22. The Devil

The sound of the system came into Li Nuo's ears, and because it was a solo mission, he was the only one who heard it.

"My car broke down...... But I lack spare parts to repair it, if I can get back to my lodgings......" Emir's tone slowed down and spoke in a tone of helplessness, "but I can't find a home. ”

"Okay."

Li Nuo answered, it was still a car repair task......

He stood up and walked to the front of the car, the body was a little dented and crooked, and the goods poured out of the shelves behind the car and scattered to the ground.

Picking up a few items that resembled chips, he learned that they could be put in the inventory, but Li Nuo didn't dare to do it rashly.

"Wait for me a moment, solo feeder." He turned around and gestured five fingers to the two people behind him: "Five minutes is fine, if not, we will continue on the road." ”

Then he frowned, and his whole mind began to spin.

The mission level is 16~45, which fluctuates greatly.

Level 45 missions, which have broken the difficulty level, should correspond to the way the original game was completed.

In the original story, you had to go underground and pass through many high-level enemy areas, and finally find the Emir's home with great difficulty.

Theoretically, yes.

But a series of events that have happened so far have made Li Nuo have a bold hypothesis, in the endless corridor, the mission level is a symbolic symbol, which tells you the most direct and effective means of completion, but in addition, there is an "evil way" to follow.

Just like in many games, players can enter the late map through the BUG at the beginning to get the artifact, and then return to the early stage to easily break the level with a crushing attitude.

And the evil way method may be the difficulty of the level 16 mission.

Thinking of this, Li Nuo asked, "Emir, did you make this car yourself?" ”

The emir jumped and nodded instead: "Yes." ”

"So if I find a replacement that doesn't meet your expectations, can you fix it?"

"It's not like I haven't tried...... But the parts here are all broken. ”

That's right......

Li Nuomao opened suddenly.

If you have read the short story "Memories of Emile" related to Neil, you will know that Emir always makes new bodies for himself, he has made himself into armored cars, pickup trucks, and the only thing that remains unchanged is this round rumbling head.

Well, the body of the emir is the car itself......

Li Nuo is usually very idle...... So he has a lot of time to waste.

As for the way of waste, he chooses to ingest "useless" knowledge endlessly.

This also leads to the fact that his knowledge reserve is all-round radiation, and in order to play the game, he will sometimes even read all the setting sets of the game, including the original novel, word for word.

Then, through the shallow memory method, the content of the understanding is changed to fragmented information and "stored" in the gyrus groove.

All the information of the emir, he knows it all.

"So why don't you try to change your body?" Li Nuo asked.

"But I needed parts, a drive, which was only available in the factory, but the factory couldn't get in." Emir said.

Can't get into the factory?

Leno jotted down this key information, and thought to himself, if we asked any more, the Emir would say what materials were needed, then we had to go and find these damn materials, and we couldn't let this happen.

"I have a way." Li Nuo said, and then walked to the three jumpers.

At this time, Chen Shou and Marjie, who were listening to them in the rear, seemed to have a little understanding.

He's going to give the three jumpers to this hidden boss?

But it's different from what they think.

Li Nuo took out the [worn-out pedals] from the shoulder bag placed in the co-pilot.

He handed the rusty pedals to the emir.

The emir was at a loss: "I, I don't understand. ”

Yes, I didn't understand either, Chen Shou complained in his heart.

"You can use it as a starting system to get back to the original pedal tricycle," says Lenovo. ”

Emir was stunned for a few seconds and then suddenly jumped: "Yes!" It's a contingency, but the shape of the car is about to change, and I'm going to make a new body for myself. ”

"Does the speed change?" Leno asked, he was very concerned about this, and if he could, he really wanted the emir's car to get around.

Amir: "I don't have to change the speed of the car by driving the engine with the pedals, at least I don't get tired when I use it." ”

Li Nuo was shocked, what a black technology!

Emir looked at the pedal and said, "But ...... Your pedals are too old, I'm going to find something to assemble one. ”

"Ah...... No, I have a way to do it. Li Nuo said as he opened the backpack panel and took out the [Repair Light Powder] from it.

Although this thing is called "light powder", its appearance is actually a hammer the size of a palm.

He tossed his hand twice, the characteristic of [Repair Light Powder] is that it can repair bound equipment and uncomplicated equipment, like Emir's car definitely can't be repaired, but if it's a pedal, it's not a big problem.

He took the hammer and turned back to the two behind him, "Do you know how to use this thing?" ”

Marger shook his head.

Chen Shou shook his head.

"Then guess it." Li Nuo raised the hammer and smashed it on the pedals!

Bang! Splatters of sporadic golden powder.

"Sure enough...... It's smashing again...... Normal people would choose to hit it with a hammer...... However, why do I take it for granted that he did this......" These words floated through Chen Shou's brain like a banner, and in his opinion, Li Nuo had been labeled a "weirdo".

"Ahhh What are you doing?! The emir was frightened by Lino's behavior, puzzled and somewhat troubled.

At this moment, the pedals glowed white, not dazzling but bright, and when the light source faded, it was restored to good condition.

Emir put his pedals on his head and was overjoyed.

"Thank you!"

He jolted his pedals to the broken car, and then the three of them saw what magic was......

"Alright, it's done!"

The broken blue tin cart changed in an instant, and Emir jumped on it and said to himself, "I need to screw myself on the saddle...... Then ......"

【Side quest completed】

【Help Emir】

[Level: Lv16]

[Rewards: Emir's Mask, Expansion Backpack Slot*2, EXP 2500]

When he heard the sound of the system shutting down, Emir jumped out of the tricycle, rolled behind the frame, and somehow found a mask that looked exactly like his own face, with a small satchel on top of it.

"Thank you, as a thank you, this commemorative mask and backpack are given to you!"

The emir carried the reward to Li Nuo.

He reached for his satchel and a system panel popped up:

[Personal Backpack Slot Count +2]

At the same time, Li Nuo opened his personal backpack, and the number of lattices changed from six to eight.

He then took the mask, glanced at the item information, and didn't rush to equip it, and there was a special reward for the mission to try and see if he could get it.

Li Nuo took the mask in his hand, placed it in front of his eyes, shook it twice as if he was scrutinizing, and then frowned.

"What's the matter, you don't like my thank-you gift?" The emir asked with some concern.

"No, I love it...... Just ......"

At first, he didn't know that the emir would trigger the side quest, and the reason why he was so happy when he saw the iron cart crushed under the rocks was because something more important was targeted by him.

"Emir, can you lend me your car?"

The emir's head was shackled down, and he stammered: "I, I refuse to ......"

Li Nuo sat down cross-legged, facing the emir, staring closely at the other party's two white hole-like eyes, and asked in an easy-going tone, "Why?" ”

When Chen Shou, who was standing in the back, heard Li Nuo ask "why", he thought to himself, isn't this normal, you still want a car after the rewards are all given to you?

But in the next moment, he suddenly felt a tense feeling all over, and thought of something that ordinary people can't do, but some specific groups of people can...... Li Nuo won't want to rob him alive......

After a moment's hesitation, the emir finally replied: "I want to go home, and besides, I need to be pulled by a cart to sell things." ”

"So your home is far away?" Li Nuo knew the answer, but he still had to pretend not to understand.

"Hmm."

Li Nuo stretched out his finger and pointed to the "goods" covering the ground, and asked, "That...... Have you sold any of these things? ”

"No, there are no customer ......"

"Well, your family lives far away, but you still have to come here to peddle your goods, which have no buyers at all, then, Emir, what is the point of selling goods for you? Or......" Li Nuo paused here, stood up on crutches, looked at the blue iron car that turned into a tricycle, and smiled kindly: "What is the significance of this car for you?" ”

"Meaning......" The emir pondered the word, and it was strange that the word "thinking" could be recognized on his expressionless face.

Li Nuo sat cross-legged opposite the emir again, this time closer: "Can't think of it?" ”

The emir shook from side to side.

Looking at this big head, Li Nuo thought to himself: Of course I can't think of it, the setting will let you do this.

"I know why."

The emir looked at Li Nuo and stammered, "What...... What's with? ”

Leno stretched out his hand to rest on the top of Emir's round, smooth head, and the corners of his mouth raised a gentle arc.

"You want friends."

Friend! What a god unfolds this Nima! Chen Shou's heart was full of confusion, but a trace of reason was still suppressing the soul of the tumultuous complaint.

"Friend......" Emir's tone was hesitant, but it could also make people feel the sense of approval.

"Yes, friends."

Li Nuo gently stroked the iron head of the emir at this time, and then explained: "You live alone, one year, two years, three years until you forget how many years have passed, you want to find a partner to talk to, so you leave your nest and set out aimlessly to find a partner who can accompany you, and the goods on these cars are nothing more than the so-called communication tools, playing the role of a 'merchant', and you can contact more people as a store owner." ”

"For the sake of ...... Reach out to more ...... Partner? The emir replied as if he were asking.

Li Nuo didn't give him more time to think, and immediately pointed to the ground and said, "But you are here, in this ruin, it is impossible to find a partner, because these mechanical lifeforms are a group of creatures that do not yet have the ability to fully think. ”

The emile looked at Lenovo as silently as a toy that would not move or speak, and Leno fell silent when he was finished.

After a few seconds, the emir spoke up, "That...... What am I going to do? ”

Chen Shou was stunned, turned his head to look at Mar Jie, who had been watching the play, and asked listlessly, "Brother Ma...... It's a pyramid scheme, right? ”

Faced with Emir's question, Li Nuo's eyes revealed a trace of goodwill and sincerity visible to the naked eye.

"There's a place where there are a lot of people who can be your friends."

"Where?" This sentence ignited the emir's expectations.

Li Nuo stretched out his hand and pointed to the road they had walked when they came: "Artificial human gathering place, resistance barracks." ”

The emir hesitated when he heard the resistance camp: "I know where it is, but ...... But will they accept me? After all, my appearance...... It's weird......"

"Accept you? It's easy to do. ”

Li Nuo smiled here: "On that road, there was a resistance army who was attacked by mechanical lifeforms and fell unconscious, the three of us rescued him, you take that man to the camp, explain clearly the matter of us saving him and entrusting you to escort him, I believe that the group of kind androids will accept you." ”

"Is that okay?" The emir asked.

Li Nuo stood up with a stick, dusted off the dirt on his body, bent down and smiled at the emir, "I promise you. ”

Chen Shou's expression was numb at this time.

"If you have friends." Li Nuo smiled and tilted his head: "Emir, in that case, do you still need your car and the goods on your car?" ”

Emir: "No. ”

Marger laughed, "This isn't a pyramid scheme. ”

Chen Shou nodded: "Well, it's the devil." ”