Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

"So, have you finished reviewing the materials?"

While drying her wet hair, Greta walked to the sofa.

“…Um.” Bai Ye glanced at the radiant Laurentina, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn’t.

There was definitely no time to read the material carefully.

Finally, they found the scattered paper documents under the bed.

"Sigh—" Goredia shook her head helplessly, then took the materials from Bai Ye's hand.

Bai Ye and Laurentina looked at each other, then stuck out their tongues.

"I'll go turn on the humidifier."

It seems to be a quirk.

Bai Ye feels uncomfortable and unaccustomed to seeing paper books and materials.

Even if it's the exact same thing, you can easily read it on an electronic device, but you just can't do it on a paper copy.

Chapter Ninety-Three Reforging

The opposing team has a total of 7 people.

Ursus's internal defender, with an individual strength rating of A.

It utilizes sword skills, corresponding combat tactics, attack and defense distances, tactical algorithms, attack and defense techniques, habitual stances, move combinations, and various combination probabilities.

Strength, speed, breathing, muscles, habits, blind spots, and all kinds of data have been collected.

Strategic influencing factors include psychological tendencies, personality traits, judgment of people, thinking speed, stress resistance, and emotional inhibition...

The collapse phenomenon after the self-destruction is included in the calculation.

All necessary intelligence has been gathered, and all data has been accumulated…

The battlefield environment has been created.

"Brain circuit switching complete."

'Enemy Pre-emptive Action Pattern Prediction - 34 Types'

'19 Effective Counterattack Methods'

'Second step, number of action nodes: 283'

'Step 3 2728'

Step four, step five…

The tree diagram has been generated, the path exploration has been completed, and the optimal path has been found.

Battle predictions begin through brain imaging.

The first step involved all three attackers simultaneously launching a diagonal slash from above, achieving a synchronization rate of 93.582%—0.5cm to the right of the prediction, requiring data correction.

The second step is to dodge the attack from behind by two people and avoid the spear-shaped energy projectiles.

The third step involves a frontal thrust, with a synchronization rate of 94.835%—the blade angle is 3.3° too high; data correction is needed.

……

"call--"

Bai Ye flicked his wrist, twirled his sword, and stuck the "wind chime" into the ground.

He then took out a towel and wiped the sweat from his temples.

Facing seven Ursus guards at the same time, relying solely on swordsmanship is indeed troublesome—mainly because each of these guards has a deathrattle effect, which causes them to self-destruct after being summoned, making them very troublesome.

Even without using powers and spells, Bai Ye still felt somewhat troubled.

"It's not simply honing swordsmanship; it looks like we're fighting something. Is this... meditation training?"

A loud, carefree voice came from the side. Bai Ye turned around and saw that it was Nian.

She had just passed by the training ground and happened to see Bai Ye outwitting thin air, so she stopped to watch out of curiosity.

“Yes, meditation training.” Bai Ye nodded.

Bai Ye's swordsmanship requires him to explore the optimal path, construct a mental image of the enemy's subsequent actions, and project it onto his retina. Simply put, Bai Ye is actually fighting a future enemy, and his opponent's every move is under his control.

The actual actions of the target will differ from the virtual image constructed by Bai Ye. This data will be incorporated into the calculation. After correcting the errors one by one, the opponent's behavior trajectory will be predicted more and more accurately.

Finally, the image will perfectly match the enemy's movements.

Therefore, creating images in the mind out of thin air is also a very important step. Bai Ye habitually uses this ability for meditation training.

The data of enemies encountered in the past is reprojected, and then battles are fought against them.

Of course, only he himself can see this thing; to others, it looks like he's fighting some unseen enemy.

Because it was sword training, Bai Ye deliberately sealed his powers and did not use any abilities other than swordsmanship.

Otherwise, there would be no point in firing a plasma cannon at it.

"Why did you suddenly decide to practice swordsmanship?" Nian asked curiously.

Bai Ye pondered for a moment, then pushed up glasses that weren't actually there:

"Looking at myself in the mirror today, I see how I've been ruined by wine and women, and how haggard I look..."

It was obviously a joke, so Nian laughed too.

"Don't think I haven't read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms... But your swordsmanship is so good, even in the Great Yan Dynasty, you could be considered a grandmaster." Nian praised, her discerning eye naturally able to see the extraordinary nature of Bai Ye's swordsmanship.

However, Bai Ye shook his head:

"It's not enough... I always feel like something's missing."

“He is indeed a little lacking. I’ve seen my elder brother practice martial arts, and he seems to have something more than you that I can’t quite explain. But I’m not a martial artist, so I don’t really understand.” Nian nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.

According to the system's evaluation criteria, Bai Ye's current skill level is only one step away from becoming a [Sword Master].

However, this step is very difficult to take.

"I feel it might be related to my swordsmanship philosophy." Bai Ye then explained his swordsmanship and the year.

"I feel that my swordsmanship is like a container that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. At first, it is easy to raise the liquid level, but it becomes more and more difficult as you go higher. In the end, no matter how much water is poured in, the liquid level cannot rise even a little bit."

Nian nodded:

"A swordsmanship that transcends everything... That's certainly interesting, but you can never exhaust all the martial arts in this world. You'll always encounter new things, so you can never surpass them."

"I feel like I've dug myself a hole..." Bai Ye sighed.

"But putting aside your cultivation level, your combat strength is definitely at the Grandmaster level, which is more than enough," Nian said with a smile, trying to comfort him.

Bai Ye was somewhat troubled:

"As someone with OCD, it's really tough."

"Now I can only pin my hopes on the Great Yan."

Of course, there is another method: using experience points to boost it.

However, Bai Ye really didn't want to use this method—how should I put it, he always felt that his talent was already like having a cheat code, and if he continued to use cheat code methods to improve, it would be a waste of all the hard work he had put in over the years.

"There will probably be opportunities... just look for more chances." Nian nodded.

Bai Ye put the "wind chime" away.

Year later, he reached out his hand:

"I heard that you had a sword shattered in the past?"

"It didn't break; it just disintegrated on its own because it couldn't withstand my force."

As Bai Ye spoke, he took the shattered Arc Light out of his inventory.

“I will reforge it, but apart from its toughness, it will have no other wonders.”

Nian reached out and took the fragment of the Arc Light Sword.

Bai Ye tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.

“The wind chimes are too conspicuous; anyone in the know can spot them at a glance. For certain reasons, you can’t reveal your relationship with me for the time being,” Nian explained.

Bai Ye nodded. Being able to reforge this sword was a good thing for him. After all, Arc Light was an old friend of his, and Bai Ye looked forward to the rebirth of this weapon that could no longer accompany him.

However, there was one more thing that Bai Ye cared about.

"Now, you should be able to tell me what we're going to do."

Although the ultimate goal was to prevent the Year Beast from reviving, Bai Ye had no idea where to begin, as he had never done a similar mission before his transmigration.

Chapter Ninety-Four: Searching for Lost Relatives

"First, I need to find my sister."

In response to Bai Ye's question, Nian gave her answer.

"Strange, why would I be needed for something like this?" Bai Ye asked, slightly puzzled.

He originally thought that Nian would require him to chop people up or get rid of something.

He's certainly good at this kind of thing.

But finding someone...

"For various reasons, I definitely can't find that person if I go there now. But if it were an 'ordinary human' like you, you would probably still have a way to get close to her."

After Nian's explanation, Bai Ye roughly understood what was going on.

In short, Nian's younger sister, another incarnation of a fragment of the Year Beast, has gone into hiding, seemingly to avoid being found. If Nian were to search for her personally, she would hide even deeper, making it virtually impossible to find her.

“My sister is good at painting. Painting is to her what forging is to me.” Nian found a chair and sat down, then explained while examining the broken sword that Bai Ye had given her.

Bai Ye already knew that for the twelve incarnations of the Year Beast, each incarnation represented a concept, or rather, a skill. Since Nian said her sister was skilled in painting, she must have her own unique talent.

"Deceiving the real from the fake, creating things out of thin air, are nothing but child's play. Her paintings can even form an independent little world, and she herself can hide in it. You don't even know where you are, or whether the person you see is her true self or an avatar." Nian was somewhat troubled.

Finding this younger sister is obviously a very difficult task, at least for her.

"How do we depict the world?" Bai Ye blurted out.

That's quite an impressive ability.

Creating a small world directly reveals that the avatars of giant beasts are indeed monstrous beings.

Their powers are no longer limited to "force" and "quantity," but rather to a more wondrous concept. This ability reminded Bai Ye of a DLC for an old single-player game he used to play, "Dark Souls 22."

To escape the Deep Sea Age, some people sought refuge in the painting world created by the young lady. It was a painting created with the paint of Dark Souls, yet it contained a complete world.

"You can also blame yourself for not being able to find her... If she's determined to hide inside the painting, you can't force her out even with brute force." Bai Ye suddenly realized.

However, if a weak ordinary person like Bai Ye were to "accidentally" enter her life, she might not be in a hurry to escape, and might even test Bai Ye.

"This is your chance... So, I can't show myself directly, and you can't bring the wind chimes. Also, whatever you do, don't use your powers, or she'll be scared away."

The year reminded me of several things in a rambling manner.

Bai Ye nodded.

The strength of one's four basic attributes can be explained by innate divine power. In Originium Arts, magic, and even martial arts, the Great Yan Dynasty boasts countless outstanding masters in these fields. However, if one uses their powers, it means a colossal beast has come knocking.

It would be strange if that younger sister from that year didn't run away.

"Is your sister so timid? Did you do something bad?" Bai Ye looked at Nian with suspicion.

Nian waved his hand:

"How could that be? I cherish her too much to ask. Just how terrible is my image in your eyes?!"

Bai Ye rolled his eyes.

"However, the fact that you went to see her first means that she is the one you trust the most among the twelve incarnations?" Bai Ye stroked his chin.

“Perhaps she’s the one I’m most worried about. After all, I’m her older sister…” Nian sighed.

In the blink of an eye, she had already reforged the "arc light" at a speed that would leave any blacksmith speechless.

Bai Ye took the weapon and examined it.