Reincarnated NPC, But Arknights Chapter 34

"What's wrong?" Bai Ye tilted his head.

Miss Laterano remained silent.

Seeing this, Bai Ye became even more energetic. After a long period of questioning, the girl hesitantly asked, "Did you sleep in Miss Warfarin's room yesterday?"

"Don't ask me how I know. Your dorm isn't ready yet, but we have a guesthouse specifically for visitors."

"But I looked for you for a long time yesterday and couldn't find you. It was a colleague from your department who told me Miss Warfarin took you away."

Miss Typing Girl finished speaking in one breath, her delicate little face turning red. It was clear she wasn't used to speaking in long sentences and hadn't taken a breath in between.

"Cough, I just slept on her bed..." Bai Ye quickly explained.

"You don't need to explain to me... What?! Sleeping on Miss Warfarin's bed?" Miss Typing Girl felt that she hadn't made as many facial expressions in the past year as she had in the last two days. She really couldn't hold it in anymore, and grabbed Bai Ye's sleeve, saying, "It's chaotic enough to have one Miss Warfarin on Rhodes Island. If there were two... ah no, maybe two little Miss Warfarins, wouldn't that be the end of everything?"

"What are you thinking... I just slept, nothing happened." Bai Ye hadn't expected this Miss Laterano to have such strong imagination and ability to fill in the blanks, thinking so deeply.

"No, I need to calm down..." The young Laterano girl blushed deeply. She realized that whenever she encountered Bai Ye, it was always some messy situation that made her lose her composure.

However, this kind of life seemed quite interesting too? It was much more exciting than her previous unchanging routine.

Miss Typing Girl didn't know that this was just the beginning.

After all, Rhodes Island hadn't recruited operators on a large scale yet, and many operators with unique personalities and distinct characteristics hadn't arrived on the island. The logistics department was mostly troubled by young troublemakers.

Actually, it was just like that.

When all sorts of extraordinary individuals arrived on the island in the future, with all sorts of dramas unfolding, that would truly be exciting.

Compared to them, Bai Ye could be considered normal.

Miss Typing Girl led Bai Ye to his dormitory.

Yesterday, after Bai Ye was promoted at lightning speed upon arriving on the island, PRTS and the logistics department had already started arranging his dormitory.

Supervisors definitely got individual dormitories. On Rhodes Island, where space was tight, such treatment was rare.

"The drones have already cleaned the space for you, but the modular furniture hasn't been set up yet. You can arrange it yourself on the terminal interface."

"If you want to customize it, you can contact the logistics department, or communicate directly with PRTS."

In fact, all these matters could be handled by PRTS, but Miss Typing Girl didn't say so explicitly. Instead, she personally told Bai Ye in her capacity as a receptionist.

She wondered what she was thinking.

Bai Ye, of course, didn't notice these details. He looked at the furniture parts on the ground with great interest.

These were pre-made modular parts: table legs, armrests, cushions, everything. With a little assembly, they could become exquisite furniture. And he didn't even need to do the work himself; the drones could handle the heavy physical labor.

In his previous life, this kind of thing was very popular among players.

Players were always fond of decorating their own homes. And in Arknights Online, having one's own home was quite difficult.

It wasn't until the latter half of the second version, when the player community began to flourish, and various political entities built areas specifically for players in the mobile cities to attract and engage the player base, that most players finally had their own private space for the first time.

These players never liked buying finished furniture. Instead, they were passionate about using various furniture parts to recreate their favorite home styles.

The most outrageous was the "Promotion Worship" sect.

Well, those who know, know what these people liked to do.

Anyway, after home system functions appeared in various games, their presence was always felt.

It was no exception in Arknights Online.

The existence of these players indeed caused some misunderstandings among scholars native to Terra. When these "Calamity Scholars" visited some player communities and researched the culture and customs of these "異人種群" (different species/races), they reached some rather absurd conclusions.

For example, the players' culture continued the "Promotion Worship" that originated in ancient times. Scholars speculated that this was because the player base had lost the ability to reproduce. They couldn't even take off their pants... Although they had secondary sexual characteristics and distinctions between sexes from the outside, they couldn't actually use them...

In short, these misunderstood research results were not very serious...

"Is something not to your liking?"

Seeing Bai Ye staring blankly at the furniture parts, Miss Typing Girl looked confused.

"No, no, I was just thinking about how to arrange it later." Bai Ye snapped out of his reverie and stood up from the parts box.

He looked up at the ceiling panel and joked, "I heard that the creation of every fluorescent lamp consumes the aura of a Sarkaz. Is that true?"

"Ahem..."

Miss Typing Girl didn't know what was going on in Bai Ye's head to come up with such an absurd dark joke.

"Don't say things like that in front of the notaries from the Laterano Notary Office in the future. They might just shoot you, no matter how good-looking you are..." Miss Typing Girl finally gave her advice.

What a shame, Bai Ye had a mouth.

Miss Typing Girl missed the Bai Ye who didn't talk much when he first arrived on the island, even though it only lasted half a day.

Bai Ye wanted to chat with this Miss Laterano about the Notary Office, but suddenly frowned and pulled the girl to the side.

The unprepared girl looked stunned and fell into Bai Ye's arms, not knowing what to do.

The next second, the door of the room opposite Bai Ye's dormitory suddenly opened, and a pillar of fire erupted from within.

"Pfft—"

Water mist instantly sprayed from the corridor's ceiling.

Bai Ye, while maintaining his wind shield, observed his surroundings. It was then he noticed the absurd number of fire safety equipment, especially the various nozzles.

High-temperature steam flooded the corridor.

Bai Ye waved his hand, dispersing the mist, and released Typing Girl. Only then did he see the culprit behind all of this.

It was a little girl with short golden hair, also styled in short twin tails.

The flames in the girl's hand had not yet extinguished, and her face seemed to hold a fierce expression. The moment she saw Bai Ye, her face froze. She opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.

Just as Bai Ye was about to speak, she suddenly glanced into the room, then turned and ran…

A moment later, a young Liberi woman with glasses rushed out of the room. She first anxiously apologized to Bai Ye before chasing after the girl.

"..."

Bai Ye deactivated his talent-based spell.

Only then did Miss Typing Girl finally react to what had just happened.

"Rhodes Island really is..." Bai Ye was completely bewildered.

Typing Girl tidied her slightly disheveled clothes and, with a blank expression, looked at the open door of the room opposite Bai Ye's dormitory. She said faintly, "I forgot to tell you... there are a lot of temperature monitoring systems and fire sprinklers here, so please be careful when using kitchen appliances."

Chapter 11: Work and Making Money

After introducing the dormitory, Miss Typing Girl took Bai Ye on a tour of some of Rhodes Island's more basic areas.

In reality, the entire Rhodes Island vessel was only about the size of a single plot in a mobile city-state (which was already quite large!).

However, due to its rather absurd three-dimensional structure, Rhodes Island could accommodate more personnel than a typical small mobile city-state, including the auxiliary staff stationed on board and the Oripathy patients being treated by Rhodes Island.

Finally, Typing Girl brought Bai Ye back to his office.

Bai Ye's office was naturally located in the Operations Department. It was an independent supervisor's office, boasting a sturdy Level 3 defense and a Level 7 clearance electronic door, along with two systems, including an independent circulation system.

"My tasks are all completed. If you need anything else, you can directly tell PRTS," Typing Girl said, preparing to leave.

Bai Ye glanced at the Rhodes Island terminal system, PRTS, on the terminal, then looked up and called out to Typing Girl, "So, about what I mentioned to you earlier, can you reconsider?"

Bai Ye really wanted this Sarkaz lady to be his secretary. After all, her personality was quite steady, and she was almost always obliging and usually quiet, unlike other Laterano Angels who were so flighty.

And there was another important point: in his previous life, Bai Ye had heard that all Laterano people were very good at making desserts.

Bai Ye was an absolute sweet tooth. If he could build a good relationship with an Angel, wouldn't he be able to eat all sorts of desserts every day?

Alas, it was all because Exusiai was not living up to expectations.

Originally, Bai Ye had met this Angel, also from Laterano, back in Lungmen. However, that guy was obsessed with apple pies and was not a qualified Laterano Angel at all.

"Emmm..." Typing Girl fell into thought.

She didn't dislike her original position, but she couldn't say she liked it either. Her attitude towards Rhodes Island was that it was a pharmaceutical company that accepted Laterano people as employees, and she didn't need to consider other troublesome matters. Of course, she was quite satisfied with her life here.

Although it was indeed chaotic here sometimes, and there were a bunch of problem children…

To be honest, she was somewhat tempted by Bai Ye's proposal.

The Logistics Department, especially her department, always had to clean up after some problem children. After doing it repeatedly, she felt a bit weary.

Moreover, her personal impression of Bai Ye was actually quite good.

What's more, the work here might be more in line with her inner desires—she, the Laterano Typing Girl, just wanted a peaceful life!

"Ahem, I will submit an application to the Human Resources Department after I return." Typing Girl was quite direct. Since she had made up her mind, she wouldn't dwell on it any longer.

After speaking, she hurried away without waiting for Bai Ye's reply.

Bai Ye somehow felt her retreating figure looked a bit flustered.

"..."

Bai Ye tidied up the office and sat down in his chair.

"PRTS?"

He opened his personal terminal and called out tentatively.

[ID α, access clearance - 7.]

[Supervisor Bai Ye, welcome to the Primary Rhodes Island Terminal System.]

PRTS's voice leaned towards that of a young woman, but overall it sounded neutral, which was quite nice.

This immediately improved Bai Ye's mood, as it reminded him of his smart butler from his previous life.

[Intentions have been judged based on biological data. System detects you are in a good mood. It is a bright and sunny day.]

"Let's handle work first," Bai Ye stretched, then took out the bread he had bought earlier in the cafeteria from his pocket.

[Carbohydrate intake detected. Supervisor Bai Ye, please pay attention to dietary balance. System recommends consuming the following fruits and vegetables with breakfast…]

Bai Ye flipped through the documents provided by PRTS on the terminal while munching on bread. He found that the system seemed to talk quite a lot.

"Has the messenger already departed?"

[Querying database, query complete, results as follows: 23 people have departed, the remaining 7 are preparing due to the remote location.]

Bai Ye said with some helplessness, "Communication methods are too backward. Average information transmission takes 7 days, and that's after expedited processing."

The recording of Bai Ye's previous speech and some proposals decided upon during the subsequent discussion had already been sent out via messengers to the branch offices set up in various important hub areas.

[Calamities and Originium have blocked direct communication between cities. There's no other way.]

PRTS offered comfort from the side.

Bai Ye nodded, resigning himself to the situation for now.

However, once players start coming online in large numbers, this situation might improve.

Not just more manpower and more frequent contact.

More importantly, players possess a communication system independent of Terra—they can directly type or voice chat in the game!

Not to mention the forums.

Although this would greatly reduce information security, it would enable a revolutionary instant communication technology through two players located in different places!

This technology holds strategic significance for the continent of Terra, which relies heavily on messengers.

Unfortunately, players are uncontrollable and cannot be relied upon too heavily. However, a dedicated department could be established to recruit a batch of more laid-back players to build this human communication system.

"PRTS, record my idea just now and file it. The task priority is the first sequence. Execute it immediately when the time is right."

Bai Ye instantly entered work mode. He couldn't sit in the office all the time, so he needed to prioritize handling or assigning work. This way, he could run around anywhere.

As a supervisor, he didn't need to do everything himself. Rather than management work, Bai Ye was more accustomed to solving problems with force. However, this "office work" also needed to be completed, at least to assign tasks to his subordinates so they could execute them.

"PRTS, help me establish a discussion group. Future management meetings for the Field Operations Department will be conducted through the discussion group."

"PRTS, help me..."

Once in work mode, Bai Ye was already highly efficient. He could focus on work without distraction, a habit cultivated from his past life as a player. He could mechanically grind levels for an entire day, successfully lulling a large number of viewers in his stream to sleep.