For the New Year, everyone has a good rest, don't wait for the cold and snow to update, everyone knows that the festival of cold and snow is...... Ahem...... The festival of cold and snow is full! Right!

It's a bit late, but I wish you all a Happy New Year! Happy Year of the Rooster!

Let's not talk about it.

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When Chu Yue came back to her senses, she found herself sitting in the living room of an apartment.

Chu Yue was facing the TV in the living room, and there was a document on the coffee table in front of the sofa. On the sofa on the side of the coffee table, Kannashi was leaning quietly with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

Shen Wu, who had not seen him for many years, still did not change in the slightest, Chu Yue couldn't help but feel a move in her heart, and gently walked in front of Shen Wu and touched Shen Wu's long snow-white hair.

"God has no ......," Chu Yue said softly.

I don't know if it was because he felt Chu Yue's caressing, Shen Wu opened his eyes.

"Chu Yue......" Shen Wu's voice was already emotionless.

"Kanna." Hearing this familiar voice, Chu Yue didn't hold back herself and hugged Kanna.

Shen Wu was a little strange, why did Chu Yue suddenly seem like he hadn't seen himself for a long time?

But God doesn't ask, and He doesn't think much about it.

Even if this is no longer the Naruto world it once was, even if this is a room that has never been seen before, even Chu Yue seems to be a little strange.

As long as Chu Yue is there......

As long as you are with Chu Yue.

Shen Wu also hugged Chu Yue.

"I'm sorry, Kanna." After hugging, Chu Yue said to Shen Wu: "There was some accident, and I left the original world without saying hello to you." ”

Kanna nodded, but said nothing.

"My cute little Kanna!" Seeing that Shen Wu was still expressionless, Chu Yue couldn't help but hug Shen Wu again......

Feeling that Chu Yue was a little emotional, Shen Wu tried to gently reach out and touch the back of Chu Yue's head like Chu Yue touched his head.

Feeling Shen Wu's little hand, Chu Yue let go of Shen Wu with some tears and laughter, and held Shen Wu's hand.

"It's still the cutest in my family, haha!" Chu Yue laughed.

Shen Wu still didn't speak, just looked at Chu Yue.

Chu Yue, on the other hand, stood up and looked around the house left and right.

It seems to be a very ordinary apartment building, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, more than 100 square meters, although it is not very big, but if it is only two people, Chu Yue and Shen Wu, it is not small.

In the drawer under the wardrobe in the master bedroom, Chu Yue found some documents.

Alaya and Gaia rarely got all the documents that this world needed for Chu Yue. In other words, now Chu Yue and Shen Wu have a legal identity in this world.

Looking at the electrical appliances in the house, they are all similar to the electrical appliances that Chu Yue usually uses, but they seem to be more technological, which means that the time belongs to the future world that is more advanced.

"Is it Academy City again?" Chu Yue said to herself.

Even if the world of science and artillery is a future world that is not far away, it is limited to the academy city.

"Meixiao, are you here?" God didn't ask Chu Yue.

"Not sure yet." Chu Yue said, "That's right! ”

Remembering that there was still a document on the coffee table in the living room, Chu Yue didn't read it, and Chu Yue returned to the living room with Shen Wu.

"This is ......" Chu Yue let go of the document.

This is Chu Yue's personal job resume, which shows that Chu Yue has been a genius in artificial intelligence since he was a teenager, and he has participated in many robot projects before the age of twenty.

And according to the information on her resume, Chu Yue should be a twenty-year-old adult who has just resigned in this world.

Of course, since it is a job resume, it naturally also shows the fields and technologies that Chu Yue is good at.

"Alayya, what are you doing?" Chu Yue was a little confused.

When it comes to programming, although Chu Yue is a college student in her own world, she has just finished her freshman year, and she only knows some C language basics, and she has almost forgotten about it now.

And I have traveled a lot of worlds, but I have only increased my experience and insight, and programming is a very technical thing, without the help of divine power, Chu Yue estimates that there will only be a "hello, world".

Of course, Chu Yue can force this ability to be added to himself as a setting through divine power, but he hasn't figured out what kind of world this is yet, so Chu Yue decided to wait a while and see.

Since he is a computer genius, he is naturally equipped with a computer in a bedroom.

What's more, there are eight external displays......

The atmosphere of a computer master is full......

Turning on the computer, Chu Yue began to query some information about this world from the Internet.

Seeing that Chu Yue was busy, Shen Wu returned to the living room alone, turned on the TV and watched.

After being on the Internet for a while, Chu Yue learned more about this world.

This is indeed the world of the near future, and it is certain that it is not the world of science and artillery.

Rather, this is a normal future world.

If this is what the CLANNAD world will look like after hundreds of years, Chu Yue has no reason to deny it.

"Is it another everyday world......" Chu Yue continued to search for information about the world on the Internet.

It's a pity that it's all some current affairs news, which doesn't help Chu Yue to find out.

"I'm tired." Chu Yue stretched, "Forget it, let's look back, it's hard to meet Kanna again, you have to enjoy this time." ”

Chu Yue returned to the living room and sat down beside Shen Wu.

What kind of science and technology program was being broadcast on TV, and the content of the program was nothing, but a person's name was mentioned, and this person's name immediately attracted Chu Yue.

Akihiko Kayaba.

In this science and technology program, one of the research results of Akihiko Aoba is cited.

"Akihiko Aoba?!" Chu Yue said in surprise, "Is it that Kayaba Jinghiko?" ”

"Chu Yue, do you know?" God didn't ask Chu Yue.

"I don't know if it's or not." Chu Yue said, "I'll check it out again." ”

After speaking, Chu Yue ran back to the computer and looked up the name of Akihiko Kayaba.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

If Chu Yue's background in this world is that Alaya is a genius in artificial intelligence, then Kayaba Jinghiko is a genius in the quantum physics world, and a genius among geniuses.

Not only has he fundamentally deciphered the information between the brain and various organs of the human body, but now he is studying the electronic and physical quantities that can simulate this information.

If Akihiko Aoba succeeds, a real virtual video game world will be born!

Well, it seems that the world of Sword Art Online has not run.

After all, Akihiko Kaiba can be said to be the most important background figure in this world.

Chu Yue suddenly understood the intention of Alaya to get that personal job application resume for herself.

She's involved herself in the development of Sword Art Online!

"I see, that's ......" Chu Yue understood, looked at the computer screen, the photo of Kayaba Jinghiko and said, "Please advise, Kayaba Jinghiko." ”

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ARGUS company door.

Chu Yue looked down at the resume in her hand, smiled, and then walked into the door of ARGUS Company.

"Excuse me, who are you?" The receptionist at the front desk saw Chu Yue, who was not very old, and asked.

"I'm Chu Yue who came for an interview." Chu Yue replied, "I have made an appointment with your company before. ”

"Wait a minute." The receptionist picked up the internal phone at the front desk and talked to the company for a while, then hung up.

"Mr. Chu Yue, please come with me." The receptionist said with a smile to Chu Yue.

Chu Yue nodded and followed into a room in the company.

As a research-oriented high-tech company, these walls and glass are made of reinforced and "dust-free" treatment, so that they will not be dusty for a hundred years.

After the receptionist made Chu Yue a cup of tea, he left the house.

"You still have tea for the interview?" Chu Yue muttered to herself and picked up the teacup.

Before he could take a sip of tea, the door opened again.

A man in a white research coat walked in.

"The tea is okay, right?" The man asked Chu Yue with a smile.

"Not bad." Chu Yue took a sip and said, "But...... It's just an interview, why are you here? ”

"If it's an ordinary employee, then any person in the HR department can do it." The man said, "However, the famous genius Chu Yue, after appearing and disappearing, actually wants to come to our ARGUS company for an interview, so who else can interview you besides me?" ”

"Don't dare to be a genius." Chu Yue hurriedly said, "In front of Kayaba Jinghiko, there are few people who can be called geniuses. ”

"Hehe, I think there's nothing wrong with calling Chu Yue a 'genius'." Akihiko Kayaba said, "After all, you're more than ten years younger than me. ”

"Thank you." After Chu Yue finished answering, she handed her resume to Kayaba Jinghiko.

Kayaba Akihiko didn't even glance at this resume, and directly pushed it aside.

"We don't need the usual interview." Akihiko Kayaba said, "I'm not worried about your technical problems, I'm worried about ...... How can we believe that Chu Yue, you really want to come to work in our ARGUS company. ”

"So, what am I going to do?" Chu Yue asked.

"It's simple." "Before the official launch of our game, you were only responsible for your own modules, and you couldn't participate in the core construction of the game. If you agree, then sign this work agreement. ”

ARGUS is a big company, but it is not without competitors. This agreement has strict regulations on confidentiality, and it has great restrictions on Chu Yue.

And the duration of this agreement is one year. A year later, a new work agreement will be signed with Chu Yue, and only then can Chu Yue truly participate in the core of the game.

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it?" Chu Yue said a little helplessly, "Is my reputation so bad?" ”

"It's not a matter of credibility." "We have to guarantee the confidentiality of the games we're working on. ”

"Okay." Chu Yue nodded, "I can sign this work agreement, but I also have one condition." ”

"Please."

"The test of the game, please let me participate." Chu Yue replied.

Kayaba Akihiko was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Are you sure?" You should know that a completely stealthy machine has a certain danger......"

"I believe in genius." Chu Yue interrupted Akihiko Kayaba's words, "And...... I also love the game. ”

Kayaba hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay......"

In this way, Chu Yue and Akihiko Kayaba became colleagues and participated in the development of "Sword Art Online".

Chu Yue is a genius in artificial intelligence, so he is responsible for developing some game elves that can interact with players, pets, animals tamed by animal trainers, etc.

As for the other modules, Chu Yue couldn't touch them.

It's not just Chu Yue who can't reach it. In the work, Chu Yue found that it seemed that the core modules in the entire Sword Art Domain were only studied by Kayaba Jinghiko alone, and everyone else was responsible for each person's module, and finally Kayaba Jinghiko was alone to integrate it.

I finally know why Akihiko Kayaba is a genius among geniuses...... To integrate these technologies, even if you don't fully understand them, you need to understand how they work.

And to design and make a completely electronic virtual world, where is a problem that can be solved by quantum physics......

A year later, Chu Yue officially participated in the "Sword Art Online" project, and at the same time, NERvGear, a special hardware for VR games developed by Akihiko Kayaba, was officially released.

NERvGear is a helmet that wraps around the brain and comes at a great price. Corresponding to the high price is its terrifying performance.

This VR gaming hardware is so advanced that there is no game on the market that can fully exploit the performance of NERvGear.

NERvGear uses your brain to control the game directly!

And the Sword Art Online project, at this time, began to think about the media announcement, and said that in the near future, it will meet players.

Chu Yue's job is finally no longer to make pets and prey, but ......

Make some very important NPCs with story features!

These NPCs' quests are unique, and they are automatically progressed based on the player's choices and actions.

To put it bluntly, it is necessary to make some intelligent NPCs that players can't tell that they are NPCs!

Such artificial intelligence, if it is illegal in real life, but because it is in a virtual game, there is no relevant legal provision.

Chu Yue was a little skeptical that these NPC personality programs would be applied to civilian robots by the ARGUS company.

After all, in that case, ARGUS will definitely be investigated by the government......

After the announcement of the Sword Art Online project, ARGUS also began α internal testing.

Because she had promised Chu Yue at the beginning, Chu Yue was fortunate to participate in this α test.

Actually, because α testing is an internal test of the company, but most of them are non-researchers, and they are people who know a lot about the experience of the game, but they don't know the inner core of the game.

Chu Yue was the only one of the two who participated in the core research, but also participated in the α test.

The other person is the leader of the Sword Art Online project team: Akihiko Kayaba.

According to others in the company, Akihiko Kayaba is not only a quantum physicist, but also a well-known game designer.

Geniuses love games, too!

α test is mainly to verify the main function of the game: combat and life.

Although there are various support systems for the game, many problems were found α the test, and ARGUS continues to test and fix various bugs that are found.

And as the work becomes more and more proficient, Chu Yue's design of artificial intelligence is becoming more and more mature. At the beginning, intelligent NPCs would sometimes make people think: Sure enough, they are still NPCs, but now intelligent NPCs will make people think: Is this really an NPC?

However, intelligent NPCs that are not found to be NPCs by the player at all have not yet appeared.

After all, if such artificial intelligence appears, the entire scientific community will cause a huge sensation again.

By the time α test was over, the entire Sword Art Online world was almost complete.

In terms of combat, one of the bosses on each floor was designed by Akihiko Kayaba herself, and it is said to be very difficult, and no one has been able to reach the seventh floor without opening a cheat code.

It's a whole hundred floors of the world......

Chu Yue didn't open a cheat code at the beginning, because she was experiencing a variety of life systems. After the life system experience is almost complete, and the BUG submission is almost complete, I will try the combat system.

And after trying the battle, Chu Yue found that the current stage of Sword Art Online is different from the one in the anime "Sword Art Online".

In the current Sword Art Online, the number of layers belongs to the player's individual data, not shared by all players.

In the world of Sword Art Online in the anime Sword Art Online, after players defeat the boss of the first floor, all players can reach the next floor.

And now Sword Art Online, if you haven't defeated the boss of this layer, you can't reach the next layer.

Did Akihiko Kayaba design it on purpose......

Without opening the cheat code, Chu Yue only hit the sixth layer......

The boss on the seventh floor is too powerful. It's better to say that the bosses of each layer are very powerful, and in the case of not accumulating enough, it is definitely impossible to rush to challenge.

Isn't this a bit too difficult?

Many testers have responded to this question to Kayaba, but Akihiko Kayaba has not given an answer. After all, it's an internal test, so everyone has opened cheat code to fight high-level bosses.

When Chu Yue was also ready to slowly fight the seventh-layer boss, the α test was over.

It is said that it is because most of the testers have beaten all the bosses on the 100th floor with cheat code, and there is no problem.

However, there is one issue that I don't know if it can be considered a problem, and that is the mental state of the player.

It seems that some internal testers have found that the player's mental state in the game affects real life.

This kind of thing...... It's small, it's nothing, after all, this kind of impact testers themselves can't tell.

But if you are held accountable, you can also install a big hat like "VR games cause damage to the brain".

So, Chu Yue has a new job.

Develop an artificial intelligence that can detect and care for the player's mental state so that it can react to the situation to the company at any time.

Because the player's mental state is a very abstract thing, it is theoretically impossible to use a computer program to achieve the effect of automatic adjustment of care.

Therefore, an artificial intelligence that is almost indistinguishable from humans and can learn autonomously and recognize emotional information is the most suitable for this work.

When she heard about her task for the first time, Chu Yue reacted, isn't this AI (artificial intelligence) the Yui in the anime "Sword Art Online"?!

In the anime "Sword Art Online", Yui's original task was to manage and care for the player's mental state, but I don't know why he was forced to isolate by the system at the beginning of the game, and he could only observe, not manage and participate.

Chu Yue guessed that it was Kayaba Jinghiko who deliberately isolated Yui in order to let the player completely treat Sword Art Online as a life and avoid Yui from affecting the player's own emotional judgment.

I was actually ordered to write Yui's AI program!

Isn't that what it is...... Is he Yui's father?!

Chu Yue thought of the rose girls in the CLNNAD world, those lovely daughters......

Well-behaved cute daughter...... That's not bad!

Although it's AI......

But the machine girl is even better!

Ahem......

If you think about it too much, it's just an AI program, no entity, at most it's a hard drive.

So, α the test is over, start preparing for β test.

β test is an external-oriented test that involves inviting a wide variety of players from the community to test it.

Of course, most of them are players of a certain age and study of VR (virtual reality) games, RPG (role-playing) games, and MMO (massively multiplayer online) games.

There are also a small number of players who have no exposure to the game at all, or have only very little exposure to the game.

After all, Sword Art Online is positioned as a VRMMORPG game......

As soon as the news of the preparation for the β test was released, there were more people looking forward to Sword Art Online.

This is a game developed by Akihiko Kayaba, the developer of NERvGear!

And it is said that in the black market, the qualifications for β test tests have been speculated to sky-high prices.

Chu Yue didn't know the invitation method for the β test, but because Chu Yue had an agreement in hand, he had already occupied a place for the β test.

A total of 1,000 people were invited to β test. Unlike α test, where the players were all company insiders, the 1,000 people were really from all walks of life and all ages in real life.

Also like last time, only Chu Yue and Kayaba Jinghiko are the core developers who participated in the test.

Chu Yue also went to the company to check the names of these testers, and sure enough, she found the name of "Kiritani and people".

Chu Yue still has some expectations, can she meet Tongzi.

In the β test, Chu Yue found that the number of layers still belongs to personal data, and only he knows how many layers he has hit.

The company is not preparing for the next test, which means that after β test, the game Sword Art Online will be officially open beta.

Originally, there were no major bugs in the game, and the β test was in the project plan as a whole.

β tests lasted only two months. It is said that except for the combat system, all of them are well received and there are very few bugs.

As for the combat system......

Again, as in the last test, most players complained that it was too difficult, and it is said that high-end players only reached the third or fourth level by the end of the test.

As for Chu Yue herself, because of the experience of the last test, she quickly reached the seventh layer.

Because the test orientation was different this time, the cheat code could not be used, and it took a lot of effort for Chu Yue to hit the eighth layer. At the end of two months, Chu Yue had only reached the twelfth layer.

In addition, the AI developed by Chu Yue to intelligently manage the player's emotions, Yui, is also running normally.

When I α test before, some people said that AR games had an impact on the player's spirit, but they haven't found it yet, so Yui has never appeared.

Moreover, because the time was too short, Chu Yue had not had time to endow Yui with primary intelligence, so she could only hope for her self-learning function.