her homework and cook.

"Don't I give them enough pocket money? That's why they have to work." Xia Yuan was a little depressed. Now he was a bit like an empty-nest elderly who urgently needed care. The children had left the family, and the house suddenly felt empty. Fortunately, Jian and Kanelian were at home, so the place wouldn't be too lonely.

It's better to say that you gave too much, Jian looked at Xia Yuan speechlessly and complained in her heart. She coughed and said, "They are preparing to make money on their own and adapt to adult life in advance."

"I can afford it."

"..."

Jian sighed, "Maybe they want to share some of the burden for you. Besides, they are all of this age. They will walk on the earth in the future. Boss, you can't protect them forever, right?"

"Ku...you're right."

Susie smiled. During the past few days while eating, she had been looking at her boss's hair, and it looked like she wanted to cut his hair. Her physical fitness was slightly better than that of ordinary people, and she had some conflicts with Mandela in positioning. In the future, she would do more logistical work.

Mandela chose to become a newspaper boy in order to exercise her physical strength and endurance, and also to exercise her memory for identifying directions... Mandela was too stubborn, and she believed that she would repay this kindness for the rest of her life, so she made this choice.

As for Senomi, she also has her own job, cooking, taking care of housework, and receiving guidance from Jian when she is at home. In the future, more of her work will also be in the field of domestic affairs. Her positioning is completely different from the other two, so naturally, she does not need to rush to find a part-time job.

"Boss, I remember you had a good relationship with Adele in Leitania, right? When you were traveling in Dosores, were you also on good terms with a bartender's daughter?"

Xia Yuan continued to read the book, and raised his head when he heard it, "This is also an investment in the future."

"It's hard to imagine that you are less than 20 years old." Jian shook her head. She was really surprised by the boss's ability to seize opportunities wherever they were available... However, only the boss could do that.

"What are your plans for next year? Boss, are you prepared?"

"After I graduate in March, I will go back to Victoria. I will try my luck at the munitions factory in Londinium, and then go to Ursus."

"Ursus?"

Mace chewed on the name of this country, then nodded slowly, "If it's a journey to Ursus, I suggest not taking them with you."

"Well, it's too cold there, not suitable for Senomi, Mandela and Susie. They can just go to school peacefully here."

Xia Yuan smiled, and after listening to her, Jian turned around and left. It was not a good thing for the boss to prepare too much, as it made her useless except for her martial arts. Jian did not want this.

Players on the forum have been in an excited state these days. The professional mid-season tournament of "Ark" has finally begun. There are a total of 48 teams participating in this tournament. The first round is a thrilling knockout round, which has to make the players excited. They also want to see how they, as professional players, compete in the ring.

As for the competition venue, it is a VR space similar to a live broadcast room. Players can participate in the competition using the "Ark" characters in the VR space. There are also various different venues, such as plains, forests, canyons, etc.

Xia Yuan was reading a book while watching the live broadcast on the forum. The match being broadcasted was a team battle between the Southeast Asian team and the South American team. It could be seen that the members of both teams were very familiar with their own tactics. They were wearing armor and holding cold weapons, fighting in the alien space venue opened up by the organizer.

Generally speaking, games are played in this way.

The competition lasted for ten days, and only twelve teams were left. All the members of Yanyu Tower, Dynasty, Liquid and Lao Gandie teams from the Chinese region qualified. Look at the competition venue, my friends, the national flags flying there are all red.

In the match of twelve to six, the Dynasty team faced off against the Samurai team. These two teams were enemies, as they had been competing for missions with each other in the town of Kazdel, and PVP incidents would happen in the wild from time to time. When the Samurai team was drawn, the Winner and Loser of the Dynasty team just laughed out loud. He laughed for a long time and looked at the captain Huang Tian Hou Tu who was sitting next to him. The latter laughed, and seeing this, the Winner and Loser quickly laughed out loud.

Lao Gandie was unlucky enough to run into Yanyu Tower, while Team Liquid drew the European Secret Team.

It has to be said that the internal war within Lao Gandie was still very fierce, but the Yanyulou team was better equipped than them. After the training in the Dosores Extreme Ironman Grand Prix, their control over the team was taken to a higher level. In the end, Yanyulou won the game with difficulty.

The Dynasty team and the Samurai team fought to the last man, and finally the captain Huang Tian Hou Tu thrust the long sword obtained from the Zero Rainy Night Knight into Cabus' chest and successfully advanced.

The Liquid team's luck was not very good. They drew the canyon venue and were bombarded by the Secret Team's sniper, killing many of their back row. Laoslais angrily led his teammates to climb up the canyon and fought with the opponent's guards. In the end, they lost the game because of the lack of people in advance. Laoslais was slashed down the canyon by the Secret Team's captain and fell heavily to the ground.

"Not bad."

What makes Xia Yuan satisfied is the speed of progress of Yanyu Tower. Their fighting skills have improved a lot compared to before. It seems that going to Dosoleces is indeed rewarding. It is enough to improve their strength. If they cannot win the championship, it means that they are not as skilled as others. If they are not good enough, they can just practice more.

With this mood, Xia Yuan continued to listen to the professor's lecture. While reading this article, he planned where to go next year besides Londinium. After all, since he was going to Victoria, he could go to Oak Forest County to take a look... Then he could ask Mandela as if she were an adult.

Chapter 106: Rare Expert Sub-Profession

The opponent of the champion of the first mid-season tournament in Yanyu Tower is the Evil Geniuses team from the United States. The Evil Geniuses team had unearthed an ancient-level weapon when exploring the singularity before, but they did not seem to have the equipment - considering that the current players' attributes are not enough, they naturally cannot equip it.

Evil Geniuses excels in team fights. Their team fight can be described as a picturesque speed attack. They eliminated the Tianyi Team and the Tiger Team, who originally wanted to play steady team fights, and entered the finals.

Misty Rain Tower didn't have much advantage against them, as the professional configurations of both teams were similar, so the only thing they could do was rely on luck in choosing the venue... In the end, they were drawn to a hilly venue, where the two sides fought a fierce battle for twenty minutes. Evil Geniuses relied on their tenacious perseverance to hold on to the end, and the players of Misty Rain Tower relied on their equipment advantage to defeat the players of Evil Geniuses by a hair's breadth, winning the mid-season championship and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money. It was like golden rain falling!

ACL won the mid-season championship, which made every player in China's eyes sparkle with excitement. This is such an honor. You know, the game "Ark" is played all over the world. Now that the World Championship is approaching, their own players won a prize of 500,000 yuan, which really earned face for ACL on the stage of the World Championship.

Of course, some people think that Yanyulou's victory was a fluke. After all, they were wearing Pioneer equipment. If they didn't have the advantage of equipment, they would have lost... Although, they played very well in team fights and were evenly matched with the Evil Geniuses, it was just this little bit of equipment advantage that made the Evil Geniuses lose the game.

Yan Fei, the captain of Yanyu Tower, also admitted in an interview after the game that this victory did not make Yanyu Tower happy. They needed to focus more on post-match review and physical exercise. The players were also comfortable to hear such humble words. This is how professional players from the great Chinese country are. They are neither arrogant when they win nor discouraged when they lose.

The losing teams went back home, some began to look for new coaches, some clubs began to customize plans for the remaining professional players, and some clubs went to invite retired professional players to return to the field. However, clubs in almost all countries urged their professional players to establish a good relationship with the high-level NPC pioneer as much as possible to buy equipment.

The mid-season tournament lasted from October to November. In Xia Yuan's study life, December had just arrived. He was already halfway through his studies, but most of the "doctoral degree" secondary careers had already progressed past 80%. This was related to the majors of the professors and lecturers, and was also closely related to the fact that he was a problem student.

Among his many academic pursuits, he has already achieved a doctorate degree in one subject.

He unlocked the Mechanical Engineer, a secondary profession with a maximum level of five, and it takes 300,000 experience points to upgrade to the next level... Thinking about the fact that he still has secondary professions such as High Energy Physicist, Mechanical Dynamicist, Ecologist, and Originium Scientist that have not been unlocked yet, Xia Yuan suddenly felt that his future life was dark. It takes 300,000 experience points to upgrade Niu Mo from level one to level two, and it would probably take nearly 10 million experience points to upgrade from level four to level five. Merlin's beard is really crazy. Where would ordinary players get so much experience points to upgrade even if they can read it out?

Unlocking the Mechanical Engineer gives him +10 Dexterity +10 Intelligence and +10 Charm, and also gives him 1 free attribute point... Why does it increase Charm? Is this what they call the more educated people are, the more handsome they are?

What surprised him was that as he "became" a mechanical engineer, his engineer secondary occupation could be directly upgraded to the third level to begin the promotion task - because most of the knowledge was universal, in addition to this, he unlocked a real technology tree.

It is not a technology tree of skills, but real technology that requires investment of Lungmen coins and experience to unlock.

From simple chips that enable robots to move, to programs and chips that make mechanical cars "alive", to the core of a mobile city.

That’s right, the core of the mobile city.

Xia Yuan became excited. In the previous life, players wanted to build their own mobile city. What was the most expensive thing? It was only the core of the mobile city. It would cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. The building materials for building the city wall were obviously insignificant compared to the core.

As long as he continued to gain experience from mechanical engineers and reached level four, he would be able to study the blueprints of the mobile city core.

This opens up a new technological path.

He was already looking forward to what kind of technology trees the other PhDs would unlock for him.

Thinking of this, he began to spend his experience on secondary occupations. The technician was promoted to Agent Lv10, which brought him +5 Strength +2 Agility +1 Spirit +1 Charm, and 10 free attribute points. The craftsman was directly promoted to the third level Apprentice Engineer Lv15, which brought him +10 Agility +8 Intelligence +3 Spirit. Counting the second level in the middle, a total of 25 free attribute points.

He upgraded his primary industrial manufacturing and understanding to preliminary primary industrial manufacturing and understanding. In addition, he also obtained the exclusive characteristics of mechanical engineers *[Mechanical Energy Control]. Mechanical engineers can manufacture highly sophisticated machinery and engineering equipment, greatly improving the hit rate and damage of the completed equipment.

However, it takes 20 experience points to upgrade this skill to the next level, and the maximum level is level . As for the star mark, it seems to symbolize the rarity of this sub-profession or this feature. For Xia Yuan now, it cannot be upgraded at all.

The agent's secondary profession unlocked five skills and characteristics for him: sniper crossbow mastery, sniper rifle mastery, close combat, rapid counterattack and stealth. Xia Yuan maxed them all out and upgraded them to level 10.

He glanced at his attribute table.

[Name: Xia Yuan Ranshem]

Title: Pioneer (59%)

【HP: 8120/8120】

【MP: 2560/2560】

[Race: Sakota]

【Template: NPC】

【Level: 87】

【Experience: 368240】

[Main Occupation: Assistant Beginner Lv1 (1/200)]