The Survival Rules of NPCs

Chapter 54: Han Du City!

"Sis... are you just that young because you're a modeler, or have you only been playing for a few years? You look so young!"

Inside the carriage, Gou Dan chatted casually with Tian Zongzi.

Sweet Rice Dumpling rarely chatted with people like this, and she was a little uncomfortable at first. However, as Gou Dan became more enthusiastic, she gradually relaxed and began to feel like she was back in her modern life. Once the conversation started, she began to talk about her past: "I used to like lolis. When I played games, my character model was a child. If I had known I would time travel, I would definitely have created a two-meter-tall man character for myself."

"Big man? So... you're a man in real life?" Gou Dan was taken aback.

"Sigh..." Sweet Rice Dumpling looked bitter and tearful. It was just a small hobby. She hadn't done anything to harm society, so why did she end up like this?

When I first transmigrated, I was too young, around eight years old, and had absolutely no survival skills. I starved and froze to death at least eight times...

If it weren't for that old thief taking me in, I would probably be the first player to lose all my chances of resurrection due to starvation!

"Sis...cough...brother." Gou Dan patted the other person's shoulder in sympathy. Luckily, he didn't have the bad habit of playing female characters in games, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to sleep if he woke up to find he had an extra dick...

"I saw you looking at something with a lot of trouble just now. Were you looking at the chat history?" Gou Dan asked curiously. She was very familiar with that expression on the other person's face. Players would only stare blankly when looking at chat history.

"That guy called Hungry Wolf, I even came all the way to the border to take on a mission, and he still managed to find me. I'm really impressed."

"Why did he contact you?" Gou Dan asked curiously.

"I heard he's a battle maniac who's always been unconvinced by me, the number one ranked player. He's always challenging me to a duel, which makes me afraid to reveal my identity at player gatherings, for fear of being found by him."

"Dude, you're awesome! You're ranked number one in the North District?"

"It was an accident..." Sweet Rice Dumpling covered her head and whispered, "My profession has always been a thief with no combat ability. After the thief master who adopted me was arrested, I started looking for work on my own. One time, I accidentally stole an item from a merchant—a bottle of extraordinary potion and some kind of letter. I don't know what it was, but the system notified me that because I had changed some historical trajectory, my experience points suddenly increased by a lot. I didn't think much of it and used it all on my thievery, and as a result, I instantly leveled up to twenty..."

"How much?" Gou Dan's eyes widened. This is incredible luck...

"If I had known there would be so many experience points, I should have saved some and switched to a more promising career." Sweet Rice Dumpling smiled bitterly: "Using so much experience for a thief, I'm afraid only I would do that."

"Uh..." Gou Dan didn't know what to say for a moment.

"So your extraordinary abilities didn't come from that bottle you stole before, did they?"

"Hmm..." Sweet Rice Dumpling nodded, "When I drank it, the system said there was only an 11% success rate, but I didn't think much of it and just drank it, and it actually worked..."

"Your luck..." Gou Dan thought he'd been having pretty good luck lately, but he never expected to run into such a lucky guy!

"And then what?"

"After that..." Sweet Rice Dumpling scratched her head and continued, "Because my level skyrocketed and I was ranked number one in the North District by the system, I suddenly attracted the attention of many high-level players who were all looking for me. I was also nervous, so I didn't dare to show my face in public and didn't dare to take on missions on the black market. Later, I accidentally came into contact with the Empire's intelligence officers. Because of my special abilities, they often hired me to do some gray tasks that I couldn't do on my own, such as stealing the wealth and intelligence of corrupt officials, or going to rob tombs or something."

"Dude, you had a pretty frustrating time being number one."

"That's right..." Sweet Rice Dumpling said with a wry smile, "Because I was afraid of being found by those big shots, I thought I should try to smooth things over so that we could meet again in the future. So sometimes when I got some information or good clues, I would publicly post them in the regional information. And then..."

"Dude, you're so righteous! How come we don't have a big shot like you in the South District?" Dog Egg chuckled. "And then?"

"And then...it got more and more outlandish..." Sweet Rice Dumpling said, covering her face.

"Forehead?"

"Because most of the information I provided was quite useful, and on two occasions I even had black market players report me to avoid being searched by the authorities, the rumors about me became increasingly exaggerated. People started saying I was the number one player in the North District, a mysterious player that the authorities couldn't do anything about, and that I even refused a personal invitation from Duke of the Raven. They said I had everything, which made the top-ranked players even more eager to find me..."

Dog Egg: "........"

"Your experience... tsk..."

"Hey bro... oh no sis, how's the place here? Maybe I should just hang out with you guys."

"No, the top expert in the North District, I can't handle this..."

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In another carriage, Bright slowly opened his eyes. With the help of the departing spirit, he could clearly hear the conversation between Gou Dan and the other person in the next carriage. He was speechless for a moment. So this was the number one player in the North.

He shook his head and took out the piece of Black Thorn Heart from his spatial bag, which contained three spirits.

The most important thing is Allen's spirit. He has to explain Allen's death clearly, otherwise, if Michel gets agitated, he could really use his wealth to hire a bunch of mercenaries to destroy all the forces in Holy Stone City.

Then there's Gina, that woman, who's already at the level of a vengeful spirit. Every time I take out the Black Thorn, I can see her intense resentment towards me.

Bright didn't care. Isn't it normal for a psychopath who enjoys indiscriminate killing to be killed one day? Why would he harbor resentment? Shouldn't such a person be carefree?

Then he glanced at his experience points again and found that he only had a few hundred left to spare. He had added most of his experience points to the Corpse Whisperer.

The reason for doing this is that the Corpse Whisperer's level 15 ability is indeed very useful. The bizarre ability to create evil spirits maximizes the use of the Black Thorn item, and he also has excellent materials.

For example, Gina, that freak, and Knight Commander Orland, these spirits with extraordinary power are excellent materials for evil spirits, and there's already one on that sweet rice dumpling next door.

If you encounter real danger, you could directly awaken that powerful evil spirit, which could cause chaos.

Before the advancement path for fighters becomes clear, improving the Corpse Whisperer is the best option to enhance one's adaptability.

As for Holy Stone City, the only one who could sneak in, Sweet Rice Dumpling, is under his control. There should be no problem there for the time being. As long as he can stop this war and let Eliza take the position of city lord, he will have the confidence to open the city gates and let all the northern players in.

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"Have you heard? A war might be brewing!"

In the law school, several players gathered together, discussing the day's interesting events.

Most players in Mirandil are unregistered, but some have managed to get into the academy and become intern scholars, just like Yu Nu Wugua. However, most of them are guild players.

The most successful guild in Milandale is called Han Dudu, which is composed of pure Koreans. The guild has thousands of members and is spread across multiple cities in Milandale. Compared to the group of scattered warriors like Dog Egg in the black market, this group of guild players is much more organized and efficient.

The plan was quite detailed, specifying which players would take on shady jobs, which would gather intelligence, and which would pursue the scholar path.

Although players in the underground black market have tried forming alliances, they have never been able to coordinate as well as the group in Han Du City.

The Rain Girl Trio imitated the policies of Han City, but they were ostracized. They not only suffered exploitation from the academy's instructors, but also from the exclusion of Han City. This is why Rain Girl was in such a difficult situation.

Compared to Yu Nu's miserable situation, Han Dudu is quite different. Han Dudu has now graduated three legal scholars and two financial scholars, who have entered institutions such as the Bureau of Justice, the Court of Judicial Affairs, senior law firms, and banks, and can be said to have achieved initial success.

Meanwhile, the most discussed topic among the players in Han Du City at the Law School today is the latest news about Holy Stone City.

"A war may not necessarily break out. The fact that the envoys from the north are putting pressure on us is likely an attempt to help Eliza take the position of city lord."

"Are you so sure? I heard Eliza was the one who stopped the traitor from launching the rebellion!"

"You believe that?"

"If Mirandil revokes Eliza's right to inherit the title, do you think the North will immediately go to war?"

"Once the war starts, there will be more missions, which can allow lower-level players to go to the battlefield and look for opportunities."

"Heh...do they dare?" one of the players sneered. "The Southern Battlefield is always open. Anyone who dares to join doesn't matter their status. How many players do you see willing to do that? Without extraordinary abilities, players only have ten resurrection opportunities. On the battlefield, dying ten times is easier than drinking water!"

"That's true... but now that those good-for-nothings can't get any missions, their tuition for next semester is going to be a big problem."

"Let the chairman keep an eye on them; those guys have been getting increasingly lax lately."

The players were chatting enthusiastically when suddenly a fat man came running up, panting heavily.

"Choi Dong-joon..." The group looked at each other: "Still haven't given up on losing weight? Stop struggling, you can't go back to the way you were."

Players in Handu all share a common characteristic: everyone uses their real name from their home country as their online ID. This is to distinguish them from players from other regions. The reason why Korean players in Milandil were able to gather so quickly is because of the unified rules established by Korean players. Looking back now, the person who made this suggestion was truly a genius.

"Mrs. Eliza has arrived; she's come to the law school!"

"Huh?" The group was taken aback. "She's already here? But what's she doing here at the law school?"

It's quite surprising that this most controversial figure came to the law school immediately after arriving in Milan.

"It's said they're inviting some students to join their legal team!"

"Wow!!" A group of players immediately stood up excitedly. They had to seize this opportunity. As long as they could join the team, even if they were just doing odd jobs, it would be a valuable experience for them in the future!

"But the person in charge of recruiting team assistants is a bit troublesome..."

"Hmm? Is he a very mean person?" Several players quickly said, "Go investigate his identity, have the guild leader temporarily allocate some funds, let's cater to his tastes, show him what we can, this is a rare opportunity!"

"It has nothing to do with the rain goddess..."

Everyone: "........."

"Holy crap... Really?"