Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

He swore he hadn't thought that much about it; he just wanted to give the players something to do. But when it came to Miss Frostnova, he came up with so many reasons.

Hmm, that sounds pretty reasonable.

"..." But Bai Ye didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth, but didn't know where to refute it.

There doesn't seem to be anything worth refuting.

"You don't need to say anything." Seeing that Bai Ye seemed hesitant to speak, Shuangxing suddenly reached out and stopped him.

“Hmm…that’s true.” Talulah seemed to remember something and suddenly laughed.

"Anyway, you're just stubborn. You're clearly a good person, but you're always unwilling to admit it... Actually, we all know that, so there's no need to be shy. This time, be frank."

With a single, understated sentence, Talulah sealed off all of White Night's escape routes.

Frostnova nodded: "What an eccentric fellow."

Even Lady Frostnova said so?

Left with no other choice, Bai Ye could only accept this inexplicable praise.

'Something feels off... Where did I go wrong by being stubborn?' Bai Ye muttered to himself.

Then Talulah saw White Night busy at work and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Aren't you going to watch the fun?"

Bai Ye pointed to the earpiece on his head: "I'm listening to the wind. If enemies appear on the outer edge, I can give them a timely warning."

Just as Frostnova feared, stopping to hold events and celebrations during a migration was a very dangerous thing.

The Reunion Movement has not yet fully emerged from the frozen ground, and as they get closer to the urban clusters of the Ursus Empire, the likelihood of them being exposed increases.

The activities of the infected individuals patrol team are becoming more and more frequent.

Stopping at this point is indeed somewhat unwise.

To ensure that his allies wouldn't be surrounded and annihilated by the Ursus Empire's army, Bai Ye naturally wouldn't just watch the players have fun.

After his mental strength and Originium Memory skill levels improved, Bai Ye found that his ability to use innate spells had also reached a new level.

He could sense changes happening outside by the distant wind, something he had done in the past. Now, his range of perception had expanded, and he could automatically distinguish between useful and useless information. He could even vaguely sense the emotions in the wind: alertness indicated danger, while excitement suggested the presence of an enemy.

The former seems quite scientific?

But the latter is a bit more mysterious.

Although Bai Ye felt that this worked quite well, it still felt a bit unscientific.

However, from another perspective, there are all sorts of strange Originium arts in this world, even clay can be molded into giants, so it seems that the wind has emotions and can be understood and accepted.

After all, one of the Seven Gods, the Lazybones, seems to have transformed from a wisp of wind.

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While Bai Ye listened to the wind and kept watch, exploring his innate spells, the players also ran over one after another to draw prizes.

Bai Ye himself didn't know what he had put in the box, but to boost the players' confidence, he still slipped in some good stuff. He wondered which lucky players would get it.

"Ten consecutive pulls, failed."

"Wow, this is a top-tier armor piece! Anyone interested in buying it?"

"Wow, the golden legend, I'm running like I'm in heaven."

"Running this is like hell. This blind box is full of junk, there's nothing good at all."

"It's just that your face is dark."

Players are always very interested in opening blind boxes, and what's even more interesting is watching others draw cards.

Generally speaking, there are many people drawing cards, but there seem to be even more onlookers.

Their mood seemed even more tense than the person drawing the cards, and the atmosphere fluctuated with the outcome of the draw.

It seems this event has received very positive reviews...

Bai Ye felt that he would be very successful as a game designer.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Conversation with Frostnova

At night, after the first day's activities had come to a close, White Night found Froststar by the campfire.

Although Frostnova is as cold as ice, she doesn't melt by the fire; in fact, she quite enjoys being near a warm fire.

Talulah sat beside her.

Bai Ye found it hard to connect this gentle young girl with the tyrannical leader of the Reunion Movement from her previous life.

Bai Ye sat down by the fire and then asked, "Miss Froststar, you are a warlock, so I would like to ask you, why can I sense the emotions of the wind?"

Yes, Bai Ye noticed some changes in his innate magic during the day, but he didn't think much of it at the time. Now that he finally has some free time, he wants to study his abilities more thoroughly.

In fact, he is no longer a complete novice when it comes to Originium Arts and magic. Unlike his previous life, where all attributes were focused on Strength, Physique, and Agility, with almost no increase in Intelligence, his current Spirit attribute and Originium Arts skill level are quite good.

Especially with the support of player experience points, he finally managed to improve this skill to a passable level, at least enough that he wouldn't be kicked out by the teachers in the academy of Letania.

However, the textbooks he read, which were skill books, were mostly modern in style; in other words, they were based on modern Originium Arts theories.

This theory of magic is actually somewhat different from his own innate magic. Even Dr. Kal'tsit said that his talent has nothing to do with Originium Arts.

It was something even more peculiar, something that seemed to belong only to the gods known as behemoths.

Although spells can be cast and amplified with the help of Originium, their essence is something else entirely.

Bai Ye wanted to find something he could learn from other sorcerers.

For example, Frostnova, whose magic has surpassed the scope of modern Originium Arts theory.

Furthermore, she had not systematically studied modern magic theory, and her spellcasting relied entirely on her own understanding, or on the guidance of guerrillas and patriots, which may have provided some inspiration for Bai Ye.

"Pfft—you actually asked me?" Frostnova blinked, finding it somewhat amusing that White Night had approached her. "Aren't you going to ask Talulah?"

"Don't let her appearance with the greatsword fool you, she's a proper sorcerer. When we sparred before, she spoke with great authority."

Frostnova then turned the conversation to Talulah.

Talulah nodded. As the "daughter" raised by the black serpent Kosichear, Talulah naturally received all the education a noble should have: combat, swordsmanship, Originium Arts...

Her theoretical foundation was incredibly solid, and Miss Frostnova was aware of that as well.

Bai Ye shook his head: "I have studied modern Originium Arts theory, but I still feel somewhat confused."

Talulah also became interested: "It's rare for Baiye to discuss these things with us, why don't you tell us about it?"

In Talulah's view, Bai Ye always had a plan and preferred to solve problems through methods other than force. He rarely took action and seemed to rarely rely on his own strength.

Therefore, Talulah actually regarded Bai Ye as the strategist of the Reunion Movement, that is, an external brain. With Bai Ye around, she didn't even need to think about too many things.

In fact, over time, this can lead to dependency.

It was rare to see Bai Ye confused about how to improve his power, which Talulah found very novel.

It was only at this moment that she realized that Bai Ye was actually quite strong. He was able to fight a member of the Ursus Empire's inner guard for so long by himself. You should know that Froststar had to lead a team of Yetis to barely force the inner guard back.

Bai Ye nodded.

So the three of them got together, and Baiye told Talulah and Frostnova what she had experienced and some of her insights during the day.

"The wind carries emotions?" Frostnova and Talulah exchanged bewildered glances.

Talulah clearly didn't understand, because she was also educated in modernism. In modern theory, past spells, witchcraft, and rituals were considered barbaric, unsystematic, crude, primitive, and inefficient in their use of energy.

Miss Froststar seemed thoughtful, and then she offered her opinion: "Perhaps it is not the wind that has emotions, but your own?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the two moons in the sky.

Do two moons really exist?

Bai Ye nodded: "Yes, of course it exists."

"How to prove it?"

“I can see them, and they are definitely over there.” Bai Ye tilted his head.

“But you can’t provide concrete evidence,” Frostnova retorted.

"You cannot touch the Twin Moons, nor have you ever approached them in person, so simply seeing them is not enough to prove whether they truly exist."

Bai Ye shrugged.

As a time traveler, Bai Ye naturally knew the concepts of planets and satellites. In his previous life, humanity had even installed the Center-AI on the moon.

However, it seems that the current Terrans cannot achieve this.

"You can see the double moon, so you believe it exists. Then, if you close your eyes and can't see the double moon, does that mean it doesn't exist?"

"If everyone on this land closes their eyes, how can we prove that the Twin Moons truly exist?"

Frostnova's words made Talulah, who was standing nearby, fall into deep thought.

This is idealistic philosophy.

Bai Ye never expected that anyone on this frozen land would have pondered such philosophical questions.

Miss Frostnova, you probably don't have a teacher, right?

"Well, just kidding. Everyone knows that the Twin Moons actually exist." Frostnova suddenly changed the subject.

Then, pointing at Bai Ye with her finger, she said, "What I mean is, perhaps, Originium Arts are like that too. You can do as much as you think you can."

"This is the power of the heart."

"The wind is a continuation of your magic, and also an extension of your thoughts. So your perception can extend outward through the wind. You are not feeling the emotions of the wind, but rather feeling your surroundings through the wind. Your subconscious is warning you."

"The emotions you perceive actually originate from yourself."

Frostnova stretched out her hand, and a wisp of ice crystal appeared on her finger: "I have never studied magic, but I wanted to freeze the enemy in front of me, so I did it."

"You know what happened next; inside me, there was an entire winter."

Bai Ye stretched out his hand, and a small vortex appeared in his palm.

He probably gets it.

This time, I feel like it should work.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Nitrogen Armor

Bai Ye plans to return to Rhodes Island once, taking advantage of the free time while the Reunion Movement is stationed in place.

He had to bring the A4 reserve team members back; the journey ahead would become increasingly dangerous, and Bai Ye wouldn't allow them to stay here any longer.

At the same time, Bai Ye also needs to go and purchase goods, as the stock of pharmaceutical materials is insufficient. Moreover, the players are currently holding an event, and there is also a shortage of wheelchair modification parts and equipment as prizes.

He had already entrusted Miss Swire to place the order for these items under the name of "Northern Cross Private Messenger Company".

He even made a deal with Rhine Lab through Himer's channels, obtaining a batch of equipment still in testing, warlock drones, and some BOWs.

The so-called BOW is an abbreviation for "BioOrganicWeapon", which is also known as "organic biological weapon".

The bio-weapons procured by White Night include dogs and Originium Bugs.

These infected creatures can be remotely controlled by warlocks through components and spellcasting units implanted within them, much like drones.

Although these biological weapons were not products of forbidden experiments, Bai Ye still concealed this fact from Himer.

By consulting Rhodes Island's PRTS database, Bai Ye learned that Ifrit was actually a "product" of a laboratory at Rhine Labs. In other words, she was, in effect, a kind of BOW (Bullet of War). Although it sounds cruel, it is indeed the truth. Rhine Labs combined fragments of the Sarkaz Balrog with Ifrit, intending to create a weapon as powerful as the Balrog.

This kind of experiment is inhumane and taboo.

To avoid triggering Himer's sensitive nerves, Bai Ye concealed his purpose. After all, the words "biological weapon" were enough to provoke Himer.

Regardless of whether they are present in humans.

However, in Bai Ye's view, so-called infected creatures can also be used as weapons. After all, Ace once said that infected creatures do not feel pain, so there is no inhumane situation.

If the life of a bio-engineered hound could save more Reunion Movement infected individuals, Bai Ye would not hesitate to sacrifice Xiu Gou.

Fortunately, there are no animal rights activists on Terra, otherwise Bai Ye would definitely have been killed.

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"Is this the end?"

Stewart stretched and jumped off the aircraft.