As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 525 The First Stop of the Journey Must Be Getting Lost
The truck was driving on the plain. The driver was a dog. Li Nuo was sitting in the truck with the book he got from Jimmy No. 1 in his hand.

Three hours had passed since we set out from that town.

Li Nuo looked at everything there was to see.

The world is very large, almost twice as large as the Earth he thought it was.

The Obsidian Kingdom is 7,000 kilometers in a circle. There are twelve large cities and several small cities in the country. The main task requires to circle the country and return to the starting point within one month. It seems to be a good plan, but in fact, including the time spent on the "mission points" along the way, it is exactly one month.

Of course, Li Nuo and his team had no intention of completing the main mission.

The penalty for failure is not severe. Isn’t it just the system telling players that they can put the main storyline aside for now?

This shows that the key to the plot is the side quests.

Saving Jimmy No. 1's fate is their current "main line". No matter what, this branch line gives too much and cannot be abandoned.

However, for the sake of caution, Li Nuo decided to use a prop to verify which option is better.

He took out a cube-shaped box from the bag around his waist.

[Divination Card Box: This is a divination device used when you don't know what is good. It can use three cards to tell you your future (usually bad)]

One of the usable props left by Doraemon, also known as the fortune-telling box.

Believe in the child-rearing robots of the 22nd century, whose tools can destroy the world if they are serious.

Tell the box what you want to divine, and it will display three picture cards as explanation prompts.

"Complete the Pilgrim's main quest."

After Li Nuo asked, three photos fell out of the square box.

In the first photo, he was sitting in the carriage with a sad face.

In the second photo, he is sitting in front of his own tombstone with a sad face.

The third one only has a string of numbers: 10w.

"The rewards from the main storyline left me devastated. I probably only got 10 experience points in the end..."

Li Nuo speculated so, and then wanted to ask the answer to the branch line.

The small box suddenly started to smoke.

"The harvest is so great that it doesn't count?"

Anyone who can comfort themselves like this is crazy.

He licked his lips, determined to do his best to find the branch quest, and continued reading, because knowledge is power.

This time Li Nuo did not guess the correct answer. The divination machine was damaged because the future was really overloaded, and the years it affected lasted for more than ten thousand years.

Cha Bai came over, took the book from his hand, and looked at it in front of his eyes.

“Are you looking at the world?”

"You have to know the technological level of this country."

Li Nuo glanced at the city photos on the pages of the book in Cha Bai's hand. The scenery here is a mixture of modern technology and products of the retro era. The small town where they started from retains its original natural architectural form. The big city is full of high-rise buildings, steel bars and guided machines. The two cities, which are several miles apart, seem to be separated by several centuries to the naked eye. This is the basic structure of a fantasy world.

Since this is a world with technological advancement, there are airplanes, railways, and long-distance transportation. Players don't have to worry about distance when doing things. What they need to care about is the strength of the world.

Even so, Cha Bai was still curious about one thing.

"Why did you run away from that village so honestly?"

Cha Bai put down the book in his hand and looked at him.

"That mayor is ridiculously powerful. Who knows how many powerful guys are hiding in the town? Besides, we have to go back. We can just rob the town before leaving. There is no need to do it there now."

Li Nuo gave an explanation.

In fact, he still felt that the mayor was quite powerful, and the strength of the "Border Prison" level was still unknown. His own personality made him prone to trouble, so he chose to leave for the sake of caution.

According to a book, although the Obsidian Kingdom has not had a war for many years, it had a war with something called "evil" in the border area a hundred years ago. After that battle, the country lost a large number of combat talents, and issued a decree to train "pilgrims" and "mercenaries". Becoming a warrior to help the country and earning bounties became one of the means for poor families to cross classes. The town where the player appears is one of them.

Therefore, you never know for sure if some ordinary villager wielding a pitchfork can use the "Demon Explosion Slash", so it is always better to be careful when walking in this world.

As a result, the situation emerged that Li Nuo and his friends would rather drive than use flying units. It was said that there were a large number of artificial guidance machines in the sky above the country's territory, which were specifically designed to intercept unofficial flying vehicles, so driving became the best solution for traveling.

"but……"

Cha Bai stuck his head out of the small window of the carriage, his turquoise eyes reflected the green of the clear sky.

She smiled coldly but calmly.

“It’s beautiful here.”

The dirt road was bumpy and the cargo box was shaking a little.

Li Nuo looked at her figure, thinking that there were no enemies, no unsolvable crises, and no terrible punishments in this script, so he leaned back in his chair, raised his hand to lower the brim of his hat, and closed his eyes to rest.

"Yeah, it's beautiful..."

The truck's wheels rolled over the grass. The vehicle had a high-speed propulsion device and arrived at their first mission point in the evening.

……

According to the [Guidance Map], the first ring of the side quest to find the gear is near a dense forest city on the border of the country.

Li Nuo got off the bus and took a book, reading: "In the Misty Forest, a lighthouse will appear at night. It is said that ghosts roam in it."

He closed the book and looked at the forest in front of him, which was so dense that even the setting sun could not penetrate it, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Exorcising evil spirits is his specialty.

behind,

Maljie was using his dog paws to repair the truck. Just now they bumped into a monster disguised as a rock. That guy was as hard as Chabai and had damaged the front of the truck.

"It doesn't matter if it can't be repaired. It's hard to drive this broken car in anyway."

Maljie looked at him with contempt, which meant: Don't underestimate Emile, go and pack your equipment.

Li Nuo didn't want to pack his equipment at all, nor did he plan to enter the dense forest. He wanted to set fire to the forest directly.

There is nothing that a fire can't solve.

Li Nuo summoned Cuihua.

"Go take a walk in the woods."

"Why don't you just let me burn down the forest?"

Cuihua opened her mouth wide, indicating that she wanted the reward first.

Li Nuo grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and stuffed it into Cuihua's mouth.

Cuihua licked her "lips" and the flame of fighting spirit suddenly ignited.

"I'll be right back~!"

I have to explain here that Cuihua is not a trash can. What it actually absorbs when it eats is the "magic factor" in the food and converts it into nutrients. This world is rich in "magic factor". It eats soil just like humans eat potato chips at home and can taste the flavor.

"Wang?"

Maljie stared at the disappearing Cuihua, feeling a little uneasy.

Li Nuo asked: "Are you worried that the forest won't light up?"

Marjie nodded.

"It is indeed possible that it cannot be lit." Li Nuo said, "Otherwise, a logging team would have come to mine it long ago... But what if?"

He connected Cuihua's line of sight and entered the edge of the dense forest.

As Cuihua spit a ball of fire into the forest, the flames were extinguished at the edge of the trees.

Cuihua was protected by the magic in the forest and was backfired and disappeared into the air.

This scene happened to be seen by Cha Bai who was surveying the terrain not far away.

She touched her earring and said, "Don't bother. I've tried. I can't fly into the woods. The woods are protected by special magic. You can only go in obediently."

Li Nuo let out an unhappy "tsk", and his evil dream was gone just like that.

At this moment, Cha Bai had found the best route into the forest. When she was about to go back, a magical beast walked out of the woods beside her.

The body of this monster is made of vines, as thin and long as ropes, coiled into a torso and limbs similar to those of a human. Its head is a palm-sized stone, and a pair of bean-like eyes blink on the angular stone surface.

Cha Bai didn't feel that this guy had any ill intentions, so she took out the [Warcraft Illustrated Book] from her arms.

The image of the monster appeared on the screen, and a cold mechanical voice read out its information:

[A vine fighter, a gentle monster. However, when it encounters someone with fighting ability, it will always appear in front of him and will not leave until they have fought. Because it has martial virtues, it will not do anything that would harm the enemy's life.]

[Many fighters like to raise them and use them as fighting sparring partners. Some cities also have competitive games of this kind of Warcraft, but most of them are artificially bred because the overall strength of wild vine fighters is too high and it is difficult to catch them.]

[Danger level: Very low]

【Strength: High】

Cha Bai put away the illustrated book and looked at his opponent with a faint smile.

"Okay, let's have a fight!"

The vine fighter raised his stone head, looking menacing.

[Side quest has been triggered: Defeat the powerful fighter]

[Task Difficulty: lv99]

[Mission details: Use only close combat to defeat the "Vine Fighter". Using any other method will be considered unethical and will be considered a mission failure.]

[Quest Reward: Vine Fighter's Fighting Secrets]

Five minutes later, Li Nuo and Maerjie found Cha Bai by pushing a truck.

At this moment, Cha Bai was kneeling on the grass, his eyes empty and confused.

"I lost……"

"what?"

Li Nuo frowned and listened to Cha Bai's story.

She had just fought with that "vine fighter", who used his vine body to easily dodge her attacks. All her fighting skills could not hit that guy, and Cha Bai was toyed with by the opponent and was defeated by an over-the-shoulder throw.

Cha Bai covered his face and shook his head.

"How did I lose to a plant..."

Li Nuo took Cha Bai's [Warcraft Illustrated Book] and looked at the description of "Vine Fighter", then glanced at Cha Bai who was kneeling on the grass with a look of a fool.

"Why don't you capture it and force it to tell us the location of its lair, so that we can capture its entire clan and take them to the city to sell."

Cha Bai couldn't answer, she wasn't that wicked.

But this incident reflects a problem.

Cha Bai's fighting skills are theoretically on par with Li Nuo's, but he still lost to a monster, which shows that the intensity of this world is indeed extremely high.

Li Nuo picked up Cha Bai and threw her into the truck.

He and Maljie sat in the driver's seat. To be exact, Maljie sat on Li Nuo's lap. After all, he was a dog and didn't take up any space.

As Li Nuo stepped on the stirrups of the bike and entered the forest, a line of text appeared in front of them.

[Entered the "Misty Forest"]

Li Nuo: "It feels like playing an RPG."

Maljie: "Woof." Chabai checked the things in the carriage and asked, "Li Nuo, have you stuffed all the useful props into the box?"

Li Nuo said "hmm".

The main items they carried in this scenario were... Doraemon's stuff, the [Gwent Weather Deck], the Demon Hunter's potion, the [Chestnut Wine] for healing, and the rest was Li Nuo's bag of alchemical potions.

Originally, most of the guns were carried by Malger, but after he turned into a dog, he could not take out those guns. It didn't matter, after all, the strength of this world made the old guns useless. It was just a pity that the [Armstrong Revolving Armstrong Cannon] was lost.

Yes, Nokia is with Victor. Victor can get them the necessary supplies from the space at any time. However, Victor himself is not a player, and there is a limit on the amount of things he can carry. Usually, he can only bring some bullets.

The rest are things like food and beverage. The dishes made by Die are all in Li Nuo's box.

Because we have entered the danger zone.

Cha Bai is adjusting his robotic arm.

Her left arm is now [Nero's Mechanical Arm]. Its appearance is not as good-looking as the translucent [Floating Hand]. When Maljie made it, he deliberately made it old to make it look simpler so as not to attract attention.

Cha Bai took a bullet from the bullet strap on his thigh and tapped it gently into the groove of his arm.

Use the blueprints from the Devil May Cry world in the mall to make bullets and put them into the arms to make them functional.

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There are six types of bullets: deceleration, laser cannon, Mega Man's light ball, thunderstorm, powerful charge, and gravity.

Cha Bai likes to use the powerful charging because it can be used with the new underwear.

【Bunny girl's underwear +17】

[Quality: Epic]

[Equipment requirements: long legs and big buttocks]

[Effect 1: Hammer's destructive power +15%]

[Effect 2: Resistance to physical attacks +15%]

[Brief description: The person who invented the bunny girl is simply a genius]

This piece of clothing comes from the MOD clothes of the previous script, and is the only MOD that can be used for the title of [Wardrobe] in recent times.

It was originally an outer garment, which was incompatible with the characteristics of Cha Bai's [Shanoya's Long Skirt], so Maljie used a sewing needle to change it into an underwear version, which was actually just removing the hi-shoes and high heels.

Later, I asked Soran to help me get some stones to unlock upgrades, and I achieved +17 in one go.

Cha Bai really likes the entry that can amplify the hammer's destructive power.

And with it, you can say goodbye to the T-back pants you have been wearing all the time.

After Cha Bai selected the mechanical arm, he took out his favorite hammer from the [Encyclopedia of Dark Magic] and swung it a few times in the car, feeling the increased power brought by the underwear.

【Type Zero Axe Hammer +18】.

It still looks like an ordinary long-handled hammer, with several wires entangled together on the handle. When transformation is needed, the wires are used as a medium to transmit magic power.

After the axe and hammer reached +18, Cha Bai deliberately cancelled the axe mode, so that it could instantly transform into the second form of a heavy hammer.

Because she loves hammers.

In the heavy hammer form, it has built-in fire damage, and the socket for the power bottle in the hammer handle has been cancelled.

The power-bottle can now be placed directly on the mechanical arm for use, saving the thickness of the weapon while increasing the strength of the arm.

In addition, in order to match the robotic arm, some modifications were made to [Shanoya's long skirt], and the long-sleeved gloves were cancelled.

Every part of equipment, especially clothes, has its own meaning. After the gloves are cancelled, the "increase all damage by 5%" in the entry disappears, but it doesn't matter, because the long skirt gives new things after upgrading.

[Shanoya's long skirt (modified) +18]

[Quality: Epic]

[Equipment requirements: Reaction 99, Spiritual Power 99, Physical Fitness 99]

[Effect 1: Increase total mana by 35%, increase mana factor recovery speed, increase "Ring of Fate" accumulation speed, increase blunt weapon damage]

[Effect 2: The scales of the Overlord Male Fire Dragon greatly absorb heat damage, fire resistance 92%]

[Effect 3: The number of "Dominus Markings" that can be carried +1 (originally only two marks could be carried)]

[Effect 4: No matter what posture you adopt, you will never be exposed (Causality Term)]

[Brief description: The only weak point of this suit is the back, because the back is exposed]

[Note: There are two "defense beads" embedded in the clothes]

After Cha Bai stretched his body, he looked out the window.

She pulled down the tactical goggles that served as a headband and covered her eyes.

[YoRha Black Goggles (Tactical Goggles) +18]

【Excellent quality】

[Equipment requirements: YoRHa unit experience, electronic eye, insight 20]

[Effect 1: You can see the target's HP and some damage values ​​(you can't see them if the attack speed is too fast)]

[Effect 2: Analyze nearby potential threats]

[Effect 3: Based on "Effect 2", pretend not to see it, which can trigger the "Reflex Arc Acceleration" effect once]

【Brief description: Blind man】

Through the goggles, Cha Bai did not see any danger nearby.

"No danger."

"I didn't feel it either."

Li Nuo replied.

He felt strange. Denise's perception was supposed to be able to detect potential risks from far away, but the Misty Forest was calm and safe, like a family-friendly grove.

Moreover, the clothes Li Nuo wore could also enhance his perception, and he had no premonition of any danger coming.

[Blood Blade's Black Cult Vestment +18]

【Excellent quality】

[Attribute bonus: Constitution +12]

[Equipment requirements: Strength 20, Reaction 20, Spiritual Power 40, Insight 90, one poison resistance ability]

[Effect 1: Resistance to "Full Curse" attacks increases by 89%]

[Effect 2: After formulating your own beliefs, the effect of Holy Light skills increases by 12%]

[Effect 3: Increases the perception of "demon" creatures]

[Special entry: Sacrifice the white scarf of the collar, place the beads on the scarf to form "Blade Medicine"]

[Brief description: No physical defense at all, relying purely on faith]

A new effect added is increased danger perception, especially against demons.

According to some records in the books of this world, the Misty Forest is very dangerous, but firstly, there is no fog, and secondly, there is no danger.

"It means it's extremely dangerous..."

Li Nuo stared with dead eyes.

He also wanted to try out the equipment here, and then decide how to use [World Core Fragments] and [Item Modification White] to modify the equipment.

Now the equipment he and Cha Bai have in their hands have basically been upgraded to around +18.

Li Nuo's cane and pistol are another matter.

The materials and gold coins consumed for the above upgrades alone are so huge that it would take an ordinary guild of more than 30 people to devote all their resources to achieve them.

However, their upgrades cost almost nothing of their own.

I don't know what good thing Soran did in a certain script, but he brought back a sack of [Unlocking Stones], which, together with Malger's [Craftsman's Sunglasses], complemented and cooperated with each other.

As for gold coins, Nanami received a new order after the comic live broadcast. Wenke saw the business opportunity and turned the bar into the "Nanami Ruins". He cheated a lot of money and converted part of it into gold coins for Li Nuo.

The young leader of the staff gave Li Nuo some discount coupons.

Finally, the [Focuster] with white tea is discounted again.

Basically no money spent.

This is extra income earned from investment in the tertiary industry, which is unstable. If Soran does not get a large amount of raw material stones, and if Nanami's career reaches a bottleneck, these resources and income will basically be gone.

So Li Nuo and Maljie are still trying hard to harm Xiao Wu in Basel, hoping that Xiao Wu will come to her senses one day and use her beauty to help Wenke rebuild an industrial chain.

"It might be dangerous if we go any further inside."

Chabai comforts him.

"Even if you say so...but..."

Li Nuo hesitated to speak.

The first part of the side quest is in this forest, but the forest is too big, and there is no target without danger.

"Let's go to the sky and take a look."

As Li Nuo spoke, he took out the [Bamboo Dragonfly] from his arms.

Ah yes, the [Bamboo Dragonfly] has been repaired, and it was the work of the famous Basel craftsman Am.

But it only takes five minutes, so it’s better than nothing.

As soon as he put the bamboo dragonfly on Maljie's head, he discovered something strange.

Li Nuo hugged Maljie and looked back at Cha Bai.

"it's wired……"

Chabai nodded.

"it's wired……"

Malger: "Woof (It's really strange)..."

Their truck disappeared at some point.

"You were driving just now, why are you walking now?"

Li Nuo's eyes widened, his brows furrowed, and thick fog rose around him.

……

Outside the misty forest.

"The three of them entered the forest."

The female thief with short red hair took the telescope away from her eyes.

The male thief with messy blue hair was flipping through a "Danger Guide" and said, "There is a monster in that forest. Once you go in, you can never get out..."

The two fell silent.

After a few seconds, the man asked, "Should we still steal the dog?"

"Of course!" The woman frowned and shouted, "That dog can drive! It's definitely worth a lot of money!"

The two looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

"There's no other way... build a robot that can dispel the fog, go in, steal the dog, and run away immediately."

(End of this chapter)