First Player

Chapter 5 · "I won't accuse you."

"...Some people think that I am a devil who abducted their children and made them devote themselves to cruel copies."

"But they have never been anyone's accessory. Everyone should have the opportunity to decide their own destiny. Regardless of status or age."

Noel spoke softly.

It was as if he was expressing his point of view, and also as if he was comforting himself.

Su Ming'an saw that there were many children in the New World Guild. They generally carried weapons on their backs and had resolute expressions. They had shouldered everything at a young age, even though they had not yet established a complete outlook on life.

"We can prevent children from shooting - but we cannot prevent them from holding guns," Su Mingan said.

"...Yes, that's right." Noel said.

"I will not blame you for this matter." Su Mingan said: "I will not force anyone to do so because of my moral values. People's values ​​​​change with the world itself. Today's world is different, and we should not kidnap you with the previous standards. .”

Noel was silent for a while.

After a while, he said:

"You always have this neutral attitude."

"Just think that I am so selfish that I like to keep to myself." Su Mingan said.

"...In the ninth world, who are our three teammates?" Noel suddenly asked.

"Are you still ready to end?" Su Mingan looked at him.

Noel nodded.

"As for teammates... I prefer Lu, Luna and Yamada Machichi." Su Mingan thought for a while.

He did not enter the Peak Alliance. After all, Noel had a foundation in the New World Guild and was not suitable to join an alliance composed entirely of single players.

Luna and Yamada Machichi are both acquaintances who have worked together. Luna and he fought side by side in the seventh world. She is reliable and has a temperament as strong and sincere as the female knight. Yamada Machichi is a person who appreciates kindness and repays his kindness. Although his personality is a little depressed, he is a good person.

... Mainly because of Yamada's skill in the eighth world: "If you see a lighthouse, why don't you worship it!" He was really impressed.

As for Lu, Su Ming'an didn't know how to evaluate this brain-boosting emperor who thought of Su Ming'an as a god. But Lu is indeed a hexagonal warrior, with a high emotional intelligence that can get along well with the audience. His popularity is far ahead of the likes of Lu Shu, and his IQ should not be low, as can be seen from the analysis in the Silver Star copy.

In this way, Su Ming'an's small team consists of Lu Shu, Nuoer, Lu, Yamada Machichi, and Luna.

As for Isabella and Bei Wang, the scientist Isabella is indeed very popular, but after all, he still doesn’t understand her temperament. Beiwang is the player who has completed all levels perfectly so far, so he definitely cannot enter a parallel dungeon with Su Ming'an.

——Su Mingan’s criteria for choosing teammates are actually very simple when you look at them.

Character.

It’s nothing more than character and moral standards.

He does not lack fighting power, nor does he lack the strength to fight alongside him. What he needs is not sharp knives and swords, but a partner who can support him, a companion who can always stand by his side.

He needs a torch.

Someone like Lu Shu, someone like Yamada Machichi, someone who can be trusted, who can abandon everything to support him, such a warm, stable, unquenchable torch.

Just like the Eighth World, even if there is another partner with a combat power of 2000, can we still defeat the Tentacle Nine God with a combat power of more than 4000 with him?

...It's nothing more than a need for a partner to pull him back from his hallucinations.

After talking to Noel about the preparations for the Ninth World, Su Mingan left the New World Guild and headed to White City.

His ruler skill allows him to choose a dungeon that he has successfully cleared before to return to during his break. He currently has the power to return to City X in the first world, White Sun Floating City in the second world, Minghui in the fifth world, and Praia in the seventh world.

As for the third world, Mingxi Middle School, and the sixth world, White Sand Paradise, they ended up with the whole world collapsing, so there was no way to return.

The fourth world, Trilli Town, and the eighth world, Dome, belong to the pinnacle competitive world. For some unknown reason, the world of peak competition cannot return. This is information that has been known before.

...So he and Siboer really said goodbye forever.

However, considering the future world game situation, perhaps they may be able to meet again after the skills of those in power are upgraded.

He lowered his head and looked at the back of his hand.

On it are six white patterns of perfect clearance, like a blooming flower.

The fourth world and the eighth world are both peak competitive worlds and are not included in the calculation of perfect clearance, nor do they obtain the so-called "source of the world".

Reminiscent of the shadow as a world game skill, it can replace the dome NPC and patrol the dome. The Eighth World... seems to combine quite a few factors from [World Game Organizer].

The original Trili Town also had quite a lot of [World Game] factors, such as the identities of prophet and werewolf, which were obviously not possessed by Trili Town itself.

...They are more like the world itself, a combination with the world game. Rather than a pure, self-growing world.

He put down the back of his hand and saw the city in front of him with its mechanical doors slowly opening.

Noelia stood on the covered bridge, with clearly visible mechanical pieces on her body.

The last time he came here, Su Mingan learned how to use mechanical bombs. Now that the person in power has upgraded to level four, he can learn more.

"Welcome back, hero of Baicheng." Nolia said: "Are you here this time to learn [Type II Stabilizer]?"

Su Mingan once visited Baicheng at the end of the Sixth World. Nolia told him that Baicheng had a mental stabilizer that could physically block chaos and fear.

Although it is still not a skill that directly heals the mind, it is in the category of drugs, but it should be more effective than tricyclic antidepressants, paroxetine tablets, etc. After all, Baicheng's technological level is far above Zhai Xing.

"The teacher who taught me couldn't be Teacher Snell." Su Mingan's scalp went numb when he thought of the painful learning experience last time and the chemical element formulas that filled the room.

However, the opposite happened.

He managed to see Snell, who was waiting for him with a smile.

The amiable appearance of the professor in the white coat gradually became a little scary in his eyes.

...You have only one teacher, right?

He still remembered the last time he was scolded by Snell, "Why can't you do three three-digit mental arithmetic in five seconds?" It was extremely humiliating.

When walking across the covered bridge, Su Mingan couldn't help but take another look at the giant sculpture in the center of Baicheng.

[Hero of White City, Traveler from the Outside Su Mingan]

[Baicheng Old Calendar Year 1, 1st]

Under the sculpture, there are several bouquets of blooming chrysanthemums.

...It seems that in many dungeon worlds, in people's minds, he is the kind of character who retires and dies after achieving success.

…

"Ding dong!"

[You are about to start learning the special skills of the person in power: (Type II mental stabilizer production technology)

Note: You have opened up a special skill grid, the person in power (current number of grids: 2/2)

Skill learned: Mechanical explosives production technology. 】

…

[Production technology of type II mental stabilizer]

Instructor: Snell (second in Baicheng)

Introduction: After learning this technology, players will master the production skills of (mental stabilizers).

Learning conditions: The site of Baicheng Laboratory, the permission of Baicheng ruler, sufficient resource supply, and the fourth level of power.

Note: This technique can only be mastered by those in power and cannot be taught to others. 】

"Come on." Snell smiled at him: "I will at least teach you how to balance chemical equations."

Su Mingan was infected by his smile and involuntarily took half a step back.

…

"Huh...huh..."

Yu Ruohe woke up from the nightmare, sat up, and gasped for air.

Cold sweat slid down her forehead and soaked her pajamas.

In the room with no light, her face was immersed in shadows, and only her suppressed breathing could be heard, like a beast.

She touched her hand on the bedside table and accurately touched a black pistol. She grasped the handle of the gun and held it tightly in her hand, as if doing so would make her feel extremely safe.

The model of the pistol was the one given to Su Mingan in Remington RP, and she later bought an identical one herself.

She stared blankly at the dark pistol in her hand, her body trembling slightly, her long bangs covering her eyes.

"Forgive me...forgive me...forgive me..."

She repeated the ramble, stroking the pistol as if possessed.

Her pupils were trembling violently, as if she remembered something she didn't want to recall.

…

[Ruohe, you are not young anymore, and you want to be involved with such a controversial person. Just tell him his number, exchange some points for our family, and then stay there peacefully until the end of the game, wouldn't you? 】

[As long as you say it, we can live a good life at the end of the year. It’s not easy for a family to live together...]

[How, listen to your mother, respond to the organization’s call, and tell the number. 】

…

She got up and went downstairs. Her father, Lao Yu, was drinking tea and reading the newspaper on the sofa, while her mother was dancing in the square with a group of old ladies who had regained their youth. No matter what world you are in, square dancing seems to be an essential entertainment activity.

"Ruo He, it's almost midnight, why don't you sleep?" When his father raised his eyes, he saw Yu Ruo He who was sweating profusely: "...are you having a nightmare?"

Ever since his daughter handed over the number one player, she seemed to have been in a bad state.

However, he thinks this behavior is correct. People are members of a group. Su Mingan is a child who has just grown up. It is unreasonable to expect him to keep winning. It is better to take advantage of the opportunity of Yu Ruohe and him being good friends to give his number to the United Group so that their family can be together in the future. Live a little better.

But recently, he felt a little regretful.

...The status of the newly grown-up child seems to be getting higher and higher.

If they offend Su Mingan, will their family be retaliated against in the future...

Lao Yu is an ordinary middle-aged man who lives in an office building and a vegetable market. He never imagined that a child could reach his current status.

——This world is too strange.

Why would a child stand at the top of the world? What about the leaders of humanity? What about the big guys? Why is a student rushing to the front?

Lao Yu is a person who blends well with the public and is easily led away by public opinion. He used to like to talk rhetorically about international relations, foreign trade, stock price fluctuations, etc. online.

He believed some comments on the forum, saying that the first player had ulterior motives and was not an ordinary human being. After all, how could an ordinary human being achieve this? This is too inconsistent!

He looked at his daughter who was breathing rapidly in front of him and said with concern:

"What? What's wrong with you? You've been having nightmares recently. I told you not to watch the live broadcast. Experts on the Internet said that the scenes in those world copies are abnormal. Even if we watch them through the screen, we will have a mental impact. of!"

Yu Ruohe didn't speak, just stared at him.

After a moment, she gasped a faint sound.

Like asking for help.

"...Dad, I want to see a psychiatrist." She said.

Lao Yu frowned and immediately refused:

"What doctor are you going to see? I know what you want to say. But there is no such thing as depression. It's all money fraud! I think you're doing very well. You'll be fine if you get more rest. Depression is not a disease at all, it's just a bad mood. Well, disease of wealth!”

Yu Ruohe stopped talking again.

She stared at her father who was reading the newspaper and stood motionless for a long time.

The only sound left in the air was her rapid, desperate, animal-like breathing.