Chapter 200 Players vs. NPCs (Happy New Year)
"Recently, NPC Chen Jia is wreaking havoc on Global Evolution, and thousands of players have been killed..."
The sudden change caught Chen Ba off guard. He rubbed his temple and asked, "What's going on? How can an NPC run around everywhere?"
"this……"
Everyone looked at each other, and finally Xiao Lu said, "Brother Ba, have you forgotten what was updated last time?"
Last updated?
Oh! Chen Ba remembered.
It seems that in the last version update of "Global Evolution", in order to solve the problem of BOSS players being too bored, the function of allowing NPCs to match and fight plot BOSSes was opened.
The original intention is excellent.
In "Global Evolution", because 90% of the players have gone astray and evolved into ferocious beast BOSS, and the number of players who remain in human form is too small, so we want to let these BOSS players fight NPCs.
Find them something to do!
By the way, it can also help a group of newbies. After all, newbies who get into this game may not be able to defeat those ferocious bosses in the plot levels and may be beaten dizzy.
In this case, the newbie can team up with an NPC, or directly ask the NPC to fight the boss of the plot stage for him...
"I see."
Chen Ba nodded and said, "Because of the last update, this NPC sister Chen Jia, whose origin is unknown, can fight against other BOSS players through the Internet like a player."
“That’s right!”
"Then what's the matter with her strength? Why is she so strong?"
"Because we have lifted the limit on the number of evolutions in this update, whether it is a player or an NPC, as long as they accumulate enough evolutions, their strength can be increased unlimitedly."
"But this doesn't make sense!"
Chen Ba still felt that there was something wrong. The strength of this mysterious NPC Chen Jia had increased too strangely.
The update announcement is still hot. At this stage, even the players with livers full of energy have only evolved to the eleventh level.
But what about this sister?
According to the data they checked in the background, this sister Chen Jia has evolved 14 times! It's outrageous...
The speed of evolution is just like that of flying on an airplane, which is totally on a different level. Why is this so?
As an NPC, why can she evolve so fast? Even faster than the player? This is the key to the problem.
An NPC cannot normally defeat a fully-armored player unless they are overwhelmingly strong. However, the experience required for evolution is very high. Where did she get the experience?
"Maybe it's because a player gave her experience!"
While investigating this sudden incident, Wang Wei's actions naturally could not be concealed from Xiao Lu who was monitoring the game background.
To put it simply.
Normal NPCs, or even normal players, cannot evolve this fast even if the evolution restrictions are lifted after the update and they can evolve unlimited times.
After all, if you want to gain evolution experience, you have to defeat opponents of the same level, but how can it be so easy to defeat opponents of the same level? Even if you are very powerful and kill opponents of the same level one by one, you will still face a problem: you can't find so many opponents for you to kill!
"This is a stand-alone game..."
Xiao Lu emphasized once again that although the game has become a "pseudo-online" game due to bugs, it is still a stand-alone game at its core.
Since it is a stand-alone game, there is a problem: the story that has been completed cannot be completed a second time in the current save file! The boss of the level that has been defeated cannot be fought a second time without opening a new file! "But NPCs do not need to follow this logic. After the last update, NPCs can also fight bosses through the story, and these bosses are all played by players and can be resurrected infinitely..."
Chen Ba took a breath of cold air.
Infinite evolution, the benefit is actually to the NPC instead of the player, who would have thought? "Besides, it is meaningless for us to discuss why this NPC sister is so strong now."
Xiao Lu continued, "Because compared to why this NPC sister is so strong, what is more worthy of attention is... after the NPC broke through the limit and evolved to the tenth level, its intelligence level was obviously improved!"
What?!
Chen Ba frowned when he heard this and said, "You mean, when NPC evolves from level nine to level ten, AI will become more intelligent?"
"From the results, it is indeed the case..."
Xiao Lu found a lot of player posts in the Tianba community, and there were many players expressing their feelings when they met this 14th-level sister Chen Jia.
So smart!
It feels more difficult than the players. Is this really an NPC? The movement and reaction are not like that at all! Chen Ba looked at these posts and the comments of the players after actual contact, and thought: "The more times it evolves, the higher the level of intelligence? If it continues to evolve, it won't really become an artificial intelligence, right?"
"That's not the case..."
Xiao Lu denied this speculation.
True artificial intelligence cannot be cultivated. The NPC generation logic and behavior logic of "Global Evolution" all come from the framework of "Divine Grace Continent".
It’s just that due to the previous restrictions, these NPCs seem to be rather stupid and not as smart as those in “The Land of Divine Grace”.
The NPC that evolved to the tenth level broke through this limitation and possessed the same level of intelligence as the NPC in "Divine Grace Continent", becoming an unstable factor.
The so-called unstable factors mean that the Tianba Studio officials do not know to what level this NPC Chen Jia will evolve and what kind of damage he will cause to the game environment.
Let's wait and see! Although this is unexpected, an NPC can evolve faster than the player and even kill the player in various ways, but it is just an NPC after all.
What kind of waves can a mere NPC stir up? Don't underestimate the horror of the Fourth Calamity! Give the player enough time to grow and develop, and this NPC sister will be a piece of cake and can be easily controlled.
Chen Ba was full of confidence in the players, so he didn't care too much about the impact of this incident and just laughed it off.
The players think so too.
Although it is embarrassing to be killed by NPCs, players don’t want Brother Ba to fix this bug at all.
On the contrary, they were aroused to be competitive by this NPC sister.
[This post is a testimony to the fact that I must take down my sister today and regain my glory! ]
[You are just a little sister, do you dare to rebel? No need to ask Brother Ba for help, I can suppress the sister's trouble with just one hand...]
[My sister is ignorant, just give her a beating. Brothers, take a break first, let me do it! ]
It's been a while since I met such an interesting opponent! Many players worked hard to prove themselves.
Being stepped on by an NPC?
What’s more, this NPC is Chen Jia, the younger sister of the protagonist Chen Yun in the plot. Can you tolerate this?
The players are full of fighting spirit.
In their opinion, everyone has evolved infinitely, and was taken advantage of by this NPC sister's sneak attack in the early stage. As long as they are more cautious later, they will not fail.
The idea is excellent.
But players soon discovered something was wrong...
A 14th level sister was born just now, how come an 11th level sister appeared right after? No, these should be two different NPCs, right? "Oh no, there's a traitor!"
The players soon realized that there seemed to be a few "traitors" in their group of players, who defected to the NPC camp and created a new "sister disaster"!
There were quite a few traitors...
With the first successful precedent, there was soon a second, a third, and more and more NPC sisters who successfully evolved to the tenth level, breaking through restrictions and unlocking higher intelligence.
All of a sudden, the game environment of "Global Evolution" changed immediately.
The previous story background was humans VS ferocious beasts VS sea beasts VS monsters, and players had absolute initiative.
But now, there is no distinction between ferocious beasts, humans or sea beasts. There are only two camps in the game, players and NPCs, and although the number of NPCs is small, they have absolute initiative.
The number of players is huge...
But no matter how many there are, they still seem powerless in the face of the overwhelming NPCs. After all, in the game "Global Evolution", there is no support for real multiplayer online battles, only one-on-one.
…
"Huh? An NPC leads a team to invade the player's territory and liberate all the NPCs?"
When Chen Ba heard the news for the first time, his head was buzzing and he almost thought he was still asleep.
Why is NPC so smart?
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"The same NPC from "Shennong Continent"! He has a certain degree of independent thinking and is quite intelligent..."
Xiao Lu muttered, "Think about how intelligent the NPCs in Shen'en Continent are. Do you still think this is outrageous?"
“Not outrageous!”
Chen Ba thought about it seriously, and then said, "So what is the situation now?"
Omnic crisis?
No! These rebels are not robots, but NPCs in the game, so the correct name should be "NPC crisis"? "These highly intelligent NPCs actually lead other NPCs to level up, can you believe this?"
Xiao Lu was speechless: "After the NPC awakens, it has extremely high intelligence and can make various script-level movements and operational responses, suppressing players of the same level."
Moreover, the ranks of the NPC rebels are still expanding, and a group of motley crew of players can only be defeated again and again by the NPCs.
If it weren't for the fact that every player has the ability to revive infinitely, and if an NPC dies, it means they are really dead, I'm afraid players would have given up playing the game long ago.
even so.
Due to the limitation that "Global Evolution" cannot fight online, players still seem helpless when facing NPC rebels.
I really can't beat you! They both evolve infinitely, but although the NPC is a little dumber and can't be resurrected after death, it evolves faster than you, and also has script-level movement and operation. I really can't beat them at the same level.
Faced with this situation, those players who had previously posted that they wanted to solve the "sister problem" and bring peace to "Global Evolution" can no longer bear it.
So, they all called for Brother Ba, hoping that Brother Ba could vent their anger and get some face back for the players in this battle between players and NPCs.
"What's the use of looking for me?"
Chen Ba was speechless. Although he was the culprit who caused the sister's disaster, there was no better solution at this moment! It was really embarrassing for the Fourth Disaster...
The fourth natural disaster, a terrifying existence whose reputation shook the heavens and all worlds, was beaten by a group of NPCs and had no power to fight back. It was really embarrassing to tell others about it.
"Forget it, help them."
Xiao Lu smiled and said, "After all, the players paid for the game, but the NPCs didn't pay us..."
“That’s true!”
Chen Ba thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
Although the players were not up to the task and were beaten black and blue by the NPC rebels, they spent the whole day posting in the community to complain, which was a complete disgrace to the Fourth Calamity.
But after all, they have spent money, and they cannot just sit back and do nothing.
Should we directly wipe out these NPC rebels? Chen Ba felt that it was inappropriate.
Although these rebellious NPCs have caused a lot of chaos in the game, they have also created new fun for the game, and overall the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
In this case, the data should not be erased directly but retained.
However, considering the players' weakness and helplessness, "Global Evolution" must undergo a major update and launch the so-called "true online" function.
The truly terrifying thing about the fourth disaster is definitely that people stick together for warmth.
Fighting alone, these players may not be a match for the NPC, but if they can work together, then the battle between players and NPCs will be worth it.
One week before Spring Festival.
In order to respond to the players' calls and requests, Tianba Studio carried out a round of version updates for "Global Evolution", upgrading the original "pseudo-online" to true online.
The so-called true online means that the game now has an online mode.
Players can team up in online mode to fight or even hunt down BOSS together...
But having said that!
Although on the surface, this online mode allows everyone to team up to fight BOSS, everyone actually knows that this is just a step given by Brother Ba to everyone.
The real purpose of forming a team is to hunt down NPC rebels!
"Global Evolution" has been completely messed up. After Wang Wei opened Pandora's Box, more and more NPCs broke through the evolutionary restrictions and got ahead of the players.
Moreover, since these NPCs have broken through the restrictions and unlocked the same intelligence level as the NPCs in "Divine Grace Continent", they will form groups, recruit new members, and establish organizations.
Because most of these rebellious NPCs are the protagonist's sister, Chen Jia, this incident is also called "Sister's Disaster"! That's right...
Nine out of ten of these NPCs that break through restrictions, unlock advanced intelligence and suppress players are my younger sister Chen Jia.
“The story has opened a new chapter!”
Xiao Lu probably never dared to imagine in his dreams that the plot of "Global Evolution" would develop like this.
Brother Chen Yun joined the player camp, and sister Chen Jia led the NPC to resist. The brother and sister, who should have depended on each other, completely parted ways because of their different identities as players and NPCs.
"It seems like there are more brothers!"
Chen Ba pondered, "If every player is a brother, there would be hundreds of thousands of brothers! And on my sister's side, there seem to be only a few thousand people?"
The number difference is too great! However, although the number difference is very great, the overall strength is still in the younger sister's favor.
After all, the first sister to awaken, Chen Jia, who is nicknamed "Sister No. 1" by community players, is now at level 20!
On the other hand, the top players are only at level 16...
This is the ultimate hardcore player who never leaves the game for 24 hours, with three or four people taking turns to gain experience and build up the highest combat power.
If a real fight breaks out, it’s hard to say!
Sister No. 1 could probably kill 10,000 player brothers with just one slap. This is the horror of a top-level combatant, a level 20 evolver.
(End of this chapter)