This is destined to be a mystery with no immediate answer because there is no customer service or dialogue function in the system.
Jiang Yuan can only guess, for example, the guy who appeared in Riverfront Village and was beaten to death by the villagers was obviously a "player" like him, and he also assumed that the living people were NPCs at first.
But different personalities lead to different behaviors. The other party probably didn't lack money, so after spending lavishly in Riverfront Village, they wanted to act recklessly and enjoy the treatment of a local emperor, but ended up tragically.
According to the "game setting" when "players" leave, the system should be unique. Otherwise, if other "players" enter or exit, it would certainly affect the progress on Jiang Yuan's side.
