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He walked around randomly, tapping the blue screen in the void.

Klaus lagged half a step behind, also raising his hand to swipe across the panel in front of him. As he moved, the incomplete outline of a ship gradually appeared.

Noah followed behind without saying a word, as if he had been ostracized.

He put his hands in his pockets and glanced back and forth at the two guys who were pointing at the air.

"I don't have much common metal in my warehouse."

"You should modify this ship... first dismantle it, then rebuild it."

Klaus stared intently at the void, frowning.

"Boss... This [Narwhal] is 260 meters long, and most of it is made of living tissue mixed with a metal frame. My power is not enough to generate a complete blueprint in one go."

Peeking at Klaus's panel, one could see that only a few rough outlines of lines appeared on it.

"Then let's do it in different areas."

"Let's do some addition and subtraction. You dismantle everything that can be dismantled first, and I'll break it down. Then we'll give this ship a revolutionary modernization upgrade."

"The workload is enormous," Klaus calculated the costs and time.

"Since you're already here, don't think of yourself as a human being."

The captain patted the engineer on the shoulder and earnestly advised, "This is all free skill training. Where else can you find such a large material library to build this for you?"

"While you're at it, use your 3D perspective to find the core of this ship."

"I'll give it a try."

Although Klaus said he was in a difficult position, his expression was full of eagerness.

Only Noah's pace slowed down.

From the kitchen to here, you can see these two walking and gesturing at the air, looking very serious, as if there's an invisible screen in front of them.

He was muttering things like "proficiency level" and "evolution points".

But following the finger's gaze, all that could be seen was the wallpaper on the wall—

There were no magical fluctuations, no trace of a contract.

He quickened his pace, subtly squeezing between the two, glancing at one and then at the other:

"What are you looking at?"

She glanced at him casually and answered directly.

"A certain data panel."

"For displaying resources and skills."

Noah waved his hand in the air in front of him, but touched nothing.

"The spells you use have a unique structure; there are no traces of energy fluctuations."

"It's not magic." (This is an arbitrary correction.)

"What is that?"

The male wizard, who had lived for thousands of years, asked curiously.

The three of them stopped at the top of the stairs; one floor below was the cargo hold and boiler room on the second basement level.

Klaus, pushed to the side, frantically blinked at the captain from behind Noah, his eyes almost twitching, but the captain, without looking at him, coldly uttered two words:

"Just say it."

"..."

Klaus bypassed Noah and huddled close to the captain, chirping eagerly in a low voice:

"Boss...won't it cause problems if the local natives know the game rules and interface? Won't they be wiped out?"

Before he could finish speaking, a hand landed on his shoulder.

Noah, with his pointed ears, suddenly grabbed him.

"Who? Who can kill me?!"

[In the infinite flow novels I've read, players who reveal reality to NPCs are instantly killed!]

[In my experience...system-related terms and phrases should appear as gibberish to NPCs.]

[Is this game really that casual?]

[He should be fine. He's been eavesdropping the whole time; he knows about the skill advancement points.]

Renyi thought so too.

He had never shied away from talking about Nyarlathotep in front of Xiao Jiu, the caveman, the priest, and Sean before. Besides, he had discussed Nyarlathotep with Noah for so long and nothing happened.

"Calm down."

He calmly and casually rescued Klaus from Noah's clutches.

"We didn't sign a confidentiality agreement."

Is this a matter of confidentiality agreement...? Klaus was speechless for a moment.

What player would directly reveal the game's lore to a powerful NPC in a dungeon?!

Then I heard my captain begin to explain things to the NPC, as if he were telling a story:

"We are a group of aliens who were dropped into this sea. Our home planet is called Blue Star. Something happened there that made us have to complete a so-called survival and evolution mission here."

"The screen you can't see is our unique system panel. We use it to record attributes and acquire special abilities. In our understanding, this is a game world... Everyone on this ship... including you, is an NPC."

Klaus closed his eyes and covered his ears with both hands.

Fortunately, it was very quiet overhead; there was no thunder or any warning.

It's not surprising that it was arbitrary.

【Ocean Era】They pull people from Earth and give them a survival panel, packaged with levels and data. This doesn't mean the world before them is just a piece of fake code.

Strictly speaking, even he himself is an 'NPC' who came from who-knows-where.

It is arrogant to use simple "data" to measure these indigenous people who have their own backgrounds, emotions, and thoughts.

Noah listened intently, and his facial expressions were quite interesting.

However, there was no shock, anger, confusion, or doubt.

He lived too long.

Different civilizations have different names for incomprehensible beings; now it's just a new title: NPC.

For him—

His perception is real, his power is real, then he is real. As for any false reality...

That's the trouble of outsiders.

"So, you've been thrown into a real world to play games? That sounds interesting."

Noah laughed, his attention immediately shifting to another topic.

"So what does this 'game,' or rather 'system,' which grants you power to evolve, want?"

He is a shrewd businessman.

So this question is also asked from the investor's perspective.

"Who knows... we're just players."

He didn't know what it wanted, but he knew what he wanted. He shrugged indifferently, then smiled meaningfully at Noah:

"In this game, the system is the most important thing to us. Without it, we can't survive or go home."

"yes."

Noah nodded thoughtfully, didn't ask any further questions, and put his hands back in his pockets.

He got it.

"Random" means to invite him to stir things up.

"So, gentlemen 'players,' where do we go next?"

"Boiler room."

He turned around casually and walked downstairs first.

"In your 'game,' what's usually hidden in the boiler room? Hidden levels? Or the final boss?" Noah followed behind him like a curious child, asking all sorts of questions.

"No."

She answered casually, and even took the time to turn back and give him a caring look.

"Usually it hides honeycomb briquettes and useless NPCs."

"Didn't we go there before? Have you forgotten so quickly? Can people who have lived for thousands of years still get dementia?"

Noah: "..."

Klaus followed at the back, silently lighting a candle for Noah in his heart.

Of all people to offend, why did he have to be so argumentative with the boss?

【Thanks to the amazing Gugu Gu for the verification (O⌵O )ʃ ♡】