Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

Bai Ye's words were vague.

Immediately, the typing girl glared angrily at Bai Ye.

Bai Ye witnessed the girl's powerful ability to change her expression...

The moment this topic comes up, the ship of their friendship immediately capsizes.

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After resting for a day on Rhodes Island, White Night flew back to the Icefield where the Reunion Movement was located.

As I mentioned before, this kind of back-and-forth travel will be the norm for a considerable period of time.

However, Bai Ye did not immediately head to Chernobog.

He first piloted the aircraft around Lungmen and its surroundings.

Although the players here haven't participated in the main storyline, they've still accumulated a decent amount of experience and LMD, so Bai Ye naturally wouldn't pass up such an opportunity to reap the rewards.

If Bai Ye had time, he would also go to the other players' spawn points to "check in" on them. Unfortunately, Bai Ye didn't have enough time right now.

This time, Bai Ye did not activate the aircraft's optical stealth device, so the players quickly saw a strange thing fly over their heads.

Most players who follow the forum already know that the aircraft is also a unique symbol of Bai Ye, as he always flies his plane around.

"It is alive, it is the living White Night!"

"Quickly call everyone to log in! Baiye's shop isn't an unlimited pool; it's first come, first served!"

"We need to find a way to sneak onto White Night's plane..."

When the players met Bai Ye, it was like seeing their own father.

While it might sound a bit too sentimental, they all knew this NPC was extremely important and a great help to the players. Moreover, compared to other NPCs who treated them like oddballs, Bai Ye always treated them, the players, with great kindness; perhaps that's what it means to be a good person who cares about the infected.

So when Bai Ye stepped off the aircraft, more and more players had gathered around. It was less about buying things and more about a unique fan meet-up.

Well, that doesn't seem to be a problem. After all, there are quite a few fans of Baiye on the forum, and many people even call themselves "Baiye's Dog" and have started kennels on the forum.

Bai Ye originally thought that this time it would be the same as usual, and all he had to do was strike a pose and open the store page.

Unexpectedly, the players came up with a new trick for him.

A group of players dressed in neat uniforms surrounded him.

Bai Ye initially thought these people wanted to attack him, but unexpectedly, more and more players gathered around him, and then they surrounded Bai Ye.

"The Templars have booked the entire venue; this road is blocked."

These players turned their backs to Bai Ye, keeping the other players outside.

As they said, these players are all members of the same gaming guild.

Although Arknights Online has not yet opened the guild system, these game guilds have naturally joined this currently most popular and hottest game.

Guilds and the capital behind them also saw the popularity and potential of this so-called "first fully virtual stealth game for young people", and transferred players from other games to this game.

The Knights Templar are one of the more famous ones.

Because their roots were in Lungmen, they chose to stay when Bai Ye led the players away.

The president was rather chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), and even went so far as to find a clothing factory in Lungmen to order a custom-made "skin" for him.

That is, the uniforms worn by guild players.

Of course, only elite and core players will have access to such benefits.

Because the skin is really cool, it has attracted many new players from around Lungmen to join the guild.

This guild's usual way of doing things is very domineering, and many casual players have a lot of complaints about it.

Their actions at this moment have angered many players who were blocked outside.

"Are you planning to take over Baiye?"

"Why are you booking the whole place? Baiye belongs to everyone. What you're doing is completely unreasonable!"

"*Earth's profanity* Beautiful language* Greetings to family*..."

Faced with the players' questions, the Templars Guild members immediately raised their weapons.

They are all core members of the guild, so their levels are naturally higher than those of ordinary solo players. Their equipment is also quite good, and they have learned skills. There are even some decent warlocks among them. If a fight really breaks out, solo players may not have an advantage.

Some players retreated and observed, not wanting to offend the major guilds, so they dared not charge into battle and simply stood at a distance watching how things developed.

Chapter Thirty-Four Jokes

Bai Ye frowned as he looked at the player who wanted to monopolize him.

His attitude towards the various player guilds that appear in the game is actually complicated.

On the one hand, player guilds have a unifying and centralized effect on players, which makes it easier for them to guide players to a certain extent. Moreover, players who play in groups are more orderly and less likely to do things that go against common sense.

However, the player guilds also have obvious drawbacks, just like what is happening right now in front of Bai Ye.

In fact, this kind of thing is quite common in other games as well. It's not just about monopolies; large gaming guilds can even dominate the server for extended periods, and the struggles between super-powerful player factions can influence the entire game server's situation and direction.

For example, in a space sci-fi online game in the early 21st century, a massive 49-player battle set multiple records in the gaming industry at the time. This battle also influenced the internal structure of the servers and became classic material used by countless marketing accounts.

Compared to guilds of that caliber, the Templar Order's current actions are nothing more than petty squabbles.

They still held onto the mindset of traditional games, believing that NPCs in games wouldn't interfere in player-versus-player affairs. Even if they surrounded Bai Ye and made other players stand aside, Bai Ye wouldn't care about them.

However, they underestimated Arknights Online and White Night, which is not a simple game, but a real world.

Bai Ye would naturally not allow any one gaming guild to monopolize him. According to statistics from his previous life, solo players accounted for a large proportion of the player base.

The servers in Arknights Online are incredibly large, spanning an entire supercontinent and containing multiple massive political entities. Unlike other games, no single guild or club can achieve dominance.

No matter how powerful a player's faction is, it cannot influence every single player.

Bai Ye wouldn't abandon other players for the sake of the game guild; he would treat everyone equally. His goal was to attract more players, gain experience from as many players as possible, and prepare for future major events.

This attempt to monopolize his gaming guild has clearly interfered with his plans.

……

The atmosphere among the players has become increasingly tense. Although most players are just watching the show, there are quite a few who are still angry.

Some people have already started contacting other game guilds and player factions. Bai Ye even saw several players in the crowd dressed in white robes and hoods, cosplaying as assassins.

Yes, now that the Knights Templar exist, the Brotherhood will naturally follow suit.

The two guilds have been mortal enemies since their inception. At first, it was just a joke, but as the grudges accumulated, they started to fight each other, and their rivalry can be seen in almost every game.

Bai Ye would naturally not allow the conflict to escalate, as that would be detrimental to his business.

He has his own methods.

Bai Ye brought up the NPC panel.

As a result, all Templar Knights players received a game system notification.

[Ding—Supervisor Bai Ye's favorability towards you has decreased by 10 points, currently at -9 points]

[Ding—Your reputation with "Northern Cross Private Messenger" is: Neutral]

[Ding—Your reputation with multiple factions, including Rhodes Island, Penguin Logistics, and Reunion, has dropped to "Distant." Click to view details.]

[Click]

"!!"

The players' expressions changed drastically immediately.

Someone suddenly turned to look at Bai Ye.

"what happened?"

"My favorability rating suddenly dropped!"

"...Is there a bug in the game?!"

This never happened in the games of the past.

The Templar Knights players were completely bewildered, exchanging bewildered glances. But when they turned to look, they found Bai Ye already packing his things, seemingly preparing to leave.

Bai Ye, who used to be all smiles and was always jokingly called a "shady businessman," now had a cold expression and indifferent eyes, clearly indicating that he didn't have enough goodwill towards him.

They also discovered that the White Night personal store, which was originally open to them, was now closed and could not be unlocked.

Well, according to Bai Ye's previous settings, a certain level of favorability was required to unlock the shop. Later, because he had contact with more players, Bai Ye slightly relaxed the restrictions. However, multiple levels of favorability are obviously still not enough to unlock the private shop.

This is so embarrassing!

They hadn't tried to gain Bai Ye's favor in the first place, and they had hoped to take this opportunity to get more good stuff, but now it had all come to nothing.

"Damn it! Isn't it normal for game guilds to monopolize resources on the server? Why are NPCs interfering in our business?"

"Could it be because we blocked him?"

The guild leader's expression was somewhat uncertain; the behavior of the White Night NPC had completely exceeded his expectations.

Meanwhile, the players in his guild were in an uproar.

"What a huge loss! We can't even buy anything anymore. As everyone knows, the quality of the items in Baiye's shop is the highest that players can currently access."

"I can't learn skills anymore? I wanted to learn some skills to grind monsters!"

"...It's unbearable."

"It's a huge loss... The key is that there's no game guild system right now, so this favorability is tied to the player. You can't recover it even if you leave the guild, you can only slowly grind it up."

"Do you think Bai Ye will stay put and wait for you to slowly grind? She'll only suddenly come over when she's in a good mood, and she'll probably fly off somewhere else in a minute."

"I think we should just quit. The chairman isn't very bright, and I've long disliked the Templar Order's way of doing things."

"It's a classic case of 'you get benefits' when you joined the guild, and you took so many resources. Now you're not going to mention it at all, are you...?"

Before the casual players could even make a move, and before half of the Brotherhood players had even arrived, the Templar Knights players started arguing amongst themselves.

The once harmonious game guild channel has now turned into a battlefield, and the guild leader and management who made the decisions have to endure the players' accusatory stares, which is extremely embarrassing.

There was nothing I could do but obediently walk away.

……

The other players were also confused at first. Why did these guys, who were originally so arrogant, suddenly become so timid?

They were waiting to see a good show, so why did they chicken out?

Subsequently, a mole within the Templars posted the entire story on the game forum.

Because it was related to "White Night", the post immediately became a hot topic.

Now everyone knows what really happened.

The Templar Knights, this gaming guild, suddenly became a laughing stock.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Lobes

[Mobile Task Force Omega - Pandora's Box: LOL, tried to steal a chicken but lost the bait instead, how embarrassing!]

[Electronic Cat: Normally, rolling around next to NPCs or deliberately bumping into them will lower their favorability. Now you're just blocking them, they're being kind by not attacking you.]

[No Return: I was just thinking, is this NPC really that intelligent? No wonder some insiders are saying that Luna is behind this game...]

[Chestnut: I'm so envious. I want to be coldly gazed at by Bai Ye...]

On the gaming forum, the post is already filled with various comments.

Mocking, cheering, frenzied...

That's how things are on the internet, but one thing is for sure: for a long time to come, this gaming guild will become a meme or a joke.

Then it's used as material for game review videos by content creators.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Bai Ye, the instigator.

Actually, for him, not much has changed.

At first, he was surrounded by a group of people.

Now that the group of people has left, he is still surrounded by players.