Reincarnated NPC, But Arknights Chapter 27

Along the way, Bai Ye witnessed many peculiar operators and behaviors. The Sarkaz girl beside him stopped them one by one. Her tone was always calm, without impatience or any hint of reprimand in her words.

"Are you a Disciplinary Committee Member?" Bai Ye found the receptionist quite interesting and couldn't help but strike up a conversation.

Yes, apart from stopping the operators' inappropriate behavior on the way, the receptionist beside Bai Ye had no intention of initiating conversation with him.

"Disciplinary Committee Member?" The girl tilted her head, her short white hair falling from her ears. "That's a good idea. It might reduce the workload of the logistics operators. However, the authority of a Disciplinary Committee Member needs to be regulated, and it would be best to recruit some righteous idiots for the role."

Bai Ye blinked. "You seem quite suitable for it."

"No, you jest. I'm not suited for such a position; it's too troublesome."

Through their conversation, Bai Ye learned that the reason this child wasn't angry was simply because she found getting angry troublesome... As expected of Rhodes Island operators, they were all so unique.

However, Bai Ye soon realized that having her around was also a good thing, because the reason no operators had approached him along the way was thanks to the girl's efforts.

The whispers of the wind told Bai Ye that some operators, attracted by Bai Ye's appearance, had wanted to strike up a conversation but were turned away by the receptionist in front of him.

They all seemed to be a little afraid of the angel-like young lady beside Bai Ye.

"You're really different from ordinary Lateran people," Bai Ye couldn't help but comment.

"That's right. I just feel my kin are too noisy," the girl complained.

Bai Ye couldn't help but chuckle. A Lateran person complaining about her own kin being noisy was definitely a rare piece of trivia.

Because "explosions" were considered a form of "culture" in the hearts of Lateran people, used to express joy and celebration. In his past life, players loved settling in Lateran cities. As long as they obtained honorary citizenship, they could, to a certain extent, possess rights similar to those of the Lateran people.

For example, with permission and approval, one could play with explosives and art in the city, which was quite liberating.

Some players with chaotic tendencies particularly enjoyed this.

"Meaningless chaos and explosions are not conducive to our species' development. In fact, I believe my kin have been too complacent for too long, too deeply entwined with pleasure and enjoyment, forgetting the essence of this land's suffering."

"And, they're troublesome..."

The girl's expression became unusually serious. She looked at Bai Ye and said earnestly.

Then, she took a step closer to Bai Ye, looked up, and stared at him with her clear blue eyes.

Bai Ye saw his reflection in her pure eyes.

"If you officially join Rhodes Island, you will definitely follow the operator handbook and not cause unnecessary trouble for the logistics department, right?"

"You won't bear to let me get into trouble, will you?"

"Miss Lateran, please tell me your name." Bai Ye was not intimidated by the girl's demeanor. In fact, he quite wanted to tease her.

"We rarely reveal our real names at Rhodes Island. My codename is 'Typist'. If you intend to join Rhodes Island, please choose a codename for yourself."

Chapter 3: Physical Examination

Bai Ye didn't really want to pick a codename.

He had trouble with names, and he always felt his own name was quite similar to a codename.

Few proper parents would give their children such strange names.

His name came from the orphanage director's astronomy book; it was a common natural phenomenon in high-latitude regions.

Compared to his orphanage companions, his name could be considered normal.

Things like "Liu-Rigel," "Eridanus-Smith," or "Osiris" were less like names and more like codenames, given too casually.

"What's wrong? Do you need to rest for a bit?"

Seeing Bai Ye zoning out, the Typist spoke up to remind him.

Bai Ye was jolted back from his thoughts, somewhat surprised. He rarely zoned out in formal settings; it was unsafe. This was an exception, perhaps due to the uniqueness of the girl beside him?

In any case, Bai Ye was indeed interested in the angel-like young lady.

However, the priority seemed to be the physical examination.

At first, Bai Ye didn't pay much attention, but when he actually entered the medical department and saw the equipment used for the physical examination, he realized things were starting to deviate.

The so-called physical examination was naturally not the physical test Bai Ye had originally expected. The medical department was not a combat department; it mainly tested for Oripathy.

Bai Ye considered himself not Infected—but what if?

He hadn't exactly avoided contact with Originium products...

He hadn't paid much attention to protection in Lungmen either; this was a habit carried over from his past life as a player.

Players would absolutely not get Infected.

As mentioned before, players' bodies were not physical but rather a highly advanced simulated projection. Any part that left a player's body would quickly dissipate into the air as light particles.

Therefore, the external environment had only limited interaction with the player, and it would only simulate some special effects to achieve game functions, such as "suffocation," "poisoning," "internal organ failure," or "biological information residue for tracking."

Being cut by Originium, exposed to high-concentration Originium energy fields, or inhaling concentrated Originium gas would not cause players to become Infected.

At most, it would trigger a judgment, and the system would impose a debuff, causing continuous damage.

Now, Bai Ye was no longer a player like in his past life; he possessed a real body. He had tested it: his blood, when shed, did not disappear into light particles but simply clotted and darkened...

"Don't be nervous. Rhodes Island itself has a large number of Infected individuals. Infected people are not discriminated against here and receive effective suppressive treatment," the angel-like young lady said, misunderstanding Bai Ye's apprehension and trying to comfort him.

Although the direction of her comfort seemed a bit strange, as if Bai Ye were already Infected.

"I'll probably... be fine?" Bai Ye instinctively felt like he was tempting fate.

The physical examination was divided into imaging tests, blood tests, and fusion rate tests.

The basic principle of Oripathy is the erosion of the body by Originium energy. Infected individuals develop Originium crystals within their bodies, where tiny Originium particles enter the human circulatory system and spread throughout the body.

Originium erodes the body's somatic cells, replacing biological flesh and blood organs and tissues, and slowly devours the body's vitality in the form of crystals.

Most Infected who die of natural causes ultimately succumb to organ failure.

Of course, natural death seems to be a luxury for the Infected, with unnatural deaths being the norm for the Infected on this land.

Bai Ye was first led by a medical operator to a machine similar to an X-ray. He took a contrast agent and then underwent the imaging test.

The results made Bai Ye breathe a sigh of relief.

"The imaging test results show that the individual's internal organ contours are clear, with no abnormal shadows detected. No abnormalities were found in the Originium particle detection within the circulatory system, and there are no signs of Oripathy infection. At this stage, the individual can be confirmed as not infected with Oripathy."

After a period of waiting, the medical operator handed the results to Bai Ye.

The subsequent [Somatic Cell and Originium Fusion Rate] test was also normal, with a healthy reading of 0%.

However, during the last item, the [Blood Originium Crystal Density] test, Bai Ye encountered a special situation.

The medical operator responsible for drawing Bai Ye's blood and performing the tests looked at the report in her hand, hesitating, as if she had seen something strange.

After a moment of silence, the operator walked up to Bai Ye and apologized, "I'm sorry, there was an anomaly in the last test. I suspect there was a problem with the equipment. Could you please undergo the test again?"

Bai Ye was not angry. He smiled and nodded, "No problem, anomalies can happen. I understand—but could you tell me the specific situation of the last test?"

Perhaps it was because Bai Ye's attitude was unexpectedly kind, coupled with the high affinity brought by his own charm attribute, the medical operator, who kept apologizing, quietly gave Bai Ye the test results.

Bai Ye glanced at the data: [Blood Originium Crystal Density] 0u/L.

Ding dong! (Traditional skill!)

No wonder the medical operator thought the equipment had a problem.

The air on Terra already contains trace amounts of Originium, which is unavoidable because Originium has long been integrated with the land and its circulatory system, inseparable.

So, even healthy individuals will inevitably inhale small amounts of Originium over time.

Even people from Sargos, who are from the deep sea isolated from Originium, will have trace amounts of Originium in their blood after a period of time on land, but because of the short contact time, the concentration is frighteningly low.

But no matter how absurd it was, it was not as absurd as Bai Ye.

He had lived on Terra for over a week, frequently interacted with Arts Units, and even ventured into the underground industrial layers, yet his body contained no trace amounts of Originium.

In the medical operator's understanding, the only possibility was equipment malfunction.

Bai Ye would not naively agree with this viewpoint.

He was an anomaly himself, and any abnormal phenomenon that occurred with him would not be a mere coincidence or accident.

Just then, the terminals in the pockets of the medical operator and the Laterano operator responsible for receiving Bai Ye in the room suddenly made a sound.

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and the weapons in his inventory almost fell into his palm. In his previous life, he had heard rumors about Rhodes Island being a black-hearted company, and players talked about it convincingly.

Therefore, Bai Ye instinctively became wary.

The two operators did not notice Bai Ye's well-hidden killing intent. They opened their terminals to check the messages, and then the typist looked up at Bai Ye and said, "Please rest assured, the information here has been sealed, and the results of the last test have been uploaded by PRTS to the database for encrypted processing."

"PRTS has notified me to take you to Doctor Kal'tsit's office."

Please rest assured, there's no need to be nervous, your situation is not an isolated case.

Chapter 4: The Giant Beast Is Me 4k

"It seems it wasn't a machine malfunction."

Bai Ye smiled at the two people in the room, while suppressing the dangerous intent in his mind. He had almost prepared to fight his way out just now—he had already imagined himself being sliced up as an experimental subject.

But it seemed the outcome wasn't as bad as he had imagined?

Rhodes Island's efficiency surpassed his imagination. In his previous life, players knew too little about Rhodes Island; this company hid many more interesting things.

This oversight served as a wake-up call. Originally, he thought that with his 6 years of gaming experience as a veteran player, he could control everything.

Unfortunately, he had selectively ignored the fact he discovered on his first day of transmigration—Terra was not as simple as a game; it was a complete real world, and the exploration by players in his previous life was perhaps just the tip of the iceberg.

He should have paid more attention to these things, but he had neglected them due to the misplaced confidence of players and the "higher dimensional perspective," acting recklessly from the very first day of his transmigration.

"First is Bai Ye, who has committed the sin of pride."

Bai Ye committed this sentence to memory, then asked, "Who is Doctor Kal'tsit? Is she your superior?"

"Of course, Doctor Kal'tsit is not only the head of our medical department but also one of Rhodes Island's highest administrators," the medical operator who drew his blood said with respect in her eyes.

"Even Rhodes Island's noisiest and most mischievous operators become well-behaved when they meet Doctor Kal'tsit; if there were a Doctor Kal'tsit stationed in every corridor of Rhodes Island, the logistics department's work might be easier," the typist couldn't help but quip.

Bai Ye blinked. This description seemed quite interesting.

The medical operator imagined the scene described by the typist and couldn't help but shudder, "Let's not, one Doctor Kal'tsit is terrifying enough. If there were a group of them..."

"Take me there first." Bai Ye took his physical examination report from the medical operator. The words [Blood Originium Crystal Density] 0u/L on it seemed a bit glaring to him.

"I'll take you."

The Typist opened the medical room door for Bai Ye.

"Thank you... Can I touch your halo and wings?" Bai Ye asked, looking at the glowing parts on the girl's body.

He had always been curious about what angels were like. There wasn't even an angel option in the player's race list.

The Typist didn't refuse, merely explaining calmly, "Perhaps the result will disappoint you. Sarkaz halos and wings are not physical."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to sleep lying down."

Bai Ye reached out to touch them, and indeed, his hand passed through the wings.

"Hmm... it feels a bit strange..." The Laterano girl's expression began to change, and her usually calm tone shifted inexplicably.

Bai Ye withdrew his hand under the medical staff's meaningful gaze.

The Typist let out a sigh of relief and, without saying more, led Bai Ye towards Doctor Kal'tsit's office.

"Make way—"

On the way, Bai Ye brushed past a girl with long white hair and red eyes. Her eyes were glowing red as she barreled through the medical department's corridor.

"A Sanguinarian?"

Even in his normal state, Bai Ye's information processing ability far surpassed that of ordinary people. With a single glance, he had already memorized the girl's features.

Her small, pointed fangs, pointed ears, red eyes, and excessively pale skin were all characteristic of a Sanguinarian.

She was a Sanguinarian in an excited state, her eyes glowing.

Sanguinarians in this state were very difficult to deal with, as their physical functions and strength were extremely enhanced, especially their speed. Ordinary people would struggle to even track their movements.

Bai Ye felt a bit dazed, wondering if he had misread. "You actually let a Sanguinarian stay in Rhodes Island's medical department?"

Weren't they afraid she'd drain all the blood from the blood bank? That was like an all-you-can-eat buffet