The Collection of The End

——Marvel, 2015——

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"Oh? So those places were empty, and there was only one map?"

"[I am convinced that now is not a good time to observe the vulnerability of 'Aincrad'. Sir, I suggest you continue to try the methods I listed to escape from the 'virtual world'.]"

"No matter what you say, getting into those monsters and exploding them is not an option, no matter what you say."

The huge adventure world called "Aincrad", which is divided into one hundred floors, has completely changed its face at this time. Not only the "textures" of any position that can be counted as a plane are "wrong", "missing" or " Instead of "warning", those "wild monsters" that would not attack as long as they did not touch the warning range also became distorted, chasing Tony Stark in various postures that were inconsistent with the laws of physics and game settings.

The good news is, they're not that powerful.

The bad news is, there are endless amounts of them.

"Aincrad" is an originally not very popular game developed by the Warner Protoss using the "Total Stealth" technology. The developers may have visited the Earth for investigation, and the content created has a medieval western fantasy style, and This style was not very receptive to the "Warner Protoss", which was already "fantasy" enough, so it remained tepid until the "Killing Machine" appeared.

It first trapped the Warner Protoss, who relied too much on the "complete stealth" device, in a "virtual world" unable to wake up, and then divided it into two parts: "Virtual Warnerheim" and the "Game World" to deceive their spirits.

It must be said that this behavior is shrewd enough. If a person wakes up from a dream, it is difficult to doubt that the world after he wakes up is still a dream.

Perhaps this "triple illusion" has some mystical influence. When Stark came to support his daughter Luna, who led the resistance army, he fell directly into the "Virtual Vanaheim" and was pressed on the "In After the Triwizard Tournament, he took the initiative to visit Vanaheim for exchanges and assisted in the development of 'Aincrad', as a Midgardian scientist and well-known entrepreneur." He became part of the "Virtual Vanaheim".

It would be fine if he and Jarvis' "body" were still on the "Sanctuary" battleship. If not, the problem might be bigger than imagined.

Then, Stark met with Luna, who had infiltrated "Aincrad" through hacking methods, and formulated and executed a plan to destroy the layout of the killing machine in both the virtual and real worlds.

Then it became like this - the "Killing Machine" and his distributed artificial intelligence "Alfred Protocol", who were not willing to fail, directly overturned the table when the arrangement was about to collapse and began to implement their final "god-making plan" ".

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"You are indeed tenacious." After all the monsters in the same batch were wiped out, the last remaining "Alfred Protocol" whose figure was so twisted that it was almost impossible to tell what kind of monster it was originally mutated from stopped attacking. , said with a strange buzzing voice: "But the cat-and-mouse game ends here. Without the interference of other 'players', we can forcibly absorb this virtual world as 'nutrient'."

"Really?" Stark lifted the visor of the Iron Suit and responded in a tone with obvious sarcasm: "In other words, not only can you defeat me within the framework of the rules, but you can't pass outside the framework of the rules. My authority has cleared me, so why do you think the next plan will be successful?"

"Because you are just an 'Iron man,'" Alfred agreed, "not a 'man of Steel.'"

After saying these words, the twisted monster no longer tried to attack Stark, but directly turned into colorful fragments and exploded out of thin air and disappeared.

"Hmm, take note, Jarvis, this 'Alfred' might have managed a steel mill before."

"[Okay, sir, it has been included in the database of 'Iron Man's unreasonable speculations about others'."

"I say you……"

boom! Sizzling——

Just when Stark and Jarvis were about to start their routine gag, "Aincrad", which was already twisted and weird around it, finally began to collapse.

The huge "pillars" that were originally well concealed and used to support each layer of the world disintegrated and collapsed, and the ninety-nine and one hundred layers began to close with a slow and unstoppable momentum.

"Are the words of the 'factory director' true?" Stark put on his upper armor, activated the armor instantly, and flew towards the "edge of the world" like lightning: "Jarvis! Find the fastest route out of this floor. Remember to go to places where there are only 'textures' but no 'modeling'."

"[The route has been planned as required,]" Jarvis responded, "[I must remind you that leaving the main world of 'Aincrad' or getting stuck in the modeling gap will result in being teleported to the last 'rebirth' used. point', and it is generally located in the center of each layer of the world.】"

"That was the function when the game system was still intact. Now that the entire game world will be deleted, no line of code will still be executed according to the fixed procedure, right?" Stark said smoothly.

"[I'm sure your unprofessional statement is a joke, sir," Jarvis responded in a flat tone: "[Hahaha.]"

"Hell, have you been assimilated after staying in Aincrad for too long? What kind of stiff laughter is that?" Stark sounded a little speechless: "The sky and the ground seem to be closing soon, I I don’t want to become a fly in a pitcher plant, how long will it take to escape?”

"【five, 】"

"Five minutes? I think it's only one minute at most until this piranha closes the lid."

"【four three,】"

"I'm sure- Uh-oh!"

Buzz - boom!

The golden and red steel suit suddenly accelerated, falling from the sky and the earth, and got out from between the teeth of a giant whale about to close its mouth. Almost at the same time, the overall shape of "Aincrad" changed from an oblong oval to a The oblate shape has been replaced, and the gaps between each layer, which are the areas where players move, are completely buried.

"It seems that what I said is right, Jarvis. After its own collapse, the restrictions on 'players' in the game world itself were also lifted." Stark floated in the air and looked at the "periphery of the world" where the light and shadow were still unstable. The game world has changed beyond recognition: "The next question is, how do they turn it into the nourishment of that 'Mechanical Demon God'? How do we stop it?"

"[Generally speaking, viruses or Trojans are the best choice, sir,]," Jarvis began to project a feasible plan on the screen inside the helmet: "[But I still recommend that you continue to try to leave the 'virtual world', Rather than rashly participating in a battle without knowing anything about the enemy's intelligence.】"

"I'm thinking about a question, Jarvis," Stark's eyes flashed: "If that 'Mechanical Demon' can really absorb the world by force, the 'Factory Director' must expel other players and defeat me. What? Could it be that uncontrolled consciousness would have a fatal impact on their plans?"

"[The probability of this guess being true is only 63%. I don’t recommend you take this risk, sir.]"

"The chance of failure is only 37%, so it's worth a try."

"[...]"