After half a month of screening, we got the following list. The thirty-nine thousand people recorded on the list are scattered all over the Fortune Federation. Their actions these days give us reason to suspect that their true identities are players.
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Saint Asona City, South District, inside the main temple of the God of Wisdom.
Wang Xugao sat under the statue of the God of Wisdom, holding the golden scepter symbolizing the identity of the sage, listening to Balke's report.
Ten years have passed since he decided to form a temple.
Ten years may be said to be long or short, but in these ten years, the Temple of Wisdom has achieved very fruitful results.
There are probably thousands of cities in the entire Wealth Federation, and the number of wisdom temples is 675. Except for a few places, it is no exaggeration to say that wherever there are cities in the Wealth Federation, there are wisdom believers who spread their faith.
Building more than 600 temples in ten years is a very exaggerated number, because building temples is like opening a martial arts gym elsewhere.
In an area, there are only so many people who learn martial arts. If you have more people, they will be less. Believers, unless you reach the stage of the eighth-level main god or the ninth-level god king, the more the better, the better. It is directly linked to the power of the god.
Some low-level gods and medium-level gods are weak in power and have not many people who believe in them, so they rely on their few followers to support their appearance.
Coupled with the fact that the Goddess of Wealth doesn't care much about the beliefs of ordinary people, many cities in the Wealth Federation have weak gods operating them as their headquarters.
The God of flowers, the God of morning dew, the God of pride, the God of colorful clouds, many of the names of these gods are just a joke. You can imagine how low the authority they hold and how embarrassing their status is.
For them, crazy expansion and robbing the temples of wisdom from low-level believers were simply the most evil existences in the Middle Ages.
I don’t know how many low-level goddesses cried because their believers were snatched away from the Temple of Wisdom.
These days, the landlords don’t have much food left. The gods seem to be superior, but in fact the lower-level gods are not as cool as the demigods.
Because of the covenant between the gods, beings above level 3 are prohibited from directly intervening in the main plane. Therefore, level 3 demigods are the pinnacle of the world. Level 4 and 5 gods will never dare to directly intervene on the main plane.
Of course, powerful gods will not have so many scruples, because the rules are made for the weak and the strong do not need to abide by them.
"Player!"
Wang Xu closed his eyes to rest and whispered: "How did you discover them?"
"These players who have just arrived seem to be the same as before, but in fact they have many flaws. To give the simplest example, black bread mixed with some sawdust, vegetables, and oats is definitely not as good as soft white bread.
But in a place like the slums, it's already a delicacy.
But those who came to receive relief felt like taking poison when they ate them, and some even vomited on the spot.
Is it because our bread is not delicious? No, our bread is very delicious. They used to eat it very happily.
Since it is not a bread problem, it must be their own problem. If black bread is given to the nobles, the nobles will definitely feel sick after eating it, because they are used to eating white bread. The taste of black bread is not delicious to them, but
torture.
Those people who came from humble backgrounds and regarded black bread as a treasure in the past actually showed expressions of disgust on their faces. I thought there must be something wrong with them.
Only people whose shell remains the same but whose soul has changed will not be able to get used to the black bread that they used to devour."
Balke's explanation was reasonable and well-founded, and Wang Xu nodded secretly.
Although he didn't know how to scientifically distinguish the difference between players and natives, the stupid method still worked wonders.
Of course, it is only effective at the moment, and it will not be known for sure as time goes by.
Players are very adaptable. They may be different when they first come here, but they will definitely become localized over time.
When these players are used to talking and doing things like the natives, that is, the NPCs they call them, it will be difficult to tell whether they are players or natives based on this alone.
And Wang Xu discovered an interesting phenomenon. To this day, he has not heard anything about players from any players.
They seemed to be incognito, hiding their true identities and trying not to look so weird.
This kind of behavior makes Wang Xu feel very strange, because the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and it is impossible for everyone to be so conscious and know to protect their identity as a player.
But the word "player" is like a taboo in the mouth of players, which makes people confused.
Could it be that someone has issued a hush-hush order against the players? Who is so capable? It can't be the game system. If that's the case, what is the purpose of doing this? Is it so that people can't tell who is the player and who is the native?
Or is this a deliberate attempt to downplay the distance between players and CPC, making the world of gods more like the real world, and allowing players to have more ownership and control over the second world?
Wang Xu couldn't figure it out. He only knew that the closer the game was to reality, the less helpful the game system would be.
At least there won't be a situation like in online literature where players are gods and NPCs are grass. In the middle and late stages, only players will fight and NPCs can't even defeat them.
Reflecting on reality, in a short period of time, players' fear will not be able to form much power, and no players will stick together because of their identities.
I don’t even know who the players are and who the NPCs are, so how can I join a group?
Wang Xu looked at the list of suspected players in his hand. Most of them had no intention of connecting with each other. Some of them were even relatives or friends, but they still concealed it from each other, pretending to be players.
These are all attitudes that NPCs need to be on guard against.
As a result, combined with the fact that the player's identity was not disclosed, he suspected that he was a real player and could not determine who was the player and who was the NPC. There was no such thing as reconnaissance.
This is not good news.
It doesn’t even have reconnaissance skills, and players can’t tell the difference between NPCs and NPCs, which means there are no game missions for players to take on.
After all, if you want to take on quests, you must have quest NPCs.
Those who can issue tasks must be NPCs. By comparing the tasks, the players can be distinguished from the natives.
No one has done this, which means that this is restricted. The feedback to Wang Xu means that he, a fake native, cannot lead players to explore as a task publisher.
Of course, this also made Wang Xu more certain that the world of gods in the eyes of players is actually the same as the real world.
"Seal the file in your hand and screen out more players. I will be of great use to these people.
In addition, you have people talk to these players to see if they believe in our Lord. If they don’t believe in it, try to turn them into believers as much as possible. If they believe in it, then go one step further and absorb them into the temple system.
The temple is a big family. The civil professions include priests, nuns, ascetics, priests, and bishops. The military professions also include temple knights, temple warriors, and divinely chosen warriors. I decided to use some of the professions to see if I could form a pure player legion to follow.
Compare the normal legions to see which strategy wins."
Wang Xu talked about his plan in a leisurely manner, and then asked after a while: "Among these suspected players, are there any good prospects that are worth noting?"
"Yes, in our city of Saint Asona, there is a person named Aiden who is suspected to be a player. He has performed very well these days.
Aiden is an orphan from the slums. Within half a month, he successfully came into contact with a lonely old man named Lord Bethley who was over sixty years old.
According to our intelligence, Lord Batley likes him very much, and he may be adopted by Lord Batley as his adopted son, thereby inheriting Lord Batley's property.
Although a lord is not worthy of our attention, an orphan from a slum can be so loved by the lord, and this person named Aiden is also very powerful, and he is considered the best on the list."
Balk found out the information belonging to Aiden and specifically mentioned it in front of Wang Xu.
Wang Xu looked through this person's file and said without looking up after looking at it for a while: "Find an opportunity to bring him over. You can use your own excuse. I want to see this person early tomorrow morning."
"You want to cultivate him?"
"I can't say cultivation. It's just that some ideas need to be verified by someone. This person can't be too stupid."