StarTie Simulation: Aren’t you NPCs?

Wu Xuan looked at the characters appearing on the light screen in front of him and nodded silently. He understood very well why this happened.

If we blindly put the plot selection right in the hands of the players, with the support of such a huge data set...the plot may accidentally lose the next step forever, causing the game to be permanently stuck.

"Quite humane..." Wu Xuan thought so, then jumped off the bed, walked to the small refrigerator in his dormitory, took out a bottle of iced "Suleda" and lay down on the bed again, drinking soda while watching the further development of the game on the light screen.

[You looked into "K's" eyes. Although you saw nothing but two balls of green flames, you believed... that someone with such "burning" eyes would never lie.]

[You shrugged and then mentioned the bounty for hunting the Skullbreaker.]

"This mission... the reward is in "game currency". How much can I put on the account here?"

"K" said without hesitation: "Of course it is the "account", otherwise I would be unable to keep up with the calculations every day."

Wu Xuan nodded in understanding, and then he readily placed the "broken skull" that he had chopped off on the table and said, "Here, this is the proof of mission completion."

"K" nodded, and then a blue light screen appeared from nowhere and floated in front of him. The pair of mechanical hands kept typing something on the virtual keyboard, as if looking for a corresponding commission.

While the two were still checking the mission of hunting down "Skullbreaker", Silver Wolf's sight inadvertently fell on the head placed on the glass table.

Originally, Silver Wolf didn't want to pay too much attention to this disgusting thing, but... the item description box that appeared on the screen directly caught her attention.

[The head of the "broken skull" cut off by a knife]

[Description: The head was chopped off by Wu Xuan with a straight knife enchanted with "□□". Although the metal at the neck had been specially treated, it was still unable to withstand the power from the starry sky.]

After reading the description of this thing, Silver Wolf fell into deep thought, then immediately opened the team interface and clicked on Wu Xuan's character profile without hesitation. A young man in black was leaning against a wall somewhere, facing Silver Wolf and making a silencing gesture with his index finger. The faint smile on his face seemed to make the young man even more charming.

However, for Silver Wolf, this is not the time to appreciate the character card, but to check the character panel to see if there are any sudden changes.

【Wu Xuan (SR+)】

[Talents: Hacker Talent, Close Combat, Sword Mastery, Game Talent, "□□"]

[Description: A newcomer with considerable potential, who by chance mastered the power of "□□". Perhaps he will be replaced by some new power one day in the future, but he is still worth more investment.]

Looking at the "□□" that suddenly appeared, Silver Wolf fell into deep thought. She had reason to suspect that this was the power of some destiny, but she had no evidence. After all, her own panel also said "Nothingness" Destiny Walker, not "Nothingness".

While Silver Wolf was checking the character panel, the transaction between Wu Xuan and "K" had already been completed.

After putting the head of the "skull breaker" under the counter, "K" threw two metal cards on the table, and then operated the blue light screen in front of him and said: "This is the receipt for your consumption in the black market in the future. You can use the "account" with this thing."

"Oh, by the way, the balances on these two cards... that is, the "accounts" are common, do you understand what I mean?"

Wu Xuan nodded upon hearing this, and then continued to ask: "By the way, which merchants are your partners? What kind of transactions are they responsible for? If I want to repair or upgrade my weapons, where should I go?"

"K" hesitated for a moment and replied, "My location is the leftmost container in the entire black market. You should be clear about this, right?"

Wu Xuan nodded, but did not say anything. Instead, he waited for "K" to continue.

"The one on the far right is container number 'A'. The things sold by merchants in this black market are pretty much the same, no matter the type of goods or anything else."

"But the only difference between us is... our additional abilities are different."

"Extra abilities?" Wu Xuan asked with some confusion.

"You can understand it as... I am a small mechanical research institute here, and the "A" container is a forging plant, and the "Q" container is a laboratory with quite complete equipment."

Wu Xuan nodded, then asked, "You mean... if I need forging equipment or something like that, I should go find "A"?"

「K」 nodded in agreement, and then continued: "There are a total of 27 containers here. Some are stacked up, and some have entrances in the gaps. You can only explore the specific locations yourself."

"You... have some kind of agreement?" Wu Xuan asked with some confusion.

"No, I just think it's more interesting this way." "K" answered without hesitation.

As if realizing that his words were a little inappropriate, "K" coughed twice and continued, "Ahem, let me explain to you what "special abilities" the merchants here have. As for the rest of the positions... personalities, etc., you can slowly figure it out on your own."

"First is 'One'. This guy is a very mysterious information dealer. You can buy a lot of information from him. There is nothing that 'One' doesn't know, except what you can't think of."

"And 'Er', this guy is a top chef, he has a lot of ingredients and delicacies, of course... he also buys fresh ingredients."

"As for "弎"... this girl is the best fashion designer here, but... she can do more than just design clothes."

Wu Xuan blinked and asked, "What else can she design?"

"K" showed a sophisticated smile, although... the so-called "smile" looked more like a grin under the iron mask, but this did not prevent him from being a riddle man to whet others' appetite.

He did not answer Wu Xuan's question, but continued to speak: "This guy Si is a real doctor. He is also a pharmacist. If you are injured, you can go to him."

"Wu is a pure killer. Apart from regular items, he doesn't sell anything. The only thing that can be called a commodity is a bounty, asking him to assassinate the corresponding target."

"Lu is a fortune teller. I don't know if her fortune telling skills are reliable...but this is her additional business."

"Qi is a rather contradictory guy... He is a programmer who can help you code a lot of things, including upgrading certain weapons, but this guy does business entirely based on personal acquaintance."

"As for 'Eight', 'Nine', and 'Ten'..." When these three names were mentioned, K's face darkened visibly. He sighed softly and continued, "They no longer do business here..."

"K" took a deep breath and continued, ""J" is a genius hacker. He is hired to help you complete some tasks."

"Q is a scientist. She often comes up with gadgets that seem useless at first glance, but can always have miraculous effects after using her brain to develop them."

"And I, 'K', am a mechanical scholar, and now I'm responsible for selling mechanical prostheses and repairing some guns and the like."

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Seven thousand six hundred words today... I'm really sleepy and can't hold on any longer. Anyway, I'll definitely reach 100,000 words before February.