As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 715 All are Twenty-Year Agreements
Marjee consulted with Chen Shou about something.

The support role in the maze is a special type of player who may not be very strong, but can still find their place in high-difficulty scenarios.

The term "special type player" generally refers to people like Chen Shou, who excel in a certain ability but are weak in others, and need to form a team to maximize their effectiveness.

These types of players must have one trait: they must not fight amongst themselves.

The most difficult period in the history of "Endless Corridor" was actually the era of Li Nuo and his group.

The internal chaos caused by the "Circus Alliance," one of the three major guilds, led to the emergence of a group of players like Li Nuo who were like monsters. This generation of people had experienced the most dangerous internal war and had fought their way out of piles of scarlet, pungent corpses.

The destruction of the Circus League by "Bahamut's Wrath" and the killing of Kroyd by Lino both brought the bloodiest generation to a complete end.

The players who appeared later were lucky; most of them hadn't experienced real bloodshed, and there were indeed fewer people fooling around in the corridor than before, but that didn't stop there from having some similar people.

The primary requirement for an excellent support role is that there should be no internal strife.

The number of players in the corridor is extremely high, making it difficult to find a large number of players who meet the requirements.

Marger had three ideas.

First, he cultivated a large number of leeks (victims of inexperienced players), with Milo being the main one, who is the best support-type player.

Milo is rather timid and doesn't dare to overstep boundaries. He's easy to control, has a good mind, and can perform well with minimal instructions.

Secondly, he had been selling junk in Basel, and the people who bought his stuff were all on a list. Besides Milo, there was also a group of newcomers who were easily taken advantage of.

These players may not be the most skilled, but they are at least quite capable of surviving and are very united.

Rococo and Alexander, among others, are on this list.

Even among players who come to the Great Maze, more than 60% are on this list.

Third, the high-level guilds of "Endless Corridor" are mainly Soren's Cowboy Guild and Shafa's large guilds, apart from the two largest guilds.

Soren's team is too strong; when they act recklessly, it's really difficult to manage, and it could even endanger Marj himself.

There are some ruthless characters in the Shafa Guild who can be used, such as a girl who always wears black stockings. They haven't experienced too many ups and downs in the story, but they have great potential.

After combining the above three points.

Then Ma Erjie and Chen Shou's plan came into play.

"I'll be missing for the next few days. Go find out where I am from my followers."

"Then go to the guild players in Shafa and casually mention some things about the Great Labyrinth."

“I’ll give you a list. All of these people must have heard the news of my disappearance.”

At that time, Chen Shou squinted and thought it might be a pyramid scheme.

But Skinny didn't care. He had a simple idea: he needed a reason to drive his Zaku around aimlessly.

The feeling of driving a Zaku and enjoying envious glances gradually captivated Chen Shou. It was exhilarating, incredibly exhilarating, much like the feeling of walking around the streets with 108 beautiful women tied up.

As for why Chen Shou wasn't invited, Ma Erjie had his own reasons; he didn't want his friend to take risks, that's all.

Anyway, that's how it is... Milo, the girl in black stockings, Alexander, Rococo, and nearly fifty other players—a group of players who weren't particularly strong individually, but had excellent teamwork, wouldn't fight amongst themselves, and had outstanding survival skills—all appeared in the Great Maze.

The only exception was Adam Ireland.

……

"According to you, Adam was purely a troublemaker."

Li Nuo sat cross-legged on the folding stool, thinking, "If I had known it would be like this, I should have messed with those players more."

"I was always curious about why those players were so united. They didn't doubt that I had Milo spread rumors, and they even stuck together to do things."

Faced with Li Nuo's doubts, Malje transformed back into a human and walked up to Ala Lei.

"Hmph, they're all idiots I selected. Their mentality is more like ours before we entered the 'Immortality Train.' They still have expectations for rewards. With just a little encouragement, they can awaken their inherent 'pride' and then contribute to the whole story like a bunch of leeks."

Marger made Arale remove her head so he could see the technology in the Dragon Ball world.

Li Nuo leaned closer.

"What's going on with the player clone?"

……

Regarding player clones.

This stems from one aspect of how Marger considered his own team.

First, the player clone comes from one of his unique privileges.

Because of Peters, Marger could only use half of the maze's access permissions, as clearly stated in the panel that popped up on the screen when he opened the maze's computer.

First, you cannot leave the control room of the maze.

Second, you cannot participate in dungeon adventures.

Third, sever all contact with the outside world.

The above three points are the basic requirements for administrators.

The following are the rights he can exercise.

[Switch between different dungeon scenes at any time, starting from the perspective of the "adventurer"]

This one is quite troublesome.

Therefore, Marger can use the remote monitoring capabilities of mechanical lifeforms to get a general view of the outside world, but there are still limitations. He can't see clearly areas above the fifth floor, and the view will be cut off at any time.

This can be interpreted as meaning that this little house hidden in the sewers does not belong to this world.

[This ability can enhance the strength of living beings, but it can only be used once. Overuse will completely absorb the "normal" logic of the world.]

[meaning "game over"]

Marger only used this ability once, the one when he enhanced Lino's strength.

……

"Wait a minute."

Li Nuo interrupted Malger's narration.

"You granted me this enhanced access, which caused an overall increase in the strength of the entire maze. What's going on?"

Marje paused for a moment, frowned, put on surgical gloves, and walked up to Arale.

"Perhaps it's the will of Castlevania itself."

……

[A new area will be formed on the ninth and tenth floors of the maze, centered around "you"]

[For example: When Minister Guimarães ruled this area, it was a "succubus's paradise" and a "royal burial ground," which satisfied his deepest desires.]

to be honest.

The formation of Castlevania was something beyond Marger's control.

If Marger, who had just entered the corridor, were in control of this place, what would appear might not be a castle in the dark, but rather a hospital full of nurses in miniskirts and a gigantic public toilet.

Marger has no control over what changes will be made in Castlevania, or even the entire labyrinth area.

The reason has been mentioned many times above, because of Peters.

……

“Peters controls the other half of the maze’s narrative. Strictly speaking, he is the mastermind behind the entire maze. Without Grandpa Cairo, Peters’ strength might have made things very difficult for you guys.”

Marger explained as he coaxed Arale to open her chest.

Li Nuo thought of Peters' abilities, which Cha Bai had described to him.

"A spatial magic with almost no cooldown, a bug-level ability. Even after being kidnapped by the old man, he still had a backup plan and left behind a clone, which shows that his strength and mentality are top-notch."

"Hmph, they might be even more troublesome than the [scholars]."

"But he was captured by the woman in black stockings you mentioned and turned into a Pokémon."

Li Nuo suddenly realized what was happening.

As expected, the players that Marger chose were all quite unexpected.

Ma Ge took out a chip from the connection point around Ala Lei's neck.

"Next up is the player clone that you're very interested in."

……

[It can use its own "memory" to copy the codes of some organisms and create clones.]

A medium capable of evolution is needed.

...Malje scanned and photographed Arale's chip, explaining the reasons behind it.

"The purpose of the clones is twofold."

one.

These clones all came from the player quota that Sauron set for Lino that allowed him to "learn his moves".

This means that Li Nuo can steal skills from any of them he encounters.

As a result, he didn't encounter any of them.

Marger was helpless about this.

"It's all thanks to your clone."

"What do you mean?"

"After your clone woke up, it beat up everyone here that it could, and in the end, except for the clones of Nanami and Shafa, they all developed a negative attitude towards you."

"Then why did you release my clone?"

"I don't know either, it was unplanned."

Marger's answer made Li Nuo feel that there was more to the story.

"In other words, if your clone hadn't met Miss Cha Bai, you would have been in big trouble."

"Will not."

Li Nuo denied this claim.

Of all the clones, the least harmful is Li Nuo's clone, because even if he were to instinctively dispel it, he would not do anything bad to anything related to Cha Bai.

The appearance of Arale, upon closer examination, could be a case of a suicide attempt by a clone of Li Nuo.

Marger asked Lino to help him pull the medical bed out of his white coat.

"Where's Lao Wei?"

Li Nuo set up the medical bed, wondering why Mr. Victor, who usually helped with this, wasn't there today.

"He can't come."

As Marger spoke, he instructed Arale to lie down on the mechanical girl. He would do anything to amuse her, provided that she had the illusion that "everyone is going to play around like this."

"Next is another reason why I need clones."

Marger explained as he observed Arale's body's mechanical structure.

Mechanical life forms can evolve.

They can even combine and evolve.

Icarus already knew about this. The problem with mechanical lifeforms now is that their combat power is no longer sufficient. Simply having a large number of them is not very meaningful.

The maze has a self-evolution mechanism. If this mechanism is put into mechanical life forms and they are sent back, the mechanical cult robots that are summoned after hundreds or even thousands of years may have been created.

All player clones are actually evolutions resulting from the self-fusion of those robots.

The more Li Nuo listened, the more outrageous it became, and the more frightened he felt.

"Big brother... that's going too far."

"Hmph, don't worry, evolution can only be activated by operating it within the maze computer, but this evolutionary ideology will become part of the mechanical life form, who knows, it might become a future mechanical cult..."

He looked at Li Nuo.

His eyes were filled with a strong determination.

"Who knows, future mechanical cults might evolve into..."

Li Nuo understood.

The two said in unison.

"Zaku!"

The matter has now been clarified.

Marger's approach was to create a basic logic, bring in a group of people who could cause trouble but wouldn't go too far, with Lino as the main axis, let the Witcher run the whole structure himself, and then achieve his ultimate goal: to save the world.

Marger's current authority can be understood as that of a programmer. After editing the formula, whatever the people he pulls into this maze do, as long as it changes the future, will be reflected on the computer screen.

For example.

Wells, in her drowsy form, conquered the Knights and the proud elves, a feat that would change the future racial makeup of this world.

For example.

Olise and Lino's encounter.

Another example.

Adam Ireland escapes the Great Labyrinth and travels to the surface world.

These are all things that Marger believes will happen. Because of Li Nuo's existence, the story's structure will inevitably be steered in a very skewed direction, yet a perfect ending will be achieved in the end.

It might sound strange, but how could a single Li Nuo, along with a group of support characters, achieve a perfect clear in a world with absolutely no clues?

The reason is simple: because it's Li Nuo, he can do it.

"Old Ma, Old Ma."

Li Nuo playfully tapped Malje's shoulder.

"Humph?"

Why didn't you tell me beforehand?

Li Nuo's smiling face made Ma Erjie feel the uncanny valley effect, but Ma Erjie still couldn't hold back the truth.

"It's so satisfying to see you running around like this."

"what……"

"Wait! Even if I wanted to find you, what were you doing those few days!?"

"I've been staying home for several days."

Marger successfully changed the subject, wanting to know what could keep Li Nuo entertained at home for days. If it was a game, he'd like to try it too.

"What are you playing?"

"daughter in law."

Okay, no.

As they were talking, Marger asked Lino to help secure Arale to the bed and set up the examination equipment, which almost filled the small room.

After putting Arale to sleep.

Marger opened his personal panel.

"Actually... I have another purpose in saving this place. When I triggered the hidden mission, I also triggered another mission."

[Status Promotion Quest]

[Saving a real-world event, the Rescuer has been upgraded to version 3.0]

After reaching version 2.5, upgrading the [Identity Holder] class to version 3.0 is extremely difficult. The easiest classes to upgrade are [Low-Blooded] and [Glutton]. As for the [Explorer] class, which is a risky class, it is almost impossible to upgrade to version 3.0.

"There seems to be another version above version 3.0."

Li Nuo recalled a conversation he had with Soren long ago.

Identity 3.0 is not the end; the highest level is one level higher. However, with the vicious cycle that the higher the player's level, the lower the role of identity, there are almost no [Identity Holders] above 3.0 in the Corridor.

The "Scholar" who is currently an apprentice at an old man's auto repair shop in Cairo is actually version 3.0.

"Why didn't you promote me before, but now you insist on promoting me? What's your purpose...?"

Li Nuo stared intently into Malger's eyes.

The two fell silent.

"If it's version 3.0 of the [Rescuer], then we'll be one step closer to the answer I'm looking for."

Marger lowered his head and continued with his work.

“Li Nuo, you can understand that my current actions, which drive the players to do things, are only to prepare for that ‘manager’ qualification. The advancement of the ‘identity holder’ is also for this purpose. Everything is for her.”

Li Nuo remained silent; only Malger spoke.

"I will not betray my dream, nor will I betray the promise we made. Only you know this about me best. Twenty years from now, when I see Sawa again, I will make sure that on that day, she will not be in danger because she is following me. That's all."

(End of this chapter)