After I was forced to become a survival game NPC

Chapter 17 Mysterious Island (17)

"The residents in the town are not human, but there are obviously so many traces of humans here, with distinctive buildings, old facilities, and this hotel."

She finally figured out where that sudden feeling came from.

She had felt something was wrong before. It was such an exclusive and closed town, and it was located on the vast sea. No one came all year round. Why was there a hotel?

At first she thought it was a place specially created by the game for players to live in, but as the game progressed, she felt that it was more than that simple.

Together with her being the only human NPC in the town, she has a reasonable origin. It is unlikely that the hotel is just for players.

The gradually abandoned facilities are the result of long-term neglect. When the residents of the town no longer need these things, there is naturally no need for maintenance.

"One more thing," Su Nanzhi said, looking around, "no outsiders have come in for a long time. If they killed people because they needed to hunt, they would have starved to death long ago."

Halfway through the game, the players' common enemy is the monster on the island. Su Nanzhi believes that basic information sharing is not a problem.

The more players alive, the easier it is to fish in troubled waters. On the contrary, if there are fewer targets, the situation of the remaining people will definitely be more difficult.

"This used to be a normal town." Lu Yu was a little surprised.

The information is not difficult to guess, and it is very rare for a novice player to be able to hide his identity and secretly search for clues until now.

"In addition to what you just said, there is another problem. There are more than a hundred households in the town, but there is not an old man or a child."

Lu Yu's words reminded Su Nanzhi that the reason why she was adopted by the hotel owner and survived among monsters until now was because she resembled the hotel owner's daughter who died of illness.

Her very existence is hidden game information.

Regardless of whether the innkeeper's daughter died of illness or not, if the monster kills the residents of the town and changes into their appearance and continues to live in the town, then her identity as an NPC cannot exist unless the monster replaces the residents of the town.

After that, human memories and emotions are preserved.

Su Nanzhi thought it was unlikely.

"The residents of the small town used to be human beings." She was very sure.

She didn't know how long it was 'before'. She didn't know the timeline of the game world. Just looking at the old equipment in the town and the luggage placed in the hotel's utility room, it couldn't be too short.

What happened in the town that turned everyone into monsters?

Lu Yu sat in front of the window, his fingers slightly resting on his knees, "Have you heard of mermaids?"

"Are you talking about the long-haired, fish-tailed ones in the story?" Su Nanzhi pointed to the window and was shocked, "That's them?! They look so unique."

Mermaids in the game world actually grow the other way around?

Lu Yu took out a yellowed old photo and placed it on the table.

Compared with the photo Su Nanzhi found in the utility room earlier, this one was not well preserved and was seriously affected by moisture.

The photo was taken at the pier. A fishing boat docked with a dozen people standing next to it.

In the fishing net at their feet was an injured humanoid creature that looked like a fish. It was covered with scales and had sharp fins on its elbows. It could be said to be grotesque and had nothing to do with the legendary mermaid.

A burst of thunder rolled across the sky, and rain hit the windows hard.

Su Nanzhi took the photo to the window and looked at the light carefully for a while before finally confirming one thing.

(End of chapter)