As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 770 What's wrong with the Federation's drivers' brains?

Li Nuo and Xiao Wu boarded a train bound for Cainhurst in a dream.

The tea-white figure watching them was waiting at the station.

When the two people arrived at "Ya Nan", their bodies began to disappear.

Cha Bai lightly pursed her lips.

She was getting a little anxious.

Just then, Li Nuo's voice came through the communicator in her earring.

"Sis, why don't you go somewhere to have fun? I don't think I'll be able to get back anytime soon."

Cha Bai was somewhat displeased; she really wanted to fight.

"You've become addicted to going on business trips with your female colleagues?"

"To be honest, I'm in a 'painting world'."

Li Nuo pretended that the signal was bad and turned off the communication.

The idyllic pastoral scenes and livable cities in the distance are indeed those of Yharnam.

It's the famously "hospitable" city of Yharnam, but as mentioned before, Yharnam was moved to the world of The Witcher by the Convergence of the Celestial Spheres.

This is Yharnam, a city in a painting.

The moment the train to Cainhearst stops, it signifies entering the world depicted in the painting.

The main quest requires you to find five paintings, each different in size and shape.

For example, the world in the painting containing the embryo of the moon goddess that Li Nuo found was a large painting four meters high.

The world they are currently in is a painting without a physical form, like a ghost.

Its true form may be in another dimension.

Li Nuo didn't care about dimensions; all he wanted to do right now was kill Amuro.

"Why didn't I kill you during the 'World War'..."

If Amuro had any sense of reason, he would have contacted Li Nuo directly, saving Amuro from having to go through all that trouble.

Amuro panicked.

“Mr. Li Nuo, you are telling your friend something very dangerous.”

Li Nuo patted his forehead and let out a long breath. Amuro was simply hopeless.

"Are all the Federation's pilots idiots...?"

"I'm not that Amuro!"

"Okay, let's go."

Xiao Wu urged them on like a mother.

On the road again.

Li Nuo composed herself and asked the most crucial question.

"So why did you bring us here? And what about your promise to save 'Cain Hearst'?"

"Actually, I only discovered this place a few hours ago..."

Amuro scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, his movements looking as fake as if he had stepped out of a cartoon.

"I met two members of the Bayer Kinworth rescue team here, and they told me what happened."

To prove he wasn't a fool, Amuro pulled two "lie detector buttons" out of his pocket.

"Don't worry, there's nothing lying in what they said."

This guy actually gave me a "come praise me" look.

The people at Bayer Kinworth have mastered a lot of advanced technology, including a surveillance system that allows them to see "where you are and where you wash first in the shower."

That thing was an eyeball, and then another eyeball... The vampires who discovered Cain were sending strange signals.

"It is said to be extremely dangerous."

That's all Amuro said.

Li Nuo blinked her big eyes.

"Then... save Cain Hearst?"

Amuro smiled gently.

"I haven't had a chance to ask yet."

This time, not only Li Nuo, but even Xiao Wu was wondering: what's wrong with the Federation's pilots' brains?

……

1888 1 Month 2 Day.

"What kind of driver is the Federation?"

Lenny raised a question.

When Li Nuo and Xiao Wu got to this point, they didn't know how to respond.

Amuro isn't stupid; he just has social anxiety. Without teammates, he's useless.

Xiao Wu tapped Li Nuo's shoulder.

"You should ask him... I need to erase Amuro from my memory... otherwise I'll feel that Char lost too unfairly."

"Okay... so, is it true that you Bayer Kinworth sent someone to search for Cain Hearst?"

Faced with Li Nuo's question, the woman behind the main table in the courtroom also said she didn't know, that the rescue team was a separate system, and that the hunters trained by the academy were considered part of the same team.

"Let me see."

As a hunter, Lenny had the authority to access relevant information. The hands of her gold watch spun, and a projection appeared, displaying secret documents that only Lenny could see.

“Last November, a team did go looking for traces of ‘Cain Hearst,’ but that team hasn’t returned yet. These are the only records I have. I’m not a high-ranking official and don’t have that much authority to look into things, but I can tell you roughly what that dangerous thing related to Cain is.”

She began to tell her story.

The whole world hates vampires.

Those vampires kidnapped civilians and took them to Cainhurst, which they couldn't find, to conduct human experiments. Although the vampires had disappeared for many, many years, precautions had been taken to prevent them from causing trouble.

If Amro's statement is correct, then that so-called surveillance eyeball must have seen Cain Hearst conducting a "forbidden experiment."

"What taboo?"

Li Nuo was curious.

"Two women, one cup?"

"What are you talking about?"

Lenny shrugged. She and Blackie shared a water glass, so it was two women in one glass.

"The so-called taboo is too broad in scope. To put it simply, it's... something that could destroy the world."

Things seem to be getting stranger and stranger. Li Nuo thought to himself.

They just wanted to level up, but they seem to have fallen into some strange trap of fate.

Cain Hearst is too mysterious; even in this age of explosive technological advancement, humanity still knows very little about that group of vampires.

There are exceptions.

The Healing Church has close ties with them.

Then the topic of the Healing Church came up again.

The Healing Church has now declined and is no longer as fervent as it once was.

However, madmen are usually calm before they go crazy.

Therefore, the Healing Church is likely the mastermind behind the main storyline.

Li Nuo realized this and suddenly felt fortunate. Telling Sister Hei and her group that he was a former employee of the Healing Church was a very dangerous act. If Sister Hei and her group had let that fishman with the "Cosmic Emperor Gene" beat him up... he really would have died in the beginning.

……

Let's go back to the world depicted in the painting in November 1887.

They traversed wheat fields and villages outside the city, eventually reaching Yharnam.

Completely different from the Yharnam who stands tall in the darkness in the game, the Yharnam during the day... has a very down-to-earth feel.

You can see wealthy men wearing top hats and with big bellies, elegant ladies in dresses covering their faces with fans and giggling, workers in simple clothes, and hooligans fighting in the alley.

The city skyline rises like clouds towards the center, with the Gothic Revival cathedral bathed in the light of dawn, making everything at the top of the city look like a fairyland.

A carriage passed by on the roadside, and a traveling merchant got off the carriage, accidentally blocking Li Nuo's way.

"Feel sorry."

The businessman was very polite, and a happy smile radiated from his face beneath his hat.

But the mask of Emil offers a completely different perspective.

Peter Palack: lv60

【Strength: 90】

[Reaction: 112]

[Spiritual power: 36]

[Physique: 82]

[Insight: -1]

[Medical: 66]

[Fragments of memory: I don't want to repeat these days again...]

Li Nuo watched the merchant leave.

Amro was in front of him.

"You saw it, didn't you..."

Li Nuo nodded.

“Everyone in this city follows the same life trajectory every day. They can’t control themselves and will never get out until they die.”

The world within the painting has a unique characteristic: once you enter, you can't leave unless you kill the Nightmare Ruler of that world.

Who is the nightmare? That remains a big question.

Just like the train journey we just took, the nightmare wasn't Amidala, but rather the [Reincarnator] Qiu Mi.

The city's nightmare might not be Cain's vampires, but rather a rat scurrying through the sewers.

There's not much to pay attention to on the road. The city is just like Yharnam in the game, except it has some more modern features, such as automatic doors in hotels and large screens on commercial buildings.

—"The Grand Golden Cup Maze Challenge awaits your participation. Generous prizes await you. We look forward to your registration."

The screens on the plaza buildings are displaying news that also appears in the real world.

Xiao Wu bought a hot dog from a roadside vendor and ate it while watching TV.

"By the way, can you win a lot of money in that maze challenge?"

She's a money-grubber.

Amuro shrugged.

"I don't know, but it's interesting that real-world news is updated simultaneously in the world of paintings."

"move."

Li Nuo urged.

"Already arrived."

Amuro led Lino and the others to a tavern, not to drink, as they dared not try the food from the painted world.

There is a hidden door in the back kitchen of the tavern.

This is a door sealed with a secret technique; at first glance, it looks like a wall.

Xiao Wu whispered to Li Nuo, "Could the password be 'Open Sesame'?"

Amuro: "Open Sesame."

The door opened.

Amuro invited the two, who looked helpless, inside.

"The official organizations I'm referring to are all in here."

The room was a closed space, but well-ventilated, and there were only two people inside.

The burly, bearded middle-aged man, "Derby," is a big, strong guy, but he's actually a bachelor.

And there was his student, a girl with short brown hair, named "Miaham".

"These two are my friends."

Just as Amuro closed the hidden door and was about to make his introduction, an unexpected event occurred.

[Side quest triggered: Cain Hearst's archaeological findings]

[Task Details: ???]

[Task Difficulty: lv200]

Li Nuo, Xiao Wu, and Amuro stood frozen in place for a long time.

The task level is usually assigned a relatively reliable number based on the strength of the participating players.

The level 200 quest means that the difficulty is too high to complete.

It was too difficult for the three of them to complete.

(End of this chapter)