As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 707 Let’s Get Divorced

Let's start with the indigenous people.

One of the elves from the "Silver Needle" team took out a paper cutout of Peters, burned it, and Peters was reborn from the ashes.

Peters had a backup plan: he placed a part of his soul inside the paper doll in case he died.

He could read minds, so after taking a few breaths, he made everyone listen attentively.

"I am the will of the Great Labyrinth, capable of controlling it, but what you see here is merely a projection of my true self. I cannot control the labyrinth's structure from here, so the bad news is..."

Peters glanced at the knight beside him.

"The one who controls the maze now is not me, but that unexpected creature that appeared on the tenth floor."

Peters looked at Hidechiyo.

“Spatial displacement and magical power—my abilities have been diminished, so I’m counting on you. You’re an exorcist, you won’t refuse.”

Hidechiyo looked blank; she didn't know what to do because she had no idea what had happened.

"There's another reason you won't refuse."

Peters pointed to the spatial rift that had already opened.

"I can't shut it down right now. Unless we find something on the tenth floor, nobody knows what fate awaits this planet in twenty-four hours."

Strictly speaking, this wasn't Peters' problem, it was Lino's problem. Who would have thought that the Witcher would solve Peters' problem by kidnapping him? But Lino can't be blamed either, since Peters insisted on opening the spacetime rift.

But the moment he said those words...

Milo's eyes gradually widened.

[Side Quest Triggered: Save the World]

[Task Difficulty: lv96~lv? ? ? (Highest difficulty cannot be measured)]

[Task Rewards: This task has a reward pool, which distributes experience points and gold coins according to contribution, and you are guaranteed to receive a piece of equipment of excellent quality or higher.]

[Mission Details: The spacetime rift will always be with you. As long as you don't leave the Great Maze, you will constantly face monsters emerging from the rift. No one knows what will appear, but eventually, creatures powerful enough to destroy planets will appear. After all, Peters' true form has been kidnapped. The only way to defeat them is on the tenth floor.]

Milo glanced at the girl in black stockings.

Their eyes gleamed like those of weasels.

Then the other players also turned into weasels one by one.

You know... now that Hidechiyo is here... there's no need to back down.

Everyone was bursting with energy and eager to enter the maze.

Even the knights and elves present were puzzled as to how these adventurers could be so... brave.

It turns out that if you pay enough and have insurance, everyone will work hard.

"Lord Peters...Adam..."

The acting knight commander was concerned about the threat posed by Adam Ireland's existence.

“You guys go to the surface world and stay outside. That guy will come out sooner or later.”

Peters didn't want too many of the Kingdom's Knights to get involved; he had his own selfish reasons.

He needed to find a new chieftain for his people, and the girl named Olise, whom Adam could choose, was within his consideration.

On the other hand, Peters' long-held wish was to leave this planet and enter the territory of the Cairo aliens, a wish that Lino inadvertently helped him achieve.

So Peters prepared some generous gifts to give to Lino and Adam's subordinates as a way of expressing his gratitude.

Hidechiyo is still confused. All she knows is that there is something she must talk to Li Nuo about, and it concerns Dante.

"Let's go without further ado."

Peters straightened his back. His current body was a projection of his soul, and his overall condition wasn't good, so he looked at the group of guys and thought it would be better to give them some instructions.

"I am extremely weak right now... so don't count on me too much."

When he said he was "weak," the girl in black stockings ran out and threw a Poké Ball (Ultra Ball) at his face.

boom!
Peters' projection entered the sphere.

As the ball swayed, everyone, including the knight and the elf, held their breath, for reasons unknown.

Bang~!

The Poké Ball stopped shaking.

Peters's projected clone has been subdued.

At this moment, Peters' projection stood in front of the Pokémon Academy, his mouth twitching, and finally he couldn't help but cover his head and roar.

"Are these adventurers crazy?!"

……

Li Nuo vomited for half an hour.

Nanami cried for half an hour.

Everyone watched them act crazy for half an hour.

Finally, I can get some gear.

The treasure chests on the eighth floor of the maze had been packed up by the goblins decades ago. Apart from the good stuff that these guys thought was "useless" and threw away, only two boxes of goods remained.

Two large boxes full of "beads".

They are all gemstones used for inlaying from another world.

The players realized they had struck gold.

for example.

After the script for "Chuangjieshan", Li Nuo and his team started purchasing the "Monster Hunter" decorations. However, there were very few decorations that could actually be used in battle. The really good gems or decorations were the kind with a lot of attributes inside.

For example, Li Nuo recently obtained the [Flawless Blood Gem] from an orphan, but such items are rare even in Bloodborne.

The bead Xiao Wu is holding is called the "Begonia of Burning Stone's Fate," its origin is unknown, but once attached, it can unleash powerful fire black magic.

"Old Ma has the skill to drill holes in equipment, but it depends on the nature of the equipment."

Holding a bead blessed with [Super Spirit Blessing], Li Nuo's head throbbed with pain as he thought about Marje's situation.

Nanami, wiping her eyes, asked from the side, "Are you sure Marger is on the tenth floor?"

No one answered.

Everyone was silent.

If Marger is the boss, it's not a question of whether he's strong or not... it's a sense of inescapable destiny, especially after he turned the lower levels into a cesspool. Everyone has already accepted that Marger is the most terrifying creature of his time.

Rococo stood behind Tom, somewhat curious.

Why does everyone fall silent when Marger is mentioned?

Tom gave a fair answer.

"The fact that no one committed suicide is a sign of strong mental fortitude."

Rococo was speechless, but looking at the ordinary appearance of Li Nuo and his group, she was very curious about what they had been through, so strong yet so rustic.

"I heard from Mr. Alexander that your class crawled out of piles of corpses..."

"Don't worry, my brother and the others are very kind."

Tom smiled like a good guy.

"real."

At this moment, Li Nuo was talking to the goblin.

Is this all you have?

A goblin, looking like a complete idiot, shrugged.

"There are also some that we need to use ourselves."

Then Li Nuo pulled out a gun and attempted to rob the victim, but Cha Bai managed to restrain him.

Rococo looked at Tom with a puzzled expression.

"Very kind..."

"real."

Tom was certain that, in his eyes, Li Nuo and his friends were the most amiable players, and as long as they didn't provoke them, nothing would happen.

The goblin leader stood in front of Li Nuo. As the leader, he could tell at a glance that Li Nuo was the backbone of this group, so he directly told the truth.

The place where the goblins used to hide their treasure chests and treasures has been taken over by robots.

These beads were resources they believed could be exchanged for valuable items, which is why they went through so much trouble to retrieve them.

As for the other things, they remain in the territory of the robots.

The goblins also have another purpose in collecting these items: every four years, the rainforest on the eighth level experiences a harsh winter, and they need to exchange weapons or food with adventurers or merchants on the upper levels of the labyrinth to survive the cold.

The goblin leader pointed to Olise's sword.

"This ordinary-looking sword was traded from us by a merchant."

Olsie was enjoying her meal at the table when she heard the news about the sword and immediately perked up.

"The merchant told me it was the 'Sword in the Stone.' An adventurer said that after the sword was consecrated, it could be used to participate in the Holy Grail War. I didn't know what the Holy Grail War was, but it sounded very powerful, so I bought it."

Li Nuo glanced at it. Her sword was indeed the [Sword in the Stone].

It requires user permission to unlock its power.

An ordinary player passing by would try every means to get their hands on this sword. For Li Nuo and his companions, the Sword in the Stone is not very meaningful, as they all have their own unique weapons. Moreover, for Olise, she needs a hero's sword to prove her worth as the protagonist.

This incident demonstrates that the things the goblins couldn't produce actually included some truly powerful items.

"Isn't it said that goblins can't trade with the people above?"

Ollie felt something was off.

The goblin chieftain squinted and said, "I've said it before, there are two groups in our race. We don't like to cause trouble, but the other group dreams of killing you all."

Upon hearing this, Nanami recalled how her clone had wiped out the other group.

Olshey: "But the Great Labyrinth has its own rules. How do you communicate with the higher-ups?"

The goblin leader uttered a name: "Peters."

He didn't want to say what happened next, but you could guess. Peters, as the will of the Great Labyrinth, was controlling the development of the labyrinth civilization from behind the scenes. That guy originally wanted the goblins to guard the eighth floor, giving the ninth and tenth floors time to unlock the secrets of the labyrinth.

Peters' plan was realized by the gorilla driver's delivery in a very "Cairo" way.

Li Nuo obtained a map from the goblin leader and marked the location of the treasure chest.

"Can spatial magic be used?"

Cha Bai shook his head.

Spatial magic is still not usable; Peters is not the true mastermind behind the maze's mechanics.

Li Nuo slung the box over his shoulder and snapped his fingers.

"Then let's walk over there."

Rococo pointed to herself, as if to say, "Me too?"
Li Nuo glanced at Rococo and thought of his promise to Adam to protect his teammates, including Mr. Alexander's teammates. The person who made him feel the safest here was definitely not Nanami, that girl had intellectual problems. The person who was the calmest in the face of battle and unexpected events was definitely Lone Wolf.

"Xiao Wu, take Rococo and Olise to level up. Butterfly and Death God should come along too, and see if there are any monsters you can tame."

"You have to pay me to order me around."

"Ask Sauron for it."

"Okay~"

Xiao Wu, emboldened, picked up Olise and carried her on her back. At that moment, Olise still had a piece of bread in her mouth.

She's used to it, so it doesn't bother her anymore.

Rococo followed behind and saw on Olise’s face an expression of utter exhaustion from being played by a pimp.

……

There is a wide dirt road in the rainforest left by a giant creature that leads directly to the robot camp.

The monsters in the maze have undergone a new upgrade. These creatures have gained "intelligence" and know to avoid Li Nuo and his group, so they don't encounter any monsters on the way.

The sun is blinding.

They were pulling two boxes of beads along the main road.

Li Nuo squinted, put away the Poké Ball containing Gardevoir, turned his head and saw that Nanami's expression was not good, so he asked her, "Are you pregnant?"

Nanami looked aggrieved: "..."

She was very bothered by the fact that she had breasts.

"Silly girl," Li Nuo gently comforted her, "Old Ma's favorite type of woman is actually mature women, like Fujiko Mine."

Nanami pursed her lips: "But I only have breasts... I'm not a mature woman."

Li Nuo chuckled.

"So what I mean is, it's useless for you to have breasts."

"You'd better shut up."

"Before you shut up, let me ask you something: who has that stone on the seventh floor that's hostile towards me?"

"I."

Cha Bai walked ahead, speaking to them with her back to them.

"Don't take it out for now."

Li Nuo gave a word of advice: "Last time, an orphan ran away. What might happen this time... I don't even want to think about it."

Nanami: "What do you think about my fusion with the clone?"

Li Nuo: "You were able to fuse because of the [Automatic Fusion Anchor] that I inserted into you before."

Nanami paused for a moment, then her expression suddenly turned to surprise: "How could I not have thought of that! I thought it was a characteristic of clones!"

She definitely has intellectual problems.

“However, after the fusion, I discovered something,” Nanami said seriously. “The weakness of the clone is the weakness of the original.”

Seeing that she was quite serious, everyone gave her face and pretended not to hear.

Tom quickly changed the subject: "Does everyone have clones?"

Wells said, "If I also have a clone, does that mean I can [beep] myself, then stuff my [beep] into my [beep], and finally [beep—] until dawn?"

No one spoke another word until they reached the robots' stronghold.

[Side quest triggered: The Hidden Treasure]

[Task Difficulty: lv50]

[Mission Rewards: 5000 Experience Points, Treasure Hidden in the Building]

[Mission Details: The goblin's collection is all in this building. The robots don't know how to use those things, so they've stored them all here. The most difficult part of the mission is... Please be careful not to use heavy firepower to attack this place. The chests containing the treasures have detonators. Once they sense danger, they will self-destruct along with the treasures.]

The robots' base was a five-story building... constructed of reinforced concrete, with green vines climbing the walls. The robots wandered around nearby; their designs were rather perfunctory, looking at first glance like a pile of black oil drums.

There are also several power line towers nearby.

Standing here, looking at the surrounding environment, Li Nuo had the illusion that he had become a chosen child who had been sent to the world of Digimon.

Cha Bai scanned the building with his Tactical Goggles and said, "There are about three hundred robots. There are ten strangely shaped robots on the third floor. Their electronic networks are connected to all the robots. Theoretically, eliminating those ten would cut off the power to all the robots here."

Li Nuo considered blowing this place up, but then thought that it wouldn't be appropriate if the treasure was also destroyed.

Wells volunteered: "I'm a Black Drow now, I have hidden talents."

Everyone present wanted to complain, "You're not a drow, but you have hidden talents too."

Wells wasn't joking; the drow race are natural assassins, even capable of evading electronic scanning.

During Wells's infiltration operation, Cha Bai spotted an unusual reactor behind the building.

"Self-destruct system".

She was very familiar with this thing; she had a similar black box inside her body before, and if it exploded, all the treasures would turn to dust.

"I'll go over and crack it."

Cha Bai flew away on his hammer, not forgetting to throw Tom two bottles of chestnut wine made by Li Nuo before leaving, implying that the probability of being accidentally injured was very high if he acted with Li Nuo's group.

But her actions warmed Tom's heart: "Brother, sister-in-law is really good."

Li Nuo stared with dead fish eyes: "Nonsense."

……

[Invading...]

【biubiubiu (a shooting game inside the YoRHa electronic brain)】

[Self-destruct program]

【closed】

A string of code flowed across the tea-white and azure-blue pupils, and the black self-destructing box snapped shut with a loud bang, completely cutting off power.

Now that Marger is not around, she, as a YoRHa unit, has to take on the role of a hacker. Actually, she doesn't need to do this. She just thought that if the dungeon boss really is Marger, then she must pick up the anti-hacking system again, just in case.

After doing all that, Cha Bai turned to leave.

But a sound came from the woods not far away.

Li Nuo walked out from there and kept looking at her.

"Li Nuo, how could you..."

"..."

Cha Bai hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Li Nuo put his hand into his pocket and rummaged through it.

"Li Nuo".

Li Nuo walked over slowly.

"Wait a minute, I need to give it to you..."

"Get a divorce."

"Tea White said."