As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 190 This world is so exciting (Thanks to the leader of the "Laid-back Survivor")

Li Nuo took a small disk-like box from Cha Bai's hand.

After opening it, there is a map inside.

[Hide BOSS coding area]

【Excellent quality】

[Brief description: This thing is very complicated. It will tell you the area where the hidden BOSS exists in the world according to the different script worlds. Therefore, the map will change at any time, and the scope will also change irregularly. For example, when the script only limits When it is a city, the area size may only be a few houses, but in a large map, the area size will not be limited]

[Tip 1: After you reach level 25, any hidden level BOSS you encounter will never be pleasant in terms of strength or difficulty, so don’t think it is a good thing]

[Tip 2: Continuing from the previous chapter, the only way to solve the hidden BOSS is through force, but this may be more troublesome]

[Tip 3: The benefits from hiding the BOSS are absolutely proportional to your efforts. It’s up to you whether you want to risk your life and do things that you know will not succeed but have a glimmer of hope...]

The map beeped, and tiny squares were arrayed on the paper to form a large map of the "NieR" world.

There are eleven red areas marked on continents and oceans.

At the same time, their location is indicated on the map by a blue dot.

The nearest hidden BOSS is less than ten kilometers away from them.

"Isn't it difficult to hide the BOSS?" Cha Bai asked.

"Maybe it's just a dog." Li Nuo put the map back into the box, thinking that Cha Bai's luck was really... worthy of being the protagonist.

He was not so lucky.

In order to verify my luck, I drew my own random card.

Bricks.

really.

Li Nuo let out a sigh of relief and smiled with relief. I am indeed not destined to be the protagonist.

Hidden BOSS...

His thoughts returned to this matter.

"NieR" is definitely considered a serious hidden BOSS. There are two in the game.

One is a bronze statue of a rabbit in a playground.

The second is Emil, whom he once cheated and redeemed.

Looking at the big map divisions, there are nine hidden BOSSs.

Li Nuo is quite self-aware. Although he sometimes does things without restraint, when it comes to dangerous things without any intelligence, he is generally more cautious.

Cha Bai was still looking at the map.

She is a little excited...

During these days, Li Nuo and Marjie had been leading her no longer like 2B. She had learned their recklessness, but not their stubbornness.

"I said, it's only ten kilometers away. Do you want to take a look..."

When she said "ten kilometers", she raised her head and saw Li Nuo squatting in front of the dragoon's corpse. After taking off his mask, he could see his expression was extremely solemn.

"how?"

"It's confusing."

Li Nuo said, and continued to slide open the dragoon's muscle diaphragm with the knife, throwing out a humanoid thing from inside.

The flesh and blood were bloody and sticky.

I couldn't tell her face, but I could tell from her body shape that she was a woman.

Li Nuo continued to dissect and found that women were indeed ordinary women.

Cha Bai: "Dragon Cavalry, eat humans (artificial humans)?"

Li Nuo pointed at the female corpse that he had cut into pieces and said, "You can tell by looking at the structure, it's not an artificial human."

He stood up and gathered his thoughts.

Then he went to the shelf, confirmed that Coleman was unconscious, and then asked: "Chabai, let me ask you, how many humans are still alive in this world?"

Chabai was stunned.
This starts from the tragic origin of "NieR Automata".

Project Yurha.

The so-called Yurha Project is a lie to cover up the truth about the demise of mankind. The top executives of artificial humans claim that humans are on the moon. In fact, only a few people in the orbital base know the truth about the demise of mankind. They use this to control the motivation for the survival of artificial humans. , after all, the program they were designed to protect humans is to protect humans. Without humans, artificial humans will gradually begin to collapse and lose the meaning of living.

As for Chabai...

From the 2B period when people believed that humans were on the moon, to later players learning about the extinction of humans, there is only one answer to how many humans are still alive in the world.

"One, Emil."

"wrong."

Li Nuo turned his head and said, "At least two starts."

Cha Bai didn't react.

Li Nuo said: "The first one is Emil. Needless to say, the second one is a girl who was 'frozen' by her father in the "NieR" mobile game. She slept from the 21st century to 11940 before waking up. .”

"What a strange setting..." Cha Bai said.

"Well... that's right. I always thought that these two humans were the only ones alive, so when player 7300 said the message, 'There are still humans alive in this world,' I wasn't very surprised." Li Nuo looked at The female corpse continued: "The story of "Neil" is too unpopular and fragmented, so there are very few non-governmental organizations like 'Soulologists' to translate its content, and I had only a little knowledge of it before."

"Then what happened? How did we become so familiar with each other?" Cha Bai was curious.

Didn’t you come later... Li Nuo slandered and said: "There is a plot in the "NieR" mobile game, which tells the story of a pair of sisters. In the Shinjuku incident in 2003, the red dragon descended, sprinkled magic, and humankind perished. The countdown begins. During this period, humans have conducted a large number of experiments on dragon corpses. In the process, they not only extracted magical energy such as magic element, but also created a biological weapon that combines humans and dragons."

"The official story will be lost in the future."

"But if you look at the female corpse inside the Dragoon, she is most likely a type of human. Perhaps the androids found this weapon through some means, activated it in large quantities, and put it into battle in the Kingdom of Darkness."

Cha Bai: "In other words, the artificial humans don't know that they who protect humans have actually been using humans as weapons."

Li Nuo laughed: "Isn't it ironic?"

Even more ironic is the name Dragoon.

The soldiers are not riding on the dragon, but integrated into the dragon's body. The bodies are integrated and can never be separated, forming a physical closed loop, which is exactly the same as the world of "NieR".

"You think, can she still be considered a 'human' like this?" Cha Bai suddenly asked.

"Human?" Li Nuo put away the cut pieces of meat, lowered his head and asked, "Are you still considered an 'artificial human'?"

Chabai: "..."

"Cha Bai, people, monsters, ghosts and gods, is it so important what it is? What it is in the beginning, the root is already determined. What happens later is just a change of self. I am a demon hunter, am I a human being? You are artificial Are people considered human beings?" Li Nuo took a breath and said with a smile: "It's all insignificant things. Whatever you think you are, that's what you are. Isn't this better?"

Chabai: "..."

She understood, but she couldn't let go. After all, Li Nuo was a human from the beginning, and she had always been an artificial human.

Not everyone can think of it.

Li Nuo picked up the big package soaked with blood, carried it behind his back, and then picked up the dragoon's electromagnetic gun. It was too big and heavy and could only be tied to the rear frame.

Not long after he hit the road again, Koeman woke up.

The guy woke up and started howling.

Li Nuo poured the chestnut wine he carried with him into his mouth.

The reason why they still bring Coman is very simple. If the android army comes, at least they still have a hostage in their hands.

Koeman did not expect this level, and still asked in a commissioning tone: "Can you send me to my wife's place?"

Li Nuo pulled out his gun and asked, "When did your wife die?"

Koeman gasped: "No...I mean...forget it, let me tell you the truth..."

This guy set out with Li Nuo and Cha Bai for two basic purposes. On the one hand, it was because they saved him and needed to repay him. On the other hand, he saw that these two people were quite capable and planned to go to York. city.

His wife lived across the canyon in the mining town.

[The side quest has been triggered]

【Cowherd and Weaver Girl】

[Mission difficulty: lv16]

[Task reward: 200 experience points, random card*1, Koman’s thank you gift]

The task was not difficult. Koeman pointed out the road. It was not far away, just on the way to York City.

Li Nuo looked at the map and saw that York City was still hundreds of kilometers away. The best way was to go to the rail station more than ten kilometers away.

He thought he could give Koeman a trip.

By the way.

And he was very interested in what Koeman's thank you gift was.

……

The sky was overcast, and the woods were dyed black, blocking the moonlight like big hands.

The wooden hut stands alone in the dense forest.

The sales car is parked not far from the door.

Li Nuo got out of the car and picked up the legless Koeman.

"Your wife lives here?"

Li Nuo looked at the dilapidated house and had a suspicion.

"right……"

Coman answered reluctantly. Chabai performed simple treatment on his legs on the road. Although the loss of artificial blood was stopped, the body's response was damaged and his consciousness was on the verge of losing consciousness.

The small door of the wooden house opened a gap, and inside there was a pair of dots aimed at Li Nuo.

boom!
Flames flashed out from the room, and the bullet hit Li Nuo. Cha Bai stepped forward to block the bullet with the back of his hand. With a constitution of more than 200, the bullet made contact with the skin and caused sparks. The warhead clattered onto the hard paved wood. on the floor.

Cha Bai gritted his teeth, a hole opened in his arm, and the mechanical skeleton inside was exposed to the air.

Li Nuo stared into the house.

Dropping Coman, he ran straight to the door.

The gunshot rang out again, and he turned his head in advance based on his premonition of danger, letting the bullet pass between the brim of his hat, leaving a layer of burnt smell.

He stretched out his hand and pulled the muzzle of the gun that had just extinguished the flames. With a bang, he pulled out the cane and pulled the guy out of the room!
puff!
There was a sound of an iron barrel hitting the ground.

A mechanical life form fell at his feet. Li Nuo pressed the round eye of the mechanical life form with his cane and asked sideways, "Coman, what's going on?"

Coman, who was already mentally exhausted, stretched out his hand and said tremblingly: "She is my...wife..."

Li Nuo and Cha Bai were stunned for two seconds.

The mechanical life form under the cane suddenly bounced up and punched Li Nuo, but he used joint techniques to counter-grab and push him back to the ground.

The mechanical life form roared in a vague voice: "Let go of me, husband!"

Li Nuo looked back at Coman.

Cyborg.

He glanced at the mechanical life form again.

Mechanical lifeforms.

He was panicking...

"What, what's the situation?"

……

The flame of an oil lamp flickered in the hut.

"My name is Ai Li." The mechanical life form hugged Coleman and placed him on the bed. He lowered his body slightly to Li Nuo and Cha Bai behind him and said, "Thank you, you two were saved. My husband, I'm really sorry for attacking you two just now."

Li Nuo's face was expressionless, he wanted to die.

Chabai pulled his sleeves and asked, "I don't understand. Aren't mechanical lifeforms and artificial humans hostile?"

"It's not necessarily that...some androids will cooperate with friendly mechanical life forms...but..." Li Nuo said in confusion: "I really didn't expect this development of the couple..."

Koeman said on the bed: "I'm sorry for hiding this... Originally, I wanted to get off the car halfway and come here by myself, but I don't have any legs, so... I can only rely on two people."

"I just want to know, what kind of expansion do you guys think this is?" Li Nuo took out a folding stool and sat down, crossed his legs, and said with doubt on his face: "Can you two compete with each other in terms of XP?"

He pointed at the mechanical life form that looked exactly like the "Android" villain, looked at Coleman, and asked: "Don't you think it's hard?"

Ellie said in a clumsy and mechanical tone: "70 years ago, he saved me from the hands of monsters. Since then, we have been together, but because he was transferred to the coast of the Kingdom of Darkness, he was forced to Separation can only be seen when the android mining transportation team comes to this area every year..."

Due to the vocal conditions of a mechanical life form, Ellie's speech was very fast, which was very uncomfortable to hear. You had to listen carefully.

"Brother, I don't know how many people you have met. There are many people with special brain circuits like me." Koeman was a little weak, but still wanted to make the matter clear: "Everything starts from when I saw a book with a famous name. Starting with "Plato's Love"...ah, for example, this lady."

He looked at Cha Bai and said, "In terms of appearance, you are perfect, but I just prefer a guy who looks like an oil drum..."

Li Nuo: "I understand. I know a friend who wants to lick her feet whenever she sees them covered in smelly sweat."

Everyone selectively ignored Li Nuo.

Cha Bai: "I remember you said many times how dangerous mechanical life forms are, why now..."

Koeman: "If I don't conceal it, Ally's life may be threatened if someone discovers the truth."

In a sense, Coleman belongs to the kind of artificial person who has awakened his "personality".

Just like there is a mechanical life form named "Pascal" in "NieR Automata". Due to reading and other reasons, he began to think about more things and developed the concept of "peaceful coexistence".

It's just that Koeman's development was even more exciting.

He developed directly into "Day Day Day Day".

Li Nuo asked: "Why don't you go to York City? I heard that the artificial and mechanical life forms there can live in harmony."

Ai Li said: "It's not that simple. The program does not completely allow us to live in peace with other more 'hostile' races."

The light flickered.Lengthening everyone's shadow.

Li Nuo felt in a daze. He was fighting with the dragoons just now, but now he was sitting with a pair of strange lovers.

The world is so broken.

Cha Bai tilted her head, her mind was very confused... How long can people of two races stay together in peace...

His blue eyes glanced at the silver cane placed on the corner of the table.

[Side quest has been completed]

【Cowherd and Weaver Girl】

[Task reward: 200 experience points, random card*1, Koman’s thank you gift]

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl...heh."

[Level has been upgraded to: lv33]

[Still until the next upgrade: 120/55000]

[Strength +1, reaction +6, spiritual power +2, constitution +4, insight +5, medical treatment +0.1]

[Tip: Starting from the scripts after level 25, your growth data will be given every time you upgrade, making it easier for you to view it in time]

"Go back?" Li Nuo asked.

Koeman thought for a while and shook his head: "How can I go back if my legs are gone."

Li Nuo: "If you think about it wisely, surviving in a deserted place is not as difficult as you think."

Koeman was very moved.

Li Nuo's next sentence dispelled the hard-won warmth.

"My little brother can make machinery. When I find that bastard, I'll let you install tank tracks."

Koeman didn't know how to answer. Let's not talk about a bunch of curse words piled up together. What the hell are tank tracks?

"Forget it..." Koman refused the kindness and changed the topic: "As a reward for helping me, I have a few things, you can choose from them."

Coleman was referring to the two defensive machine guns in this room. They are both automatic defense facilities and are usually used to prevent monster intrusions.

Not used in most cases.

There is a gathering area of ​​mechanical lifeforms nearby. They are all friendly mechanical lifeforms, so neither artificial humans nor monsters will harass them.

Li Nuo was not satisfied with the two machine guns. The old-fashioned machine guns were far inferior to technological weapons like [Ying Long].

So he rejected the offer and asked for something else.

"Colman, can you give me that fluorescent lamp that keeps monsters away from you?"

Coman originally didn't want to give it to him, but considering that he would have to leave the artificial human gathering area for a long time, he still gave the fluorescent lantern to Li Nuo.

"Thank you~"

Li Nuo needed this thing to avoid meaningless battles on the road.

His hand touched the green light stone in the center of the lantern, creating a panel.

[Magic Crystal: The chance of encountering enemies is reduced]

[Brief description: In illuminated areas, the probability of invasion by malicious low-intelligent organisms is reduced by 70%]

Li Nuo swallowed and stood up with a lantern.

Then he looked at the lantern again.

The pupils reflected green light.

"Magic crystal..."

"Isn't this something from Final Fantasy..."

He recalled the world connection line when he first came to the "Neil" script.

"Are they connected again?"

[World linkage line discovered]

[It has been identified that player 5900 has discovered relevant linkage lines. No extra reasoning or evidence is needed to establish this linkage line]

[The hidden world line merges with the world linkage line - world line mission]

[Tidal locking, the truth about the earth]

Chabai's head suddenly felt hot.

They both heard at the same time:

……

[It has been identified that player 5950 highly overlaps with the world view of the current scenario]

[World line tasks merged with "5950" personal tasks]

……

[New main quest triggered—please, everyone, escape from the infinite reincarnation of this terrible world]

[You now have three main lines, and the stay time remains unchanged]

[Task details require 1000 gold coins to purchase]

Li Nuo: "Buy."

In front of the two of them, blood-red words flashed like flames.

This is interesting... Li Nuo subconsciously licked his lips, and then asked with a smile: "Can you give us a room... to stay for a day?"

Ai Li: "Okay, I'll clean it up right away."

Cha Bai: "Is there enough time? (Marjie is still in danger)"

Li Nuo shook his head and smiled: "It's okay. (It's strange that something happened to Marjie)"

Besides, a dragoon just died. The androids will definitely search this area, and it will be safer to stay next to the settlement of mechanical lifeforms.

After the two left, Ally and Coleman whispered:
"My dear, I have a surprise for you soon."

……

In the bathroom, Li Nuo turned off the shower head.

Mechanical lifeforms and androids will imitate humans, including building things like bathrooms that they may not use.

He stood in the middle of the bathroom, facing the wall, looking at the prompt panel:
[[-]. The regretful song of destruction, when it turned into a beast, it took away the melody of the pointer]

[[-]. The apostle stood with wings fluttering, the request from the dark city, when did he hear it from afar, the innocent recorder whispered]

[[-]. Disasters come to the city, destroying time and human dreams, and leaving again and again]

[If you want to trigger "Four", please go to the "Threshold" in York City]

Li Nuo lowered his head and mentioned the key contents of the first three sentences to himself.

"The first sentence, Song of Destruction, involves "Riders on Dragon's Back", which is the story before "NieR". The flower of destruction faced when entering "NieR" for the first time is closely related to it."

"The second sentence, the previous content is not important, the key is the 'naive recorder', which generally refers to the recorder Yacol who travels through time and space."

"The third sentence should refer to the fate of infinite reincarnation in this world."

Li Nuo looked at the broken mirror.

His fingers wrote on the mirror covered by heat: Flower of Destruction, Yacol, Reincarnation.

"At least there is a clear main line now. We have to find the 'threshold' in York City."

Threshold, something from the mobile game "NieR", is a stream of consciousness thinking palace that records key stories in each time and space.

The last time Marger spoke out, he mentioned the existence of a "threshold" in the Land of the Night.

This was the first time that he encountered the phenomenon of three main lines going hand in hand. The script of "NieR" is special to him and Chabai. This kind of situation is rarely seen in other players.

Li Nuo inadvertently scanned the remaining number of players in the script.

There are still 17 people alive.

"I don't know if Miles and the others are still alive."

Li Nuo felt that his current experience was quite interesting. If Cha Bai and Marjie hadn't happened, he might have been competing with other players for the main mission of [Prometheus Fire].

Maybe it's in the middle of a fight now.

Thinking this, he stared at the dead fish eyes and sighed.

"It's my own fault for making things so confusing now."

Li Nuo put all this running behind him, he just went to York City anyway.

He had just inquired with Ellie and found out that the rail train to York City was only 10 kilometers away.

We will set off as soon as the dragoon's storm has passed.

bang!
Suddenly the bathroom door was knocked open.

Cha Bai, still wrapped in a thick cloak, rushed in in a panic holding a map of the [Hidden BOSS coding area].

Li Nuo was stunned: "I haven't soaped up yet."

Cha Bai looked at the naked man nonchalantly, pasted the map over, and said anxiously: "There is a hidden BOSS approaching here at high speed!"

Li Nuo immediately took the map.

On the paper map, a certain red point area was getting closer and closer to their position.

He immediately picked up his clothes and put them on hastily.

The two of them ran out of the bedroom one after another and saw Ai Li opening the door.

"Close the door!"

Li Nuo shouted, but he still saw a black figure rushing in from outside and bumping into Ai Li.

Cha Bai gritted his teeth, flames bursting from his fingertips.

Neither of them expected that the hidden boss battle would appear so abruptly.

At the critical moment, I suddenly heard Aili say: "Baby, you are back."

The mechanical life form turned around.

In his arms was a little guy with a big round head and a mechanical body.

She looked puzzled at Li Nuo who pulled out his cane and Cha Bai whose fingers were dancing with flames.

Cha Bai took out the map and confirmed it again: "Yes... this dog is the hidden boss."

Koeman asked in the back room: "Who is coming?"

Ellie said:
"I adopted a puppy two weeks ago."

"Humans, don't you like to keep pets? I'm thinking that one day, my dear, we can live together and have pets to accompany you. My dear, this is what I give you, a surprise."

Koeman laughed: "You are really thoughtful, hahaha!"

Ellie hugged her dog and went inside to show Coleman.

In just such a moment, when Li Nuo saw the dog's face, his whole body felt bad.

"Wait!"

He called to Ellie.

Look carefully at the dog's face.

The round head, the round eyes, the big mouth with bared teeth, and a weird smile.

This fucking Emil.

"Li Nuo...it seems to be Emil." Chabai whispered.

"Can I ask where you picked up this dog?" Li Nuo asked.

Ai Li said: "Suddenly, it popped out. I thought it looked interesting, so I asked it if it was a dog, and it said, yes."

Li Nuo's eyes widened and his facial expression became uncontrollable.

Coleman, Ellie and Emil, three pairs of eyes locked on him.

This scene was full of twisted absurdity in Li Nuo's eyes. The artificial man and the mechanical life form merged into a couple, and the dog they raised was a human.

It’s even crazier when you look at it from another angle.

Humans, who have been taught by artificial and mechanical life forms, are actually being raised as dogs by them unintentionally!

"Hahaha...hahahaha! I must be crazy!" Li Nuo was going crazy.

Ellie asked softly: "Your friend, are you okay?"

Coman looked at Emil's face and suddenly realized: "Damn, man, your mask is exactly the same as this dog's face. It can't be your dog, right?"

"Hahahaha!" Li Nuo smiled, gritted his teeth, his expression suddenly became serious, and he said righteously: "It's my dog!"

……

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Ps:

Thanks again to the leader of "Laid-back Survivor".

Happiness came too suddenly, and I was not prepared for it.

In theory I should add more chapters.

But since my updates are always not stuck on the word count, but broken into chapters according to plot points, the update method is to "increase the amount of plot" updates. I will sort out the plot and update tomorrow ()-——

(End of this chapter)