"..."
Recalling the doors through which he came in before, Bai Zhi let out a breath and reached out to touch the shoulder of the old woman in front of him.
So in the blink of an eye, the motionless old woman in front of him suddenly made a new move.
Looking up at him, the old woman's originally expressionless face became worried at this moment.
"Well, the old man is old and wants to eat something lighter, but I lack some necessary ingredients here. Young adventurer, can you do me a favor?"
While talking, the old woman took out a vegetable basket from somewhere and handed it to him.
Bai Zhi: "..."
-Now, he finally understood what caused the abnormality in this village.
Bai Zhi had no intention of taking over the vegetable basket rashly, so he stepped back to get out of the way.
After the road was cleared, the expression and movements on the old woman's face remained for about five seconds, and then she returned to her previous appearance of walking around in the kitchen.
"...an RPG type game?"
Bai Zhi returned to the kitchen door, turned his head and looked at the old man reading the newspaper sitting on the sofa in the living room over there, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
... Frankly speaking, this is the first time he has seen this type of strange story.
The people and objects in the entire village have been solidified into an RPG-type game.
The people in the village were solidified into NPCs by some invisible force, and the items were endowed with relevant characteristics in the RPG game.
Why couldn't he leave the village no matter how he turned
—Because the village map is blocked by an air wall.
Why did the door open automatically as long as it was slightly touched
—Because in RPG games, unless they are locked doors, all other doors open with one push.
As for why there were no traces left on the floor, he couldn't read the newspaper, the old man sat motionless on the sofa, the old woman wandered back and forth in one place... These anomalies can all be explained in RPG-type games.
The identity of the old man and the old woman is NPC. There is no freedom in the existence of NPC. Not only the movements, but also the language are fixed. As long as these NPCs are not touched, these NPCs will retain their own identity. Logic of action till death.
In the same way, unless it is required by the plot, there is nothing that can destroy the map setting in RPG games.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's complexion suddenly turned dark.
"PRG... Damn, I hate playing this type of game..."
I slept all day yesterday (ノ○ Д ○)ノ, and today is another day of flying, subway, and taxi. I’m extremely sorry (ノ○ Д ○)ノ
Volume 2 The Miracle of Micro Probability: Chapter 1461 Chapter 538 [Novice Village] (5k)
Bai Zhi didn't know much about RPG-type games.
Although it is not that he has never played it, he is really not very good at RPG.
This type of game has the most complicated rules.
Either you want to dig for some herbs, or you want to find some keys, or you want to find some special ores... and so on.
Sometimes, due to a small mistake, it is very likely to lead to jams and dead blocks.
Bai Zhi didn't expect that he would encounter such a special strange story here.
The entire village turned into a game map, and the people in the village turned into NPCs one by one.
Judging from the previous situation of the old man and the old woman, after becoming NPCs, their self-awareness should still be awake, and they should be able to perceive all conditions in the outside world, including physical pain and fatigue.
Everything in the body does not belong to him. He has become a miserable soul imprisoned in this body. He can't do anything, not even death. He can only complete his tasks mechanically according to the established procedures...
-This situation is more uncomfortable than death.
"...Sure enough, it's completely ineffective?"
Looking at the old man in front of him who had not even scratched off a bit of skin under the highest critical hit of [Judgment], Bai Zhi couldn't help but frown slightly.
He really wanted to help these poor people escape, but the problem was that as neutral NPCs, they were basically in a state of being unable to attack... In other words, all external damage was completely ineffective.
They will never die, but they will never be considered alive. This is another form of eternal life.
"It feels like it's a bit troublesome..."
Reaching out and pressing his forehead, Bai Zhi turned his head and glanced outside the window.
As time went by, the sky outside gradually darkened, and the entire village was quietly enveloped in an unknown atmosphere.
In Bai Zhi's perception, he seemed to have been vaguely targeted by something hidden in the village.
To be honest, with his current strength, he is not very afraid of ordinary monsters. After all, he can run away even if he cannot be beaten. But even he has to be careful with rules-based monsters like this. act.
Take his current situation as an example. He is on the map of an RPG game. God knows what kind of rules there are in this game.
For example, monsters that require specific props to defeat, taboos that need to be avoided, certain plot kills... and so on.
In addition, he didn't plan to be trapped here for too long, so he had to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible.
After thinking for a while, Bai Zhi glanced towards the kitchen, turned around and walked out of the room.
—He doesn’t plan to take on any tasks before he understands the general situation of the village.
With the assistance of the Shadow Guard, he was able to explore the village very quickly.
In less than an hour, he visited all the NPCs he could come into contact with in the village.
Counting the old woman and the old man reading the newspaper, there are a total of 197 NPCs in this village. Among these 197 NPCs, most of them are just decorations, or they just have a meaningless sentence that keeps repeating "Today's weather" What a great line, or it just becomes a mere backdrop like the old man reading the newspaper.
In the village, there are a total of seven tasks available for acceptance, and the content of each task is different. There are side plots such as going to buy vegetables and running errands, and there are also main plots to eliminate hidden monsters in the village.
As for the map, the village is a main map, and there is a thick air wall around it that cannot be passed. However, Bai Zhiyou found a road going up the mountain somewhere in the village. It can be vaguely seen standing at the foot of the mountain. The red torii gate of the mountain shrine.
Of course, the road up the mountain was also blocked by an air wall, making it impossible for him to pass.
In addition, like those RPG games, there are also shops and weapon shops in the village. You can use gold coins to purchase corresponding weapons and props in these two shops.
As for the source of the gold coins, there are treasure chests hidden in some of the surrounding houses. Bai Zhi speculated that he would be able to obtain a certain amount of gold coins by completing the task.
However, he noticed that a large part of the treasure chests had already been opened.
"...Has anyone been here before?"
Looking at the opened treasure box in front of him, Bai Zhi looked thoughtful.
After making sure that he had explored the entire map without missing anything, Bai Zhi glanced at the darkening sky above his head, and then returned to the original house to take on the first mission.
Just after he took the vegetable basket handed to him by the old woman, in an instant, a red blood bar appeared above his head.
In front of the health bar, there is also an ID.
[Unknown Adventurer: (100/100)]
"… No level?"
Bai Zhi glanced at the blood bar above his head and raised his eyebrows slightly.
This RPG game seemed a little different from what he imagined.
Accepting the mission means that he has officially joined the game, so he will naturally not be idle.
Relying on the Shadow Guard Unicom network that he had evenly distributed throughout the village, Bai Zhi took over all seven tasks in the shortest time.
Among these seven tasks, there was only one task that made Bai Zhi noteworthy, which was the task of helping to eliminate hidden monsters in the village that looked very much like the main plot.
... Although he hasn't seen any monsters in the village so far.
Except for that task, the other tasks are just simple errands, with some things like finding things mixed in. The tasks are not difficult, but very cumbersome. Some tasks also include some decryption factors. .
Just as he was doing it, Bai Zhi couldn't help but frown.
Among the remaining six tasks, none of them are one-time tasks. They are basically serial tasks, one within another.
In fact, if it is just like this, that's it, but the problem is that as the subsequent tasks continue to be completed, the six tasks are slowly connected together, just like a ball of wool, tightly wound into a ball, the whole It's terribly complicated.
Sometimes the reward obtained by completing the third task is exactly the necessary item to continue the first task, and the completion of the first task directly depends on the overall completion of the fourth task. Condition.
Among them, just one wrong step in the middle may cause this intricate task chain to be completely stuck. There are quite a lot of traps and twists and turns in it.
At most, Bai Zhi had completed 17 tasks out of the original six, and at least, only three were left.
—These task chains are quite exciting.
As time went by, the sky finally darkened, and the whole village was still eerily quiet, but the street lights on both sides of the street and the lights in the houses lit up.
As he watched this extremely tedious task chain being completed to the last link, his heart suddenly moved. Bai Zhi raised his head and glanced at the location at the entrance of the village.
-Besides him, someone else came here.
After a little pondering, Bai Zhi's figure quietly disappeared from the spot.
It is inconceivable that someone would come to such a ghost place. Except for myself, who is not familiar with the place and has no understanding of the strange stories happening in Japan, who else would choose to come to such a ghost place? A ghost place
With these questions in mind, Bai Zhi soon saw the visitors at the entrance of the village.
"… so many people?"
Hiding in the dark and watching the people arriving from the village entrance through God's perspective, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
At the entrance of the village, three food stall cars were lined up in a row, with their headlights turned on. At first glance, there were six or seven people getting out of the cars.
Judging from the situation, the other party did not accidentally enter here like him, but came prepared.
… Groups of people came to such a place specially
Just as Bai Zhi was guessing in his mind the purpose of these people coming here, the seven people who gathered for discussion seemed to have made a decision.
One of them returned to the car, opened the trunk of the car, took out two sacks, and then threw them on the ground.
The three cars followed the same pattern.
In the end, seven more sacks appeared in the open space in front of the village entrance. Bai Zhi could vaguely see that the sacks were soaked with dark red blood.
After doing this, one of the seven people entered the village very carefully, and then went straight to the largest house in the village with great purpose.
"...A member of the Yakuza organization?"
Looking at the attire of the man who entered the village, Bai Zhi followed him while guessing in his mind.
Although the ghost realm cannot be used temporarily to avoid exposure, it is enough just to rely on the [Shadow] skill.
This village was not big to begin with, and within a short time, the man had arrived at his destination, entered the house, and headed straight for a certain NPC in the room.
"Is the target this NPC..."
Seeing the man's movements, Bai Zhi's eyes flickered slightly.
His memory is still very good. If he remembers correctly, the NPC in this house should be the kind of useless background board, that is, the kind that will constantly repeat some meaningless words. Atmosphere group.
—Because this NPC’s words are quite special, Bai Zhi still remembers them very clearly.
"Have you finally made up your mind to make a contract with me?"
Raising his head, the majestic old man in kimono looked up at the man in front of him.
"Of course, all the sacrifices have been brought. They are just outside the village, seven in total."
Matsumoto, who forcibly suppressed the uncontrollable excitement in his heart, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and subconsciously stood up straight, answered seriously.
"I hope you can..."
Before he finished the sentence, Matsumoto felt that the perspective in front of him was spinning in the next second.
A moment later, when he came to his senses again, he found a strange figure with a paper bag on his head in front of him.
On the paper bag, there was an extremely funny smiling face drawn with a paintbrush.
"My lord, if you have something to say, I will tell you everything."
Subconsciously swallowing, Matsumoto raised his hands and forced a smile on his face.
Although he was not tied up, and there were no restraints on him... But people need to be self-aware.
No matter who the figure with the paper bag on his head in front of him is, he is definitely not something he can handle if he is knocked over by the other person when he meets him.
After finally seeing the hope of improving his strength, he didn't want to die like this without knowing why.
It is precisely because of this that he behaves quite cooperatively.