Honkai Impact: Travel Notes of the Tree and the Sea

Time passes day by day.

For most of the world, it's just a normal day, but for some, it's not.

A young man wearing glasses pushed open the door and rushed into the room. He came to the computer desk. There were already crowds of people there, most of them wearing glasses. They were looking nervously at the screen in front of them with red faces.

"It's already the 99th floor, it's the 99th floor!"

""Dragon Scale" entered the 99th floor first! What about the rest? "

"The Holy Dragon Alliance and the Blood Alliance Knights have also arrived."

……

The man sitting in front of the computer desk was so excited that his hands on the keyboard were almost as excited as playing the piano.

Naturally, they are not just ordinary people. On the contrary, they are members of SAO's countermeasures department. When Kayaba Akihiko started this death game, the government department immediately organized such a department to be responsible for various events related to this matter and its follow-up.

As the world's first complete stealth game, no one expected that a game would attract the attention of the world. After the SAO incident broke out, not only was the total stealth technology itself strictly prohibited by various countries, but various social discussions surrounding it also started.

The pressure on the SAO Countermeasures Headquarters is huge. You must know that before this, although complete stealth technology was initially used in games and entertainment, depending on the situation, it can also be effective in various aspects such as military and medical health. And just when everyone was gearing up to create a new future era, this vicious incident seemed like a blow to the head, leaving almost everyone stunned.

If anything, this is like mankind building the first nuclear power plant, but it exploded just after it was built and started trial operation. The consequences and impact are naturally self-evident.

The question now is to look at the "post-processing" and "number of casualties" of the disaster.

Although more than a year has passed since then, and there seems to be very little news about this incident in the outside media, everyone knows that the lack of attention does not mean that the incident is over. If this thing doesn't end well, then there will be real trouble.

But to be honest, there's really very little they can do.

Kayaba Akihiko is a genius scientist. The system he designed has almost no loopholes to exploit. At first, the Countermeasures Headquarters wanted to invade by force, but later, like Founder, he chose to give up. After all, an error caused by invading the main system is likely to cause the entire world to collapse completely. If ten thousand people are dead by then, then they will be finished.

Of course, most of this is because their technology is not up to par. After all, Bronya covered every aspect of the game on the first day she entered the game, and even said that she could directly log out all players safely if necessary.

Look, look, this is the gap in technology.

……

"So, there's really nothing we can do outside?"

"No, the basic control system of the entire game is in Kayaba Akihiko's helmet. Before we find that man, all our ideas are empty talk."

Well, that's right. It has been almost a year and a half since the death game began, and this group of people has not even been able to find the culprit, Kayaba Akihiko.

"In case they fail..."

"Shut up!"

"..."

In fact, I don’t blame them, because in their real-time monitoring, the strategy after level 80 has become increasingly difficult. Even the "Dragon Scale" that they focused on at the beginning took a long time and manpower to complete the strategy.

At levels 90 and beyond, every strategy strategy is inseparable from the joint operations of the Blood Alliance Knights and "Dragon Scales". It can be said that once you leave one of these two guilds, the difficulty of defeating the boss will increase geometrically.

"Now, I can only pray for them."

…………

So, what are the "Dragon Scales" doing now that are being remembered by those guys outside.

As they said, the "Dragon Scale" who killed the boss was the first to enter the range of the 99th floor, and the 99th floor was the only floor without a boss.

Instead, this layer has many valuable and easy-to-obtain resources, and even all kinds of NPCs are extremely complete, as if it confirms the saying "There must be supplies before a war."

As for the "Dragon Scales" themselves, they actually didn't feel much pressure in the subsequent battles. The reason why they chose to cooperate with the Blood Alliance Knights in the future was entirely because their number was too small, and there were many bosses behind them. They all have strict requirements on the number of people. If there are few people, the challenge will be very difficult.

No matter how strong Tian'an and the others are, they can't make up for this numerical gap that was decided during the design stage. Unless, one of them is cheating.

Of course, many players who did not go to the front line due to their own reasons also look forward to them completing the strategy. From the 80th floor onwards, the command during the boss battle was handed over from the Knights of the Blood Alliance to the leader of the "Dragon Scale", Tian Na.

Moreover, Tian'an was in command, as if he were treating the players as chess pieces. He made it clear who was going where and who should stand where next. This extremely detailed and domineering command method has led many players to give Tiannan the title of "chess player".

"A'nan, what are we going to do next?" Alicia poked her head out from behind Tian'an as usual.

Alicia, who is connected to Heaven in a sense, has become something close to a "steward" among them. Tian'an is often responsible for making general decisions, and Alicia is responsible for the next move. After all, she is the one who understands Tian's bad tastes best for some reason.

"On the 99th floor, you can move around freely. Anyway, the things on this floor can only improve us very much, so we might as well take in more of the scenery."

"Then let's go."

Since Tian'an has given the order to move freely, the girls don't mind having more fun. Of course, there was also a girl who stood there and did not leave.

Tian Na looked at the purple-haired girl standing next to him. Yes, in the guide after level 80, Yuuki also joined the "Dragon Scale" guild where Tenna and the others belong. And under Tian's hint, the girls also revealed their situation to Yuuki, which also made Yuuki think that "Dragon Scale" was some kind of chuunibyou guild.

"Yuki, don't you go and have some fun?"

"no need."

Yuuki just shook her head. To be honest, until now, she still has quite some doubts about what Kiana said, but every time she asked about Tian'an, Tian'an just responded with a meaningful smile and said nothing further.

"If you are worried about your condition... then there is no need to do so."

"Um……"

Yes, the reason why Yuuki is extremely familiar with this world is because she has lived in this completely immersive virtual world for a long time. In reality, Yuuki is an AIDS patient, which is commonly known as AIDS...

And Tenana could probably guess from Yuuki's words and deeds that she probably didn't have much time left in reality.

Of course, because she is the only one left in Yuji's family, and Tian'an and the others have revealed things related to Dragon Island to Yuji, Tian'an doesn't mind taking her back with him if Yuji is willing.

Moreover, Yuuki's fighting habits, her swordsmanship as swift as the wind and as sharp as a sword, must have made this aloof beauty who likes to sit on the top of the ice every day very fond of this student.

"Yuki!! Come up and follow me!"

"Go ahead and relax."

Seeing Kiana running far away and still waving to Yu Ji here, Tian Na also patted her on the back. Yuuki hesitated for a while, then nodded and trotted towards Kiana and the others.

After all the girls around him left, Tian Na raised his head and looked towards the top of the mountain in the distance. Covered by clouds and fog, a majestic palace stood on it.

That was also the end of their journey, the last level of Aincrad, the "Ruby Palace".

Thinking of this, the figure of that man appeared in Tian's mind. I wonder what kind of ending the man who tried to create a dream world would prepare for them in the palace.