Chapter 484: What’s Wrong with This Brain Circuit?!
[You are now Player No. 248 — “Cat Egg”]
Old P was completely baffled: “What the hell, why is it happening again?”
Same art style, same dialogue, except the protagonist’s name had changed from Dog Egg to Cat Egg.
“They didn’t even bother to change the character model, dammit!” Old P complained.
On the screen, the two options [Attack] and [Defend] appeared again. This time, Old P had learned his lesson. As the saying goes, a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. Since attacking couldn’t deal any damage, he had to defend!
System prompt: Defense has been greatly increased!
A shield effect appeared too, though it was still pathetically crude, but Old P really felt like his defense had gone up!
[The Almighty Lord Shit has used his ultimate move “Adult’s Love,” dealing 2,147,483,647 damage to you!]
“Holy crap! What the hell is this?! I greatly increased my defense, and the damage is even higher?! This doesn’t make any damn sense, does it?!”
Old P was speechless. This game had absolutely no logic at all!
[Given your limited strength, the adventure is being adjusted appropriately...]
[You are now Player No. 249 — “Iron Egg”]
Familiar scene, familiar plot, familiar routine. Old P felt like he was trapped in an endless loop with no end in sight!
But this time, the prompt box had changed.
[Do you surrender to the Almighty Lord Shit?]
Below were two options: [No] and [Not].
“What the hell? Aren’t those the same thing?”
Old P casually chose [No], and Lord Shit used that pile of shit again. Game over!
Choosing [Not] also led to game over!
But this time, a small [Hint] button appeared in the top-right corner of the screen. Clicking it caused a small hand to appear on the left-side swordsman, pointing at him.
Old P was dumbfounded: “So this means... I’m supposed to click him?”
He tried clicking the left-side swordsman, and the guy actually pulled out a pistol. A new button appeared at the bottom of the screen: [Fire].
“Holy crap! There’s a trick like this?! What the hell is wrong with this designer’s brain circuit?!”
Old P was shocked. So this was the correct way to play this game?
Fire!
[You shamelessly ambushed the unsuspecting Almighty Lord Shit, dealing 1000 damage!]
He actually passed the level...
On the screen, the game logo flashed by. So that was just the prologue, and now the real game was starting...
Old P was completely thrown off. He felt like he had a lot of philosophical questions to answer now.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Why am I playing this game...?
[You are now Player No. 250. Due to the excessive number of worlds destroyed, Adventure System v1.0 has been adjusted to the lowest difficulty. You have received this month’s Brain-Damage Subsidy: $]
Old P let out a long breath. Although terms like Player No. 250 and Brain-Damage Subsidy had seriously wounded his not-so-fragile psyche and fully showcased Chen Mo’s malice, he could still hold on...
Clearly, this was absolutely not a legitimate puzzle game!
Strictly speaking, this game should be called the “Abnormal Brain Circuit Training Program,” specifically designed to twist players’ brain circuits into abnormal directions!
As for the game’s title, *Normal Adventure*, it was obviously ironic... This adventure was anything but normal!
However, this only piqued Old P’s curiosity. He really wanted to see just how abnormal this game’s brain circuit could get?
[To make this difficulty seem normal, please choose a protagonist name according to your preference.]
[Xiong Batian: $]
[Bu Jingtao: $]
[Han Dago: $]
[Gou Sheng: $]
The new puzzle plunged Old P into thought again. Given this game’s nature, the earlier options were obviously invalid, because the Brain-Damage Subsidy he just got was only $100, which could only buy the last name!
Old P unhesitatingly chose [Gou Sheng].
However, the system prompted: Insufficient balance!
Old P was shocked. What the hell?! I clearly have the money!
Then he looked closely. The amount shown wasn’t $100, but $100!
The first was a comma, the second was a decimal point!
Old P was speechless. He tried clicking the decimal point, and the balance changed to $100.
“Damn it! So that’s how it is, trying to screw me over again!”
Old P was both annoyed and proud. Annoyed because this game’s brain circuit kept catching him off guard, proud because he was getting more and more used to this game’s brain circuit...
Finding the solution so quickly, I must be naturally gifted, right?
Full of confidence, Old P entered the game interface.
Now this was the real game content. The entire screen looked like a very retro side-scrolling platformer, still pathetically crude. In the bottom-left were left and right arrow buttons, and in the bottom-right was a jump button.
Old P perked up: “Huh? Next up should be the playable part! As a high-end player like me, playable games will make me even more formidable! Tremble, mortals!”
But Old P soon realized he was wrong, and very wrong at that!
He found that all his skills were useless because this game didn’t play by the rules at all!
And the designs here completely contradicted classic side-scrolling action games!
For example, a block that looked safe to step on would shatter instantly when you did.
A horizontal bar marked with a smiley face would fall down and crush the protagonist when you walked under it.
A high-level NPC meant to protect the peace of the newbie village would die after just two lines of dialogue!
Every time he encountered an enemy with a question mark above its head, the system would seriously ask if he wanted to attack, defend, or flee. Choosing anything but flee would result in certain death...
A seemingly harmless river would only trigger a trap when the protagonist jumped over it.
A perfectly normal piece of ground would suddenly collapse when the protagonist jumped back onto it!
Clouds that looked perfectly safe would suddenly sprout spikes and impale the protagonist when touched...
A pit that looked like it needed to be jumped over would cause a hidden block to appear above, knocking the protagonist into the pit...
Old P was completely thrown off. This game didn’t play by the rules at all!
And every death didn’t deduct lives, but IQ. Starting from an initial IQ of 250, it dropped all the way to -200. Old P felt like he was starting to question his own existence...
After traversing a dangerous stretch, Old P, as a hero, was welcomed by a crowd of people lining the streets. As he walked past, they all knelt in reverence.
Then Old P saw an NPC soldier ahead that looked exactly like the ones before, with an exclamation mark above its head.
“Huh? A quest?” Old P curiously walked up to it.
The NPC immediately pulled out a sword and stabbed the protagonist to death!
The most infuriating part was that the NPC taunted him: “Idiot!”
“Damn it! I knew it!”
Old P was speechless. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. This time, he jumped directly over the assassin.
But just as he thought he was safe, the assassin turned around, raised his sword, and charged at him, stabbing him to death again!
Old P stared at his phone screen, dumbfounded.
“Holy crap! This game’s nature is really something else! You’re persistent, aren’t you, assassin?! You can take the initiative, can you?! Damn it all!!”
Old P was utterly helpless. What the hell was this?
Was Chen Mo’s game definitely made to take revenge on society?
[Resentment Value: +199!]