Chapter 435 Chapter 433·“Please choose your hero.”

Su Mingan noticed something was wrong when he was enveloped by the teleportation light... The flow direction of the teleportation seemed to be different this time.

 Before he could feel it carefully, his vision went dark.

 He saw a pure dark space, and there was no real feeling of landing under his feet. He was floating in the void.

 In the upper right corner, the live broadcast that should have been started is currently closed.

 He stood quietly in the void without speaking, and there was no drastic change in expression on his face. He just waited.

 About ten seconds later, a pink light appeared in front of him.

Long ears, white fur, a giant body, noodle-like limbs, the white fur body moved slightly, revealing a pair of blood-like eyes. The boss rabbit with a blood-red scale carved on his chest appeared in front of him.

"Are we going to have a candlelight dinner here?" Su Mingan looked around, but it was still so dark that he couldn't see his fingers clearly: "Don't even turn on the lights."

  Boss Rabbit opened his blood-red eyes and gave him a "gentle" smile.

Such a gentle smile appeared on Boss Rabbit's face, which looked particularly unusual.

"The eighth world, the world of peak competition." It spoke, and its voice had the texture of a mechanical fit. The tone was not as sinister as usual, but seemed mechanical and cold: "—The one in power, in this world, you have extra responsibilities. mission.”

Su Mingan’s expression did not change.

 He had already guessed that when he summoned himself to a space alone at the beginning of the game, there must be other things to say.

 …Is the outcome the task of those in power?

 Previously, the missions for those in power were received directly through system prompts. This time, Boss Rabbit actually needed to award them to him personally.

"In this world - you need to designate your own clone to replace an NPC in the eighth world. After replacing the NPC, your clone needs to temporarily act as an NPC, walk around the venues of this world, and observe the entire world architecture.”

Su Mingan was a little surprised when he heard this.

—In this world, he actually has two identities: [npc] and [player] at the same time.

 The main body participates in competitive matches as a player, and the avatar acts as an NPC and wanders around the venue to observe.

 He ​​remembered that the previous missions of those in power were to protect a certain NPC or to reach a certain place - to guide him along the most difficult plot route and complete the most hidden plot clues.

Now, his mission as a man of power seems to have reached a higher level.

 …He was given the task of "observing the copy". Similar to a programmer who fixes bugs.

  Walk around the site, observe the copy, and dig out secrets to see if there are "bugs" in the world.

“Am I... upgraded to a GM (game manager)?” Su Mingan said.

“It doesn’t count.” Boss Rabbit continued: “The person in charge, your avatar can only roam the venue as an NPC, responsible for observing and recording. It is not allowed to modify the rules of the game or interfere in the game.”

 “Are you an outsider?” Su Mingan narrowed his eyes: “I want to ask, after the clone becomes an NPC, can it still be my help in combat?”

 He ​​has realized that if his clone becomes an NPC observing the world, how can he summon the clone to help him fight?

 Furthermore...given the special nature of this task.

 This clone skill looks even more suspicious.

  After all, with its level of bugs, it doesn’t look like something that can be fished out of the red-level skill pool.

     What is it...he became the one in power because he acquired the clone skill. Or was the clone skill just an accident, and it was really a good thing he caught with his E-level luck?

“The clone cannot help you fight.” Boss Rabbit said: “Since your clone is temporarily unavailable in the eighth world, for the sake of fairness, the game will provide you with additional benefits.”

 “What benefits?”

 “Confidential.”

"Isn't this good?" Su Ming'an said in a helpless tone: "As a person in power, I would be suppressed like this. My most critical professional core skills were disabled because I became an NPC, but I was not informed of the compensation benefits. ...For me, this start is too unfair. It makes me a little sad..."

　　His emotions came quickly, and his tone was full of indignation at this "unfairness".

"No, it's our game." Boss Rabbit interrupted him directly: "Absolutely fair."

 …It’s really a familiar answer.

Su Mingan calmed down his emotions.

"For you, this compensation is equal to the cost of temporarily losing your clone skills. As long as you live, you will definitely feel it." Boss Rabbit added: "You have not completely lost your clone skills. You will still have the ability to control your clones." Control, after the avatar completely completes the inspection mission of the site, you will regain absolute control over this skill."

"Is that so..." Su Mingan nodded, and suddenly raised his hand like a studious primary school student: "Question. To what extent can I control the NPC clone?"

“As long as it is within the scope allowed by the world patrol mission, you can try it as you like.” Boss Rabbit said.

Su Mingan understands.

  In other words, it is equivalent to his clone taking on an additional task of "pretending to be an NPC to inspect the site". As long as the system allows it, he can still control the clone.

 …As a result, for him, the clone cannot participate in the competition between players as a direct combat force, nor can it be used as his resurrection substitute. But he gained an NPC who could wander around the venue and collect clues.

　　He seems to have jumped beyond the level of a pure "player" and moved closer to the design of the copy itself. Although it's just "Wandering" and "Observation" copies for now... but what about after that? What about after getting to the next level? "The person in power", as the highest-level identity, is not limited to the favorability of NPCs. It has been vaguely involved in copy matters.

 Boss Rabbit stretched out his big white hand. A giant blue screen lit up.

 On the screen, transparent characters are outlined, with names marked below the characters.

 【Day Chess】, 【Day Calendar】, 【Kelsey】, 【Broken】, 【Meiya Tu】, 【Liu Changqing】, 【Ghost Laote】, 【Guangli】, 【Rococo】, 【Qin Huanya】…

There are thousands of densely packed names, appearing on this blue screen. These characters are of different shapes, including men, women, old and young.

The clothes they wore were a "mixture of Chinese and Western", including armor, robes, commoners, sacrificial robes, cheongsams...Su Mingan even saw someone wearing Hanfu, Lolita, and bikini...

 Character images are arranged in a dazzling array, just like "Please choose your hero."

"These are NPCs in the eighth world." Boss Rabbit said: "You can choose a replacement for your clone in it. After the replacement is successful, it is best for your clone to patrol without arousing suspicion from other NPCs. Site—because once the clone is killed by any unit before completing 100% of the patrol progress, it means that the mission of the person in charge has failed."

 “That’s it.” Su Mingan nodded.

 He immediately began to screen these NPCs of different shapes and select suitable replacements.

 Honestly speaking, you can judge what type of world it is by looking at all the NPCs in the world. But judging from the appearance and clothing of these people, Su Mingan was completely unable to make an accurate judgment.

These people, dressed in what can be called a "cultural hodgepodge", not only mix Chinese and Western, but also combine ancient and modern times. Apart from being able to judge that this is not a future technological world, there is no way to tell what type of world this is.

These characters were not introduced, only their names. He could only judge the identity of each other from their clothes.

Su Mingan thought for a moment.

 First of all, if you want to choose a replacement NPC, you must not choose one that looks like the boss of the camp at first glance. There are many subordinates around the boss, and it is easy to tell that something is wrong with the clone.

 Second, you cannot choose one that is particularly weak.

 Third, choose someone who seems to have simple interpersonal relationships, and you cannot have familiar aunts or uncles around you.

 Fourth, don’t choose someone who looks easy to bully. The avatar should try to avoid fighting with the players at the top of the list.

Su Mingan’s thinking was very clear, but looking at the rows of NPCs with only names, he felt a little confused.

Through the previous dungeons, he has understood that it is not advisable to judge a person by his appearance. It is a very stupid behavior to judge a person's identity from his appearance - after all, in the original Seventh World, who would have thought that the Viscount seemed to have an ordinary start. , will he be the **** of the final BOSS Yunshang City?

 Judge the identity simply from the character's image, which is a very blind behavior.

 He raised his eyelids and glanced at Boss Rabbit.

The rabbit's eyes shined mechanically under the pink light. At this time, it did not have the spirituality it had before, just like a rabbit-shaped robot.

 …like a machine possessed and controlled by someone behind the scenes.

“You still have two minutes to choose.” Boss Rabbit said: “Now, all players are in the allocation of initial identities. In another two minutes, everyone will be uniformly transferred.”

Su Ming'an looked at the panel again, still thinking - just looking at the appearance of the character, there is no way to choose, it is almost like a blind selection.

 But after thinking for a moment, he had a new idea. From a game mechanics perspective...he might have a better choice.

"Boss Rabbit... No, the organizer." Su Mingan raised his head: "Can I know the information about this copy in advance?"

“No, you still have one minute and forty-five seconds to choose.” Boss Rabbit said.

  …can’t we get any information in advance?

Su Mingan has learned that according to the copy of Trili Town in the fourth world, a purely ‘competitive’ world will need a ‘guide’ to introduce the rules of the entire world.

 In the dungeon of Trili Town, it is the key figure "the mayor" who introduces the rules.

...According to the clues Noel told him, the Eighth World is a multi-dungeon game that requires collecting things like 'Silver Stars'... The rules of this world should be similar to a level-breaking dungeon, which requires players to go through a series of small-scale dungeons. levels, and use this to determine the final 'only' winner.

Based on what Boss Rabbit said just now, 'In two minutes, everyone will be teleported together', he can guess that in a multi-dungeon competitive world like the Eighth World, the dungeon needs a 'rules introducer' at the beginning to allow Players figure out the rules for collecting 'Silver Stars'.

This ‘rules introducer’ may be an NPC from the original world, but in this case, it would be a bit OOC for this NPC to introduce such an overly game-based mechanism.

 Hence, he believes that it is more likely that the spokesperson Boss Rabbit will introduce the rules at the beginning.

So, Boss Rabbit...

 —Is it considered a replaceable "npc"?

Su Mingan found that he seemed to have found the best choice.

 (End of this chapter)