civilwarnovels Chapter 554 Famous Scene If you are a man, go up to the first floor
Chapter 554 Famous Scene If you are a man, go up to the first floor
Chapter 554 Famous Scene - If You Are a Man, Go to the th Floor
The talent show of the Silly Goddess is still going on, and 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 they contacted their friends, making the crowd here more and more dense.
In terms of destructive power, Aqua is truly unique.
But thanks to this.
Kureya and Rain successfully joined them.
Naturally, as soon as they met, Kobayashi was questioned about what was going on. At the same time, the two guards were also very concerned about the safety of Princess Alice. They gradually calmed down after Darkness's persuasion.
"Who is this guy, by the way?"
"Sato Kazuma! This is the image I created using the system. You heard the notification sound when you entered, right?"
"What? It's you, kid."
"Eh----"
Seeing Kureya's lack of interest, Sato Kazuma was very shocked. He thought this guy who liked appearance would have a good impression of him. He even thought about teasing her first, and then revealing his true identity to laugh at her. He might have had such an idea when creating a male character.
But it was different from what he thought!
"Even I have to admit that the image you fabricated is extraordinarily handsome, but the temperament you exude is already making me feel physically uncomfortable. Sorry."
"Don't apologize! And what do you mean by physical discomfort! You are teasing me on purpose, right?"
Unfortunately, Kureya's expression, which did not seem fake, made Sato Kazuma, who was seeking the truth, completely unable to hold back, and he fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
as time flows.
Not only did Alice never show up, but the crowds gathered here became more and more crowded, causing a traffic jam. In addition, Aqua was obviously a little bored with the long talent show. After all, the aesthetics of the stupid goddess was that no matter what talent, it couldn't satisfy the audience all at once, otherwise no one would come to appreciate it in the future.
And Kureya was getting more and more anxious, and she wanted to go find Alice.
Searching in the huge town of origin, and not knowing whether Alice has changed her appearance, is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The best way is to rely on Aqua's influence to let Alice 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 more patient.
Xiaolin added her as a friend and agreed to let her go to look for her, but before she left, Alice joined them.
“——Brother! Kureya!”
A familiar voice came from behind me.
But when they turned around, Xiaolin and Kureya were stunned, because they saw another "Xiaolin", especially the "Xiaolin" who had just appeared spoke with the voice and tone of a beautiful girl, which sounded awkward. It was as if the two of them had swapped bodies but not completely changed.
The female guard took a step forward with some uncertainty.
"E-Eris, Your Highness?"
"It's me, Kureya."
With Kobayashi's face and appearance, and Alice's expressions and movements, even the perverted female guard who had feelings for Her Royal Highness the Princess could not resist.
Sato Kazuma was right, she is indeed obsessed with appearance.
"Alice, you actually used the image of Kobayashi-senpai." Sato Kazuma pinched his chin and said, "I would have used it earlier. It would have been fun to play with the shadow clone technique. Or do something bad and put the blame on Kobayashi-senpai."
"Don't do bad things, idiot."
Xiaolin knocked him on the head.
Sato Kazuma has crossed the bottom line by thinking of using someone else's face to take the blame.
However, he didn't expect Alice to use his own image, and made it so similar that even he could hardly tell the difference.
"Brother...are you annoying?"
"Should I say I hate it or not..."
Seeing 'himself' performing the shy movements of a little girl, Xiao Lin felt his blood pressure rising. But after all, Alice used his image out of respect, and she was also his sister... Of course he forgave her!
"Well, great!"
"Thank you, brother!"
Alice laughed.
Sure enough, it’s still weird to use your own face!
On the other side, Aqua's talent show also stopped, and the group quickly left the crowd and came to a corner.
First, he made comments on Alice's character image and said a lot of bad things. Although the target of his criticism was Alice, Xiaolin always felt that he was seriously hurt.
Kureya asked, "Your Highness Alice, you are the last one to join us. Did something happen?"
"Ah, actually I met a beautiful older sister. She was worried because she couldn't find her companions, so I helped her look for them."
"Alice, are you okay?!"
Before the female guard could react, Sato Kazuma was extremely excited.
"Brother?"
"Listen carefully, Alice. This game allows you to create your own image, so the beautiful older sister you met might actually be a pervert! That's right, the real identity of the player controlling that female character might be a big, dirty guy. I used to be one..."
He began to express 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 his memories.
Xiao Lin clapped his hands: "Everyone, now things are a little serious. Something unexpected happened."
"Something 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 gently.
...It looks awkward no matter how I look at it, with my face against it.
Kureya said excitedly, "They said we can't go back. What's going on? Explain it to me!"
"Ah, I'll explain now—"
Ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong-
Before Xiaolin could finish, a sound like a bell or an alarm rang out, startling everyone. Then a blue light enveloped Aqua and the others, and they disappeared one by one, leaving no time for everyone to react.
"Is it time?"
There were too many people, and I didn't expect it would take so long just to get together. After so much procrastination, it was already time for Kayaba Akihiko to announce the death game.
Aqua and the others suddenly disappeared, which made Kureya a little nervous.
"Mr. Kobayashi, this is...!"
"Don't be nervous, it's just a normal teleportation."
After saying that, the blue beam of light also enveloped him, and then Xiaolin's figure disappeared.
As the blue light gradually faded, he was no longer in the corner of the town. Instead, he saw a vast expanse of slate ground, trees along the roadside, and a medieval-style street. Not far ahead, there was a huge palace emitting a black light.
There is no doubt that this is where the game starts, the central square of the starting town.
Aqua, Darkness and the others were also next to Krillin, and then blue light beams lit up one after another, and Kureya, Alice and the others were teleported over shortly afterwards.
"What, what's wrong, Mr. Kobayashi!"
"Xiao Lin Xiao Lin, why are there so many people here?"
"Wow ah ah-"
Looking back and forth at the crowded crowd all around, there were even more people there than when Aqua was performing her talent. An anxious atmosphere was created around him, and there were voices cursing the operator and the GM. I guess these people also noticed that the exit button had been removed.
Suddenly……
Someone's shouting drowned out the noisy sounds.
"Hey, look up!"
Everyone looked up reflexively, including Krillin, Aqua and the others.
Then, Xiaolin saw the famous scene.
About a hundred meters above the ground, at a position equivalent to the bottom of the second layer, a bright red checkerboard pattern was formed.
If you look closely, you can find that the pattern is composed of two English words, [Warning] and [System Announcement], arranged alternately.
At this time, the noise in the square subsided, and it seemed that everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the content of the announcement.
However, the following scene made some players with weak psychological endurance scream out in fear on the spot.
——The red pattern covered the entire sky, and its center was like a huge drop of thick blood, slowly dripping down. However, the blood did not drip onto the ground, but suddenly changed shape in mid-air.
What appeared there was a giant nearly twenty meters tall, wearing a crimson cloak.
There was no face in the hat that was pulled very low, it was just a blank space, and one could even clearly see the inside and the edge of the hat. And inside the long drooping hem, there was also only a faint darkness, as if a huge cloak was floating in the air.
"Is that GM?"
"But why no face?"
"I remember during the internal test, it was an old man with a long beard or a woman wearing glasses?"
The empty space under the crimson cloak made everyone feel unspeakable uneasiness, and the noisy voices sounded again.
At this time, as if to stop these sounds, the two long sleeves of the cloak suddenly moved. From the expanded cuffs, pure white gloves could be seen. However, the sleeves and gloves were obviously separated from each other, and no flesh could be seen at all.
Above 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. Then, immediately, a man's deep and clear 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 man in the red cloak slowly lowered his hands, and the voice followed.
“My name is Kayaba Akihiko, and I’m the only one 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 this is not a problem 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 on your own until you reach the top of this castle.
Furthermore, there is no way for an outsider to stop or disable NERvGear. If someone were to try to do so..."
The brief silence was so suffocating.
The following words were spoken slowly in the heavy silence as ten thousand people held their breath.
"——The microwaves emitted by the signal component of the NERvGear will destroy your brains and stop your life activities."
There is madness in calmness.
Kayaba Akihiko's very concise declaration, but with its ferocious and tough attitude, has been deeply imprinted in the minds of all players.
"You must be joking! Be careful or I'll complain to you!"
"How could that be possible!"
"Let us out quickly!"
There were commotions coming 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, while some understood that such a thing was very possible.
NERvGear uses numerous signal components buried inside to emit weak electromagnetic waves to give brain cells a simulated feeling of doing something. It can indeed be said to be the most advanced super technology of the time, but in fact, it is exactly the same as the household appliance product - microwave oven, which has exactly the same principle.
In other words, as long as there is sufficient output power, it can cause the water molecules in the player's brain cells to vibrate, and then generate heat through friction to steam the brain.
The expressions of the small group of people who had figured it out turned 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, attempting to destroy the NERvGear body, etc. In particular, he implemented these without informing the players, and the result of this situation was naturally -
"Unfortunately, 213 players have permanently left 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's no need to worry. All media outlets are reporting this situation repeatedly, so the risk of your NERvGear being forcibly removed has been minimized. I hope you can put your mind at ease and focus on clearing the game. But please keep in mind that from now on, all resurrection methods in the game will be invalid. The moment your health drops to 0, your character will disappear forever. At the same time... your brain will be destroyed by the NERvGear."
This gameplay reminded Xiaolin of the hell mode in various games - that is, the extreme challenge mode where the game is over completely after one death.
Come to think of it, for these players, this game has now become hell mode, right?
"There is only one condition that can free you from this game. Reach the highest floor of Aincrad, the 100th floor, and defeat the final demon king waiting there. I guarantee that at that moment, all surviving players can log out of the game safely."
The players all fell silent.
But soon, the noise started again.
"Go up to the hundredth floor? How is that possible?"
"What a joke!"
"Have you ever thought about how difficult it is? I heard it was hard to get through during the closed beta test!"
In the closed beta test with 1,000 participants, they only conquered 6 floors in two months. Now that the game is officially launched, 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 10,000 or so people.
The giant cloak moved his right hand lightly and said in a voice without any emotion: "Finally, let me show you the evidence that this world is the only reality for you. In your prop column, there are gifts I prepared, please take a look."
Almost everyone did as he said and found an item in the item bar.
——Hold a small mirror.
A small square mirror materialized, and what was reflected in the mirror was Kobayashi's face that was exactly the same as her own. Aqua and the others also looked in the mirror.
at this time--
The surrounding players were suddenly enveloped in white light, but after just a few seconds the light disappeared and the original scenery reappeared.
The faces of familiar companions.
“Wow! This is the handsome guy image I worked so hard to create!”
Sato Kazuma wailed loudly.
Honestly, he is more pleasing to the eye now. The previous one was too artificial.
Similarly, Alice also returned to her original appearance. She also looked a little lost, but Kureiya was extremely happy.
Then the red cloak in the sky continued to announce.
"You must be wondering why Kayaba Akihiko did this. Was it a large-scale terrorist act? Was he kidnapping for ransom? ... These are not my goals. I can even say that I no longer have any goals or reasons. If you ask why... it's because this situation is my ultimate goal."
As if reminiscing about something, after a short while, Kayaba Akihiko's inorganic voice sounded again.
"This is the end of the official game description for Sword Art Online. Dear players, I wish you good luck."
The last sentence left a trace of echo before disappearing.
The huge scarlet cape rose silently, as if dissolving and gradually assimilating with the system information covering the entire sky, leaving only a ripple spreading out. Then, the information covering the entire sky suddenly disappeared just as it appeared.
The sound of the wind blowing over the square and the background music played by the NPC orchestra on the town streets 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 sounds of wailing, roaring, shrieking, cursing, begging, and roaring filled the sky.
As expected, the famous sword scenes cannot be shortened, otherwise they will lose their flavor... Even though Aqua and the others are there, they will soon lose their flavor.
(End of this chapter)