Chapter 402 Our SAO Is Over

[In the endless universe and world, there is a world full of Pokémon. ]

[The theme of that world is ‘peace and Pokémon’. Hundreds of races and Pokémon live together in one world, and every node in life is closely related to Pokémon. ]

[That world is called ‘Pokémon Island’. ]

[And ‘Akihiko Kayaba’ is the first human on Blue Star to use virtual technology to perceive the existence of this world. ]

[He used virtual technology to connect the consciousness of 5,000 Pokémon far away in Pokémon Island with Aincrad, and learned from them what kind of world Pokémon Island is. ]

[In order to go to this dreamlike world, he used virtual technology to create a super-giant teleportation array Aincrad. ]

[There is only one way to open this super-giant teleportation array, that is to clear the first 100 floors of Aincrad and come to the 101st floor to sign a contract. 】

【As long as this contract is signed, brave trainers can use NERvGear to use Aincrad as a springboard to go to Pokémon Island to truly meet their Pokémon partners and make new friends. 】

【So, now it's your turn to make a choice. 】

When all the contents on the stone tablet are browsed, two dialog boxes will automatically pop up in the players' field of vision.

The upper dialog box is based on the modern city of Blue Star, with various modern products and humans on the streets.

【Return to reality, and you can enter Aincrad again through this account. 】

The lower dialog box is based on the natural city of Yggdrasil and the World Tree on Pokémon Island, and many trainers and Pokémon combinations appear inadvertently in it.

【Open the 'Aincrad' teleportation array and obtain the right to travel between the real world and the Pokémon Island world, but the Aincrad account is destroyed and cannot enter Aincrad again. 】

Next to the two dialog boxes, there is a countdown of [5min], which means that there are five minutes to consider.

These two options are also very interesting.

The one above.

For players, it is equivalent to preserving the traces of their past with Pokémon. In the future, they can still return to Aincrad and walk the road they took in the past again, or come here to see their Pokémon again.

This choice, at least, looks stable. At least Aincrad, which has been cleared, will not encounter any danger again.

And the one below.

It is equivalent to abandoning the past, mustering up the courage to create new memories with their partners, embarking on new adventures and journeys, and even seeing the style of the other world and meeting more Pokémon.

This choice is full of mystery and instability, because for the players present, everything in Pokémon Island is unknown, and no one knows whether this beautiful world will have any prehistoric beasts.

After all, SAO was described as very beautiful before it was opened.

But in fact,

if they were not imprisoned in it, it would be really beautiful, and they also met important Pokémon partners.

3400 players were silent at this moment.

They all had their own thoughts in their minds.

"Kirito?"

Asuna stretched out a hand and held Kirito's hand. She didn't know what to do.

"Asuna, if what is said here is true."

Kirito looked up blankly and looked at the huge stone tablet in front of him, "I want to see the real Heracross. I want to go to his world and travel and adventure with him."

"I understand. I also want to see the real Heracross."

Asuna nodded after hearing Kirito's thoughts, and then smiled at Heracross beside her, "When we go there in the future, I will ask you to take us to play."

"Hey~"

Heracross smiled back and patted his chest confidently.

He has many good friends there, and he will introduce them all to Asuna!

After making the decision, Kirito and Asuna chose the second option together.

Not only them, it can be said that a considerable number of the 3400 trainers quickly chose the second option.

Most of these people are young people.

The second option was chosen not only because of Pokémon, but also because of their curiosity about the ‘unknown world’, their yearning and imagination for more Pokémon and other worlds.

On the contrary, older people like Shang Mei would hesitate for a while.

They have elderly parents and young children, so they would consider their families and things in the real world more, and they are not as brave as young people to rush into the unknown.

However, when Shang Mei's eyes met with the pitiful little Bulbasaur, she didn't care about so much, and one finger directly touched the second option.

'Our seed is so small, if she lives there alone without anyone to take care of her, she will definitely be bullied. As a mother, I must protect her! '

Shang Mei clenched her fist and hugged Bulbasaur tightly in her arms.

Anyway, her husband and daughter stayed in the procuratorate to work overtime all day and didn't come back. It was meaningless for her to stay at home alone. It would be better to explore the unknown world with her baby Bulbasaur.

That would be much more interesting!

"Since you enter that world through NERvGear, you can immediately log off if there is any situation in the real world."

"Just treat it as a game, it shouldn't affect reality too much."

"I usually study during the day, and when I get home I come to play with Meowth. I can also let Meowth accompany me to review for the exam, hehe~"

The players kept talking to themselves, using all kinds of words and ideas to convince themselves to choose the second option.

There are also many trainers who ask Pokémon for their opinions, and Pokémon all give answers that they can choose the second option with confidence.

In the end, all 3,400 players, without exception, chose the second option.

Being able to come to this level itself shows that they are people who are willing to face risks and crises for Pokémon, not to mention that now there is a temptation in front of them, and their own Pokémon also let them choose with confidence, so there is nothing to hesitate.

[Choice countdown ends]

[Number of people who choose the first option: 0]

[Number of people who choose the second option: 3,400]

When this statistic appeared in front of the players, they all looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

The Pokémons also gathered together and cheered, as if welcoming new trainers to their home Pokémon Island.

[Final Announcement]

[Congratulations to all players, your SAO journey has come to an end. Although Aincrad will still exist, it will no longer be SAO, but a brand new world]

[A special warning to all players, the first generation of NERvGear you are using will be completely discontinued due to the SAO incident. You will not be able to buy the first generation of NERvGear again, and even if you buy it, it will no longer be your original player serial number. ]

[This also means that once your NERvGear is taken back or lost, you will never be able to go to Pokémon Island again. ]

[So, please find ways to protect it. ]

The announcement popped up for about two minutes, allowing players to see the content above clearly.

Then another dialog box popped up.

[Aincrad will shut down the server in 10 minutes, and all resident players will be forced to log off. Please make good use of this last time to say goodbye to this world. ]

When this dialog box disappeared, the SAO system seemed to be completely silent.

The 3,400 trainers present made appointments with Pokémon to meet again in the other world called "Pokémon Island" and travel together.

Afterwards, they took out all the equipment and props on their bodies, browsing and recalling them one by one.

After logging out of SAO this time, they will never see these things again.

The ten minutes are coming soon.

Both players and Pokémon have light beams on their bodies, which last for about 30 seconds, and all players and Pokémon are forced to log off.

. . .

Pokémon Island, suburbs of Alliance City, Dr. Kayaba Institute.

At this moment, Kayaba Akihiko is sitting at his desk thinking about how to update Aincrad.

In the future, Aincrad will become a brand new game in front of the players on Blue Star, and it will definitely be a popular game.

Even if Akihiko makes the game content look like shit, there will still be a lot of players who will buy it.

Because in the Blue Star game market in the current timeline of 2023, Akihiko Kayaba has the world's only fully immersive virtual reality game.

This is also thanks to Dark asking Akihiko Kayaba to recycle the technology and other related scientific research materials of [The Seed], so the game makers in that world who want to create a virtual reality game can only start research again.

Even if they take a shortcut, it is just to call back the researchers who previously studied SAO with Akihiko Kayaba, and they still have to start research again.

Without the genius researcher Akihiko Kayaba, it will take at least two years for them to research a new virtual world.

This is equivalent to achieving a short-term monopoly on virtual reality games.

As for the NERvGear related technology that allows players to log in to the game, it was left there by Akihiko Kayaba.

He dared to guarantee that there would be a lot of companies that could not bear the temptation of profit and jointly appealed to lift the ban and research and develop the second generation of NERvGear.

At this moment, the automatic door of the laboratory opened.

Kayaba Akihiko continued to write his words, but the third eye on his forehead looked at the door.

"What's wrong?"

"I have an idea about the update of Aincrad. How about it?"

The person who came was Dark, and he had a paper plan in his hand.

"I just happened to be worried about this matter."

Kayaba Akihiko took it and looked at the theme of the plan.

"Pokemon"