"How could there be so many NPCs?"
Zi Qiong looked at the NPCs chatting and laughing on the streets, utterly unable to believe it was real.
The Western Continent where they were located was the Island Nation. The environment here could be described as exceptionally harsh. Forget NPCs—even the number of players here was not particularly high.
If not for the increasingly close connection between the two continents, which had drawn over many forces and player merchants, there probably would not have even been a hundred pedestrians on the streets.
But what was this situation?
With just a casual glance, she had already spotted over a thousand people, and a great many of them were adventurer NPCs. Players here seemed like an insignificant minority, hardly worth noticing.
"Have you investigated where these NPCs came from?" After pondering for a moment, Yuan Tiexin could not help asking the Tier 3 Ranger behind him.
"We have, but we have no idea where these NPCs came from. All we know is that they seemed to appear directly in the cities," the Tier 3 Ranger said, shaking his head anxiously. "Because of these NPCs, Adventurers' Association quests in the major cities have dropped sharply. There are fewer and fewer quests players can accept, and..."
"What else?" Yuan Tiexin asked curiously.
"According to the information we received, quite a few players clashed with NPCs after leaving the cities, and many players were killed. But that is not the most important part," the Tier 3 Ranger said uneasily. "Large numbers of NPCs have now appeared in many guild towns as well. Some of them are extremely unruly and have caused plenty of trouble. And according to our observations, these NPC factions have actually begun secretly investigating us..."
"How is that possible?" Zi Qiong was stunned as