13: Humans and NPCs, a Shocking Secret

No wonder Ye Xiao was so surprised.

Eternal World has a history of a hundred years.

The appearance of NPCs was only in the first ten-odd years.

As the strength of Human Job Holders increased,

As early as eighty years ago, a shocking conflict erupted between humans and NPCs, and the two sides had reached a point of no return.

This battle, which swept across the entire Eternal World, lasted for two full years.

Finally, it ended with humans, led by several powerful Professionals, slaughtering all the NPCs.

Since then, besides Human Job Holders, there have only been various monsters in the Eternal World.

If it weren't for the extremely fast growth rate of monsters, they would probably have all gone extinct long ago.

Ye Xiao had also heard that in the early days of Eternal World,

Professionals could interact with NPCs to take on various quests.

Some NPC quests even allowed Professionals to obtain rare Hidden Professions or high-level Skill Stone.

However, all of this, with the disappearance of NPCs, had completely become history.

In the past eighty years, the number of Hidden Professions born among humans has been extremely small.

Some rare Professions, not even considered hidden, have also completely disappeared.

And in terms of skills, Skill Stone of rare quality and above have completely vanished.

Only those Professionals who entered Eternal World from the very beginning still possessed Epic-grade skills or higher, to varying degrees.

This was also one of the factors that prevented the new generation of Professionals from surpassing the older generation in strength.

However, at this very moment,

Ye Xiao actually saw a living NPC in the Secret Realm.

How could this not shock him?

More importantly, this NPC named Remi seemed to be connected to the boss he had just killed.

This made Ye Xiao even more vigilant.

At this moment, the NPC named Remi had already turned around and said with a cold gaze, “Qin Family boy, I helped you kill the Zhao Family's contact as agreed, so why did you kill the Plague Source Grub? Don't you want the godforged stone anymore?”

Qin Family? godforged stone?

Ye Xiao was slightly stunned.

He then realized that this NPC had probably mistaken him for someone from the Qin Family.

With a thought, Ye Xiao calmly said, “That Plague Source Grub attacked me first just now; I was forced to retaliate.”

Remi heard this and said coldly,

“Hmph! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Your Qin Family was able to enter this Secret Realm because of the anti-poison amulet I gave you, which itself violated the rules of this Secret Realm.”

“Even if you kill the Plague Source Grub, you cannot become the controller of this Secret Realm.”

After a pause, Remi continued,

“Now it seems we need to renegotiate the agreement.”

Ye Xiao: “So, what do you want?”

“I naturally...”

As Remi spoke, his expression suddenly changed, and he sternly rebuked,

“Wait, you're not from the Qin Family! Who exactly are you?”

Although he didn't know how the other party had seen through his identity, Ye Xiao didn't hesitate at all and instantly raised his hand.

More than twenty Fireballs, like a machine gun, blasted towards Remi.

This action immediately enraged Remi.

“Human, you're courting death!”

Ye Xiao sneered and raised his hand for another Fireball.

“Boom, boom, boom!”

Two consecutive attacks, adding up to less than a second.

Fifty Fireballs all slammed into Remi, instantly knocking off nearly a fifth of his health.

This damage directly panicked Remi.

When Ye Xiao killed the Plague Source Grub and Zhao Xue earlier, Remi hadn't seen it with his own eyes, but he could feel the fluctuations of the battle.

However, due to the distance, by the time he arrived,

Ye Xiao had already killed the Plague Source Grub and Zhao Xue.

So, he had no time to stop it.

Although he knew Ye Xiao's strength was extraordinary, Remi was not flustered at all.

Because, in this Miasma Hidden Forest, he was invincible.

However, at this moment, Remi realized that things seemed to be beyond his control.

Just now, he wanted to mobilize the poisonous miasma in the Secret Realm to suppress Ye Xiao's strength.

As the insect master who cultivated this Hidden Forest, this was the source of his confidence.

But he found that the other party was not affected at all.

This greatly surprised Remi.

In an instant, he thought of a possibility.

After Ye Xiao killed the Plague Source Grub, he had already become the controller of this Secret Realm.

Otherwise, no one could withstand his methods.

Understanding all of this, Remi immediately shouted,

“Wait a minute!”

How could Ye Xiao agree to his wishes? This guy's origins were unknown, and he was about to attack him.

He raised his hand again for Fireball.

A moment later, Remi's health bar had dropped to one-third.

Seeing that Ye Xiao still had no intention of stopping,

The fear in Remi's heart constantly spread, and he could no longer care about anything else.

“My lord, please stop. Killing me will do you no good.”

Ye Xiao: “Give me a reason not to kill you.”

Remi hurriedly said, “My lord, I can tell you about the transaction between me and your human race.”

Compared to the previous Plague Source Grub, the strength gap of the Remi in front of him was very obvious.

So, upon hearing Remi's words, Ye Xiao thought for a moment and stopped attacking.

“First, tell me how you discovered my identity.”

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Remi finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly explained.

“Because I couldn't sense the aura of the other anti-poison amulet, that's how I discovered that my lord is not from the Qin Family.”

So that's how it is.

Ye Xiao nodded at the words and continued to ask,

“Which Qin Family are you talking about?”

Remi shook his head: “I don't know their background in the human world.”

Seeing Ye Xiao seemed a little displeased, Remi hastily explained,

“My lord, you are now the controller of the Secret Realm, and my life and death are in your control, so I naturally dare not hide anything. Not just the Qin Family, I'm not very clear about the Zhao Family's background either.”

Fearing that Ye Xiao would be displeased by this, Remi thought for a moment and added, “However, I once heard them call themselves the Eight Great Families, but I don't know the specific status of these Eight Great Families in the human world.”

It was indeed the Eight Great Families.

He just didn't expect that besides the Zhao Family, even the Qin Family among the Eight Great Families was involved.

Conspiring and trading with an NPC, if this got out,

The Qin and Zhao Families wouldn't be unaware of the consequences.

Thus, it was clear that the Remi in front of them held an irresistible temptation for them.

Ye Xiao deeply looked at Remi, then asked again,

“What is the transaction between you?”

Remi dared not conceal anything.

“I promised to provide them with godforged stones, and in return, they must send a batch of Human Job Holders into the Secret Realm periodically.”

Ye Xiao's heart stirred, remembering the four corpses he had seen earlier.

“Are you refining Skill Stone with Professionals?”

Meeting Ye Xiao's gaze, Remi answered with a stiff upper lip,

“Yes, yes, my lord.”

Although he had already guessed, hearing Remi's personal confirmation still made Ye Xiao feel a shock.

Someone could actually refine Professionals into Skill Stone.

Although surprised, Ye Xiao showed no emotion and said in a deep voice, “Do you have many godforged stones?”

Remi smiled bitterly at the words.

“I dare not hide it from my lord; the one Zhao Xue just took was the last one.”

“Do you think I'll believe that?” Ye Xiao said coldly.

Remi was startled, “My lord, I, I really didn't lie to you. Over the years, I've given them more than twenty godforged stones, bit by bit. These were all things I obtained by chance back then, and each one used is one less.”

More than twenty godforged stones?

The rarity of godforged stones was self-evident.

The Remi in front of him actually once possessed more than twenty godforged stones?

Ye Xiao grew more and more surprised as he listened.

“Where did you get these godforged stones?”

Remi's expression was somewhat hesitant.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao's voice grew colder.

“Think carefully before answering. You only have one chance.”

Remi's body trembled, and he finally answered honestly,

“I stole these from other survivors some years ago.”

Whoosh!

Ye Xiao felt his scalp tingle.

He had originally only intended to level up in this Miasma Hidden Forest.

He didn't expect to stumble upon such an astonishing secret by accident.

Survivors!

As an NPC, the 'survivors' he spoke of could not be humans.

They could only be fellow NPCs.

Eternal World.

There were actually still a large number of NPCs alive.

This explosive news shocked him even more than when he first met Remi.

It had a considerable impact on Ye Xiao.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Ye Xiao continued to ask, “Where are those survivors now?”

Remi, who had already given up struggling, heard this and no longer concealed anything.

“They are scattered in other Unowned Secret Realms.”