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Chapter 554 Famous scene - If you are a man, go to the 100th floor

The talent show of the stupid goddess is still going on. Because it is too gorgeous and magical, it attracts many people.

Many players thought that this was an easter egg or special task prepared by the operator, and contacted their friends one after another, making the crowd here more and more dense.

In terms of destructive power, Aqua is really unique.

But thanks to this.

Kureya and Rain successfully joined them.

As a matter of course, Kobayashi was questioned about what happened as soon as they met. At the same time, the two guards were also very concerned about the safety of Her Highness Alice. They gradually calmed down under the persuasion of Darkness.

"Who is this guy?"

"Sato Kazuma! This is the image I fabricated using the system. You also heard the prompt sound when you entered, right?"

"What? It's you, kid."

"Eh————"

Seeing Kureya's lack of interest, Sato Kazuma was very shocked. He thought that this guy who liked appearance would have a good impression of him. He even thought about teasing the other party first, and then revealing his true identity to laugh at the other party. He might have had this idea when creating a male character.

However, it was different from what he thought!

"Even I have to admit that the image you fabricated is handsome, but the temperament you exude has made people feel physically uncomfortable. Sorry."

"Don't apologize! What do you mean by physically uncomfortable! You are deliberately teasing me, right?"

Unfortunately, Kureya's expression that did not seem to be fake made Sato Kazuma, who was looking for the truth, completely unable to hold back, and he lay on the ground crying.

As time passed.

Not only did Alice never show up, but the increasing number of people gathered here had formed a traffic jam, and Aqua was obviously a little bored with the long talent show. After all, the aesthetics of the stupid goddess is that no matter what talent, it cannot satisfy the audience at once, otherwise no one will come to appreciate it in the future.

And Kureya became more and more anxious, she wanted to find Alice.

Searching in the huge town of origin, and not knowing whether Alice has changed her image, this is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. The best way is to rely on Aqua's influence to get Alice to find them.

But at that moment, Kureya's patience had obviously reached its limit, and it was no use trying to persuade her to be patient.

Kobayashi added her as a friend and agreed to let her go to look for them. But before she left, Alice joined them.

"——Brother! Kureya!"

A familiar voice came from behind.

But when they turned around, Kobayashi and Kureya were stunned, because they saw another 'Kobayashi', especially the 'Kobayashi' who just appeared spoke with the voice and tone of a beautiful girl, which sounded awkward. It was like the beauty of the two swapping bodies but not completely swapping.

The female guard took a step forward with some uncertainty.

"Love, Alice?"

"It's me, Kureya."

With Kobayashi's face and appearance, making Alice's expression and movements, even the perverted female guard who had ideas about Her Highness the Princess couldn't resist.

Sato Kazuma was right, she was indeed obsessed with appearance.

"Alice, you actually used the image of Senior Kobayashi." Sato Kazuma pinched his chin and said, "I would have used it if I had known. It would have been fun to play the shadow clone technique. Or do something bad and put all the blame on Senior Kobayashi."

"Don't do bad things, idiot."

Kobayashi knocked his head.

Thinking of using someone else's face to take the blame, Sato Kazuma has crossed the bottom line.

However, he didn't expect Alice to use his image, and it was so similar that even he couldn't tell the difference.

"Brother... do you hate it?"

"Should I say hate it or not..."

Looking at 'himself' doing the shy movements of a little girl, Kobayashi felt his blood pressure rise, but after all, Alice used his image out of admiration, and she was his sister... Of course he forgave her!

"Yeah, great!"

"Thank you, brother!"

Alice laughed.

Sure enough, using your own face is still weird!

On the other side, Aqua's talent show also stopped, and the group quickly left the crowd and came to a corner.

First, he commented on Alice's character image and said a lot of bad things. Although the target was Alice, Kobayashi always felt that he was seriously hurt.

Kureya asked: "Your Highness Alice, you are the latest to meet us. Did something happen?"

"Ah, actually I met a beautiful big sister. She was distressed because she couldn't find her companions, so I helped her find them."

"Alice, are you okay?!"

Before the female guard responded, Sato Kazuma was very excited.

"Brother?"

"Listen carefully, Alice. This game can fabricate images, so the beautiful big sister you met may actually be a pervert! That's right, the real identity of the player who controls the female character may be a big man who picks his feet. I used to be..."

He began to tell his bitter tears.

It seems that Sato Kazuma also had an unforgettable online romance, and it ended badly.

Ignoring Sato Kazuma who was immersed in memories.

Kobayashi clapped his hands: "Everyone, things are getting serious now. Something unexpected happened."

"Unexpected?"

"It's about this game. I can't explain the reason in detail, but what is certain is that we can't go back for the time being. I'm sorry, Alice, for putting you in danger."

"...It's okay, brother."

Alice smiled softly.

...It looks awkward no matter how hard you look at it with your own face in front of it.

Kureya said excitedly: "You said you can't go back. What's going on? Please explain to me!"

"Ah, I'll explain now-"

Ding-dong--ding-dong--ding-dong--

Before Xiao Lin could finish speaking, a sound like a bell or an alarm sounded, and everyone was startled. Immediately afterwards, the blue light enveloped Aqua and the others, and then they disappeared one by one, without giving everyone time to react.

"Is it time?"

There were too many people. I didn’t expect that it would take so long just to get together. After all the delay, it was already the time when Kayaba Akihiko was about to declare the death game.

Aqua and the others suddenly disappeared, making Kureya a little nervous.

"Your Excellency Xiaolin, this is...!"

"Don't be nervous, it's just an ordinary teleportation."

After saying that, the blue beam of light also enveloped him, and then Xiao Lin's figure disappeared.

As the blue light gradually faded, he was no longer in the corner of the town. Instead, there was a vast stone floor, surrounded by street trees, and streets with a chic medieval style. Not far ahead, there is a huge palace that emits black light.

There is no doubt that this is the starting point of the game, the central square of the starting town.

Aqua, Darkness and the others were also next to Kobayashi, and then the blue light beams lit up one after another, and Kurea and Alice were also teleported over.

"What, what's wrong, Mr. Xiaolin!"

"Xiao Lin Xiao Lin, why are there so many people here?"

"Wow ah ah -"

Looking back and forth at the crowded crowd, there were more people than when Aqua was performing her talent. An anxious atmosphere was created around her, and the surroundings were full of voices scolding the operator and the GM. I think these people also Found out that the exit key was cut out.

suddenly...

Someone shouted to drown out the noise.

"Hey, look up there!"

Everyone looked up reflexively, including Kobayashi and Aqua.

Then, Xiao Lin saw the famous scene.

About a hundred meters above the ground, at a position equivalent to the bottom of the second floor, a bright red checkerboard-like pattern was dyed.

If you look closely, you can see that the pattern is composed of two English words [Warning] and [System Announcement] arranged alternately.

The noise in the square also subsided by then, and it felt like everyone was pricking up their ears to hear the announcement.

However, the next scene made some players with weak psychological endurance scream out in fear on the spot.

——The red pattern covering the entire sky, its central part is like a huge drop of thick blood, slowly dripping downward. But the blood did not drip to the ground, but suddenly changed its shape in mid-air.

What appeared there was a giant nearly twenty meters tall and wearing a crimson cloak.

There is no face in the very low hat, it is completely empty, and you can even clearly see the inside and edges of the hat. And inside the long drooping hem, there was also just a slight darkness, like a huge cloak floating in mid-air.

"Is that GM?"

"But why don't you have a face?"

"I remember during the internal beta, it was an old man with a long beard or a woman wearing glasses?"

There was nothing under the crimson cloak, which made everyone feel unspeakably uneasy, and the noisy voices sounded again.

At this time, as if to stop these sounds, the two long sleeves of the cloak suddenly moved. Pure white gloves can be seen from the enlarged cuffs. However, the sleeves and gloves are obviously separated from each other, and the physical part is completely invisible.

On the heads of all the players, empty white gloves opened to the left and right, and it felt like the faceless man was opening his mouth, and then immediately a man's deep and transparent voice came from far above.

"Dear players, welcome to my world."

His words made some people's expressions change slightly, as if they had a bad premonition. At this time, the red cloak slowly lowered his hands, and the voice followed.

“My name is Kayaba Akihiko, and I am the only person who can control this world right now.

I think all players have noticed that the logout button has disappeared from the main menu screen. But that's not what's wrong with the game. I repeat. This is not a problem with the game, but with the original version of Sword Art Online.

From now on, you will not be able to log out of the game yourself until you reach the top of the castle.

Additionally, there is no way for outsiders to stop or disable NERvGear. If anyone tried to do that..."

There was a brief silence, which made people breathless.

The next words were spoken slowly in the heavy silence of ten thousand people holding their breath.

"——The microwaves emitted by the signal component of NERvGear will destroy your brain and stop your life activities."

Calm with a hint of madness.

Kayaba Akihiko's very concise declaration, but his fierce and tough attitude, has been deeply imprinted in the minds of all players.

"Are you kidding! Be careful if I file a complaint against you!"

"How could such a thing happen!"

"Let us out quickly!"

There were commotion sounds from all directions of the crowd. It was obvious that they did not believe what Kayaba Akihiko said. Most of the others were silent because they could not understand, and some people understood that such a thing was very possible.

NERvGear uses countless signal components buried inside to emit weak electromagnetic waves to give the brain cells a simulated feeling when doing something. It can indeed be said to be the most cutting-edge super technology of the times, but in fact it is exactly the same as the microwave oven, a home appliance based on the exact same principle.

In other words, as long as it has sufficient output power, it can cause the water molecules in the player's brain cells to vibrate, and then steam the brain through friction and heat generation.

The expressions of the few people who wanted to understand became ugly.

Not only that, Kayaba Akihiko also imposed other restrictions, such as: cutting off the external power supply for more than ten minutes, disconnecting the network for more than two hours, trying to destroy the NERvGear body, etc... Especially these were implemented without informing the players. , and the result of this situation is naturally——

"Unfortunately, 213 players have permanently retired from the real world and Aincrad."

The cold numbers he spat out froze the bodies of all the players.

Because that represents the death toll.

In just a few hours after the server was launched, so many players died because of Kayaba Akihiko's selfish desires...

What a joke!

"There is no need to worry. All media are reporting this situation repeatedly, so the risk of your NERvGear being forcibly removed has been reduced to a minimum. I hope you can relax and focus on conquering the game. But please keep it in mind, From now on, all resurrection methods in the game will be invalid. The moment the health value drops to 0, your character will disappear forever. At the same time... your brain will be destroyed by NERvGear."

This gameplay reminded Kobayashi of the hell mode in various games - that is, the extreme challenge mode where death ends once and for all.

Speaking of which, for these players, this game has become hell mode now, right?

"There is only one condition that can free you from this game. Reach the highest level of Aincrad, which is the 100th floor, and then defeat the final devil waiting there. I promise to survive at that moment. All players who come down can safely log out of the game."

The players all fell silent.

But soon, the noise started again.

"Climb a hundred floors? How is it possible?"

"What a joke!"

"Have you ever considered how difficult it is! I heard that it was very difficult to attack during the closed beta!"

A thousand people participated in the closed test, which lasted for two months, and only six floors were conquered. Although it is officially online now, there are only 10,000 people. How long will it take to conquer the 100th floor with just these people?

But the God who rules this world does not pay attention to the voices of his only about 10,000 people.

The giant cloak moved his right hand lightly and said in a voice without any emotion: "Finally, let me show you that this world is the only reality for you. In your item list, there is me Please take a look at the gifts you have prepared.”

Almost everyone did as he asked and found an item in the item bar.

- Holding a small mirror.

A small square mirror was materialized, and what was reflected in the mirror was Kobayashi's appearance that was indistinguishable from his own. Aqua and the others also looked in the mirror.

At this time——

The surrounding players were suddenly shrouded in white light, but after just a few seconds the light disappeared and the original scenery reappeared.

The faces of familiar companions.

"Wow! The image of a handsome guy that I worked so hard to create!"

Kazuma Sato wailed loudly.

To be honest, he is still pleasing to the eye as he is now, the one before was too artificial.

Alice also returned to her original appearance. She also looked a little disappointed, but Kureya was extremely happy.

Then the red cloak in the sky continued to announce.

"Everyone must be thinking now, why did Kayaba Akihiko do this? Is it a large-scale terrorist act, or is he committing a kidnapping case for ransom?... These are not my purposes. It can even be said that I have now There’s no purpose or reason anymore. If there’s a reason why… it’s because for me, this situation is the ultimate goal.”

As if reminiscing, after a short period of time, Kayaba Akihiko's inorganic voice sounded again.

"This is the official game description of Sword Art Online - [Sword Art Online]. Dear players - I wish you good luck."

The last words left some echoes before disappearing.

The huge bright red cloak rose silently, gradually assimilating with the system information covering the entire sky as if dissolving, leaving only a ripple spreading out. Then, the messages that filled the sky of the feature film suddenly disappeared just as they appeared.

The sound of the wind blowing over the square and the background music played by the NPC band on the streets of the town gradually approached from afar, steadily touching everyone's hearing.

The game returned to its original state, and the only change was that some of the rules of the game had changed.

Then——

The voices of wailing, roaring, screaming, cursing, requesting, and roaring resounded through the sky of the main film.

As expected, the famous scenes of swords cannot be shortened, otherwise they will lose their flavor... Although Aqua and others are there, they will soon lose their flavor.