Congratulations, You've Become an NPC

Walk out of the teaching building,

Arnold was wandering around the campus casually.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have so much time to waste now.

It's just that he needs some time to think about what he promised to the director.

security force,

And things about magic students.

Being able to mobilize so many people is probably not something the public security department can do.

There must be someone else behind them.

Is it the emperor?

Or someone else?

"It must be investigated."

"There are a lot of things to be busy with."

Arno put his fingers to his ears and whispered softly.

"Put me through to Evie Gray."

[Unable to connect. 】

"what happened?"

[The other party has enabled interception and blocked all conversations. 】

"So sudden? She didn't even tell me?"

Arno frowned.

He felt more and more,

His control over the intelligence department depends entirely on Evie.

Once Evie is unable to escape because of other things, he will be equivalent to losing his intelligence ability and becoming a blind man.

"Fortunately, I'm not unprepared for this."

The imperial resistance organization has its own intelligence network,

Even if Arno loses Evie's network of correctors, he can still use the resistance organization's intelligence network at the bottom of society.

However, Lann's identity is still in the hospital, and Freya is still in the planning stage.

Arno can't use the resistance organization's network for the time being.

"This is really unprecedented."

Arno walked to the lawn and sat down, looking up at the clear sky, silently thinking about the next thing.

The first thing to do is to solve the problems faced by the college.

Secondly, there were multiple requests for meetings from Eileen.

And then there's a whole bunch of shit.

"The weather is really nice today."

Lying down, Arnold scratched his head and simply chose to empty his mind.

Losing his intelligence ability doesn't mean that he can't do anything now.

Just one trip on the grass makes people feel a little lazy.

Open the forum at will,

Arno browsed the contents of the closed beta section.

The information in the public section is too messy. Most of the players' information is not only kept secret by themselves, but also required by game officials to keep it confidential. Only certain things can be published.

So for Arnold, there is no value.

Although the internal beta section is full of old men, they still have some information.

"Um?"

Soon, Yano was attracted by a post.

The title of the post is "Shocking", which has the glory of a certain squirrel in the past.

【Shock! The player was kidnapped by an NPC just to make him do this! 】

I have to say that this title is eye-catching enough. If this player does not become the editor-in-chief of Xiaodao, it would be a bit humiliating.

Arnold clicked in to take a look.

Um,

Not a headline-grabber.

"Wait, this is..."

Arno was stunned for a moment and read the content of the post carefully.

The things described in it all have system screenshots and some video footage.

Most of them are from the player's first perspective, tied to a chair, eyes dazzled by dim lights.

There were faint murmurs all around that seemed to come from the underworld of hell.

"Tell me, who are you? Where do you come from?"

the voice asked.

"No, I don't know what you mean."

Another slightly younger voice replied.

Arno guessed that this should be the voice of the player, because there was no tension in it.

Only players can remain calm in this situation.

But this state could not last forever.

The lights are getting dimmer, and from the perspective of the video, you can only see the light shrinking with a mysterious frequency.

"I ask again, tell me, where are you from?"

After the silence lasted for a while, the voice asked again.

"I...I am..."

"you……"

The player's voice became obviously confused and lost the calmness at the beginning.

It sounded to Arno as if he was drunk.

"Come on, tell me, tell me and you can get easy."

That voice was seductive and full of charm.

"OK……"

"I tell you, I tell you everything."

"I am--"

snap,

At this critical moment, when the player's words were about to come out, the video was interrupted.

Arno looked at the screenshots besides the video.

Likewise, everything stops at key places.

Move the post to the comment area,

Sure enough, almost all of them were scolded.

"Damn it, why did you stop at this position? Will you die if you record for one more second?"

"What did the player say?"

"Here, the NPC really kidnapped the player. See you soon."

"I thought it was just clickbait."

"PS, right?"

"Grandstanding."

"Hey, neither of them showed their faces. Isn't the cost of counterfeiting too low?"

There are all kinds of sounds.

Only one thing is the same,

Players who saw this post were all paying attention to the follow-up.

Although almost everyone was waiting to see a joke, Arno didn't think so.

This screen uses a first-person perspective, so the player’s face cannot be clearly seen.

The other party never revealed his identity from beginning to end, only his voice spoke.

Under normal circumstances, Arno would have regarded this as a clown trying to impress others, just like everyone else.

However, Arnold's time in this world is not short.

The intelligence level of NPCs is no different from ordinary humans.

As long as it takes a little longer, they will notice the players' anomalies sooner or later.

At that time, it is also foreseeable to capture players for research and hypnotize them through methods like the video.

Just like what Arnold felt before, the player's consciousness is transferred to the game,

Then, there is no denying the possibility that players will be hypnotized.

Whether the system has this level of protection is still relatively low-level.

Therefore, Yano cannot completely deny the authenticity of this video.

only……

"too fast."

"This is much faster than I expected."

"Even if I guessed that the player would be discovered sooner or later, the speed is still far beyond my guess."

Arno murmured, and that little bit of tiredness had long since disappeared.

If this video is true, then this incident will bring some unforeseen risks to Arnold.

He did not consider the situation where players would be discovered so early, and he did not anticipate countermeasures in advance.

after all,

How many days has it been?

It was only two or three days before the server was launched, and before the end of the closed beta, players were already exposed to NPCs.

Arnold had expected that this would not happen until at least the second test.

Because the first test only lasts so long, this kind of thing will never happen no matter how hard the players try.

However, Arnold obviously still underestimated the players.

"It's troublesome."

He patted his butt and stood up.

Regardless of whether this video is true or false,

As long as this video appears.

Then it is conceivable for players to try to do some silly things to confirm.

By that time, even if this video is fake, it will become real.

"We have to think of countermeasures."