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"Ahh! Look at the top! What is that!"

Reflexively looking up, one hundred meters above the ground, which is the bottom of Aincrad's second floor, was stained with a blood-red checkerboard pattern.

If you take a closer look, you can find that the pattern is formed by the alternating arrangement of two strings of English, namely Warning and System Announcement.

"Warnings and system announcements? But... why did you make this strange appearance? Obviously something is wrong, right? Luo, Luo Ye, do you think so?"

Sensing the word "dangerous" that seemed to bleed, Yuna subconsciously approached the young man as if looking for a backbone, her originally calm expression was now tinged with anxiety, and she was faintly aware of the progress of the matter It seemed completely different from what she had imagined.

"That's right...but let's see what the dog management has to say."

Luo Ye didn't pay too much attention to the sky, but searched the crowd trying to find Tongzi and Hei Xueji who had previously gone to clean up the dangerous area.

It's just that his thoughts were quickly interrupted by the exclamations from the players.

The blood-red text began to drip down with a strange liquid, and suddenly changed its shape in mid-air, and gradually solidified into a giant with a height of nearly [-] meters and wearing a crimson cloak.Its face is pitch-black, like a void that does not exist, and even the two hands protruding from the long sleeves have no shape, they just cover the white gloves in vain.

Almost everyone in the square fell silent, waiting with bated breath for the figure to speak, and he really didn't keep the crowd waiting for long, speaking loudly with that low and clear voice.

"Everyone, welcome to - My World!"

Chapter 0400 Japan is the second disease

"Me, my world...he is referring to MC, right? A sandbox game that has been very popular for more than ten years."

Yuna spoke weakly, even if she vaguely guessed some extremely terrifying truth, she didn't dare to point it out. She habitually thought about the good side instead of how sinister people imagined.

Besides, it's not like she hasn't heard this voice before, it's the voice of the main producer Akihiko Kayaba...

"I think he simply means that the world of SAO belongs to him. After all, in a sense, this guy is equivalent to the creator god of this world."

Luo Ye pursed her lips and said indifferently, she always felt that Japanese people have a bit of chuunier personality mixed in to some extent, even a group of scientists are not excluded.

Leaving aside the brooch in the stone gate, Akihiko Kayaba simply pulled in a group of innocent people eating melons in order to witness that SAO is moving in the ideal direction.Except for lunatics and secondary illnesses, no one can do it, right?

Well, maybe this country is too influenced by comics.A ping-pong ball that you said is perfect can be described as the title of the Imperial Tiger, the Imperial Dragon, and the like. Just listening to it is shameful.

"So, it's understandable that Tongzi suffers from secondary illness, likes to draw erotic books, and likes to wear coats and cloaks..."

Luo Ye covered her face and explained the reason for the black long straight girl, until Yuna pursed her lips in dissatisfaction and poked his waist with her elbow. After recovering, she turned her attention to the sky again.

Hello!Didn't you notice that other big bosses are making speeches?Why don't you care at all!

Seeing this scene, the girl couldn't help but shook her head helplessly, her originally nervous mood was suddenly diluted.

"I think players should have noticed that the escape button disappeared from the menu. But this is not a problem with the game. I repeat. This is not a problem with the game, but the original version of Sword Art Online."

In the sky, only Akihiko Kayaba announced in a low and deep voice.

"From now on, you will not be able to exit the game by yourself until you reach the top of this castle. In addition, there is no way to stop or disable the operation of NERvGear by outsiders."

He paused for a moment as if deliberately intimidating, and there was a short silence in the huge square, only the sound of heavy breathing was panting one after another, there were already beads of sweat on the forehead of someone, and the legs were trembling, almost standing up. Unsteady pace.

Are you kidding me?This is definitely a joke, right?

Can't log out of the game?Doesn't this mean that they will spend their time on this game in the future?What should we do in reality?

"And if someone tries to cut off the game for you outside, the high-power battery hidden inside NERvGear will emit microwaves that will destroy your brains. More specifically, when the power is cut off for more than 10 minutes, and the network is disconnected for more than two hours, try Destroying the NERvGear body or unlocking the fixed lock - only under the above conditions, the brain destruction program will be executed. And these conditions have been published in the outside world through our company and the media. By the way , At this point in time, many family members and friends of players have ignored our warning and tried to forcibly cancel NERvGear, and the result is..."

Seemingly knowing how to arouse the players' sense of fear, Akihiko Kayaba spoke in that low manly voice, took a breath when he spoke about this place, and then spoke slowly.

"Unfortunately, there are already 233 players who have retired from the real world and Aincrad forever."

"Well!"

There was a mournful cry from somewhere, and apart from that, most of the players around either didn't believe it, or they just didn't want to believe it. There were only a few sad smiles on their faces or they were in a trance state.

Yuna's feet suddenly started to tremble, and she stepped back because her knees were weak, but Luo Ye grabbed her in time so that she didn't make a fool of herself on the spot.

Eiji next to him had a dejected expression on his face, and sat down on the ground, holding his head in both hands in annoyance, his young face was full of horror.

233 players have... died forever?

"Ghosts believe it! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Eiji, who fell on the slate floor, roared almost hysterically with a hoarse voice.

"That's just to scare people! Stop rambling over there, get me out of here quickly! That's right...all of these are game activities, right? It's a performance for the game's public beta, right? No Wrong!"

There are not a few people who yell like him madly.Anyone who is inexplicably locked into a game in a virtual world, and then told by the mastermind behind the scenes to get through to the top level before they can be released will feel uncomfortable, right?

However, as if wanting to completely annihilate those who had the same thoughts as him, Kayaba Akihiko continued to speak in that unchanging cold tone.

"You guys don't need to worry about your body in the real world. Now all the TV, radio, and Internet media are constantly reporting this situation and the situation where there are many victims. So the NERvGear on everyone's head was forcibly removed It can be said that the danger has been reduced to a very low level. In the future, your bodies in the real world should be transported to hospitals or other facilities during the two-hour disconnection buffer time wearing NERvGear, and then It should be taken care of carefully. I hope everyone can feel at ease... just focus on clearing the game."

In fact, no matter how the people below yelled, he would not care, as cold as announcing established facts.

"In addition, I hope everyone pays special attention. For everyone, Sword Art Online is no longer just a game, but another real world. From now on, all resurrection functions will be canceled in the game. So when the HP becomes zero, everyone Your characters will be wiped out forever, and your brains will be destroyed by NERvGear."

"And there is only one condition that can liberate everyone from this game. As I mentioned just now, reach the highest floor of Aincrad, which is the [-]th floor, and defeat the final demon king waiting there. I guarantee that at that moment, all surviving players can safely exit the game."

Hearing this statement, almost all the [-] players on the scene fell silent.Finally, I was able to understand what Kayaba really meant when he said 'reach the top of this castle' at the beginning.

This castle refers to Aincrad, a huge floating castle that swallows everyone on the lowest floor, and there are 99 floors above it that continue to float in the air.

When you clear the level, you can break away from this virtual world and return to real life.

Chapter 0401 that day players finally recalled

On that day, the player finally recalled the terror once dominated by management, as well as the humiliation of being imprisoned in a birdcage.

When she heard such unacceptable facts from the scientists she admired in the past, Tongzi felt as if her heart would stop beating heavily for a moment.

The girl's breathing was stagnant for a moment, her body was on the verge of falling, and she would fall limply on the ground at any moment, muttering to herself as if in a daze.

"Go back, I can't go back."

Only by clearing the [-]th floor of Aincrad can one be freed from the prison of this virtual world. It will take at least a year or two, right?Doesn't it mean that she will not be able to see her parents and sister?

You know, just five or six hours ago, Tongzi was still eating lunch made by her mother, and said a few words to her sister who was out to participate in club activities.But now the situation has suddenly changed, and the family is actually separated like this...

Moreover, once the HP that represents the life value drops to zero, whether it is virtual or real, she will die completely and disappear from this world forever.

The tragic fact made the girl feel a bit unacceptable at the first moment. She habitually put her hands beside her and tried to find something to rely on, but her hand only touched Hei Xueji's cold little hand. Only then did she suddenly realize that Luo Ye hadn't been by her side since the beginning.

That's right, didn't he go to take those two novices just now?

Thinking of this, Tongzi couldn't help showing a look of misery on his face.

And her small movements were completely seen by Hei Xueji, but she didn't have time to pay more attention as usual.Compared with Tongzi, who was a little depressed, she showed a strong impatient look, and there was a strong anger between her brows, and she kept tapping the ground with her feet and the frequency became more and more intense.

She didn't have any objections to clearing the level on the [-]th floor. After all, this was the only way to restore her memory. Hei Xueji herself tried to get through all the floors to recall her unreliable family members.

But she can't quit once in the middle, and can't get out of this world even once, which makes her a little hard to accept, and she doesn't like the feeling that her body will be manipulated by others.

In addition...

In fact, she didn't need to suffer at all. It was only because someone summoned her into this world that it caused a series of chain reactions.

Isn't it obvious who the culprit is?

"That guy, where do I owe him?"

Angrily complaining like this, the black long straight girl put her jade hand against her forehead, but in the end she had no choice but to accept this fact, and turned her eyes to the sky again, wanting to see what Kayaba Akihiko had to say to say.

I saw the black phantom wrapped under the red cloak lightly moved his right hand, and announced in a voice without any emotion.

"Finally, let's show everyone that this world is the only real evidence for you. There are gifts prepared by me in your item column. Please take a look."

At the same time as his voice fell, almost all the players' two fingers swung directly downward, and a series of electronic bells sounded in the square.

After tapping on the buoy in the item bar from the main menu that appeared, the topmost displayed item table has the gift that Kayaba said, that is—a small hand-held mirror.

Before most people realized what was going on, the whole square was suddenly enveloped in white light, and everything they saw was incandescence.

After about two or three seconds, the light disappeared, and the original scenery reappeared in front of my eyes...

No, to be precise, great changes have taken place.

Those people who had grown into handsome men and beautiful women just a moment ago all disappeared, replaced by a group of ordinary young people in armor and civilian clothes, and their average height has also dropped by a full ten centimeters.

But this is actually nothing. The key point is that the ratio of male to female that was originally balanced has suddenly changed considerably.

Looking around, there are very few female players, and only one or two can be picked out of a dozen or so.

and so--

Sure enough, there are a lot of people playing the so-called shemale account, right?

"It turns out that NERvGear completely covers the user from head to face with high-density signal components. That is to say, not only the brain, but also the surface shape of the face can be fully grasped, and even height, weight and other data are in the We also filled in the initial data entry! It can completely reproduce the real appearance of the players in reality."

Yuna reacted as if suddenly enlightened, and looked at the surrounding environment with her eyes, and saw that the players were all dumbfounded watching the changes between themselves and other people, and it was a bit unacceptable to see that they had a good conversation and even made an appointment. The face value of the offline KFC partners suddenly dropped several steps, and they all let out horrifying screams, and even asked, "Who are you!" ' or something like that.

Hmm... Anyone who finds out that the stunning beauty who was still in love with you not long ago has suddenly turned into a sloppy uncle with a beard, the gap in his heart will be hard to describe in words, right?

What kind of function is this at the bottom of the pit!Why break everyone's original fantasy about each other?Is this cheating Akihiko Kayaba depriving players of even the last ounce of fun?

Originally, no matter how bad this game is, players are locked in the virtual world, and they can still develop in the direction of the girl scroll. After all, many female characters have devilish figures with protruding fronts and backwards. for a while.

But this clearly kills the last possibility, and makes everyone be beaten back to their original shape, revealing their true faces that cannot be compared with the data.

"Well, did it really change back?"

Yuna noticed that her waist-length silver-white hair had turned back to the natural brown in reality, and she couldn't help whimpering, thinking about that beautiful and flowing hair color.

It can be said that female players are quite concerned about face pinching data. Although she didn't adjust her facial features much, she still changed her hair color to a more beautiful silver white...

And within the range of the girl's field of vision, Eiji, her friend who had been playing since she was a child, also changed back to her real appearance.His handsome face has become childish and youthful, and his height has shrunk considerably.He looked at the suddenly lowered field of vision in a daze, obviously a bit uncomfortable.

It can be clearly noticed that the nearby players have changed somewhat, but only Luo Ye stood unchanged, as if the previous changes had nothing to do with him.

"You, you are Luo Ye? Wait, why hasn't there been any change?"

Yuna's eyes widened, filled with inconceivable surprises, she could only understand that this guy had been playing the game with his real face since the very beginning.

This……

Chapter 0402 The Biggest and Worst Desperate Event in Game History

"I was too lazy to make adjustments so I just scanned the face, as you can see."

Luo Ye spread out his hands and said that he did not make any adjustments during the face-squeezing session and directly entered the game.

In this regard, Tongzi and Kuroyukihime are actually in the same situation.The two also adjusted their pupil colors a little, and they both chose scarlet as if they had a middle school illness, but at this moment, they probably changed back.

Before the conversation between the two could continue, a solemn voice came from the blood-red sky.

"Everyone must be thinking why right now. Why—the developer of SAO and NERvGear, Akihiko Kayaba, did this? Is this a large-scale terrorist act? Or is it a kidnapping case for ransom?"

Like the mastermind behind the scenes in a novel, the giant phantom began to explain the ins and outs and the reasons for everything, so that the ignorant warriors could understand his good intentions, although it was very likely that they would not be able to accept it.

"But these are not my purpose. I can even say that I have no purpose or reason now. If you want to say why... it is because for me, this situation is the ultimate purpose. Create this world and watch it , it was for this purpose that I invented NERvGear and created SAO. Now, all my goals have been achieved."

The sound echoed continuously in the wide and huge square.

"This is the end of the game description for the official operation of Sword Art Online. Dear players, I wish you good luck."

After the words fell, the huge blood-red cloak climbed up silently, starting from the tip of the cap, as if melting, gradually assimilating with the system information covering the entire sky.

Its shoulders, chest, and limbs slowly sank into the blood-red water, leaving only a ripple spreading out.Immediately afterwards, the message covering the entire sky disappeared suddenly just like when it appeared.

The sound of the wind blowing over the square and the performance of the NPC orchestra, the BGM on the streets of the town gradually approached from a distance.

The game has returned to its original appearance again, and the only thing that has changed is - certain rules of the game.For example, it is impossible to revive after death, and even in reality, the brain will be killed by electromagnetic shock correspondingly.

The whole square instantly turned into a pot of porridge, creaking and creaking like boiling water, and there was always a buzzing sound in my ears.

"It's a lie! What's going on, it must be a lie!"

"Stop kidding! Get me out! Get me out of here!"

"I'm very troubled by this! I still have an appointment with someone!"

"No! Let me go back! Let me go back!"

Screams, roars, screams, curses, pleas, and growls resounded continuously.In just 10 minutes, everyone went from a noble game player to a prisoner in a virtual cage.Some collapsed and crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands, some raised their hands up to the sky as if praying for a miracle, and some even began to scold each other and blame each other for dragging themselves into the pit. It was hard to accept this almost desperate fact.

The fragility and ugliness of human nature are fully revealed at this moment.

"Me, what should we do now?"

Even Yuna, who has always been optimistic and cheerful, couldn't smile at the moment, her delicate and pretty face was filled with bitterness, and she could only pin her heart and soul on Luo Ye, whom she had just met, and subconsciously turned to the young The man moved closer.