[Battle of Inquisition] almost disrupted the game rhythm of every player.

I have to admit that the above sentence is indeed an indisputable fact. After all, even those super new players who are not qualified to participate, or those players who missed the first round of the individual competition and did not advance to the main competition,

I still maintain a great degree of enthusiasm for this game.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that in the rush to watch the game in the next few days, there will definitely be very few players who can maintain a normal game, and [Innocence Bound] is the kind of player who has a very close relationship with NPCs.

Games that can even influence each other to a considerable extent, so that not only players are affected by this shock, but even some NPCs are clearly aware of the abnormalities in their daily lives.

Of course, the magnitude of this abnormality is very small. On the one hand, it is because the game has just started one day, so even if someone inexplicably loses contact for a long time, it will not surprise everyone. On the other hand, although the world of innocence has already

It is one of the most popular games in the world, but after throwing this huge player base into the Innocence Continent, it becomes less noticeable. In fact, even if we randomly capture a hundred NPCs in one go, among them there will be no more than 100 NPCs.

There are probably only two people who have interacted with each other, and even fewer who have deep connections with players.

In summary--

"The influence of you guys who play games is not big enough..."

At dawn, in a small bar stall in the Free City, a girl with beautiful long blond hair and a face even prettier than her hair sighed faintly, then tightened her gray cloak and said to her side

A friend complained: "Speaking of which, this little shabby private room is too cold. Is this how people in the Free City do business?"

The girl with rare long aqua hair, who was sitting at the broken wooden table in the middle and reading a book, smiled and said softly: "You know better than anyone else that I don't want to do a wine business at all.

Why bother asking questions when you know the truth? As for whether it's cold or not, I'm afraid you won't even sneeze if I freeze to death here."

"Because saliva has no cost."

The Saint of Fortune who appeared in the Capital of Freedom for unknown reasons and whose identity was obviously hidden, Fairy Graham shrugged her shoulders, raised her slender white index finger and shook it, and said seriously: "We can't be too human.

Every penny counts, whether it's free saliva or free smiles, you have to take it out when it's time to take it out. Also, even if I don't freeze to death easily, it doesn't mean I don't use magic.

You are not afraid of the cold. No matter whether it is high-level or epic, even if you are stronger than ordinary people, you still need to eat, drink and relieve yourself."

Ever since she entered the world of innocence, she has been hanging out with Feiyali. The girl whose nickname in the game is "Qingqing Apple Fragrance" blinked and asked concisely: "So it's actually missing a bit of a sense of ritual?"

"That's not true, but you can still accuse me of being pretentious."

Feiyali stretched out and leaned weakly on the back of the chair, like a hawker who had just got off work after working all day and screamed in an indistinct manner: "So - tired - ah -"

Boom!!!

An angry muffled sound came from next door, which not only expressed dissatisfaction with the girl's loud noise, but also revealed the fact that the sound insulation here was extremely poor.

"Hey, this boss has a bad temper."

Feiyali shrank her neck, carefully looked back at the wall behind her that was more leaky than it looked, and muttered nonchalantly: "I will definitely give him a bad review when I look back."

Qing Qing Apple Xiang shrugged and looked down at the fairy tale book called "The Septic Princess and the Seven Gray Dwarves" on her lap again. She frowned slightly and said, "Are you sure this is a book that has been around for hundreds of years?"

Is it a reading material, rather than the product of a player’s illness?”

"I am sure that this book is at least three hundred years old. Although it is not widely circulated, it is definitely not a 'new book' that only appeared within a year."

Fiyali shrugged and added: "But I also don't deny that this book may indeed be written by a player like you. After all, the logic in the story seems to be self-consistent at first glance. The Blood Seeker Princess and the

The setting of gray dwarves is also grounded enough, but no matter what, the 'original copy' that I spent a lot of money to acquire is inconsistent with the style of bard fairy tales of the past ten centuries, and some of the terms in it... are more in line with your players.

Habit."

Qing Qing Apple Xiang rubbed her forehead in confusion, shook her head and said, "But this doesn't make sense. After all, the game [Innocent Bound] has only been launched for less than a year."

"So there are several possibilities -"

Feiyali moved a stool to the side of her friend, lowered her voice and said to the latter at a decibel that could not be heard next door: "First of all, assuming that [Innocence Bound] has a closed beta, then the game makers have a lot of confidence.

Maybe some easter eggs can be added in the process. As long as the operator can freely control the time ratio between the game world and the real world, this operation is actually not that difficult."

Qingqing Pingxiang nodded and said softly: "What you said does make sense. [Innocent Bound] is a rare game that is directly launched without any external testing, but there must be internal testing. If you say that

Tens of thousands of years of history were calculated by the matrix in just a few years, so it makes sense to include some easter eggs in the open beta, but I always feel..."

"I always feel that things are not that simple. After all, every NPC including me does not feel like a mere artificial intelligence."

Feiyali followed Qing Qing Apple's words very naturally, and her tone was not wavering at all: "In other words, even if some artificial intelligence can achieve this level, it is impossible to have the entire [Innocent Realm]

There are a huge number of NPCs in the game, not to mention that I have previously investigated the situation of some newborns on the first day of the Arashi Moon Chant, which is the second day after the server was launched. I found that they are no different from children in common sense. If you think about it from this perspective

, things are even more outrageous, after all, AI gives birth to a baby AI or something... This is not scientific, this is magic!"

"First of all, what I want to complain about is that you, a 'local' spell caster, have absolutely no position to say that it is 'very magical'."

Qingqing Pingxiang hit Fei Yali on the head with the spine of her book, and said helplessly: "Then, I think you, the NPC, have quickly become more like a player than me, a player. Even if I have been cooperating with you to put the outside world

I brought in knowledge and common sense, and even wrote a few books silently. This kind of thing is too..."

"It's nothing. Do you know how long it took me to learn Elvish?"

Fiyali rubbed the tip of her nose and said proudly: "Half a month! It only took us half a month to master speaking and singing in Elvish!"

Qingqing Pingxiang frowned: "Don't secretly change the concept. Learning to speak and sing in a new language in half a month is indeed amazing, but completely integrating an unfamiliar worldview into one's own cognitive system within a year, this kind of thing..."

"This kind of thing is difficult, but if you really want to do it, it's not impossible."

Feiyali took out a small thermos cup from her storage ring and said lightly while sucking it: "If you want to make money and live a good life, you can't be too tired..."

"Ah."

Noticing the inconsistency in Feiyali's painting style, the casual player who has only had mid-level strength until now, and whose main profession is not even level 30, smiled meaningfully and said: "Is this a true expression of affection?"

Feiyali smiled casually and spread her hands indifferently: "You think so, but it's a pity that compared to those characters in the story who have been burdened with God knows how many tragedies, I am a simple and poor child even if I show my true feelings.

, those exposed things can’t be put on the table, it’s better to show the shoulders, collarbone, thighs and so on.”

"You are just what you say you are."

Qingqing Apple Xiang pursed her lips and smiled, and asked casually: "But having said that, I didn't expect that the saintly daughter of the Wealth Sect lived in poverty when she was a child."

"What? Are you only interested in my past now?"

Feiyali smacked her lips, and then shook her head lightly and said: "This is actually normal. How many people are born as God's favored ones? It's much better now. If it were a few hundred years ago, they would be in their teens or twenties.

It’s too early to be discovered by a sect and be favored by God at the age of 18. After all, even if many people have sufficient qualifications, they may remain outside God’s sight throughout their lives.”

Qingqing Pingxiang nodded noncommittally and changed the topic cooperatively: "So, you are not really worried that your arrangements for player customers will fall into your hands, are you?"

"Of course not. After all, according to the information you provided, the popularity of [Innocence Realm] is far from reaching its peak, and the 'outsiders' in everyone's eyes have only just received attention, and everything is still developing.

,not to mention……"

Feiyali smiled slyly and winked at the scent of apples: "Isn't our 'little treasury' gradually getting richer?"

The latter sighed, shook his head and said: "That's what I say, but I always feel that you are a little too leisurely as a hands-off shopkeeper."

"Look what you said."

Feiyali's eyes widened with an innocent face, and she tilted her head cutely: "Obviously, I worked hard to provide resources, manpower, material resources, channels, and even the pricing. In the end, I gave everything to you.

Take care of it, Xiangxiang, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

Qingqing Apple Xiang twitched the corner of her mouth and did not answer. She just looked at her NPC friend intently, with [dissatisfaction] written all over her face.

"Ahem...Okay, okay, I admit that you are busy with things 'over there'."

Feiyali scratched her cheek in embarrassment, grabbed the other person's arm and shook it as if to please: "Or, can I give you some shares?"

Upon hearing this, Qingqing Apple Xiang burst into laughter: "If I really want to share more, why do you need you to ask for it? I won't transfer money to myself?"

Fiyali: "..."

"Okay, okay, no more joking."

Qing Qing Apple Fragrance casually closed the book and put it in her bag. She glanced at Feiyali with a slightly focused look: "Tell me, why did you suddenly come to the Free City without telling the sect? Not only did you try your best to hide the sect,

You are a high-level person, and after you came here, you didn’t even have any contact with the local sect in order not to leave any traces, and even... you didn’t even show your face in those shops that have nothing to do with the church and belong entirely to you."

Feiyali's eyes widened in surprise, and she whispered: "Wow! Xiangxiang, how did you know I was here..."

"Come on, I know your little thoughts very well."

Qingqing Apple Xiang raised her little hand and interrupted Feiyali's exclamation without hesitation: "As promised in advance, although I read a lot of lists that you deliberately left in the study when I was bored, I probably have them in your hands.

Those forces behind the scenes, but that is your business and I will never interfere."

Feiyali suddenly flattened her mouth with aggrieved face and muttered: "Don't say that, after all, I will definitely not let you go..."

"So why can you say things like this that are worse than animals with a harmless look on your face?!"

Even though it smelled like a refreshing apple that was very nurturing, Feiyali couldn't help but force her to curse.

"Hey~"

After making a very bad show of cuteness, the Saint of Wealth did not use Po Xia Donkey to change the subject when her friend had already hinted that she could not pursue it. Instead, she casually pressed a gold coin with a faint halo on the table and whispered.

Said: "God said, this is a business secret."

The next moment, several dazzling bands of light immediately lit up around the two of them, and dissipated invisible after an instant.

"It's obvious that you didn't believe my excuse for coming to Free City to conduct market research."

Fiyali shrugged, and while fiddling with the abnormally bright gold coin in front of her, she said calmly: "But it doesn't matter, after all, I never wanted to hide it from you from the beginning, and I didn't tell you before setting off.

It’s just that the City of Light is full of informants from my teaching, and the City of Freedom is extremely wary of ‘strangers’, so I never had a suitable opportunity before today.”
To be continued...