Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 180: In a good store, there must be several NPCs that refresh every day
In this way, a new NPC that refreshes every day has been added to the nostalgic retro arcade hall of Tianjin No.1.

It appears at 10 a.m. when the store opens, disappears for about an hour around 12 noon to look for food, then reappears until around 1 p.m. and disappears again for an hour, and finally returns at 5 p.m. until the store closes, repeating this cycle over and over again for a whole week.

Naturally, the NPC's behavior attracted the attention of the store staff.

They noticed that this newly appeared fixed refresh NPC did not touch the toys used to deal with the more trendy young people, but was completely focused on the retro machines. He did not move around aimlessly, but played one machine after another like a shopping spree, and would only move on to the next one after completing one.

And the most important thing is that this guy is actually just playing around!
He was obviously not the kind of video blogger who was planning to complete some endurance challenge. He had no filming equipment around him. One curious employee even took the opportunity to ask the NPC about the "front joystick malfunction" and looked at the NPC's chest and backpack straps. There was no mini camera for the first-person perspective there.

Because it was refreshed suddenly and directly rooted in the nostalgic area, and because many machines inevitably had various aging problems, it had more frequent contact with the maintenance personnel in the store. The maintenance personnel in the store also shared the conversation with their colleagues, and they realized that this NPC was actually from outside the area!
This NPC not only rented a single apartment nearby on a short-term basis, but also planned to use all of his accumulated "annual leave" to scan the machines, preparing to dominate all the machines in the store and have his name "CT" listed on all of them!

There are also some old employees in the store who have been there since the early days. Over the years, they have seen all kinds of players from all over the country who come here to play the nostalgic arcade machines of the boss's writing arcade, which is actually a museum. However, this is the first time they have seen such pure and extreme retro fanatics who are willing to come from other places and rent a room just to play games.

The behavior of this NPC from outside the area refreshing into his own store and trying to dominate all machine types naturally reached the boss's ears along with the gossip of the store clerks.

As a rich man who can afford to open an arcade and rent a warehouse to store his collection, he must have other businesses at home to make money to support his hobbies. Although he had heard about such a unique NPC refresh from his employees a few days ago, it was only now that Fu Ge took the time to come and see the NPC.

Holding a small briefcase and a small plastic basket for coins, the tall and thin boss, whose face had been bruised by the passage of time, peeked into the nostalgic area he designed. He then saw Cheng Tian sitting in front of the "Hao Xue Temple Clan" machine, controlling the heroine of this fighting game.

The 80-year-old "Haokeji Tane" hugged her opponent and sucked him hard. When she got off from him, she had already triggered the special effect of "rejuvenation". The shriveled old lady who had just been throwing her dentures as flying props turned back into a young, beautiful and passionate girl.

"Brother, let's have fun~"

The boss started with a friendly opening remark.

"Yeah~"

Cheng, who became a fixed refresh NPC, responded directly without even turning his head.

During the week he was cleaning the machines, similar conversations had happened more than once or twice.

Some of the local veteran players, after discovering Cheng Tian's behavior of sweeping the machine tables, also came over with the label of "fellow enthusiasts". Some of them just chatted with him, while others would simply join in 2P and complete a game with Cheng Tian.

Of course, they are not as idle as Cheng Tian, ​​and their bodies and energy cannot withstand the consumption of Cheng Tian, ​​a little monster with 18 points of strength, 14 points of agility and 21 points of spirit. Usually, they just follow Cheng Tian to play one or two games out of curiosity and then leave with a little envy and fatigue.

When playing games, sometimes the best configuration is not a console and a controller, but a friend who can challenge the levels together.

Although this kind of old game can now be integrated into the form of an online battle platform and can be played directly online, Cheng Tian always believes that the feeling of playing online is worse than offline.

Cheng, who had been a fixed NPC for a week, remained in the same position as the 1P, but the brothers in the 2P position kept changing one after another. There were even some local brothers and sisters' phone numbers and messages in his poor contact list.

I have to say that sisters who like old games, especially those who will take the initiative to play offline, are rarer than old brothers.

In the past, Cheng Tian had only seen female gamers dominate certain games, even claiming world-leading titles, in various arcade speedrunning circles. However, offline, this was the first time Cheng Tian had seen a female gamer actually swinging a joystick and tapping buttons. Unbeknownst to Cheng Tian, ​​his fixed refresh behavior had spread through the online communities of several local guys and girls. This had led to some local guys who hadn't originally planned to come in to the square to wander in, hoping to see if the NPC was still there.

Now that you're here, let's just play around a bit.
It feels a bit of a loss to buy ten or twenty coins directly. Anyway, I will come back in the future, so I will charge a little more.
Based on the emergence of these ideas, the arcade's turnover and customer flow this week were significantly better than the same period last week.

The boss put down the basket, directly chose a 2P to come in, and then chose the wine and meat monk "Chen Nian" who belongs to the zodiac tiger.

Cheng Tian couldn't help but glance at his boss, because Chen Nian was one of the "dirtiest" characters in the game, with excellent wave-generating performance.

However, Cheng Tian didn't know who the other person was, and he didn't have any bad habits. He easily crushed the opponent with the attitude of a true game master. He didn't even choose to let the opponent win, and directly gave the opponent a big zero.

But the boss was not angry. After he was shaved, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Cheng Tian.

"Excuse me, I'm the owner of this store."

"Nice to meet you~"

Cheng Tian, ​​who had broken his obsession and desire seven days ago, did not have any intense thoughts at this moment. He just shook the boss's hand with envy.

To acquire a collection of this scale is no longer something that can be achieved simply by having money.

"I heard from the store clerks that you're practically living in our store this week."

"You have so many machines here, and they're all complete. Even an hour in those shabby shops back home is too much."

"Haha! I love hearing that!"

When the boss heard someone praising his collection, he was visibly happy. As for the remarks that put down his peers, he didn't care at all. After all, he didn't open the business for the purpose of making money.

"Brother, what made you want to come all the way here to play with me? You even rented a temporary room here?"

"Well, actually, I originally wanted to get an original Dino Fighter board for my collection, and after asking around, I found out that this is the largest and most comprehensive nostalgic arcade in South China.

I was originally wondering if you, the shop owner, had any extra original baseboards or something, but I forgot about it while I was playing with it."

When the boss heard Cheng Tian state his purpose directly, he pressed his temple with one hand, obviously recalling something, and then slapped his thigh suddenly.

"A spare Dino Attack original baseboard...it seems like there's one!"

(End of this chapter)