Chapter 8 The Hope of the Village
Don't tease NPCs, or you'll end up in misfortune.
This is the bitter conclusion that Wang Ergou, Han Tiaotiao (Han Yi) and Jade Emperor came to after three players, Wang Ergou, Han Tiaotiao (Han Yi) and Jade Emperor, teased the NPC in an inhumane way for a long time.
This gave most players a shock, and they became much more polite to Baili Shuang when accepting and handing in quests. It was rare for players to accept a quest from an NPC and then leave without saying a word, or to rudely throw the collected resources in front of Baili Shuang and say the words "hand in the quest" in a arrogant manner.
Although the long-term benefits of NPC favorability cannot be seen at present, we are all veteran players and we all understand one thing - would a bad planner design completely useless values? It is always right to be cautious. It may not necessarily bring any benefits, but it will definitely prevent you from getting an unremovable semi-permanent debuff like those three unlucky guys.
This mentality of kneeling and licking the NPC reached its peak after a female player with the ID [Zhu Tu Meng Jin] gained 5 points of favorability from Baili Shuang for the first time and accidentally got the hidden item [Master Sister's Training Notes (Xuan Yin Jue)].
After the yellow words floated across the game world channel, everyone noticed that Zhu Tu Mengjin had obtained the golden hidden item.
Although no one knows what the item is used for, it did not prevent players from collectively becoming jealous and starting a fancy licking mode on the world channel after Zhu Tu Mengjin copied the record of Baili Shuang's increase in favorability towards her to the world.
"Sister! My dear sister! Please teach me the secret! How did you trick the senior sister into giving you favor? I'll give you two trees! I'll personally pull you to the senior sister! I guarantee you'll advance to the next level!"
"Junior sister! No no no, senior sister! We are all from the same school! Please give me some strategy!"
"Sister Pig! You are the most beautiful pig in the world! Can you tell me how you did it?"
"Go to hell with the way you talk! Miss sister, how should we, a bunch of licking dogs, call you? As long as you are willing to share your experience, we will be your dogs from now on!"
"You're so cool, brother!"
"Don't listen if you can!"
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Zhu Tu was startled by the players' flattery. She secretly glanced at Baili Shuang, who had a polite social smile welded to her face. She took a few steps to the side as if guilty, and then she replied carefully on the world channel: "I saw that no one was handing in the task, and the senior sister was sorting the supplies, so I asked the senior sister if she needed help, and then the senior sister gave me a good impression... She is super gentle! She also asked me what technique the head taught me, and after I told her, she gave me the prop!"
Just after sending the text, Zhu Tu Mengjin heard an excited voice of a player next to his ear: "Big Sister! Do you need help? I drew [Giant Strength]! Gaga Gaga!"
"Thank you, Junior Brother. It's not necessary."
Baili Shuang said thank you, but the second player who tried it suffered a miserable defeat.
[Favorable impression tips]: [Baili Shuang's favorable impression of you -1]
[Warning]: [The favorability system is open, please be careful in your words and actions during the game. A decrease in NPC favorability will bring different degrees of debuffs. ]
"Shit! That's not right! I was actually deducted a point!"
The player's wailing in the world channel made all the players who came over eager to try pause.
Zhu Tumengjin: "I don't know, anyway, that's how I added it."
"Really? NPCs also help people with their orders?"
"Is there a possibility? I mean possibility. Isn't this game claiming that the entire world is evolved by AI? Could it be that the NPCs also have emotions, and in their eyes, the first one to help is the one who is sincere, and the second one is just a speculator?"
"No way? Your AI has feelings?"
"Why not? Doesn't your robot interact with you?"
"I can't afford a robot. I'm a poor guy with no experience. Thank you!"
"That's not right. AI can only imitate. How can it have emotions?"
"I don't know. I'm just guessing. Maybe the AI runs so well that it's so delicate that it seems to have emotions?"
"Hiss... maybe..."
While the world channel was full of discussions, a stubborn player tried it out of disbelief, and then typed angrily: "Don't try it brothers, I was deducted 3 points of favorability. I think the brother above is right. Maybe this NPC is very detailed and has an emotional system implanted in it."
“Isn’t this too hardcore?”
"But I think this design is great! Isn't it great to accidentally trigger surprises while completing tasks?" "It could also be a shock."
"Then don't do it!"
"What do you mean? I'm helping the authorities find bugs!"
"Tell me, how many times did you blaspheme the chicken god in the Novice Village?"
…
While many players were arguing with each other in the world channel, Wang Ergou, who had already used the [Bone-Breaking and Muscle-Growing Powder], brought Han Tiaotiao and the Jade Emperor and quietly moved to the vicinity of the previous mission point.
"You two must not make any noise. Let's see the situation first. This boss is so powerful that he can beat you half to a pulp with just one tornado!"
"Don't worry, Ergou. This time, each of us has four pieces of [Bone-Breaking and Muscle-Regenerating Powder]. Even if we are half-crippled, we can recover!"
"That's right, didn't Senior Sister say that if it's not enough, we can ask her for more!"
"Emperor, do you know why our favorability is only -10, and yours is -15?"
“…”
"Because we only took the default two [Bone-Breaking Muscle-Growing Powder], and you took 10."
"Give them back to me if you can!"
"No, brother, don't be so stingy. What I mean is, I've discovered that you can't apply common sense from other games to this game. You have to treat it as a real world. If you take advantage of NPCs, you will only lose more benefits."
"Okay, okay, now that the dog planner is gone, I will uninstall the game tonight!"
"Hey, it would be weird if you took it off!"
…
The three of them were chatting animatedly in the team channel, but in fact they all had stern faces and quietly moved behind a bush several hundred meters away from the mission point.
“Is this the land temple?”
"The land temple shouldn't be this small."
"Take a closer look. I remember there was a screenshot translation in the [Identification] function. Let's take a picture of that couplet and see?"
"Eh? Is there?"
"Yes, you have to enter through the game panel to get it. You can't use skills directly."
"All right!"
Wang Ergou took the lead and tiptoed towards the small stone temple not far away. The team said: "Be gentle and it should be fine. Last time I reached into the temple and triggered the BOSS. This time I should be fine..."
Before Han Tiaotiao and the Jade Emperor could even ask themselves questions, a sudden pitch-black gale swept Wang Ergou up and, in the stunned eyes of the two, threw him out like garbage.
A few seconds later, Wang Ergou's avatar in the team turned gray - this meant that he was dead, and most likely died from a fall.
After sweeping up Wang Ergou, the wind seemed to sense something and turned towards the bushes where Han Tiaotiao and the Jade Emperor were hiding. It was clearly just a pitch-black tornado, but it made people feel as if it was alive! The two of them looked at each other subconsciously, and then ran away at the same time.
"ah--"
The Jade Emperor, who was experiencing the feeling of flying in the air for the first time, shouted loudly and activated [God of Speed] on himself. Han Yi, who was running wildly, only heard the miserable cry getting farther and farther away. After a while, he saw that he was the only one alive in the team.
"Old Han, keep running! You are the hope of the whole village!"
Wang Ergou, who was waiting for the countdown to resurrection in a small dark room, sent a voice message with a serious tone.
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