StarTie Simulation: Aren’t you NPCs?

Wu Xuan felt a little puzzled when he saw the favorability window that popped up in front of him, but this seemed to be a good thing for him.

After all, I have a favorability mission, so the more "inexplicable" favorability I have, the better.

However, after the doubts, he began to think. Wu Xuan now made some guesses about what his "self" in the game said.

"What I mean is... if I had chosen to pick up the mechanical arm of "Iron Fist" Ariel, I could have sold it to "K"?" Wu Xuan murmured.

He immediately felt that the design of this game was quite tight. First, you were given a chance to choose at the beginning, you could take it or not, but later you were told that the pickup in front could be sold.

The game is afraid that you will forget, so it specially arranges a plot to remind you of this mechanism.

He really made me cry to death.

But before Wu Xuan began to regret why he didn't pick up the mechanical arm, the light screen in front of him suddenly flashed red.

[Attention, the elite enemy: the criminal "Skull Crusher" has appeared, please be careful]

[Since this is the first battle after the player enters the game, the battle mode will be explained this time, and this prompt will not appear when the battle is triggered later]

[The concept of this game's combat gameplay is "real". Starting from this battle, every battle thereafter requires the player's conscious participation. The player does not need to purchase any additional external equipment to achieve an "immersive" combat.]

[Battle victory conditions: Clearing the health bar of the monster in front of you or using special methods to make it surrender will count as a battle victory]

[Combat failure conditions: When the player/character is hit beyond the threshold, it is considered as the player/character's death. When the player is judged as "dead", the game will automatically start calculating the corresponding ending and end the simulation]

Wu Xuan, who was carefully observing the battle rules, burst out with a swear word when he saw the "failure conditions": "(Space Station swear)! Why does the simulation end when a battle fails... Do I have to win every battle? What about the plot kill?"

But the reality did not give Wu Xuan much time to think. In the next second, the characters on the light screen suddenly disappeared without any touch, and were replaced by a prompt box.

It was more like a notification box than a prompt box, because it didn't give Wu Xuan any time to react.

[You are about to enter the pre-war plot. The simulation mode will be transformed from "Play Mode" to "□□□□". Players, please be prepared! ]

"Wait?! What is that? Why is there a change in game mode...?" Before Wu Xuan could scream out in surprise, the light curtain in front of him emitted a purple light, making Wu Xuan feel as if his consciousness was thrown into a whirlpool.

He was suffering from this inexplicable dizziness and shaking his head frantically, as if he was trying to stay awake in this way.

The originally pure white and soft dormitory disappeared in front of him, replaced by pitch black. The originally clean and slightly fragrant air instantly turned into a rotten smell mixed with blood and stench.

The scene behind me has changed from the soft bed to a dark alley, and in front of me... is strange, complete darkness.

Such a sudden change made Wu Xuan, who was already inexperienced, feel nauseous and he wanted to vomit wildly. However, before this nauseating feeling was about to flood into his brain, a huge stream of information rushed into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Just a moment later, the feeling of vomiting that was about to surge into Wu Xuan's brain receded like the tide.

Wu Xuan shook his dizzy brain again, trying to comprehend the memories that had just been "injected" into his brain, while trying to quickly understand his current situation.

"Wait... Am I inside the game now? So the so-called 'real' means letting my consciousness enter in person... This is indeed quite real, but it's this disgusting feeling... I really can't accept it all of a sudden." Wu Xuan muttered to himself.

Wu Xuan let out a long sigh, and then he realized that something was wrong with him.

"With this air quality... why don't I feel sick? Instead, I feel normal? Is it because of the memories that just flooded into my brain? There seem to be a lot of strange things in my mind, like... like this?"

Wu Xuan stretched out his hand, and a pitch-black straight knife appeared in his hand. This straight knife was the weapon he used to chop the "Iron Fist" in the tavern before. He also figured out this almost strange way of taking it out.

"It seems... my understanding of this knife should still be there. I don't have to be afraid during the battle later...?" Wu Xuan thought uncertainly.

The reason why I'm not sure is that this guy has never fought with anyone, let alone fought with a wanted criminal.

"I hope... everything goes well?" Wu Xuan could only pray like this in his heart.

Just when Wu Xuan wanted to confirm the status of the Silver Wolf, a steel crossbow arrow broke through the air and hit Wu Xuan directly in the face.

According to Wu Xuan, who worked in the space station before...he would definitely not be able to dodge this arrow, but now he is no longer the otaku Wu Xuan, but Wu Xuan who has been struggling in the "wilderness" of "Punk Lord" for several years.

Wu Xuan's combat awareness accumulated over the years made him subconsciously twist his waist to the right, and he dodged the extremely fast crossbow arrow.

——Just like when he dodged the “Pressure Punch” from “Iron Fist” Ariel in the “Ashes Tavern”.

But just like then, even though Wu Xuan dodged the punch, the strong wind brought by the punch still made his cheek hurt. The situation now was exactly the same as then. A more powerful crossbow arrow flew past his side, and the strong wind caused by its high speed made Wu Xuan feel cold around his waist.

Wu Xuan hurriedly turned her head to look behind her and found that Silver Wolf's cloak was nailed to the wall of the "dark alley" by the arrow, and she herself was gasping for breath with lingering fear.

Seeing this scene, Wu Xuan suddenly felt angry as if he had been ambushed. He shouted into the deeper darkness, "I know who you are! Skull Crusher! You want to kill me with this little trick?! I will kill you today!"

The imagined scene of the male protagonist and the villain swearing at each other from a distance did not appear. Instead, what answered Wu Xuan were several steel crossbow arrows that broke through the air.

"(Punk Lord swears)! If you have the guts, come out and fight me head-on!" Wu Xuan cursed while dodging the steel crossbow arrows.

As soon as he finished talking trash, he whispered to the Silver Wolf behind him: "Miss Silver Wolf... do you have a way to determine his location?"

Silver Wolf was slightly stunned when he heard this, then nodded and replied softly: "I can."