Chapter 967 The End Is Near

Time passed day by day.

For most people in this world, it's just a normal day, but for some, it's not.

A young man wearing glasses pushed open the door and rushed into the room, and came to the computer desk, where was already full of people, most of them were wearing glasses, looking nervous at the moment, looking at the screen in front of them with flushed faces.

"It's the ninety-ninth floor, it's the ninety-ninth floor!!"

"It's almost there, it's almost there! Can they do it?!"

"The Sword of the Dark Moon is fine, but the Dark Nebula and the Red Knights may need to repair for a few days..."

The programmer sitting at the table was also so excited that the keyboard was almost like a piano.

These people are not ordinary melon eaters, they are members of the SAO Incident Countermeasure Headquarters. After Kayaba Akihiko created this appalling incident, the government immediately organized a department dedicated to tracking and managing the progress and follow-up of this incident.

As the world's first full stealth game, no one thought that a game would attract the attention of the whole world. After the outbreak of the SAO incident, not only the full stealth technology itself was strictly banned by various countries, but also various social discussions followed.

The pressure on the SAO Countermeasures Headquarters can be described as enormous. You must know that before this, although the full stealth technology was originally used in games and entertainment, depending on the situation, it can also be effective in various aspects such as military affairs and medical care. But just when everyone was gearing up to create a new era of the future, this vicious incident seemed to hit the head, and almost stunned everyone.

If you want to say it, it's like the first nuclear power plant built by human beings, but it exploded just after the test operation was started, and the consequences and impacts are self-evident.

The problem now is to look at the "after-event treatment" and "casualties" of the disaster.

Although more than a year has passed since then, the outside media seems to have seldom broadcast news about this matter, but everyone is very clear that lack of attention does not mean that this matter is over. If this thing doesn't end well, then it's real trouble.

But to be honest, there's very little they can really do.

Akihiko Kayaba is a genius scientist. The system he designed has almost no loopholes to exploit. At first, the Countermeasure Headquarters wanted to forcibly invade, but later he chose to give up just like Fang Zheng. After all, the error caused by invading the main system is likely to cause the entire world to collapse completely. By that time, if 10,000 people are dead, then they will be finished.

Not to mention that among these victims are not only ordinary players, but even diplomats and the heirs of some powerful families. The forces behind these people are not easy to mess with!

At the beginning, the Countermeasure Headquarters decided to find Akihiko Kayaba, the mastermind behind the scenes, and force him to release the others.

Later... Akihiko Kayaba found it, but he was already dead.

According to the autopsy report and investigation results, it was finally determined that Kayaba Akihiko had an accident in the process of using the full stealth device, which caused the pulse signal to increase suddenly, and performed a violent brain attack no less than a diamond drill. Shocking, the final result given by the doctor was brain death.

Hearing this news, everyone in the countermeasure headquarters was also dumbfounded.

The culprit is finished, what to do?

Although it is a good idea to hang Kayaba Akihiko's body out for the angry victims' families to flog the body, but this will not solve the fundamental problem!

Although some people suggested sending a group of people in to help those players tackle key problems, this opinion was eventually rejected. Firstly, the game world is different from the real world. It couldn't be more appropriate.

Players at that time were generally around the 30th or 40th level. Although they couldn't reach the level of evil, they were better than flying on grass or white stripes in the waves. If they wanted to send people in, even active soldiers Once he got in, he was at the level of a soldier in the government --- any gangster would be able to overthrow him.

Not to mention that the danger is so great, who wants to go in and die.

Ultimately, it's up to the player.

Fortunately, except for the first period of time, there were not many casualties for most of the following time, and because of this, the countermeasure headquarters also focused more on taking care of the victims. To avoid accidents --- they can't intervene in the game, but if there are casualties due to realistic factors, then it is their responsibility.

There are a total of 10,000 players. It has been almost two years now, and so far, the death toll is fixed at 853 people... Relatively speaking, this is already a very exciting number . This also means that if all goes well, most players can return to the real world alive.

if everything goes well.

But now, what stands in front of them is the last difficulty.

"Can we really adjust the strength of the boss?"

Looking at the BOSS attribute on the 100th floor, many people looked solemn, and some people raised this commonplace question again unwillingly.

"no."

Another technician shook his head.

"We all know that the full stealth device is based on reading brain waves as an account verification. Now that Akihiko Kayaba is dead, no one can log in to the developer account. External modifications to Cardinal will have unknown effects... ...For now, we can only watch."

"Hey…………"

Hearing this, everyone sighed in unison. Although they had held many meetings long ago, they were very clear about what they should do and what they should not do, but at this critical moment, they just Being able to watch from the outside... still feels a bit uncomfortable.

And at this moment, someone suddenly asked timidly.

"You said...in case they fail..."

"To shut up!"

"........."

No one wants to be a crow, especially in the current situation.

In fact, this kind of worry is not only felt by people in reality, but in the game world, this feeling is even stronger.

The town of beginnings.

The town of beginning is still very lively, but the atmosphere seems a little tense. Players took to the streets from time to time, or gathered in the park, discussing with each other.

"Have you heard? The strategy team has reached the 99th floor."

"Does that mean we might be able to go out? No problem?"

"Probably not, don't you think they have been going well during this time?"

"But what if..."

"Go, go, don't talk if you can't talk!"

Some are worried, some are excited, some are nervous.

They have been in this world for almost two years, and many people have already gotten used to life here, and even forgot what reality looks like. But now, as Fangzheng and others went up layer by layer, until the ninety-ninth floor... the others gradually reacted.

Wait, what are we doing here?

It's not like playing games.

By the way, we are stuck here.

As long as we get through one hundred floors, we can go out!

Thinking of this, everyone began to worry about gains and losses again. Of course, they hope that Fang Zheng and his party can pass the level successfully. But what if they fail?

What if?

Right now in the world of Aincrad, the three most powerful guilds are Dark Moon Sword, Dark Nebula and Red Knights. In fact, after reaching the 90th floor, the bosses on each subsequent floor are jointly attacked by the three parties. During this period, the Dark Nebula and the Knights in Red had attrition on the ninety-fifth, ninety-eighth and ninety-ninth floors respectively, and the next one hundred floors... No one knows what will happen in the end Sample.

If their regiment is wiped out, then...does anyone else have a chance to leave this world?

Nobody knows.

In fact, even Dark Moon Sword himself didn't know it.

"call……………"

Looking at Ying Lili who had fallen asleep beside her, Fangzheng stretched out his hand, stroked her cheek lightly, tidied Ying Lili's hair, and then he got up and left Ying Lili's room.

As the distance to the final boss got closer and closer, the pressure on the members of the Sword of the Dark Moon was also increasing. Ying Lili even had to secretly spend some time with Fang Zheng every night before she could fall asleep. It's not that Fangzheng can't understand this, the end is near, success is heaven, failure is hell.

Even Gabriel, who is always lazy and looks like a salted fish, rarely shows a serious expression, and she even learned to tidy herself up. One must know that Gabriel had always been extremely sloppy before, she belonged to the type who messed up her hair and didn't bother to comb it, just washed it casually in the shower, put on a sweatshirt and then lay down on the bed and started rolling around.

But now, she actually started combing her hair, arranging her appearance, and practicing hard every day.

To be honest, Fangzheng was quite surprised by this, but it was expected.

This kind of pressure is much greater than the college entrance examination.

After all, if you fail the college entrance examination, you can repeat it.

After leaving Ying Lili's room, Fang Zheng walked around the resident, looked at Yui who was sleeping with Esther, and said hello to Sophie who was still wandering around at night, confirming that the guild After everything was normal, he returned to his room.

However, to Fang Zheng's surprise, when he came to the door of the room, he accidentally saw Asuna and the black cat.

"Asuna? Black cat?"

Looking at the two people standing at his door, Fangzheng frowned.

"If you don't go to rest, what are you doing here?"

"........."

Hearing Fangzheng's question, Asuna and the black cat looked at each other with blushing faces, and finally Asuna bit the bullet and spoke.

"That...we...have something to do with you, Mr. Fangzheng..."

"..."

Looking at their slightly flushed cheeks and their dodging eyes, Fang Zheng had almost guessed their reason for coming. So he didn't say much, but stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.

"Then, come in."