The First Person an NPC Sees the World (GL)

As an ordinary person, Yang Jia always thought she lived in an ordinary world,

Until one day, she unintentionally received a part-time job...

"Number 37651, welcome to be a temporar...

Chapter 36 Initial Exploration of the Game

Why did this happen? Even if Yang Jia wanted to find out, she had no way to do so, so she could only put it aside for the time being.

But this is a good change for her.

At least after knowing this data, Yang Jia could draw on her experience to make some inferences about the game. While these inferences might not be correct or original, they would allow her to be more targeted in her future actions and better conceal herself.

For example, judging solely by the statistics, this game lacks intelligence and spirit values, nor does it have a skill column. Based on Yang Jia's experience, these two stats are indeed related to skills, which means this game likely doesn't have a skill setting.

Come to think of it, powerful skills that require a significant expenditure of energy are mostly found in settings like martial arts, immortal heroes, and fantasy. Realistic settings like the current game aren't well suited to such settings. However, players should be able to develop their own combat techniques based on real-world experience. Well-trained warriors like Li Bai possess their own unique fighting styles. Perhaps this is the path the game hopes players will take.

Yang Jia had a very subtle feeling that this world was like a training ground specially opened up.

After all, judging by the game's setting, there's no way a boss with exceptional combat power could exist. While the wilderness is dangerous, as players level up and explore their surroundings more deeply, the danger will gradually decrease.

The existence of the world outside the city is more like providing players with an exploration scene in the early stages. At the same time, they can also obtain a steady stream of resources from here to develop their strength.

When the strength reaches a certain level, it will switch from PVE to PVP, which is a battle between players. Of course, this kind of battle is not a one-on-one fight, but a large-scale war based on the city.

Yang Jia felt like he was simulating a real war as realistically as possible.

Of course, she had no idea what "reality" actually looked like. She could only deduce from the scant information she had that the technological level was far higher than in the game world. So, what was the point of creating a simulated battlefield, one that was years behind the times?

If it's used to train soldiers, then there's no need to consider upgrading. After all, combat skills can be retained, but these improved stats are meaningless. Because the real body can't reach these stats, the skills gained through training are meaningless.

What's more, what Yang Jia is more concerned about is that if this is really just a simulation training, there is no need for elites like Li Bai to participate.

Under the guise of a fangirl, Yang Jia obtained a lot of information about Li Bai from Bai Ting. It was certain that Li Bai was one of the best young figures in the so-called Chinese region. They had even been to the extraterrestrial battlefield. This was already a vanguard unit, so why not let them continue to fight, instead of putting them into the game?

The world may not be as simple as it seems.

It's hard to draw conclusions just from imagining things. Yang Jia forced himself to suppress these thoughts one by one, then began to carefully review the other players' data. He'd only glanced at it a moment ago, and had a general impression, but it certainly wasn't enough to fully understand the team members.

Yang Jia was shocked when she saw this, because she found that the basic data of her teammates were extremely good.

Based on her own data, Yang Jia deduced that her current attributes were a combination of her base attributes and her level. In other words, each level added a point to each attribute. This put her base attributes at 10. If 5 were the standard for a normal person, she'd pass all but strength. But now, after looking at the data of others, Yang Jia began to wonder if she'd made a mistake.

Because according to this algorithm, the average attributes of almost everyone in the team are above 8 points, and Li Bai has even reached the extreme value of 10 in all attributes.

Were all the players' stats that high, or were they just some perverts? Yang Jia couldn't be sure, but he was inevitably deeply shocked.

Besides that, Yang Jia was more concerned about the three columns: profession, equipment, and title. Yang Jia was currently holding the Qingfeng Sword, but the equipment was not displayed. The only person in the team with equipment was Zheng Yizhao.

Equipment: Phoenix City Lord's Seal.

In other words, only this special item can be considered equipment. I'm not sure what use it has, but so far, it seems the stats haven't changed. Perhaps it's a hidden stat like prestige that's added?

In addition, there is another person in the team who has a title, that is Feng Qingxuan.

Title: Explosive Maniac (increases the power of explosive devices by 1%).

The explanation in the brackets made Yang Jia's heart race. A title actually had additional attributes! And the additional attributes were this kind of bonus effect. Maybe a 1% bonus to explosive power wasn't much, but what if it was something else?

For example, a 1% increase in the success rate of drug research, a 1% increase in the success rate of weapons production, a 1% increase in computing speed... Even if it's just 1%, in these fields, it's already an unimaginable benefit. It's a pity that there are no researchers in the team, so their attributes cannot be seen, but they should be able to see it themselves.

Yang Jia almost regretted not seeing this information earlier and writing it down when registering. Those with titles were definitely treated differently than others. This wasn't just because they might bring bonuses, but also because those who received titles were leaders in their field and dedicated to their craft.

For example, Feng Qingxuan, on the way out of the city, kept fiddling with something in her hand. It was a small bottle, and no one knew what was inside. Anyway, Feng Qingxuan was seen pouring it over and over, occasionally staring at the bottle in a daze, probably thinking about the design of a new blasting device.

Because the Nirvana Guild had officially taken over the dungeon, the journey was naturally smooth, and there were dedicated personnel guarding the dungeon. Of course, this was calculated as a contribution to the guild. Plus, you could also kill monsters here, killing two birds with one stone.

This is a game after all, so the dungeon is the same as an ordinary game. Each team enters an independent space and fights on their own without interfering with or affecting each other.

After entering the dungeon, Yang Jia put away his scroll and made battle arrangements based on his understanding of his teammates. Who would be in front, who would be behind, who would lead monsters, who would be responsible, and who would take over if there was a mistake? These all needed to be considered in advance. Of course, the course of the battle was unpredictable, and adjustments might be necessary on the spot.

Yang Jia's mentality was relatively relaxed. As she'd said, if three people could clear a dungeon, there was no reason seven couldn't. So, the purpose of this trip was, first, to allow the others to level up, and secondly, to get the team to work together. After all, they hadn't coordinated well before, so the probability of error was high. Going straight into a dangerous place wouldn't do any good. But most importantly, Yang Jia wanted to see how good her new teammates were.

Bai Ting went to lure the monsters. Because she wanted to let the others level up, Yang Jia and Li Bai followed at the back and didn't compete with the others for the monsters.

As Yang Jia was carefully observing the others' moves, he suddenly heard Li Bai ask, "Why did you choose these three people?"

Turning around, Li Bai was still staring straight ahead with his expressionless face, as if she hadn't asked the question. Yang Jia almost thought she was hallucinating, but she still answered subconsciously, "These three are the last remaining champions, and they are the strongest."

Li Bai then turned around, staring at Yang Jia with deep eyes. Yang Jia felt that her eyes seemed to be hiding a lot of things, but when she looked closely, she found nothing. Li Bai looked at her and said, "I thought it was because of the cards in their hands."

Card? Yang Jia thought for a moment before realizing that the identity cards of the three new teammates he had recruited seemed to be white!

It was indeed a coincidence, but Yang Jia hadn't paid much attention to it before. Now, after being reminded by Li Bai, he realized that this card might not be as simple as he thought. And the fact that all the new teammates were holding white cards, was it really just a coincidence?

Why did Li Bai remind himself like this? Was there something special about this white card that Bai Ting called a surprise card that he didn't know about?

Yang Jia subconsciously touched her ID card. She remembered that Bai Ting had previously suspected her of being a real NPC, and she had used this as an excuse to explain away her own irrationality. So, there were currently two known types of people who held surprise cards: ordinary players with good luck, and real NPCs.

What kind of people are these three new teammates?

Li Bai's reminder made Yang Jia even more suspicious. Could there be a third or even fourth person with this kind of card?

So, was she suddenly saying this to remind herself, or to test herself? After all, Yang Jia herself held a white card. Although she had previously tried to disguise herself as a real NPC, it wasn't without flaws. Bai Ting might be able to fool her, but Li Bai might not.

Yang Jia's palms began to sweat at the thought. She managed to maintain composure, "The selection of real-life NPCs is very strict. I think they might just be lucky or talented enough to get the white card. It can't be such a coincidence."

"Maybe." Li Bai didn't pursue the matter further. He dropped these two words and turned back to stare at the battle ahead.

Yang Jia was left alone, anxiously wondering if Li Bai had figured something out. If so, why hadn't she asked? Was she just going to observe slowly? And now that she'd spoken, did that mean her observations had yielded results? How much of the truth did these results reveal?