The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 440: The Changed Plot Direction (asking for monthly votes at the end of the month)

When being held back by more than a dozen swords, the heroic sniper's right hand was only a palm's distance away from the woman's plump breasts - and the pirate gold coin.

But at this distance, he was held immobile by the sword!
The heroic sniper was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly realized that he had to make a difficult choice.

It is to save his life and become a "dirty man".

I would rather die and prove that my goal is only the gold coin, not the girl's breasts!

'Gan! '

The heroic sniper gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and rushed to grab the pirate gold coin despite holding more than a dozen swords!
He was stabbed to death while trying to grab the gold coins, but only his body died.

If you are accused of something, you will be socially dead!
Death is a small matter, but "losing one's chastity" is a big matter!
Brigadier General Norrington, who was surrounded by many soldiers, and the noble lady's father, the governor, were both furious!
The aristocratic girl, Elizabeth Swann, who was carefully sculpted by the development team into a graceful figure and attractive face, stepped back again and again to avoid the incoming sexual harassment.

The brave sniper clearly saw a small red heart appear on Elizabeth's head and then quickly shattered.

There was also a sound effect similar to a mission failure in my ears.

"Is this a loss of favorability?"

"Wait, this is a playable character??"

"Then can I become a son-in-law and obtain noble status???"

A series of information instantly popped up in the brave sniper's mind.

But it was soon interrupted by pain.

He was stabbed with several swords and blood began to ooze out of his body.

But he thinks it's worth it!
Because he caught the "cursed gold coin"!
And no one except Elizabeth herself seemed to notice!

——Although he was also regarded as a "rogue" by the NPC because of this.

Captain Jack blinked and said in time: "Oh, I don't know him."

"You guys are busy, I have something else to do, I'll leave first."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"?" The brave sniper was stunned on the spot.

But Brigadier General Norrington did not, and immediately ordered his guards to stop Captain Jack.

When he pulled his cuffs, the P brand on Jack's wrist, representing pirates, was exposed.

"It looks like we've captured two pirates," he said with a smug smile.

Seeing the heroic sniper with blood on his body, and being controlled and shackled by the guards together with Captain Jack, netizens complained:

"How many times have I told you this? There is no good outcome for being a hero."

"Captain Jack is a native, but how come you don't have any common sense at all, Aki?"

"Send it to death and restart it. Don't meddle in other people's business this time."

……

Fortunately, Elizabeth was a sensible noble girl. She didn't care about the gold coins that were snatched away by the brave sniper, and hurriedly pleaded for Captain Jack.

——Of course, the heroic sniper whose favorability had just been deducted did not receive this treatment.

Elizabeth was so moved that she grabbed Captain Jack's arm and stopped the guards from sending him to prison.

But Captain Jack raised his eyebrows and without hesitation strangled her neck with the chain of the shackles, threatening Brigadier General Norrington and Governor Swan to return the weapons to him.

The two high-level NPCs, one was Elizabeth's father, and the other was her father's intended fiancé, had no choice but to compromise when they saw this.

On the contrary, Elizabeth was very angry when she was treated like this despite her good intentions.

The ability to dream up and shape female characters is unquestionable.

Even though she was very angry now, her fans still praised her:
"so beautiful!"

"so cute!"

"Can I take her home as my wife?"

"Don't dream. This guy is obviously an important NPC. How could I let you kidnap him?"

……

But actually, it is possible.

However, this is only available in [Adventurer Mode].

The key difference between [Adventurer Mode] and [Open World] is not just the permanent death of the character.

Even permanent death was a restriction added later.

The originally designed [Adventurer Mode] is actually the same as [Open World], and players can be resurrected at will after death.

The real difference is that...

Xu Meng greatly improved the intelligence and freedom of key NPCs.

And set up the [NPC upgrade] mechanism.

Under this new mechanism, the importance of NPCs is no longer static.

The more players interact with an NPC, the more computing resources will be allocated to this NPC, and it will become smarter and freer. It may even become smarter than the key NPCs set by the development team!

The direction of the plot development is no longer based on the design of the development team, but evolves according to the actions of the players.

This is a rather risky approach.

Because no one can predict what strange things the players will do.

And the NPCs will be influenced by the players, which may cause the plot to go awry!

In order to slightly restrict the players' performance and make them pay more attention to the NPCs in this world, Xu Meng added the [Permanent Character Death] mechanism to this mode.

So in this mode, Elizabeth Swann - or any other character - can be attacked.

Regardless of gender.

You can even get married!

As for whether or not to allow NPCs to have children with players, the development team is still discussing this and has not done it yet.

Players will realize:

The degree of freedom in [Story Mode], [Open World], and [Adventurer Mode] increases gradually.

But right now, no one knows anything about this.

Just watch Captain Jack, with the help of Elizabeth, fully arm himself again, use the gun lifting device on the dock to grab the cable and take off on the spot, miraculously escaping from the encirclement of the guards.

He even left a sentence pretentiously:
"You almost caught the great Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Under the brigadier general's angry order, the guards set out to hunt down Captain Jack.

The heroic sniper was shackled and watched in confusion as Captain Jack performed his stunning show and then disappeared without a trace, without even looking back at him.

"No buddy! You're just going to leave like that???"

At this moment, the good impression that the brave sniper had of Captain Jack because of the trailer of [Cursed Gold] completely disappeared.

He was speechlessly escorted by the guards and thrown into prison.

Sitting in the dirty prison, the heroic sniper complained madly: "How did this guy become the captain when he has no sense of loyalty at all??"

"You deserve to be betrayed, right?"

"Can I kill him and become the captain myself?"

……

After a few complaints, the cell door opened again.

Captain Jack, who had escaped so easily before, was thrown into prison like a dead pig.

The cell door closed again.

After the guards left, Captain Jack turned over and looked at the brave sniper: "I'm here to save you, my loyal first mate."

"???"

The brave sniper had never seen such a shameless person.

"Are you here to save me?"

"You were obviously captured!"

Captain Jack turned over again and lay face down on the ground, motionless.

The brave sniper thought: He must be too embarrassed to face anyone.

But unexpectedly, after a short while, he started snoring while lying down!
The heroic sniper was completely speechless.

Is this the protagonist?
How come you're like a rogue?
However, after Jack Sparrow fell asleep, the sun outside the iron window began to move faster, and the shadow gradually covered Port Royal.

He realized: Game time was speeding up.

Soon, late night arrived.

In the midst of complete silence, a light suddenly appeared on the dark sea.

The artillery exploded!

Iron bombs streaked across the night sky and began to indiscriminately bombard the port!
A ghostly pirate ship cuts through the fog and suddenly appears in the harbor.

A large number of pirates rowed their small boats into Port Royal, burning, killing and looting with impunity.

The shells roared, the civilians wailed, the pirates laughed wildly...

The quiet Port Royal suddenly became chaotic!
[Pirate Invasion], begins!

Inside the prison, the heroic sniper lay in front of the iron window, watching the direction of the chaos spreading, but he felt something was wrong:
"After the pirates came ashore, shouldn't they rob the wealthy areas, especially the Governor's Mansion?"

"Why do they seem to be... heading for the prison?"

Could it be that……

He suddenly reacted and took out the pirate gold coin he had taken from Elizabeth.

In the warm yellow light of the prison's torches, the gold coin seemed to glow with a mysterious glow.

These pirates...are here for this? ?

(End of this chapter)