After I was forced to be a survival game NPC

Chapter 17 Mysterious Island (17)

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residents in the town are not human beings, but there are obviously so many human traces here, distinctive buildings, outdated facilities, and this hotel."

She finally figured out where that sudden feeling came from.

Before, she felt that something was not right. It is such an exclusive and closed town, and it is located on the vast sea. No one comes all year round. Why is there a hotel?
At first, she thought that the game was specially made for players to live in, but as the game progressed, she felt that it was not just that simple.

Along with her plausible origin as the only human NPC in town, it's unlikely the inn is just for players.

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

"One more thing, this place," 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."

More than half of the game time, the common enemy of the players is the monsters on the island, Su Nanzhi thinks that basic information sharing is not a problem.

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

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

The information is not difficult to guess. It is very rare for a novice player to be able to hide his identity and search for clues in secret.

"In addition to what you just said, there is another problem. There are more than 100 households in the town, but there is no old man or child in sight."

Lu Yu's words reminded Su Nanzhi that she was adopted by the innkeeper and lived among monsters until now because she resembled the innkeeper's daughter who died of illness.

Her existence itself 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 continues to live in their appearance, then her identity as an NPC cannot exist unless the monster replaces the residents of the town Afterwards, human memories and emotions are preserved.

Su Nanzhi thought it was unlikely.

"The townspeople used to be people," she was sure.

She doesn't know how long "before" was. She doesn't know the timeline of the game world. Just looking at the old equipment in the town and the luggage in the utility room of the hotel, the time cannot be too short.

What happened in the town to turn everyone into monsters?

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

"You mean the beautiful ones with long hair and mermaid tails in the story?" Su Nanzhi pointed out the window, shocked, "That's them?! They are so... unique."

The mermaids in the game world grow upside down?

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

Compared with the photo that Su Nanzhi found in the utility room earlier, this one is not well preserved and has been severely damp.

The photo was taken at the pier, a fishing boat docked with a dozen people standing beside it.

In the fishing net at their feet was a wounded humanoid creature that looked like a fish. It was covered with scales and had sharp fins on its elbows.

A thunderclap rumbled across the sky, and rain beat hard on the windows.

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

(End of this chapter)