As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 17 Fear, fear, fear

A military three-wheeled motorcycle, referred to as a three-wheeled motorcycle, was driving on a wasteland.

Chen Shou, male, 24 years old.

He is 181 centimeters tall and weighs 222 pounds. He is a professional designer and single.

As a player in Endless Corridor, he has experienced two formal plot missions, cleared once and failed once.

Already on the verge of bankruptcy.

Now, he's going through his third script.

At this time, Chen Shou was sitting in the back seat of Sanbengzi, and his round body fit into the seat.

As the wheel rolled on the fine gravel, the plump facial flesh was beating like an elf.

"I said..." Chen Shou squinted his eyes and asked, "Well, Director Tong, right...you knew there was a car available when you came up, right?"

Li Nuo, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around and said, "Yes, if a large army is going to the factory, it will definitely not be able to transport so many people, but if the players are determined not to rely on the resistance, they can definitely find a reason to get a three-bouncer." Son, my target is actually the abandoned car placed in the corner of the camp, but considering that the terrain around here is not suitable for a four-wheel family car, I have to make do with it."

This guy... is so strange.

The main reason why Chen Shou followed Li Nuo was because he heard him say that he had a "hidden mission."

His unreasonable plan for how to use the gold coins resulted in no surplus food in his hand.

So, take the risk.

But this three-bouncer... is unreasonable.

"Oh, by the way, don't call me Director Tong. It's too troublesome." Li Nuo smiled and said, "My name is Li Nuo."

It must be a fake name, Chen Shou thought, and then heard a "hum" from the driver.

"Marger."

"Yeah...nice to meet you two." Chen Shou nodded.

In this way, a guy holding a folding stool, a guy wearing a Doraemon mask, and an honest fat man formed a temporary RPG-style expedition team...

Sanbengzi carried them and drove on the devastated land.

The world of "NieR Automata" is a wasteland.

Unlike the polluted wastelands produced after nuclear explosions, the landscape here has returned to nature's most primitive appearance.

Only those high-rise buildings that seem to be about to collapse but still stand tenaciously on the grass convey that civilization once existed here.

The world in "Endless Corridor" is no longer a 3D model, but a restoration of the real picture. Compared with the gloomy abandoned house during the screening of newcomers, the look and feel brought by nature is more shocking.

But in this deserted city, there is only silence, depression and loneliness.

Compared with ten thousand years ago, the current owners of the city are a group of robots. They are called mechanical lifeforms. They are Android-shaped robots that look cute and silly, giving people a slightly brainless look.

On July 5012, 7 AD, aliens invaded the earth.

In AD 5024, aliens occupied the North and South American continents belonging to the "Land of Night". At the same time, they created and launched new weapons "mechanical life forms".

In AD 11306, aliens were reversed to extinction due to the invasion of [mechanical life forms].

As the time goes.

In the year 11942 AD, the current owners of the earth have become these mechanical life forms. They have developed the ability to think and imitate, and are the only inheritors of human civilization.

They imitate human behavior, human lifestyle, human thinking and philosophy.

Even religions, families, and nations developed.

In this abandoned city.

Under the low wall covered with plants, a mechanical life form fell to the ground.

It is approaching the end of its life due to the influence of strange phenomena, and its "brother" is anxiously looking for a way to save it.

[Save you—I will save you. ]
The mechanical life form as the "younger brother" carried the bucket and jumped towards the water source.

[Water source - I want to find a water source - water - drinking water can extend your life...]
Boom!
A speeding three-wheeler knocked it away!

"I think I hit something just now..." Chen Shouxu, who was sitting in the back seat, looked at Marjie, who was driving the car, and Li Nuo, who was sitting in the passenger's seat.

"Marjie, be careful when driving...this car has no shock absorbers." Li Nuo reminded.

"Humph, there are no traffic lights."

Li Nuo took a notebook and wrote down a piece of information: Mechanical life forms can be killed by cars, so the enemies in the current world are temporarily classified as "realistic".

Chen Shou asked at this time: "Uh...where are we going?"

"It has been more than six minutes and 20 seconds since we set off, and we should have entered the area where the resistance army said the Yorha troops disappeared." Li Nuo glanced around and said at the same time: "Compared with the game, the world here is very different. ah."

Marger said: "Nonsense, if the barriers between reality and virtuality are broken down, what will finally be presented to us is the real world, and reality will not be a small garden-type game structure."

Li Nuo looked around silently.

The way the scene was destroyed felt new, as if a fierce battle had occurred in this area not long ago.

"Humph--!!!"

Suddenly Marjie stepped on the brakes, and Li Nuo almost got his shit.

"There is something." Marger warned. Following his gaze, he could see a human hand hanging out in the thick grass not far away.

After they got out of the car, they found that it was an artificial man with severe damage to the whole body.

He was wearing a resistance uniform, with both legs and left arm twisted in reverse, and a gap opened in his ribs, revealing the mechanical structure inside.

There was a satchel lying nearby. Li Nuo frowned and was about to pick it up when he heard the system's voice:
[The side quest has been triggered]

【Rescue the injured】

[Task level: lv15]

[Task reward: 1200 experience points, random card X1] "Are there any side tasks?" Li Nuo touched his chin.

"Yeah... I didn't expect that side missions can still give experience points." Marger agreed.

Chen Shou said in surprise: "Have you never encountered this in previous plot missions?"

Li Nuo replied: "Didn't I tell you when I was in the camp? This is my first script task."

Chen Shou was stunned: Didn't he lie just now?

Li Nuo squatted next to the resistance army and observed carefully.

Chen Shou also came over to take a look: "Wow...it's all a mechanical structure?"

"Artificial beings have all the organs of humans, but they still operate mechanically." Li Nuo pointed to the pools of blood on the ground and said, "For example, their blood is actually a kind of coolant."

With that said, Li Nuo dipped his thumb into the blood that had not yet dried on the ground, smelled it, and licked it again.

"It's definitely not blood."

"You...there is no need to verify this..." Chen Shou said with empty eyes.

"Brother Thin, only by staying curious about everything can you have a deeper understanding of everything. For example." Li Nuo picked up a stone and said, "For example..."

Li Nuo stood up and jumped a few times.

"Hey... what are you doing?" Chen Shou looked at Li Nuo and conveyed a message, this kid must be careless.

Li Nuo smiled and said: "For example, the system's backpack filling limit will not affect the activities."

He put the stone in his backpack.

Li Nuo suddenly felt a force of gravity, like an invisible big hand pressing down on his shoulder. With a thud, he knelt on the ground!
"God..." Chen Shou sighed as he pressed his forehead. He felt that his facial muscles were twitching.

"Look, the consequence of exceeding the backpack limit is that you can't move. It's impossible to know this without practicing it."

Chen Shou was speechless and choked, and squeezed out a few words from his mouth with a look of helplessness: "Be taught... shall we continue the mission?"

"okay."

Li Nuo took out a sack from the inventory box in Santengzi, which contained the "supplies" he had collected in the camp before leaving.

He took out a dark green military kettle filled with water and poured the water into the mouth of the artificial man.

"The only source of energy for androids is water. As long as there is water, the core furnace of the androids can keep running." Li Nuo tightened the cap of the kettle and said, "In the animation and comics of "NieR Automata", there are related information."

"Isn't that awesome?" Chen Shou said, actually admiring Li Nuo's understanding of such trivial knowledge.

"Hmph, the androids of the Yorha Force are even more powerful. They can produce water through their body cavities and are self-sufficient." Marjie said. When he mentioned the [Yoroha Force], Chen Shou always felt like Doraemon for some reason. There are waves of wretchedness revealed under the mask.

Does [Yorha Force] have any special meaning?

At this moment, the resistance soldier suddenly opened his eyes, and his only movable hand suddenly grabbed Li Nuo's collar.

"There's something wrong with this world..."

Li Nuo: "Huh?"

The artificial man suddenly shouted hysterically like a madman:

"There is a problem in this world... There is a problem, there is a problem, there is a problem!!!"

"Ah! Hahaha, haha...hahahaha, hahahahahaha!!!"

"I am free!!!"

Marjie frowned and pulled the startled Chen Shou back a step.

Even though the artificial man could no longer move, the ferocious look on his face was telling everyone that he had lost his mind.

"Fear."

"so afraid."

"Scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared, scared."

"Hey, Li Nuo..." Chen Shou called.

When he wanted to go over and pull Li Nuo.

But Li Nuo picked up a stone from the ground and slammed it into the artificial man's face.

again and again.

Don't give the other party a chance to breathe.

Afraid of killing someone.

So he threw the stone.

"Are you afraid?"

Then he hit the Resistance Army's head with his fist again and again, the screams were endless, and the scene was horrific...

"You won't be afraid when you faint."

Li Nuo didn't stop until he confirmed that the resistance army was completely silent.

The two people at the back watched Li Nuo's unconscionable violence without saying a word.

Among them, Chen Shou's face had turned slightly pale. Li Nuo's first impression of him was that of a man of the same age who had strong curiosity but a decent manner of speaking. But at the moment, he only had three thoughts.

Where did this lunatic come from...

What on earth is this madman going to do...

Shouldn't I be here...

(End of this chapter)