As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 610 Anchor Point Years Ago
after that.

Li Nuo and Cha Bai came to a desert ruins.

Chen Shou and Cairo Jun stayed at the bottom of the canyon, and they monitored Rosemary's work from a distance.

But there is actually nothing to worry about.

In the feudal Middle Ages, many people, whether human or descendants of dragons, believed in the existence of evil spirits and demons. For example, Da Siming, who was once burned by Li Nuo, actually signed a contract with an evil spirit.

The task given by Maljie is related to evil spirits.

Li Nuo is talking to Ma Ge on the phone.

"see it?"

"What the hell?"

The tea-white robot released a projector, which was playing the image of two mechanical life forms mating.

"It's stuck like a PPT."

Li Nuo stared with dead eyes.

Maljie yelled, "You two should move to another place!"

The two mechanical life forms held their heads and rolled away, blocking a stone slab on the table.

The slab was engraved with twisted words:

——"Life and death come and go, like a dishevelled puppet, when the thread is cut off, everything is in ruins."

Maljie sent over the information he had investigated.

Legend has it that there was an ancient country in the desert, an ancient country that had been buried in war for at least two thousand years.

This stone tablet was found and taken out by a group of tomb robbers.

Originally, the matter was very simple, it might just be a "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

However, a few hundred years later, in the timeline where the Steel Soul believers and Mulan and others were.

A cultist triggered a treasure hunt mission. The specific content of the mission is unknown, but because all missions are linked to Maljie, everyone can see the information in the mission panel.

[Side Quest: Steal the Big Gem]

[Mission details: There is a gem in the museum. It comes from tens of thousands of years ago and is related to the desert tomb of the "Sky Clan". However, the gem has lost its energy. Now a merchant needs it. Steal it and then sell it to the merchant.]

Maljie said: "I found clues about the 'Sky Clan' based on the information feedback. The mechanical lifeforms stole this stone tablet from the tomb robbers. You know what I mean."

Li Nuo: "I understand. The Sky Clan, tens of thousands of years ago, might have been another historical anchor point."

Cha Bai tapped Li Nuo's shoulder.

"That's... so scary."

"what?"

"Miss Chabai should be talking about the number of tasks."

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes. He had already noticed that the Steel Soul Cultists had triggered a total of eighty-six branch lines in another timeline...

Among these side quests that are as dense as cockroaches, there are some jar-like tasks such as sending cats to find dogs, but most of them are fighting, fighting, fighting, killing, blood, ah, so cool! and so on.

The difficulty of the mission is based on Maljie, with 100% below lv60 and three above lv120.

In short...it's outrageous.

"Li Nuo, what did you do in the Great Rift Valley?"

Malger asked while making instant noodles for the mechanical life forms.

Li Nuo told the story again.

After listening to this, Maljie was silent for a long time, and the noodles were ready.

It was not until a small mechanical lifeform holding instant noodles slipped on the water on the ground that everyone except Li Nuo broke the silence with laughter.

"Oops! The witcher fell to his death!"

The mechanical lifeform obviously did it on purpose.

In addition to killing witchers, they also developed entertainment activities that imitated the scenes of witchers' deaths.

Li Nuo's face turned dark.

Lian Cha Bai turned his face away and covered his mouth to hold back his laughter.

"What you're doing is unreliable, haha!" Maljie couldn't help laughing when he recalled the scene of slipping while holding instant noodles, and a small piece of noodles came out of his nostrils.

"I know it's unreliable." Li Nuo said, "It may not be possible to rely on Rosemaryk alone, so I asked him to finish it within two weeks. It is easiest to create miracles when you are focused. Even so... Infinite Cairo may not be able to achieve it, but you have to know that Lao Ma... As long as the genes are left, it will change."

Malger: "I understand, you mean an unexpected pregnancy."

Li Nuo: "Don't make me complain!"

Cha Bai: "I don't understand why you don't do something more specific, but let everything grow naturally in this world."

Maljie: "Hmph... this... Li Nuo and I are not political, we don't get involved in these things, but the law of the world is that once you give them some seeds, these seeds will become bad trees that drop caterpillars."

Li Nuo: "In short, Lao Ma and I are doing what God wants us to do."

Cha Bai complained in his heart: Then I must have been favored by God hundreds of times...

"Hmph." Malger pulled the noodles out of his nostrils and flicked them to the mechanical lifeform holding the wastebasket. He then said, "I'm making robots. I hope they will be meaningful in the future. By the way, Victor made a storage warehouse. Give me the equipment when you are about to finish your mission."

The last time [Nokia] and [Xianoya's Long Skirt] were stored in the Great Rift Valley for hundreds of years and evolved naturally, it gave them an idea.

If you put the weapon deep into the Great Rift Valley, it might mutate.

"Humph, this kind of mission is no different from a honeymoon for you guys anyway, just treat it as a way to relax."

Maljie said lightly.

That's true.

"That's it, let's get started."

Li Nuo turned off the communicator.

The time they are in now is the year 555 in the continental calendar.

The time period in which Mulan and the Steel Soul Cultists lived was the year 1021 in the continental calendar.

Different times, same place. Where Li Nuo is standing now, at the same time in 1021, there stood a group of nuns with the Soul of Steel.

Of course, they were all staring at the ancient tomb.

A stone door buried under the yellow sand. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t even find it.

Li Nuo took out the [Permanent Attribute Amplification Scroll] from the side quest reward.

[All attributes +20 after activation]

[Requires 1000 gold coins]

This ridiculous spending mechanism made Li Nuo feel like he was back to level 25.

"Do you think there is a treasure chest inside?" Cha Bai had already spent the money.

"Then do you think there will be a mummy wearing black stockings in there?" Li Nuo spent 1000 gold coins while talking.

"It's hard to say." Cha Bai stared at the stone door of the tomb, frowning slightly: "But why does this thing have blood volume?"

Just then, a panel popped up.

[Side quest has been triggered: Gem Thief]

[Task Difficulty: lv80]

[Task Reward: Feature Value 1, Ancient Gem (only one copy)]

[Mission details: The difficulty lies in the maze. It is best to find the remnants of the "Church of Pain" of the ancient desert country. Those guys have the "strategy" compass inside the maze.]

[Note: Taking the gem deep in the tomb will awaken the most dangerous weapon in this place]

Li Nuo: "What kind of gemstone is that..."

Just at this moment, in the distance, a group of bandits riding desert lizards passed by him.

He stroked his chin and said, "How about we wipe out the nearby armed groups first?"

Cha Bai nodded: "I agree."

In the desert, on the cliffs below them.

A group of people disguised as a caravan trekking through the desert.

The scorching sun shines on the endless desert, and the yellow sand is heated to a level that is unbearable for the human body.

They were wearing tattered grey robes that had not been washed for who knows how long and gave off a foul odor. Their clothes were soaked with sweat and stuck to their bodies.

The desert used to be an oasis, and a country of "descendants of dragons" with advanced religious civilization was established here. However, with the outbreak of war, the country was destroyed and the oasis was crushed into gravel by the flames of war. But religion, as long as a few people still remember it, will not disappear.

This group of people walking in the desert are the few remaining pilgrims and also a group of ancient relic researchers.

Because they had been walking in the desert for too long, their lips were chapped, their eye sockets were sunken, and their faces showed fatigue that could not be hidden. They were staggering as if they were about to fall at any time, and the pack horses they were leading looked sick and skinny.

"We're here... I see it. It's right there."

The oldest gray-bearded old man looked at the sea of ​​sand and pointed out the location of the tomb.

"It is said that buried in the tomb is... the pioneer who can open our faith."

It is recorded in their documents that the religion they believe in originated from a huge tomb under the desert. If this information were brought out, it would be a major archaeological discovery on the one hand, and it would also help to revive their small religion on the other.

"Walk."

"and many more."

Sankoh stopped the moving team. He was the leader of this group of pilgrims.

"Everyone take a rest first, and then go in after you have recovered some energy."

Everyone was exhausted.

If we go down into the ancient tomb now, we will inevitably encounter accidents.

The old man shook his head: "I'm worried about the desert bandits."

"I will watch over you all," said Sanko.

He distributed water and food to everyone but refused his own share.

Then he stuck the staff in his hand into the yellow sand. His eyes turned golden, and he activated his magic power, staring around with bated breath.

People with perception abilities are a relatively rare type in the world view of "Broadsword".

They are descendants of dragons, not humans, but their body size is not much different from that of normal humans. Like Mi Li, they are a hybrid species. The males are two meters tall and the females are 1.8 to 1.9 meters tall.

When everyone replenishes water and food.

Maya, the girl with her hair tied up, looked at Sanko and smiled helplessly.

“That guy is still like this.”

Maya's friend said.

"When you think about others, you don't care about yourself."

"As a team leader... he will make people worry."

When Maya heard this, she recalled the scene before her father's death. Her father was the former leader of the pilgrims. Before his death, he handed over the position to Sanko. At that time, many people opposed it because Sanko was too kind as a leader.

But her father said it at the time.

——"No one is more suitable than Sanko to be the leader of our pilgrims, and only Sanko has the ability to bring our 'Suffering Church' back to the world."

Maya smiled, got up, picked up some food, ran towards Sanko, and fed it into the guy's mouth.

Not long after.

After everyone finished their rest, they entered the tomb in the desert.

About two months ago, a group of tomb robbers discovered this place and the stone tablet at the entrance of the tomb had been pried away.

"Everyone follow me closely."

Sanko held a bronze compass in his hand, which was the only tool that could help him find the correct path in the tomb.

There is a large amount of strange poisonous gas inside the tomb. The descendants of the dragon have lost their ability to recover here. Signals, magic energy, life, and all external things are all blocked.

Without Sanko's protection, at least half of the people would have died in the tomb's mechanisms.

After walking for six hours, the team of more than 20 people finally arrived at the bottom floor of the tomb.

"It's right in front."

Everyone was panting, as if they hadn't eaten for several days.

They hadn't realized yet that there was a problem with time, too: an hour in the tomb was a day outside.

A huge stone door stood at the end.

Two people who are good at finding puzzles solved the code to open the stone door, and the door slowly opened, but at the same time, the guardian creature hidden inside the door attacked them from the shadows.

"careful!"

Sanko had a strong sense of perception and pushed away the people around him in advance, but was scratched on the shoulder by the monster that suddenly appeared.

Maya drew her sword and killed the monster.

She looked at the strange creature that was split in half and turned into blood, and muttered with a frown on her face.

"Damn it... I almost flipped over in the final stage..."

"Sanko!"

The shout made Maya look back quickly.

Sanko was surrounded by a group of people, purple blood was flowing from his arms, he was poisoned.

"It doesn't matter...it's a spreading virus."

Sanko raised his poisoned arm.

"Maya, hurry."

Maya immediately cut off his arm, and the severe pain made Sanko's veins bulge. The medical staff immediately gave him blood. The person saved by Sanko helped him up and kept thanking him.

The gray-bearded old man saw the whole scene. Sanko was proving with his actions why he could become the leader of the team.

It is great love and practice.

The stone door is now fully open.

In the huge cave, a fist-sized gem is suspended in the air in the center, and the silver light flowing inside is like a liquid star.

The pilgrims seemed to see infinite holiness.

"What should I do? Should I take him out?"

"it's the only way."

"and many more."

Sanko walked out of the crowd with his tired body.

"What is our purpose?"

His eyes were painted colorful by the halo of sapphire glass.

Maya said: "The purpose... is to make a pilgrimage, to find what our ancestors left behind, and to find the future of our faith."

Sanko: “So you don’t need to take it out.”

He limped towards the gem and took out a small stone from his pocket.

"I am willing to sacrifice everyone here except myself."

The air fell silent.

"Sanko!"

Maya yells at him.

Almost everyone was distracted.

Sanko said with a sidelong glance: "The painful faith lies in losing the most important things, and you are the most important to me."

The grey-bearded old man and several others went up to stop him, but it was too late. Countless pale finger bones broke out of the ground and grabbed everyone's ankles.

The sacrifice has begun.

Maya then realized that the "best leader" her father mentioned actually referred to the fanatical and desperate person who was devoted to his beliefs.

A figure, a dishevelled ghost, crawled out of the floating gem.

"Ancestors..."

There was a gleam in Sanko's eyes.

"Ancestors... I bring all that I have, give me the power... give it to me."

The ancestor he was talking about was a beautiful woman and also an evil ghost.

……

By the time Li Nuo and Cha Bai arrived, the sacrificial ceremony was basically over.

A ghostly woman stood in the center of the grotto, surrounded by the people who had just been sacrificed. The ground was covered with bloody red spider lilies, bloody waterfalls flowed down the walls, and the land was sticky and bloody.

The woman raised her dark eyes, and Sanko was being burned by fire in her pupils. The remaining people fell in a sea of ​​flowers and became nutrients for the plants.

Only Maya and a boy were hiding in the distance, and the gray-bearded old man risked his life to bring them to a "slightly safer" place.

But the two of them were almost crazy.

Li Nuo glanced ahead with dead fish eyes.

"If it weren't for the smell of these guys, even I would have gotten lost in the tomb. What kind of black technology is this?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you go up and I go up?"

Cha Bai was eager to try.

Li Nuo's eyes were fixed on the ghostly woman.

【Mikkoel】

[Level: lv65]

【Strength: 100】

[Reaction: 100]

[Spiritual power: 412]

[Physique: 50]

【Insight: 32】

【Medical: 1900】

[She has no thinking ability. Once she wakes up, she will create death to satisfy the remaining malice of tens of thousands of years. She is not strong. If there is an exorcist, it is easy to save her. But the problem is that for ordinary people, ghosts without entities are no different from high-dimensional creatures.]

……

[Memory fragment: A soul from 15,000 years ago, an ancient race, the ancestral soul of the descendants of dragons. She can no longer remember the past, but the gem is her coffin.]

……

"Run!"

Maya shouted, interrupting Li Nuo from looking at the panel.

Even though this girl had just experienced betrayal, she still showed kindness to a stranger. Maybe she didn't want to live anymore.

But Mikkel was very unhappy about the arrival of the uninvited guests. She stared at Li Nuo and Cha Bai, and then... the woman's eyes gradually became... timid.

Li Nuo turned over "Cuihua" in his palm.

"Who are you going to blow up this time?" Cuihua has become accustomed to the fact that she is a bomb.

"I'll give you a snack." Li Nuo raised his chin to Mikkel: "Eat her."

Cuihua: "Okay!"

Mikkel's long black hair danced like thick fog in the darkness, and the colors around her turned black and white.

The [Holy Cross] that Li Nuo hung around his neck flashed only for a moment, the black and white faded, and the colors around him returned. The moment Mikkel was stunned, Cuihua had already bitten him!
When Maya saw a cute will-o'-the-wisp open its big mouth and eat the "ancestor ghosts" that their tribe believed in, leaving only fart... she completely collapsed.

Li Nuo looked at Maya's behavior, turned his head and said, "Sister, please take them out."

Cha Bai knew that this guy wanted to get a few survivors to witness history, so he didn't say anything and went over to knock Maya and the boy next to her unconscious.

Li Nuo walked towards the floating gem in the center and took it down.

[Side quest completed: Gem Thief]

[Task Reward: Feature Value 1, Ancient Gem (only one copy)]

[Note: Taking the gem deep in the tomb will awaken the most dangerous weapon in this place]

Cha Bai carried the two people over, and she looked like a worker carrying sacks at the dock.

She saw the light in Li Nuo's eyes and realized that the reward must be terrifying.

"So what's the reward?"

Li Nuo clicked on the panel of the gem in his hand.

[Dragon Descendant's Coffin Gem]

[Quality: Epic]

[Brief description: A special material from the ancestral era of the "Descendants of Dragons" 15,000 years ago. Effective use can unlock the passive skill of "restraining rapid recovery ability"]

Restraining rapid recovery ability, in layman's terms, probably means... causing outstanding damage to "funny creatures" and "breathing blood recovery" type abilities.

Cha Bai: "Use effectively...how to use effectively?"

Her first reaction was to ask Die to boil the gems into soup.

Li Nuo: "I can make a potion, or Die can help make soup. There are many ways."

But the key information is the sentence in the brief description: "from fifteen thousand years ago."

(End of this chapter)