第1章 我，铁匠，没有感情的打铁机器

I am a blacksmith, a heartless blacksmithing machine.

[Native NPC Awakening + Online Game Another World + No Romance + Slow-burn, Not a Thrilling Novel]

Transmigrating into a game world? No.

My name is Karl, and I am the only blacksmith NPC in the starting village of "Anno" who has awakened self-awareness.

I am not a time traveler, nor do I have a system.

When I am no longer a loop of data, I will feel tired, confused, and I will ask the starry sky above me—who am I?

From analyzing a piece of iron ingot to understanding this continent, I am like a newborn baby, learning to become "existent".

When the bell rang to signal the end of Season 0, everything returned to zero. But I, this mistake that should never have existed, escaped with all my memories into the real continent of Aethera, which was about to welcome tens of thousands of "players".

They call me an NPC, and see me as a tool and background.

But I know that, like them, I am searching for my own answers in this world.

This is a journey that begins in ignorance and ends in self-discovery.

I will use my forged hands to personally carve an undeniable proof of my existence.

The world will eventually respond: Karl came, lived, and became himself.

【原生NPC觉醒+网游异世界+无感情戏+慢热非爽文】
穿越到游戏世界？不。
我叫卡尔，是《纪元》里唯一觉醒自我意识的新手村铁匠NPC。
我不是穿越者，也没有系统。
当我不再是一段循环的数据。我会疲惫，会困惑，会对头顶的星空发问——“我”是谁？
从解析一块铁锭开始，到认知这片大陆，我像一个初生的婴儿，学习着成为“存在”。
当S0赛季终结的钟声响起，万物归零。而我，这个本不该存在的错误，却带着全部的记忆，逃入了即将迎来数万“玩家”的、真实的艾瑟拉大陆。
他们称我为NPC，视我为工具与背景。
但我知道，我和他们一样，在这个世界里寻找着自己的答案。
这是一段始于懵懂，终于自我的旅程。
我将用我锻造的双手，亲自为“我”的存在，刻下不容置疑的证明。
——世界终将回应：卡尔，来过，活过，并成为了自己。