Chapter 72 Sending NPC to School [VIP]

Lin Chen returned to his home. Although it looked luxurious from the outside, there was only a table, a chair, a bed and a TV inside.

Lin Chen turned on the TV.

Welcome to KOZU 5... Your number one choice for weather, news, and entertainment.

[Now, let me tell you tomorrow's weather forecast.]

【The weather will be sunny and cloudless all day long.】

You're not the producer... Did the author of "Star Valley" agree to it?

Lin Chen switched to the [Daily Divination] channel.

Ah… I sense a new audience member joining us. A young woman from…? Welcome, welcome!

[The elves are very happy today! They will try their best to bring good luck to everyone.]

Lin Chen whistled happily.

She opened the [Building] page and set up a [Console] at the door, allowing her to change her subordinates' work content anytime and anywhere.

Then she put away all the furniture and started setting up the monitoring room, including the extra-large screen, ergonomic chair, etc., in the lobby.

After all, the memories of her previous life (?) still left a deep impression on her. For example, now she feels that everyone is her asset, and she must know all the movements of her assets.

Although the idea is not very bat-like but very Augur-like, the result is very bat-like, isn't it?

Lin Chen switched the [Architecture] page to the outdoors and began diligently installing surveillance cameras.

Seeing that the NPC was worried about the lack of water in the residential buildings, I added a [Free Water Plant] in the function area, which can install free water in all buildings with one click.

If the NPC has a headache, feed it the debuff-removing [Ginger Ice Brewed Small Rice Balls: Black sesame rice balls soaked in iced ginger juice. The clash of hot and cold creates a headache like a plastic bag being gently lifted. This immediately removes the "migraine" debuff and grants a short-term "clear mind" status (abnormal resistance ↑).]

Most of the NPCs were suffering from debuffs like [Hunger] and [Stomachache]. Lin Shen was greatly shocked... Wait, this place seemed to be a slum originally, so it's okay now.

Lin Chen set up three canteens in the residential area: one near the breeding area, one near the functional area, and one right next to the planting area. He then rushed to the control room, selected a dozen talented cooks, and assigned them to the canteens.

Then he bought a lot of food at a very low price in the system mall which can be used with the game world currency, and put it in the cold storage room of the cafeteria.

The player wiped a cold sweat from his forehead.

It was a close call, the NPC almost starved to death.

It would be nice if there was an artificial intelligence to do this procedural work of watching the NPCs...

Um, wait? Artificial intelligence?

System: No, why are you looking at me?

Lin Chen: It's time for you to share my burden! Otherwise, why would I want to separate my consciousness to serve as the game system AI?

That’s right, the system is the player, and the player is the system!

Why was the system not used in the past few days? Because at that time the players were still thinking about opening all the anchor points and picking up trash on the road, so there was no need to use the system.

Speaking of anchor points, Lin Chen opened the map.

Wow, there's a whole piece of land between the continent and the ocean next door, and the land at the bottom hasn't been unlocked yet.

Forget it, it's normal for players to be distracted by something else while doing anything. This just shows that this game is very interesting. If it was not interesting, players would have refunded the game within two hours!

At least until the player's farm is on track.

The system slowly reminded: "There are still tasks."

Yes, now the player's taskbar looks like this:

[Woman with ulterior motives: You came to the lab, and then... you destroyed it. But the "kind" organization behind Vermouth doesn't seem to care and still welcomes you. Call her number when you're ready, and someone will come pick you up.]

[An organization is hunting you: You've severely dampened their spirits, and they've stopped hunting you and are now showing goodwill. Accept and join them, or reject and hunt them down...it's all up to you.]

[The Source of Enemies (2/10): Your enemies are decreasing in number at a crazy rate, perhaps thanks to your completely free-range little sisters. Anyway, at least the total number is clear, isn't it?]

[Save the Out-of-School Youth: The children of Leibo Street have long been out of school, with the negative status "Lack of Knowledge" hovering above their heads, and their intelligence attributes are locked at basic values. As the new owner of this territory, it is your responsibility to change this situation.]

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After ignoring a series of unheard-of tasks such as [Explore the base of XX organization], [Add fuel to the fire of XX's struggle for power], and [Tracking the secrets behind XX], the player's to-do list finally became clear.

1. Manage your own farm.

4. Develop new dishes.

5. Complete the illustrations.

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I'm so busy.

Lin Chen wiped the non-existent sweat.

Players do not need to sleep to restore health, but sleeping is helpful when there are various recovery dishes.

Unless players are forced to go to bed at 2 o'clock like some games, players will be reluctant and rush to go to bed on time every day.

Unfortunately, this game does not have this mechanism hahahahahahaha.

So even though it is dark now, it does not affect the hardworking player from completing her schedule.

For example, think about how the hundreds of minors on Leibo Street can legally get into school.

Common sense suggests that it's not feasible to have a school with hundreds of transfer students at once. Furthermore, their ages and educational backgrounds vary greatly. Some are already quite old, but haven't even attended elementary school yet.

Considering the NPC's status, knowledge, etc., it is also a very distressing thing to decide what grade to place such people in.

So Lin Chen broke into a nearby boarding school overnight, found the dormitory, and used Insight to have the system record the attributes of the student NPCs, especially [Intelligence] and [Knowledge].

After climbing the walls of three schools, the system gave Lin Chen a functional relationship between grade and attributes.

Lin Chen then returned to the sheepfold and started to use Insight to let the system record the values ​​of these underage NPCs and calculate what grade they should be in.

"What are you doing?" The gravity NPC asked Lin Chen standing outside the window.

"It depends on which grade you should go to." Lin Chen took the time to answer.

The gravity NPC watched Lin Chen walk and stop, with intervals of less than a second, and couldn't help but say, "...Can you really tell that you're just going to leave after just one look?"

Lin Chen looked back at him seriously and said, "You can question the player's attitude, but you cannot question the player's ability!"

Lin Chen looked at the character panel given by [Insight] and began to read expressionlessly:

"Nakahara Chuuya, 12 years old, Sheep King, Intelligence 74, Knowledge 32, Current Mood: Confused + Alert, Attitude: Cautious Trust."

Lin Chen stared at the data panel in the void and spoke quickly, "I just went to check out the newly built school bus stop, and now I'm wondering, 'Is this person reliable?'"

Nakahara Chuuya's pupils contracted and he subconsciously took half a step back.

"Shirase, 15 years old, Intelligence 55, Knowledge 22, Mood: Anxious + Suspicious, Attitude: Superficially submissive." The new owner of Leibo Street continued to read with a blank expression, his eyes wandering in the air. "Ten minutes ago, he secretly hid a knife. Now he's trying to figure out how to convince the others to escape."

A white-haired boy in the corner froze.

She continued walking, her eyes fixed on the empty space ahead, as if something existed there. "Takayanagi Ringo, 9 years old, IQ 82, Learning 15, Mood: Anticipation + Anxiety. Attitude: Observation. She's wondering if she can bring the doll she found to school tomorrow."

The girl who was called hugged the rag doll in her arms tightly, her eyes wide open.

"Well?" the childish adult raised an eyebrow in triumph, gloating over the shock he had caused these children to take advantage of him. "Want to continue?"

Nakahara Chuuya pursed his lips: "How... did you know that?"

"Hehehe, very simple." Lin Chen shook her fingers and turned to continue her testing work.

Her figure shuttled quickly among the children, and she accurately reported a series of data every time she stopped for less than a second.

[Current progress: 47/117]

[Abnormal individual detected: Age 14, Intelligence 132, Knowledge 9]

【Suggestion: Skip-grade arrangement】

Lin Chen stopped in front of a tall, thin girl, looking thoughtful. "You should go to the high school department... but you need to catch up on the basics first."

The girl pinched the corner of her clothes awkwardly, her voice as soft as a mosquito: "I, I can't read..."

"It's okay," Lin Chen patted her shoulder cheerfully, "I'll make sure you're ready before school."

The girl was strangely silent for a moment: "It always feels scary..."

The moonlight shines through the window, casting mottled shadows on the ground.

Nakahara Chuuya looked at the man who came out of nowhere and changed everything here in just one afternoon.

She was enthusiastically planning each child's academic path, a pure glint in her red eyes—as if she were arranging an elaborate game.

"Why..." he whispered, "do you have to go to this extent?"

Lin Chen didn't even raise his head, and he understood very well the NPCs' daily confusion and emo because of the players' kindness.

No need to thank the NPCs. The players work so hard and treat you so well, of course it’s because the players have high moral values.

Well, maybe that’s partly why the mission rewards are so generous.

But this is not the decisive factor.

At least it won't be the decisive factor in answering your question.

Besides, if you don’t complete all the tasks in the game, what’s the difference between you and a lazy person?

With so many tasks piled up in your taskbar, wouldn't players feel guilty? There are so many NPCs waiting to be rescued in the open world, are you just going to leave them there?

Red face, slap.

Go do the task!

At this time, the chief of the Special Ability Agent Department felt very difficult with the situation reported to higher levels.

"Didn't Player say he's been active in America? How did he end up here?"

Deputy Section Chief Zhongtian Santouhuo also had a look of toothache. They had in their hands the data about [Player] that they had urgently collected, and along with it came her whereabouts.

The photos spread out on the table showed where she first appeared - the rooftop of the Yokohama Port Mafia, and where she had wandered all over Neon at an inhuman speed.

Later, she leaped into the sea in vain. At this time, there was little information about her, only a few photos taken by fishermen. In the photos, Player was making a "V" sign with them, with his face very close to them.

The fishermen thought it was some kind of performance art of swimming in the deep sea and guessed her boat might be nearby. So instead of reporting the incident to the police, they posted it on social media.

Up to this point, no one paid attention to her until she was in New York, because of a confrontation with a well-known international criminal organization.

Later, she attracted almost half of the city's law enforcement forces, and remained intact in the hands of technology and super-natural ability users.

It even destroyed the entire West Side of New York.

Here they gave her the code name "Player", which refers to her attitude of treating the world as a game and her unpredictable abilities.

Then came the hunt that captivated the entire world. Everyone thought they were the hunter, but each one fell horribly at her hands. The entire army was annihilated, and every human-mouthed monkey that appeared in her sight lost their weapons, clothes, and wallets...

Everything except themselves and their underwear.

…Should we thank her for being so kind as to leave them their underwear? She even spared them their lives, leaving them with their last breath.

Zongtian Shantouhuo's finger poked heavily at the latest photo - in the picture, a white-haired girl was squatting on top of the ruins of Leibo Street, behind her were strangely neat farmlands and animal sheds, as well as rows of buildings.

"Today she suddenly came to Yokohama and transformed the entire slum into..." He paused, "a farm theme park?"

"This is even worse." The investigator pulled up the surveillance video.

On screen, the player was recklessly altering the terrain, while the thugs were as docile as sheep, standing in line obediently. The military and police risked their lives to approach, but infrared scans revealed they lacked any control devices.

"Superpowers? Mind control?" Tantan's blood vessels were throbbing.

"It's probably something even more terrifying." The investigator pulled up the New York battle damage report. "She can instantly transform even the most brutal thugs into model citizens. FBI investigation records show that even the subconscious minds of those who have been 'converted' have been tampered with."

The conference room suddenly fell silent. Tiny particles of dust floated in the projector's beam, like some ominous omen.

"Immediately establish a special countermeasures team." Taneda finally spoke, "An existence of this level must..."

The section chief waved his hand. "Do you really think we can contend with this kind of existence?"

Taneda Santohuo's fingertips tapped unconsciously on the tabletop, the projector's light casting flickering shadows on his face. The only sound in the conference room was the gentle hum of the machines.

"So what you mean is..." His voice was dry.

"Observe." The section chief pushed a stack of photos to the center of the table. "Based on this information, she won't attack unless you initiate an attack. She's just like any other tourist here."

In the photo, a group of people surrounded the white-haired girl, their hands raised high, their faces filled with joy. Player, in the center, performed a backflip with a deadpan expression, creating a joyful atmosphere.

"But the renovation of Leibo Street..."

"Compared to the West Side of New York, this is already a mild version." The section chief smiled bitterly and brought up a new picture - Player was standing by the farmland, impatiently instructing a former gang member on how to farm. The latter's pious expression looked like he was participating in some kind of religious ceremony.

Taneda suddenly noticed a detail: "Wait, those kids..."

The camera zooms in to reveal dozens of children from Leibo Street, dressed in brand new uniforms, lining up to board a school bus. Nakahara Chuuya stands at the bus door, counting the number of students, a "Discipline Committee Member" badge pinned to his chest.

"She turned the slums into..." Taneda's voice choked.

"Utopia." The section chief turned off the projection. "So the new mission of the countermeasures team is: record her behavior patterns, but absolutely do not—"

A shrill alarm suddenly rang out. The surveillance screen switched to white, showing Lin Chen kicking over the gang members who had entered the Leibo Street area, and then knocking these blind people unconscious in three minutes.

When they woke up under the green light in Player's hand, Bai Jue, with calm expressions, assigned himself to various industries on the farm.

Taneda Santohuo slowly sat back in his chair, realizing his back was completely soaked. He took a sip of his now-cold tea and asked, "What are the new guidelines?"

"Observe," the chief repeated. "Record, and... pray she stays in good spirits."