When being enveloped by the white teleportation light, Su Mingan noticed something was wrong.
Usually when he is teleported, there will be a strange sense of flow surrounding him, and the frequency of this sense of flow is fixed and the direction is consistent.
But at this moment, he noticed a sense of inconsistency.
...The flow direction of this teleportation seems to be different.
Before he could feel it carefully, his vision went dark.
After the teleportation white light faded, he quickly opened his eyes,
Total darkness.
The place he was in was a pure dark space.
He lowered his head, 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 was supposed to be on is now closed, and the barrage box is empty. There is not a single barrage that should be reporting the news.
The system time was still running. He glanced at it and saw that his time had not stopped.
However, being in this dark space, people will feel a kind of hermetic fear, as if they are at the bottom of the sea where they can't see any fingers.
He stood quietly in the void, saying nothing, and there was no intense expression change on his face, just waiting.
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 figure 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.
Su Mingan looked at it.
"Are we going to have a candlelight dinner here?" He looked around, but it was still pitch black and he couldn't see his fingers clearly: "Don't even turn on the lights."
Boss Rabbit opened his blood-red eyes, rolled his beautiful eyeballs, and gave him a "gentle" smile.
Such a gentle smile appeared on Boss Rabbit's funny face, which looked particularly abnormal.
"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 shoulder the responsibility Additional tasks.”
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, he must have something else to say.
…Is the outcome the task of those in power?
In the past, the tasks for receiving the person in power were obtained directly through system prompts. This time, Boss Rabbit actually needed to award it 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 The architecture of the world.”
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 tasks of those in power in the past were to protect a certain NPC or to reach a certain place - to guide him through the most difficult plot route so that he could complete the most hidden plot clues.
But now, his mission as a person in power seems to have gone to a higher level.
...He was given the task of "observing the copy". It is similar to the same task as a programmer who runs the program after writing it to fix bugs.
Walk around the venue, observe instances, and dig up secrets to see if there are "bugs" in the world.
This is a step up from the previous "player", similar to the tasks of a game observer.
"Am I... upgraded to a GM (game manager)?" Su Mingan said.
"It doesn't count." Boss Rabbit continued, his voice still cold: "Those in power, your avatar can only roam the venue as an NPC, responsible for observation and recording. It is not allowed to modify the rules of the game or interfere in the competition."
"Are you an outsider?" Su Mingan narrowed his eyes: "Ask, after the avatar becomes an NPC, can it still be my battle aid?"
He has realized that if his clone becomes an NPC observing the world, how can he summon the clone to help him fight?
And...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. This was a skill that he was able to achieve with his E-level luck at the beginning, and he was able to penetrate his soul with one shot.
But...if the clones' skills are different, it's difficult to explain logically.
After all...he became the one in power because he acquired the clone skill. Or is it because of his status as the person in power that he has had this kind of dual-line operation skill from the beginning? Or was the clone skill just an accident, and it was really a good thing that he accidentally caught with E-level luck?
Boss Rabbit's eyes turned red.
It answered his question in a robotic tone:
"Answer. No." It said: "Since your clone skills cannot be used in the eighth world, for the sake of fairness, the game will provide you with additional benefits."
"What benefits?"
"Keep it secret."
"Isn't this good?" Su Mingan spread his hands and said with a helpless tone: "As a person in power, in the world of a hundred-man competition, I will be suppressed like this. My most critical professional core skills have been disabled because I have become an NPC. , and the benefits as compensation were not informed to me... For me, this start is too unfair. This can't help but make me a little sad..."
His emotions came as he spoke, and his tone was full of indignation at this "unfairness."
"No, our game." Boss Rabbit said calmly and interrupted him directly: "Absolutely fair."
...It’s really a familiar answer.
Su Mingan calmed down his emotions slightly.
"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: "And you will not completely lose your clone skills. You will still have the right skills." Control of the clone, after the clone has completely completed its patrol mission in the venue, you will regain absolute control over the skill."
"Is that so..." Su Mingan nodded, and suddenly raised his hand like a studious primary school student: "Ask a question. To what extent can I control the NPC clone?"
"As long as it's within the scope allowed by the world patrol mission, you can try it as you like." Boss Rabbit said calmly.
Su Mingan understood.
In other words, it is equivalent to his clone taking on an additional task of "pretending to be an NPC to patrol the site". As long as the system allows it, he can still control the clone.
...In this way, 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, and a compensation that was kept secret.
Moreover, his main gain is not in this aspect, but in information.
He seems... to have jumped beyond the level of a pure "player" and moved closer to the order and design of the copy itself.
Although for now, it is just a place for "wandering" and "observing" copies.
…But what about after that? What about after reaching the next level?
"The person in power", as the highest-level identity, is not limited to NPC favorability. It seems to have vaguely involved dungeons.
Boss Rabbit stretched out his big, fluffy white hand.
A giant blue screen lit up in the pitch-black void.
On the screen, a white stream of light appeared, outlining transparent characters, with names marked underneath them.
[Day Chess], [Day Calendar], [Kelsey], [Po], [Meiya Tu], [Liu Changqing], [Ghost Laote], [Guangli], [Rococo], [Qin Huanya]... …
There are thousands of densely packed names, like white ants, appearing on this giant blue screen. This huge screen unfolds, and the bottom layer unfolds directly into the darkness at Su Mingan's feet.
On the light screen, these characters have different shapes, including men, women, old and young.
And 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...
This scene of various characters arranged in front of you is like "please choose your hero".
It’s dizzying to watch.
"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.
At this moment, he finally understood why he needed to come to a separate space to take on this mission of being in charge.
Because if this mission is accepted inside the dungeon, players hiding nearby may discover it. This group of players might try to kill his clone NPC.
He immediately began to carefully screen these NPCs of different shapes and select suitable replacements.
Frankly speaking, by looking at all the NPCs in a world like this, you can roughly judge what type of world it is.
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 roughly judge that this is not a future technological world, it is completely impossible to tell what type of world this is.
There was no introduction to these characters, just bare names, so he could only judge the general identity of each other from their clothing.
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 big boss of the camp. There are many subordinates around the big boss, and it is easy to tell that something is wrong with the clone.
Second, you cannot choose someone who is particularly weak, otherwise it will arouse suspicion once you reveal your strength that is inconsistent with you.
Third, you should choose someone whose interpersonal relationships seem to be simple. There should be no 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. After all, everyone is familiar with the avatar's skills.
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 very stupid to judge a person's identity from his appearance - after all, in the original seventh world, who would have thought that the beginning seemed ordinary. Will the Viscount be the final boss of Yunshang City?
So, simply judging the identity from the characters on this panel is also a very blind act.
He raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at his boss, Rabbit, who was looking at him calmly.
The rabbit's eyes shone 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 initial identity allocation. In another two minutes, everyone will be uniformly teleported."
Su Mingan 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.
If he entered the dungeon to confirm the identity of the NPC before going back, he was worried that it would be too late.
But after thinking for a moment, he had a new idea.
From a game mechanics perspective...he might have a better choice.
Give it a try first, and if it doesn’t work, just pick one. Anyway, you won’t lose money if you try.
"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's eyes quickly scanned the screen.
He has learned that according to the White City dungeon in the second world and the Trili Town dungeon in the fourth world, a purely 'competitive' world will need a 'guide' to introduce the rules of the entire world.
In the White City dungeon, it was Boss Rabbit who personally introduced the rules to each player team.
In the Trilli Town dungeon, it was the 'mayor', a key figure, who introduced the rules of day and night to the players in a vague manner.
...According to the clues Noel told him, the Eighth World is obviously a multi-dungeon game that requires collecting things like 'Silver Stars'. If you look at things like converting 'Silver Stars' into 'Faction Points'... it's obvious that the rules of this world should be similar to a level dungeon, which requires players to go through small levels one after another and make final decisions based on them. 'Sole' winner rule.
Based on what Boss Rabbit said just now, "In another two minutes, everyone will be teleported together", he can guess that in a multi-dungeon competitive world like the Eighth World, the dungeons need to have unified rules from the beginning. Introducer' to allow players to identify the rules of 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 gamified mechanism.
Therefore, he believes that it is more likely that the copy of the Eighth World will replicate the situation of the Baicheng copy.
...That is, let Boss Rabbit introduce the rules at the beginning.
So, as the initial introducer of the White City Rules, Boss Rabbit...
——Is it considered a replaceable "NPC"?
Su Mingan found that he seemed to have found the best choice.
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