As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 739 A Gift from the Goddess of Nature, The Third Ticket

"This is the Steel Soul News Channel."

"I am the host 'Black Holy Light'. To celebrate the resurrection of my evil god, the Church of Steel Soul will launch a welfare retaliatory action against society."

"Because we've been so bored lately, we've decided to conquer the nearest country and see what happens."

"Um... about this broadcast, wait..."

"Hey! Director! The signal is being transmitted to the wrong area!"

Who is the director?

"Hey you little robots! Can you even do your job?! We're supposed to be attacking a neighboring country, why are you broadcasting signals to Antarctica?!"

"Our Antarctica is currently in daylight, so..."

"Damn it, that's terrible. Now back to the broadcast. Friends in Antarctica, please help spread the word to the whole world that we, the Soul of Steel, are about to bestow blessings upon the world."

"Alright, let's talk about some festive things next."

"To celebrate the resurrection of the Evil God, we plan to hold a fireworks display, sponsored by the Tanggula Mountain Succubus Mansion..."

Beep——!
Master Wang turned off the broadcast device.

"Hey... Master Ma, isn't your church a bit sinister?"

"Hmph, this is called freedom..."

"You're feeling guilty, aren't you?"

"no!"

Marjee stood in the summoning circle and started arguing with Wang Li.

Tia smiled knowingly as she watched this scene, then walked back into the tavern to repair the parts under the shell of the mechanical lifeform Cha Bai.

"You said you could find Carl."

"Karl, is he...the King?"

Cha Bai's soul resides within the mechanical lifeform, and it speaks as if it's popping beans.

"Okay, it's fixed. Let's go out and talk to the evil god about what happened."

Tia picked up Cha Bai and carried her out like she was carrying a bucket. The argument between Marje and Wang Li had reached a fever pitch. Master Wang had already drawn the Xuanyuan Sword to slay demons, but Tia kicked him in the butt.

Looking at Cha Bai, who had become a mechanical life form, Marger finally couldn't hold back anymore: "Miss Cha Bai, I just realized that you admire me so much... I'm so sorry for what I did before. I thought you looked down on our mechanical cult."

Cha Bai said, "I just don't like it..."

Tia: "Alright, let's get down to business."

Because Cha Bai speaks very slowly now and has to speak in a bouncy manner, this step is omitted here.

The reason for the revival of Cha Bai is related to the "threshold".

On the night that Li Nuo and Soren conspired, Cha Bai inserted his own memory chip into the "What If Telephone Booth".

Li Nuo disappeared the next day.

In the world of NieR, Jaco and others become aware of this, and Jaco begins to investigate the data of the tea-white material stored in the "threshold".

at the same time.

At that time, Wink brought the "What If Phone Booth" to Sauron, and that phone booth was placed in the "real world".

Later, Soren connected the Mechanicus with the "real world." Yakol found the memories of that time-space anchor point and also found the well-preserved data of the YoRHa Unit chip in the "What If Phone Booth." He extracted it, and the memory data of Chabai in the chip was transferred to a small robot in the "Mechanicus Cult."

However, because the world of NieR is connected to the Corridor, the memories cannot be awakened.

Yakoll began the operation.

The mechanical life form containing Cha Bai's memories was placed into an altar specifically used by the mechanical cult to "receive the cult leader's" summons.

Thus, after Marje was resurrected in spirit form, Cha Bai was summoned and, at the same time, regained his memories in the Tanggula Mountains, a world cut off from the corridor.

"It sounds like a series of coincidences coming together."

Tia felt something was off.

"Because there might be my related archives in the [what if phone booth]. But that's not important." Cha Bai's explanation was simple, and she didn't intend to continue. Explaining this matter was troublesome and not crucial.

Cha Bai once used an unfinished version of "What If Telephone Booth" to go to the World Tree, and from there teleported to the place where Li Nuo was a child.

Actually, it all started when Li Nuo was twelve years old.

When Cha Bai was transported to the time when Li Nuo was twelve years old, he played games with little Li Nuo and beat him to a pulp, which led to his later online name "beating 2B into an idiot".

This online name later led to Marger's misunderstanding, causing him to wish to "turn 2B into an idiot" in Dragon Ball.

That's how all the possibilities that followed came about.

This "possibility" is that Li Nuo will definitely be chosen by the "World Tree" to become a "player".

The archive that was generated at that time.

It's Cha Bai's save file.

This archive connects the World Tree and the "Threshold" area, causing her existence to be the same as Marger's; as long as the World Tree and the Threshold exist, she will not die easily.

There are only two ways to kill Cha Bai.

First, the complete destruction of both the body and the soul.

Second, delete all of her archives in "Threshold".

But this involves another meaning.

Do you want to be an unknown nobody, or become famous throughout the world?

Li Nuo chose the nobody.

His choice ensured that Cha Bai remained unnoticed and that her deeper information could not be deconstructed.

No one can say for sure where it all began, but it's similar to the meaning of the "World Tree" for the creator of the fruit: everything started with an idea.

Back to the present.

With no cultists around, Marger abandoned his desire to show off, switched back to the normal scene, and asked somewhat seriously, "Miss Chabai, you just said that the 'King' can be found in the 'Vaporwave' script?"

“I saw him there,” Cha Bai said. “But first, you need to figure out a way to send me back to that script.”

If Sauron were here, this problem would be easily solved.

But Sauron was already dead.

Tia: "Regarding the 'vaporwave' scenario you mentioned, have any players from 'Sky Corridor' participated?"

Marger: "Yes."

……

This is the "Summit of Tanggula".

This is the world of Ys.

In this world, there is a protagonist named "Red-Haired Pervert," who has been possessed by a player. The possessor's name is Pippen.

Pippen and his wife Eta are currently the two strongest players in the "Sky Corridor" who haven't broken through level 99.

Although they are both mentally ill.

The player who entered the "Vaporwave" scenario was [Enchantress] Di and his team, led by Isley, the number one player from "Sky Corridor".

In summary.

The idiotic couple can easily obtain tickets to "Vaporwave" by spending some effort to return to their own corridor gathering area.

In less than a day, the two returned to the top of Tanggula and handed their tickets to Master Wang.

Aita, holding the mechanical lifeform Cha Bai, shook her and exclaimed, "Miss Cha Bai has become so cute!"

Cha Bai is going crazy.

Pippen, on the other hand, became serious: "We can use this ticket, but you're not 'empty' players, so how can we use it?"

Aita, holding Chabai, said, "Why don't we just sign a contract?"

She looked at Cha Bai, her eyes gleaming with a fervent love for cute things: "Miss Cha Bai, would you like to sign a contract with me?"

Tea White had no choice but to agree.

Before leaving, Cha Bai asked Ma Erjie this question.

"Would you like me to go and take a look at Sawamura?"

Marger shook his head in silence. Cha Bai looked at him, and kept looking at him, until he nodded.

"Then I'll trouble Miss Cha Bai to check on how that girl is doing..."

"Ok!"

……

Aita used her ticket to go to "Vaporwave".

The world is divided into different timelines, and the stories corresponding to each timeline are not the same.

The timeline for generating the ticket and the destination must be on that timeline.

However, the timing of its arrival is beyond our control.

……

[Players, please disembark]

The idiotic couple left the train, and a light rain fell over the bustling city.

Aita used a summoning spell in the alley, bringing the mechanical lifeform Cha Bai back to this world.

Time travel and world traversal are no longer problems for players of this level; summoning spells can solve many troublesome issues.

The alley was littered with garbage. Cha Bai picked up a milk carton from the stinking ditch. The production date was printed on the carton, and the current time was displayed on the street outside the alley.

After comparing the numbers, she realized that there were still a few days left before she and Li Nuo entered this world.

"Please, transport me to San Francisco."

“San Francisco…” Pippen had an item that automatically generated a world map: “Miss Chabai, what are you planning to do there?” Chabai: “I triggered a threshold there before, there’s a king there, save file.”

Even though I just wanted to give it a try, I still don't know if I can succeed.

But you have to try.

Regardless of whether she can find the king this time, Cha Bai's only goal is to revive Li Nuo, and she is willing to spend her entire life for this purpose.

that's it.

The idiotic couple sent her to San Francisco.

The couple has their own main quest, but they're not in a hurry. For them, this script is the easiest level, and the main quest can be easily completed.

San Francisco remains a breeding ground for crime, just as it always has been. The streets are filled with drug addicts and mercenaries, and an idiotic couple drags a cardboard box filled with tea-white liquor, touring the city like tourists.

They run away when someone blocks their way.

They begged for mercy when someone tried to rob them.

They would go and help when a child was being beaten.

If you didn't know, who would know that these two are a hero and a goddess, and that they blend into the daily lives of ordinary people because of their kindness?

Cha Bai saw things clearly, and along the way she kept thinking about what the difference was between gods, managers, players and ordinary people.

No difference.

She began to understand Li Nuo's thoughts: there is nothing in this world that cannot be killed; it just depends on whether you are willing to do it.

Whether it's a shady businessman, a manager, or the World Tree, anything that blocks the future needs to be cleared away.

This is what Cha Bai is thinking right now.

a few days later.

In a rented apartment in San Francisco, Eita peered out the window.

"coming."

She clearly sensed that beings not belonging to this world had descended upon her.

High-level players are essentially higher-dimensional beings in the ordinary world, and their superior perception allows them to clearly sense abnormal energies weaker than themselves.

The person who came was not Li Nuo.

Instead, it was Sauron, Crowd, and others who had arrived earlier.

But that happened in another city.

When she turned around to look at Cha Bai, she saw a receipt held between Cha Bai's mechanical fingers.

[Indigenous Experience Ticket]

There was no sound in the room.

Cha Bai's emotions are currently unreadable, but her mechanically transformed body is trembling.

I see……

From the very beginning, many things were already anchored for them by her wish.

When Li Nuo made his wish, he wanted three "Indigenous Experience Tickets," but only two appeared. This last one was not for Malje, but for the "Relief Person."

Marge's "savior" comes from Xing Kai, inheriting his identity and his destiny.

Aita held Cha Bai's hand tenderly. She didn't know what had happened, but something must have touched her.

"No wonder... they all said this ticket shouldn't exist in this world..."

Tea White uttered a emotionless murmur.

But his soul was already trembling.

"Aita, could you possibly help me out again?"

"We are friends."

Aita only said this much.

Cha Bai gave her the ticket.

"Give this ticket to Xing Kai."

“Xing Kai…”

"Okay. But don't let him find out that you're a player. Please give it to him in a strange yet normal way."

Aita took the ticket and nodded with a smile.

"Ah."

……

Everything is a gift from the goddess of nature.

Please thank Lord Triss.

……

Xing Kai woke up from his dream.

"The goddess of nature? Lord Triss?"

He sat up in bed, covered in a cold sweat. It felt as if someone had invaded his dream, as if a higher-dimensional being had controlled everything.

Kroed was outside repairing their car.

The blind woman was already asleep in another room.

Xing Kai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, repeatedly confirming whether what he had just said was true or false.

He had met the Master of Mirrors before, and together with Li Nuo and the others, they fought to the death against higher-dimensional beings in the Night City of that dream.

But the voice in his dream felt far more dangerous than a higher-dimensional demon.

Xing Kai stood up, intending to wash his face.

A casual glance revealed a receipt on the floor.

[Indigenous Experience Ticket]

He picked up the ticket, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"Everything is a gift from the goddess of nature... Thank you, Lord Triss..."

The teeth were grinding together, making a sound.

"Crowd! Your prophecy is true!"

A roar erupted outside the window.

under the moonlight.

Rooftops in the distance.

Aita stood there smiling.

"Dreaming is indeed the ultimate method of deception."

……

In the world of NieR.

Annabelle returned to her residence after a long day of work and saw Xing Kai kneeling on the ground, panting heavily.

"Xing Kai!"

She ran to Xing Kai in surprise, helped him up, and touched his real body. Annabelle burst into tears.

"You're alive...!"

"Yes, it's alive..."

Xing Kai was exhausted.

With Li Nuo's disappearance, his physical body also vanished.

Like Cha Bai, his memories survived inside the mechanical life form, but his physical body was missing and his abilities were completely lost.

Now it has been resurrected.

"A gift from the goddess of nature... the goddess of nature..."

He recalled the only truly unbelievable thing that happened during his gaming career.

But I still can't figure it out.

……

Goddess of Nature...

Cha Bai waited until the day of the San Francisco battle.

All the timelines have been connected, and all the necessary interventions have been completed. Li Nuo has still not been resurrected, which means that Li Nuo's life is being stored somewhere.

And that place...

She quietly peeked out from the rooftop and looked at her former self who had been imprisoned. That self put on the "combination earrings" and combined herself with herself, triggering the "threshold" field effect.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The threshold finally covered the entire city of San Francisco.

Cha Bai, in the body of a mechanical life form, stepped into the threshold. Before the pure white world, the person who welcomed him was Yakoll.

"We've finally waited for you, Miss Chabai."

Jakoll walked over with a smile.

"I'll take you to find Li Nuo."

"Ah."

The mechanical lifeform passed through Yakol and, in the world of "Threshold," inherited its save data, finally transforming back into the graceful goddess of nature.

(End of this chapter)