Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game Chapter 8: Outrageous Beginner Gear

A game with players naturally had to have NPCs.

Most of the corpses Yang Qiu brought back from the massive swamp had already thoroughly decayed till they were complete skeletons. However, there were about a dozen or so bodies that weren't fully decayed and partially preserved, perhaps due to where their bodies rested, and were like waxed corpses.

Though sort of partially decayed corpses wouldn't be suitable to be used as "game characters" for players in Yang Qiu's opinion. Even the more visually appealing skeletons were testing enough for players’ nerves. If players were given the option to choose such a zombie to play as, they would most likely quit the game at the character creation screen.

Thus, Yang Qiu might as well use the bunch of them as NPCs.

Undead creatures possessed minimal intelligence, moved slowly and clumsily, with limited capabilities. Nonetheless, they could still carry out repetitive actions following a predetermined pattern.

For instance, upon encountering a bare skeleton, they could emit scripted sounds to beckon players over (undead creatures can only emit predetermined syllables and have no idea what they are saying). They could also assign tasks systematically according to the number of players involved. This approach proved to be far simpler than assigning undead creatures tasks such as cleaning or other complex activities.

When he saw the reaction of the trio, Yang Qiu felt that his decision had been the right one. Simply put, a gamer, no matter how hardcore, was still just a gamer. It was like how the most enthusiastic Counter-Strike fanatics wouldn't head to fight wars in Africa as mercenaries just to fulfill their shooter cravings.

"I was wrong! Player characters aren't the most realistic, it's the NPCs!" Skeleton No. 2 howled. "But seriously… Is it necessary to strive for such realism? Can't you spare a thought for players who don't enjoy horror?!"

Give Me Medicine was crumbling as well, muttering to himself, "I was wrong too. I thought I was just pretending to be brave, and

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