Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game

Chapter 16.1: Weapons Master Charlie Rex

Chapter 16.1: Weapons Master Charlie Rex

Earth time, 8:20 a.m.

Twenty minutes after the official launch of the game "OtherWorld," approximately a third of the players... died and were kicked offline.

Inside the square Town Hall, Yang Qiu, who was currently stationed in this plane, sighed as a hand clasped to his forehead.

Yang Qiu was mentally prepared for the reckless tendencies of players, but he was caught off guard by the high efficiency and proportion of their recklessness. Challenging NPC interaction limits and being stylishly killed by a group of former bandits was one thing, but going up against the giant rat in the south of the time, even though they had watched Vanilla Pudding's videos and knew it was an enemy that the current players couldn't handle, was another.

There had been another group that immediately rushed over there after logging in, eagerly attempting to kill the beginner town's BOSS and seize the so-called advantage... It was truly absurd!

"...This can't go on. Players can't serve as stable anchors if they are constantly dying and getting kicked offline."

After pondering for a moment, Yang Qiu stood up and cast a sealing spell on the Town Hall building to prevent any reckless players from finding ways to break in. He then opened a spatial rift and returned to Earth.

While Yang Qiu returned to Earth, back in OtherWorld, a group of players that gathered to search for NPCs eventually found the Town Hall.

"Wow... This rundown earthen shack is actually the Town Hall? This thing is the central building of our Undead race's birthplace? Is way too shabby!"

The players couldn't help showing their disgust when they saw the sign "Exile Town Municipal Office" hanging on the square house.

Even in the subterranean Undercity, Queen Sylvanas still resided in a decent place unlike this. Even the Taurens living in the mountains had a chief whose tent was more respectable than this mud hut!

"A bunch of class instructors are squatting in front of their tents, hoping that players will help them with their professional guilds. I guess we shouldn't have any high hopes for this shabby game," Tang Jia shrugged and approached the door before knocking on it. "Is anyone there? Mage Apprentice Instructor? Hello?"

Naturally, there was no response.

"What's going on? Is the NPC not here, or does he not know how to open the door?" Nnêw n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com

"These NPCs can chase players down the streets and slay them. It's impossible that they don't know how to open the door."

"It means there's no one inside then. Damn, NPCs even know how to slack off."

Some proactive players immediately tried to pry open the window. "Let me see if I can climb in... Oh, this shabby window is surprisingly sturdy?"

"Can the window be smashed?"

"Hey, hey, this is the Town Hall after all. We'll be killed by NPCs if we do that."

Other than a few among the group that knew each other, most were strangers that had gathered together to find a certain NPC. Seeing that there was no NPC in the Town Hall, someone said, "Forget it, let's find the Mage Apprentice Instructor some other time. My friend and I will go do the zombie NPC quests first. We need to reach level one before getting a class change after all, and we're still lacking quite a bit in Potential."

"Yeah, you're right. I watched Vanilla Pudding's videos, and they completed several quests before gaining even a small amount of Potential points. It seems that leveling up in this game is rather difficult."

"What's so good about the zombie NPC quests? It's better to work on reputation with the job instructors first..."

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Tang Jia hollered, "Is there anyone else who wants to continue looking for the warrior instructor?"

A player, who had still been standing in place, looked around and quickly went over to Tang Jia's side. "I'll join you guys."

"The NPCs can also get stressed?" Tang Jia asked with a look of utter bewilderment.

"Well, they do start attacking people if they are in a bad mood," Zheng Qingyue said.

"So, what should we do? Do we wait for this NPC to wake up on his own?" Yang Ying asked curiously.

Since she had never played video games before, she didn't have any understanding of how normal NPCs in games behaved. Thus, she didn't find anything particularly strange about the NPCs in this game.

"Troublesome indeed..." Zheng Qingyue pondered with her arms crossed.

In the midst of a nightmare, Charlie Rex, in a blurry state, seemed to hear the voices of young women conversing around him.

Their voices were clear, pleasant, and carefree, as if they had a certain power to make one calm. And this unintentionally made Rex, who was tormented by the nightmare, relax. The horrifying illusion that seemed to devour him also gradually faded away due to the interference of these young women.

Charlie Rex's eyelids twitched and opened slowly.

He was met with the sight of being surrounded by three skeletons, their six deep black eye sockets staring at him.

"?!" Charlie Rex sat up with a start.

"Whoa, he's awake!" The three skeletons quickly stepped back, though they still surrounded him, their voices filled with surprise and youthful energy.

Charlie Rex was taken aback by the scene before him.

The eerie skeletal figures and the melodious, warm voices of young women created a striking contrast. It felt absurd and unsettling to Charlie Rex, who had just woken up, causing his recently regained composure to slip away rapidly.

"Hello, Charlie Rex. Do you have any quests for us?" One of the skeletons with "Stuffed Gummy" in green above its head eagerly approached him.

The lively and confident voice of a young woman carried a hint of anticipation. If Charlie Rex's eyes were closed, he could almost feel his heart racing...

However, with his eyes wide open, he could clearly see that the source of the deceptively pleasant voice was a weathered corpse that had been buried for god knows how many years.

Has the nightmare not ended yet...?

Charlie Rex closed his eyes and slowly reclined back.

"Damn it! Give me a quest before fainting!" Tang Jia grabbed Charlie Rex's collar in frustration. "What's wrong with this NPC? Where's the quest? Aren't you supposed to be a warrior class instructor?"

Charlie Rex's shuddered, and he immediately snapped back to reality.

In fact, his current state was much better than when he had been in the Sorensen Mountains. The interconnected mind anchors in the imprint matrix greatly improved his mental stability. At least he wouldn't end up like how he was when Yang Qiu had found him, having completely abandoned his humanity.

At this moment, now that Tang Jia reminded him, Charlie Rex finally remembered what he should be doing... To maintain his sanity and qualify as a shared anchor within the black mage's imprint matrix, he needed to play his role well—the warrior class instructor exiled to Exile Town, the birthplace of the Undead race!

So, Charlie Rex mustered his strength, striving to maintain his composure and scrutinizing Tang Jia, who was eagerly seeking a quest.

"Undead friend, undead beings aren't suited to be warriors," Charlie Rex said earnestly. "Undead have a hard time resisting impacts and lack sufficient strength. You should give up."

Tang Jia: "..."

Zheng Qingyue and Yang Ying: "..."