Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

Chapter 8 Upgrade

Bai Ye walked for a full half hour in the underground level before finding a new exit to return to the surface.

It was nearly three o'clock, the darkest time of the night.

Bai Ye removed her mask and let out a long sigh of relief.

He had changed back into his old clothes, and from then on he was a free man with a Longmen identity certificate.

Although the process was tense and exciting, the predetermined goal was achieved.

Moreover, because he chose the most difficult start, Bai Ye reaped great rewards.

The most direct gains are experience and skills.

Arknights Online has a unique experience gain calculation mechanism.

Unlike typical older games where experience is simply gained by killing monsters, in Arknights Online, besides defeating targets, there are multiple ways to gain experience. These include reading Originium Arts theory, learning medical knowledge, practicing martial arts, and even the most common high-intensity training, all of which can increase your experience pool.

In addition, completing tasks and achieving accomplishments are also common ways to gain experience.

Of course, the higher the level, the less experience gained from lower-level actions will be, until it reaches 0.

Besides gaining attribute points by leveling up your character, experience can also be allocated to skills to increase their levels. Therefore, experience is always the most important resource in the game.

Bai Ye has done a lot of things during this ordeal, and has thus gained a lot of experience, enough to raise his personal level by 3.

In addition, he gained many skills after passing the judgment.

[Cold Weapons - Swordsmanship (Mastery)]: Countless training and battles have made you adept at using weapons; they are an extension of your body.

[Hand-to-hand combat (skilled)]: You are able to skillfully use your body to fight; your body is your best weapon.

[Blind Combat] (Passive): Brutal combat training allows you to judge your opponent's movements solely by your senses. You are better able to fight in the blind, in the dark, or against invisible opponents.

[Crossbow Shooting (Mastery)]: Aiming and shooting is just the beginning.

[Elementary Originium Arts (Beginner)]: You are a novice in this field.

[Agile and Dexterous] (Passive): After long-term training, you can make full use of your agility to perform various movements, as nimble and swift as a cat.

……

In fact, Bai Ye had already mastered these skills in his previous life, and at a fairly high level. However, before he transmigrated, he controlled a virtual character in a game to use these skills, and his Originium Arts also utilized the system's intelligent assistance in casting spells. Therefore, when these skills are reflected in his real body now, they are all discounted.

Even so, Bai Ye was still quite satisfied. As long as he could train and fight, he would be able to familiarize himself with and improve these skills again, and slowly regain his feel for them.

"Upgrade first."

Bai Ye invested the experience from the experience pool into his personal level, and his character level reached level 4.

Then, Bai Ye noticed something was amiss.

"How can I gain 6 attribute points from leveling up? My sanity even increased by 2!"

Bai Ye certainly remembered correctly: for every level a player gains, their sanity increases by 1, and they also gain 4 free attribute points.

In the early stages of the game, players are indeed no match for the native inhabitants, because even the most common races on Terra have outstanding individual attributes. And the fantasy races have frighteningly high individual strength and talent.

However, the player's advantage lies in unlimited upgrades and rapid growth, while also being able to revive continuously.

In the later stages of the game, players are able to play important roles on the world stage, and even influence the fate of planets and civilizations.

"Perhaps I need to find a way to improve my templates."

Bai Ye looked at the 18 free attribute points on his body, lost in thought.

Whether it's the innate talents that come with the game or the increased free attribute points, these are probably the changes brought about by this NPC template.

It's just ordinary now.

What benefits would there be for elites, or even those at higher levels?

Bai Ye couldn't help but feel anticipation.

Regarding the allocation of attribute points, Bai Ye distributed his 18 free attribute points evenly among Constitution, Strength, and Agility.

There is no such thing as extreme stat allocation in Arknights Online. Among the four attributes, the first three cannot differ by more than 10 points, while the Spirit attribute cannot exceed the Constitution attribute by more than 20 points.

With 10 points in Constitution, you can only increase Spirit to a maximum of 30 points.

Bai Ye currently does not have an Originium Staff, nor has he learned many spells, so he does not need to improve his mental attribute for the time being.

In fact, in his previous life, Bai Ye only knew how to use Originium Arts. He did not specifically learn more advanced Originium Arts, and he did not know many of them. This was one of the few things he was not very good at.

In reality, players are allowed to have weaknesses, or rather, weaknesses are inevitable. Resources are limited, and players will selectively focus on developing in a certain direction. Teamwork will compensate for each player's weaknesses.

In his previous life, Bai Ye would also cooperate with other top players; playing alone does indeed have disadvantages at times.

However, Bai Ye will now try to make up for these shortcomings.

Because he was all alone.

……

After allocating points, Bai Ye's personal panel looks like this:

Name: Bai Ye

Identity document: Longmen

Template: NPC (Normal)

Race: ██ (WARNING: This entry is corrupted)

Level: 4

Reason: 21/21

Constitution: 16 (related to physical strength, endurance, immunity, and self-healing)

Strength: 16 (related to muscle strength and power)

Agility: 16 (related to hand-eye coordination, dexterity, reaction and balance)

Spirit: 10 (Related to mental strength, willpower, Originium Arts, sensitivity, and intuition)

Charisma: 96 (fixed attribute)

Inventory: 0/10

talent:

[Accelerated Thinking]: Accelerates thinking ability, judgment, reflexes, and brain information processing speed for a certain period of time.

skill:

[Cold Weapons - Swordsmanship (Mastery)]

[Unarmed combat (skilled)]

【Blind Fighting】(Passive)

Crossbow Shooting (Mastery)

[Elementary Originium Arts (Beginner)]

[Agile Movements] (Passive)

thing:

Raytheon M30 Standard Single-Edged Straight Sword

Raytheon Industrial T20 Portable Folding Crossbow "Seagull"

Lungmen Guard Bureau Standard Armor

Penguin Logistics' specially made lightweight protective suit

Overall evaluation:

"Newbie"

……

Bai Ye closed the panel and couldn't help but laugh.

This assessment is very insightful.

To be fair, his level is indeed low, but his equipment is quite luxurious; this set of gear is definitely not something that can be obtained at this level.

The increase in attributes brought about an all-around enhancement. Bai Ye jumped up and down on the spot, feeling great about the increased strength. The enhancement in his physique attribute also allowed the minor injury he suffered in his previous clash with Officer Chen to slowly heal.

Another benefit of Bai Ye's past life as a veteran player was that he was able to quickly adapt to and improve his strength.

After all, he was once powerful—even if it was virtual.

Chapter Nine: Why are you blushing?

Bai Ye stretched.

Although he hadn't rested since transmigrating, Bai Ye had just leveled up three times and was in excellent condition and full of energy.

He wanted to find a place to settle down and then make a proper plan.

Bai Ye knew that his chance would come after the players logged in. As an "NPC" who understood players best, he knew exactly how to deal with these guys.

Issuing quests and opening "NPC shops" to exploit players is just the simplest method. Based on his previous life's gaming experience, Bai Ye believes that players can play a much more important role.

While pondering, Bai Ye suddenly raised his head, his keen senses instinctively alerting him to something amiss.

With a flick of his wrist, the cold hilt of the sword was already in his hand, and Bai Ye immediately activated his accelerated thought process.

This was the first time he had used his innate ability.

The moment the skill was activated, the world slowed down before his eyes.

At the same time, Bai Ye felt as if he had become some kind of machine, his mind cold, like an observer.

This was the first time he had observed the world from another perspective. Light, airflow, sound... It was a wonderful feeling. When everything around him slowed down, he felt omnipotent.

It's not that the world has slowed down, it's that it's moving too fast.

Then he saw a bullet hurtling towards him.

It wasn't an etched bullet, but a peculiar rubber bullet, aimed at his thigh, but not fatal.

The bullet flew "slowly" through the air, spinning like a beautiful oil painting.

Having already determined the required force and angle, Bai Ye gently raised his right wrist and used the sword in his hand to deflect the bullet.

Afterwards, Bai Ye exited the [Accelerated Thinking] state.

A chilling intuition told him that if he continued, he would be harmed, and his mental strength was insufficient to maintain this state for long.

Bai Ye believes that this is not actually intuition, but a conclusion reached after accelerated thinking.

After catching his breath slightly, Bai Ye turned his head and looked across the road not far away.

There, a car was slowing down and coming to a stop. Through the back window, a short-haired girl with a bright halo above her head was sticking her head out, pretending to blow on the muzzle of a gun in her hand.

Clearly, the bullet was fired by the girl.

The car was still moving, and Bai Ye was walking around, yet the bullet was frighteningly accurate.

They truly are Lateran.

These angels with halos above their heads are natural-born masters of firearms. Ordinary people need a long time to learn and train to operate hand cannons, but the Lateran can easily operate multiple large firearms simultaneously, which is simply absurd.

If converted into a template, it would at least come with one "Firearms Proficiency" skill.

……

"Oh my, Texas, our target's got some skills, he actually stopped the bullets."

Exusiai, with her short red hair, opened the car door and said with a grin.

"What you have isn't the real thing either." Texas's voice was calm, showing no surprise or emotion.

Exia jumped out of the car, muttering to herself, "At least it's a bullet fired by Exia, even if it's just a toy gun..."

"Alright, let's get this over with quickly. Illegal parking on the side of the road will result in a fine," Texas interrupted Exusiai's rambling.

Texas came from the safe house where White Night had previously "purchased for free". This was the first time that the Penguin Logistics base had been burgled, so the Emperor seemed to be taking it quite seriously.