Game of the World Tree - Chapter 225

Chapter 225 NPCs and Players

Can NPCs become friends with players?

For most players, NPCs are just tools in the game, and their role is only to promote the plot, for players to buy props, or to be the enemy of the players, for them to kill for fun.

Perhaps players can also have feelings for certain NPCs, such as some extremely outstanding characters created by the game, such as pets that players have worked hard to raise in the game, etc.

However, this kind of feeling is more of a condescending attitude, an identification and love for things that suit their preferences, or things that have been created through their own efforts.

This kind of emotion is not equal in nature.

Even in many games, players are endlessly licking NPCs, but in most cases it is not that players like NPCs so much, but that they can get benefits from them, or it is a disguised spiritual sustenance…

Even if you really like a certain character, you actually just like the image created by the game for this character, and at most add the story behind this character.

In the eyes of players, no matter how likable NPCs are, they are just NPCs. They are actually equivalent to characters in the story at most, but… this story is something that players can participate in.

But, it’s just participation.

Even if they participate in the NPC’s story, even if they enter the plot of the game… but players are still players.

Maybe they will be moved by the plot, maybe they will cheer for the story.

But they understand that this is just a game, something that is designed to relax them, make them happy, and revolve around them.

Of course, another reason for this situation is that the emotional communication between players during the game is one-way…

NPC… is NPC after all.

Players have real emotions and truly independent thoughts, but NPCs do not.

They are just a bunch of data, and all their reactions are programmed.

Players are the masters of the game.

In this case, if players are really allowed to communicate with NPCs on an equal footing, it is actually unfair to the players.

But…

what if NPCs also have their own emotions?

“Elf Kingdom” is essentially just a game skin, bringing the humans of Blue Star to a different world in the form of players.

For players, this is a game; but it is not a game.

When players realize that the NPCs in this game are so vivid, their AI is smart enough to be indistinguishable from the real thing, and they even have human-like emotions…

in this case, what will the relationship between players and NPCs be like?

One-sided emotional expression is doomed to fail to generate bondage.

But if it is a two-way emotion… that’s different.

With the in-depth communication with the natives of the Segos world, when the players realize that NPCs also have emotions, this game… is not just a game.

For the players, it will be another world!

Of course, this does not mean that the players realize that the “game” they are in is actually reality, but that… they have the cognition of regarding the “game” as “reality” in a certain sense.

In other words – although they know that this is a game, they also have a real bond with this game and a sense of belonging.

In fact, Eve has never thought of revealing the truth of “Elf Kingdom” to the players…

Blue Star’s technology is advanced enough, even if someone really doubts, Eve can barely fool them.

And thinking that they are in the game is the essence of the Fourth Calamity’s strength.

Fearless!

Because fearlessness is enough to be strong!

If the Fourth Calamity really knows that the game is not a game, it will lose its strongest heart and become restrained.

However…

players think that “Elf Kingdom” is a game, and there is no conflict between players and “NPCs” and communicating with them sincerely and equally.

These two can actually coexist.

Maybe other games can’t do it, but… “Elf Kingdom” can!

……

“If you look at this masterpiece “Elf Kingdom” according to your usual gaming experience, you may also be able to get an excellent gaming experience, but you will definitely not enjoy the essence of this game!”

“This is a game… but it’s not just a game.”

“This is a world that belongs to us, an adventure that belongs to us, and we can completely regard this game as a new life…”

“Or, this… is the ultimate that virtual reality games can do!”

After hearing Myriel’s answer, Xiao Xian Miao suddenly recalled a few words that Li Mu had said.

And it was at this time that she suddenly realized a problem…

Yes…

The NPCs in “Elf Kingdom” also have their own emotional system…

In a sense, they can even be regarded as another kind of life.

Players can become friends with each other.

So what about players and NPCs?

If she and Myriel exchanged identities this time, and Myriel was in danger, what would she do?

When she thought of this, Xiao Xian Miao was surprised to find that she would probably be angry and furious like Myriel.

And if Myriel really died in the battle, Xiao Xian Miao might really cry.

People have emotions.

When facing other beings with the same emotions, long-term communication… will create a bond.

Suddenly, the girl realized that she had unconsciously regarded the little black dragon as a friend and a partner.

The other party was probably the same…

Otherwise, he would not have been so angry when he saw her being killed.

Thinking of this, the little salty cat looked at Myriel more and more gently…

“Myriel!”

She laughed.

“What?!”

The little black dragon rolled his eyes at her.

“I’ll give you a snack tonight!”

The little salty cat stood up and patted the scales on its body.

“Inexplicable…”

Myriel muttered and yawned lazily.

However, the huge dragon tail swinging behind it revealed its good mood…

…

It took the players less than an hour to clean up the entire battlefield.

Then, they packed up the spoils and returned to the Black Dragon Castle happily.

“Elf Kingdom” is good in everything, but considering the authenticity, the scale of the map is really too large.

Once there is no teleportation array, it will take a long time to catch up… It’s

okay if you have a mount.

Although Warcraft has no wisdom, it is still much smarter than ordinary beasts. With the system settings, players can completely command mounts to take them on the road.

During this period, players can also go online in the system, or simply go offline to sleep, lie on the back of the mount, and rest… When they return to the base, they can go online again.

But those who don’t have mounts are miserable, and can only walk by themselves.

However, fortunately, fatigue can be turned off, and at most they are just a little bored…

When nearly two thousand main players returned to the Black Dragon Castle, it was already afternoon.

And many low-level players who got the news also came to watch curiously.

Although they have been through a day and a night, the morale of the triumphant team is high and quite imposing.

Nearly two thousand fully armed players, with a bit of evil spirit and blood, lined up in a long line, pulling full of goods, slowly entered the Black Dragon Castle…

Then, they will return to the Chosen City through the teleportation array in the hall of the Black Dragon Castle.

Well… go back to sleep.

Just as the players were queuing up to teleport, suddenly… a teleportation array on the other side of the hall flashed with a bright light.

It was the teleportation array leading to Rivendell, the only way to the underground world.

After a moment, the light dissipated, and in the surprised eyes of the players, a group of dark dwarves appeared in the castle.

The leader was a death priest, wearing a black robe, holding a gorgeous wooden box in his hand, and behind him, there were several dwarf soldiers dressed as guards.

They teleported to the Black Dragon Castle, curiously looking at everything around, and occasionally uttering a series of exclamations.

When they saw the player army constantly passing through the array, the curious and amazed eyes of the dark dwarves instantly turned into shock, and they couldn’t help but exclaimed:

“Elves! So many elves!”

“God of Death! They… have they just finished a battle? Has it already started?”

The appearance of the dark dwarves also attracted the attention of the players.

“Huh? Dark dwarves? Why are they here?”

“Dark dwarves?”

“You haven’t seen them before? They are the inhabitants of the underground. They have signed a friendly treaty with us. You will know when you reach level 11 and go underground. They have a city underground called Black Rock City. We often sell things there.”

“I see! This is the first time I’ve seen it…”

“It’s normal that you haven’t seen them before. They only move underground. I don’t know what the wind is blowing today. They actually came to the surface… Could there be another plot?”

While the players were discussing curiously and hesitating whether to go forward to talk, the black dragon Myriel, who got the news, twisted his huge body and rushed over, instantly squeezing out half of the players in the castle…

It had half a piece of barbecue in its mouth. While chewing it, it curiously looked at the strange guest who suddenly arrived:

“Dark dwarves?”

The dwarves were startled by the sudden appearance of the black dragon, but the leading priest seemed to have expected it and managed to calm down.

He took a deep breath and bowed respectfully to the black dragon:

“You… are the dependent of Her Majesty Eve, Lord Myriel, right?”

“I am Carter, the priest of the Temple of the God of Death. This time, I came here to trade with Her Majesty Eve under the oracle of Her Majesty the True God…”

As he spoke, he looked pious and raised the gorgeous wooden box in his hand above his head.

“In addition… there is information about the orcs!”

Thanks to Xie Shuai Daozi and Ying Keru for their 500-point reward! Thanks to Actively Implement Science and Education to Rejuvenate the Country, Xiao Xiao Mu Tou, Shuyou 201906201006747, and Yu Xianxue for their 100-point reward!

(End of this chapter)