Re-becoming a human being from Conan

Among the 300,000 players in Tower of Mystery, about 50,000 are purely casual players.

They either dare not or do not want to fight monsters, and only do some safe tasks to make money. Whether they can upgrade or not is completely dependent on fate.

They hate the busyness of reality and enjoy life in a different world. Even if they live in the mysterious tower all their lives, they are willing to do so.

The 67-year-old Soshichi Hosoda is one of the casual players. He has no children in reality, and he has few friends living in the city. He also has to consider money when he wants to travel, so when SAO was released, he was one of the few elderly people who were interested in virtual reality games.

Entering the mysterious tower by chance, he was also flustered and confused, only to find out later that this is really a good thing.

Fishing in the river in this safe area on the second floor every day can make a living. Occasionally, there is a chance to improve the food by catching a big shipment.

There were no disputes, and I met a few friends. We played chess, cards, and fishing together, and my body became better because of the pure natural environment and changes in mentality here.

Recently, he has the opportunity to ask for a wife.

The other party's name is Sanjin Zhuhui, and he is three years younger than him. In reality, he has sons and daughters, but he is not very popular with his daughter-in-law. Seeing his son caught in a dilemma, he finally put on the helmet left by his son when he died in the mysterious tower, so as not to cause trouble to them.

He was depressed when he first entered the game, but now he is gradually becoming cheerful.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Sochi Hosoda smiled and turned around: "Zhuhui, look..."

Pat——

The fishing rod in his hand fell suddenly, Hosoda was stunned for a moment, fell from the small stool, and hurriedly crawled back, his face full of horror.

"Zhu, Zhuhui?!"

The old lady staggered over step by step, her eyes widened blankly, with a ferocious expression that didn't resemble a human being, her lips curled up, and her whole face was full of gray and decayed colors.

Like a zombie in a movie.

Suddenly rushed over!

"Ah—help!!" After a scream, Hosoda Sochi left the river with the old lady in exactly the same state.

...

Level 45, Army Town.

"What's going on, call the strategy team again?"

"Have you found the Boss on the 55th floor?"

"Are you kidding? We haven't even fully explored the 52nd floor. Besides, the boss of the 55th floor is probably one level stronger than Huyu Ludi. Maybe we have to pass the Dark Martial Arts Association to be able to attack."

"Is that the discovery of treasure or danger?"

"Where's that guy You Gu? Everyone's here, isn't he the convener?!"

After two months, the players of the strategy team gathered on the 45th floor again asked each other, but none of them knew the reason why You Gu summoned the strategy team this time.

No, not only the strategy team, but also the presidents of some small guilds, naturally including intelligence leaders like Argo.

‘Could it be to discuss something related to the mysterious team? The allocation of two ability books? ’ Argo thought to himself: ‘Although the book can be viewed by 10 people, if someone tells it to others after reading it, it will indeed get a little bug. This is what that guy You Gu would do.

But it's very offensive to do so, that kind of knowledge is indeed worth that price, even super value... Do you want to take the lead in stopping it? No, that's not right, Argo the Rat, intelligence merchants pay attention to neutrality, you can't turn your butt just because of Ji Xing. '

Just thinking about this, Argo saw two people walking in the door, and the meeting room was instantly quiet, and she knew that her guess was wrong.

One of the two is naturally You Gu.

The other man looked ordinary, with short hair, wearing a shirt, trousers, tie, and a white coat, which didn't fit in with the players' attire.

But the famous one is Akihiko Kayaba who created the SAO game!

Since the occurrence of supernatural phenomena, SAO has become the transmitter of this mysterious tower, and Kayaba Akihiko has also become one of the initial players here, but he rarely shows up, only obsessed with exploring the world, conducting his own research, and the only one who does The most important thing is to serve as the president of the Mystery Research Society.

Why is he here?

"Everyone." Akihiko Kayaba walked to the center of the conference room, and said to all the players in the strategy team: "Not long ago, a disaster occurred that may cause heavy casualties to the players, and completely fail to conquer the mysterious tower. The situation is urgent and must be dealt with as soon as possible. .”

"There were heavy casualties?"

"disaster?!"

The players were startled, Kayaba Akihiko nodded and confirmed: "Please contact your trusted friends and subordinates directly, we can't confirm the manpower needed at the moment, but the more the better, the faster the processing, the lower the loss caused by the disaster may be. "

What the hell happened?

The players became chaotic, and all kinds of questions were mixed together, until they were suppressed by Eugene's loud voice: "Do it first! Then you will know?"

The players looked at each other, and gradually took out the communication crystals one by one. Argo observed the gloomy You Gu, and thought to himself that this guy looked like this, probably it was a big deal.

After hesitating for a moment, she contacted Ji Xing in addition to the two deputies in the guild.

"This is the strategy group meeting, don't ask anything yet, someone will explain it later."

...

In the two-story building he just bought on the 49th floor, Ji Xing didn't know the situation, so he put the crystal beside the bed.

The voices on the other side were a bit noisy, they were all asking about the situation. It sounded like there were a lot of people, and it gradually quieted down after five minutes.

Then a gentle boy rang: "Good afternoon, everyone, I'm Akihiko Kayaba. I'm sorry to tell everyone that at this time yesterday, a disappearance and theft occurred in the Immortal Disease Research Institute on the 46th floor.

The missing person is the military correspondent Doi Wanzi, and the stolen one is the "immortal disease seed" extracted from the body of the immortal disease patient by Professor Chuiren.

After our investigation, this was a premeditated theft, and Tuju Wanzi was probably instigated by an unknown player. And the purpose of the other party is probably very dangerous. "

Kayaba Akihiko, immortality... Ji Xing raised his eyebrows lightly, and his expression became serious.

Immortal disease is one of the five major disasters discovered in the hunter world's exploration of the dark continent. It is more harmful than chimera ants. It is a 'disease' that can exterminate human beings if it is not controlled.

There was another commotion on the opposite side, but this time it subsided quickly. Akihiko Kayaba must have made a 'field control' action such as pressing his hand, and the voice continued: "All the players in the clearing group should have a sense of immortality. understood.

It is a dangerous virus from the 46th layer. The infected person is confused and loses himself, like a walking dead, fearless of life and death, just like the zombies in some movies, but it is more contagious than that, even if he is not caught or bitten, There is also a chance to spread through the air and become one of the undead patients.

Because of this virus, we lost dozens of top-ranked players when we explored the 46th floor, and lost more than two hundred military players during the subsequent blockade. Since then, that area has been blocked continuously. If Not for the Resurrection Grass, where it will be listed as a 'forbidden area' for players. "

Pausing for a few seconds for everyone to digest, Kayaba Akihiko said again: "And according to the research during this period, we have already understood some characteristics of the immortal disease. It is a special virus, or a special kind of virus." biology'.

We all know that a single human being is a whole, and the organs, limbs, and brain all serve the same individual, but after being infected with the disease of immortality, the whole is dismantled into countless individuals.

Every organ and even every cell has become an independent life, able to eat itself and regenerate, achieve self-circulation, in a sense... immortality! "

Really can not die?

The players held their breaths slightly, but it would be better to die than become a walking dead, right? etc?

"That's right, I think everyone should understand the key. In the Tower of Mystery, players will return to reality after death, but the infection of the undead disease does not count. If they are not completely killed by other people, the undead patient will die in that way. Stay in the Tower of Mystery forever. And after being in a daze for a long time, even if you return to reality, you may become delirious or even become a vegetative state."

Kayaba Akihiko said in a deep voice: "Immortal disease is a way to completely kill players!"

At this moment, everyone knew the seriousness of the problem, high spread, killing players completely, no matter what point, it was extremely dangerous!

"Could that undead disease be able to..."

"It was extracted to artificially cultivate the Resurrection Grass." Kayaba Akihiko said, "Professor Suihito was a little careless, I'm sorry."

The players looked at each other, their faces changing slightly.

"Is it those bastards from Smiling Coffin? We will definitely send them all out of the game this time!"

The Smiling Coffin is an evil guild that is keen on PK among players. Its members are unknown and it has done many vicious incidents of attacking players.

"It's not like what they do." At this moment You Gu said, "I think it's more like the Fairy's Dance."

You feel? Are those guys from Fairy Dance so bold?

Fairy Dance is another evil guild, but it's much less hateful than Laughing Coffin, and has basically done nothing vicious.

The people in that guild only hoped to 'live forever in the mysterious tower and never return to reality'. They didn't care about the strategy, and occasionally did little things that slowed down their progress, and often bewitched others to join them. They advocate embracing the new world, ignoring the moral laws of reality, and focusing on all pleasures, and they can come as they please.

Some lunatics even self-abandoned their human identities, thinking that they are "the fairies of the new world", that is, the source of the fairies' dance.

They hide among casual players, and the general level is not too high, and it is even harder to find them out.

Just as the players were concentrating and discussing in low voices, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

Everyone focused their attention, and You Gu went to open the door in person, and there was a soldier outside the door, holding something in both hands and said: "General You Gu, someone just threw this development crystal from a distance."

You Gu's expression changed: "Have you seen who it is?!"

"No, the other party was hiding behind a building. When we looked for it, he had disappeared. We are investigating whether there are any witnesses."

"Find the other party!" You Gu was silent, emphasized, took the crystal and turned around.

The players have all heard the conversation just now.

"Is it the mastermind?"

"What does he want to do? Develop the crystal?"

"Is this provoking us?!"

Developing crystal is also called video crystal, which can record up to 10 minutes of video and play it repeatedly.

Kayaba Akihiko looked at the crystal, his expression didn't change much, he just said: "Let's have a look together."

A crystal is placed in the center of the table, activated.

A figure emerged from it.

It was a man wearing a wide cloak to cover his body, and a ghost mask to cover his face. He spread his hands outward, and his voice was obviously modified, and he said, "Hello everyone, I am one of the fairies. The president of the dancing guild, you can call me the 'Goblin King'."

"...is it really the Fairy Dance?!"

"Who is this bastard?!"

It's just a video, so naturally it can't answer the players' anger and doubts.

The image only paused for a moment, and then continued: "Everyone is discussing the theft of the immortality seed, right? That's right, I did it, and I personally instigated Dou Wanzi's rebellion. If you want to ask why it can be done, why should it be done?" Do this..."

His voice suddenly became low and angry: "Because we have been shamefully deceived and betrayed!!"

Looking around, his eyes were ferocious, as if sweeping over everyone's face, and he said angrily: "Perhaps there are many players in the strategy group who don't know about it. For those who know, you dare to tell me about the demon sealing obtained from the strategy boss?" Does the silk work?!"

Demon Sealing Silk?

Many people showed doubts.

A few people's expressions changed.

Asuna bit her lip tightly and grabbed Kirito's hand, Argo clicked his tongue softly, Yugu's expression changed drastically, and he wanted to close the crystal.

Their performance has also been noticed by many players. At this time, it is obvious that turning off the development crystal can no longer solve the problem.

The 'Fairy King' continued to ask questions by name: "Asuna Yuki, Koichiro Yuki, why did you brothers and sisters leave your parents behind and stay in the mysterious tower for almost three years?

And you, Negishi Yoshiyuki, why were you so frightened and sad when your brother died in the game, and then covered it up as forgetting the game for a while?

You Gu, you should be clear about what the military is doing in the real world, why don't you tell everyone about it? !

In this mysterious tower, is there really no price to pay for the player's death? ! "

There was silence among the players.

Death...has a price?

"Heh, I don't blame you for being ignorant. If I didn't know it by chance, I would have been deceived for the rest of my life. Excluding that mysterious team, from the 21st floor to the 49th floor, the total output of the Demon Sealing Silk is only one hundred. Around the root, it will be distributed to everyone who conquered the Boss according to their contribution.

The total number of players who own the Demon Sealing Silk now is about thirty? forty? And only when this type of player dies, the function of the Demon Sealing Silk will be revealed——Seal the Demon! "

"Those players who died once in the mysterious tower will be planted with a kind of 'demon seed' without exception when they return to reality, and it will explode at some point, turning them into monsters and monsters in this game. Wreaks havoc in reality!"

What? !

Many players stood up in shock, looking at those people who were sitting silently on chairs with ugly faces.

"Is this true?"

In the past three years, who hasn't had a dead partner? If there is such a thing, wouldn't it be impossible to return to normal life after death?

Are you under supervision at all times?

No, will die suddenly at any time? !

"As long as we capture all the mysterious towers, everyone will be safe..." You Gu said in a low voice.

"I think You Gu should comfort you now...'As long as you conquer all the mysterious towers, everyone will be fine'? But do you have confidence in the 100-story tower? Just rely on you people to save the world?!" The 'Elf King' spoke again.

"Impossible, instead of hoping to complete the strategy in unknown year and month, it is better to rely on the magic-sealing thread. A magic-sealing thread can prevent a dead player from becoming a monster or a monster.

Oh~ Maybe you can't count on it. After all, people are far and near, and the top players who can get the magic sealing silk, how can they use them on other unrelated people? It's just that your 'output' is not enough, you can't get it! "

His words were strange and full of irony, but no one cared at this time. Such news brought endless shock.

You Gu's face was gloomy like water.

The reason for not announcing the situation of the Demon Sealing Thread is because I am worried that such a thing will happen. I am afraid that knowing that death is not free. After returning to reality, a time bomb will be tied to the body. Many players may no longer be brave and have different opinions on the Boss strategy. !

"So... all join us in the Fairy Dance, let us live happily together in the Tower of Mystery and build our kingdom!"

The voice of the 'Fairy King' was full of delusion again, and he opened his arms and said, "Forget reality, forget everything, and enjoy this brand new world!

Hahahaha~ Also, for the top players who have obtained the Demon Sealing Silk to protect themselves and worry-free, let's make a game, shall we?

Within half a month, solve the 'Immortal Disease', if successful, I will continue to enjoy your performance, but if you fail... all players will know about the Silk of Sealing Demon, hahahaha! "

Hum——

The developing screen disappears.

There was silence among the players in the raiders group.

Informed players don't know what to say, and uninformed players don't know what to do.

Each one is very chaotic.

...

It turns out that this is the case with the "Silk of Sealing Demons". It turns out that players are also punished for death, but they are punished together when the strategy fails or at a certain point.

On the other side, Ji Xing took out his forty magic-sealing silks and arranged them on the table: "Do other players only have a total of about one hundred? It seems that they are promoted to a boss with 10 on the 50th floor."

No wonder he could feel an untouched power of rules on the Demon Sealing Silk.

Is this the world saving itself?

The world has its own rules and consciousness. Ji Xing knew this a long time ago. The starlight consumed by the seven-star beads invading the world is probably what he needed to hide from the world's consciousness when invading the world. The reward for raising the world star may also be his The invading world gave him thanks for this 'extraterritorial omen'.

Combined with the rules of the mysterious tower that is more inclined to SAO, coupled with the effect of the magic-sealing silk, how does Ji Xing feel like the world of Sword Art Online is being rubbed by two big men, Hunter World and Yuyu Hakusho World, while trying to do something? Self-rescue means... and rescue is very reluctant.

They made a bunch of intrusion marks, and you can save one person with just one magic-sealing thread.

Or maybe it took too much effort to create this mysterious tower that is more conducive to the growth of sword players? Or is it something else that is unclear to me?

No matter how you look at it, the fusion of the Three Realms and the world of Sword Art Online are the most likely to be destroyed.

"Is this my pot?"

"Although, a self-protection method of world consciousness is probably very fragrant, and it may be a supplement to my body... If I can use the world star to give back, it should not be too much."

Ji Xing thought for a while, and with a swipe of his hand, he put the magic-sealing silk back into the inventory.

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