"How come there are so many NPCs?"
Michelle looked at the talking and laughing NPCs on the street, and couldn't believe it was true.
The West Continent where they are located is a country of islands. The environment here can be said to be very bad, not to mention the NPCs, but there are not many players here.
If it weren't for the two continents getting closer and closer, and many forces and players and merchants came running, I'm afraid there would be no more than a hundred pedestrians on the street.
But what's the situation right now
Just a casual glance, the number of people has already exceeded a thousand, and the adventurer NPC is extremely large, here the players seem to be a small group of unremarkable existence.
"Have you investigated where did these NPCs come from?" Yuan Tiexin pondered for a moment, and couldn't help asking the Tier 3 ranger behind him.
"I have investigated, and I don't know where these NPCs come from. I only know that these NPCs seem to appear directly in the city." The Tier 3 ranger shook his head and said anxiously, "Now because of these NPCs. Appeared, the missions of the Adventurer Association in major cities have been drastically reduced, and players can receive fewer and fewer missions, and..."
"What else?" Yuan Tiexin asked strangely.
"According to the news we received, many players clashed with some NPCs after leaving the city, and many players were killed, but these are not the most important ones." Tier 3 ranger said uneasyly, "Now A large number of NPCs have also emerged in many guild towns. Some NPCs are quite restless and have caused a lot of troubles. According to our observations, we found that these NPC forces have started to investigate us secretly..."
"How is this possible?" Zi Qiong was also dumbfounded.
Those NPCs who should only give them tasks are actually investigating them secretly. No matter how they hear it, it feels creepy, as if the doll toys in their hands are suddenly alive, and they secretly observe their every move.
At this time, it was not only the sudden explosion of Tianji Pavilion against the NPC, and it was more than shocked, but the major forces and players in God's Domain were also panicked.
"What the hell is this? How come so many NPCs suddenly appear to grab quests?"
"What is the task of grabbing! I always feel that those NPCs look at our players, like they look strange, and even some bars directly refuse our players to enter."
"What are you guys, you haven't come to the wild, now there are more NPCs in the wild than our players, and even those NPCs even formed a group to grab a copy? This is the copy we finally found!"
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All major forces and free players are all on the forum for a while? Discuss this sudden change.
Each one seems to have come to another world. There should be only battles between players? Now there is another battle between players and NPCs? And which NPCs are still difficult for players to fight.
Because those NPCs are not only powerful, but also crowded? Players are not dominant in numbers. The only advantage is that they are not afraid of death? But if they die too much, it will be very troublesome.
But those NPCs also know this? So one by one did not forge feuds with the players. Many of them were made to teach the players and let the players retreat. Only some dark NPCs didn't care about it.
And compared to those free players? The major forces are also big.
"Damn! So many NPCs from there!"
"Not staying in the NPC city one by one? They are still making trouble in our guild town, making a lot of business impossible to do."
"It's horrible to even rob the mine and the transportation team even if the trouble is going on!"
For the first time, the forces felt that it was so difficult to guard the guild towns and large-scale transportation tasks, and even some super forces were the first to taste the taste of being bullied.
But now the NPC is so powerful? It's not something that the major player forces can fight against. Even the major superpowers have to abandon many development plans? They began to guard the current turf. As for the second-ranking forces, they have begun to abandon some guild towns and guild towns. Territory? Concentrate the power in some important areas and guild towns.
For a moment, all the player forces in God's Domain have begun to shrink, and at the same time they are madly recruiting people to resist? More and more NPC forces are attacking.
Silver Wing City? Zero Wing station.
Because the number of NPCs has skyrocketed? In addition to the many things that have happened, many senior leaders of Zero Wing also gathered together to study how to deal with these NPCs.
"President, in order to consolidate their own power, the major forces are now hiring people frantically, and they have even begun to spend a lot of money to hire those Tier 3 NPCs from the Adventurer’s Association to guard the guild town. If we don’t act anymore, I’m afraid it will be more powerful. All Tier 3 NPCs will be snatched away by the major forces." Liang Jing looked at the information that had just been collected, and looked at Shi Feng very anxiously.
The explosion of NPCs is beyond the expectations of all players.
The original NPC change was already a little troublesome. Now the number of NPCs clearly exceeds the number of players. Such a change is not just a trouble, but a disaster.
Now that the three guild cities of Zero Wing are not on the main roads, they have great potential for development. According to the feedback below, many NPC forces have taken a fancy to their guild cities of Zero Wing, but they are all secretly now. I didn't start investigating their Zero Wing's strength, and I'm afraid they would do it after investigating their Zero Wing's strength.
If NPC forces do hands-on, it will be more troublesome than player forces. Although the possibility of a frontal attack is low, it is not impossible. Even if the NPC forces do not attack the city, the daily disturbance is enough to make Zero Wing drink a pot. , It would be a nightmare if a large number of NPCs were directly sent to lurk on the transportation route of the guild city.
So they must act quickly now to increase the defensive strength of the guild as much as possible.
"Yes, the president, if it is slow, those powerful Tier 3 NPCs will be robbed by the major forces!"
The people who were in charge of the guild town also nodded in agreement. The situation is not as good as the others, that is, those super powers have to bow their heads to shrink their power, and a large number of NPCs from the Adventurer Association are hired at high prices. If Zero Wing does not act anymore, it will be too late.
After all, the number of Tier 3 NPCs that the Adventurer's Association can hire is limited, and the rest of the people are gone if other forces are gone.
Although Zero Wing also has a lot of very powerful Tier 3 guards, but this Tier 3 guard wants to maintain the safety of the three cities, it is really a drop in the bucket.
Moreover, it is too difficult to recruit Tier 3 guards directly. At most, it is only to recruit some Tier 2 NPCs with good potential. In addition, the training of guards is not easy. Everyone is trained at a high price. If they die in battle, Yes, then you will be crying to death.
But the NPCs of the Association of Hiring Adventurers don't have to worry, they die if they die, they just pay for the hire, and don't need to spend a lot of money to resurrect these NPCs.
"No need." Shi Feng shook his head and said slowly, "Hiring Tier 3 NPCs from the Adventurer Association is indeed a way, but it is not a long-term solution. After all, the cost of hiring is too expensive, just one person a day. At least one hundred gold is the base, and one hundred is more than ten thousand gold. It takes at least five or six hundred to protect a small city, and it costs five to six thousand gold a day."
A guild city’s expenditure of 50,000 to 60,000 gold a day is also affordable by those superpowers. For them Zero Wing is not the same. Zero Wing was originally a big gold user, and the daily operation of the guild relied on the sale of gold coins. So they can't play with Zero Wing at all.
"But now many NPCs are making trouble in the city. Fortunately, we have Tier 4 NPCs. The NPCs of the major forces dare not mess around, but if those NPC forces start from the outside, it will be difficult for us to manage it. "Youlan is also a little worried.
In the past, facing those players, they still have the power to fight against. Now facing those Tier 3 NPCs that are always at level 1,340, or even up to level 1,560, this is equivalent to Zero Wing. unfavorable.
The only ones who can fight are those NPCs who are directly under the guards, but these have to maintain the safety of the city, and it is impossible to take them out.
"Then it doesn't matter." Shi Feng said with a smile.
"???" Youlan couldn't help but stunned.
Regardless of
At this moment, let alone Youlan, all the Zero Wing executives present were stunned on the spot.
What does it mean
If it doesn't matter, where will the income of the three guild cities come from in the long run
If you know that there is no business way, don’t even think about the items sold by those NPCs into the city, so that the guild city will be less attractive to those players, and NPC merchants are also a major source of income for the guild city, even It is still the key to the development of the guild city.
"From today onwards, our three guild cities in Zero Wing are forbidden to enter from outside NPCs. As for those NPC merchants, they can be listed, but a shop only allows up to ten people." Shi Feng is completely silent, "Furthermore," All players who want to enter the three guild cities of Zero Wing will have the entrance fee increased to 20 silver coins, and the rent of all shops will be doubled, but the cooperative forces can get a 20% discount."
"President?"
Everyone at Zero Wing looked at Shi Feng, their mouths opened wide, and they were completely shocked by what Shi Feng said just now.
Is this going to die
NPCs are not allowed to enter this can indeed prevent NPCs from making trouble, but it also prevents the development of the guild city. After all, players receive tasks from NPCs, and there is no shortage of NPCs for many items. If this is rejected, it is equivalent to the income of the city. Cut more than half.
As for the subsequent increase in the entrance fee to 20 silver coins, and the double the rent of shops, this is simply the rhythm of wanting all players to leave the city.
If Zero Wing really did this, it would definitely be a dead place.
"You go and do it, I have my own reason." Shi Feng looked at the silent people, stopped explaining, and left the meeting room directly.
Before the big upgrade in the last life, there were a lot of Tier 3 players from all major forces, and Tier 4 occupations were a little bit. Now the NPC population has exploded more than the previous life, but the number of Tier 3 occupations of the major forces is extremely rare, and the major forces can only compare The loss in the previous life was even more severe.
Now Zero Wing's strength is indeed good, and Tier 4 NPCs are in charge, but it is impossible to maintain the security of the three guild cities.
The only solution now is to cut the mess with a quick knife and completely prevent NPCs from entering the guild city. After that, guild members will fully march into the secret covenant tower and increase the level and strength of the guild members. Otherwise, the NPC population and the invasion of NPC forces will only be followed. More terrifying.
Not long afterwards, the three guild cities of the Zero Wing Guild announced Shi Feng’s resolutions. The three guild cities will completely reject the entry of foreign NPCs, and the entrance fee and rent have risen sharply.
As soon as the announcement came out, all three cities blew up.