Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

After all, although those "blood therapy" recipients returned to normal after Yi Guang's power transformation was completed.But the series of negative impacts caused by their previous rampage will not be resolved so easily.The two most basic points are that the little bit of positive image accumulated by the empire with great difficulty was quickly emptied in this incident, and that the group of people involved in the incident received heavy pressure from all aspects of society after the incident.

After all, even if most of the runaways were not seen when they turned into beasts, some of them must have been witnessed.And spreading rumors and spreading news can be regarded as a certain nature of human beings.As long as someone witnessed it, and the witness did not die at the hands of the runaway monster, the news would soon spread like a virus.

"The XXX priest of the Sun God Sect is a monster in human skin! It almost killed me just now!"

"They are evil/religion, they are monsters sent by the devil!"

In the face of such rumors, not only did the "Sun God Sect" that Yi Guang had painstakingly managed for several years come to the brink of collapse in a short period of time, but also those parties who turned into monsters were ostracized by the whole society.Even in a modern society where all kinds of information and education levels are extremely developed and open, once a major event happens, there will be countless rumors and rhythms.Not to mention the empire with primitive education, superstitious and ignorant concepts, coupled with human instinctive rejection of dangerous things, all kinds of strange things will occupy the brains of the people.

To put it simply, these people who were given blood by Yi Guang and joined the "Sun God Sect" now have no shelter.

"Perhaps, this new skill can solve my current problems?" Yi Guang looked at the final reward in the world of "Bloodborne Curse" and fell into thinking, "Although it can only be used at the most basic level, building a A city like Yanan, and then let it be hidden in a dream, is it possible?"

[That requires a sufficient population, if you want to build your own city.After all, dreams cannot always be connected with reality, so the most basic point is that a self-sufficient economic system is needed, and the population is indispensable.Now, you can bring only a few thousand people into the dreamland.Besides, you won't be able to open up the world in a short period of time, and you won't be able to meet the requirements for establishing the Kingdom of God in terms of materials.You can only erode reality through dreams. It is no problem to arrange these people in a short period of time. For long-term development, you need to think long-term. 】

Regarding Yi Guang's idea, the system generally agreed with it, but poured cold water on it.After hearing this, Yi Guang had to admit that all the problems raised by the system were real.Therefore, he seems to have to continue to consider more secure solutions.

After all, because of something before, the ruling class of the empire had already developed some dissatisfaction with him.Although it won't affect anything, at least he can't do things without taboos like before, at least not now.Moreover, regarding the empire, he has no intention of overthrowing it and starting over.He just wants to fish with peace of mind, and he doesn't want to cause any more troubles during the rare mission gap.

Well water does not violate river water, his current perception of the upper echelon of the empire is like this, he is too lazy to participate in those power struggles.The greatest use of the empire to him is to use convenience and maintain the basic order of this world.He doesn't mind continuing to "play" a courtier of the empire, nor does he mind obeying the laws of the empire, as long as the empire doesn't stand in front of him on key issues, Yi Guang will always be a loyal minister and general of the empire.

What does the key question mean?That is naturally the core member of this batch of "Sun God Cult".

Although there are widespread rumors among the people, and there are even crusades and arrests of members of the "Sect of the Sun God" who ran away, the empire and Yi Guang have a certain tacit understanding.The empire did not attack those believers who were in a coma and maintained a normal state. After Yi Guang returned, a group of scapegoats were selected as the core members of the "Sect of the Sun God" for trial.Soon, at least on the bright side, this matter was calmed down. Although a considerable part of the manpower was lost, the most fundamental vitality of the "Sun God Cult" was preserved.

Of course, what played a decisive role in this was Yi Guang's "sunshine gun" blasting the hill that was about to build a mausoleum and transform the terrain.While helping the little emperor complete the preparatory work of building a mountain, it can be regarded as a small reminder to the supreme ruler of the empire-don't think that the "Supreme Throne" is really invincible, it can do it Yes, I can too.

At that time, the faces of all the upper echelons of the empire present were not very good-looking.Of course, there was nothing they could do about Yi Guang's behavior. After all, Yi Guang didn't really commit any blatant rebellion, and he was still respectful to His Majesty the Emperor.Just in exchange for the upper echelons not to pursue the "Sect of the Sun God", this request is not very reassuring.

But there is nothing to worry about. The empire has just experienced chaos, and it is time to recover.Recently, it has experienced the "new dangerous species runaway" incident.Both the national power and the prestige of the people are weak, if the emperor is allowed to drive the "Supreme Throne" to conquer the rebels at this time...does this country still exist?And you may not be able to beat it.

Therefore, after a lot of thought, a group of politicians decided to put up with it. The so-called "Jing Sui Thought" will never become outdated.In this way, Yi Guang saved the "Sect of the Sun God", but also left a deep rift with the upper echelons of the empire.However, today is different from the past, and now Yi Guang no longer needs to rely entirely on the bureaucratic system of the empire.After all, he has already completed the tasks of the empire, and the rest are actually some long-term, guiding tasks.

These tasks take a long time.And these people who are in power in the empire now, they can't live that long.

"Suddenly, I understood a little..." Yi Guang sat on a hill on the outskirts of the imperial capital, looking at the thousand-year-old capital from afar, "I understand a little bit, what that woman Freya said to me that day The meaning. Now, no matter how I play it, it is impossible for me to observe the world as an 'Imperial General'."

【It should be like this, or in other words, you and them are fundamentally different from the very beginning.As a human being, your thinking is bound by the concept. What you need to consider for the world next is not the eternal life of one generation.You are the manager of this world, you are the 'god' of this world, what you need to see is the river named 'history'.Ordinary people can only see the upstream "past", but you need to see the downstream "future". Of course, the most important thing is that you have to work harder to upgrade! 】

The system is very satisfied with Yi Guang's perception. After all, for a long time, the biggest problem with him as the host is that he strictly abides by his own set of rules.If you follow these as a 'person', that's fine, the system itself doesn't like unscrupulous masters.But as a 'god', it's a little inappropriate to play house with those mortal bureaucrats.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the two sides are absolutely unequal.Huge discrepancies in lifespan and strength will greatly affect the perceptions of both sides, and the subtle changes that have appeared in Yi Guang's body now illustrate this point.

"Forget it, the future is long, let's talk about the plan for the 'Sun God Cult' stronghold tomorrow." Yi Guang got up from the ground, then stretched his waist, "Rome was not built in a day, and the world is even more so.... Sides is finally at home, so he can't think about this kind of thing all day long and disregard his family."

Chapter 389 Set off to the unknown field

The so-called talking without practicing fake moves, although there are still many difficulties and conditions that have not been overcome, but Yi Guang still deeply understands the truth that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".Even though the time to build his own dream space is not ripe, the construction of the new stronghold of the "Sect of the Sun God" and the construction of the basic part of the dream space have already been put on the agenda by Yi Guang.After all, Yi Guang had a lot of time, but his disciples did not.The empire can't touch Yi Guang, but it can attack ordinary believers of the "Sect of the Sun", and Yi Guang can't do everything.

Not to mention, because of the previous events, they have already begun to be rejected by the social system of the entire empire.Even if the empire quelled the public opinion under Yi Guang's pressure, the social influence of the people at the bottom is not so easy to eliminate.In the empire under the feudal agricultural society, the means of transportation and communication were primitive and backward, followed by the breeding of superstition and ignorance.Just like the legends of vampires and werewolves in ancient Europe that have been going on for thousands of years, the rumors that the "Sun God Cult" is all monsters and demons can no longer be erased once they spread.In addition, all religious acts are suspected in the empire-the imagination of the people is always boundless. Since the believers of this sect can become monsters, will other sects come too?

For example, the "An Ning Road" that appeared in the original book was also affected by Chi Yu in this incident, and its prestige among the people plummeted.

Therefore, no matter whether you want to build your own dream world or not, the most urgent thing is to give these people a place to settle down.

"Since the 'Sun God Cult' can no longer survive in the empire, let's move. Go west, cross the desert, there is an unknown land."

Yi Guang looked at the map and made a series of plans.He used his spiritual connection with those core believers to send "revelation" to them in the dream.Soon, the revelation from the "God" made these believers of the "Sun God Sect" who had been suppressed in the empire because of the previous incident agitated, and the news quickly passed through some previously established underground transmission channels Passed on within the community of believers.Soon, Yi Guang received spiritual feedback from those core members.They have established several migration teams, and they are preparing to set off in the near future, heading westward to the unknown place after the legendary desert.

As the religious stories say, the oppressed people of God will leave the oppressed and discriminated country and go to a new land to build their homes.Although the "Sect of the Sun God" did not reach that point, considering the future development, Yi Guang still decided on the migration plan.After all, although the "Sect of the Sun God" can reappear in a different form, if it wants to become bigger, it can't escape the eyes and ears of the empire.As long as these core members are still in the empire, they will always be under the watchful eye of the empire's intelligence agencies.

It doesn't feel good to be stared at, so it's better to open up a new battlefield.As I said before, Yi Guang has endless time, he can wait, waiting for the empire to completely forget the name of "Sect of the Sun God".But before that, time cannot be wasted. If you want to initiate changes in the future, you must start now and slowly accumulate your own strength.On the side of the empire, Yi Guang still sits in charge in person, while the core members of the "Sect of the Sun God", Yi Guang arranges them to the west.

"The western desert is really a place of memories..."

Yi Guang stretched out his finger, and drew a line on the west of the empire map, and finally stopped in the westernmost blank area of ​​the map.The western border of the empire does have an unusual meaning for him, where he first made clear his feelings for Esdeth.That kind of emotion, which was completely different from love, but also made people tremble, left a deep enough impression on him even after being burnt out by the first fire.This point, even if he just looked at the mission records provided by the system, he could feel it.

And after so many years, he set his sights there again.It's just that this time, we have to look farther than before.

The land of the West Pole, an unknown territory.

Just as the ancient Chinese dynasties could only communicate vaguely with European countries through business travelers traveling between the two sides, for a long time, the citizens of the empire knew little about the world after the western desert.Apart from hearing some fragmentary rumors about the "Western Kingdom", it can be said that there is nothing.The invasion of foreign nations in the west and the harsh environment of the great desert made it extremely difficult for the empire to communicate with the western world, and the decadent and ignorant upper echelon of the empire failed to open up a stable and long-lasting trade route like the "Silk Road".The empire has the martial ethos and military integrity of the Qin and Han dynasties, but it is also permeated with the unique arrogance and blindness of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Under such a background, the other end of the desert can almost be said to be a completely strange unknown world.

The unknown often represents danger and hardship. Before that, you have to experience the heat and sandstorms of the great desert.This journey is doomed to be difficult. These core members who are willing to follow Yi Guang's will to go to the west to open up have a very high probability of dying during this long migration.However, thanks to the "God's Blood" transformation bestowed by Yi Guang, the bodies of these core personnel are far stronger than ordinary people.The blood with the divinity of the sun also gave them the power to manipulate flames. At the same time, in order to improve their chances of survival in the unknown world, Yi Guang also gave them part of the "miracles" of the "Dark Souls" world.

Yi Guang's flame has been soaked by Chuhuo, so people who accepted his blood also possessed part of the flame's characteristics.Thus, the wonders of the world of Dark Souls have an effect on them as well.

Healing spells, healing sunlight, surge of life, grace of light, firm oath... Most of what Yi Guang taught were miracles of healing and recovery and improving survivability.His intention is very obvious, to live, he hopes that these people who are willing to obey his orders will live.

From a rational point of view, it is impossible for Yi Guang to use his part of authority as a "world manager" to change the environment of the desert to allow his followers to survive safely, which will undoubtedly harm them.They are all people who Yi Guang placed high hopes on, hoping to change the future of the world. To achieve such a great cause, they must experience countless difficulties and hardships during the period.Crossing the desert now is just the beginning. If this level of trial cannot be achieved, then this organization will have no future.

Developing their strength and teaching them the "miracle" of improving their survivability is already all Yi Guang can do for them.

"The number of people who migrated is about one-third of the current number of remaining believers." After finishing the preparations for these plans, Yi Guang breathed a sigh of relief, "Even with the support of the 'miracle' I taught, I can still live There won't be too many who reach the end of the journey..."

[More than that, when they cross the desert, they will immediately discover new problems.In a place suitable for living, there must be aborigines. They will encounter hostility, conflicts and even wars.Among these people who survived, some people will still die, and the last remaining people may not survive one out of ten. 】The system spoke the crueler truth in a calm tone.

"Then do you think I was wrong?" Yi Guang asked.

[No, in the current situation, there is nothing wrong with your approach.You did not require all believers to migrate like a tyrant, did you?There are still nearly two-thirds of the believers who choose to stay in this land, and you don't even care about them breaking away from the 'Sect of the Sun God' and hiding their names.Those who are willing to migrate truly believe in your existence, and they must be the most elite group of people under your command in the future.Therefore, I don't think you should have any burden. 】

"I see..." Yi Guang nodded slightly, "But I always feel that I should do something for them."

[Honestly speaking, no need, human power will always be stimulated in difficult situations, as you, it is enough to guide them at critical moments.If there is too much interference, human beings will lose the ability of self-development and progress, and become a group of fools who blindly obey the gods. 】

"Your argument is exactly the same as those guys in "Dungeon"." Yi Guang shook his head, "I always feel that if I follow these words, I will become like those guys sooner or later It hurts."

[So, you go and do the task with peace of mind, Hun Dan.If you want the human beings in this world to develop better, then learn a lot, learn all kinds of knowledge from other worlds, and then learn from the best of all families to benefit people. ] In this regard, the system said so.

"Ah, I'm going to a world with a modern background for this mission." Yi Guang said with some dissatisfaction, "How many years has it been? I've been studying magic and martial arts, and I almost forgot that I am a modern person." So, this time, you chose a modern urban background for me, or a world with a future urban background, did you hear me?"

[Okay, think carefully about the mission itinerary so far is really not very good... Let me see if there is any world suitable for your level with a modern technological background. 】

To Yi Guang's surprise, the system agreed to his request easily this time, and began to search for relevant information.But Yi Guang didn't care, it was always a good thing for him, he really missed the long-lost modern city life.The prosperity of a modern city is not comparable to that of a magical medieval city like the imperial capital or Orario.Advanced productivity brings rich material life and entertainment experience, which is the most fascinating place.

"Well, why don't you take Estes with you to experience life in a modern metropolis?" Yi Guang muttered to himself as he pondered in his heart, "Anyway, the living conditions in the imperial capital are much worse than those in the imperial capital." Those modern cities are far behind..."

【what? !Is there such a thing?Host, I saw a...a bit strange mission in the mission announcement from the superior, do you want to accept it? 】

"Strange task? How strange?" Yi Guang asked curiously after hearing the system say so.

[The mission requirement is A-level or above to participate, and the number of people is limited to one person... There is nothing to say about this, it is a very common mission condition.Oddly, it's quest target world. 】

"Which one?" Yi Guang asked curiously, "How strange?"

[This world is actually "Sword Art Online"... Strange, it is obviously a very low-level world, how did such a high-level quest come out? 】

Chapter 390 This "SAO" seems a bit wrong

[Task name: Investigate the source of the mutation.

Task evaluation grade: A~A+

World of Quest: "Sword Art Online" series

Mission objective: The plot world of "Sword Art Online" is undergoing some unknown changes, which may seriously affect the historical process of that world.Find out the source of variation and eliminate it, so that the development of the world can continue itself.

Task limit: participant, one person. 】

Well, this really belongs to the category of "variation". Although there are many faults in Yi Guang's memory, he still has a little impression of the plot of "Sword Art Online".In my memory, this anime is also a story similar to X-point online game novels, but it only focuses on the portrayal of emotions and the unique style of Japanese light novels, which makes it show a different flavor from those of its kind.

Of course, this is not to say that "Sword Art Online" is not good. In fact, there is only one meaning to express-although the plot of this world has many battle scenes in the game, it is essentially a daily world.Although the two elements of "Game of Death" and "Virtual Reality" have been added, it is still a "Boy meets Girl" story in the final analysis.And judging from the performance in the play, although the technological level of this world is much higher than that of Yi Guang's original world, it has not reached an outrageous level, and human beings have not even been able to break out of the earth.

[As a world where there is no supernatural power, and the level of technology has not surpassed the earth, "Sword Art Online" can at most have E-level to D-level tasks.Judging from the records of various parallel worlds, the highest one was just a C-level mission. A-level, I really can't think of any situation where an A-level mission can suddenly pop up. 】

The system's voice was very puzzled, and Yi Guang frowned along the way.

"Since the plot and the world itself can't reach that level of intensity...caused by external factors?" Yi Guang touched his chin, "Like the Roman singularity of FGO? The space invasion of the main god?"

[It's hard to say, the main god space is definitely not, because there is no hint.It can't be our people, if our people are there, it can't be posted on the mission board... How?do you want to go? ] The system pondered for a moment, then asked.

"Yes, that world is closer to the background of my original life." Yi Guang nodded, "Maybe I can feel a little bit of home."

[However, you are a person from the Celestial Dynasty, and the task is to set up a neon. 】

"With my current ability, is it difficult to fly back to have a look?" The corner of Yi Guang's mouth twitched, "Please don't be picky."

[No, I just doubt, A-level mission, after you arrive, can you still leave the mission location... After all, you are lucky.And the story of "Sword Art Online" should happen inside the game, please be prepared to spend two years in the game. 】The system reminded with a sense of sarcasm.

"It's your fault, the cursed system." Yi Guang curled his lips, "And, what if the plot explodes, which has nothing to do with the game, and is a world-level crisis? When saving the world, go back to your home country to see , is there no problem?"

[What if the plot of the "Radiation" world line happens?The scope of this definition of a world-level crisis is somewhat wide.And the task limit is one person, which also shows that it is almost impossible to have such a large-scale crisis, but something wrong with the game itself. ] The system continued to complain.

"Are you intending to argue with me?" Yi Guang said a little dissatisfied, "There will be no problem in keeping hope."

[No, I just want you to prepare for the worst. 】The sound of the system is as calm as ever.

Anyway, in the end, Yi Guang chose "Sword Art Online" as his next mission world.At the same time, his plan to bring Esdeth to carry out the mission also fell through.Because only one person is allowed to enter this mission, and the system does not approve of taking Esdeth with him.

[Reasonable, that woman in Esdes, it doesn't matter if she goes to that kind of modern urban society or the virtual game world.Something will happen, right?Even if she followed the plot of the original novel, she might not be a proper "famous player" with her character of killing people if she disagreed with her?Let's talk about the one at the very beginning of the plot...'Kuya Kiba', that's right.If you are met by your queen, you will be beheaded if you don't speak three sentences, right?It was a game of death, and it was set in a modern urban setting, not a place like Yanan or Black Soul where human life was worthless.Now, although it has mutated into an A-level mission area, the specific situation is uncertain. Taking her there still feels like trouble will arise. 】

In this way, Yi Guang embarked on a journey alone again, to the world of "Sword Art Online" where unknown mutations occurred.

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In 2022 AD, a genius scientist named "Akihiko Kayaba" completed the virtual reality technology called "Full Stealth" and developed a virtual game device called "NERvGear".Through the connection between "NERvGear" and the brain nerves, human beings can enter the real game space to play games just like the real world, and feel the immersive game experience.During the game, the player will not feel any information outside the game at all, truly completely isolating the game from reality.

Accompanying the "NERvGear" device is a large-scale online game called "Sword Art Online (SAO)", which is the first truly fully submerged VRMMORPG game in human history.Therefore, this game has attracted the attention of the whole Neon and even the whole world since its birth. The first [-] sets of equipment and software for the game were sold out in an instant.

Then came disaster.

The designer of this game, Akihiko Kayaba, is not only a genius scientist, but also a Frankenstein. The point is, he didn't graduate from secondary school.In order to pursue the so-called "realism", he turned the whole game into a "death game" in which once the game is over in the game, he will be killed by the device in reality.The [-] first-time players who participated in the public beta were immediately trapped in the game world, and were forced to complete the so-called "clearance mission" by Akihiko Kayaba.

The original plot should be like this, and the system also proved that there is nothing wrong with Yi Guang's blurred memory, but...

"Who can tell me why the 'NERvGear' I bought looks like this?" Yi Guang looked at what he bought in the turbulent crowd just after stepping through thousands of troops. It is said that it is "NERvGear" equipment stuff.He showed a surprised expression, "Didn't you say the helmet? This is..."

【Well, this thing... well, don't you know it? ] The system was silent for a long time, then asked aloud.

"No, I don't know." Yi Guang shook his head, and then carefully looked at the thing in his hand, "It is indeed something that looks very high-tech, but this shape...is a belt."

That's right, the "NERvGear" in Yi Guang's hand is not the electronic helmet device he remembered, but a belt that looks sci-fi.This made Yi Guang doubt his own memory, after all, he was burned by Chu Huo, so if he could remember the outline of the plot of "Sword Art Online", that would be quite remarkable.

However, the system also indicated that the script was wrong, which meant that the development was really wrong.Therefore, Yi Guang frowned again.

[Ask a question, do you like watching special dramas? 】The system asked a little seriously.

"Special drama? Well, when I was young, Ultraman watched a lot, other than that...it seems to be gone, I forgot all the details." Yi Guang was slightly taken aback, "Does this have something to do with this belt? Could it be Is it some kind of transfiguration device?"

[I think I have found the source of the mutation, but I need more clues. 】The system said playfully.

"Oh? You already know the identity of the other party?" Yi Guang said with some pleasant surprise, "Then we don't need to be wordy, and just follow the vines to find the company that developed this belt, catch them all, and find out the real culprit behind the scenes."