As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 811 Space Yuu Yu Hakusho, and the Supreme Will

The doll smiled amidst a sea of ​​light.

"Congratulations, you are the destined ones who created the perfect android. You have broken the seal."

The light inside her skirt faded, revealing a cluster of tentacles, each as thick as a calf's arm, six in total.

The memory fragments on the doll are updated in the [Emil's Mask] panel.

She was originally a soulless shell. After Lord Atkinson brought her back from a place called "Hunter's Dream" deep within the Great Labyrinth, he placed a red stone inside her body.

That stone is called the Philosopher's Stone.

It is said that the Lord of Atkinson obtained this information after killing an otherworldly traveler, and the players are a group of walking treasure chests.

With the help of the Philosopher's Stone, the Doll gained a "heart" and came to life. She is an artificial human created by Atkinson, and her current form is a result of the interplay of machinery, arcane magic, and flesh.

If nothing unexpected happens, Atkinson's original plan was... once he developed mechanical technology and flesh-modification techniques that could surpass the ancient gods or even rival the Bulma Merchant Guild, he would merge with the Doll Girl and become a perfect artificial god.

Its ultimate form is nothing more than "tea white".

Atkinson was already very knowledgeable; he had teetered on the edge of madness for so long because he knew so much. He was strong, knowledgeable, and erudite, and never underestimated himself, but he still underestimated the depth of the world.

Becoming a god is merely gaining the opportunity to join this game.

If Atkinson had known the truth long ago, he would most likely have followed the same path again, because he had to give the doll a future, at least not let her sink into oblivion like an abandoned piece of wood in the dream of the Great Labyrinth.

At that time, Atkinson was still a human being.

A tentacle emerged from beneath the doll and pulled out a quill pen, which she handed to Li Nuo somewhat embarrassedly.

"It still works..."

Li Nuo didn't look down on it; he wouldn't look down on a pen.

"Mr. Atkinson once said that one day, after seeing the birth of something beyond the gods, he would use this pen to draw the scenery of another world on paper and take me to that world to explore new things. Unfortunately, he died. There will be no one to buy me my favorite 'Cosmos Brand' cigarettes anymore."

She had a nonchalant expression, but her tone was somewhat sad.

Xiao Wu squinted at the computer screen.

"But you're still playing games."

The doll retracted its tentacles into its underwear and lowered its skirt.

"I won't cry, but I have sad feelings. I need to dilute the sadness with happy things. The book says that communicating with others about games is a good way, so playing games... is the only way I can help myself in this protected room."

Xiao Wu had this idea: perhaps Marger could modify this doll and bring it back to the gathering area as a staff member.

"Li Nuo, look..."

Before she could finish speaking, she noticed that Li Nuo's expression was off, and the problem lay with that quill pen.

"There's a B in the pen?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Don't joke around..." Li Nuo showed her: "You'll see for yourself when you look at the panel."

[Drawing Quill Pen (Semi-finished Product)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: It requires a canvas that can function properly to be used. Currently, it cannot paint landscapes; it can only paint dead things that originally possessed future life, so it is basically useless.]

[In short: Atkinson understood that "knowledge can truly empower power and bring about more power when one has real power." Therefore, he remained at the Bayer Kinworth Institute. Immersed in classical scholarship and with the help of his old friend Fenrir, Atkinson became the first person in the world to create a quill pen capable of drawing "worlds within paintings" without relying on extraterrestrial technology.]

Xiao Wu shook the pen: "What's wrong with the panel? It's just a pen, isn't it? There's no martial arts manual inside, how can it draw colorful black?"

Li Nuo pressed Xiao Wu's head down, making her look at the panel carefully.

"In the effects panel, pay attention to this sentence: It can only draw those that are dead but originally possessed future life." Li Nuo paused for a moment and said, "This mission was led to us by Soren."

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Xiao Wu suddenly realized what was going on.

Sauron will use this pen to resurrect Lillian.

"Where exactly is Four-Eyes?" Xiao Wu asked anxiously.

"Who knows?" Li Nuo wouldn't care about Soren, he couldn't control him, and there was no need for him to.

He looked at the doll and said, "Give me the last thing: Atkinson's research data. Then we'll take you away."

"Can you wait until I finish this game on the computer?" The puppet knew it couldn't wait, so it turned around, closed the game, looked up information on the computer, and said, "Never mind, I can play anytime... You guys, you can do it, right?"

For some reason, the doll became nervous.

"answer me!"

"can."

Li Nuo frowned.

"what happens?"

"I don't know, I don't know, I feel uneasy, something's going to happen! Something's going to happen! Something's going to happen! Something's going to happen! Something's going to happen!"

The doll screamed like a madwoman, but her fingers kept manipulating the computer keys to download data; it was as if her head and hands had separated.

At this moment.

Outside the dream.

On the roof of the Immortal Institution, Cha Bai gazed at the sky, his eyes seeming to see into an abyss.

"There's something..."

Rumi said, "Probably... It seems like something strange has appeared in the universe..."

Although nothing strange appeared in the sky, an eerie magic spread out a large net, like a sharp spike suspended in the air. Players with high spiritual power had a strange feeling, as if they were being watched by an "ancient god" or gazed upon by an "abyss"... a sense of realism.

On the other side, an archangel spread his wings and flew into the air. This guy was Brupe, with a female teammate hanging on him. He saw Chabai on the roof of the Undead Asylum in the distance and shouted.

"We've made peace with the Undead Asylum, shall we go take a look?"

Cha Bai straddled the hammer and flew into the air.

"Can it break through the atmosphere?" Brupp asked.

"I don't know if the magic power content can reach such a high level," Cha Bai Ying Feng said, "but breaking through the atmosphere shouldn't be a problem."

She possesses a body capable of withstanding the flames of a black dragon and is fully capable of breaking through the atmosphere.

The girl riding on Brupe's shoulders chanted a spell, transferring all her magic to Chabai.

"There's no air in space, do you have a way to deal with that?"

"Have!"

Cha Bai absorbed more magic power, and even stronger flames shot out from the end of the hammer. The surging magic power propelled her higher into the air.

“Brup, think of a way to support her,” the female team member said.

As Brupp watched the tea-white figure recede into the distance, his throat bobbed, and he said, "Although we are unwilling, we can no longer intervene in what happens next."

A scenario of border jail level means that the world's defense level is extremely high. In a normal scenario, players can find a way to enter space, but in a scenario of this level, they must be prepared to be completely destroyed just by breaking through the planet's own barrier.

Cha Bai gripped the hammer handle tightly, and violent magic exploded at the hammer's tail. She shot straight into the sky like a burning comet, smashing through the thick clouds and leaving behind a scorching vortex.

The next second, the protective layer formed by the planet's ancient magic suddenly burst open, creating an invisible hole.

Cha Bai instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes, blocking her wildly flying hair, as a powerful aura attacked her.

"Uh……!"

[Side quest triggered: Miaham's Barrier, Space Beckons]

[Task Difficulty: lv200 → lv ? ? ?]

[Mission Rewards: Rare Candy*1, Trait Value*10, Border Barrier Technique (Learning Machine)]

[Mission Details: In addition to the planet's own defenses, Miaham has erected a barrier above the continent of Pumeru. You must traverse two almost impassable defensive layers to reach space. Is it really worth it?]

Is it worth it...?

do not know.

Since something unusual was happening in the sky, Cha Bai couldn't just do nothing; she couldn't accept having everything ruined by another unexpected event.

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing pain and terrifying resistance enveloped my entire body.

She had already broken into the invisible barrier layer created by Miaham.

Spatial crushing!

The protective layer of laws created by Miaham cut through her magical shield, producing a vibrating cracking sound.

Suddenly, the colors in the tea-white field of vision reversed.

[Life stripped away...]

[This is the price for forcibly breaking through Miaham's barrier...]

When death came, the black beret she was wearing swayed in the wind.

[A hat that will never fall off: 1. No matter how fiercely you fight, it's very difficult for it to fall off unless your health is almost gone or you experience a mental breakdown; 2. It absorbs 10% of the damage for the wearer; 3. It grants the "Painted Skin" effect, which protects against the next instance of damage when your health is above 80%, with a 24-hour cooldown.]

[Painted Skin] was triggered, and it withstood an attack.

In that fleeting moment, Cha Bai frowned and stared intently upwards.

Ancient blood surged within him.

Magic surged out of her body like a storm, condensing into a massive portal that enveloped her.

"what……!"

She rushed out the door, panting, to the other side, an area closer to space.

What followed was the planet's protective layer.

Once upon a time, in the First Age, the Elden Ring.

The king and the gods left this place, leaving behind a law that isolated the ancient gods on the other side of the universe.

Cha Bai is about to face this second layer of protection: the legal defense line that was already on the verge of collapse during the Elden Law Circle era.

As she approached the edge of the world, arcane flames from the planet's outer layer burst forth from every pore of her body!

boom--!
The flames greedily licked the vacuum, emitting a silent shriek in the absolutely dead silence of space, completely transforming her into a fiery figure burning agonizingly in the void!

Suddenly, all I could hear was complete silence.

"Break..." she murmured softly in the fire, and the raging flames that were burning her suddenly vanished, as if swallowed by a vacuum.

Her blue eyes were wide open, and before her stretched an endless, cold, and vast universe.

[Side Quest Completed: Miaham's Barrier, Space Beckons]

[Mission Rewards: Rare Candy*1, Trait Value*10, Border Barrier Technique (Learning Machine)]

"Luckily, I have high defense..." Cha Bai thought to herself.

There is no air in space, so the mask she wore stored magical elements that temporarily replaced the air.

At this point, she no longer needed the hammer to float, but she sat on it out of caution.

She could see the continent of Sumeru below her, and countless satellites above another continent to the west. That more advanced continent was the base of the Bulma Trading Company, while Sumeru was clearly far behind.

Suddenly, the planet turned red.

A huge line of virtual text appeared on this planet:

—"Experimental Observation Satellite 25".

Cha Bai had no idea that the Dragon Ball world was observing this planet from outside the World Tree. Li Nuo hadn't told her yet, and this shock made her scalp tingle.

The entire planet is a vast, unparalleled dream.

[Hidden Quest Triggered: The Truth of the World]

[Task Difficulty: lv1]

[Mission Details: Uncover the deepest secret of the world's lore]

[Mission Reward: 5 Trait Points, World's Secret Treasure]

In the Death Corridor, the Fenrir faction players triggered the same quest. Atkinson's quest also involved a hidden world view. The quest process was different, but the answer was the same. Cha Bai's method of triggering the quest was more violent.

"?"

The mission difficulty is only level 1.

She immediately guessed that Li Nuo had already solved this task. As a special friend, Cha Bai could find the corresponding answer by glancing at the task panel.

Hidden quest completed: The truth of the world

[Mission Reward: 5 Trait Points, World's Secret Treasure]

What exactly did Li Nuo do...? Cha Bai thought to himself, while holding the [Gene Activation Reagent] that Li Nuo and Xiao Wu had already used.

【Usage Requirements: Special racial bonuses, curse resistance ≥ 50%, constitution ≥ 420, severe personality flaws, multi-soul construct】 I, I don't have any severe personality flaws, she thought to herself as she put the reagent into the magic element slot.

Cha Bai began searching for that unsettling thing.

To help Li Nuo gain experience points, she kept the [Focusor] running.

The universe is too vast to pinpoint the exact location of the target, so Cha Bai can only activate the "Attract Enemies" ability within the [Focusor] skill.

At the same time, the palm of the robotic arm was raised and aimed at the planet that had turned red, recording the scene and sending it to Malger, who was wandering somewhere.

But at this moment.

[Side Quest...]

[Unable to trigger...]

This is the voice from the World Tree.

We've been discovered...

Cha Bai was taken aback.

Bang bang bang——!
An electric current suddenly passed through the fingertips of the robotic arm, and the robotic arm she was recording shattered.

"...?!"

A strange sensation entered my body from the broken end of the robotic arm and went straight to my brain.

A long-awaited hacker intrusion!
[Side quest triggered: The Attack on the Firewall]

[Task Difficulty: Level 200 ~ Level ? ? ?]

[Task Details: ???]

[WARNING: This mission originates outside the World Tree! Please return to a safe zone immediately!]

at the same time.

On a continent separated by the sea from Sumeru, in a high-rise room of a building in a certain city, dozens of huge curved screens are closely arranged, displaying high-precision multi-dimensional cosmic coordinate maps and constantly jumping encrypted data streams.

Aside from a few players from the "Eternal Corridor," the remaining people sitting in front of the screen were all "high-ranking" individuals who were the only ones in this world who knew the truth.

They were not the culprits who triggered Cha Bai's side quest.

The culprit is on the other side of a small screen.

In a world isolated by the World Tree.

A planet.

A group of strangely-looking people watched Cha Bai's figure on the screen.

In Cha Bai's image, there is a line of text imprinted next to her, which translates to: "Discovery of strange creatures hidden in space."

A man named Zuo Jing sat on a black sofa chair, holding a cigarette in one hand and resting his chin on the other. His long black hair fell over his shoulders. In front of him were employees operating the console, and behind him was a group of moviegoers.

"Mr. Zuo Jing, please explain why there are beings in this primitive world who can discover us in the universe."

Among the people sitting in the back, a bald man asked the question.

Zuo Jing took a drag of his cigarette, and then slowly began his narration.

“There is a firewall preventing us from observing that world. I guess you’re thinking, if that’s the case, why bother looking at a lower-level world? We can’t do meaningless work.”

No one answered.

Zuo Jing changed his sitting posture.

"Firewall? Are you curious about that?"

"Let me think about how to describe it... It's a high wall, and sometimes a hole appears in it, a tunnel connecting two universes. Right now, even if we spend 200 trillion dollars, we can only make a fist-sized hole in that wall. Therefore, only weak life can pass through the tunnel entrance. It's very unfair. The stronger you are, the less likely you are to enter that world."

"Even so, that world still has great value, as we can use it to observe the diversity of biological development."

"I don't know if you've ever played role-playing games. Mimics are usually found in the corners of various dungeons. The best mimics are always hidden in the most dangerous dungeons. We call those people who walk through various dungeons mimics, and we call the deepest part of the world on the screen hell."

A portrait of Miaham appeared on the screen.

"This lady can open the gates of hell, where many interesting things are hidden. Of course, we are not spoiled rich kids who disregard human life. As observers, we also want to see how we can change the predetermined fate of that world."

"Thirty-two thousand dream observations, all due to predetermined fate, led to the same result: the end of the world on January 5, 1888. This project cost too much money and should theoretically have been terminated, until just now, when I met a guy."

Li Nuo's portrait appeared on another screen.

"Among the mimics I mentioned before, a special guy emerged. He created a strange space that even our cameras couldn't target. He discovered the 'Life Detection Demon Unit 1' that I projected into that world."

As soon as he finished speaking, the group behind him finally made a sound, a mixture of surprise, panic, or amused murmurs.

Zuo Jing took a drag of his cigarette, and the smoke drew a picture in the air. In the picture, the fishman pinned Li Nuo against the wall, depicting the moment when Li Nuo was negotiating with the fishman.

Hmm... During the trial, the perspective from behind the fishman negotiating with Li Nuo was that of Zuo Jing.

He was the one who actually negotiated with Li Nuo.

“That kid made a deal with me. He would go to the so-called ‘First Era’ and rewrite the program for the destruction of the world.”

Zuo Jing shrugged and gave a cold laugh.

“I was just joking. I don’t care if he can do it or not, because I don’t think he can. Miaham is an insurmountable wall. Even in our world, that woman is powerful enough to be a ruler of a region… no, perhaps even more powerful.”

Zuo Jing had seen creatures similar to Miaham, also from the other side of the firewall. In fact, those were all players with a level above 99. He had even seen an administrator, a guy so powerful that he could defeat a national army without taking any damage.

"In conclusion, I only consider that kid to be a brat who trades ignorance for resources, but I admire his intelligence; he was the first person to figure us out using his brains."

"So, back to the point, why... did she discover us from the 'cosmic perspective'?"

Zuo Jing pointed the cigarette between his fingers at the tea-white image on the screen.

"I do not know either."

Silence enveloped the entire area like a slap in the face.

Zuo Jing couldn't figure out the truth no matter what he did, and the people of this world couldn't possibly guess the truth either, because Cha Bai discovered them by relying on the World Tree's hints and the task that Li Nuo had already completed.

"All I know is that she's that kid's wife. Remember the mimic I mentioned? Maybe this woman is a great mimic too, but the answer is about to be revealed."

“Our people are cracking her program to unlock her deepest memories.”

Zuo Jing confidently turned his chair around, facing away from the screen.

"Please look at our results."

then……

"Mr. Sakyo..."

One employee whispered, "It can't be cracked... The firewall in her mind... It's too insane."

Zuo Jing turned around and saw this scene on the screen.

Zuo Jingdu was shocked, but he remained calm.

"Is this...is this some kind of mini-game?"

"A bullet hell game... I've never seen a firewall like this before. Even automated simulation programs can't get through it..."

"Damn it... couldn't you have used another method?"

“Mr. Zuo Jing…you have to think of it this way…whose firewall is a bullet hell shooter, and at such an insanely difficult level…”

"Is there no other way?"

"Yes... but we'd have to delete everything on our computer, including backups, but there's no guarantee it will work."

Zuo Jing was neither surprised nor angry; he felt as if he had made the right bet.

In fact, as long as they connected to Cha Bai's firewall, they could connect to the firewalls of other "players." However, Zuo Jing saw something deeper, and he began to believe in Li Nuo. Or rather, he thought that perhaps the world they saw was too shallow, and Zuo Jing wanted to see a deeper level of the world, which would allow him to make more money.

The "customers" behind him began to whisper among themselves.

"Mr. Zuo Jing, what should we do?" the subordinate asked in a low voice.

"Could we transfer some 'energy' into this firewall that's filled with bullet hell?" Zuo Jing asked.

"Yes..." The subordinates whispered among themselves, "We can only transfer a small amount of energy. We'll print it in her firewall and we can do it soon."

Zuo Jing stood up, turned his back to everyone, and looked at the big screen.

“We can take a gamble. I’m short 200 billion. Which gentleman is willing to fill the gap for me? We can send the deposit we can send through this firewall to her.”

He turned around, his cunning eyes fixed on the thousands of wealthy businessmen present.

This place is actually a playground for the rich, with gambling, auctions, scientific research investment, and all the money-making projects you can imagine.

Bulma Chamber of Commerce is just one of its shareholders.

Its true worldview is that of the "early three giants of JUMP".

Zuo Jing comes from Yu Yu Hakusho.

"Connect to the other end of the firewall, transfer the deposit, and let us see what treasures these mimics can open."

The firewall is transmitting.

Bypassing firewalls

[Breakthrough achieved]

The "mystery gift" has been delivered.

Just now.

An eye appeared on the largest screen in front of Zuo Jing. This eye was also in space, staring at Cha Bai and Zuo Jing and the others.

"Is there something unexpected?"

Zuo Jing's lips curled up in a smile.

"Oh, it's Miaham. You found us too."

……

[Received a "mystery gift"]

Cha Bai was startled; his brain exploded with a crackling sound, releasing a plume of smoke, and the invading phenomenon ceased.

She still doesn't know exactly what happened; while recording the video, she triggered an invasion of power from the other side of the World Tree.

Side quest completed: The Attack on the Firewall

[Quests outside the World Tree currently have no detailed reward information.]

The panel closes quickly.

Cha Bai always felt like something was taking up a small space in her mind.

[Unusable Power]

[Requires exceeding the level cap to use]

[It can be transmitted over the network]

Cha Bai didn't know what it was, but she felt nauseous. For some reason, she suddenly thought of the body in "Yu Yu Hakusho".

She didn't have time to think about it; her purpose in going to space was to find that unusual energy.

It's a pity that the video recording of the planet's current state couldn't be transmitted to Marger; his left arm was completely shattered, but thankfully it was a mechanical arm.

Cha Bai looked around; the starry sky was oppressively quiet.

The "Focusor" trait is attracting the uninvited guest.

She put on her tactical goggles and saw something hidden in outer space.

It was a structure resembling an orbital space station, its smooth skeleton completely enveloped by a sticky, pulsating flesh and blood tissue. The flesh and blood tissue was covered with tiny eyeballs of varying sizes, some murky yellow, some sickly green, and some abyssal pure black, densely packed together in layers.

In the center is a giant eyeball, comparable in size to a meteorite, its surface covered with countless arms.

This thing has a very glorious and magnificent name.

Supreme will.

What surprised Cha Bai was not the thing itself, but the fact that a player was standing on it.

This person is one of the players who collaborated with Miaham on the "Corridor of the End".

This player can make sounds in the universe.

"Oh no, you saw us. Shall we have a space war?"

The man paused, then made a shooting gesture.

"Or are you going to pretend you didn't see this and let me destroy this world first, and then I'll destroy you?"

(End of this chapter)