Countless gamers had been looking forward to the release of SAO. On this day, just as SAO was about to open, two people in Kiritani's house put on Nervgear and prepared to enter SAO. One was Kazufuru, and the other was Xia Feng.
Once upon a time, Xia Feng also yearned for the virtual reality games in online novels. Since he had come to this world, how could he not experience it? He had never considered the issue of his life and safety when he was alone. In a situation where he had no worries or responsibilities, people would always be easily willful. Thanks to Xia Feng's physique that was getting stronger by the day, he managed to snatch the limited-edition NERvGear without much effort.
By the way, before entering the game, Xia Feng had already hidden his laptop. If he still carried the notebook with him, it was very likely that the notebook would be discovered when his consciousness was trapped in Aingrunt. It would not be good if someone saw the contents inside.
The time was finally up.
" Connection initiated."
After lying on the bed, putting on the helmet and locking the fixing rod, Xiafeng shouted the start command. In an instant, the sound in reality disappeared, and his eyes fell into darkness. Then, two boxes appeared in front of his eyes. He entered the account password and created a character. Because he knew that a fake image would be changed, Xia Feng directly used his real appearance. Xia Feng's consciousness passed through a passage of light and entered Aingrunt.
He looked down at his body and shook his hand tightly. He raised his head and swept his gaze across the medieval European-styled town. He stomped his feet and felt the existence of the ground and the " reality " of this world. If he didn't already know the cause and effect, Xia Feng might have suspected that he had transmigrated again. Everything was so real and unbelievable.
Unlike other players who were busy learning about the game or leveling up, Xia Feng looked around and saw the only windmill in the Town of Beginnings. He walked straight over. Under the windmill, a handsome young player was waiting for him. Because Xia Feng did not change his appearance, the other party recognized him at a glance.
"Why didn't you adjust your image?" Kirito asked Natsukaze the moment they met.
Yes, this player was Kazuhito Kiriya. His game name was Kirito. Before the game started, they had agreed to meet here after entering the game.
Originally, the relationship between the two was not considered close, but after Kirito learned that Natsuya wanted to play SAO, he had a common topic with him and promised Natsuya to guide him in the early stages of the game. Of course, the two of them were not prepared to be partners for a long time. Kirito was used to traveling alone, and Natsuya did not like to rely on others.
"You came so quickly." Natsuya did not answer Kirito's question, nor did she have the means to answer it. She casually changed the topic. Kirito didn't ask any further. He just nodded and said,""Follow me." Then, he led Xia Feng straight to the quest NPC in the Town of Beginnings to accept the quest. However, when the two of them ran across the street, a tall and handsome red-haired man caught up with them and called out to them.
"What's the matter?" Kirito asked the handsome male player with red hair and a headscarf. Xia Feng had guessed the man's identity. Klein, Kirito's first friend in the original storyline, and the future president of the Wind Forest Volcano Guild.
"Um…you guys are closed beta players, right?”Klein asked in a friendly manner.
"Why do you say that?" Kirito asked warily.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this.”Klein waved his hand. "I just want to ask you to guide me.”
Kirito looked at Natsuya, who shrugged his shoulders and signaled for him to say," You decide." Kirito thought that since he wanted one anyway, it wouldn't be a problem to bring another one. Moreover, this man seemed to be very familiar with him, so he agreed to Klein's request. The three of them exchanged names and headed straight for the grassland outside the Town of Beginnings.
There were animal monsters such as wolves and boars, as well as insect monsters such as beetles and wasps wandering on the grassland. The three of them chose the boars as their practice targets.
"Just like that, as long as you do the initial action and feel ready to attack, the system will automatically assist the player in completing the skill.”While explaining verbally and demonstrating personally, Kirito used a single-handed straight sword skill, vertical slash, to kill the Manic Shanz, turning it into countless pieces.
"Although you said so, I still can't use it.”Klein cried out as he tried to attack the Manic Shanz with his machete. However, he was knocked away by the Shanz and fell to the ground, clutching his stomach.
On the other side, Xia Feng also drew his sword and slashed horizontally, using a single-handed straight sword technique to kill a Manic Boar. Xia Feng had been practicing the basics of swordsmanship for nearly a year. After all, a year was still too short. His comprehension ability was not as good as his Innate Ability, so he was not qualified to learn advanced sword skills. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that his body had somehow become stronger, perhaps he would still be training his body and strengthening his muscles and bones this year. His familiar Kendo foundation allowed him to easily perform the initial moves. As long as he found the feeling, he could activate the skill, so he learned faster than Klein.
Kirito looked at Xia Feng, then at Klein, feeling a headache coming on. He picked up a stone and threw it at Klein's target Shanz, luring him over and demonstrating how to use the sword technique again. Perhaps he was embarrassed, Klein jumped up and kept swinging his knife at Shanz.
"Is that so?" Klein took a deep breath and raised his blade. The blade emitted an orange glow. With a loud shout, his body smoothly used the curved blade skill, Plunderer, with the help of the system. He successfully hit the Manic Boar and reduced its remaining HP.
"That's great!" Klein excitedly high-fived Kirito.
"Congratulations." Xia Feng walked over and smiled.
"No, I'm far inferior to you.”Klein looked embarrassed. Klein already knew that Xia Feng wasn't a closed beta player from their previous conversation.
"I've practiced the way of the sword before, so it's relatively easy for me to activate sword skills.”
"Then, should we continue?" Kirito asked.
"Although I really want to do this, I ordered pizza at 5:30 pm, so it's almost time to go offline.”Klein said.
"Oh, so well prepared!" Kirito exclaimed.
"By the way, I still have a few friends. Are you interested in getting to know them?”Klein asked Kirito and Natsuya. Kirito looked troubled. He was obsessed with online games and had a solitary personality. He was not very good at getting along with others. Klein noticed Kirito's troubled expression and said casually,""It's okay. I won't force you.”Kirito smiled awkwardly and apologized.
"What about Xia Feng?" Klein asked Xia Feng.
"I'm going with a few other friends." Xia Feng shook his head.”
What Xia Feng said was naturally an excuse. He was not familiar with the people here, so how could he have any friends? Kirito, who knew him, didn't know much about his social status because he didn't interact much with Natsuya. He also didn't know that Natsuya was just trying to make excuses.
"Alright then." Klein was a little disappointed. After bidding farewell to the two of them, he pulled out the menu and prepared to go offline. Kirito was about to call for Natsuya to leave, but Natsuya, who already knew the outcome, was not in a hurry to leave.
"Eh, why isn't there a logout option?”As expected, Klein's surprised voice was heard.
"How could that be? It's at the bottom of the main menu!" Kirito pulled out the menu as well, but he also could not find the logout option. He suddenly had an ominous feeling.
"Maybe it's a BUG." Xia Feng said. Of course, knowing the truth, he was just fooling the two of them.
"If that's the case, the customer service staff might be crying now.”Klein gloated.
Kirito rolled his eyes at him.”
Klein's expression instantly changed.
" Ahhhh…" Klein screamed. "My pizza!"
"Is there no other way to log out?”Xia Feng asked deliberately.
"We can't do it in-game, but we just need someone to help us remove NervGear in real life.”the Tong man said. "By the way, is there anyone else in your family?”
"I live alone." Klein's expression turned even worse.
"Then it seems that we can only wait." Xia Feng shrugged and said helplessly. The three of them fell silent.
"That's not right." Kirito suddenly spoke. "Logically speaking, with such a BUG appearing, the operating company should have stopped the server first and forcefully disconnected all the players! It had been so long, but why was there still no movement? There wasn't even a system announcement?”
"Could it be that something happened to the operating company?”Klein said. "With such a problem on the first day, ARGUS is finished.”
"Maybe even SAO will be banned.”the Tong man said. The two looked at each other and sighed helplessly. They were extremely passionate about a game like SAO that was completely stealthy.
The three of them waited quietly. When it was past 5:30, the system alarm suddenly sounded.
"What happened?" Klein cried out in alarm. Before he could react, the blue pillar of light descended from the sky and surrounded the three of them. The surrounding scenery faded. In the blink of an eye, the three of them were already in the central square of the Town of Beginnings. Xia Feng looked around. All the players had been transferred here.
"What happened?"
"GM, come out!"
"Can I log out now?"
The voices of the players kept ringing out. Xia Feng quietly looked up at the sky, which was the bottom of the second floor. Ain Grand was a floating city made up of 100 floors. The middle was connected by stairs, and the higher the floor, the smaller the area.
"Ah, look up!" Finally, some players noticed that a huge red English text had appeared at the bottom of the second floor. It translated to " Warning " and " System Announcement." What happened next was beyond everyone's expectations. The bright red English word turned into a huge drop of blood that fell from the " ceiling " and floated in the air. Finally, it turned into a cloaked giant, or rather, a cloaked monster, because there was no body inside the cloak.
"Players, welcome to my world.”The domineering cloaked monster spoke. "My name is Kazuhiko Hayaba, and I am the only person who can control this world.”
That's right, this cloaked monster was none other than Kazuhiko Hayaba, the creator of SAO, the basic designer of NERvGear, and the only GM of the game.
"I think all players have noticed that the logout button has disappeared from the main 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 SAO. From now on, you will not be able to log out of this game until you reach the top of this floating city. Also, you can't stop the operation of NERvGear from the outside. Otherwise, the microwave emitted by the signal component of NERvGear will destroy the player's brain and end your life. Unfortunately, 213 players had already left the real world and the world of Aingrunt.”As he spoke, many browsing pages appeared beside the cloaked monster. All of them were news reports about the players who died.
"Now, no one will take off your NERvGear rashly. Your bodies will gradually be sent to the hospital by the relevant departments for careful care. I hope everyone can relax and focus on the game.”Hayaba Kyokihiko continued to announce in his flat voice.
"What are you talking about? They actually want us to focus on the game without being able to log out. This was no longer a game, it was a crime!”Kirito shouted angrily.
"That's right. This is no longer a game, but a real world. Therefore, when your HP reaches zero, your life will also end.”Seemingly having seen through the players 'thoughts, Hayaba continued to announce. "There is only one way to free you from this game, and that is to attack the highest level.”
"How is that possible? It was said that the strategy was very difficult.”Klein roared. In fact, it was indeed very difficult. A thousand people participated in the closed beta, but they only managed to conquer the ninth level in two months.
Kazuhiko Hayaba ignored the players."Finally, let me show you the only evidence that you have in the real world. I have prepared a gift for you in your props column. Please take a look.”
Xiafeng took out a " small hand-held mirror " that had appeared out of nowhere from his inventory. He glanced at it and then ignored it. Instead, he looked at the other players and prepared to watch the show. Then, a white light enveloped all the players. After two or three seconds, all the players 'faces changed. Kirito turned into her delicate and delicate face, while Klein turned into a mountain bandit with sunken eyes and a hooked nose.
"Who are you?" The two of them asked at the same time. They had a premonition in their hearts. They looked in the mirror again and found that they had indeed become what they looked like in reality.
" Are you Kirito Klein?" The two of them pointed at each other and asked at the same time.
Yes, the players had returned to their true appearance and body shape. NERvGear could scan the players 'faces. When purchasing NERvGear, the players' body shape was also measured and the data was entered into the game. Xiafeng knew about this, so he entered the game without changing his appearance. That was why he didn't use the mirror.
"Everyone is probably wondering why I did this.”Hayaba Kyokihiko's voice rang out again. "I simply wanted to create this world and admire it. Now, my goal has been achieved. That was the end of the game introduction for SAO's official operation. Good luck, players.”
With that, the cloaked monster that Hayaba Kyokihiko had transformed into disappeared. A large number of panic-stricken players roared, cried, cursed, and began to go crazy.
"Xia Feng, Klein, come over.”
Xia Feng suddenly felt someone grab his hand. It turned out to be Kirito. He grabbed his and Klein's arms and quickly made his way out of the crowd.
"Now, I'm going to leave this place immediately and head to the next village.”Kirito said in a very serious voice. "If what that guy said is true, we must seize the opportunity to strengthen ourselves. I know the path to the next village and the dangerous locations. Even if I'm only level 1 now, I can reach it safely.”
Klein was silent for a moment.”
Klein stared at Kirito nervously but expectantly. Kirito knew that Klein really wished that he could bring his friend along. A reluctant expression appeared on Kirito's face. It was not that he was unwilling, but that he could not. He could not protect more people. If he brought them along, if they encountered danger or even sacrifice themselves on the road, the responsibility should be placed on him who had taken these people away. This would be a burden that he could not bear.
Klein seemed to have thought of these questions as well. His face turned pale and he smiled weakly."It's okay. I shouldn't have troubled you anymore. Quickly take Xia Feng away. If we become stronger, we might have to rely on you to protect us in the future.”
" Alright," Kirito said, struggling for a moment." Let's part ways for now. Send me a message if there's anything." Xiafeng, let's go."
Xia Feng did not refuse. He still wanted to learn about games from Kirito. After saying goodbye to Klein, he turned around and left with Kirito.
"You two must be careful.”Klein shouted.
The two of them did not turn around, but waved their hands vigorously.
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