Chapter 3

"Did you find out anything?"

Sihai Guiyi shook his head, "This NPC is very tight-lipped, refusing to say anything. From start to finish, he didn't say more than ten words, and we didn't even get his name."

NPCs without names are common in this 'game' world, making up more than ninety percent of them. However, in most cases, you can still see some of their attributes. But someone like Zhengchen is a completely different story, with no precedent.

"But he seems quite interested in this thing." After taking out a few cigarettes, Sihai Guiyi thought for a moment and continued, "The money we pooled together wasn't much, just a small bag. Since the beta test is about to end, this thing won't be left behind. For what we're doing this time, we've already spent most of our funds."

This group of fewer than ten people acted specifically to keep things secret, as what they were doing had a high possibility of being retained when the game officially launched.

This would give them a significant advantage over the large number of players.

"If we can't get any information, then it's fine." The leading player shook his head, "We're almost there, everyone, get ready... What's going on?"

Noticing that Zhengchen had suddenly stopped, the player was slightly taken aback and waved to the others to stop as well, "What's he doing?"

"Someone's there."

Zhengchen said calmly. Sihai Guiyi followed Zhengchen's gaze and indeed saw a faint figure in the distance...

"Damn, who is this guy? He can notice someone from so far away!?"

When they saw the distant figure, the players became cautious. Due to the distance, the figure was very blurry, but the flowing long hair and slender figure suggested that it was a woman.

"Another unknown NPC." After investigating the figure, Sihai Guiyi couldn't help but look at Jiuming. Such an NPC is considered normal, right? Not like the one in front of us, who has nothing.

At this moment, he also noticed Zhengchen's cautious reaction.

"Hey, buddy, it's just a woman, is it really that serious?" He didn't understand Zhengchen's reaction. They were players, and even if they died in this 'game,' it didn't matter; it wasn't real death...

Zhengchen glanced at Sihai Guiyi but didn't say much. It was indeed a woman, but a dangerous one. He had seen dangerous women before, and even from a distance, he could feel the threat from this woman with a bladed weapon. She was very dangerous!

When he noticed her, she quickly noticed him as well.

"The other party is very strong, be careful."

"Wow!? You said more than five words this time!" Sihai Guiyi exclaimed, seeing that Zhengchen's gaze hadn't left the unknown woman. He continued, "What? You're not falling for her, are you? Hmm, to be fair, many of the female NPCs in this game are quite beautiful..."

Zhengchen's eyes flicked to Sihai Guiyi and then quickly returned to the woman. His words were still a bit strange...

Since he temporarily joined them, they rarely talked about such unusual topics in front of him. However, the term "NPC" never disappeared, as if it didn't matter if he heard it.

Beautiful? Indeed, she was very beautiful.

As the black-haired girl approached, Zhengchen slightly narrowed his eyes. He had to admit, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen!

Don't expect the wasteland to produce many beauties...

Moreover, her clothing was a bit strange. Since she was a combatant, why was she wearing a short skirt... wouldn't shorts be better?

"Um, this is probably some characteristic of the old era." Sihai Guiyi said, holding a cigarette.

Old era? Zhengchen slightly moved to the side to avoid the smoke, "She has bloodstains on her."

"Huh?" Sihai Guiyi was slightly taken aback, "How did you notice that?"

The black-haired girl in black clothes should have hidden the bloodstains, right?

"Feeling."

Zhengchen said calmly, already drawing his short knife. Black clothes can indeed hide the color of blood, but the blood on her was clearly still fresh, making it easier to notice.

"Uh, you can do that? What did you do before?" Sihai Guiyi looked puzzled... Wasn't this just a guess? However, he wasn't too worried about the approaching girl.

"..." Zhengchen shook his head helplessly. Sihai Guiyi's reaction was understandable, and the others reacted similarly, even their cautiousness was casual. If the girl had malicious intent... could any of them escape?

Was it because she was only beautiful that they felt no pressure? Beautiful women can be just as dangerous. In the wasteland, Zhengchen had once been severely injured by a seemingly harmless little girl.

But he didn't hate the little girl much. Survival in the wasteland was tough, and he had once used his appearance to do similar things. Now that he was older, he couldn't use such methods anymore.

And such methods weren't necessarily safe. Who in the wasteland didn't have some means to survive? So he considered it a lesson, at least he didn't die.

"Ordinary people...? You're lucky to have made it this far. There are monsters around here. If you don't want to die, leave quickly."

The black-haired girl's gaze lingered on Zhengchen for a moment, and she spoke in a calm tone. She could see that Zhengchen was in a high state of alert, which was much better than the other players who were more relaxed.

Even though these players had good equipment, the only one who caught her attention was Zhengchen.

"Is it a boss!?" Upon hearing the black-haired girl's words, the players immediately became excited.

Zhengchen noticed that the black-haired girl's reaction was a bit confused, as if she didn't understand what the players were saying.

"Never mind, even if there is, we don't need to pay attention. Let's just finish what we're doing." After a moment of inexplicable excitement, the players suddenly calmed down.

Zhengchen thought this was probably a reaction left from something they had done before?

This time, the black-haired girl understood what they were saying.

"..." The black-haired girl fell silent for a moment. Are these people incredibly brave or just reckless? "Is what you're doing more important than your lives?"

"Well, we're not necessarily that unlucky, right? No need for you to worry, beautiful lady. How about you be our bodyguard?" One of the players said with a light tone, even though she was an NPC, having such an attractive NPC around wasn't bad, right?

And this female NPC seemed very capable.

"You take care of yourselves." She frowned slightly, didn't say much more, and turned to leave.

Zhengchen stared at the direction where the black-haired girl disappeared, a bit dazed. What was that lion-like giant creature that appeared beside her?

Zhengchen noticed a very faint trace, even fainter than a halo, definitely not a hallucination.

"Hehe, did this NPC fall for you?" The players laughed, neither with good intentions nor bad, as if they were discussing an interesting topic.

"Who knows, that female NPC was quite beautiful, right?"

Coming back to his senses, Zhengchen didn't show any embarrassment when he heard their conversation. They seemed not to have noticed the abnormality beside the girl.

Continuing on their way, Zhengchen looked at the players with low sense of danger and shook his head again. Although he didn't know what they were doing, they were too relaxed. Didn't they worry that the girl they met earlier might have intentions and follow them?

Subtly observing the surroundings, the girl hadn't followed them, but she might have some concealment or tracking methods, staying far enough away that he couldn't detect her.

"We're almost there, hmm... Let's eat something first." The leading player took out a map and said, then the players started to eat the dry rations they carried.

A new round of conversation began.

"Really, it's just a game, and we still have to eat..." One player complained. Traditional games didn't have this problem.

"Ha, this makes it more realistic, right? It's just a bit troublesome to eat again when we return to reality."

"Speaking of which, sometimes when I feel hungry in the game, even after eating in reality, I still feel hungry when I log back in, as if I have two bodies."

"Is that even a question? Clearly, you haven't read the player manual carefully. By the way, does that NPC not eat?"

The player who spoke glanced at Zhengchen, who had never joined their circle from the beginning. They generally wouldn't accept an NPC at such times...

If it were the beautiful NPC they met earlier, they might, but the topic of conversation wouldn't be like this. The player manual emphasizes that the NPCs here have autonomy like humans, so many things can't deviate too much from the game's content, and some keywords are even censored.

Some players tried to make these NPCs aware that they were 'game' characters, but it failed. The words they said or wrote were all censored, and they received a system warning, losing their game privileges for the next six months... quite a harsh punishment.

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