As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 813 The Most Perfect Stage

[5900 players in "Redemption Corridor"]

[Trial has been selected to begin]

[Player strength level is ultimately set to MAX]

In other words, the ultimate answer to transcending ordinary life is to be prepared to face the erosion of forces that we cannot resist when you try to break through this boundary. We are the World Tree, and the power from beyond the World Tree is something you must find for yourself.

Kill Fate

What is destiny? Destiny is the fruit. To kill the fruit is to kill the life that created it. All MAX players are the life that shapes the fruit. This is something we understand without question.

The more powerful the life form you kill, the greater the energy you can gain by breaking through your limits.

If you are not strong enough, don't try to fight against those forces at the top of the world.

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[Trial Rules]

Please choose one of the three difficulty levels below.

1. Kill players of the same MAX level.

[2. To create a new destiny and timeline]

3. Defeat higher life forms

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If you are confident enough, and if you are greedy enough, you can try them all. We will not force you to break through level limits, which would mean facing tasks that may come from outside the World Tree.

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[When you choose to begin the trial, it means you cannot return to your own space, cannot go back to your own corridor. You will be hunted down by others who need to break through the trial at any time. You will encounter life from outside the World Tree. In other words, you will face death at any moment. This may seem far away to you now. You have been high-dimensional beings for too long. But in those dark corners, there are some things that will remind you of the feeling you had at level 25.]

We don't know what you will encounter.

Please complete the trial as soon as possible.

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[MAX Level Special Rewards]

[All attributes +100]

[The healing value of a low-health character cannot be increased, but the maximum attribute will be increased by 100].

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When Li Nuo came to his senses, he had already left the dream. He was sitting in the room where the throne was placed, and Xiao Wu was also there. The girl with the ponytail smiled and nodded, and she also began her trial.

Because there is no way back in the "Gallery of Redemption".

Miss Doll looked around blankly. The last time she stepped out of the dream was a long time ago, when Atkinson wouldn't let her out, saying that there were bad people outside.

Just as the doll was about to speak, Li Nuo grabbed it by the hair and stuffed it into the [weapon box].

At that moment, there was a noise outside the tightly closed door.

Atkinson's dream was deciphered and vanished.

[The Nightmare Has Been Killed]

[Breaking the Nightmare: Reward 15000 Experience Points (Blessed by the Gatherer)]

[Note: MAX-level players can no longer level up. All experience points will be converted into gold coins at a 1:1 ratio. These gold coins are very special and can be used to purchase "Special Values".]

Players are advised to pay attention to their trait values. When breaking through to MAX, reserving 100 trait values ​​will be beneficial.

[Conversion ratio: 10000 gold coins = 1 point of special value]

Li Nuo had once heard from players of the "Anti-Science Alliance" that trait values ​​would play an important role in the future.

In reality, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that in the early stages of a player's game, when stats are in the double digits and there's no sign of decreased growth feedback, trait values ​​are very important. However, as stats increase and growth feedback begins to decrease, trait values ​​become less important.

Obtaining trait values ​​is quite troublesome, usually requiring completion of very difficult side quests.

Therefore, later players rarely paid attention to this. If Li Nuo hadn't talked to the people of the "Anti-Science Alliance," he would have had Cha Bai exchange the characteristic value for the limit factor to buff himself long ago.

How many trait values ​​do you have?

Xiao Wu hid by the door and asked in a low voice.

"Cha Bai and I have been saving them together, and now we have a total of 101 trait values."

Li Nuo looked at the panel and licked his lips.

"You can buy it with money..."

100W gold coins can replenish the attribute value, but the shop is only open in the gathering area, and the attribute value cannot be exchanged yet. It is also impossible to explain what the benefit is for breaking through levels. Marje does not have enough authority, and the intern manager is not qualified to know the truth.

"That's a total rip-off."

Xiao Wu frowned, squatted on the ground, and touched her chin.

"But we can't go back to the settlement area, so how can we buy it?"

"It's up to Lao Ma to decide this."

Li Nuo remained calm. After all, Marger had said he wanted to turn the dream world into a second gathering area, so he didn't care about the rest.

“What I mean is, we don’t have that much money to buy it…” Xiao Wu complained, “Are we supposed to use the Demon God’s Black Card? That thing can’t replace gold coins. Hard currency and electronic loans are two different things.”

Li Nuo frowned.

"Why are you worrying so much? Trust our managers!"

Xiao Wu sneered.

"Do you believe it?"

"Do not believe……"

Li Nuo's eyes were unfocused.

The noise outside the gate grew louder and louder; the real world was much more lively than the dream world.

Suddenly a voice shouted: "Grab that assassin!"

It was the voice of a soldier.

Then another soldier shouted, "Holy crap! Run!"

Before Li Nuo and Xiao Wu knew what was going on, they heard a voice shout: "Celestial Collapse!"

Their faces turned pale instantly.

At that moment, Aita's communication signal reached Lino's ears.

"No, no ...

The mentally challenged couple were entrusted by Xiao Wu to rescue citizens. In the dream, the citizens were saved by Aita. Their bodies in reality did not disappear due to the collapse of the dream, which should be a "meritorious deed". However, Aita's current panicked appearance is like that of a child who has done something wrong.

Aita: "Me? You stupid dog, yes!"

Li Nuo: "Let Pippen speak."

Aita was already in a state of confusion. Pippen took the headset and said, "..."

The translation is as follows.

After Atkinson died, the city lord's physical body in the real world was in crisis. This guy controlled the city's underground defense army and was about to launch an indiscriminate bombing of the city.

Amuro sensed the danger beforehand and broke into the armory alone to solve the problem before the mechanical army could act. However, the core of the problem was still Atkinson's projection in reality, so... that idiot Amuro actually decided to kill the city lord in front of everyone.

When Amuro bravely stormed the castle, the guards asked him what he wanted.

He actually said, "I'm going to kill your city lord!"

This is equivalent to breaking into someone's house and telling their child, "I'm going to kill your father."

It can only be said that the diversity of the "Corridor of the End" is still too absurd.

So this is what happened now.

Amuro, like a terrorist, knocked out all the guards without killing a single person, and then asked the idiotic couple to remove the innocent bystanders. He then stormed into the castle and fought Atkinson's projection one-on-one.

The unexpected happened.

Atkinson's projections are more powerful than Atkinson himself.

Amuro is in a tough fight.

He summoned a meteor.

As it turns out, with practice, one can become proficient at using meteorites. The meteorite Amuro summoned was small and could be precisely located; he even kindly blasted away all the guards chasing him.

But Li Nuo and Xiao Wu are still here.

"..."

Li Nuo and Xiao Wu then understood.

Now that things have come to this, no one can bring the meteorite back.

The two of them squeezed out of the window and looked up.

Xiao Wu stared blankly at the approaching meteorite and said, "Li Nuo, I'll give you 20 attribute points. Help me kill Amuro."

Li Nuo stared at the dead fish: "Amuro is actually quite valuable..."

A dozen seconds later, the meteorite kissed the earth.

The good news is that Atkinson's projection died, but not from being crushed. It disappeared on its own as a product of the dream, because Li Nuo and Xiao Wu broke the dream.

The bad news is that the meteorite destroyed the castle, affected the city center, and destroyed all the houses. Amuro had "blown away" innocent soldiers to a "safe zone" in advance, so no one died, but there were a lot of wounded.

Xiao Wu was the most seriously injured.

If we consider Cha Bai's buttocks as a meteorite, then Li Nuo would have already gained experience from being hit by a meteorite. He used [Invincible Star's Decoction], activated [Bloodline], and toughed it out.

At this moment, the city was in ruins. Li Nuo moved a folding stool out and sat on the ruins, holding a thermos cup in his hand, drinking tea to replenish his mana.

Xiao Wu lay trembling in the ruins. If no one said she was hit by a meteorite, she would look like she was high on drugs. All she could think about was killing Amuro.

Long Ji flew back from the sky and relayed the information from Cha Bai to Li Nuo.

Bahamut: lv61→lv62

[Remaining active time in the current world: 47 minutes and 15 seconds]

Li Nuo hung the Poké Ball back on his belt.

A new plan was born.

There are two main quests.

[To receive any one of the five "Worlds in Paintings" illustrations, settlement will be made with January 5, 1888 as the final date. Specific dates will be announced separately.]

[Players entering the "Painted World" will be determined by the "Corridor" administrator after the settlement date, with each "Corridor" serving as a unit.]

[Among them, the players who created this scenario (Li Nuo and others), regardless of their level, must enter the "world within the painting."]

There are five paintings in total, and everyone has one except for "Endless Corridor".

The deadline for this main storyline is January 5, 1888.

In fact, at this point, unrelated personnel can simply lie down and return home after the mission ends, and the administrators have no need to send their own players into the next world to face a life-or-death situation.

But Li Nuo and the others have to move on to the next script, since it's mandatory.

To achieve this, breaking through the level barrier is imperative.

Then there's the question of Miaham. Breaking through the three elements of level, killing MAX-level players, changing the fate of the world, and slaying extremely powerful life forms.

"All of them are correct."

Li Nuo murmured as she took a sip of steaming tea.

You can advance by completing any one element, but what if you complete them all?
There's one more thing.

Not long ago, due to Li Nuo's ridiculous behavior of using a [mouth substitute], World Tree set up a "personal main storyline" for each player in order to give innocent players other ways to survive.

Xiao Wu's dream of "becoming the queen of compensated dating" is impossible to achieve.

Li Nuo can still accomplish "being a good person," as long as he saves the world.

He felt it wasn't actually that difficult.

and……

The sky was shrouded in black fog.

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Biandu returned to their "firebreak shrine," located beneath the Great Labyrinth at the end of the Second Age.

"Mission accomplished."

He walked somewhat unhappily to the center of the sacrificial site.

Why did you let me come back?

A huge egg stands in the center, and inside it, Miaham is evolving, making sounds.

"I understand that you've just advanced and want to test your skills against someone strong. I also hope that woman named Cha Bai dies. You can definitely win."

Bian Du raised an eyebrow. That's right, he could kill Cha Bai. In order to advance, he killed his own teammate. Bian Du is very strong now. He can be said to be the strongest player in this scenario. He could have killed everyone and cleared the way for Miaham's plan.

Do you think Li Nuo knows you're in danger?

"what would you like?"

"Can you defeat Bahamut?"

Bian Du hesitated. Bahamut comes in various levels. He couldn't handle the strongest one, but he could handle the weaker ones, like Li Nuo's Bahamut.

He was about to speak when Miaham beat him to it and told him a name.

“There’s another creature called Haliclik. He’s noticed you. That’s also an insurance policy that Li Nuo has put in place. You can’t possibly come back unscathed.”

"Cairo aliens?"

"K."

"Li Nuo is well prepared."

The last sentence was spoken by Bian Du. He swore he hadn't thought about these things. Anyway, their goal as a group of "Enders" was to cooperate with Miaham in order to defeat the Demon God, so if they weren't going to cause trouble, they wouldn't.

At this moment, the fire at the sacrificial site was lit.

A group of dark figures appeared around them.

"Those guys from the Northern Undead Asylum seem to be playing with [the Residual Blood]."

"Hahaha, Amuro's got what he deserves."

"It's such a shame that Phil is dead..."

"Bian Du, how did the aptitude test go?"

Suddenly it became quiet.

Because someone came out.

Bian Du wasn't the core of this group of players. A man with long, flowing hair silently walked out. His name was "Puzang," Anmi's old rival.

"The gates of Elden have been opened. Shall we go in search of the Golden Tree or something else?"

While Puzang was speaking, Biandu remained silent. Even though he was more powerful, the leader's position would not change because of this. Puzang was the number one person in the "Corridor of the End" at this stage.

"Just tell me where the Golden Tree of the First Era is. Whether you want to advance or do something else, just remember not to leave my protection zone."

"Mr. Biandu, has the power of Dark Souls been unleashed?"

The white-haired woman beside her said that this woman came from the "Eternal Corridor" and was named "Shirley".

"Yes, mission accomplished."

"Then let the real world be destroyed."

The Second Era connects to the Abyss, which is actually the Border Prison. Miaham releases the aura of the Border Prison here, and the Border Prison goes to the outside world to summon the Supreme Will. It manipulates the Supreme Will to use its authority to transfer the darkness released by Miaham to reality. This is how they destroy the world.

The energy source of the Borderlands Abyss is a chronic virus that will slowly plunge the world into an "environment of despair." By then, the Bulma Merchant Guild may no longer have time to attend to them, and the thing called "destiny" will be firmly in their grasp.

Unless you come here and seal the "well" leading to the border prison.

But Miaham didn't care.

She has sealed off all the passages leading here.

She would be more than happy if Li Nuo could come.

"Oh, right, I'm also planning to marry Li Nuo. You guys need to find a way to bring him over for me. We want to get married under the Golden Tree."

All the players found Miaham's demands disgusting.

Puzang didn't give them a friendly look.

"I'd like to see how he faces the impending destruction of the world. And are you sure he'll even come back?"

Miaham inside the egg chuckled.

"He is the Warrior of Light, he will not give up, our wedding will be very memorable."

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Li Nuo sat on a folding stool as the sky gradually darkened, and a large number of "Fate Correctors" were hidden in the dense black fog.

"It seems... something terrible is coming."

He recalled the information given by Cha Bai: the border... the destruction of the world... the dark fog encroaching on the planet, and the "spying" from outside the World Tree.

If viewed from a different angle, the whole event presents a completely different picture.

The great demon Miaham from hell has returned to the world, protected by a group of "knights." Together, they unleash destructive power upon the world.

Meanwhile, a warrior of light awakens in the shadows.

What a standard savior template.

Li Nuo stood up from the chair, raised his arms towards the black mist in the sky, and stared at the desolate sky.

"Darkness has bared its fangs, the world is crumbling, the dream of the hero awakens in the land of dreams, and now that blue flame will traverse countless distant nights. The world, prepare to welcome the stage for the Warrior of Light! Hahahahahahaha!"

The soldiers hiding behind the ruins searching for the wounded witnessed this scene: a lunatic had set up a plastic chair on the rubble, sat down to drink tea and act all high and mighty, then suddenly stood up and shouted to the sky, "Warrior of Light, hahahahahahaha!"

A brave soldier went out with his gun, ignoring the people around him who tried to stop him. He was probably just a poor man whose head had been smashed.

"Sir, please leave that area. The meteorite just now may only be the beginning of an anomaly!"

Li Nuo heard the voice, turned around and gave the person his signature smile.

"Ah, it was me. I also killed your city lord. I'm a terrorist, arrest me."

The soldiers were stunned.

Li Nuo frowned and said, "If you don't arrest me, I'll kill you all."

To show his determination, he snapped his fingers to the side, causing a sudden explosion on one side of the ruins. He then ripped off Xiao Wu's head and used it as a meteor hammer to charge forward.

This day is known to later generations as the "Battle of Amilasco".

Brave soldiers saved the city, capturing the terrorists who murdered Lord Atkinson and wreaked havoc on the city.

Li Nuo and Xiao Wu are about to be taken to the prison set up by Bayer Kinworth in the Northern Cold Rift Valley, where they will spend the rest of their lives.

Before being taken to prison, Li Nuo gave everyone his final instructions.

The idiot couple and Amuro stole his and Mai's equipment, and gave the doll's hard drive to Marger.

Cha Bai went to the player in the "Death Corridor" to ask for a [Special Cursed Blood Gem] to upgrade his [Cursed Blood Gem].

Go to the "Corridor of the Sky" and the "Corridor of the End" in the Undead Asylum to find quests that can activate "characteristic values". After that, Nanami, Blood Emperor, Chen Shou and Cha Bai go to complete those quests that reward "characteristic values".

As for the rest, everyone can do whatever they want.

Linus Torvalds would not concern himself with what happened next until January 2, 1888.

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1888 years.

1 month 2 day.

The courtroom.

Li Nuo clapped his hands: "The story ends here."

Xiao Wu covered her head and complained helplessly, "So this is how we were arrested and imprisoned as terrorists..."

Blackie and the others were dumbfounded. As bystanders, they really didn't expect Li Nuo to close the loop on the matter of "being imprisoned for terrorist attacks" in this way.

"I have something bad to tell you."

As a hunter who is active on the front lines year-round, Lenny always remains calm.

“I just checked some information. On the day you were captured, black mist rose from the continent of Pumeru, starting from the ruins of Yharnam. In less than half a month, the southern continent of Pumeru was eroded by the black mist and turned into a forbidden zone for life. The number of displaced people reached tens of millions, and the death toll was incalculable. I think these things are related to Miaham. However, according to the information, in the past half month, various organizations have tried to enter Yharnam to explore the truth, but it has become a huge dreamland. Once you go in, you can't come out.”

Her throat was a little dry, she paused for a moment, and then continued.

"Unless we can enter the great labyrinth where Miaham disappeared, but there's no way to do that right now..."

“Who said there isn’t?” Li Nuo interrupted.

"What method? Just because you're the Warrior of Light?" Blackie said.

“Wrong.” Li Nuo pointed at Blackie: “From now on, I am the Warrior of Light, and so are you.” Then his finger slid over everyone, including the fishman brother: “You are all.”

Zuo Jing, the man behind the fishman, and that group of wealthy businessmen wanted to see how Li Nuo would break the deadlock.

Then we saw Li Nuo's finger finally stop on Adam.

"Ha, I knew it." Adam laughed with a look of utter despair.

“Except for you, Adam,” Li Nuo said, “from now on, you are Fenrir, using those charlatans of the Healing Church to open the Great Labyrinth.”

It's worth noting that although Li Nuo is a bit of a rascal, he can actually produce some useful information. For example, the way the Great Maze opened on January 5th was because Fenrir used a solar eclipse to sacrifice himself to the Healing Church and forcibly open the entrance to the Great Maze.

And here, the only one who can play someone else is Adam.

Now that the story has progressed to this point, everyone can leave the room. Adam only needs to use his exclusive "Demon King's Professional Certificate" to impersonate Fenrir.

Adam sneered: "To be honest, I'd like to ask what benefits I'll get."

Li Nuo said, "Do you want to become the strongest player in 'Endless Corridor' at this stage?"

Adam: "...I think."

Li Nuo: "Then prepare for the final battle."

Xiao Wu sneered: "Damn pyramid scheme."

(End of this chapter)