As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 727 Leaving

Chapter 727 Leaving
"Sir, he's suspicious, let's just kill him."

Cha Bai pointed at the scholar and said.

The scholar was bewildered: "Why?"

The old man had already brought out a meat grinder from the house and had his grandson stuff the scholar into the machine. The scholar frantically shook his head, clinging to the edge of the machine, showing that his strength had become extremely weak.

Upon seeing this, neighbors rushed out with sacks of flour, shouting, "Time to make dumplings!"

Seeing that he was about to become dumpling filling, the scholar shouted anxiously, "Are you all crazy?! Congratulations, you've even made a mistake?!"

"We are the enemy."

"So, is it a good thing or a bad thing for me that the enemy has left!?"

A moment later, the scholar leaned against the wall, panting heavily. In a world of comedy, everything was illogical, so it was perfectly reasonable for him to die in such an absurd way.

"Congratulations to us... there must be another reason, right?"

Cha Bai sat on the small stool next to him and asked him.

Peters shouted from inside the room, "This guy's debating whether or not to say anything!"

Scholar: "Peters! You bastard!"

Cha Bai gradually narrowed his eyes. The scholar who controlled the world like a god in the world of "Claymore" became a supporting character with unlucky attributes, a common trope in comedies, in Grandpa Cairo's eyes.

Peters and the Scholar, both beings who could be considered "gods," now accompany the old man like pets, much like the Sperm Monster and Rover in One-Punch Man.

"So what you're saying still can't be trusted."

Cha Bai tilted her head slightly.

"We are the enemy, and you're hastening our departure by congratulating us. What are you going to do next?"

Before the scholar could answer, Peters roared from inside the room, "He doesn't want to do anything!"

The scholar lowered his head helplessly: "Fine, I'll just tell you the truth..."

He is a semi-manager of the "Corridor of the End," a position that does not exist in the "Endless Corridor," which is why End players know more about it.

If a scholar tells an endless number of people what cannot be said, in accordance with the rules of the end, this is not a violation of the rules; it is equivalent to triggering a bug in the World Tree management system.

Cha Bai took a handful of melon seeds from the old man.

The Cairo residents of the neighborhood sat in rows with small stools, waiting for the scholar to give a lecture. Even if what he said wasn't funny, they would still make dumplings out of him.

The scholar exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Ms. Cha Bai..."

"I'm not that old."

A neighbor said, "Chop it into mincemeat!"

Everyone: "Go!"

Scholar: "I was fucking wrong! Let me finish what I had to say!"

Cha Bai nodded, telling everyone to calm down. After all, she was the runner-up in the racing competition that year, and was considered a "celebrity." The neighbors were very respectful of her.

The scholar took a deep breath.

Do you know what a fruit is?

Cha Bai nodded: "I've met you before..."

She once accidentally entered the World Tree area by using a faulty "What If Phone Booth," where she actually saw "fruits."

Later, Li Nuo was taken to the edge of the World Tree by Lillian, and thus saw the "fruit".

"Speaking of fruits, we should first clarify the concept of parallel worlds..." The scholar, worried that he was speaking too slowly and would be turned into dumpling filling by this group of lunatics, swayed his eyes from side to side. Seeing that no one was moving, he continued, "The World Tree has countless branches, and each branch represents a general world. For example, this is the Cairo World, so this place should be a very thick branch, and on that branch are countless fruits. Do you understand the meaning of fruits?"

He truly deserves to be called a scholar; even his words require the audience to think.

So Cha Bai asked him in return, "Do you know the meaning of dumpling filling?"

The scholar smiled and said, "Ah, that's right. The fruit represents the world of the script."

From this point onward, the indigenous people could no longer understand it, and information related to the corridor was blocked.

Aside from what they learned from Angell last time, the scholars are now more specific in their descriptions.

"The tree branch where the fruit is located is actually a personification of the entire world. The fruits growing on a tree branch all belong to a world, but they are divided into different timelines or parallel universes. This is the script."

"The so-called script is a world where major events have occurred. These worlds will form new lines of fate, and these lines of fate will take new directions. The new directions will give rise to new parallel universes, and the new parallel universes will grow into new fruits. This is one of the reasons why the better a player performs, the stronger the resources of their respective corridor will be."

Cha Bai took out some juice and handed it to the scholar as a gesture of goodwill.

The scholar drank it all in one gulp and continued his explanation.

"Pay attention to the key words: fruit and branches. So where did the first fruit come from?"

A Cairo alien shouted, "From your mother's crotch!"

The scholar, suppressing his anger, said with a forced smile, "It originated from the brain of the first creator."

Cha Bai: "Huh...?"

Scholar: "Some fruits appear in a rather strange way. The first fruit will appear on a branch, and then, because it forms its own universe, it will be given a new branch by the World Tree. This is why the World Tree's nutrients are the reason for the script."

Cha Bai: "Ah..."

Scholar: "Players, because we travel to various worlds, we often connect unrelated worlds, creating synergies. You should know that a player's obsessions will shape their 'fate' that they will experience. When these cycles of fate finally connect, the various worlds become linked, and there is a probability of generating a 'completely new worldview.' In that case, what is the player?"

Tea White: "The author."

Scholar: "No matter what damage we cause to any world, it simply disappears, but the IP still exists. Why is that?"

Cha Bai: "Because there are too many parallel universes."

Scholar: "So how do we destroy parallel universes?"

Tea White: "Destroy the author."

The scholar asked a series of questions: "Do you know who the author of NieR: Automata is? Do you know who the author of Claymore is? You've experienced so many worlds, do you know who the true author of each of those worlds is?"

Cha Bai: "I don't know."

The scholar said, "You don't even know whether the people who created these things came from the past or the future. In our world, the concept of time is simply 'the train has arrived at the station.' But you will never find out who created the foundation of these stories."

Cha Bai: "Hmm..."

Scholar: "So the moment the fates of a world are intertwined, the originators of these stories become 'concepts' and become untouchable."

At this point, the Cairo aliens watching the show were completely lost.

Cha Bai understood.

"When players stop being players, their fates come to an end. If any of them create a new worldview during this period, then he is the first 'original author' among all the authors of that world."

The scholar smiled with satisfaction, as if looking at his students: "Not bad, as expected of the person who defeated me. Now you know why I congratulated you, right?"

Cha Bai nodded: "Li Nuo is a cartoonist. He may have already constructed a new story with his stories. Once he completely disappears from the players and is resurrected as a real life, the universe in his mind will become a new story, which is the first fruit in the tree. In this way, any danger will stay away from him."

Scholar: "I can't confirm whether this is true or not, after all, I'm only a half-manager, but there is one thing that makes me think this is not nonsense. Not being a player... In the thousand years since the establishment of the Five Great Corridors, only one guy named 'Xing Kai' has done it."

These words struck Cha Bai like a thunderbolt. So this is how difficult it is?
"Of course, it's not to say that not being a player guarantees safety," the scholar said. "For example, some despicable brats might intrude on your world, altering the past to change the future and summon some incredibly terrifying being. Then, while you're weakened, they might have a chimpanzee and an old man kidnap you, turning you into dumpling filling for a bunch of Cairo aliens. That's a possibility... I just don't understand! Why are you all arguing with me? It's clearly the Demon God's problem! Why don't you just take your boss and go beat him up!"

The scholar became increasingly passionate and eloquent as he spoke.

Although he survived, his future is now shrouded in darkness.

If you return to the gathering area of the "Corridor of the End," you'll be killed by the demon god; if you don't go back, you'll be treated like a dog by a bunch of ridiculous creatures, just like you are now.

Recently, a mind-reading Peters arrived, and the scholars felt that everything was against him, causing their long-held divine status to vanish. This kind of change is commonly known as "reformation," which usually only happens in prisons.

In any case, Cha Bai got what she wanted to know.

"Thank you. Although knowing some of the truths about the player world is no longer important to me now, at least we can live peacefully from now on, which makes me feel much more at ease."

She stood up and smiled at the scholar.

"It was the right decision that Li Nuo didn't kill you."

These words shattered the scholar's pride. He ran straight to the meat grinder, intending to commit suicide, but the group of Cairo aliens rushed forward and stopped him, shouting, "Hand-chopped meat tastes better." In reality, they saved his life, which was an environmentally friendly act of recycling waste.

A moment later, Peters came out of the inner room, his face covered in sweat.

"for you……"

He handed me a bead about the size of a thumbnail.

"This is a pill I made using my own magic. Taking it will unlock some of the potential of your spatial magic."

"Will eating it draw it out?"

Since the system panel is not visible in the real world, Cha Bai can only ask questions.

Peters shook his head.

"No, no, no... You have to eat it first, and then it will only work when a crisis is triggered."

After hearing this, Cha Bai put the thing in his mouth.

Before she left, she bowed to the old man.

"Thank you for your continued support."

"Give it back?" the old man asked.

“Yes, but it will take a few days.” Cha Bai looked up and said with a smile, “If you need to see us, just have the gorilla driver pass on a message.”

The old man said coldly, "If that kid treats you badly, tell me."

"Good~"

The gorilla driver's hearse appeared and took her away.

The old man sat on a small stool, gazing at the now deserted area ahead, and chuckled while stroking his beard.

Peters smiled and nodded, "All the women of our Elf race are good women."

The old man said, "The really good one is that brat."

……

Cha Bai recorded what the scholar said and placed the memory card in the groove at the back of his head.

When she returned to Basel, she found signs that someone had been in the yard, so she went to the bushes, took out an insect, and broke the spell on the insect, which then turned into a dragon girl.

"Who's coming?"

The dragon girl gestured with a glasses-like hand.

"Soren."

According to her understanding, Li Nuo and Soren usually had something to discuss when they met.

Dragon Girl pointed to the "What If Telephone Booth" in the middle of the courtyard.

She walked over, opened the door of the phone booth, and, having already known about the hidden compartment behind the landline, skillfully retrieved the diary, "The Room of the Warrior of Light," from it.

The diary showed signs of having been recently turned over. "It's because of this diary."

Cha Bai chuckled.

"What kind of backup plan are they making, and they have to keep it a secret?"

She didn't want to ask any more questions.

At this moment, Long Niang wrote a bunch of distorted words on the ground outside. The main content was about the conversation between Li Nuo and Soren. After glancing at it a few times, she understood that Li Nuo was worried that his life would be changed.

So, Chabai went into the room and found his own [YoYa Force Chip] in Marger's laboratory.

After a YoRHa unit dies, as long as its memories remain, the new unit can inherit those memories and continue the mission.

Cha Bai stopped using this a long time ago.

But I'm leaving anyway.

She used her last night to store her past memories in a chip, which she then placed inside "The Room of the Warrior of Light".

They were put back into the hidden compartment in the phone booth.

……

Silent all night.

……

The next morning, when Cha Bai sat up in bed, Li Nuo had already left.

Today, just like any other day, I opened the curtains to see blue skies, white clouds, and people going to work or school.

She stood by the window for a long time, treating these scenes as flowing paintings, deeply engraving them in her mind.

You can actually come back.

But people often experience strange emotions when they leave a place.

living room.

Li Nuo's mother's portrait stood on the cabinet as usual.

Cha Bai bowed slightly to the portrait.

After raising her head, she said softly, "We'll have the driver take you there... Thank you for giving birth to him."

Then, I ate breakfast, tidied up the house, and left the house clean and tidy.

Basel is just like any other day.

There are puddles on the street.

The daytime colors are always so simple and monotonous.

Moreover, in the quiet, one could always hear the creaking of the steam gears turning.

Li Nuo arrived early in the morning, and the first thing he did was exchange for a summoning contract in the shop. If the next time they met, he would be a native instead of a player, and he could use this to sign a summoning contract with Marger. The second thing he did was take the modified equipment from Marger, but this time he didn't look at the equipment's panel much. Instead, he kept giving Marger instructions.

In fact, what Li Nuo was most worried about was Malger, so he was determined to express his opinion.

"Eat less poop from now on, it's unhealthy."

like this.

Marger would also listen attentively.

"I'll eat your grandpa's food!"

like this.

Victor stood next to Cha Bai, smoking a cigar and squinting.

"Brother Ma hasn't slept well for several days because Brother Li is leaving."

"Happy?"

"Ah."

As long as Li Nuo is not around, Malger can form a new team and show off to his heart's content. He has already planned out the team members. Anyway, there will definitely be a Chen Shou. Then, he will expel Ting Ge from the Fifth Detective Guild.

Victor was speechless at the two kids; what time was it, and they were still fighting?

"I've put all the parts you need in here. You can repair it yourself, right?"

Victor handed her the [Four-Dimensional Space Bag] left behind by Doraemon, and Cha Bai accepted it without hesitation, putting it into the Magic Element Grid.

"Old Vivi, you'd better keep a close eye on Marger."

Cha Bai still didn't trust Malje.

"Don't worry."

Victor took a drag of his cigarette.

"It would be a miracle if I could keep an eye on him."

“In a sense, we are all ghosts,” Cha Bai said with a slight smile. “That’s why you can keep an eye on him.”

Victor glanced at her, then turned away, somewhat disappointed, and said, "Have a safe trip."

Li Nuo, who was not far away, shouted, "Old Wei! From now on, I'll have to trouble you and Old Ma to transport my things!"

Victor: "Be kinder to Miss Chabai in this lifetime!"

Li Nuo smiled but did not answer.

Marger: "Chen Shou and the others have something to do, so they won't be coming. Anyway, it's not the last time we'll see each other."

Li Nuo: "Well, there's something else I need to ask you, Dr. Xu..."

“I will try my best to ensure his safety for the rest of his life. If he needs it, I am also willing to use my resources to extend the lifespan of that old man and his wife,” Malger said, knowing what Li Nuo was thinking.

Li Nuo: "Then we're leaving."

Just then, a paper airplane flew over from the house across the street and landed at Li Nuo's feet. He picked it up and unfolded it.

It read: Get lost and don't come back.

Li Nuo raised her head.

Behind the window across the street.

Xiao Wu rested her chin on one hand and made a middle finger gesture with the other.

Li Nuo stuffed the paper airplane into his pocket, pulled down the brim of his hat, and walked towards the basement leading to the station.

He and Cha Bai suddenly stopped when they opened the basement door.

"Oh, by the way, we can get some things from Wenk's side..."

Marger kicked him down.

"Get lost."

Cha Bai laughed and jumped down after her.

The basement door closed.

Marger opened the panel.

[You have spent 8000 gold coins. The team "(Too Long to Pronounce)" has been disbanded.]

"Little dance!"

Marger turned and shouted across the street.

"Hmph, let's team up!"

With Li Nuo gone, the days of everyone being able to show off together have arrived.

Xiao Wu opened the window.

"OK, where are the others?"

"Chen Shou has already arranged it. I'll talk to Nanami later, after she finishes her fan meeting."

……

Pikachu ran onto the stage and unleashed Thunderbolt, sending a burst of yellow electricity soaring into the sky.

Nanami fell from the tall building behind her and landed steadily on the stage amidst the lightning.

"Sorry for the long wait!"

She took out the microphone and shouted.

Hundreds of die-hard indigenous fans in the audience roared, "Na! Na! Mi!"

Nanami jumped up and shouted, "Let's begin! Don't forget there's a slapping activity with the Nanami robot doll after the performance!"

Audience: "Slap me to death!"

The prelude to music began to play on the stage.

Nanami said to everyone, "I have a friend who died a long time ago who is going to be resurrected today. To express my regret for him, I'm dedicating this song to those bastards. The name of the song is 'Go Home and Cry to Your Mom!'"

The audience erupted in cheers.

With the help of auto-tuning, Nanami sang the lyrics into the microphone.

Your mother is rarely home.

She always loves to take the train to other places to play, but she doesn't take you with her.

But if you like to cry to your mom, then go ahead and cry to your mom.

You need to take a train to find her first.

The train sped along the tracks, with its mother's embrace ahead.

~Gurgle, gurgle, the train wheels rolled over the rails.

~Gurgle.

Gululu...

The train wheels rolled over the rails.

Li Nuo and Cha Bai stood inside the carriage.