"sword art online"—

Three months ago, this word has basically never been removed from the hot search list, and it is a global popularity. There are various news every day, and countless media have followed and reported it one after another, intending to use it as a long-term project topic.

After all, everyone thought it was this next-generation game that could shock the world and attract the world to pay attention to, but it really shocked the world and attracted the world to pay attention to...

Although it was achieved in another way, for example, just one month after the game started to officially operate, the death list of more than 2,000 people was directly updated.

——It is not that the character dies in the game, but that he completely permanently exits from the real world and directly deletes the account.

This caused unimaginable panic and riots. After all, if it were during the war, even if thousands of people died every day like harvesting wheat, no one would care about it, and no one would care.

But this is 2022, which is generally a peaceful era. Not to mention the death list of 2,000 people per month, there are dozens of people and hundreds of casualties that are qualified to become big news.

Not to mention that the deaths of these 2,000 people are all caused by the game... Because the principle of nervgear is to send out weak electromagnetic waves to brain cells when doing something through countless signal components buried inside.

It can indeed be said to be the most cutting-edge black technology in the era, but there is a product that is extremely close to the principle of this technology, which has appeared decades ago.

And it is a home appliance, and it has become popular in countless families, namely microwave ovens.

As long as there is sufficient output power, nervgear can also cause the moisture in the user's brain cells to vibrate, and then directly steam their brains by friction and heat generation. This is the principle of the brain damage program, which is very easy to understand and easy to understand.

But... it doesn't mean that it can be solved equally easily. After all, Akihiko Kaedaba worked hard and secretly planned, which made him a genius spend countless years just for this good show.

How could he not take corresponding defensive measures against the possibility that his plan would be forced to be suspended?

Whether it is to cut off the power supply, disconnect the network, or forcibly destroy the game equipment, or to use physical means to unlock the fixed lock, it is feasible. However, no matter what, the speed of the device can be removed cannot exceed the speed at which it can cook the user's brain.

To be honest, a large part of the reason why more than two thousand people die in a month is that most of them are not killed in the game by fighting and then being killed.

Instead, they died at the hands of their parents and relatives like the first two hundred unlucky people.

After all, there may be really stupid people. After discovering that the only way to get out of this game is to pass the level, they immediately went out to kill monsters and then fell unlucky to the wild.

But there may be such people, but there are definitely not many, because more people are afraid of life and death, and are not willing to believe it, but are worried that things are indeed the worst direction of development.

So I would rather hide in the safe area and look at the limelight first. Maybe in just a few days, people outside will have a way out?

This is the idea and choice of most people, and Kayaba Akihiko was not so crazy that she directly canceled the safety zone and drove them all away...

It’s a pity that when people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water. They are clearly hiding in the safe area, waiting for people from the outside world to take measures to save them... but what they waited for was directly deleted.

Without any signs, their bodies and brains in the real world are roasted.

Where can I make sense?

In the end, there is still no way to solve the problem from the outside. What's worse is that there is no message coming from the outside.

When I finally believed that there was no way to leave this world, the players' panic was extremely crazy. Some people yelled, some people cried, and even some people yelled to destroy the game world-

It’s just that buildings and other things are all set as undestructible objects, and their attempts and anger are just futile and incompetent fury. But no matter what, everyone must accept this fact.

They have to consider how to survive in this game world and how to escape...

Even in this virtual game world, there are still two physiological needs: sleep and appetite. And relying solely on early funds cannot last forever, so they are forced to start taking action one after another.

It is probably because humans are habitual animals, and adaptability is the only commendable characteristic.

After more than a month, the players finally successfully guided the first level, which was where they were at the beginning. After successfully breaking through the second level in just ten days, the number of deaths was significantly reduced.

Various kinds of information that helps survive are transmitted to every corner. Everyone found that as long as they do accumulate experience points to increase their level, the monster seems... actually isn't that scary.

As long as you can fully guide this game, you can return to the real world.

I felt that there was no hope before, but now the players who hold this idea are starting to increase little by little.

Although they are still quite far from the top 100th floor, they took their meager hope as the driving force and launched their actions-

The whole world finally started to operate.

This is the current situation of Ain Grande.

However, just as the players felt that they had seen hope, the culprit behind the scenes, Akihiko Kayaba, also began to feel satisfied with the "world" they created and was operating...

The indescribable chaos from the foreign land has also taken root at the underlying data of this world, and it flows freely and spreads quietly because it has obtained sufficient "nutrients".

In just one month, two thousand people died—

No matter the madness of the victims before their death, the strong resentment towards the mastermind behind the scenes, or even the unwillingness and revenge that arouses from venting their anger on others...

Or is it the extreme fear held by others, the distorted guilt of not being able to save friends, the resistance to this world and the psychological trauma caused...

Anger and hatred, fear and hatred, and hysterical madness due to the face of death...

These negative wills with a strong degree of almost substantial degree can be regarded as a complete manifestation of the evil of human nature. These "nutrients" are too sufficient, which makes the seeds that should have taken a longer time to mature... complete the entire growth process ahead of time.

A large number of dark emotions, distorted psychological shadows, and negative will are all combined with the nightmare seeds spread by the evil gods and continue to grow. The weirdness they blend into becomes more heretical and evil.

Moreover, the indescribable chaos is not just about giving birth to tangible weirdness, but also about changing the settings of the entire game world. This should have been the "erosion" that will occur after a more distant future.

But the fear, madness, resentment, resentment of the two thousand victims, as well as the negative emotional impact of their deaths on other living people, have greatly accelerated the process.

Just one month later, the game was hit with a malicious mod and was directly updated to another new version.

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...

After passing through the grassland where the dusk was getting darker, the dense primeval forest appeared in front of the group.

The ancient trees are towering in the sky and cover the sun, and they look a bit gloomy and terrifying.

The dense fog flowing between the trunks flashes mysterious light after reflecting the sunset light. The rather noisy birds' calls during the day also become sparse at this time, making the sound of the treetops swaying in the wind appear particularly loud.

“…”

“…”

The players of the group didn't think much about it, but just looked at each other, confirmed the direction, and continued to rush forward.

It is already evening now, and they want to rush back to the safe area to rest as soon as possible, so they have to pass the portal. It is difficult to walk with just one pair of legs, I am afraid it will be midnight when I return to town.

But the nearest portal is set in the forest, and not everyone has teleportation props. The thing is a bit expensive, and even if it has one, it will only be used at critical moments.

It was probably because I had been painting pictures for a day and were all physically working, so everyone was exhausted and just bowed their heads silently to rush forward.

After all, the game directly eliminates the skills of remote attacks such as magic and kite flying, and only retains the sword skill system. At most, there are throwing skills such as throwing flying knives that are better than nothing.

Therefore, the exhausted people did not notice that something was wrong with the surrounding scenery... This is actually very normal. Not everyone has the insight that can recognize the uncertain changes in the environment at a glance.

As the sun sets under the precise control of the day and night system, the night color becomes darker.

White mist filled the forest, obstructing vision.

Gradually, even no matter how dull the people discovered something wrong, why haven’t they seen the portal yet? Could it be that they got the wrong direction and then went over?

"Well... it seems like I'm going in the wrong direction, but it shouldn't be!"

Someone waved his hand to try to dispel the white mist in front of him, but it had no effect, so he put down his hand in disappointment.

They didn't feel afraid of this situation. Although they had never seen the sudden fog near the teleportation area at night, the physical rules of this world are very real.

After more than a month, everyone had already subconsciously treated this game as a real world and did not think that this weather change was abnormal.

What really disturbs them is that they seem to be getting the wrong direction and are not sure which way to go is right now.

Of course, this is not a big deal.

After confirming the direction, the experienced captain in the team led everyone through the forest in the thick fog according to his intuition.

"Follow me, it should be here... Well, I'm not sure. If it really doesn't work, it might be better to wait until the fog dissipates before walking towards the map. But it's too late now. Let's try to get back to the right path first."

Of course the result is not.

When the fog dissipated and they walked out of it, another completely unfamiliar scene appeared in front of them—

The messy weeds, numerous tombstones, and the huge coffin is wrapped in layers by vines...

"Where is this? Is it displayed on the map?"

"The hidden place in the forest?"

"It seems to be showing...is this an ashes cemetery?"

While everyone was confused and talking, people also encountered strange white mists everywhere, and then disappeared in the fog.

But it is not a direct death, nor is it apart from the entire game world, and it still exists on the player list.

In addition, this is not a large-scale phenomenon, so Kayaba Akihiko did not find any problems. After all, the administrator cannot be idle to monitor the specific status of each player anytime and anywhere.

Besides, he also has to maintain his disguise. As a player, he also has various things such as monster swiping, upgrading, creating equipment, and maintaining interpersonal relationships, so he can't find time.

He created this world to realize his dream, so although his character has permission, he will not easily turn on the cheater, and he still needs to work hard on all kinds of things himself.

But it was precisely because of this that he was unconsciously exploited loopholes.

By the time he realized it, he might have been a commander-in-law.
Chapter completed!