As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 824 Final Battle
Miaham hung up the call.

She pulled out her heart, took out something that looked like a chip, and crushed it. This thing was a "device" used to communicate with Bian Du and the others.

"What's wrong with all of you?"

Miaham looked at Li Nuo in the incubation chamber and scratched his lips in confusion.

"I think you can hear me now. Let me tell you something that concerns you."

She started talking.

"When Puzang and the others approached me, my premise for cooperating with them was that I believed that even if they broke through some kind of limitation, they wouldn't be stronger than those people from before. I'm referring to the current Demon God Galdella and the people around him, including a guy named Karl Elimond. That guy was really powerful, but I still won our first encounter. But things changed later."

“If Puzang and the others had that potential, I would definitely kill them first.”

“But I really didn’t expect that you would show me the shadow of ‘Galdella’. What a miscalculation…”

Miaham sat on the ground, hugging his knees, and looked at Li Nuo with a smile.

"If you become stronger, if you break through that barrier that belongs to you otherworldly travelers, you will be able to kill me, this great demon who has lost half of my power. That's what you think, right? But, Li Nuo, the world is very vast, and my power is far more terrifying than you can imagine."

"You are still not good enough..."

"But I'm still looking forward to seeing what you'll become."

"do not let me down."

……

Quasimodo lay sprawled out, his body covered in cracks.

【Steel Skin】is his self-defense mechanism. When fighting, the high temperature inside his body can be used to shape his body into various forms. When defending, this ability ensures that conventional offensive methods cannot cause effective damage.

"Not appropriate."

Quasimodo shook his head almost imperceptibly.

His physique had reached a high level of 900 points, which was very close to the four-digit level of a god, but the cracks on his body proved that his defenses had been broken by Cha Bai's bare-handed punch.

The moment just now proved that Cha Bai had advanced, but even so, Quasimodo still couldn't understand why he had advanced earlier.

He suddenly sat up: "No...no!"

At this moment, a memory awakens in my mind.

Once upon a time, a high-level player told them that being above the required level was not an insurmountable barrier; only after breaking through the level could one experience the despair of being unable to challenge anything.

"That sentence means..."

Quasimodo understood.

They initially thought the statement referred to the gap between advanced and non-advanced players, but it actually broadly refers to the gap between advanced players.

Only at this moment did Quasimodo realize the malice of the player "The Riddler".

He looked at his rough palms, blood seeping from the cracks in his palms, his life slipping away.

My vision was gradually being eroded by a beam of light.

Cha Bai unleashed a [Demon God's Breath] from afar, engulfing him in a torrent of blue energy.

"Has the power increased...?"

The tea leaves floated in mid-air.

She observed the power of the skill and used Quasimodo to experiment with the improvement of her own abilities. As long as she made these preliminary records and passed them on to Li Nuo, she could save him time in his own experiments and make it easier for him to deal with Miaham immediately.

Final Thoughts

The positive feedback from the attribute value is similar to the slow increase period between 300 and 420.

The value exceeding 1000 provides the greatest feedback on control.

for example.

She can now use levitation magic at will. This phenomenon is not simply due to an increase in magic power. It's as if someone has suddenly become enlightened and knows how to use a huge amount of magic power to operate most efficiently.

Give another example.

Cha Bai used to be bad at speaking "chuunibyou" (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), which gave Marjie, her teacher in this area, a lot of headaches. Until one day, she read a manga called "I Am Sakamoto, I'm the Coolest," and suddenly she could speak chuunibyou fluently.

This is enlightenment.

Changes in physical constitution are reflected in the protective shield on the outer layer of the skin.

This shield is present to all players with high stats; it's a hidden ability, similar to how humans learn to walk at a certain age without knowing how—it's a natural phenomenon.

Strength and reaction can be categorized into the same type.

The explosive power of the muscles reflected in the body is something that Cha Bai doesn't know how to describe.

It's like... a certain flame hidden in the soul suddenly explodes, and for every 100 points the value increases, the data is further enhanced.

and so……

In reality, the increase in values ​​exceeding 1,000 actually refers to an increase in bioenergy.

Or, it could be called, soul strength.

Once you understand this, you'll understand why players have to become "dead" first.

The answer is the soul.

In summary.

When players break through levels, they are actually breaking through the firewall of the "World Tree" and gaining power outside the "World Tree".

This means that the World Tree's numerical calculations have completely collapsed.

The thousands of values ​​indicate that it cannot effectively calculate the specific strength of players at this stage.

Instead, there are "latent capabilities" with numerical values ​​as the dividing line.

in conclusion:

After breaking through a level, players no longer have the concept of levels, all abilities are basically fixed, and there are only two ways to improve further.

First, I hope that, like Zhang Wuji, I'll fall into a valley and be given a secret manual by a white ape.

Second, diligently accumulate "characteristic values".

But Cha Bai prefers one last approach: to experience and create for oneself.

In other words, at this stage, players need to shift from the leveling-up style of ARPGs to the action-oriented style of ACTs.

After figuring these things out.

Cha Bai's love-struck mind started acting up.

"Li Nuo is doomed..."

Yes... Li Nuo is doomed.

He has low blood volume.

Everyone else is playing high-speed action games, but he wants to play high-speed Mario.

But no matter what, we still need to eliminate Quasimodo first before talking about anything else.

Just as she took a step, her pupils suddenly contracted.

"Why...why am I thinking about this at such a crucial time...Oh no!"

Before Quasimodo stood a gate made of flesh and blood, torn open in the middle by the [Demon's Breath]. He was panting heavily behind the gate, with only half of his body remaining, his body practically shattered. If Cha Bai hadn't hesitated to continue firing from a distance, he would have been dead for sure.

So Cha Bai was wondering why he had suddenly become so stupid.

It's the Focuser... Quasimodo's lips trembled as he activated the Focuser ability.

"I see." Cha Bai learned something new: "Even with the increased stats, there's still no way to effectively resist mechanic-based abilities."

This is very important.

This means that in the future when facing Schaffarel, Cha Bai will still be the most important piece.

Quasimodo's body turned to ashes and reformed into a terrifying human face, huge and dark, twisted and sorrowful.

This is his final ability as the Focuser: to play the protagonist of the world.

This world is the Elden Ring.

There are many, many people who could be protagonists here: the Faded Ones, various divine beings, Marika of the Golden Law, and even that effeminate man.

But the protagonist played by Quasimodo is "Golden" Godwin, who only exists in documents and dialogues in "The Ring of the Elden" and has never actually appeared.

In the world of Elden Ring, the whims of the Supreme Will created the Golden Law, and the chosen sorceress Marika defeated Queen Twilight, successfully establishing the Golden Law Dynasty.

The Golden Law has a successor, namely Queen Marika's eldest prince.

George Gertrude.

Golden Gerdwin is incredibly powerful and possesses great personal charisma.

He is the chosen one to be the next King of Elden.

But there was no other way; his mother and his half-sister were rebelling against the rule of the supreme will.

At this point, a demigod must be sacrificed to create a bug.

In fact, their supreme will had long forgotten about this place.

As a result, his sister, who was pathologically arrogant, changed her plans at the last minute. After stabbing him, she stabbed herself, abandoning her physical body to become a soul and possessing the puppet.

The once handsome body of Godwin, left beneath the roots of the golden tree, became twisted and grotesque.

Strictly speaking, according to the game text, Godwin should be the strongest demigod in Elden Ring, equivalent to Dong Zhuo having a son named Lü Bu, but this Lü Bu is particularly loyal and obedient, intelligent, and has a charismatic personality.

Quasimodo is the one who got this guy out.

His enormous, terrifying face rapidly shrank, reverting to Godwin's original form.

With long golden hair and eyes, a handsome face, and a tall, muscular build, he was a perfect man, except for the fact that he wasn't wearing any clothes.

With a wave of his hand, Godwin summoned a golden suit of armor for himself to wear.

Cha Bai really wanted to ask him if his underwear was made of gold.

Quasimodo still possesses his own will; Godwin is like a Gundam to him, and he is the Federation pilot sitting inside it.

But the problem is, this Gundam has its own consciousness.

—"Become the King of Elden and reshape the Golden Law."

But the Golden Law has vanished, and the end of the First Age is marked by the Law of the Stars.

There is only one way for Godwin to achieve his goal.

Head to the "Gate of God".

Quasimodo was willing to cooperate with him, after all, compared to the unknown dangers of the "Gate of God", Cha Bai was in greater danger.

In Li Nuo's words, Cha Bai is now a Tibetan Mastiff capable of sinking an aircraft carrier.

She possesses an eerie power.

Quasimodo didn't want to fight her, but his hostility towards Cha Bai affected Goldwin.

then.

Golden light shone brightly in this space.

"Why are there Outer Gods here?"

When Goldwin's voice appeared, he had already teleported himself above Cha Bai. The strongest man of the Golden Dynasty held a giant golden hammer in his hand and smashed it down!
A flash of golden light, and the void shattered.

Cha Bai appeared in the distance, [instant teleportation].

Goldwin stood there, his tall body the only thing missing was his head.

He slowly raised the giant golden hammer in his hand, his head beneath it, already shattered into ashes.

Tea-white fingers twitched.

"[Spatial Displacement] has been enhanced."

In that brief moment, she casually tossed a chip on the ground, swapping it with Goldwin's head, causing Goldwin to ultimately smash his own skull.

Cha Bai raised his hand, his right palm facing Goldman, his fingertips pointing towards Goldman's heart.

The next step will be to exchange the heart and Cha Bai's own robotic arm.

"amazing……"

The gray mist condensed into a head, and Goldwin, with his head growing back, glared at the formidable enemy who had invaded this place.

This guy is the strongest being in the world of Elden, and even the most terrifying creation of a god in three eras. The only thing that can kill him is [Destined Death].

Goldwin is far superior to players at level 99.

But he is no match for the current Cha Bai.

Quasimodo was aware of all this. He tried to control Godwin's mind while inside Godwin's body, and at the very moment that Cha Bai was about to successfully exchange, he successfully suppressed Godwin's fighting spirit.

"Let's go first, and become gods!"

Quasimodo roared in Godwin's voice.

He suddenly disappeared right under Cha Bai's eyelids.

[Side Quest Triggered: Gate of God]

[Quest Reward: 15 Trait Points, Elden's Soul]

[Mission Details: Godwin wants to become a god, but many unexpected events will occur at the "Gate of God" that will prevent him from achieving godhood.]

[Task Difficulty: lv100]

[Note: After a player reaches a certain level, the difficulty calculation method remains the same as before.]

In other words... if Cha Bai doesn't advance, this will be a very difficult task with a level close to 200.

However, the style suddenly changed.

[Task Difficulty: lv200]

Cha Bai's eyes were startled.

Why is it the highest level...? She immediately opened the quest panel and scrolled down, finding the quest related to Miaham.

[Side Quest Triggered: Cainhearst's Archaeological Finds] [Quest Difficulty: lv200]

Even with advanced levels, killing Miaham remains "unachievable".

The sudden increase in difficulty of the "Gate of God" quest may be related to Miaham's desire to exploit the "Gate of God".

Cha Bai opened a spatial portal and left this place.

She had memorized the magical forms of Goldwin and Quasimodo. Each powerful being had their own unique "magical factor," just like a scent. Only a great magician could distinguish the differences between them. Cha Bai could use that thing to track Goldwin.

"Nana Mi".

"Ok?"

The battle between Nanami and Keiko has ended. Keiko is dead, and Nanami stands unharmed on the desolate land of time and space.

"You've advanced too?"

The mentally challenged Nanami hasn't realized that everyone else has advanced.

She was still thinking about saving Cha Bai.

"Something serious has happened."

Cha Bai grabbed Nanami's shoulder, and just as she was about to open the spatial portal to leave, Xiao Wu completed her advanced skill reset process, using the Dragon King's heart to erase this area from history, and the three women were teleported out together.

The three had just returned to the outskirts of Sky City when they saw that the island whale had disappeared.

The man named Bian Du, covered in blood, fell into the sea.

Bian Du saw Cha Bai and gave a rather awkward smile: "Although we're rivals... but run! We'll settle this in the next scenario!"

This guy conjured a magnetic levitation jet device on his back and blasted himself out of the sea of ​​clouds with a loud bang.

Xiao Wu: "His clothes still have poop on them."

Cha Bai looked up in the direction he had fallen and saw Malje chasing after him.

"What is this...?" Cha Bai covered her mouth to hide her surprise.

"So cute..." Nanami blushed.

"What the hell?" Xiao Wu squinted.

Marger: "Wow—!"

This guy acquired the [Great Evil God Form] and became a pure-blooded evil god that fits their worldview.

as the picture shows.

The skull is "Emil's wagon," and has become an integral part of him.

Marger has become a ghost with pixelated outlines.

The white cloth is a variation of the white coat.

If you lift this white cloth, you'll find a dog inside; this dog is the true form of Marger.

Emil's wagon is decorated with a skull because Emil was originally a human.

This is a very unusual combination, mainly because it is as tall as a skyscraper, at least over a hundred meters high, so it wouldn't be a problem to find a character in a tokusatsu film.

"shield!"

Nanami shouted and transformed her shield into a semi-transparent circular platform with a radius of over thirty meters, which was then suspended in mid-air.

The three women landed on the platform and then heard...

[Side quest triggered: The Power of the Great Evil God]

[Task Difficulty: lv100]

[Mission Reward: Marger]

[Mission Details: Mr. Marger has gone mad during his advancement. Defeat this evil life form from outer space and protect world peace!]

"What is all this?!" Nanami was devastated. "Why would I like him...?"

Cha Bai patted her shoulder and comforted her, "I used to have these feelings for Li Nuo too, you'll get used to it."

"This isn't a matter of habit! Does Li Nuo play with shit? Would Li Nuo really become something like this?"

Marger suddenly stopped in mid-air, and mechanical life forms squeezed out of his huge white cloak. These little guys flew out of his white coat like bacteria, and in a few seconds, they had covered the sky.

The mechanical lifeforms roared, "Kill them, damn it, you witchers!"

The most terrifying thing is that tens of thousands of mechanical lifeforms each hold a lump of excrement in their hands.

"I'll leave it to you two."

As Cha Bai spoke, he parted the air with his hand, opened a spatial door, and stepped directly inside with his long legs, disappearing from sight.

She went directly into the shadowy land beneath the golden tree.

The "Gate of God" is right here.

Miaham is here too.

Li Nuo is also here.

Cha Bai's goal is not to save Li Nuo. She must remain calm now. Instead of trying to save Li Nuo out of love, she should directly destroy the "Gate of God" and ruin Miaham's final plan.

As far as the eye can see, the city that houses the gates of the gods can be seen in the distance.

[Instant Teleport] cooldown is over.

Cha Bai used this move, but there was no reaction.

She realized it wasn't just a simple cooling effect.

Rather, this place has a magical content exceeding the intensity of the "Border Prison Script," making it impossible to travel that far in an instant.

"Flying."

She instinctively summoned her hammer, only to remember that her [Zero-Type Axe Hammer] was broken. So she summoned the [Wardrobe], changed into the [YoYa Space Combat Suit], and, with levitation magic rising from her feet, flew like a Saiyan towards the dilapidated city where the Gate of God was located.

The tea-white light streaked across the sky like a streak of light, trailing behind it a sonic boom cloud that tore through the air. Wherever it passed, the shockwaves stirred up clouds of dust from the trees below.

Amidst the smoke and dust, a portal appeared in the forest.

The old man came out of the door.

"That little girl seems to have just flown past."

Behind him is Peters.

"right here."

Peters is carrying a woman on his back; she's the girl in black stockings who caught him with a Poké Ball during the Great Labyrinth era.

"Wake up."

Peters shakes the girl in black stockings.

The black-stockinged girl's soul was in the body of a monster in the second era. Peters asked to rescue her, and the old man came for Li Nuo.

But the girl in black stockings discovered something else that was hidden.

"It should be... I remember..."

The girl in black stockings jumped off Peters' back and looked around.

"When I was residing in the monster's body, I clearly sensed that the monster had a cognition in its mind... The Gate of God and the Well of the Borderlands, one of them will change the world."

Like the Gates of the Border Prison, the Well of the Border Prison is a connection to the Border Prison. The difference is that once the well is opened, it cannot be closed. Black Silk Girl did not know this; only the old man and Peters knew it because they had heard similar descriptions from scholars.

Peters was very clever. He knew the cause and effect of everything and could naturally deduce that the enemy that Li Nuo and his group were facing had multiple preparations, but the most troublesome one was probably this Border Prison Well that could not be eliminated.

Therefore, Peters deduced that the opening of the well must be related to Miaham, and that this matter was also related to the fact that the continent of Pumeru was now being corrupted by dark energy. Miaham's purpose might be to use the energy of the border prison to create some benefits for himself.

After all, he is a great demon from the border prison, so it's normal for him to have multiple backup plans.

"Can you find a specific direction?"

Peters asked.

The girl in black stockings took off her stockings in public, stretched the sheer stockings in front of her eyes, and saw a road through the mottled black fabric.

“My stockings have the ability to find dangerous things… but they always find things that are particularly dangerous, so I dare not use them. You two have to protect me.”

The old man walked towards that direction with his hands behind his back.

"Walk."

Peters picked up the girl in black stockings and carried her on his shoulder.

"Walk."

The girl in black stockings blushed.

"Wait! Why do we have to go to such a dangerous place!"

"Fool, who is it that allows you, me, and this old man to enjoy our current comfort?"

Peters left his words at that.

They came here for only one purpose: to help Li Nuo and his gang guard the back door.

……

at the same time.

Spiral air currents appeared in the sky closest to the Gate of God.

Zaku burst out of this airflow.

Not long ago, Bayer Kinworth's army attacked the great cave beneath Yharnam, with the Bulma Merchant Guild cooperating with them. They quickly broke through the Great Labyrinth of the First Age, but they were still unable to find a way to shut down the black mist that was eroding the world.

The people at Bayer Kinworth calculated the problem in a very short time.

First, the Supreme Will appeared in space, breaking the seal beneath Yharnam and completely connecting the dreams of the three eras.

Then, the continuous black mist comes from the "Border Prison," but in each era, there are spacetime rifts that transmit the energy of the Border Prison. Even if it is sealed, it is useless. So the problem must have come from the first era.

Finally, the problem can be solved by simply severing the throat of the First Era, that is, by killing the Great Demon Miaham.

Without the help of the Black Sister in the courtroom, Bayer Kinworth and the Bulma Chamber of Commerce would never have been able to get involved in any of these matters.

To directly enter Elden in the First Age, one needs to traverse many worlds connected by dreams.

Only Zaku made it through.

"Already arrived!"

Chen Shou shouted in the cabin.

"Aita, that's amazing! This is the power of a god!"

Aita sat on Zaku's shoulder, her entire body engulfed in flames of interwoven blue and white. She had also advanced through the [Chip: Learning Device].

She was originally one of the gods in the Ys world. After her ascension, her strongest attribute is spiritual power, which has reached over 3000.

"The magic of the Black Pearl is, after all, something that transcends time... It's not difficult to traverse through a bunch of dreams."

Only Amuro ran off to save people from suffering in a certain dream.

Aita opened her eyes, her pupils emitting a strong blue light.

"Miss Chabai is here too... and... there's an enemy attack!"

A golden light suddenly brushed past Zagu.

Goldwyn, in his golden form, also appeared in the air.

The moment the mission "[God's Gate]" was triggered, Zaku drew his tactical sniper rifle. Facing the fast-moving and untargetable Godwin, Chen Shou used "Nobita's Shooting Technique" the instant he pulled the trigger.

Boom!
The bullet followed and struck Goldwin.

"You guys..."

The sound came from Quasimodo inside.

The next second, a flash of red light appeared, and Pippen transformed into Adol, standing atop Goldwin, his longsword gleaming.

The two sides clashed.

Chen Shou wanted to help Pippen, but a voice rang out in the cabin.

"Go to the Gate of God."

Wells sat in the co-pilot's seat in the cockpit.

"Leave the capable ones to the capable people, and let us accomplish the great feat of changing the world."

Chen Shou's brows furrowed in anxiety.

"But……"

Wells took out a cigar and bit it with his white front teeth.

"I will become the King of Elden."

……

Miaham failed to notice Wells's presence.

But she sensed the others.

Grandpa, Peters, Cha Bai, the idiot couple, Zaku, Goldwin, Cassius, and Xiao Wu, Nanami, and Marje outside the Shadowlands, as well as a few players loyal to the Great Demon.

Miaham knocked on the glass wall of the incubation chamber where Li Nuo was located.

"All the finalists are here, it's time for you to come out too."

……

In the Shadowlands, in a deserted forest.

A spatial hole appeared in the grassland.

Clinging to the hole with both hands, he crawled out of it in a disheveled state.

"This is really difficult... I can't fly."

The man who came out was a shady businessman.

(End of this chapter)