Chapter 1 Extremely Deadly?!

Crazy Blade Angry Sword gulped nervously. When he had scanned the armed guards on the train before, their danger level was only "High." This person in front of him was the most dangerous individual he had ever encountered. Apart from his name, all his data were question marks. Just what level of person was he?

Wasn't the city supposed to be safe? Could it be that he was going to offer his virgin death today?

Just then, Han Xiao spoke. His first sentence nearly made Crazy Blade Angry Sword fall over.

"It's not polite to scan people the moment you meet them, you know."

Crazy Blade Angry Sword shuddered.

The official website stated that if the level difference was more than 30 levels, the NPC would discover the player's scan. He had only just entered the city and already encountered such a high-level expert?

Han Xiao chuckled inwardly. "Little punk, I know you guys inside and out. You throw out a scan as soon as you meet someone. I used to be just like that!"

Ever since he received the news of the closed beta launch, Han Xiao had been considering contacting the players. He located all the newbie starting points on the map, the closest of which was Great Horn Mountain settlement, only a three-day journey away. However, with Germination currently searching for news about him everywhere, Han Xiao didn't want to leave West Capital so easily.

Currently, only closed beta players could post, and Han Xiao was following the forums. He quickly found a post analyzing the advantage of the closed beta as map exploration; the ID was none other than Ming Yue Chang Zhong.

A god-level professional player, often making guides and tutorial posts, was a genuinely nice guy, and also handsome (emphasis added). He had a huge fan base and was also a powerhouse, having won many honors. In his previous life, he consistently ranked in the top thirty of the China Region expert rankings. Han Xiao's best result was forty-seventh place. Those few years he wasn't eating dog food, he even fell out of the top hundred. Thus, he came to a conclusion: stay away from girls, and you'll succeed in your career.

Han Xiao told this conclusion to the twenty-eight-year-old single owner of the downstairs convenience store, whom he was familiar with. The owner just smiled coldly and said, "Well said, but I choose girls."

"But girls don't choose you."

So, Han Xiao lost his right to a 9.5% discount at the convenience store.

The China Region expert rankings didn't judge strength solely on operational skills. *Galaxy* had various competition types: individual duels, ring-based elimination matches, team battles, mission races, timed free exploration races, hunting survival races, positional attack and defense races, speed pursuit races, mixed kill races, secret realm races, etc. Small-scale, head-on clashes only accounted for a portion of strength. Han Xiao often helped people seek revenge, so his operating skills were excellent, but unfortunately, he wasn't as good in other aspects. For example, he wasn't good at trash talk, which could be a miraculous weapon against enemies, but he had been diligently practicing it.

After reading the post, Han Xiao guessed that some closed beta players might come to West Capital. He had been wandering around the checkpoint for a few days, and as soon as the four professional players passed through the checkpoint, he saw them. It wasn't that Han Xiao had particularly good eyesight, but he realized that he could actually see the names above the players' heads. Wow, such a group of dazzling professional IDs, all famous powerhouses from his previous life. It was hard not to notice them.

"Could it be because I have a panel?" Han Xiao wondered inwardly.

This was good news. Players had a scan function and could see the names of all NPCs, while he could recognize players at a glance in the vast sea of people.

"Am I an NPC with player functions, or a player with NPC functions?" Han Xiao couldn't help but complain inwardly.

This time, contacting the players was to test how robust his NPC functions were.

"Brave warrior, I need your help. Do you have time?"

Standard mission trigger opening line, so adorable.

Crazy Blade Angry Sword was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know why Han Xiao was looking for him, it didn't stop him from getting excited.

He had triggered a high-level NPC as soon as he entered West Capital. This was definitely his blessed land! Crazy Blade Angry Sword was extremely excited, trying his best to keep his tone calm. "I'm willing to help."

"I need a loaf of bread. Can you find one for me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Xiao suddenly received a notification.

[Do you want to issue a mission to [Crazy Blade Angry Sword]?]

Here it comes!

Speaking of which, his panel could actually prompt him about NPC functions. Could it be that it could datatize all his actions?

Maybe this wasn't an ordinary player panel. It had mutated when he transmigrated. It felt kind of awesome.

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes. Next, he would test the specific effects.

"Yes."

[Please set the mission requirements and rewards. The rewards have an experience limit. The limit depends on your level, tier, faction influence, and reputation.]

[PS: You have the right to give additional material rewards, which can be anything that belongs to you: money, items, experience, skills...]

A virtual box appeared in front of him, divided into left and right sides. On the left, he could choose the mission type, divided into ordinary missions, prize pool missions, competitive missions, challenge missions, series missions, running ring missions, faction missions, etc., with a wide variety of types.

The right side displayed the limit, divided into two items, namely "Maximum Reward Limit" and "Daily Total Limit." At this time, the experience limit was 11,600 experience. The limit was system-provided, and he didn't need to spend his own experience. Below the two options were explanations.

[Maximum Reward Limit: 11600 experience]

[Total Level 24: +7200] (After advancement, the amount of experience added per level will increase. The first advancement adds +300 limit per level)

[Tier E: +3000]

[Faction: Germination (Hatred) +1000, Thirteenth Bureau (Neutral) +400]

[Reputation: 0]

The maximum reward limit was the reward cap for a single mission. In other words, Han Xiao could only set a maximum reward of 11,600 experience for one mission.

The daily total limit, as the name suggested, was the total number of rewards that could be given out in a day, currently five times the maximum reward limit, which was 58,000. It refreshed once every twenty-four hours.

After trying it out, Han Xiao found that this function had limitations. If his maximum reward limit didn't meet the basic reward standard for the mission difficulty, the mission would fail to be issued. For example, issuing a mission to destroy the Germination organization had a difficulty of A-level. The minimum reward requirement for an A-level mission was far higher than his limit, so the mission couldn't be established.

A limit of 11,600 could only issue E-level ordinary missions. The minimum standard for D-level was 30,000 experience, and the limit also varied for different mission types. The panel didn't explain this, so Han Xiao could only try them one by one. There would be a prompt when a mission couldn't be established.

"It would be great if I could exchange the limit for my own experience." Han Xiao thought wishfully. He tried it, but it didn't work. The limit didn't belong to his experience, and he couldn't issue missions to himself. The target was limited to players.

This also confirmed a guess that his essence wasn't a player, but he just had a panel.

Han Xiao curled his lips. He only gained about 20,000 to 30,000 experience every day, but he had a reward limit of nearly 60,000. If he were to fully cultivate a player, their progress would be extremely fast, but he wouldn't do that.

"This function seems to be able to command players..." Han Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately realized various uses. The most obvious was to attract players to do missions and become his helpers, which could be surprisingly effective in many situations.

Players prioritized benefits and could be regarded as a group of mercenaries without principles. As long as the rewards were generous, they could be used for his own purposes. Players wouldn't waste time doing low-reward missions. If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass, so increasing the limit was imperative. The higher the limit, the greater the help to him.

In addition to the experience limit, Han Xiao could also consume his own items as additional rewards.

Han Xiao suddenly realized something. In any game, basically only high-level NPCs with strong strength or great influence would issue high-reward, high-difficulty missions. The principle was similar to his limit, except that the panel datatized and displayed it.

Han Xiao casually set up an ordinary mission and issued it.

At the same time, Crazy Blade Angry Sword received the mission and was immediately dumbfounded.

What the hell? Was a high-level NPC's mission so simple? Just one loaf of bread, and the reward was only one dollar! Are you a beggar?

"Wait!" Crazy Blade Angry Sword realized something. Based on his experience playing virtual online games, this should be a prerequisite mission, a test! Only by satisfying the other party could he trigger the subsequent mission. If he failed, he would miss out on this NPC.

The more Crazy Blade Angry Sword thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He directly took out seven loaves of bread (all the food he had) and handed them all to Han Xiao, saying "sincerely," "These are all the loaves of bread I have. I'm giving them all to you."

Han Xiao was at a loss.

What's going on? Are players now accustomed to over-completing missions? How is this different from what he remembered?

After receiving the bread, the mission prompt indicated that it was completed. Everything went smoothly, and Han Xiao nodded secretly.

There were many types of missions, and Han Xiao didn't plan to try them all at once. He would prioritize testing other NPC functions.

Han Xiao noticed that next to Crazy Blade Angry Sword's ID, there was a small human-shaped symbol. Han Xiao focused his attention on the symbol, and a new prompt appeared on the panel. A virtual thing similar to a health bar appeared in front of him, visible only to him. A small pointer was in the middle, with red on the left and green on the right.

[Do you want to adjust [Crazy Blade Angry Sword]'s Favorability?]

This thing can be adjusted?

Han Xiao was dumbfounded. Could this change his own thoughts? If he maxed it out, would he suddenly become bent?

No, he can't risk it!

Han Xiao tried moving the pointer to the right...ah, bah, to the left a bit, reducing the favorability by 5 points. He found that his thoughts hadn't changed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, favorability was just a value and didn't affect his true thoughts.

"This function seems a bit useless..." Han Xiao thought to himself.

...

[Han Xiao's favorability towards you has decreased by 5 points. The current relationship is indifferent.]

What the heck? Why did completing the mission decrease favorability?!

Crazy Blade Angry Sword was dumbfounded.

What the hell!