Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

I've heard that as long as you have family, anywhere can be home.

But he had nothing.

“Let’s not talk about that now. Thank you for telling me all this.” Talulah stood up from her chair. “Come with me and let’s meet our new friends.”

Bai Ye blinked but didn't speak. Talulah should have had better words or excuses to cover up her emotions, but she didn't. Instead, she showed a very real side of herself in front of him.

It was practically telling him outright that she was in a bad mood and didn't want to discuss the matter.

'I never expected it to end like this... Did they even consider me a friend?'

Having grown accustomed to being alone, Bai Ye is actually finding it somewhat difficult to adjust to having more and more friends.

Well, this feeling isn't actually unpleasant.

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At the Reunion camp, Baiye met the new friend that Talulah had mentioned.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud as soon as they met.

"Hmm? You know them?" Talulah looked at Bai Ye with some doubt.

"Well, as you know, I'm a messenger and have been to many places, so I know quite a few people... I probably know these two better than you do."

Yes, he knows both of them.

We were "old friends" in our past lives.

It's so well-cooked it couldn't be better.

They will all become cadres of the Integration Movement in the future—although compared to other cadres, they have no prestige and are constantly persecuted.

First was Lyudmila, the future regicide.

At first, this dungeon boss was a nightmare for players, after all, she had extremely high movement speed, powerful assassination and close combat skills, and could even breathe out smoke that was difficult to see to cover herself.

When clearing dungeons, this guy likes to use smoke to separate players, while using his superb assassination skills to slaughter them one by one.

When players first encounter this boss, most are still newbies who are not used to combat and don't have many skills. As a result, they suffer a lot from this high-damage boss that is similar to an assassin.

—Until players discovered they could directly destroy the fire hydrants in the scene and then charge the boss into the pit while she was standing still reading her lines.

The door to a new world has been opened.

From then on, players began to persecute the regicide in various ways.

Furthermore, in later storylines, this guy was directly killed by Little Red, the bodyguard next to Dr. Kal'tsit...

From then on, the title of "King Killer" as the weakest boss was officially confirmed.

This title didn't change hands until the appearance of a certain Jeston later.

To be fair, Jeston's stats are actually higher than Kingslayer's, and his attack and defense are quite strong. However, because his self-praise in the storyline is completely inconsistent with his actual performance—meaning he gets beaten up by Rhine Fist King in the world storyline and by players in dungeons—he is known as "Terra's number one CJB" (a derogatory term for a character in Terra).

The title of "weakest" was also bestowed upon him.

Perhaps the regicide should thank him...

"What's meant to happen will happen..."

Bai Ye wanted to laugh whenever he saw the regicide.

As for the second one, it's even more of a heavyweight.

Shattered Bones, Alex.

That is, Sergei's son.

Miss Misha's brother.

Terra's most filial son.

Chapter 122 White Night's New Business

"Lyudmila came here from Syracuse, while Alex was rescued from the mine by us."

"I plan to appoint Lyudmila as a leader of the Ghost Scouts, while Alex has considerable talent, and I will also arrange for him to learn how to fight."

Talulah seems to have high expectations for these two.

As the Infected Team 5 grew stronger, she needed new leaders to command the warriors. Mephistopheles and Faust, who had previously joined the Reunion Movement, had now become leaders.

Lyudmila, or as one might now call the Kingslayer, wearing a mask, nodded slightly to Bai Ye, while Alex stared at him coldly. However, due to his extraordinary charm and high affinity, the boy's gaze softened slightly when it met Bai Ye's eyes.

“This child acts like this with everyone now. He’s suffered a lot and is a bit frightened,” Talulah quickly explained upon seeing this.

"I understand." Bai Ye nodded.

interesting.

Lyudmila, Alex, and Aye.

No, or rather, she should be called Louisa.

In short, the descendants of the scientists from the Chernobog "sarcophagus incident" research institute many years ago have gathered here.

It has to be said that this is quite an interesting coincidence.

There's even a sense of destiny, making one marvel at the wonder of fate.

Whether their fates improved or plummeted remains to be seen. At least in their past lives, some of them met a rather tragic end.

"Well, in short, the stronger the Reunion Movement's security capabilities, the more advantageous it is for me. If they seem agreeable, I might as well lend a hand..."

Bai Ye looked at the vibrant camp and muttered to himself.

He suddenly realized he was going to be very busy—the leader of the Reunion Movement always wanted him involved, there were young people with deep-seated grievances who needed his guidance, more and more players were waiting for him to exploit them, and there were even a bunch of Rhodes Island operators who needed his instruction…

In addition, he also had to travel between Rhodes Island, Lungmen, Chernobog, and the Reunion Movement.

Even the most skilled time management expert can't juggle so many tasks at once.

Fortunately, Bai Ye has a game system and NPC templates, so he doesn't need to train, level up, or study. Otherwise, he would have been really overwhelmed by all sorts of messy things.

Even so, Bai Ye still wished he could be divided into five parts, but unfortunately he couldn't be in two places at once.

"I miss my assistant so much, she's all over Rhodes Island..."

Day n after leaving Rhodes Island, I miss the typing girl.

……

"Ah!"

In the office of the field department head, the petite Lateran girl sitting in the chair sneezed.

"Seriously! There are documents to process everywhere. Bai Ye, how many pits have you dug yourself?!"

Because of White Night's expansion plan, the size of the field operations department has almost doubled. In addition, the number of players recruited and the missions issued to players have made the affairs to be handled much more complicated than before.

"Damn it!"

The passing operator shrugged.

The supervisor's office is as harmonious as ever today.

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"It seems it really was a success..."

Bai Ye looked at the test tube in his hand, which contained a red liquid that was sloshing around inside.

This is a pain reliever, and it's the first successful potion he's made since he started studying medicine and pharmacy.

Instead of using the experience he had gained to level up his character, Bai Ye invested it all into the skills he was currently learning.

Basic medicine, pharmaceutical preparation, and emergency care.

Even after mastering most of the basic knowledge of pharmacology and toxicology, Bai Ye realized that he had only grasped the tip of the iceberg of pharmaceutics.

Contrary to his original expectations, pharmacy in Terra is not actually a branch of medicine. It overlaps with the field of medicine, but it is a rather unfamiliar and entirely new discipline.

Victoria's alchemy, Sarkaz's ancient witchcraft, Great Flame's magic, Letania's potion-making, and even the shamanism of the savage jungle tribes...

The exploration of pharmaceutics on this land has never stopped.

Bai Ye knew he had to make choices, and for now, he would definitely focus on the medical and pharmaceutical fields.

Potion preparation and Originium Arts will be two major sources of experience consumption, and personal level also needs to be increased. Bai Ye felt that his newly abundant experience was starting to run out again.

"The wool comes from the sheep's back; the most effective way to gain experience is still to find other players..."

Bai Ye looked at the medicine swaying in the test tube in front of him, and an idea already formed in his mind.

Due to the scientific and rational design of Arknights Online, players will not receive gold coins when fighting monsters. Therefore, at this stage, LMD is still quite scarce for players.

Players would probably accept it if the potions sold were sold in exchange for experience points.

After all, potions are much cheaper than equipment, and there are no other sources of potions available in this desolate Ursus frozen wasteland.

"This could be considered a forced sale..."

Bai Ye tried modifying his NPC panel, and sure enough, according to the game system's judgment, experience points could also be used as currency for transactions between players and NPCs.

Bai Ye named the healing potion in his hand "Potion No. 1," a topical medicine that could accelerate wound healing.

However, this only applies to the native inhabitants of Terra.

As we all know, players are virtual characters without physical bodies; they are essentially semi-digitalized. Therefore, the same potion or healing spell will have two different effects on players and on natives.

When used on a player, it would likely grant a buff that increases their health regeneration speed.

Incidentally, one of the biggest differences between players and NPCs can be described by whether or not they have health bars.

Aside from dungeons, in the real world, players don't see health bars when facing enemies, making the gaming experience more realistic. In dungeons, enemies are essentially data-driven entities, so the inclusion of health bars isn't significantly different from traditional games.

Of course, this design has also been criticized by some players. After all, enemies in the game don't have health bars, so how am I supposed to know when they will fall or die? This can easily cause anxiety during combat.

Unfortunately, Arknights Online isn't like Hollow Knight where you can add mods to hide health bars; that's not possible in this game.

Chapter 123 New Concept Turing Test

For players, Bai Ye is a rather mysterious NPC.

He doesn't stay in one place for long; he wanders around everywhere.

Before, they were driving vehicles, but now it's even more outrageous—they can actually fly airplanes.

Each time Baiye returns to the Reunion camp, she brings some new changes.

For example, there is now a doctor mentor in the camp who can teach medical spells and skills.

Each squad or guild sent their players who were more suited to playing support roles to the new player.

However, it seems that this NPC lady can only unlock the skill-teaching function after a certain level of favorability is reached.

……

"Please take care of the patient for me."

"Please deliver these medications to the clinic."

"Please organize these medical reports."

"..."

After dealing with another group of players, Ms. Aya breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down in a chair at the medical station.

She set up a small camp near the auditorium, which served as a makeshift clinic, using modular portable building kits from Rhode Island; this became her workplace.

Because Byakuya brought enough instruments and materials, Aya was even able to perform various surgeries here.

In his spare time, Ansel also serves as Dr. Yaye's assistant, using his solid medical knowledge and nursing skills to help the patients here.

"These people... are actually quite useful?"

Although they are a bit strange, some even have bizarre clothing and ADHD quirks, they are exceptionally obedient and can complete whatever they are asked to do with great care.

At first, Aya was a little at a loss when facing these strange people, but fortunately, Baiye gave her a "Handbook for Dealing with Abnormal Humans" and a specially designed script for her, which helped her gradually adapt to this way of communicating.

"Supervisor Bai Ye is quite adept at dealing with those eccentric people. I've heard that this manual is now standard issue for the field operations department's overseas offices."

"Oh, right, the supervisor also said this is called a new concept Turing test..."