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Seeing that she still couldn't avoid Lin Chen's question, Xiaoyun had to take a deep breath. She carefully put the melon seeds in her hand back into her pocket, and then said in a deep voice.

"What's your question?"

Seeing Xiaoyun laughing, Lin Chen didn't get annoyed. He smiled and said, "My question is, [How did you tear open the boundary?]"

"Can you... not answer?"

Xiaoyun suddenly spoke in a soft voice, with a deliberately coquettish look on her face.

If some players who have been cheated and scolded by Xiaoyun see this "black shop owner" in this state, their jaws will probably drop in shock. Gods, when have they ever seen Xiaoyun like this?

Normally, this guy is a combination of a tigress and Sun Erniang, a real female demon, but now she actually shows such a little woman's attitude towards someone, just like the sun rising from the west.

"I won't accept your trick."

But Lin Chen smiled slightly and continued to look at the girl.

Being looked at by Lin Chen in this way, Xiaoyun felt a little hot behind her ears. She bit her lower lip slightly with her upper teeth, then sighed.

"Okay, I'll tell you." Xiao Yun gave up: "But if I'm wiped out by the system after I finish saying these words, you can..."

"Don't threaten me, I know my limits."

Xiaoyun was really at a loss this time, and she spoke.

"Actually... many of the NPCs in the Land of the Hunting God... used to be players."

Lin Chen frowned. He knew that he would ask Xiaoyun for some useful information, but he didn't expect that he would fall into deep thought right from the start.

Players, turned into NPCs?

NPC, is it transformed by the player?

There are two types of NPCs in the Land of the Hunting God.

The first type is mechanical, AI-like, created entirely by the Hunter God Land system. These NPCs typically appear in dungeons, the wilderness, and ruins. For example, the dungeons "Death Battlefield" and "Tree of Life in the God Tower" are two examples. Needless to say, these NPCs are not the same type as the ones Xiaoyun described.

The second type is the NPC that Lin Chen can always meet nowadays.

Like Xiaoyun, Ruoyan, the pocket jar merchant, the dwarf in the White Moon City quest hall, and so on...

Could it be that these people were players in their previous lives?

In his previous life, he always thought that this type of NPC came with the Land of Hunting God. Sometimes, Lin Chen even thought that these things were the indigenous people of the Land of Hunting God.

However, in the process of searching for the truth in this round, Lin Chen gradually realized that the NPCs were "selected" just like them.

For example, Xiaoyun, and the old woman who was a spirit pet user and was wiped out by the system. Like Lin Chen, they are from Earth.

But, shouldn’t they have nothing to do with “players”?

How are these two nouns equated?

"You mean, you were a player before?" Lin Chen looked at Xiaoyun and asked.

"Yes." Xiaoyun did not object and nodded immediately.

"But when we first met, didn't you say you were an NPC in both of your reincarnations? And when did you become a player?"

"First of all, I didn't tell you that I was an NPC in both of my reincarnations. I just said that during the two reincarnations, I didn't see anyone strengthen the rusty iron sword." Xiaoyun said.

After carefully recalling the scene when he first met Xiaoyun, Lin Chen was suddenly speechless.

Soon, he asked again: "So you became an NPC at the beginning of the second round?"

"No." Xiaoyun shook her head again. She looked up at the sky, as if testing whether her next words would attract the system's attention. "I entered a ruin in the first round, but I died there, and I didn't have any resurrection coins."

Lin Chen was stunned.

He interrupted Xiaoyun and almost blurted out four words.

"Mengze Flower Gallery?"

Xiaoyun obviously didn't expect Lin Chen to say these words.

"how do you know?"

Lin Chen was confused again.

Could it be that NPCs like Xiaoyun must die in the [Mengze Flower Corridor] in the same way as they appeared in the second round?

What secrets does this Mengze Flower Corridor hold?

"It's okay... just continue." Lin Chen said in a deep voice.

Xiaoyun shrugged. She first glanced at Lin Chen, and when she saw that he didn't make any unnecessary moves, she continued to speak.

"After I died, I opened my eyes and found myself at a stall." Xiao Yun measured with both hands and gestured for Lin Chen to look around him. "The second reincarnation hadn't started at that time."

"That is to say, when you become an NPC, you are still in the first round."

"Yes, and after becoming an NPC, numerous notifications began to appear in my head. Those notifications instilled information about how to be an NPC into my mind, about how to earn currency from players, how to complete daily tasks, including precautions and special penalties."

"Prompt sound?" Lin Chen: "Can you NPCs also hear the prompt sound?"

"Yes, but it's not on the same channel as you players. It's ringing in our brains, so only NPCs can hear it."

There was a brief silence between the two of them. Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly: "Although I also want to tell you the tasks assigned by the prompts, I have a feeling that if I tell you, I may not survive."

Lin Chen nodded: "I understand... Now let's get back to the point. Why were you able to tear open the boundary?"

Xiao Yun stretched lazily: "Of course I, like you second-round players, also possess the [Power of Guixu]."

Before he could be surprised, a slim figure suddenly walked in front of Xiaoyun's stall.

Xiaoyun subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the female elf Elena who was walking over.

This was not the first time she had seen Elena. This female elf was originally introduced by Lin Chen to strengthen her equipment here. However, every time she saw Elena, Xiaoyun would take a few more glances.

Not only had he lived on Earth for seven or eight years, even though Xiaoyun had been in the Land of the Hunting God for so long, he had never seen an elf that looked like Elena.

But this time when he saw Elena again, Xiaoyun inexplicably felt...

accurate.

She rolled her eyes at Elena imperceptibly and simply turned her head away.

Elena did not notice Xiaoyun's little action, but walked straight to Lin Chen's side and sat down very naturally.

"What's wrong?" Lin Chen turned and looked at Elena.

"I tried, but it didn't work..."

"Not even one?" Lin Chen asked again.

"No, there's no reaction at all." Elena shook her head.

"Well, that's a pity..."

Seeing the two of them having a seemingly encrypted conversation in his stall, Xiaoyun felt inexplicably angry.

She took a deep breath and asked with a forced smile, "What are you two talking about? If you're worried about being overheard, you can go somewhere else."

Hearing Xiaoyun say this, Lin Chen didn't realize anything was wrong, but answered very generously.

"I asked Elena to go to other Novice Villages to see if she could open a new [Intersection Area], but she failed."

Xiaoyun's face twitched, and she turned her head exaggeratedly to look at Lin Chen.

"What do you mean? Are you planning to continue into the junction area?"

"Yes, if possible, I would like to go in a few more times, or rather... the more the better."

"What do you think the border area is? A scenic area?" Xiaoyun felt like he had misheard. "Everyone can only enter once, okay?"