King from scratch

The vicissitudes of life are nothing more than that, He Xingwen stepped on the ground under his feet, looked at the desert farther away and thought, it looks a bit like a game now.

The power beyond human imagination has become extremely reasonable under the framework of the game.

Following that, not only the land was revived, but also the two stationary NPCs.

"King." The NPC looked at this brand new country and asked He Xingwen: "What should we do?"

He Xingwen looked around this small oasis, and his first reaction was to open up wasteland and cultivate, and the talent for growing vegetables deeply rooted in the instinct of Chinese people gradually emerged.

Before He Xingwen opened his mouth, they had already enthusiastically made suggestions for He Xingwen.

"I think I can find something useful outside." An NPC pointed at the desert.

"I think we need to get angry." Another NPC's eyes fell on the oasis.

Their performance exceeded He Xingwen's imagination of the intelligence of the NPC in this game, but considering that this is an epoch-making holographic game, it seems a bit too much of a fuss to be surprised.

It should have transcended common sense, as it would define the entire field of gaming in the future.

He Xingwen tentatively said, "Perhaps, you can go your separate ways?"

The NPC faithfully obeyed the king's order, so the soldiers split into two groups and walked in different directions.

One walked out of the oasis, and the other stopped by the lake, looking around.

System: "King..."

"Don't call me that." He Xingwen interrupted him: "It sounds weird."

System: "They call you that too."

"They are NPCs." And this is the setting of the game, no one would feel that the setting of the game is unreasonable for no reason.

System: "What do you plan to do next?"

He Xingwen stared at the NPC who was walking away, the wind and sand covered his figure, and after the wind and sand, what is there that the sight cannot reach?

No one knows.

"It depends on how realistic the game can be."

System: "If there are only these two NPCs, then it can be real beyond imagination."

He Xingwen agreed with his words: "It is true that quantitative changes can always lead to qualitative changes."

The system continued steadily: "If there are ten NPCs, maybe the first house can be built before Xingyao falls."

"If there are a hundred NPCs, maybe after dawn, your territory can be fully explored."

"And if there are a thousand npcs here...then maybe the next time you enter the game, the area of ​​your territory will exceed your imagination."

"I only have two npcs."

What He Xingwen cares about is not that he has too little, but another meaning revealed by the system just now: "So, these npcs are not for me to command? No, there is ambiguity in saying that," he corrected: " These npcs are intelligent enough to judge what they should do."

System: "You are the master of this land, they serve you, not you serve them."

"A qualified game will not allow players to be consumed by endless trivial matters."

He Xingwen noticed that the npc left in the oasis had successfully lit a fire, and he didn't stop because he had completed the initial task to get the next task instructions.

On the contrary, he was busy without stopping, sorting branches, looking for food, and building a simple shelter...

"What's more, you will not stay in the game forever." The system continued: "The game will not be suspended because of your departure."

"So, this is inevitable." The system said: "They have sufficient self-awareness."

"This is a little too real." He Xingwen said softly.

"If you fear betrayal, the rules ensure that..."

"I'm not worried about betrayal."

He Xingwen stared at the busy NPC. He had a clear goal, knew what he should do next, and had the matching hands-on ability—far beyond the hands-on ability and physical fitness of most normal human males on Earth.

It can be said that he is like the best batch of human beings.

He Xingwen interrupted the topic: "Let's talk about other issues."

"How can the territorial area be expanded?"

"When the size of the territory exceeds what it can carry, the kingdom will expand its borders on its own."

"The size of the territory...the number of NPCs?" He Xingwen paused, and added another word: "How prosperous is the kingdom?"

"Yes."

"How do NPCs increase?"

"If you have enough energy, the altar can create new npcs for you."

"Energy..." He Xingwen was already mentally prepared for this: "Obviously a promotional video is not enough."

"really."

"Then, the last question, I hope you can answer it honestly."

He Xingwen paused for two seconds: "You are currently at a low level of intelligence, but you will not stay at a low level of intelligence forever. Tell me, what is the key to improving the level of intelligence?"

The smooth answer paused for a few seconds: "The size of the kingdom."

He Xingwen was not surprised: "Of course, this is the reason for your existence."

"No, the only reason I'm here is because of you."

He Xingwen skipped his words and changed the topic: "So, the operation of the kingdom requires rules."

"Yes." The system continued: "When they have a certain amount of free will, in order to prevent their free will from going out of control, they need a little restraint."

"King." The busy NPC walked up to He Xingwen. He held a bunch of fruits and showed them to He Xingwen like a treasure: "Fruits."

He Xingwen looked at the fruits in his hand. A transparent liquid was flowing inside the translucent red shell, and there was a layer of extremely fine fluff on the shell. a fruit.

"I tasted it, it's not poisonous." NPC said.

He Xingwen took a fruit, and the sense of touch from his hand told him that it was not an illusion, it was indeed undulating, just like a living creature, "breathing".

The NPC grinned foolishly, holding the fruit and preparing to leave.

He Xingwen hesitated, and communicated with the other party: "Do you know what to do next?"

The NPC stopped and answered the question affirmatively: "Of course, King, I know what to do next."

"We're going to build a kingdom..." He looked around the oasis. "Make it worthy of a great king."

There is no way to answer this, after all, He Xingwen is not so shameless.

So, he changed the question: "What's your name?"

The NPC blinked, and his firm expression turned into uncontrollable excitement in a second: "I don't have a name, king."

"Do you want to give me a name?" NPC proudly said, "I am your most outstanding citizen."

If I remember correctly, I only have two subjects now.

He Xingwen glanced in the direction of the desert, and felt that the other NPC who was not present would not agree with the other party's point of view.

"I'm not good at naming people."

"This is my glory." The NPC said excitedly to himself.

Judging from the fact that he knows how to avoid unfavorable topics, his IQ is much higher than that of some people on Earth.

"Your name is Yan." He Xingwen watched the blazing fire by the lake, and had a flash of inspiration: "The other one is called Huang."

"Yan, Huang." Yan repeated several times, and once again showed He Xingwen a trademark grin, his white teeth gleaming under the light: "I am Yan."

Yan was amused for a few seconds, then calmed down quickly: "I have to build the room where I sleep at night before it gets dark..."

Yan chanted these words, and walked towards the lake with the pile of fruits in his arms. After walking a few steps, he stopped hesitantly and looked back at He Xingwen.

Their eyes met for a second.

"Should I salute, King," he asked.

"No, of course not." He Xingwen answered the question subconsciously.

Yan got the answer, and walked again, leaving He Xingwen silent on the spot.

"Host?"

"A program based on rules and regulations will only execute orders, but he will actively ask questions to confirm his actions."

He Xingwen was amazed by this: "Is this what holographic games can do? Even an ordinary NPC can have intelligence beyond imagination?"

Can it even act like an intelligent creature with its own will?

The system corrected his words: "This is just the beginning."

"Your kingdom has just been born, and this is far from what it can do."

He Xingwen tried his best to calm himself down, which was a little difficult. The excitement of making history enveloped him, making him unable to restrain his emotions.

"But all of this is already very...unbelievable."

He Xingwen looked around the oasis. The lake is the center of the oasis. On both sides of it, there is a whole forest surrounding it. The branches of the trees are bearing numerous fruits, which sway gently with the breeze.

The sound of animal activity came from deep in the woods.

Streams pass through lakes, flow in from the desert, and flow out into the desert.

This is his kingdom.

Of course, at the moment, it would be an exaggeration to describe it as a village.