As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 402: The King and the Corridor, History and the Future

Maljie has been in contact with the people in the "Sky Corridor" and is in charge of diplomacy.

According to our understanding, there are staff members in the player gathering area of ​​each corridor.

But the character and appearance of the staff are the same as those of the corridor.

For example, the staff of "Sky Corridor" are a group of handsome men and beautiful women with stories. They are a group of people who seem to have jumped out of a two-dimensional animation. Their personalities are very stereotyped, lively, mature, and passionate. In short, they are basically sunny and positive but not out of place.

The "Corridor of Eternal Life" is like a military camp, and the staff are stereotypical mercenaries.

When you arrive at the "Endless Corridor", you will see a group of cartoon characters with eccentric personalities and cowardly looks, as if they jumped out of Fujiko Fujio's comics.

Li Nuo knew the characters of these guys clearly, so he dared to come to them and threaten them.

To put it simply, he is bullying honest people.

The staff member squatted in the corner with his hands on his head, shivering, looking like "I'm easy to bully."

Wen Ke felt compassion for him and suggested, "Just shoot him and don't torture him."

The staff member burst into tears: "Am I still going to die?"

Li Nuo was stunned. He didn't want to kill anyone, he just wanted to use Wenk, a native, to scare them... After all, Wenk was a businessman who roamed in the gray industry. In other words, he was not a good person by nature. If the partner was not a bastard like Li Nuo, but an "honest person" like Amanda or Chen Shou, Wenk could squeeze the value of the player dry and then throw him away.

Otherwise, the "Fifth Detective Guild" would not be on Basel's "blacklist".

But Li Nuo was still curious about the staff's personalities.

"What on earth is the reason why our corridor staff are so stupid..."

"We have to ask our superiors..."

king?

Li Nuo sat on the sofa, twisting the lid of the teapot, and said, "Tell me about it."

The staff member said: "The policies set by our superiors are related to our personalities. In other words..."

He whispered, "It was our superiors who were stupid first, and then we were stupid..."

Li Nuo took a big sip of tea, let out a sigh, and wiped his lips.

"The king is a fool."

"Don't say it was me who said that..."

Wen Ke spoke before Li Nuo could, “But you already said it.”

The staff member changed his posture to the one with his head in his hands and curled up, symbolizing "I don't want to live anymore."

Li Nuo put the weapon box on the ground and said, "President, are you very cooperative this time?"

Wen Ke leaned against the wall and locked the door, looking like he was going to set up a murder scene in a closed room. He said, "Firstly, you are the 'Vice President' now, so I have to give you some face. Secondly, for the future of that girl Jane, I think helping you is the right choice."

The natives cannot ask about or get involved in the players' affairs.

To Wenke, Nanami has changed from a shrewish girl to his own girl, thanks to Malger's somewhat "scumbag" nature, which has caused Wenke to have the idea of ​​taking care of Nanami's child.

Li Nuo complained: "You two are now the replicas of Huiyuan Ai and Dr. Agasa?"

Wen Ke narrowed his eyes and said, "Then who are you? You brag that you are Edogawa Conan?"

Li Nuo sneered and said like a pervert: "Ah~ Shirley."

In fact, no matter how players act in the script, children are still children, and they are still ignorant. People like Li Nuo who have maxed out their mental abilities during adolescence are extremely rare.

"Since the president is cooperating... then it will be easy."

Li Nuo brought out the folding stool.

The staff looked up.

Li Nuo kicked the leg of the stool, and the iron rod in the stool bounced up, then barbs appeared and the iron rod spun wildly like an electric drill.

Wenk can attack the staff, and although he will be punished by the "law", he does illegal things all the time and doesn't care anymore.

How could the staff not know this guy Wenk?

The indigenous people founded the council, and it has survived to this day. This old fox is considered a legend.

The staff member said in a choked voice: "No, tell me what you want me to do. Are you going to use torture instruments right away? Is this how you play…"

boom!
There was sudden thunder outside the house.

The sky cleared up after the dark clouds dissipated.

"It is going to rain."

Li Nuo closed the window.

Look back.

The darkness covered half of the face, causing the staff's fear to almost reach a critical point.

"It is actually very difficult to commit suicide by biting your tongue," Li Nuo reminded.

The staff member retracted his tongue and stood up. "I understand... Which torture do you want to use on me first..."

He looked at Wenk resentfully.

"Please be gentle..."

"Why don't we just shoot him?" Wenk suggested.

"I came to him to ask about the situation, not to kill him..." Li Nuo explained.

"I thought you wanted to kill someone..." Wen Ke exhaled: "You should have said so earlier."

Half a minute later.

The staff sat on folding stools with the iron bars retracted.

This guy started up the computer system in a semi-coerced state and was explaining the so-called Corridor War.

A simple description appeared on the screen:
[A maximum of five corridors can participate in the competition, and at least three corridors can participate. The competition method is to identify the points in the "Invader" mode]

[Invaders are players who enter your corridor from other corridors. If you can kill the invaders, you will get a lot of points.]

[If you are an invader, killing players in other corridors will be considered as gaining extra points]

[The scoring rules are determined by the "World Tree" in the center of the side prison and the corridor]

"What is the world tree?" Li Nuo asked.

"I don't know." The staff member said, "I'm just an employee. You asked me how many mistresses Party A has at home. How would I know?"

"Referee," Wink said.

Li Nuo nodded: "Hmm...look down."

[Corridor Ranking: End, Void, Eternal Life, Death, Endless]

[Endless Corridor: Being beaten all year round, the points gap is too large, and it is impossible to enter the Corridor War]

"Then why are we here this year?" Li Nuo asked.

The staff member opened a folder.

【Ikaros】

[This world is the "Sky Corridor" territory]

[The invaders from the "Endless Corridor" changed the fate of the world and defeated a large number of players from the "Empty Corridor"]

[Seize this world, add it to the "Endless Corridor" territory, and get a huge amount of points]

[Defeat the entire guild as an "invader" and get a huge amount of points]

Wen Ke looked at Li Nuo.

"So it's your fault?"

"I really don't mean it..."

The staff panicked.

"What do you mean... that 'intruder' is you!"

"What's wrong?" Li Nuo asked.

"Oh my god, brother, do you know what a big thing you have done?" The staff seemed to be talking about something big.

Li Nuo's eyes moved around, looking at the potted plants beside the bed, looking at the grass, thinking about fucking, and said, "Turning 2B into my wife is the greatest thing I have ever done in my life..."

"You're really not someone who can do big things..." The staff member's fears were somewhat alleviated by Li Nuo's easygoing nature: "For someone like you... I'll say it again the last time."

Mr. Wenk took out a [Bamboo Dragonfly].

【Death Bamboo Dragonfly】

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: Wear it on your head and turn it to take off your head]

[Brief description: Nobita Nobi in a parallel universe was killed by it]

Li Nuo was nearly killed by this bamboo dragonfly once.

The staff's teeth were chattering.

Li Nuo soothed him, "If you keep talking nonsense, our president will turn your dick off."

So the staff opened another folder, which contained a script from ten years ago.

[Player 9909, in the "Dead Corridor" script of "Dead Soul Song", snatched the script and put it in the "Endless Corridor"]

"Player 9909?"

Li Nuo didn't understand.

"I'm only 5900. How come ten years ago..."

He seemed to understand.

"Liquidate the players every few years?"

"What are you thinking?" The staff member immediately realized that his words were disrespectful and immediately changed his words: "You're overthinking... Our player numbers are up to 12000. Due to the excessive number of deaths, we recalculate them every year and replace the dead with new ones. Two years ago, a big event happened. The largest guild was wiped out by a guy, leaving a large number of numbers vacant, that is, numbers between 4000 and 6000."

"Ah... so our group of players actually refers to those numbered between 4000 and 6000?" Li Nuo said.

"I've heard about that big thing." Wen Ke said: "A guy named 'KING' reshuffled the player forces."

In the past few months, Li Nuo has inquired about relevant information. In addition to Lillian's "Wrath of Bahamut" on the top floor of the "Endless Corridor", there is also an "Anti-Science Alliance". Now the person who is recognized as the strongest in the entire corridor is the boss of this guild.

However, Soran has also given different information, that there are a large number of lone wolf players and teams that do not join guilds, and their personal actual combat capabilities may be stronger than the so-called "recognition".

That KING might be the captain of a team.

"Okay, let's get back to the topic."

Li Nuo took a sip of tea.

"Who is player 9909?"

The staff clicked on the player's information.

Wen Ke was slightly startled: "What a beautiful lady..."

Li Nuo looked silent.

A familiar figure was imprinted on those amber pupils.

……

"Isn't it time yet?"

“There’s another group of people who haven’t chosen to accept it.”

"It's the bloodless ones, right?"

"It doesn't matter. We're not on the same track anyway."

Six players stood in a dilapidated chapel.

Together, they looked at the woman standing behind them.

"President?"

"Ah."

"Don't be nervous, I'm going to take revenge this time."

"clear."

Lillian looked at them and gave them a flat, uneasy smile.

"I understand."

……

"Lillian."

Li Nuo looked at the woman on the screen and murmured.

"Well, the witch of time... that's what they call her." The staff sneered: "She's an ugly freak."

It's clear that there's something of the Cairo-like aesthetic in the staff's programming.

"It was this woman who caused a big move in other corridor territories last time."

"She looks so fragile," said Wink.

"Who said that?" Li Nuo: "She is so strong that it's frightening."

Wen Ke shut his mouth. Being described as strong by Li Nuo meant that his ability had reached a level that could not be solved by brain power.

"Even so..." The staff member tapped on the keyboard and opened a list: "Take a look at the last corridor war she participated in."

Printed on the screen was that Lillian had competed five years ago and came in second.

"not bad."

"It certainly looks like that." The staff member said, "In fact, they were the only ones who survived until the end."

The winner of that competition was the "End Corridor". The strength of this corridor is unshakable.

Staff: "It's a pretty good record, because normally, 'Endless Corridor' should be the first to lose. But the reason she lost was... she was backstabbed by a player in the same corridor."

"To put it bluntly, a traitor appeared?" Li Nuo said.

He could probably understand why Lillian was so wary of players.

But even though he understood it, he would not easily let go of the fact that the woman was playing frying fish in the corridor.

Unless Lillian goes to the elevator door to poop or something...

Thinking about it this way, white tea is better.

A woman who can't poop...

Li Nuo subconsciously slapped himself on the head.

"It's the same old habit again."

His thoughts jump too much.

"Oh right... the next comic is going to be about shit as the main character... the ultimate move is to poop in the elevator... well, Julie will go crazy knowing my creativity."

The price of his flash of inspiration was that the two people around him looked at him as if he were a lunatic.

"that……"

The staff interrupted Li Nuo's artistic creativity.

"Can I continue?"

"Lillian's achievement of just taking second place is a feat, which means our Corridor is pitifully weak," said Li Nuo.

The staff nodded: "In fact, there is a Corridor War every year, but we have always been at the bottom of the points list, so we have never been able to get a place."

"Why is it so weak?" This was asked by Wenk. He was just curious whether there was any business opportunity here.

The staff member sighed and said, "Because the 'king' you mentioned, our superior, is too kind."

Then he explained a very simple rule.

The moment the manager appears, he must decide the rules of the corridor, which are the so-called system rules for players, such as the cycle of participating in the script, the gold coins fed back to the corridor, the difficulty definition of the script, and the penalty mechanism after the failure of the script task.

"Corridor Wars can benefit managers, but I don't know the details." The staff member paused and said, "You can understand it as the 'Endless Corridor' being the most 'living' corridor."

"So the king has to bear something?" asked Wink.

"I don't know, but probably. How can you help others carry their lives without paying a price?" The staff member said: "Even a group of us workers who don't know where we came from know that the manager is actually a 'good person'."

Wenk sat by the window, looking at Nanami's poster on the clock tower screen after the heavy rain outside.

The fact that players can settle down here and start a second life in the true sense is a loophole in the rules and also the kindness of those who make the rules.

"At first glance, it sounds like you have a great 'king'."

"That has nothing to do with me." Li Nuo lowered his eyes: "The strength of the End lies in their strict rules. They train a group of crazy people, right?"

"Ah."

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows. As a comic artist, he knew very well that the most important thing to draw a picture was to create the model. No matter how exquisite the details were, they could only be the icing on the cake. The model was the foundation of painting.

This understanding is the same in many places, including in the corridor.

The foundation is not good and the growth is crooked, and the final result is that you can only work in isolation.

Li Nuo: "The real reason why Lillian failed in her previous encounter with 'The End' was that her abilities at the time were not enough to compete with those lunatics."

Staff: “Yes.”

Li Nuo: "But everyone who defeated Lillian died later, right?"

Staff: “Well, I heard that it is true…”

Because the way "End of Corridor" trains players like a suicide squad is destined to make it a group of crazy guys seeking death everywhere.

Li Nuo: "Then, Endless Corridor really needs to win now, right?"

Staff: “I don’t know about that.”

Wen Ke lit a cigarette and said as he smoked, "You must win. Your current comfort will come at a price. There is no free benefit."

Li Nuo suddenly grinned.

"So, what backdoor can you open for me?"

"Well..." The staff member was in a dilemma: "Do you really have to take something away?"

"I worked so hard to find your Easter eggs, how can I just walk away without a reward?" Li Nuo paused and said, "To be honest, if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I can't really do anything, but let's calm down and make a deal."

Li Nuo made a triangle with his hands.

"You, me, and Wink, let's work together."

"Ah?" This sound was made by Wenk and the staff together.

Li Nuo first said to the staff: "If I can win this world war, you, as my assistant, should be able to get a promotion, right?"

Staff: “Yes…but…”

Li Nuo didn't give him a chance to speak, and looked at Wen Ke: "President, if I win, it will increase the reputation of our guild, and you will have more opportunities to defraud players, right?"

Wenk nodded without saying anything. The old fox smelled a strong business opportunity.

"and many more!"

The staff called a halt.

"Can't win!"

Li Nuo asked: "Why?"

He said: "Because the Endless Corridor cannot challenge the position of the End."

"Then let's challenge now." Li Nuo said.

Then Li Nuo held the staff member's head, stared at him, and said, "They are all crazy, who is afraid of who?"

Li Nuo has been worried too much so far and has never really had fun. Only those who know him well know this, and those people... In fact, including Wink, Cha Bai, Maljie, Nanami, Wells and Soren, only these people understand.

The last time he was in this state was when he was on the "Eternal Life Train" to protect Cha Bai.

The road ahead will not be easy. In order to achieve his desired goal, he knows when to release his nature.

"But... I can't give you anything..." The staff member hesitated to speak.

Li Nuo believes that there must be a "back door" because the existence of Easter eggs is meaningful.

Li Nuo: "It doesn't matter, I'll give as much as I can."

Wenk said, "We can ask him where his superiors are. I'll go talk to those guys?"

"No! Going up further is the interior of the central tower. None of you can enter. The natives also have a hierarchy. I know that!"

The staff swallowed.

He had no idea that Li Nuo and Wen Ke were in perfect harmony with each other.

"I can set your initial location and randomly go to a landing area in another corridor."

The staff expected bad results.

"That's my cheating privilege. If there are any bad consequences, I will be fired, but for you..."

"Increase the difficulty?"

Li Nuo asked.

The staff member looked up.

He saw the demon hunter's expression was silent. He said, "Yes, it will increase the difficulty, because you will enter the encirclement as soon as you come up."

"Well, make it more difficult for us."

Staff: "Ah...are you going to die?"

Li Nuo looked out the window. At a certain place, his eyes seemed to overlap with the king's. He said softly to that place: "Is everything okay?"

The staff member squinted his eyes: "Is there a ghost outside the window...?"

"I'm not talking to you."

Li Nuo retracted his gaze, then twitched his ear. The communicator was activated.

"Old Ma, join the game."

As soon as the voice fell, a line of words popped up on the staff's computer screen:

[“Hum Team” joins the World War selection list]

The staff typed on the keyboard helplessly.

"Let me make it clear first... Even if you sign up, there will only be two teams participating in the competition. Based on the number of people you have, you may not be selected."

He picked up the snacks on the table and shared them with Li Nuo, but Li Nuo shook his head and refused.

“Generally the system will give results within an hour.”

"so slow."

"Well, unless your group is much stronger than..."

[“Hum Team” has been selected]

The staff member was stunned: "I'll go..."

"Much stronger than what?" Li Nuo smiled and took the snacks from the staff: "Ah huh?"

Wenke narrowed his eyes. After listening to everything, he understood in his mind that Li Nuo and his group of players were actually more than 4000 players numbered between 6000 and . Among this group of guys, the one standing at the top was eating snacks with the staff.

At this time, a space-time rift appeared next to Li Nuo.

Cha Bai used the [Retrieving Bag] to find his location, hooked his neck and got out, while Fukong pulled Maerjie's clothes and pulled Ma Ge over as well.

"Very good……"

Cha Bai let out a sigh of relief.

"Luckily you didn't make a big fuss..."

She looked at the dazed look on the staff's face and subconsciously thought that Li Nuo was bullying them again, so she lowered her head slightly out of habit.

"I'm sorry...if he did anything unkind to you, please bear with me."

"Am I such a bastard?" Li Nuo's mouth corners twitched downwards.

"I'm worried that you and Maljie will team up to do something unmanageable behind the scenes..." Chabai nodded to Wenke and said, "So I was thinking, if there is any accident, I can join in and help you solve it."

Li Nuo felt uneasy because he always dealt with troublesome matters in private, causing Cha Bai to worry all the time.

"Hmph... I received the ticket." Maljie got up from the ground: "Well, we'll be leaving soon. I've packed all my things."

Malger glanced at Wink, who looked somewhat displeased.

At this time, the staff member said: "I just remembered... there are only three of you..."

"Three people?" Li Nuo asked, "Why?"

"There are too few people." said the staff.

At this moment, Cha Bai opened the car window and a train appeared outside.

"gone!"

"Li Nuo, let the mechanical lifeforms pack up everything. I'll tell you when we get in the car!"

Chabai and Maljie stepped out of the window sill one after another and landed in the door of the airtrain.

Li Nuo put away his things and stepped onto the windowsill.

"I am sorry."

He held his hat to protect himself from the wind and rain outside the window.

"The strongest team in the Endless Corridor at this stage is this three-member team. I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

He grinned.

"Don't forget what we agreed on, Mr. Wenk. Please help keep an eye on this guy and raise the difficulty for me!"

After saying this, he jumped out of the window.

The door closed and before the train started, three voices were heard from inside the car.

"Li Nuo, Maljie...do you see that poster? Is it Nanami?"

"Hmph... The upper floors of Basel are so magical. Nanami actually has a poster."

"When you come back, would you consider getting some of Nanami's rare autographs to sell to those indigenous people?"

"Let Nanami go."

Woo——!
The train started moving as the three of them were chatting.

They seemed to be going to a tourist area just to have fun, not to risk their lives.

As the steam merged with the dark clouds, the train carrying the players disappeared in Basel.

The staff member murmured: "I can't believe they are so good..."

Wink flicked the cigarette butt out the window.

"The manager becomes the king, writes new rules, and does not interfere with anything in Basel. The players have a living space, and you, the staff, have a reason to exist. We, the indigenous people, become the beneficiaries. The past becomes history, and history becomes myth. What is going on now is nothing more than the first step in this cycle."

This old fox narrowed his eyes, his gaze was deep and calculating.

"See, kid, do you want to be part of the future 'myth'?"

"Hmm..." Although the staff member didn't understand, he thought he should nod, so he nodded.

"In that case..." Wen Ke turned around, half of his face in the shadows looking a little scary: "We must cooperate well in the future."

(End of this chapter)