Ayn Grant, the central square of the Initiation.

When all players were forcibly teleported here, a hundred meters above their heads, the bottom of the second floor, was dyed with a bright red checkerboard-like pattern.

A thick drop of blood slowly dripped down from the middle, but instead of dripping to the ground, it suddenly changed shape in mid-air, transforming into a giant nearly twenty meters tall and wearing a crimson cloak.

Then, a deep and penetrating man's voice resounded throughout the square:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Akihiko Kayaba, welcome to my world......"

Next, Akihiko Aoba told all players the news that SAO had become a game of death.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of players were shown to be brain dead because they were forced to take off their machines by the outside world.

Finally, after a wicked "good luck to you" voice, the pre-human apparition ended.

With the disappearance of the Grim Reaper-like giant, the game returns to its original form, but for the players present, some of the rules of the game change completely.

After more than ten seconds of silence, the group of more than 9,000 players finally reacted as it should be, which was an almost overwhelming loud sound that shook the entire square:

"Liar, huh?"

"What's going on, it must be a lie!"

"Bastard! No kidding! Get me out of here! ”

"Don't! Please let me go back! Please, let me go back! ”

……

Screaming, roaring, screaming, scolding, pleading, and growling.

For a short period of time, the group of players imprisoned in the game squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, some raised their hands to the sky, some hugged each other, and some even began to curse at each other.

However, there were also people who immediately calmed down and even accepted such a reality, and at the same time immediately began to act, turning away from the noisy square and running towards the town gate.

Most of these people are closed beta players, and they have already begun to think about the way back.

If SAO really becomes a death game, then in order to survive in this world, and even to conquer the game, players will have to work hard to strengthen themselves.

Virtual online games are resource grabbing battles between players, and the more money, props, and experience points provided by the system, the more powerful they can become.

As long as you can see this clearly, players who are not willing to sit still will soon go to the area around the "Beginning Town" to fight monsters and upgrade, then the monster resources will be depleted immediately.

Therefore, the best thing to do is to go to the next village now and use it as a base to develop.

This is undoubtedly the best choice for closed beta players, and they also know the path to the next village, even if the current level is only level 1, they can reach it safely.

And the male protagonist of this work, Kirito, is also one of these people, and even the first player to break out of the northwest gate of the "Beginning Town", and run on the green grassland with all his might, heading towards the next small village......

……

In the real world, as soon as the news of SAO becoming a death game came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation, and all TV, radio, and online media began to repeat the relevant news.

Because of the first move, the government quickly made a targeted response plan, and the whole situation was immediately effectively controlled.

Under the overwhelming publicity, the number of people who died from the forced dismantling of the AmuSphere machine by the outside world can be said to have dropped to a fairly low level.

All players' real-world bodies have also been moved to nearby hospitals and other facilities, and they are carefully cared for.

It didn't take long for the weak-willed players in the game to be unable to accept the cruel reality, so they chose to commit suicide, and sure enough, they successfully returned to the real world, which finally calmed the emotions of their families and further reduced the negative impact.

After completing the clearance, Yi Tiancheng took his two daughters, Miko and Asuna, and returned to Ito General Hospital and was admitted to the Medicuboid care unit.

All the variables have been successfully eradicated, Yi Tiancheng is naturally a lot easier, and then he only needs to go all out to clear the game.

"Everyone's memorized the game-related materials, right?" Yi Tiancheng looked around at the women and asked with a smile.

"Uh-huh." "Remember." Yuki and Tsuneko immediately nodded in reply.

Only Asuna was still in a trance, but after seeing Yi Tiancheng staring at her, she also nodded.

"Then, everyone enters the game first, creates the game character according to their own preferences, and the game ID uses the name determined before."

"Asuna and Yuki, both of you choose to turn on the 'Sword Skill System' to assist in combat, and Tsuneko and I choose the 'Autonomous Combat System' function."

"After entering the game, I will add you friends directly, and we will meet at the gate northwest of the "Beginning Town", understand?"

After getting the confirmation of the women, Yi Tiancheng nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he shifted his gaze to Shino.

Today's Shinai, although she is still quiet and introverted, no longer has the cowardice and weakness of the past, and under Yi Tiancheng's devilish means, she withstood the bloody baptism, thus completely shattering the psychological shadow.

Although it has been optimized and updated, the time schedule is too short after all, so SAO is still mainly based on sword combat, but it has added the 'autonomous combat' system that Yi Tiancheng needs.

This doesn't have much of a buff effect on Shino, whose combat style is mainly based on firearms and supplemented by bows and arrows.

Moreover, in order to prevent it from happening, Yi Tiancheng needs to leave someone in reality and take care of the bodies of several people.

Although Shi Nai was not the best candidate, Yi Tiancheng still gave her this task, and the right should be a test for her.

Trust is secondary, and he has minimized the possibility of accidents.

Unlike the usual AmuSphere machines, the Medicuboid device they use does not have a brain destruction program, and if the external power supply is cut off for more than 10 minutes, the network is disconnected for more than 2 hours, the device body is attempted to be destroyed, the body is effectively damaged, and the lock is removed, as long as any of these conditions are met, he will be forced to quit the game.

Immediately after, Yi Tiancheng stepped forward, and under Shino's wide-eyed gaze, he suddenly hugged her in his arms and kissed her moist lips.

There was no refusal, no awkwardness, except for a moment of stiffness, the girl's whole body relaxed, and she experienced this subtle experience that touched her heart.

"I'll leave it to you next, and I will definitely completely attack this game within three days." Looking at the slightly distracted girl, Yi Tiancheng smiled slightly.

After Shino, then Tsumiko, followed by Asuna.

In the end, seeing the expectant and nervous look in Yuji's eyes, he couldn't help but smile and stepped forward, and took a sip of water on the dragonfly, even if it was just a superficial taste, it made the little girl's face red and looked very cute.

"So, let's meet in the game."

After everything was arranged, Yi Tiancheng also lay on a hospital bed connected to a huge Medicuboid device and medical equipment, and then began to hold his breath and wait for Medicuboid to start.

With a slight sound of electricity, Yi Tiancheng could sense that his head had been fed into the device.

Countless signal components begin to activate, and the complex electric fields generated begin to stimulate their brains, and consciousness begins to lose contact with the body's senses, and is replaced by the five emotions that the machine directly gives to the brain.

When Yi Tiancheng said the words "connection begins", all the noise will be far away, and the vision will be surrounded by darkness, and then he will feel that his consciousness has passed through a colorful aura, and then he will cooperate with the game system to establish his own character information.

Yi Tiancheng did not change his appearance, because there is no need, in fact, in the new SAO game, players can only dress up twice on the basis of their own appearance at the beginning.

The only program that Yi Tiancheng deserves to focus on is the game's additional combat system, which is the "autonomous combat system".

"Do you want to abandon the 'sword system' support and switch to the 'autonomous combat' system? As a side note, the autonomous combat system is very difficult and almost impossible to play properly. ”

"Decided to abandon the 'Sword Skill System' assistance and turn on the 'Autonomous Combat' system." Yi Tiancheng confirmed with a smile.

The previous optimization update, it can be said that the biggest change is in this "autonomous combat" system, which is also a new game system that he specially asked Kayaba Jinghiko and Higagen to implant.

You know, SAO is a sword-based game, and there is no magic in it at all, only the combat mode assisted by the unique 'sword skill system', and the sword-based combat skills derived from it.

SAO does not have a profession in the system, each player has multiple skill slots, and can freely choose a variety of skills to cultivate, players only need to align the direction, and after reciting the name of the skill in their hearts, they can automatically launch a specific attack with the assistance of the "Sword Skill System".

Therefore, for the vast majority of players, as long as they are self-aware, they will not choose the independent combat system, and even if they choose, they will die by themselves.

This brand-new system, to put it bluntly, is designed for the trialists such as Yi Tiancheng and Xianzi, and only those who are proficient in cold weapon combat and killing can effectively use this system, and can use it to improve their combat experience and sharpen their swordsmanship practice.

Although Yi Tiancheng is not a swordsman, but stubbornly chose the assassin profession, this is only because of personal beliefs, and he did not intend to follow the traditional assassin route like before he was reborn from the beginning.

Before he was reborn, he could be said to be the most standard and authentic technical stream assassin, with high agility and low durability in attribute parameters, and weapons were dagger proficient, and he was good at quenching poison and medicine, breath masking, and hidden assassination.

But after making a comeback, he didn't plan to go back to the old path at all, and if you want to ask why?

Because he has a new understanding of the way of assassination.

What is the most perfect lurk? What is the most perfect assassination?

The protagonists of Assassin's Creed, as well as the "first old man of the mountain" Wang Hassan in FGO, have already given the most perfect answer, that is:

Open unequaled, front anal.

Life doesn't have so much time to cut off your breath, even if you sneak in the end, you will still be discovered, hate him and go directly to kill him, kill all the witnesses without leaving one, naturally no one will know that you have infiltrated, and it is naturally the most perfect assassination.