As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 687 The Protagonist's Present Tense
Nanami felt violated.

"Call me your mother!" Li Nuo slapped the pot, which was equivalent to giving Wells and Nanami a slap in the face.

"Perverted lady, your job is simple: support Cha Bai and Olise in a bit. If the players harass them, go over and beat them up. It doesn't matter if you kill them all, at least leave a few alive."

"Li Nuo... Ahhhhhh!" Nanami was almost going crazy. She wanted to take Wells off her head, but horrifyingly, she couldn't.

Wells is now a creature that has lost its ability to think, a cute little thing like a tardigrade.

It's worth mentioning that the handle is Brother Wells's diao.

Xiao Wu: "We all have work to do, what about you?"

Li Nuo shoved Nanami away and stared at the pitch-black outside.

"I have something to do. Please contact me anytime."

From the moment Li Nuo stepped into the sixth floor, he sensed a malevolent force emanating from the place, a malevolence directed solely at him. He had to investigate.

……

Because Adam added his own level descriptions to his commands, a large number of players appeared on the sixth floor.

This group of guys had already arrived here before Li Nuo and his group arrived.

The dark environment does not pose any obstacle to the player.

There were more than seventy players gathered here, and the highest-ranking one among them was named Milo.

Mr. Milo, it's been a long time since this guy last appeared.

He participated in "RPG Maker" with Li Nuo and a group of others. He was originally a skilled puzzle player, but the script he encountered left a deep trauma on his brain, causing him to become very concerned about improving his abilities afterward. So he became one of Marger's "leeks" (a term used to describe someone who exploits others), specifically helping Marger experiment with weapons. He has survived this misfortune to this day, becoming a typical "lying down" player in "Endless Corridor," and even has his own small team. However, this time he came to the maze alone.

Just a day earlier, a fat man named Chen Shou found Milo. Chen Shou had been searching for Malger's whereabouts.

Milo is also currently short of stock and needs to replenish it from Marger as soon as possible, so he plans to lend a hand. Given his own limited abilities, Milo plans to find a script to upgrade his skills.

Oh, what a coincidence.

A maze has appeared! Hahahaha!
And so he embarked on a path of no return.

"Milo, are you sure we can beat that thing?"

A girl dressed in black stockings stood next to Milo, gazing at the distant dragon, and asked blankly.

The girl's skirt was very short.

"Couldn't you wear a longer skirt or pants next time?"

Milo is a gentleman and will never look directly at someone.

The girl in black stockings lifted her skirt, and Milo immediately turned his head away.

"See? A woman's greatest advantage lies in her shameless fashion sense. When you notice how short my skirt is, you've already been given the 'heart in turmoil' buff."

The girl in black stockings is a player from the Shafa Guild, and she was invited by Milo this time.

“The person who put up the bounty is named Adam Ireland. That guy should be reliable,” Milo said. “Adam and I are from the same batch of players. He boarded the Immortal Train a little earlier than me. He survived the train with the lowest survival rate and was one of the winners who survived the ‘vaporwave’ scenario. I believe there must be a hidden story behind what he did.”

Milo still falls into his old habit of being too fond of solving puzzles. In reality, things aren't that complicated; Adam simply wants more people to help him.

As he spoke, Milo put on a monocle that could measure combat strength.

"The combat power of dire wolves and goblins is around 200 on average, while the combat power of dragons is 5000."

He looked around and found that the average combat power of the players hiding in this area was between 150 and 200.

It's worth mentioning that these glasses are a product of Malger, and their sole function is that "when you wear them and look at Malger, his great fighting power will cause the glasses to overload and explode."

Therefore, it is highly unreliable.

The actual parameters should be that the average combat power of the seventy or so players here is around 100, and the dragon's is about 10000.

"Why did the difficulty of this script suddenly increase..."

"Milo, is it possible that the original plot was going to suddenly increase in difficulty?"

You're oversimplifying things.

"It's better to keep it simple."

The girl in black stockings' words reminded Milo of an annoying guy.

In short, a large part of the reason everyone came was that Milo was quite familiar with Adam's team. This information came from Marger, because both Adam and Milo were among the "victims" of Marger's experimental weapons. The difference was that Adam had the right to know, while Milo did not.

Back to the present.

There are more than 70 players on the sixth floor, and each of them has their own team, so it is impossible for them to follow orders uniformly.

However, as the highest-level player, Milo is usually given face by most people, who will wait for his word. Once the fight is about to begin, everyone will enter battle mode.

"We're a bunch of trash, we can't fight it."

"Milo, you're only just realizing this?"

"..." Any player with a higher insight level could sense the strangeness of the sixth floor using their skills.

Furthermore, Milo triggered a hidden quest to investigate why the maze had become strange.

A prompt appeared as soon as I entered the sixth floor.

The creature here has had its strength increased, by 20% to 50%.

This increase in difficulty is highly abnormal.

Even if it's a maze affected by abnormal energy, it's still considered a bug.

for example.

In role-playing games, as the game progresses, the difficulty of enemies will inevitably increase. As the difficulty increases, the protagonist's learned skills and level increase are sufficient to deal with the new enemies, which makes for a relatively smooth combat experience.

However, the sixth level of the maze is significantly more difficult than the previous levels.

The player levels corresponding to the first to fourth floors are between lv25 and lv50.

The fifth floor is a transit point, which also tells players that the difficulty of the sixth floor below will increase significantly.

In fact, the normal difficulty range of the sixth level is probably for players around level 60.

However, the situation has now changed. To move around on the sixth floor, players must be at least level 70 or higher. And the most terrifying thing is the giant dragon in the distance, a creature that requires players to be level 90 to challenge.

There was another thing that concerned Milo.

"I heard that not long ago, a creature like the Grim Reaper appeared on the first floor and completely destroyed the entire floor... It cannot be ruled out that a creature like the Grim Reaper appeared and started killing people from the first floor downwards."

Milo frowned slightly.

"This is probably a common trope in scripts, forcing us to keep going."

He thinks too much.

The truth is simply that Li Nuo and his group have arrived.

The girl in black stockings was looking around with binoculars.

“How strange, Milog, have you noticed that the monsters here have suddenly become quiet since just a short while ago?”

Milo realized it too.

"The quieter it is, the more dangerous it is... It could be that the monsters are evolving, or there is some abnormal reaction in this layer of the maze."

He was wrong again, but this time he was too naive. He'll soon regret coming to the maze.

"Big brother, is this okay? We're getting so bored waiting!"

A player nearby was urging him on, so Milo had no choice but to take out his weapon.

"Clear out the mobs here first. Those who are capable should push forward and get more rewards. Those who aren't, hide and find the treasure chests. Everyone, keep your groups together and don't get separated!"

However, Milo had barely finished speaking.

Then a player shouted, "Holy crap!"

The silent streets were suddenly filled with the sound of footsteps like the ocean tide. All the monsters gathered together and rushed madly in one direction, leaving destruction in their wake!
A beast tide!?
Milo shouted, "Oh no! The reason it's so quiet is because they're gathering and planning to wipe us all out!"

He's overthinking it again.

The girl in black stockings calmly held up her binoculars, saying as she looked, "Milo, these monsters seem to be chasing a girl."

Olise ran along the path like a madwoman.

All the monsters in the entire sixth floor area were chasing after her.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

This girl is going crazy; she's drooling everywhere she goes.

Why are you guys chasing after me?!

The monsters were chasing for no apparent reason, and they weren't chasing Olise, but Cha Bai. Cha Bai maintained a good distance from the monsters, making outsiders think that she and the monsters were on the same side.

The insane Focuser attracts monsters to chase her with crazy mechanics, while she chases after Olise and gives her instructions through her headset.

Strictly speaking, what Cha Bai is doing now is no different from being a pimp. If Aulissie is the customer, then the monsters she brought are the maids of the brothel, and the players watching from a distance are a group of customers watching the live stream.

"See those adventurers (players)? Run towards them."

"Run... I'm running!"

Sister Cha ran without getting out of breath, and she felt she could move on to the next step of creating a "protagonist".

“Now repeat after me loudly.”

The player closest to Olise suddenly heard the girl shout.

"I am the chosen one! I will surely slay the evil dragon beneath my blade! Hmph!!!"

(End of this chapter)