Chapter 124 The Road to the Shortcut

The dice fell to the ground and rolled around a few times.

"ah?"

one point.

In other words, Li Nuo can only recover 10%.

He still couldn't see his personal panel, but others looked at him with confusion.

"You seem...to have grown a little taller." Milo said.

"Have you grown taller?" Li Nuo looked at Chen Shou, and it seemed that his vision was slightly different from before.

Li Nuo speculated: "In other words, in the process of restoring numerical values, we will become more and more like our original appearance."

"Uh..." Chen Shou was a little regretful: "That would be boring..."

Li Nuo comforted him: "Skinny brother, be patient. Sooner or later, Chu Mushan will turn into a fat middle-aged man keeping a mistress."

Chen Shouxu stared: "Although...but I...forget it."

Besides, I have to complain again.

At this time, Li Nuo heard a special prompt from the system: [Only for player 5901, the "Identity Advancement" props you need are hidden in the final BOSS area of ​​this mission]

His eyes changed slightly, and he looked into the air. For him, the only goal of this script was the [Identity Advancement] prop. Now that the goal was determined, he saved a lot of trouble.

"What's wrong?" Cha Bai asked softly from behind.

As the player changes his appearance, his voice will also change. However, although Chabai's appearance has changed, his voice has not.

Li Nuo whispered: "What I'm looking for is in the final area."

"That'll be easy..." Cha Bai picked up the dice.

At this moment, everyone had already thrown the dice to the ground.

Milo 20%, Wu Di 20%, Chen Shou 30%.

Among the three, Chen Shou has changed the least. He has only gained weight, and his face has not changed but his body has gained weight, which makes his appearance look like a cartoon character.

Li Nuo took off his glasses, covered his mouth and smiled: "Sorry, thin brother..."

Milo turned his face aside: "Sorry..."

Wu Di also said: "Sorry."

Chen Shou didn't know what happened yet, but he suddenly received three apologies, which made him understand...that thing must have happened again.

Chen Shou was actually very thin when he was a child. It is normal for children's bodies to change during adolescence. Chen Shou gained weight first in his belly, then in his limbs. It was not until he was twenty years old that his face began to gain weight...

He has always been troubled by the way he has gained weight. Faced with the attitudes of these three people, he can only lower his head: "Sorry..."

The current scene is very annoying. The four people who can speak are all saying "sorry", and the ones who don't complain are less interesting.

Cha Bai threw the dice to the ground.

20%.

However, her body shape and appearance remained unchanged in every aspect.

Milo narrowed his eyes and whispered: "This girl will be like this all her life, right?"

Chen Shou shook his head: "Well, I can scare you to death."

A creature with a human face and a bear body has already appeared in Milo's mind.

Li Nuo frowned. He quickly realized that Chabai had no so-called childhood and youth. She was born that way. Unless it was 100% direct, otherwise... she might have to maintain the appearance of a little black fat girl for a while. .

Also, I would like to mention that her little black girl look is really a black girl, the politically correct kind.

Everyone's eyes focused on Marjie.

He/it is the highlight.

Since everyone slowly changes back to their original appearance as their abilities recover, how does Marjie change from a dog back to a human?

The dice fell to the ground.

10%.

"Damn..." Li Nuo covered his forehead in disappointment: "Why are you so unlucky?"

Chen Shou said: "...Have you forgotten that you are also 10%?"

Li Nuo said: "You compare humans with dogs?"

Chen Shou laughed: "...Dogs are much safer than you."

"You've learned how to complain, haven't you?" Li Nuo made a mean smile on his still naive face: "It's pointless, I'm immune."

"I'm just sarcastic! Why do you think I'm complaining!"

"But you are indeed complaining now..." Wu Di said.

Chen Shou decided to shut up for the time being.

But when they looked at Marjie again, this guy's face always felt weird...

After seeing too much, I was even a little scared.

Can you imagine a dog's eyes radiating the aura of Long Aotian?

[One minute time limit has expired]

[I would like to explain two things here. The first time I use dice is to teach novices, so the maximum number is fixed at four points, which means that only very few players can recover 40%]

Li Nuo nodded: "No wonder."

[But this situation will change after you find the BOSS hidden in every corner]

[The second thing is that after each defeat of the mini-BOSS, the player who contributed the most in the process will receive a reward, which can be given to anyone in the team at will]

[Since you are starting as a team, when the number of deaths in the brave team is greater than or equal to 3, the mission will be judged to have failed for everyone in the team]

[The above are all tips]

[Players are welcome to explore the rest of the content on their own]

[I wish all brave men a successful return]

[After seven minutes, the protective layer will be lifted and you will begin your journey]

Li Nuo: "It's quite a deceiving setting."

Milo agreed: "Yes, it's only one hour, but we have to go to the location of the final boss. The only way to upgrade during this period is to defeat the mini-boss. There are zombies blocking the way, and we are a group of elementary school students... There is another dog."

"That's right." Li Nuo nodded: "Just three high school students can defeat our group."

Chen Shou pointed at himself: "Although it's useless to say it...but I should be a junior high school student now."

Wu Di raised his eyebrows, revealing his iconic forehead wrinkles, and said with a smile: "Don't think about this. The most troublesome thing for us now is not knowing how to get to the place where we fight the BOSS."

Milo said: "Yes, you must figure out the location of the final BOSS and the various mini-BOSSs, as well as the city road map. These are the difficult points."

Wu Di continued: "We still have to consider which bosses to fight, but there should be some places to give us guidance... but it's still very troublesome."

Chen Shou glanced at Li Nuo and asked, "You can't do anything about it, right?"

Li Nuo replied in surprise: "How do you know?"

Milo looked over: "Oh? What do you think Nobita has to say this time?"

Li Nuo: "Go directly to the final BOSS."

The wind is very noisy and people are very silent.

"Are you crazy?" Wu Di asked.

"I understand what he means." Milo said: "The mission level is from 10 to 35, which means that if we pass the level with full status, we can only get the lv10 reward in the end, but if we pass the level with the lowest status, we can get the lv35 reward. award."

"Absolutely." Li Nuo said, "So as long as you get enough supplies on the road, there is actually a way to pass the customs at the lowest level."

Chen Shou suddenly thought of the dangerous journey of the three-person expedition team in "NieR". If there were no cars, women, and resistance forces, they would have overturned halfway, so he reminded: "Let's... be careful. Come on, after all, my ability is gone now."

Milo nodded: "Although there is a level 1 clearance, there is no error tolerance in most cases, and the group can be wiped out if you are not careful. You should do the tasks you should do... and do it. And there is another problem. , even if you say you want to go directly to the final BOSS, how do you get there? It is true that there are likely to be guide signs on the road, but there may also be signposts deliberately pointing the wrong way."

Milo's thinking ability made Li Nuo feel that this guy could get along with him, so he said: "Okay, I'll listen to you, but about the road... let's take a look first and then talk about it."

Anyway, it is a team task. Li Nuo feels that when opinions are not unanimous, if it has no impact on the overall situation, there is no need to fight over anything.

No matter how he proceeds with the mission, his end point is the prop for his [Identity] advancement.

[Countdown to the last three minutes]

[The mission is about to officially begin]

[This city has been occupied by zombies, and only a few people are still hugging each other for warmth, but...who knows who is good and who is bad. In the end of the world, human nature cannot withstand any test]

Milo: "Huh? Why is there still more?"

[However, the brave men who are ready to destroy the evil dragon and the bane, you have to go through many tests to reach the end]

[Now, the boy is ready to set sail]

Li Nuo: "I have an ominous premonition."

[Sail the blue sea, explore the world, adventure is at your feet, and all living creatures will sing for you]

【Beautiful angel is calling you from afar! Brave young man! Go and create a miracle! 】

Except for Cha Bai, everyone else felt that their brains were being raped by the demonic singing.

"You thought I hadn't heard this version of "The Cruel Angel's Programme", right?" Li Nuo complained.

Milo sighed: "You have quite a wide range of interests."

Li Nuo laughed: "I can still sing. Do you want me to sing it backwards?"

Wu Di: "Brother, I beg you, this script is crazy enough, don't force me..."

Chen Shou looked at the trash can next to him with a pair of dull eyes. Another mentally polluted person was about to appear. He felt that he was no longer alone.

Let’s talk about it.

Chen Shou must admit that with Li Nuo here, the entire team atmosphere is harmonious and cheerful.

This is the special thing about some people. They can always rely on some strange qualities to make a group of people move together without any material basis.

The most important thing is that he can dissipate all the previous fear in a strange way.

Especially after Chen Shou himself experienced a mission, this feeling became stronger.

Therefore, Fat Brother's mentality towards this mission is to just follow him and do whatever he asks.

The hood is gone.

A white light appeared in front of Li Nuo's eyes.

No one knows why a white light appears.

Wu Dixu said with eyes: "Nobita... Doraemon asked you to collect your magical powers."

As soon as he finished speaking, the white light disappeared and turned into a pair of red and white sneakers.

[The reward for the person with the highest contribution in the prologue has been sent to the recipient]

【running shoes】

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Effect: Short-distance running speed increased by 10%, physical strength consumption reduced, duration 10 seconds, cooling time 5 minutes]

[Brief description: Xiaozhi returned home and wanted to see his mother, but his mother gave him a pair of running shoes and told him, "Run quickly and rush to the dawn of the future." Xiaozhi was very moved, but he was also very sad. I’m curious, why did my mother give me running shoes? 】

"It seems that it wasn't Doraemon who asked me to use my magical powers, but my mother was worried that I would cause trouble for her." Li Nuo happened to be wearing slippers, so he simply changed into running shoes.

Then he stamped his feet and asked, "I am the weakest among us, so I wear the running shoes myself. Do you have any objections?"

He glanced at Wu Di's narrowed eyes and said, "If you don't believe it, let's have a fight. I promise to make you feel comfortable."

Wu Di covered his forehead and lowered his head: "Brother... I believe it, I believe you can't beat me."

Li Nuo: "Then don't forget to protect me. We are on the same team."

Wu Di: "Okay, don't worry, as long as you shut up, I will protect you to death."

Milo asked Chen Shou in a low voice: "Can I ask, haven't you and him teamed up before, like this?"

Chen Shou said resentfully: "Believe me, it hasn't started yet."

Milo was stunned.

Chen Shou added: "But not only will he not harm you, but he is also very good at helping others, so don't worry."

Milo is just curious. He has gone through 7 scripts in total and is considered a player with a high clearance rate. He has met all kinds of people along the way. The basic operation is to do whatever it takes for profit. Some people have great performances. Type personality, a person who makes himself feel like he is in the end of the world and is cold-blooded to the end, who pretends to be a highly intelligent and neurotic person, who bases his personal values ​​on the script and wants to make changes to the world.

To be honest, he hated those guys.

Personal selfish behavior without purpose will only lead to failure.

Gradually, by the sixth script, Milo was tired of the so-called strife.

There are not many players like him in the "Endless Corridor". They are arrogant, unable to be bad people, and lonely. The final result is often isolated by the player group, unable to integrate into other people's teams, and it is impossible to win over the team on their own.

Back to business.

At this time, the system has prompted: [The seven-minute countdown has ended].

The transparent cover disappears.

A strange and eerie roar reached everyone's ears.

Several strange things crawled out of a store on the side of the road on the left side of the block.

Li Nuo, Chen Shou, Cha Bai and Milo noticed those things at the first time, because they were hiding in the corner and couldn't see their specific appearance, but from the outline... they seemed to be a bit Cthulhu.

"I remember, there are some zombies, right?" Li Nuo pushed up his glasses and said: "Some have three hands, some have two mouths, and there are also creatures with knives in their hands, deformed creatures... …Hey, did you run into the wrong set?”

Marjie: "Wow..."

"Don't be like a dog." Li Nuo walked in the other direction: "The system is telling us primary school students not to go that way."

If it were under normal conditions, Li Nuo would definitely rush up and dismember them to see if any treasures could be dropped, or go into the building behind them. The presence of danger would most likely indicate that there was something inside.

He kept the location in his mind.

The speed of the zombies was not fast at the beginning, even very slow, just to create a sense of oppression.

But as time went on, they moved faster.

Then, groups of deformed zombies jumped out from the buildings on both sides.

Several players ran as fast as flowers. Li Nuo stood behind and pointed out the number from the mirror in the corner: "12 in total."

"Now... now is not the time to count!" Chen Shou can run the fastest because he has recovered 30% of his abilities. However, the player has no equipment in his hand and will not choose to attack rashly when faced with the pursuit of such a creature of unknown strength. .

Escape seemed to be the only option.

"Turn left at the intersection ahead." Li Nuo said.

Chen Shou was obedient. He knew that what Li Nuo said would not be wrong, so he turned directly into an alley.

"Hey! This is an alley!" Wu Di shouted.

"Listen to him." Cha Bai pushed him.

Wu Di was shocked. This fat little black guy ran pretty fast?

Li Nuo was still at the back, and the number of zombies behind him had shrunk from 12 to 6, but they were getting faster and faster, and would even climb along the wall.

On the left side of the alley is an open space, on the right is a chemical plant, and in front is a road... The map I found at Ms. Asahina's house has been imprinted in my mind.

As he ran, he took off his backpack and took out the glass bottles, linen and alcohol that had been placed early in the morning.

With the linen in his mouth, he looked back and saw a zombie jumping over very fast.

"What are these things?" He complained in his mind, using his running shoes to speed up, and while pulling away a little distance, he made a simple and rough version of the Molotov cocktail and pinned it to his waistband.

Then he took out a small can of freshener from the waistband of his pants.

"ah--"

A howl reminded Li Nuo that it was time to roll. He threw himself down and rolled around in an awkward position, avoiding a zombie's flying attack. The moment the thing fell to the ground, his body's bones and flesh separated into a puddle of mud, but his head was Constantly turning, the weak point is the head.

The moment Li Nuo stood up, he lit the Molotov cocktail and threw it back, leaving behind a fire that was not too intense.

A fork appeared in front of Chen Shou.

Li Nuo: "Left!"

Chen Shou immediately turned around and ran to the left.

At this time, Li Nuo entangled the freshener with broken nails and a friction lighter.

When he was the last one to rush around the corner, he wiped the freshener across the wall, lit the lighter, and threw it into the air behind him.

In the chase of zombies, he hit the wall at the fork in front, took out the nail gun he had prepared and threw it to Chen Shou on the left, then turned back and ran to the right.

Wu Di frowned: "What is he going to do?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Chen Shou's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be a different person with a long-range weapon in his hand: "Just listen."

At this moment, the flame of the lighter detonated the freshener!

The nails packed with it were impacted by the explosion, forming an explosive force like a fragmentation grenade. Dozens of nails shot through the oncoming zombies.

Only a zombie with two heads rushed out.

Li Nuo whistled at it.

The zombie turned its head and was stunned for a second before Chen Shou pulled the trigger of the nail gun.

The nail went straight through the back of the zombie's head, and it suddenly fell to the ground. It also had another head on Li Nuo's side. Even if only one of the two heads was left, it couldn't be completely solved.

Li Nuo rushed over and took out a rather thin chair leg from his bag.

He rushed over, moved his pupils quickly to the left, made sure there were no other zombies, and stabbed the tube directly into the eye of the other head of the two-headed zombie.

He stomped it on the ground and stabbed its eye sockets repeatedly until his brain was mixed up. Then he pulled out the stick and dropped a layer of sticky liquid.

He took a long breath and wiped the sweat from the top of his head.

A simple-looking primary school student, with a nonchalant look on his face, kept thrusting a stick into the eyes of a twisted zombie. The visual impact of this scene was huge.

As a result, Milo and Wu Di on the other side were silent.

"No, you're not surprised anymore?" Chen Shou asked.

"Lao Ma, are there any more?" Li Nuo asked.

Marger sniffed and shook the dog's head.

Milo asked: "If I guess correctly...did you make a Molotov cocktail and a fragmentation mine while running?"

"Well, that's about it." Li Nuo bent down and pulled the zombie's body with an iron rod: "It's so strange... why the equipment didn't explode..."

Milo added: "You let us enter the alley just to maximize the power of the explosives?"

"Yes, but I still have a lot of use for that bottle of freshener. I went to the supermarket to get some chemicals to make a super powerful bomb. This time it was an emergency." Li Nuo said: "The purpose of the system should be to let Zombies chase us and lead us to a dead end or directly trigger the next plot point."

"Wait...how do you know this is an alley?" Wu Di said: "Accidents will happen in the alley. If you are surrounded, you won't be able to escape."

Li Nuo took out a map to them, and then said: "The simple map drawn by Ms. Asahina basically marked the locations of supermarkets and other areas. There are open spaces and tall windowless buildings on the left and right sides of this alley. It can be seen from just now, The zombie group cannot climb over the high wall above one floor. The alley is safe. At the end of the front is a street leading to a large supermarket. Unexpectedly, there will be accidents there. For example, zombies will pop out and chase us into the supermarket. However, if we enter the supermarket from If you go out to the right side of the alley where I am, you should be able to go to a place where humans live."

Wu Di looked at the very complicated road network on the map, and his mind was confused: "Are you sure?"

Li Nuo pointed to his head and said: "From the moment I saw the map, roads, shops, useful areas, dangerous areas, everything has been classified in my mind. Now we still have a road. If you can go, you just have to go back and follow the system again, but wouldn’t that be boring?”

He walked to another zombie corpse and continued: "The system said that there is no hidden world view and no side missions. This does not mean that there are no shortcuts."

He stretched out his hand, Cha Bai gave him the kitchen knife in a tacit understanding, and then chopped off a zombie's head while saying, "If you want to listen, I'll start with the setting concept."

When no one spoke, Li Nuo raised his head and said: "The name of the mission is 'Dragon Quest', which represents an RPG concept. The so-called RPG is to cultivate the protagonist to become stronger and stronger to complete increasingly difficult events. , upgrading, obtaining props, purchasing goods, fighting monsters, and triggering BOSS battles, these are all fixed routines, among which 'Dragon Quest' is the most traditional and representative Japanese RPG game."

"We were selected as braves because we completed the prologue. We walked to the big map and encountered the first batch of monsters. The next step should be adventures and various nonsense plots. I plan to skip these and go directly to the next step, find the Novice Village, and go Buy props, and..." He chopped off the head of a zombie. This guy looked to be the strongest of all the zombies. It also had a serrated knife in its hand. Li Nuo threw it to Wu Di, who looked the strongest.

Then he said: "Use your first monster fight to get the 'hidden reward'."

Milo was dumbfounded: "What...mean?"

This was the first time that he couldn't follow someone's train of thought.

Li Nuo said: "It's very simple. Think about why these zombies appear?"

Milo said: "Chase the player to the next location."

"Yes, the mission time is only one hour. The so-called path should be planned, but there are shortcuts in any game, just like life." Li Nuo paused and said: "There is a shotgun hanging on the wall of the living room. Then this shotgun must shoot out bullets in the end. Just like this, sometimes the existence of guns is not for shooting, but may also be to obtain other benefits, just like the existence of zombies, on the one hand, it is to lead us downward A location, on the one hand...may also be some kind of reward."

Wu Di touched his forehead: "Well...then what?"

"Then?" Li Nuo smiled and said, "Give the rewards to the people in Novice Village. There must be a temporary camp organized by survivors here."

"You've been talking for so long, do you know where the survivor camp is?"

"There were three groups of players at the beginning. If you look at the map location, we are on the rightmost road in the city. In addition, there are two major roads, which should be the areas where the two groups of players are. Each road has two big corners. , there are unplanned open spaces or factories suitable for joint defense in the corner area. I don’t believe you if you say there is nothing there.” Li Nuo didn’t need to look at the map at all: “In RPG games, players always go to different cities to replace equipment. Here If it were 'Dragon Quest', the concept should be the same. There are equipment items in both gathering areas. The items sold in the second area are better than the first one, but it requires more resources to purchase."

He wrapped the zombie's head with linen and stuffed it into his bag: "The process should be that the zombies chase us to the first area, then go there to trigger several mini-BOSS levels, complete one or two of them, and then go to the second area. , when it is finally upgraded enough to face the greatest danger, then go to the final BOSS area, and the two groups of players will work together to kill the BOSS, and the mission is over."

Wu Di's mind was numb. He glanced at Milo, who asked: "Can you..."

"A painter, not a famous cartoonist." Li Nuo answered quickly, and then he said: "If you two think that my statement is tenable for the time being or you can give it a try, can you move on?"

Chen Shou asked: "Then we... are going to buy equipment?"

Li Nuo said: "Why don't we, a group of primary school students, and these zombies hug each other and chew on each other?"

Chen Shou: "You are a critical cartoonist, right?"

Li Nuo: "Hey~ I plan to switch to H comics recently."

He joked and walked to the front to lead the way.

His mind was spinning, it would be great if Marger was not a dog, and there would be someone to discuss it with. He felt that this task did not hide the problem of the world view itself.

We need to think about how to crack the hidden worldview in a world where there is no hidden worldview.

Milo walked behind and stared at Li Nuo, touching his chin: "De Mushan... I understand what you said, he..."

"Do you think it's started? No... He has just started making plans. Believe me... He will definitely make accidents that normal people can't imagine happen." Chen Shou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Fortunately, the other one is still a dog...otherwise it would be even scarier for normal people like you and me."

Milo frowned, what is this...

Marger sighed and involuntarily peed against the wall.

According to Li Nuo, they really found an area similar to a "camp".

Called a camp, it was actually a fortress made of sacks. There were no machine guns and only two men with crude homemade firearms stood at the door.

Li Nuo walked over without any worries.

Chen Shou grabbed him.

"Hey, hey, hey...they have guns in their hands."

Li Nuo said: "We are unarmed and brave primary school students. You can rest assured about this."

He looked at Marjie and kicked him: "Just act cute."

Marjie wagged his tail resentfully and walked over. Milo understood and followed suit, waving his hands and following: "To be honest... I feel like whether I can go in or not is a problem..."

Li Nuo was the last one, looking around.

Cha Bai said: "Don't worry, there is nothing nearby."

"I'm just afraid that a zombie will suddenly pop up, like the one you encounter when you meet Ai around the corner." Li Nuo said, following Cha Bai, and then before taking two steps, he noticed a figure flashing in the window of a building not far behind him. Pass.

The next second, Li Nuo's vision suddenly darkened.

On the other side, Milo was talking to the soldiers guarding the door.

"We are really elementary school students..."

"Then you have to show the pass for the first camp." As the soldier said, someone walked out from behind.

"Let a group of children go in and do a disinfection inspection after entering." The speaker was a man with a big beard. He counted and said: "A dog and four children..."

"No, five children." Milo said.

However, Marger suddenly shouted.

They turned around and found that Li Nuo was missing.

…

Li Nuo opened his eyes, and the surroundings were pitch black, so dark that he couldn't even see his fingers.

The humid air was filled with the pungent smell of formalin, and the temperature was just right, but something felt a little wrong.

Li Nuo subconsciously wanted to move, but found that the area below his neck seemed to be imprisoned and unable to move.

Suddenly the lights came on for a second, then returned to darkness again.

In just this second, a lingering image was left on Li Nuo's retina.

Opposite him, there was a woman with a pale face standing two meters away. Although he only caught a glimpse of her, Li Nuo could still tell that it was not a person.

How is it possible for a human head to grow under the crotch?

Li Nuo instantly felt his scalp numb and couldn't concentrate.

He is also a human being and will be afraid of unknown things. Although he did not see the specific appearance of his facial features, the bloodless face reminded him of Kayako Saeki. When the fearful thing in his mind was awakened, the weak fear was increased several times. .

[Little BOSS mission has been triggered: Send this bitch home]

At the same time as he heard the system voice, his upper body regained mobility.

He took a deep breath, opened his teeth, pushed out his tongue, and bit down hard!

The tip of the tongue was crushed hard by the sharp front teeth, a faint iron smell spread throughout the mouth, and the pain went straight to the brain.

The feeling of being tightly restrained instantly eased, the fear dissipated a little, and reason regained the high ground of will.

At this time, there was a faint light behind him, and he looked sideways. A double door slowly opened a gap, and the light source spread from the outside. At the same time, the system voice appeared again:

【You can take action now】

[Failure condition 1: Please clear the level within ten minutes. Once the timeout expires, you will be deemed to have given up survival and will be judged to be dead]

[Failure condition 2: She likes to eat from the feet]