As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 784 An Unprecedented Event
[Level Breakthrough Crown]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Once the level cap is reached (MAX), wearing this crown will automatically break the level limit. This effect can only be used on "Endgame Players" or players participating in the "Endgame Game".]

[Brief summary: You actually stole...]

Cha Bai twirled the seemingly simple crown and put it into the magic grid.

"Don't any of your people carry a 'master key'?"

She closed the door to the principal's office and locked it with the key.

"Who would carry around a key that's 50% based on luck...?"

Nova stood at the door, his face stiff with surprise. The [Master Key] only had a 50% chance of opening the door. For most players, 50% meant nothing, and everyone was used to forcibly breaking down doors. Over time, they had long forgotten about such things.

Cha Bai looked around and, finding no one nearby, followed Nova deeper into the corridor.

Nova took out a pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, slapped one out and offered it to Cha Bai. Cha Bai shook her head, indicating that although she had tattoos and wasn't reserved, she was a good girl.

Nova said "boring" and then lit a cigarette in her mouth. Cha Bai snapped her fingers to light it for her.

"I received the reward ahead of time, why wasn't there an alert?"

Tea White is curious.

Nova squinted and told her the truth.

"What we really need to decide is who can become the next 'management qualification candidate'."

"don't know."

"Anyway, the reward is just an irrelevant result; what we care about is the process... By the way, only our Corridor can use this crown. Why don't you sell it to me?"

"No, I can join your game."

"Don't you dare cause trouble..."

Nova had barely finished speaking when his pupils behind his glasses suddenly contracted. He abruptly reached out and pressed down on Cha Bai's shoulder, and the two of them pressed down together. A cannon shot passed right through their heads, sending dust billowing through the corridor.

Before the aftershocks subsided, the ceiling suddenly exploded! A guy wielding a giant hammer fell from above.

"Nova! I've found you!"

"Damn..."

Nova dragged her into the classroom. The woman gritted her teeth; she was a bomber, gunpowder dust dripping from her teeth, and the cigarette in her mouth was quickly lit.

boom--!
The two players who had attacked them were blown to bits, but footsteps came from behind. Nova grabbed Cha Bai's arm and ran away.

"As you can see, we're playing a battle royale game, and if you get caught, you really will be killed."

As soon as Nova finished speaking, the area their shoes touched suddenly softened like rubber, and the surrounding area visibly transformed into the interior of a biological intestine.

"Ugh! This is so annoying! It's another trap!"

Nova complained as he detonated himself, bursting through his intestines and emerging from inside. He then took out an invisibility pill, gave one to Cha Bai, and swallowed it himself, thus escaping the players chasing from behind.

Cha Bai was shocked; this scene was far more dangerous than anything in the scripted world.

"No...do you guys always do this?"

"Yeah, it's alright, I'm used to it."

The two of them hid under the desk, trying to hide.

“We’ve now been divided into different classes and factions based on our previous guilds and teams. Since Amuro isn’t here, we’re on the defensive. You’d better find a way out now. I know a public toilet that leads to the arena. That’s how Xiaohe got out. Considering our past friendship… I’ll take you out. You can try going to the arena. If that doesn’t work, you can come back from there via the toilet.”

"Nova, what are the benefits of defeating an organization or force?"

Cha Bai interrupted Nova's long speech.

"Items...equipment, skills, the loser has to hand them over, that's the rule of the game. There's no enforcement, but everyone will abide by the agreement."

"What about upgrading?"

"【Magic Candy】or killing other players to gain experience points, it's normal to kill dozens of people while conquering the school, right? Our people give more experience points, do you want to grind levels here?"

Cha Bai took out the note Xiao He had given to Li Nuo and stuck it on Nova's glasses.

"This is... that girl Xiao He..."

"What's the reward?"

Cha Bai asked enthusiastically.

Nova felt that if she didn't receive a reasonable reward, Cha Bai might take action against her here.

"A friend's request."

"make a deal."

Cha Bai: "Yeah, if you want to be the top dog in the school, you have to recruit a group of people first. I have experience in this area."

"you sure?"

"I can be resurrected."

Cha Bai nodded. She not only wanted to become the leader, but more importantly, she wanted to join this battle royale, start another relatively safe side quest, and break through level 99.

If she were a little more astute, she would have guessed that all of this was actually a stage created for her by Marger.

"Then... try it?"

"it is good."

The tea-white creature turned into maggots and crawled into Nova's ear.

ten minutes later.

Nova led her to the men's restroom on the third floor.

A girl with pigtails was standing and urinating in front of the urinal. She had just come back from the toilet in the arena because she didn't want to help those guys research Li Nuo's evolution path.

When she saw someone coming, she shook her lower body, put her skirt back on, and slowly turned around.

"Nova, you bastard, how did you know I was here?"

Nova took out a locator and crushed it in his hand.

"If I beat you, your 'GPE Legion' will be mine, how about it?"

The girl with twin ponytails smiled and nodded: "Are you sure you can do it?"

Nova removed Cha Bai from her ear, and Cha Bai transformed back into human form and landed, bowing slightly to the twin-tailed girl.

"Excuse me... would you like to make the call here?"

The girl with twin ponytails was taken aback. She had just returned from the arena... Having been whipped by Li Nuo all day, she knew who this white-haired woman was.

“Li Nuo…”

"my husband."

"I surrender."

Cha Bai finally experienced what it's like to rely on a man when going out.

"It feels so good..."

……

"My husband is locked up in the Undead Institution, so please refrain from attacking 'The End' for the time being."

Li Nuo said to the player who was "empty".

Mr. Jilian gritted his teeth.

"Are you sincere?"

"Not really."

Li Nuo didn't know how to defend himself, but at least he did rescue the idiotic couple, so the players of "Sky Corridor" would give him face.

Unable to fight "The End," the "Void" group felt somewhat lost, as if their sole purpose in existence was to annihilate "The End."

"Anyway, it's settled. I'll help you rescue this couple, and you'll get 'Sky Corridor'..."

"Don't worry, ally."

The implication is that, within this scenario, all players in "The Corridor of the Sky" maintain a "peaceful" relationship with Li Nuo.

In this way, neither the two most powerful corridors, "Emptiness" and "End," will be able to launch a surprise attack on Li Nuo and his group.

Do you have blood gems?

Li Nuo pointed to the idiot couple, meaning cash on delivery.

"Only the cursed blood gem...that thing..."

While cursed gems have additional effects, their negative effects are too devastating. Although 80% curse resistance can negate the negative effects, very few players would wear equipment with 80% curse resistance, since that thing doesn't actually provide any defense.

Except for a few guys who don't care about equipment defense.

"If you don't mind, I'll help you digest it."

Old man Jiren took out a blood gem from his sleeve. He originally intended to pull out the negative words inside the gem to curse the guys of "The End".

The Blood Gem Stained by Flames

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: Arcane Gem, increases fire damage by 5%] [Drawback: Physical attacks are replaced with magical attacks, and a small amount of damage is reflected upon hitting the target]

[Curse Saving: Curse resistance ≥ 80% can overcome negative curses from gems. Those who overcome gem curses can obtain true effects.]

[Actual Effects: 1. Fire damage increased by 25%; 2. Damage dealt to "Ancient God" creatures reduced by 10%]

Li Nuo inserted the gem into the hole in his belt.

Immediately, the idiotic couple turned into mice, crawled into Li Nuo's clothes, and returned to the dream world with him.

Black Goat and Rugal are still busy with the construction of the Dreamland.

Beside Li Nuo's tombstone, the mentally challenged couple were temporarily released, and they were told what had happened and where their help was needed.

"To find Cainhurst's location, I need the helmet of the Sun Knight, and a divine being to carry that helmet."

"Ugh, I know I'm a goddess~ Don't say it out loud."

Aita covered her face and frolicked.

Li Nuo ignored her.

"But that mission is very difficult, so the reward should be good."

"How difficult is it?" Pippen asked cautiously.

"Amuro, Muto Sora, and I have been determined by the system to be unable to complete this mission."

The idiotic couple stared at each other, as if to say... "So you dragged us from hell to the bottom of the abyss."

"So I need Phil to come and help me out."

Li Nuoyi had been trying to contact Phil for a long time, but he couldn't. The idiot couple had a very, very good relationship with Phil, so they would definitely be able to get in touch with him.

Pippen let out a sly laugh: "Ha, we can't find him for now."

"Where did you go?" Li Nuo asked.

Pippen: "Phil said he has a request, a mission to break through level limits, to settle things with a 'living' guy."

“But we can find him.” Aita took out a [Life Card], then froze on the spot.

The Life Card has burned to ashes.

“Phil…”

Aita covered her mouth, her throat trembling.

"Phil is dead..."

Pippen calmly supported Aita and confirmed several times that Phil had no vital signs.

"Impossible... Phil is so amazing... Pippen! Phil can't be dead!"

"..."

Pippen hesitated, biting his lip until it almost bled.

The reason the idiot couple has survived to this day is entirely due to Phil's protection of them. Their relationship was formed during the "World War," and it's also because Phil likes these two idiots.

Li Nuo frowned. He didn't want to believe that Phil was dead. The guy had a close relationship with him. They were both witchers, and exchanging information with each other had long been a part of their daily lives.

But Teresa's senses told her that something big had happened.

A few seconds later.

The land of dreams trembled violently.

……

Grandpa Jiren was looking through binoculars at the Northern Undead Asylum, which he couldn't break into.

"Damn it... I was just a hair's breadth away from wiping them all out with one shot..."

"Grandpa, you're so old, why are you still so irritable?"

A female player named Louise made a teasing remark from the side.

"I just look old."

As Jiren retorted, he took down the binoculars, only to find that Louise, who had just spoken, had disappeared.

He immediately turned around to look behind him; the air was filled with dust, and all traces of the players' existence had been erased.

"What the hell..."

In the distant camp, Brupp was scratching at the table, his teeth making a cracking sound.

"Everyone..."

The entire camp, which originally had several hundred people, was reduced to only about ten, including Brupp.

The rest of them vanished without a trace.

……

Northern Immortals' Asylum.

Rumi sat in a chair, a cigar dangling from his lips.

"What happened...? How could this happen so suddenly..."

The once bustling Undead Institute was now empty except for him.

"Where has everyone gone...?"

……

A world within a painting, an arena.

Ma Hu, Murphy, and others sat around in the room.

"There are only ten of us left out of about two hundred people."

"what happens?"

"I do not know."

They looked around at the empty stands of the arena.

"It seems there's no way to get out. Is the world in the painting a dream? It seems to be locked up."

Ma Hu stroked his chin and said with a smile, "An unprecedented disaster."

"Then it seems to be the perfect environment to cultivate Warriors of Light."

The group of lunatics let out shrill laughter in the near-desperate situation.

……

[Number of players: 8893 (number of players entering the scenario) → 172]

[Sky Corridor: 1855 people → 41 people]

[Death Corridor: 1600 people → 22 people]

[Eternal Corridor: 2220 people → 26 people]

[The Corridor of the End: 1000 people → 49 people]

[Endless Corridor: 2188 people → 4 people]

[Redemption Corridor: 30 people → 30 people]

Li Nuo and the idiot couple looked at the panel that popped up.

They realized that the script had gone terribly wrong.

"Except for the oversized... everything has disappeared?"

Pippen looked at Li Nuo.

"Redemption..."

"Most people are on Soren's side; he's probably already outside the scope of the script."

Li Nuo had only a vague understanding of what was happening with Soren, but he was certain that it had nothing to do with Soren.

at this time.

A "voice-transmitting sprite" crawled out of the void, carrying Marger's cell phone.

The phone is recording a scene.

Li Nuo immediately tapped the start button on the screen, but the screen was still buffering.

Taking advantage of this moment, he shifted his consciousness to the future.

1888 1 Month 2 Day.

Li Nuo wanted to ask Sister Hei and the others what their ideas were.

But when he turned his head, he saw himself sitting next to him.

"how do I……"

Li Nuo discovered that her voice had transformed into Xiao Wu's.

(End of this chapter)