Chapter 138 NPC’s Counterattack (Second Update)
Although these players look crazy, after a closer look, Fang Cheng feels fine.
Under his crazy actions, his inner driving force is to accumulate stronger power and gain the title of No. 1 in the world.
This driving force is consistent with the game goal that Fang Cheng previously arranged, so there is no problem here, and it will be fine if it is left alone.
However, Fang Cheng felt that the behavior of the moral mutual aid group was a bit interesting.
They were playing something very outrageous, and the abstract approach made their behavior a bit incomprehensible, but it always felt like they were enjoying it.
Taking them as his focus for the future, Fang Cheng said goodbye to the old Taoist priest and went to the next Taoist temple to continue his journey of becoming the "No. 1 Taoist Priest in the World".
The next target point is Lake City. The town is divided by waterways extending in all directions, and there is a boat in front of every house.
When there is a lot of rain, you can travel by boat. When there is less rain, the roads below will be exposed, and you can also travel by dry roads.
When Fangcheng came, it happened to be the season with less rain. It was also interesting to see the houses floating above.
However, when he left the teleportation array and wanted to go to the Taoist temple to obtain the token, he found that there were more soldiers here.
In front of each team of soldiers is a police officer wearing dark red clothes. Each of these police officers has gloomy expressions and their bodies are as stiff as zombies, but their arrest skills are all around level 30.
Seeing Fang Cheng walking out of the teleportation array, the leader's eyes lit up and he shouted: "That's a stranger, take it down!"
The sound of arrows rang out, and someone aimed at Fang Cheng's bent bow and fired an arrow. It seemed that he was going to kill Fang Cheng. He shot himself on the spot.
Fang Cheng stretched out his hand and cast the spell, and the arrows immediately fell from the air and fell to the ground.
Leaving a clone in place, Fang Cheng's character walked past a group of people while they were fighting the clone and walked into the city.
Although it was still daytime, the people in the city had already entered a state of martial law.
The doors of every house were closed, and ferocious soldiers patrolled here and there, arresting strangers one by one, and then throwing them into prison.
Hiding his figure, Fang Cheng walked to the dungeon in confusion and saw that there were already guards guarding the place.
The arrested stranger was directly removed from the joints by the jailer using his hands to separate muscles and bones. The original limbs were finally folded into squares of less than half a square meter, leaving only a stiff mouth all over his body.
After yelling at these NPCs in the cell and finding that no one was paying attention, these players went directly to various groups and began to madly attack this group of NPCs.
[NPC is sick! ]
[I'm doing the mission of being the best butcher in the world. I'm about to get enough 10,000 pigs and successfully erect the statue! It's fine now, the pig is gone, and so am I! ]
[The NPC was still talking and laughing with me one second, and the next second he took me down with his backhand. Acting NPCs are hard to mess with, but I like them! ]
[I have already obtained the number one scholar with the help of Baidu Encyclopedia and various ancient texts. The next step is to revitalize Confucianism and win the title of the best scholar in the world. But why did you suddenly send me into trouble? Can’t afford it! 】
A player whose joints are removed is not counted as dead, but is imprisoned in a cell and unable to leave.
However, there are many players who can be defeated by NPCs, but there are also many players who can successfully escape. The paths pursued by some players are particularly suitable for escaping from such chaotic scenes, and these players immediately formed a Q group and began to try to rescue the trapped people. player.
Game reporter Chen Rang immediately smelled the big news. After all, it is really rare for an NPC to take action and openly confront players.
Taking his Mu Kui with him, he made an agreement with the other party, agreeing that as long as he was caught, Mu Kui would leave here immediately and never come back.
Faced with Chen Rang's request, Mu Kui was very moved and said that she would definitely run away when the time comes, but you must wait for me to come back to save you.
As a result, Chen Rang went through life and death in the game, constantly spying back and forth with Mu Kui in various areas. His skills related to spies were constantly growing, and various pieces of information he obtained would appear every hour.
[The latest information is that the NPC’s pursuit of players is related to the world’s most powerful eunuch, powerful minister, and tycoon, Zhao Qin. Zhao Qin, sixty-five years old, the late emperor once called him Yingwanglanggu during his lifetime. He was a born traitor, but he died suddenly before trying to get rid of him. The reason for this is unknown. After that, the young emperor ascended the throne and Zhao Qin became nine thousand years old and has been in control of the court to this day. The order to hunt down the players was issued by him. 】
【Latest information, a large number of top positions in the world have changed, many powerful people gathered in the palace, visual guessing that something big is about to happen. ]
[The latest information is that the world's number one Taoist priest has begun to go crazy, and a large number of temple masters have been killed by him. According to the observation of this reporter, the opponent should have used some kind of secret method. Every time he kills a group of temple masters, his Taoist level will increase. It has already exceeded the 60 mark. His strength is unfathomable and unfathomable. ]
[The latest information is that a large number of No. 1 players in the world have begun to attack others in the same field. Players could have challenged them step by step, but the road has been blocked. It is speculated that the game development team is increasing the difficulty for players, but the operator has not responded yet. ]
[The latest information, I was caught, tell my Mu Kui, I...]
Regarding this change, the players and the media had different reactions.
More radical players said this game is too exciting!
The step-by-step gameplay no longer satisfies them. They want to see players beating the world, and they want to see rivers of blood!
However, some rational players expressed some concerns.
Although they knew that Fang Cheng was a genius programmer, the strong artificial intelligence he developed was several steps ahead of the artificial intelligence on the market.
But judging from the current performance of the game, the NPCs in "No. 1 Under Heaven" are obviously heading towards war.
In "The Best of the World", every character is not isolated. They are like living people, closely connected with the world, forming a talking world.
However, after encountering a war, this interaction will increase by a hundred times, and the resulting server data volume may increase by two orders of magnitude, which is a huge challenge for both the program and the server.
Once it is not handled properly, the whole world will collapse into chaos, which is undoubtedly a challenge for Fangcheng Studio, which has high hopes.
Unlike these players, excellent producers see ambition and domineering.
Different from the trivial siege war, this time is a real war epic and a display of one's own strength. If the display is successful, the reputation of Fangcheng Studio will be greatly improved.
It doesn't matter even if he fails, his courage alone is worthy of praise.
However, many gamers still secretly hope that they will fail, so that they may be able to recruit a group of excellent employees. The war between NPCs and players has gained momentum, and various real-life discussions have begun to ferment. The official media even dedicated a page to introduce the causes and consequences of the whole matter, and the person in charge is naturally Chen Rang, and he and his work The company showed its face severely together.
Because it was invited by the official media, Chen Rang conducted a large number of offline interviews and consulted people from all walks of life. After introducing the causes and consequences, he roughly restored the truth.
[In the process of players chasing the best in the world, it will inevitably affect the interests of some NPCs. Their representative is Zhao Qin. ]
[This mechanism should have existed a long time ago, because I have not seen an update. This shows that this was not a spur-of-the-moment idea, but a premeditation by Fangcheng Studio. ]
[Unfortunately, I was not able to interview the employees of Fangcheng Studio because they said that this might involve overtime work and suggested that I interview them after the Lantern Festival. So, they put the holiday after the Lantern Festival? Editor-in-Chief, look at this person! Who is the person who asked people to come over and work overtime in the third grade of junior high school! I won’t delete this sentence. If I delete it, I won’t write it. ]
[Due to the existence of special mechanisms, players will inevitably trigger this process in the process of challenging the world's number one. This process will greatly change the previous game mode, allowing players to focus more on fighting NPCs and cooperating in all aspects, while the original challenge of being the best in the world will become a secondary goal. ]
[This transition is a big challenge, but just like what the developers of this game often do, they like to do it. I guess it's because it's cool. ]
[There have been signs of this kind of thing before. Letting different players engage in different industries is a good hint. In this way, even if the player is the enemy of Daliang, we will have enough skills to face Daliang's attack. Thinking about it this way, it feels quite exciting! Please tell us in advance next time, but it seems like it won’t be so exciting if you know it in advance. ]
[To be honest, I quite envy this state of playing games. They cater to players, but they don't please players. Although there may be failures, most of them are pleasant surprises. ]
[Finally, I want to say that I really respect and love you, Fangcheng Studio! Thank you for sending me sunflower seeds. My child likes them very much! This sentence cannot be deleted, and I won’t write it if it is deleted. 】
After reading Chen Rang's crazy report, Fang Cheng no longer knew what to say.
Staring at the red dust fire, he saw that the players were already looking forward to a war.
In the past month, they have been continuously honing their skills, learning various techniques, becoming familiar with the entire beam, and cultivating the characters in the game into talents in various walks of life based on their interests.
Now, it's time to use your role.
Looking at the already red and purple red dust fire, Fang Cheng sighed again.
He has obviously begun to be wary of players causing trouble, and has even listed the group of people who are most capable of causing trouble as his key targets.
He has been paying attention to the player situation, and even spent some time with Xiemen, one of the most trouble-making players.
However, I still couldn't prevent it.
But who would have thought that the backstab came from an NPC?
The title "Number One in the World" involves some secret arrangements of this world. Perhaps this is also one of the arrangements of the Creator here. It is the countermeasure of this world and is used as the last barrier for outsiders to spy on the treasures.
The game that I thought could last at least a year has now changed its color due to various reasons, which is really sad.
Knowing that he failed again this time, Fang Cheng thought about it instead.
Since you failed, then play the game with the players, get in close contact with these players, and see what they want to do.
Failure is the mother of success, and the experience of failure is the nourishment for the next time. What he has to do now is just to eat them all.
After gathering his emotions, Fang Cheng logged into the game again and started a new journey.
Not long after Zhao Qin ordered the devolution, Qiu Yu felt something was wrong.
Players can be easily identified in the game. Although others cannot see the ID above their head, as long as someone appears suddenly and has no expression on their face, and is panicked when something happens but their face remains calm, then it must be an alien. .
In addition, there are many other small features, such as jumping twice suddenly when walking, slashing on the spot several times when getting a new weapon, then quickly changing weapons, and then slashing again. When talking to people, I always like to ask questions repeatedly to look for so-called hidden subplots.
These behaviors will show up even when being hunted and become the best tool to identify strangers.
After reading the latest reports and looking at the unkind eyes of the people around him, Qiu Yu knew that he had been exposed.
It costs 500 coins to capture a foreigner, which is equivalent to two months' income. This makes some people particularly want to capture the foreigner.
According to the intelligence shared among the players, he knew that the players had decided to gather in the north, and then use the north as a base to develop, then march to the south, enter the Daliang Imperial City, and kill the thief Zhao Qin in the name of Qingjun. !
Although there is snow in the north, there is extraordinary power in this world. Some players have learned advanced skills. Although the skill level is not very high, some simple spells such as palm fire can still be cast.
Some advanced skills will also reveal extraordinary characteristics above level 40. These players can also use their extraordinary power to change the environment and make the bitter cold land in the north more pleasant.
But the difficulty now is how to escape.
Not long after the order to arrest the stranger was issued, the teleportation circle was closed by a group of Taoist priests from Daliang.
Looking from a distance, Qiu Yu saw that these Taoist priests did not look like living people, but resembled puppets.
Thinking back to the fact that the Taoist priest who is the best in the world has reached level 60 in Taoism and should have all kinds of incredible magical powers, then this must be one of the other party's magical powers.
Knowing that the teleportation circle would not work, he wanted to take the land route, but there were also a large number of soldiers guarding the city gate. From time to time, players would be arrested and then broken into cubes by the jailers.
The teleportation array cannot be moved, the town cannot be left, and the surrounding NPCs are all low-level NPCs. It is impossible to incite them to cause trouble.
Although the "Moral Mutual Aid Group" is active within Daliang and actively rescues people, they are small in number and cannot help here for the time being.
what can we do about it?
(End of chapter)