Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

The previously unsolved mystery has finally been answered.

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If Bai Ye knew what the players were thinking, he would just laugh.

Only he knew how visually deceptive these videos were. At the time, he was barely able to handle an inner guard, and only managed to go toe-to-toe with a guy through magic and physical skills.

When four more suddenly appeared, he truly panicked. Although he appeared calm on the surface and even made some threats, all he could think was, "Help me! Patriots, help me! Big Daddy, save me!"

Fortunately, Daddy arrived in time, and Bai Ye and Patriots' chances of winning against four inner guards at the same time suddenly increased by 10 times or even 9 times.

At that time, Bai Ye was clearly no match for the four inner defenders combined.

Even now, if the four inner guards were to unleash "Fear Annihilation" together, even Bai Ye would have to temporarily avoid their attacks.

A direct confrontation is not an option.

With those incredibly powerful self-destructing deathrattles, no one would be foolish enough to try and tank the damage, right?

Fortunately, Bai Ye can now fly. He can disregard martial ethics and has super high mobility. He can basically go up and try to win against any kind of powerful enemy.

He kept flying in the sky, while the enemy who couldn't fly could only watch helplessly. In this way, he could keep the enemy occupied for a whole day.

No wonder he inherited the power of 55/50.

Although the players misunderstood Bai Ye's strength, Bai Ye himself won miserably.

He finally witnessed the benefits of players courting death.

Every moment, he receives a share of the experience lost by players who die in his three instances.

Although 99% of the profits belong to the system, and Bai Ye can only get a tiny fraction of the remaining amount, the sheer number of players willing to risk their lives is overwhelming!

Many small things add up; with so many players dying inside, the accumulated experience lost is a terrifying amount.

Bai Ye watched as the experience points in his experience pool started to increase by +1. Although the increase was not fast, the income was stable and would add up to a considerable amount.

After Bai Ye's personal character level reaches 40 and his NPC template is upgraded to elite level, the experience required for each level up is enormous. In addition, there are a bunch of skills that need to be upgraded, making it a double bottomless pit.

So, it's true that the more experience you have, the better.

"Relying solely on teaching skills and recipes to gain experience is too slow. Although there are many players, the number you can interact with at one time is limited."

"We still need to find a way to increase the acquisition of event fragments, open more dungeons, and then make more players die in them..."

Bai Ye gradually developed new ideas.

He then opened the post.

While witnessing the players' reckless actions, Bai Ye began browsing related strategy posts.

As he predicted, strategy guide groups had already started recording their progress in real time. These posts were incredibly popular. Well-known guilds, clubs, and strategy guide groups from other games joined the competition.

For example, the previously famous Peak Project Strategy Group, Rhine Strategy Group, Black Cloak Strategy Group, as well as Starry Sky Guild, Happy Guild, Excellent Era, Zhongtangcao, and so on...

Even Bai Ye witnessed a "tea party for libertines".

In his past life, he was one of them.

Seeing these things on the forum, Bai Ye felt a pang of emotion.

"It's highly likely that the top strategy team will get the first kill..." Bai Ye was quite certain.

While the Tea Party of the Libertines is indeed very strong, belonging to the top tier in both Arknights Online and other games, this time, it was Project Pinnacle who took the first kill crown.

This strategy team became famous overnight because of this.

The dissolute tea party, however, was a miscalculation.

The main reason is that the main tank of the tea party owns his own guild, and it's a large guild at that. He also has to take care of his own guild's affairs, so he didn't participate in this summit attempt.

I only learned about this after Baiye joined the tea party in my previous life.

All I can say is that I was just unlucky.

However, the Tea Party later refreshed the speedrun time for the dungeon, which somewhat made up for the disappointment.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Rhodes Island Branch

Just wanted to say something: for the anniversary celebration, we're offering a bounty for extra chapters, as usual, with no cap, since nobody's going to be here anyway (hands on hips).

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The intense competition among players is something Bai Ye finds appealing. No matter the game, as long as players still have the motivation to grind, it means the game is still thriving.

If we were to pinpoint the biggest change in version 2.0, Baiye's answer wouldn't be about dungeons, player cities, or any other alterations.

In his view, the introduction of the teleportation mechanism will fundamentally change the player's gaming experience.

Version 2.0 adds several new spawn points to the original five player starting locations. Centered around these Awakening Temples, players' exploration footprints across this land will expand accordingly.

For Bai Ye, this change naturally has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that he can more easily guide and summon players, his player army will assemble faster, and through teleportation, he can quickly strike any place on the land covered by resurrection crystals.

The downside is that players will wander around aimlessly. With teleportation, exploring and traversing the map will become much easier, and White Night estimates that it won't be long before their footprints cover the entire continent of Terra.

The problems caused by his wandering around everywhere will give the entire political entity on the mainland a headache.

"I hope everyone is alright..."

Bai Ye clasped his hands together. As a veteran player from his previous life, he knew that there were many places in this world that he couldn't just go wherever he wanted. When players were weak, these places were far too dangerous.

Players will likely have to learn many painful lessons before they can gain experience; this is an inevitable process in the development of things, and Bai Ye will not interfere.

After standing there for a while, Bai Ye was about to leave when a Rhodes Island operator found him.

"Um... Hello, supervisor!"

This was an operator from the field operations department. He wasn't really familiar with his superior, Bai Ye, so he seemed very nervous and somewhat uneasy in front of this supervisor who was almost like an urban legend of Rhodes Island.

"Ah, you've finally arrived. Welcome."

Bai Ye was very happy.

After returning to Rhodes Island, he had a meeting with Dr. Kal'tsit, after which Rhodes Island will establish a branch in the core city of Chernobog.

Unlike ordinary offices, the branch is larger and has more staff. It is no longer just a few people like before, but a large number of agents are stationed here.

Dr. Kal'tsit made this decision not only because of Bai Ye's sake, but also because she was considering the issue of the infected.

The Azazel Clinic alone was not capable of handling so many infected patients, and they also lacked sufficient medication. Therefore, Rhode Island decided to locate part of its drug production line in Chernobog.

Since the production line has already been decided to be located there, let's just establish a fully functional branch and transfer staff from various departments to be stationed there. If they are willing to stay permanently, that would be even better; if they don't want to stay for long, they can take turns on a quarterly basis.

The proposal was approved at a high-level meeting at Rhodes Island, after which Bai Ye left Rhodes Island.

Now, the first batch of Rhodes Island operators have finally arrived at the core of Chernobog.

The first to arrive were naturally the field operations department and engineering staff under Bai Ye's command.

"Send them directly to the Chernobog Sechenov State Hospital."

Bai Ye decided to directly transform this large hospital located in the core city into Rhodes Island's headquarters in the core city.

However, considering that Rhodes Island is not simply a pharmaceutical company or a hospital, the building also needs to be renovated and reinforced.

However, one interesting point is that the building housing the Sechenov First State Hospital was not originally intended to be a hospital. To be precise, it was a fortified monastery of the Ursus Empire.

Afterwards, the entire building was converted into a hospital.

Therefore, the building was exceptionally sturdy and easy to defend, making it practically a military base.

"Manager, Miss Typing Girl is looking for you."

"Ah, okay." Bai Ye nodded. He was a little puzzled as to why it was necessary to send a field agent to make a special trip for this kind of thing. Couldn't they just call him directly using the terminal?

However, this question was quickly answered. Bai Ye took out the terminal from his pocket and found that it had been shut down due to a lack of power.

"I'm guessing I'll get criticized again when I get back."

Bai Ye shrugged, then turned and patted the shoulder of the operator next to him: "Let's go, let's go back."

"Ah, okay, okay!" The operator nodded. In the end, the aura of affability worked, and he was no longer as nervous as before.

The two drove their vehicle to the hospital entrance.

The typist was already waiting for him at the door. The girl leaned against the pillar in front of the door, looking unusually petite.

As soon as Bai Ye got out of the car, she came to greet him.

"Seriously, I can't get through to the terminal either, this is terrible!"

No one would be happy if they couldn't contact their superiors when needed. The typist was no exception; because she needed to handle tasks, she had to ask field operators to find them, otherwise she might have gone herself.

"Sorry, I've been busy, and the terminal is out of power." Bai Ye raised his hands in the traditional Gallic military salute.

"Humph."

The typist's expression softened slightly, and she crossed her arms and hummed.

"How did you know I was near Central Square?" Bai Ye asked curiously.

Logically, searching for him throughout the entire core city would be like finding a needle in a haystack, but this time the efficiency was surprisingly high. The operators found Bai Ye in a very short time.

"Having been your assistant for so long, of course I know where my boss usually goes. As long as the operators search areas with lots of undead, they're sure to find you."

Typing Girl knew how popular Bai Ye was among the undead, and how closely connected he, as a scholar, was to this race. Following this lead would surely lead them to Bai Ye.

"So smart?" Bai Ye looked at him with newfound respect.

"Hey, what's with that look you're giving me? What are you thinking?" The typist was standing quite close to Bai Ye and immediately heard his muttering.

"That's enough... That's so rude of you."

It's kind of pitiful, this girl was originally a emotionless, expressionless girl, but after staying with Bai Ye for a long time, she turned into a witty and sarcastic persona.

Her public image has long been ruined.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Be a decent human being

Bai Ye followed the typing girl into the hospital.

The entire building was covered in scaffolding, and renovations were underway inside. It needed a complete overhaul and reconstruction to meet the various requirements of the Rhodes Island branch.

Civil engineers from the Engineering and Logistics departments are studying the building based on drawings and data found in the core city database by the Integration Movement.

"It's so big..." Bai Ye exclaimed as he walked through the main entrance and looked at the spacious hall.

"Is this your first time here?" The typist frowned.

"I've only seen the data and blueprints in the database; this is my first time here," Bai Ye replied casually, watching the busy Rhodes Island operators and workers with great interest.

"Sigh, you should have done an on-site inspection." The typist didn't know what to say. This manager had no problem grasping the big picture, but he was always quite careless about the details.

"Isn't there you? By the way, has the handover of work at Rhodes Island been completed?" Bai Ye turned to look at Typing Princess and asked.

"Yes, the handover of everything on Rhodes Island is complete." Typing Girl nodded. Then, she looked at Bai Ye with some curiosity: "What do I need to do next?"

As she asked the question, she had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, Bai Ye's next words made her eyes turn dangerous.

Bai Ye smiled and said, "Miss Typing, congratulations on your promotion. We have decided that you will be the head of the field operations department of Rhodes Island's Chernobog core city branch."

"Clam?!"

Typing Girl looked around at the company branch that was still under renovation and construction, and was a little confused.

What Bai Ye said is easy to understand. Simply put, the field operations department of this branch will be taken over by Ms. Typing.

However, Typing Girl was very curious about how Bai Ye made such a decision.

"In that case, who is my direct supervisor? Is it you, Manager Bai Ye, or the branch manager here?"

Yes, this meant the typist now had two direct superiors, and the girl immediately started imagining all sorts of office politics and factional struggles. She felt like she might be caught in the middle.

Suddenly, her gaze sharpened again. The urge to kill someone is impossible to hide!

Then Bai Ye's next sentence dispelled her doubts: "There is no difference between the two, because they are both me."

The typist was stunned.

Bai Ye thought she hadn't understood, so he explained: "Now my identity is not only the head of the field operations department, but also the branch manager of the entire Rhodes Island overseas branch."