Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

The silver light dimmed, and the artificial intelligence system in the server room returned to its normal state. It had not noticed the abnormality of the previous few minutes and continued to work.

Those few minutes of eerie blank time were simply ignored by it.

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The next morning, the typist arrived at the office and saw Bai Ye, who was already waiting there, looking worried.

Staying up all night was nothing to someone with Bai Ye's superhuman abilities, so even the observant Typing Girl didn't notice anything unusual about him. However, he was indeed acting differently than usual.

Bai Ye usually appears calm and composed, as if he could handle anything, even if the sky were to fall.

However, Bai Ye was very anxious today. He paced around his not-so-large office, muttering something to himself, looking like a mentally unstable lunatic.

"What's wrong?" Typing Girl was startled at first, and for a moment she even thought that the core city was about to be destroyed.

However, Bai Ye didn't even notice the typing girl at first, until the girl ran to Bai Ye's side and tugged at his sleeve hard: "Manager, are you alright?"

Bai Ye then seemed to awaken from a dream.

"Cough, I... I'm fine." He shook his head, even wondering if he was really being neurotic.

His intuition was always sharp, and the abnormality on his right arm told him that this was not an illusion. However, after circling the core city several times, Bai Ye still found nothing.

"Don't worry about anything else. Anyway... as long as nothing bad happens, that's all that matters," the typist said reassuringly.

Bai Ye nodded.

"When do you plan to return to Rhodes Island?" the typist asked while organizing the documents.

"Hmm, probably today?" Bai Ye came to the core city just to take a look, no problem. He still wants to return to Rhodes Island as soon as possible.

He hadn't seen Skadi in a long time and missed her quite a bit.

"So soon..." Typing Girl was stunned. She originally thought Bai Ye would stay here for a while, but she didn't expect Bai Ye to leave so soon.

Just as the girl hesitated and wavered, Bai Ye suddenly asked, "Lephne, are you free this summer?"

"Huh?" The typist was taken aback at first, then said with dissatisfaction, "I told you not to call me by my name so casually. I haven't used my real name in a long time, and I feel really uncomfortable and awkward. It feels so embarrassing."

After complaining, the girl thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook her head: "It's still not possible. I probably won't be able to get away this year. The PRTS instance is indeed not as powerful as the main game, and there are some things I still have to handle personally. There are still quite a lot of things to do here, and I definitely can't leave this summer."

Speaking of which, summer is just around the corner.

Bai Ye also expressed some regret: "That's a real pity... We were planning to go out and have fun this summer."

"You guys?" The typist immediately became alert. "You're not talking about that dull-witted Agorian, are you?"

“Dumb and dazed…” Bai Ye chuckled, then nodded: “Yes, you’re right, it’s that dumb and dazed Agor man.”

It seems he's not the only one who thinks orcas are silly, so it's alright.

Bai Ye found it quite funny, but Typing Ji couldn't laugh.

She clenched her fists, feeling as if she had eaten a lemon.

I'm so envious! I really want to go too!

The girl shouted in her heart.

Unfortunately, she herself is a rather awkward person, even more awkward than Bai Ye, so it is quite difficult to get her to express her thoughts directly.

After coughing, the typist pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Anyway, the supervisor is always out and about, so I'm used to it. Well then, have fun."

"I will apply to headquarters for your overtime pay, and then we'll make up for the holidays next year when there's an opportunity."

Bai Ye had no idea what the girl in front of him was thinking. However, he wasn't a complete scoundrel; at least he still got overtime pay.

The typist rolled her eyes. Do you think I look like I'm short of overtime pay?

I was here first, so how did that Agorian sneak away?

The girl was somewhat unwilling, but there was nothing she could do.

We can only look forward to the "next time" that Bai Ye mentioned.

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Bai Ye, who didn't understand human nature, left the Rhodes Island branch.

His purpose in coming here this time was simply to check on the operation of the players, the dungeons, and the core city.

Although they really wanted to invite the Reunion Movement executives to go on vacation, not only Talulah, but everyone else was too busy.

In Xiao Lu's words, "It's not the time to go out and play freely yet."

Especially now that the core city has just stabilized and everything is in need of rebuilding, it is indeed unrealistic for all the cadres of the integration movement to leave at this time.

"it's a pity……"

To be honest, Bai Ye really wanted to see these old friends, who had worked so hard all day, relax on the beach.

Talulah, Little Deer, Frostnova, and others were playing beach volleyball, while Patriot and Hellagur sunbathed nearby, watching their daughters play. W, armed with a water gun, was spraying water everywhere with Mephisto, while Faust was building sandcastles...

Unfortunately, this is time for fantasy.

Putting aside the fact that no one has time, realistically speaking, the simultaneous appearance of so many infected people will indeed cause unnecessary panic, especially for the giant Wendigo people, who will probably be surrounded as dangerous elements before they have a chance to play for long.

Besides the Iberian beaches, are there any other deserted places on this land where one can swim?

After making preparations, Bai Ye will keep an eye on things and, once the situation in the core city stabilizes next year, take these old friends there to relax and have some fun.

Just as Bai Ye's thoughts were drifting away, his personal programming terminal suddenly rang.

Bai Ye answered the call and found that it was the "gatekeeper" calling.

The so-called "gatekeepers" naturally refer to the Reunion Movement soldiers guarding the entrance.

Currently, the core city has only one entrance and exit, and the rest of the area is under lockdown. The daily work of the Reunion Movement soldiers is patrolling.

As soldiers who had personally breached the Chernobog defenses, the Reunion Movement knew the city's weaknesses and blind spots better than anyone else. Therefore, after occupying the city, they began to renovate and repair it, while increasing patrols in areas prone to infiltration.

The situation remains very tense. Many people cannot bear to see a city inhabited by infected people standing on the earth.

Therefore, from the day of the "Chernoberg Incident", the Reunion Movement was able to catch spies or saboteurs every day.

……

Bai Ye arrived at the entrance and then entered the temporary visitor reception area.

As soon as he went inside, he saw a bunch of little bears sitting there waiting.

"What... what's going on?" Bai Ye was momentarily stunned.

Upon seeing Bai Ye, the guards immediately stood up straight and saluted, then explained, "These children say they've come to see you."

Bai Ye looked through the one-way glass and realized that some of the bear cubs looked familiar.

For example, there's that older woman with a somewhat prematurely aged appearance, and General Dong with rather fierce eyes.

Yes, the guard was right. These little bears are indeed children, or rather, they were all students before—secondary school students held hostage at Peterheim High School.

Bai Ye then remembered that he seemed to have invited these two students before, but he didn't expect them to actually come now, and even brought other people with them.

"Are they trustworthy?" The guards did not lower their guard because of the girls' young and innocent appearance.

"Don't worry, they're friends."

Bai Ye patted the dutiful guard on the shoulder.

Then, he went into the reception room.

When the door to the reception room suddenly opened, the bears all stood up.

General Winter's expression was already somewhat impatient, but she didn't show it after seeing Bai Ye.

"Welcome, Natalia, Sonia," Bai Ye greeted with a smile.

Chapter 122 Bonus Chapter 10/30

(This chapter contains 20,000 words, and I'm 10/30 off my debt. Thanks to "Looking Up at the Stars" for the two treasure chests [gritting my teeth])

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"You actually remember our names."

Natalia looked at Bai Ye with some surprise.

"Of course, I don't have dementia. I'm quite confident in my memory," Bai Ye said with a smile.

Natalia didn't want to say that. In her opinion, it was incredible that a big shot like Bai Ye could call out her name the moment he saw her, even after only meeting her once and not seeing her again for half a year.

That's really quite rare.

Sonia, the "Winter General" standing to the side, wasn't as exaggerated as Natalia. She had her hands in her pockets, looking like a cool delinquent.

"Sonia, won't you introduce your friend to me?"

Bai Ye looked at her with a smile, as well as the two students standing behind her.

“Ahem, this is Anna, Anna Morozova. And then, Rada, they are both students, my friends.” Sonia realized what was happening and introduced the two behind her.

Bai Ye couldn't help but chuckle: "Sonia, are you nervous?"

"How...how could this be? Why should I be nervous?" General Dong said defiantly.

"Sonia, don't force yourself." Anna, who had been standing behind General Dong, stepped forward, looked at Bai Ye, and calmly said, "Hello, Mr. Bai Ye, my name is Anna Morozova. I enjoy literature, reading, and social theory."

"My name is Rada~ I'm a friend of Sonia and Anna. I came here with everyone because I didn't know what to do."

Anna is a quiet, short-haired girl with glasses who appears introverted and aloof, while Rada is a lively and cheerful blonde bear. The three of them stand together, and although their personalities and art styles are completely different, they are surprisingly harmonious.

On the contrary, Natalia, the noblewoman, seemed quite different from them.

"I didn't expect you to actually come looking for me." Bai Ye was indeed a little surprised. He invited these children because of the timeline before he traveled through time. Bai Ye knew that they would later become operators at Rhodes Island, so he extended the invitation casually.

However, that timeline is not relevant. The reason is simple: in that timeline, Talulah was already controlled by the Black Serpent, leading the Reunion Movement to massacre the residents of Chernobog's core city, while simultaneously using natural disasters to destroy the entire city, turning everything into ruins.

In that situation, these students became refugees and spent a difficult and depressing time in the academy before being found in the ruins by Rhodes Island rescue operators.

In that situation, they had nowhere else to go, which is why they joined Rhodes Island.

But now, nothing has happened. Chernobog is fine, except for the loss of a core city; everything else is normal.

These bear cubs haven't lost their relatives and families, so they don't really have any reason to return here.

However, to Bai Ye's surprise, they still did it.

“After I went back, I thought about what you said before, so I came here.” Sonia was direct. She looked at Bai Ye and said, “Could you give me a job?”

"Pfft—" Bai Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the child.

Are there really young people who are this straightforward about wanting to work? If they were in an interview, they would definitely get a negative score.

However, Bai Ye still sensed potential in her.

"And you two?" Bai Ye then looked at Anna and Rada, who were standing behind Sonia.

“I’m very curious about Rhodes Island. I never imagined there would be an infected organization like this, so I wanted to come and find out.” Anna pushed up her glasses and said slowly.

"I just didn't know what to do, so I came with everyone." Lada was a little confused. She had just come with her friends, and it seemed that she had never thought much about the future.

That's a pretty cute answer.

Bai Ye nodded, then clapped his hands and said, "How about this, Anna and Radamanthys, I will have someone send you to Rhodes Island headquarters later. There are teachers there, so you can work part-time while studying and slowly think about your future path."

"As for 'General Winter'... well, I'll take you to see someone in a bit."

After arranging things for the three people, Bai Ye turned to Natalia and asked, "Miss, would it be convenient for us to go outside and talk privately?"

"Of course." The girl nodded.

The two walked out of the reception room. Bai Ye stretched out his hand and opened a soundproof barrier, blocking the outside world: "Who sent you? Your father, the head of the Rostov family? Or... the Speaker of the Imperial Council, Islam Witt?"

Natalia was taken aback for a moment, then let out a soft sigh and smiled helplessly, "As expected, I couldn't hide it from you. The answer is... both. However, I'm a little curious, how did you guess the latter?"

“It’s very simple.” Bai Ye smiled. “The Rostov family is a newly emerging noble family that rose to power after the ‘Great Rebellion’ and rules Chernobog together with Marquis Boris.”

"With Boris's death, your family's situation must not be good either, especially after losing the core city. I think if you want to maintain your position and not be swallowed up by others, you will definitely choose to ally with the Speaker and the Emperor."

The struggle between nobles is bloody and cruel. Once a noble shows signs of weakness, other nobles and those who want a share of the spoils will swarm over like man-eating scales that have smelled blood.

Upon hearing this, Natalia's smile turned bitter. She nodded slightly and said, "Yes, things haven't been good for the past six months, but they've improved a lot since we swore allegiance to His Majesty. The Speaker has been very kind to us, and my family is now in St. Arthur's Castle."

Although they are not what they used to be, at least they have not been destroyed. Compared to those nobles whose families were wiped out, the Rostov family is in a better situation.

After all, the Marquis Boris, who was cooperating with them, was a criminal whom the emperor had ordered the Imperial Guard to arrest and execute. The Rostov family was very close to him, and it was already lucky that they were not purged.