Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

However, now there are all kinds of players, and it's no longer just a game guild monopolizing the venue. The Templar Order's joke has taught many game guilds a lesson.

Never underestimate these game NPCs.

Well, of course, Bai Ye was already used to being surrounded by players. He used to feel uncomfortable because the players were so noisy and he would have a headache if he stayed for even a short while.

Now he is able to handle various situations with ease, and talk and trade with multiple players at the same time.

After all, he had figured out the system's tricks, and most of the time he didn't need to deal with the players personally. He only needed to start special conversations with the players who were worth paying special attention to.

In his eyes, most ordinary players were merely moving experience banks and tools. Only those players who were famous and shone brightly in their previous lives were his main targets.

After all, full-dive games require a lot of talent. In his previous life, he was very talented, so even though it was his first time playing this type of game, he still became one of the best.

Bai Ye discovered that the most popular item was still potions, which were still in short supply even though they required experience points to purchase.

The potions from the White Night are particularly effective, and compared to other supplies currently available to players, many of the White Night's potions are countermeasures against special effects.

For example, there are skills like "Frostnova" that reduce frost damage, skills that provide continuous healing, and skills that increase fire resistance...

"With it, you will be able to defeat any solar monster."

This potion, which Bai Ye considered very ordinary, was being hailed as amazing on the forums.

That's true, since players are different from natives; their bodies are semi-digitized, so the effects of the potion on them will be different.

For example, a healing potion, when used on Terran natives, accelerates the healing of wounds and muscle tissue and stops bleeding, while when used on players, it causes their health bar to continuously and automatically regenerate.

Anyway, Bai Ye wasn't quite sure about the specifics, only knowing that it was probably the so-called game system causing the trouble.

However, this system is quite good; at least for him, it's really useful...

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"I still don't have enough experience points..."

Players are generally low level and don't have much experience, while Bai Ye is already level 30 and needs more and more experience to level up, so it's definitely impossible for him to be invincible all at once.

We can only take it slowly.

After harvesting the chives, it was already evening, and Bai Ye decided to stay in Longmen for the night.

He is indeed quite tired right now.

It's mainly mentally exhausting. Running around everywhere, so many things to do, plus dealing with players...

When he came back last time, Skadi was there, so he could relax a bit.

Skadi has disappeared again. Even the old woman I used to confide in is nowhere to be found.

……

Bai Ye originally wanted to relax at the Emperor's bar, but thinking of Miss Swire and Chen Huijie, she decided to invite them out for dinner instead.

Ironically, the three of them formed a secret society, but they rarely met and usually did their own thing.

Although Bai Ye seems to have made many sacrifices and even helped Chen Huijie find her sister, the other two also made considerable contributions.

Chen Huijie has her own intelligence network, not only with the Lungmen Guard Bureau, but also with informants in the slums, while Miss Swire is responsible for managing the organization's assets and other businesses.

The two of them have just as much work as Bai Ye does.

After Lao Chen and Officer Shi got off work, the three of them found a shop in Dagu Square.

This place seems to be owned by the Swire family, so the young lady knows the shops here very well. Naturally, she wouldn't choose a bad place. She found a private room in the shop, and the three of them sat down.

Taking this opportunity, Bai Ye told Miss Swire about his idea of ​​establishing a technology research and development company.

"Why didn't you say so earlier? A research institute in Columbia went bankrupt a few days ago, and we were able to acquire it..."

Swire slapped his thigh and couldn't help but complain.

"It's alright, research institutes in Columbia go bankrupt all the time, we'll just wait for the next one," Bai Ye comforted her.

"How about we try to short the stock price of those small companies... Hmm, that doesn't seem like a good idea, but we have no other choice, since we're quite short of money..." Swire had already started thinking of solutions.

While eating her sandwich, Chen Huijie listened to their conversation and suddenly looked up at Bai Ye: "Just to be on the safe side, let me ask you something: if we really acquire the research institute, what name do you plan to give it?"

Chen Huijie knew that Bai Ye really didn't know how to come up with names; things like "Northern Cross" and "Namba Heavy Industries" were all inexplicable.

Is it similar to Penguin Logistics next door? Is it called that because the owner is a penguin?

too weird.

“Oh, this one, the ‘Institute of Human Foundation History’…” Bai Ye replied casually.

"No, rejected!"

"Get another one!"

Old Chen and Missy both rejected the name Bai Ye.

This time, even Miss Swire couldn't sit still; she frowned after hearing the story.

"Huh?! It's actually pretty good..." Bai Ye scratched his head in a bit of a daze.

"Another one of these nonsensical things... The history of humankind, how did you even come up with that..." Swire shook her head. "The company's name can also affect the stock price..."

"I just want to... set up my own research team," Bai Ye weakly retorted.

Swire, hands on his hips, lectured, "Scientific research is a money pit. Before you get results, all your investments are worthless. Besides, the things you're going to research are bound to be weird and strange. With our current industry income, we can't afford to keep this bottomless pit alive."

“Since you have this idea, we will work together to implement it. We will follow your general direction, but I will handle the specifics.”

"First of all, we need a reliable name!"

Bai Ye was intimidated by the little tiger's imposing presence.

He hadn't really considered these things, since it wasn't his area of ​​expertise.

After a moment's thought, Bai Ye replied again, "Then let's call it... Lobotomy, Lobotomy Corporation."

Chapter Thirty-Six: Sisters

Although the name "Lobotomy" was also strange, it was at least somewhat in line with the name of the research institute, so Chen Huijie and Swire reluctantly approved the name.

It's much more reliable than some random "Institute of Human Foundation History".

Moreover, Lao Chen and the others always felt that Lobe Cognition seemed to be an unusual match for Bai Ye's name, but they didn't know why.

It's probably because it suddenly received radio waves from another dimension...

Putting that aside for now, Swire raised a new issue: "The research institute can be acquired, and the equipment is not a problem. With your messengers, transporting it from Columbia to Lungmen is no problem at all... Hmm, but how do we handle the researchers?"

Without hesitation, Bai Ye said, "Dig it over."

"Huh?" Chen Huijie put down the pork chop bun she was eating halfway through.

This girl went on a mission today and didn't eat anything before leaving get off work. Now she's starving. While Bai Ye and Swire were discussing issues, she was frantically eating.

Not only Chen Huijie, but even Swire showed a strange expression.

Bai Ye, can you be a little more reliable? The ideas you come up with are all quite...unique.

“We can first cooperate with Rhode Island to recruit talent, and then poach some top talents from Columbia’s research institute.”

When it comes to poaching talent, the first person that comes to Bai Ye's mind is a certain penniless woman, Snow Chizuru. She was also one of the few Rhodes Island operators who left a deep impression on Bai Ye in his previous life.

After all, she's even more of a squirrel and stingy than the players, and has even become a meme. There are even Easter eggs about her in the official system-generated dungeons.

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'Once I've finished dealing with the sports and Chernobog matters, I definitely need to go to Columbia University and find some research talent to bring over…'

Bai Ye pondered for a moment, then suddenly sighed.

Although he was quite confident about the situation in Chernobog's core city, he still couldn't be certain of success or failure until the very last moment.

"What's wrong?" Chen Huijie was finally fully recovered after a big meal, and she looked at Bai Ye with some curiosity, whose face was slightly worried.

Such a bright white night is quite rare to see.

In Chen Huijie's view, Bai Ye always seemed to have plans and ideas, and always had clear goals. This was the first time she had ever seen him sigh like this.

"I'm just thinking about the success or failure of things. I can only do what I can do, and the outcome is up to fate."

Swire nodded: "Is this what they mean by 'Man proposes, God disposes'?"

“Yes, but if it were that old guy from Reunion, he would probably say something like: If this is fate, then I will shatter it, I will march forward.” Bai Ye shook his head, recalling the Wendigos in their armor.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Chen Huijie, who was no longer just a freeloader, finally became reliable.

Bai Ye originally wanted to refuse.

After all, Chen Huijie was always in Lungmen and couldn't help Bai Ye, who was in the Ursus Empire. Moreover, she wasn't the kind of person who abused her power for personal gain. Even when faced with personal matters, she wouldn't lower her bottom line.

However, Bai Ye suddenly thought of something.

"Yes, there's one thing that I absolutely need you to do."

Bai Ye looked at Chen Huijie and nodded firmly.

"Let me make it clear beforehand that anything that violates the laws of Lungmen is prohibited!" Chen Huijie was indeed worried that Bai Ye was up to no good.

Compared to her, Bai Ye's moral bottom line is obviously much more flexible, and this guy seems to be a repeat offender, especially used to and good at finding loopholes.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye waved his hands repeatedly: "How could that be? It's nothing, it's just... well, let me give you an example. If, I mean if, Talulah were standing in front of you, could you bring yourself to do it? Like, punch her hard in the face?"

Bai Ye's tone was somewhat subtle, even carrying a hint of mischievousness.

“Talulah?” Miss Swire asked thoughtfully.

Incidentally, Swire, Chen Huijie, Talulah, and even the Rat King's daughter Lin Yuxia have been childhood playmates. Talulah is the eldest among them, so Swire has a deep affection for Talulah as well.

Chen Huijie sensed something was off about Bai Ye's words: "What are you trying to say? Why should I fight my sister?"

"Yes, because there is another consciousness inside your sister's body."

Bai Ye then told Chen Huijie about the black snake Kosichie and Talulah.

He then slowly said, "We plan to deal with Kosichek after the situation stabilizes. It's definitely not good to keep this guy inside Tarua's body indefinitely."

In the script for White Night, the final outcome will be that all the masters gather together to force Kosicche away.

Originally, there was no place for Chen Huijie in this group. After all, Old Chen is not a sorcerer and is not good at mental magic. With Patriot there, it seems that adding her would not make much difference.

However, Bai Ye was still worried that something unexpected might happen. If the situation got out of control, perhaps Chen Huijie, Talulah's blood relative, could awaken her own consciousness.

After Bai Ye finished speaking, Chen Huijie clenched her fists.

“Unforgivable…that vile black snake. Koschche…”

Chen Huijie gritted her teeth. Twenty years ago, Koschche took her sister away, and now, that vicious guy actually wants to take over her sister's body.

Just imagining that guy speaking to her in her sister's body and voice made her feel disgusted.

Then, she suddenly realized something: "You've been keeping something this important from me all this time? Well, I'm not blaming you, I'm just... having a hard time accepting it all at once."

"Well, I was worried that you might do something irrational in a fit of anger." Bai Ye scratched his head.

Chen Huijie glared at him: "Do I look like that kind of person?!"

Bai Ye rolled his eyes.

Yes, that's exactly who you are. Hoshiguma has said it before: you seem very rational, but when it really matters, you're more impulsive than anyone else, the kind of person who needs someone to stop you.

After all, in his previous life, this guy had smashed the glass window of Wei Yanwu's office in a fit of rage and jumped down into Chernobog...

Even Hoshiguma couldn't stop it.

……

Bai Ye's gaze deeply hurt Chen Huijie.

"You have to add me to your team! If my sister goes insane, I'll make sure she comes to her senses, even if it means... a fight."

Wake up, you can't beat her at all...

Bai Ye nodded in agreement.

With Chen Huijie as an insurance policy, the success rate of the plan may be further improved.

"Hmm, let me think about it again, what role can the players play..."

Could he be used as... cannon fodder?

That's too devilish!