Chapter 79 Silver Wolf Village

Everyone was stunned by Han Jia Gongzi's words. Several people had already exclaimed, "Huh?"

"Nothing, nothing!" Wu Shi Zhi Jian hastily replied, "Everyone should just take your brothers and wander around. Let Gongzi's elite team scout things out first!"

Han Jia Gongzi smiled as he watched the other mercenary leaders get up and disperse. Wu Shi Zhi Jian quickly sidled up to Han Jia Gongzi, "Let's talk about the deposit privately, old brother."

"Sorry, I forgot." Han Jia Gongzi continued to smile. The price agreed upon between each mercenary group and Zongheng Sihai varied, especially since the Gongzi Elite Team had negotiated a series of extremely unequal treaties under Han Jia Gongzi's terrible negotiating skills. Wu Shi Zhi Jian had only reluctantly agreed because the Gongzi Elite Team was full of experts, and there were only six of them. But if these conditions were exposed, all the mercenary groups would want the same deal, and even with Zongheng Sihai's wealth, they wouldn't be able to handle it. That's why Wu Shi Zhi Jian was terrified when Han Jia Gongzi publicly mentioned the deposit.

Leaving aside how much the deposit would be, many ordinary mercenary groups simply didn't have a rule of paying extra for dispatching them to do things. Fortunately, those players didn't pay too much attention, and Wu Shi Zhi Jian managed to disperse them with a few words.

Leaving Han Jia Gongzi alone, the two sides quickly negotiated the price privately. Outside the forest, the members of Zongheng Sihai and the other mercenary groups were leisurely wandering around like tourists. Only Gu Fei and the other five, realizing that Han Jia Gongzi hadn't come out with the other mercenary leaders, guessed that something wasn't right and had been waiting by the edge of the forest.

When they saw him come out, they immediately cast questioning glances at him.

Han Jia Gongzi, acting like a big boss, waved his hand at his five little brothers.

The five of them rolled their eyes and turned their gazes away, pretending not to know him.

"Come here, come here!" Han Jia Gongzi beckoned to the five.

The five of them swayed over.

"This has nothing to do with you guys," Han Jia Gongzi said to the other four, excluding Gu Fei.

"Damn!" the four of them cursed in unison.

"You!" Han Jia Gongzi turned to Gu Fei, "Go find out where the werewolves are!"

"Where am I supposed to find them?" Gu Fei was dumbfounded.

"Didn't you say they were north of the village? Go take a look. If they're not there, we'll move on," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Everyone understood when they heard this and stared at Han Jia Gongzi, "So, after all that, you just got us this lousy errand?"

"You can earn money without working hard. You try to get a job like this," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Why do I have to go?" Gu Fei asked.

"We don't know the werewolves! Hahaha..." Han Jia Gongzi spread his hands triumphantly.

"Tch!" Gu Fei spat on the ground, sullenly turning around to leave.

"Hey, I'll go with you!" You Ge suddenly caught up.

"Information, information!" You Ge explained.

"Well, if things go wrong, what will you do, You Ge, if we have to run?" Gu Fei hesitated.

"No problem, you go negotiate with the werewolves, and I can observe from a distance," You Ge had already planned.

Gu Fei was helpless. The two of them set off together, walking north along the main road.

Wu Shi Zhi Jian had entrusted this mission to the Gongzi Elite Team, so he had been paying attention to their actions. When he saw that only two of them had set off, he was displeased. After all, his deposit was paid based on six people. Whether you were a team of experts or the most trashy mercenary group, the number of people was a very important factor when paying. It was undoubtedly unfair to charge for six people when only two were doing the work.

Wu Shi Zhi Jian, feeling indignant, immediately approached Han Jia Gongzi again, "Leader Han, busy?"

"Bang!" Han Jia Gongzi just happened to pop open a bottle of wine, scaring Wu Shi Zhi Jian. He then said, "Don't worry, we will definitely complete the task you entrusted to us."

"Mm-hmm, I saw Qianli Xiongdi and You Ge seem to have already set off," Wu Shi Zhi Jian emphasized the words "two people" tenfold.

"Well, I sent those two to scout the road ahead. The four of us are going to take a look around the left and right. Get up, get up, let's go!" Han Jia Gongzi kicked the other three who were sitting on the ground by the edge of the forest.

Just looking at the leisurely way these three were sitting on the ground, it didn't look like they were ready to set off. But at Han Jia Gongzi's signal, the three of them immediately got up, and Yu Tian Shenming even cleared his throat, "Don't worry, President Wu Shi, with me here, they definitely won't dare to slack off." Yu Tian Shenming was acting as if he was a member of Zongheng Sihai, standing on the side of the guild, but everyone knew which side he was really on.

"President Wu Shi, we are going to cut in from this side of the forest and then make a big loop like this, circling to the other side of the forest. That way, hundreds of meters in all directions will be scouted by us. Is that okay?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

Wu Shi Zhi Jian wanted to say something, but Han Jia Gongzi interrupted him again, "If we find any other special circumstances, I will notify you in time, and we won't charge extra for that. Alright, we're leaving."

After saying that, the four of them left Wu Shi Zhi Jian there and disappeared into the forest to "scout."

Wu Shi Zhi Jian opened his mouth, but never found a chance to say what he wanted to say. He really wanted to know: if the werewolves were active hundreds of meters away from their route, what did that have to do with them?

Leaving aside how negatively and sluggishly Han Jia Gongzi led those three into the forest, Gu Fei and You Ge were very serious and responsible. As they walked on the main road, they kept looking around. As they walked, Gu Fei asked You Ge for advice, "You Ge, do you think these werewolves are no longer the villagers I met in my previous quest? They have transformed into combat NPCs. Will they still recognize me?"

"This, hard to say..." You Ge hesitated, "Logically speaking, these werewolves still belong to the quest NPC system, so they should recognize you. But the problem is that they appeared in two different quest scenarios. I'm not sure if they will still recognize you in this quest."

NPCs in the parallel world were divided into two categories by players.

One category was combat NPCs, which were the pitiful little monsters that were repeatedly farmed and killed in the leveling areas. These little monsters could be said to be combat machines that only knew how to fight and kill. They didn't have any intelligence to communicate like humans.

Besides this category, there were quest NPCs. These were the ones that online game companies usually touted as intelligent NPCs. They could interact with players like humans by recognizing their voice, facial expressions, and behavior. However, even these NPCs could only interact with pre-programmed content. For example, if you randomly met an NPC on the street and asked, "What's your mother's surname?" If the task he triggered was really related to his mother, he might actually answer you. But if he was a solitary NPC with no family background, he would only ignore you if you asked such a question.

Therefore, although they were called intelligent, they were actually pre-programmed machines. That's why You Ge wasn't sure if these werewolf villagers only knew Gu Fei in his previous quest environment.

"Hmm, you're not sure either!" Gu Fei was disappointed. If even You Ge couldn't answer, then naturally no one could give an authoritative answer.

Just as he was thinking, a system notification sounded softly. It was just a friend's online/offline notification sound, which he wouldn't normally pay attention to. Now that he was bored walking, Gu Fei casually opened his friend list and was immediately overjoyed.

You always come when I need you, comrade!

Gu Fei quickly sent a message to this brother who had just come online: "Hi!"

"What do you want?" The other party's reply seemed full of wariness.

"Long time no see!" Gu Fei said.

"What's the matter?" The other party's wariness didn't diminish at all.

"Uh, I wanted to ask you!" Gu Fei went straight to the point. "In a certain quest, I met a group of NPCs. When this group of NPCs is in another quest, will they still recognize me?"

"Of course, our quest NPCs exist by completely simulating human-to-human interaction. They exist in the game like living people. Quest events that have happened to them are like memories. How could such a ridiculous thing happen as losing their memory when they switch to another quest?"

"Really? What about some of the quest NPCs I killed in the quest? Will they come back to life? Will they recognize me or not?" Gu Fei thought of Adrian in Yeguang Village. When he passed the church and Adrian's big house when leaving the village just now, he saw Adrian busy doing something at the door.

"Of course, they don't recognize you. Although he looks like the previous NPC with the same name and fulfilling the same mission, he is actually a different person. It's like the same job. The original person died, so a new person came to replace him and do the same job."

"Oh... I see! Okay, I understand," Gu Fei said.

"What do you want to know?"

"I just asked you, and now I know. Thanks!" Gu Fei closed the message window.

"Was that question very complicated? Did he need to ask me?" Hong Chen Yi Xiao muttered to himself, "Did I accidentally sell some important information to him again?"

Hong Chen Yi Xiao was indeed overthinking this time. He didn't give Gu Fei much guidance this time, he just strengthened Gu Fei's confidence. He himself estimated that it should be like this in the game, and so did You Ge. It was just that they lacked first-hand information as evidence, so they weren't sure. Now that they had the confirmation from the designer, what was there to doubt?

Gu Fei could conclude that these werewolf villagers recognized him, and they definitely wouldn't have any hostility towards him. After all, he was their great benefactor!

Thinking this, Gu Fei straightened his back and simply yelled at the top of his lungs, "Wei He, where are you? Come out quickly!"

"Are you crazy!" You Ge was shocked.

"Relax!" Gu Fei patted You Ge.

As soon as he finished shouting, a figure seemed to emerge from behind a very distant ancient tree. The ears of a wolf were indeed well-deserved.