What appeared in front of everyone was indeed a city. Of course, Li Huailin and the others were also stunned. This was a little too strange.
They originally thought that after coming in, it would be like a dungeon, where there would be a large number of monsters and the like. Then, they would immediately start fighting. But a city … What was going on?
After observing for a while, the city that appeared in front of them looked quite big. At the very least, it was the size of a medium to large city on the mainland. There was a circle of dark gray high walls on the outside, and some buildings could be vaguely seen inside. There was nothing special about the buildings. Basically, they were made of stone. It looked like a normal city, and the most important thing was that this city … did not seem to be damaged at all.
That's right. At first, they thought that this city might be a monster stronghold. They had encountered similar situations in previous dungeons. It looked like a city, but after entering, it was filled with monsters. However, those were basically ruins and ruins of some city. This city looked completely different. Although they had not approached it, everyone could feel the aura of life. There must be people living there. They could already see the smoke in the sky above the city.
"What should we do? Go and take a look? "Jade Emperor Summoning asked.
"There's nothing we can do. Although it's a little strange, let's take a look first," Li Huailin said.
The five of them agreed that no matter what, they should go and take a look first, so they walked in the direction of the city. As they walked down the mountain, they came to a road. Yes, there was actually a road here, and it led directly to the city. However, now that they could see the city, it did not seem strange that there was a road.
They continued to walk along the road with doubts. Along the way, they did not encounter any people or monsters. However, when they approached the city, they quickly saw the first creature, and it was a human …
"Why does it look like a few NPCs?" Fire Head could not help but say. The first creature they saw was an NPC, and it looked like a guard. There were a total of six people standing at the city gate, as if they were guarding the gate.
"There are actually NPCs?" Everyone was stunned. They did not expect to see a city, and they did not expect to encounter NPCs. If they were not in the middle of a quest, they would have thought that they had arrived at a new city.
Since they were already here, even if it was a little strange, they still walked up. They found the NPC soldier closest to them. The soldier's name was green, so he probably wouldn't attack them.
"Hello, traveler." The NPC was the first to speak. When the soldier saw Li Huailin's group, he greeted them, but for some reason, Li Huailin felt that the soldier's actions were a little unnatural.
"May I ask what this place is?" the Jade Emperor asked directly.
"Hello, traveler." The soldier greeted the Jade Emperor again, then continued, "This is Rogym City, the capital of the Luton Empire."
"Huh?" The soldier's words stunned everyone. They looked at each other, and the Jade Emperor asked, "Has anyone heard of Rogim City? Or the Luton Empire? "
Everyone shook their heads. Li Huailin had never heard of this Luton Empire. There was only one human empire on the continent, and that was the Nasser Empire. This was obviously a human city, and the soldier also said that it was the capital of an empire, not a kingdom. So it should not be the capital of some small country.
"Are they from other servers?" Li Huailin asked, because he did not know the names of the human empires in other servers.
"No, there is no Luton Empire in any of the servers," Peanut suddenly said. "Our American side is called the Ladrill Empire, and the European Alliance is called the Lecasto Empire …"
"What's up with this Luton Empire?" Since no one knew, there was an NPC in front of them, so they could ask.
"The Luton Empire is one of the four most powerful human empires on the continent. It controls the land in the southwest of the continent. Our leader is His Majesty Sadrop. We currently have a population of over 20 million, four imperial legions, and a standing army of 400,000 people …" The soldier immediately began to introduce the empire. However, what was strange was that the soldier's tone didn't change at all. It was as if he was reading out information.
"Hey, hey, what's going on? What does he mean by one of the four human empires? Does that mean there are three other human empires like this? Why do I remember there being only one human empire? "Fire Head asked.
"Maybe it's some kind of quest to help the NPC complete some plot?" Marinka interrupted. "I've encountered a similar situation in a dungeon before."
"F * ck, did I transmigrate again?" Li Huailin suddenly said after hearing Fire Head and Marinka's words.
"Transmigrate?" Everyone was stunned.
"Yeah. You guys might not know this, but I once accepted a very disgusting quest. I was sent to an illusory dungeon that recreated the situation on the continent about a thousand years ago. After I completed the quest, I was sent back," Li Huailin said. Of course, he was referring to the Titan quest.
"Oh, I think I've heard of a similar situation," Peanut immediately said. "I've seen it on a post before. Someone seems to have experienced a similar quest."
"So that's how it is." Everyone nodded. "Then we might be in the game's past? Or the future? "
"I heard that the human empires were unified more than 120 years ago. Maybe we're in a time before that …" Li Huailin thought for a moment, then asked the soldier, "Have you heard of the Nasser Empire?"
"I've never heard of the name you mentioned," the soldier replied.
"That's definitely not in the future," Li Huailin said. "What about the Titans? Have they gone extinct?"
"I've never heard of the name you mentioned," the soldier replied again.
"Eh?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. The Titans had gone extinct more than a thousand years ago. Had this soldier not heard of it? Or was this even before the Titan Race? Just as they were wondering what was going on, the Jade Summoning Emperor suddenly said, "Hey, hey, don't you guys think that this NPC is a little stupid?"
"…" Everyone suddenly felt it when the Jade Summoning Emperor said that. Yes, this NPC did seem to be a little stupid. The first two questions he answered seemed to be very simple questions about the players. The last two questions he could not answer were probably because he did not mention the keywords.
Indeed, after observing the NPC for a while, Nie Yan felt that the NPC was a little dull. His eyes were dull, and he looked like a wooden man. There was no charm to him at all. When he spoke, his tone was also very ordinary. He felt like a robot. This NPC was very different from the NPCs they had encountered in the game before.
Indeed, there were differences in the AI of the NPCs in Heart of Glory. Some NPCs were indeed a little stupid, and they would only answer questions in a fixed way. However, even these stupid NPCs were not as stupid as this NPC in front of them. Although they answered the questions in a fixed way, their speech was more charming, and their expressions were also very rich. If one had to compare it to a 90% simulation, then the NPC in front of them … No matter how they looked at it, it felt like he was just an NPC. He did not seem to have any intelligence at all.
"Uh … It can't be. It's fine if the art optimization wasn't done well, but now there's a problem with the NPC's AI. Could this be a situation where it wasn't done well?" Fire Head said.
"So, what we're facing now is a situation where we didn't complete the quest properly?" The Jade Summoning Emperor said, "Should we give the officials a little response? Maybe we can't even complete this quest …"
"No, no, no …" Li Huailin quickly said. What was the use of giving a response to the officials? They did not know what was going on. "It can't be that we didn't complete such a big SS-rank quest, right? I think there must be a reason. Let's see what's going on first."
"Alright, you're the leader anyway," the Jade Summoning Emperor said. "What should we do?"
Li Huailin looked at the situation inside the city gate. At present, he could see a straight street. The entire street was very clean, and there were very neat buildings on both sides. Looking along the street, he saw a huge square, and behind the square was the inner city wall. Inside the inner city wall should be the Imperial City, but he could not see it at the moment.
After looking around for a while, Li Huailin saw a lot of NPCs in the city. So, he thought for a while and said, "Look, there seem to be a lot of NPCs in the city. Let's split up and investigate for a while. Everyone, look around to see what's going on. Ask the NPCs as many questions as possible, and see what's so strange about these NPCs. See if there are any special NPCs. After 15 minutes, we'll gather at the square in front of us. "
While speaking, Li Huailin pointed at the square in front of them. He then continued, "Of course, if you find anything strange, probably related to the quest, you can directly use the communication device to inform the others. Once you receive the notification, you can rush over immediately. What do you think?"
Li Huailin's words made sense, so the other four quickly nodded.
"Alright, let's split up and search first," Li Huailin said.
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