Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

As a surreal game, the server of "Sword Art Online" is naturally not an ordinary server.This server was designed and developed by Dan Lidou and Kayaba Akihiko. It can be said to have concentrated the creativity and wisdom of two computer geniuses. It uses a lot of black technology from Bugster, and its performance and load capacity are far from the current technology. The servers below are comparable.But the most amazing thing is that this server, like the world of "Sword Art Online", can self-reform and expand with the continuous upgrading and evolution of data.It is not so much a server as it is an "egg" born using Bugster's technology, the egg of the world.

However, even such an "egg of the world" will collapse instantly if it suffers a large amount of data overflow in a very short period of time.After all, transformation and expansion require time to buffer, just like the development of organisms, letting a child who is not fully opened to complete the amount of exercise of an adult is undoubtedly a kind of harm to the child. The "Egg of the World" is now encountering such a situation. In a short period of time, it will face data exchange operations that far exceed its carrying capacity.

As a last resort, the programmers could only contact the technical director who has been in the game for a long time like the president Tan Lidou.

At this time, Kayaba Akihiko was in the room of the No.30 ninth floor of the game world, where the "Blood Knights" was stationed, looking at the game map, falling into a state of narcissism.

"Well, I'm really looking forward to it! According to this progress, in another two years or so, these players may conquer this world." While talking to himself in the empty room, Kayaba Akihiko revealed happy smile,

That's right, Kayaba Akihiko, the authorized agent of Tan Rito, is still the same as the original in this magically modified world. He used the alias "Heathcliff" in the game and established the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" to prepare Use this to execute your own second-year plot.

Although in this world line, he is no longer the mastermind behind "Sword Art Online", but this does not hinder his middle school.As Tan Lidou's right-hand man, Tan Lidou endowed this colleague who is also known as a genius and also a secondary school student with great authority.It not only transformed him into an extremely powerful Bugster warrior, but also gave him administrator authority second only to himself, as well as the highest command of the "Icarus Technology Company" and the Bugster Legion in the entire real world.And with these permissions, Kayaba Akihiko, who was instructed by Tan Rito to "act as he pleases without affecting the plan in advance", began to play "Heathcliff" just like the original book, and was very successful in the game , "Knights of the Blood Alliance" has also become an important combat force of the "Raiders Group".

"It's really indescribable. Think about it, when they finally got to the boss palace on the last floor and were about to face the big devil, they suddenly discovered that their leader and hero was actually one of the four heavenly kings under the devil's seat." First... such a feeling, I think it will be very wonderful, hahahaha..."

Thinking of his pride, Kayaba Akihiko couldn't help but burst out laughing, his whole body was filled with an aura called "pleasure".Fortunately, at this time, most of the members of the "Knights of the Blood Alliance" except for the "world quest" to attack those pyramids or collect materials, otherwise people who saw this scene would be stunned.After all, "Heathcliff, Head of the Knights of the Blood League" has always shown others with a serious and cold image.Now this scene can be called a collapse of human design.

"Director, it's not good, something big happened!"

Just when Kayaba Akihiko fell into narcissism alone, a light curtain suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.This really surprised Kayaba Akihiko, the incomparably joyful smile froze on his face, and stared at the person who appeared in the light curtain.

The scene was very embarrassing.

"Ahem, didn't I just say, don't contact me in this way unless it is absolutely necessary?" But it is obvious that Kayaba Akihiko is good at nourishing qi.He coughed twice, and then resumed his usual stern attitude, "Forget it, it's not your fault, I didn't set up a communication inquiry when I was alone. Tell me, what's wrong?"

What appeared in the light curtain was one of the leaders of the programmer team.

"The server data has fluctuated violently. We tried to suppress it, but it has no effect at all. The server capacity is approaching the critical point at an extremely fast speed, and it will soon be completely overflowed." The programmer also tactfully ignored Kayaba Jingyan's shameful performance in the second grade just now started to talk about business, "We have exhausted all methods, and finally we can only ask the director for help."

"Server fluctuations? It seems that the president went to fight that outsider again..." Kayaba Akihiko pointedly explained the reason for the server fluctuations, "It's nothing to be surprised about, since the appearance of that outsider, the past year Doesn't this happen often?"

"No, no, this time is not the same as before." The programmer leader explained to Kayaba Akihiko, "You, you'd better look for yourself, this time is really a very big problem."

Kayaba Akihiko frowned when he heard that. As I said before, most of the maintenance work of this game world is done by Dan Rito as the creator and owner. The work of the programmers outside is just to assist Tan Rito Complete a large number of repetitive and boring calculations, as well as maintain the stability and data monitoring of the "Egg of the World".Generally speaking, if something happened to the server, Tan Lidou would definitely take corresponding countermeasures.Kayaba Akihiko has unconditional trust in his own president, because he is a god above his own genius, and it is impossible for a god's talent to be flawed.

But now, the fluctuation of the server is beyond the maintenance scope of the programmers, and it is getting worse.This is a situation that has never happened before, or in other words, this is a situation that was not expected by the series of defensive measures left by Tan Lidou.Under such circumstances, Kayaba Akihiko couldn't help but muttered in his heart.

However, talk less and do more, Kayaba Akihiko is also a very pragmatic guy.Although he was muttering in his heart, his hands were not idle at all. He used his authority to summon a background program in the game.Numerous light curtains and operation keys appeared from the void, and Kayaba Akihiko's fingers danced on it like a cramp, and a large amount of data codes flowed before his eyes.

"This...what's the situation?!" After roughly browsing the underlying data, Kayaba Akihiko showed a shocked look on his face, "No! Something really happened...President, I have to contact the president! Unknown data has invaded the system!"

As the vassal of Dan Rito, Kayaba Akihiko of course knows the existence of Yi Guang, and also knows the importance of Yi Guang in this game world.In the past year, Kayaba Akihiko followed Tan Rito to conduct a detailed analysis of Yiguang's data.The two also benefited a lot from the data from Yi Guang.While Tan Rito is getting stronger, Kayaba Akihiko is also undergoing an evolution that delights him.Therefore, Akihiko Kayaba is no stranger to Yiguang's data, and even when Kayaba communicated with programmers, he even gave him the code name "Test Administrator No. 1", which corresponds to the system The incarnation of "Musashi", known as "Test Manager No. 2".It was equivalent to treating Yi Guang and his subordinates as half internal testers.

And now, in front of his eyes, apart from Tan Lidou and Yi Guang's master-slave, there was a form of data fluctuation that he didn't know about.This stream of data is extremely powerful, almost on par with Yi Guang and Tan Lidou.

This completely shocked Kayaba Akihiko.

"This data has the code characteristics of our own people and the code characteristics of the two test administrators... What is this? What's the situation? The president can't be contacted!"

Chapter 430 The Appearing Nightmare

As the saying goes, "mortals suffer when gods fight", but in the game world of "Sword Art Online", it is not ordinary people who suffer when gods fight, but the group of hard-working programmers.Because of the battle between Yiguang and Tan Rito, the programmer team headed by Kayaba Akihiko experienced hard overtime, but faced a situation that exceeded his expectations. Even a genius like Kayaba Akihiko seemed a little powerless.

But it's not surprising, after all, it's a problem that even the self-proclaimed "God" Tan Rito has to admit that he can't solve it in a short time. Although Akihiko Kayaba is very powerful, he is no better than Tan Rito after all.Otherwise, how could Kayaba Akihiko have accepted this man and worshiped him back then?You know, these two men are about the same age, and they also have the name of "genius". It is because Tan Lidou is more talented than him... Of course, he is also more secondary.

In short, while Akihiko Kayaba was frantically dealing with the disturbance of unknown data, the battle between Hiko and Tan Rito was in full swing.Two strong men beyond the imagination of ordinary players fought like gods in the jungle where the second level of the pyramid was located.The resulting storm formed a variety of strange sound and light effects in the game world. Players who are far away can see the "natural phenomenon" produced by the collision of energy and data between the two.The golden and red light seemed to completely burn the entire sky on the second floor.

"Hey, what's going on here?"

"I don't know. It is said that some 'world quest' has been started. Is this probably part of the 'world quest'?"

"Maybe, didn't someone discover a copy of the pyramid related to the 'World Quest' in the forest before? The monsters at the door are all above Lv.50."

"Could it be that someone has captured that dungeon and has a special plot?"

The players who saw this scene were talking about it. They had no idea that in the forest isolated by high-level monsters, there were two gods who could be called this world, and they were fighting. .That is, the current players can't understand the battle, and they are not even qualified to watch the battle.

Even the aftermath of the battle is enough to make them tremble.

And in the center of the battlefield where everyone was in a state of uncertainty, two figures exuding an indescribably terrifying aura were entangled and moving around each other accompanied by countless sound and light effects.Every move was thrown out like lightning and flint, and there was a deafening sound when the body collided.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Golden flames, dazzling thunder, the law of time that tears apart space... Accompanied by bursts of roars, the air seemed to be roaring, and the earth seemed to be mourning.The pyramids that originally stood here have long since disappeared. Even the miraculous buildings created by the ancient golden kingdom are as fragile as sand sculptures under the power of the gods.The few remaining remains of the pyramid showed their existence in an extremely tragic way. Countless pieces of gold and boulder fragments were scattered among the large and small "craters".

Whether it is Yi Guang's flame power or the power of "God's Domain", they are all extremely domineering powers.Under the collision of Dan Lidou's "Cronus" time law, it is enough to explode with the power equivalent to the impact of an asteroid.Fortunately, although this force is powerful, it has a master after all. Compared with the force of the asteroid impact that is completely natural, the two god-level powerhouses have consciously restrained it.Otherwise, at least half of the area on the second floor will be affected—but now this force has spread to the surrounding forest, and the players who originally collected "zombie bones" here have left this area one after another.

"Still as strong as ever... Spearmen."

Tan Lidou's all-out blow was useless just now, and his moves were old, so he hurriedly withdrew and retreated, while Yi Guang, who was opposite him, seemed to have exhausted his energy, and the two immediately formed a situation of facing each other at a distance.Looking at the mess around him, like the forest ruins on the surface of the moon, Tan Lidou let out a triumphant laugh.

"What? Are you ready to surrender?" Yi Guang shook his body, relaxing his muscles and bones a little.Then holding a long spear, he re-arranged his posture and looked at Tan Lidou, who was still equipped with black and white power armor, but his body was constantly glowing with two kinds of light, green and red, "I have to admit, this new power of yours is stronger than Much stronger before."

"Thanks for the compliment, but it's not that I'm ready to surrender, but that guy... is coming." Tan Lidou waved his hand, and then pointed to a certain direction next to him, "Spearman, with your strength, it's impossible not to Notice it?"

"Huh?" Yi Guang snorted noncommittally, and then looked in the same direction that Tan Lidou pointed, "It seems that he is a big guy..."

"That's right, I'd like to see what kind of thing is the 'will' that my world was born on its own?" Tan Lidou looked in that direction, his eyes under the helmet exuded a frenzied light.

"It's best not to be careless, I feel that there is something wrong with this force." At this time, the system re-formed from the air, and at the same time made a somewhat stern voice.Then she looked at Yi Guang, "Did you feel any... familiar feeling?"

Yi Guang nodded when he heard the words: "Indeed, from the very beginning, there was a very strange feeling."

"Oh? Familiar feeling?" Tan Lidou looked at Yi Guang's master and slave, with some confusion in his tone.But soon, he found a reasonable explanation, "Well, it's not surprising that the world has become like this because of some of your logical data. Therefore, this 'world will' will make you feel familiar, it should be That's normal too."

"Not necessarily, Mr. Tan Lidou..." The system shook his head, "We say we are familiar, but it may not be a good thing."

"Huh?" Tan Lidou looked at their master-slave pair suspiciously.

"Then that's it. If it's really what we guessed, we will be responsible for helping you deal with this guy." Yi Guang thought for a while, and then said to Tan Lidou, "If it's really what we said Think, we are responsible for this matter. Although our two sides have opposing positions, we will not evade our own responsibilities...Let’s leave it at that, anyway, we got paid by you, so it’s not a waste of help.”

"Ha, sure enough you did what I wanted." Tan Lidou looked at Yi Guang and let out a chuckle.

Yi Guang wanted to refute a few words, but time was too late, the data flow generated by the two people's battle just now became the bait, luring the target that Tan Lidou wanted to capture.A burst of blood-red mist slowly diffused from the remains of the pyramid. The broken remains of the pyramid, as well as the flames and space energy still diffused in the air, were captured by some inexplicable force, decomposed and gathered into a series of data Flow, towards the bloody mist.

"It seems that the IQ is not very high..." Tan Lidou sneered, "Sure enough, I guessed right, just like a human baby, it only has instinctive feeding and perception. Using a large number of high-level data streams, simply Just hooked."

"This is..." Yi Guang looked at the blood mist, his face became serious, "Really, it really is haunting."

"Don't be afraid of it, it's just a residue." The system pouted.

"Yes, since you have killed it once, it is easy to kill it a second time." Yi Guang nodded, "It's just... why is it like this? It is obviously dead."

"Do you know the details of this thing? Or is it caused by you?"

Seeing Yi Guang and the system's reaction, Tan Lidou asked curiously.For this dear friend, all unknown things are of research value.

"This is a very difficult enemy in the world I have experienced, but I remember that it is already dead." Yi Guang frowned, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Yanan's memory?"

That's right, I have shaped "Yanan's memory" into my own god domain in this world.But we must not forget that "Yanan's memory" is essentially the remains of the dream of the ancient gods. Although the evil power of the ancient gods has been removed from it, the dream itself is the law controlled by the ancient gods.Even if the power of the ancient gods is eliminated, there will still be some records about the ancient gods left in that world itself.

Record itself is a kind of information, a kind of data.And in this world composed entirely of data, records are the truth, and Yi Guang was not proficient at controlling it at the beginning, so it is not incomprehensible for the power of the ancient gods to appear in this world.But fortunately, this is just a little bit left over from history. Now Yi Guang has completely absorbed "Yanan's Memories" and completely transformed into his own form.The ancient god that appeared now was just an empty shell similar to a projection.

"Although it's just an empty shell, it absorbed the power of you and Tan Lidou and began to condense into a solid body. If you let it continue to grow, not to mention completely eroding the world, the monsters in those dungeons will be as crazy as Yanan's. People, like monsters, have become completely destructive desires, and even players will be affected to a certain extent." The system also frowned, "But fortunately, Tan Lidou, you noticed this problem in time, and we have brought it out now. Just smash it right here."

"Oh, it seems that my conjecture is not wrong. There are other worlds besides this world and my original world." Tan Lidou's attention was not here, "If I can go to other worlds to conduct If I do some research, I might be able to go one step further.”

Just when the three of them were about to take action, the blood mist suddenly began to shrink, and then spread rapidly like a burst.Soon, a distorted and huge body gradually appeared from the void.

"Hoohoho-!!!"

Chapter 431 The Unborn Life

Accompanied by some beast-like roar, a twisted and strange huge figure appeared in front of Yi Guang and the others.Probably because it has not yet fully grown, this figure presents a fantastic translucent form, but this does not prevent Yi Guang and others from seeing its appearance clearly.

The dark red body is covered with wrinkles, and it grows human-like but overly slender limbs, like a human-shaped coral tree.There are countless thick or thin tentacles, spreading out from the torso of this "human-shaped coral tree", like dense branches, and like countless hairs, following the movements of this huge figure without wind, they are scattered in the air wantonly middle.It is obviously an extremely weird and distorted figure, but under the swaying of these tentacles, it inexplicably presents a certain enchanting and sacred posture.

"It's really you..."

Yi Guang and the system showed unexpected expressions at the same time, and they were naturally very familiar with this posture.The first A-level demigod creature Yi Guang saw after stepping into the infinite world was also the first ancient god he faced directly, the beginning of Yi Guang's power.In Yanan's dream, the monster in charge of the law of the "moon".

Its name is "Blood Princess of the Moon".

However, compared to the "Blood Princess of the Moon" that Yi Guang had encountered before, the monster that appeared in front of him now has undergone tremendous changes.Yi Guang could only judge its identity from its overall shape and the chaotic energy emanating from its body.Because, the "Blood Princess of the Moon" that appeared in front of Yi Guang this time, in addition to retaining its original general characteristics, its body has undergone very strange changes.Countless mechanical and electronic components are densely distributed on its body.About one-third of his tall and twisted body was covered in sci-fi metal structures and lights from electronic components.A considerable part of the tentacle tissue has also been replaced with the structure of the mechanical arm and the cable.

"It seems that after the fusion of this world of electronic data, the form has mutated."

Yi Guang made a judgment, and at the same time, regardless of Sanqi 21, a "sunshine gun" blasted towards the semi-mechanized twisted creature.And Tan Lidou with a curious face was not far behind, and within a few flashes of his figure, he came in front of the monster.Then countless light curtains and translucent operating components appeared around him, and Tan Lidou's fingers tapped on the console quickly.

He was actually able to collect data with a calm face at this time, and Yi Guang didn't know what to say.At the same time, the "Sunshine Spear" shot by Yi Guang also exploded, and the divine power of thunder and lightning exploded with astonishing power, but Tan Lidou remained motionless. Yiguang's attack.The attack itself was not aimed at him, so he was not affected at all.He is still constantly studying the data in front of him, while chanting words.

"This data template... this data template... a lot of logic is chaotic, let me try to make it regular... this should be some kind of secret language that has been disrupted... huh?!"

Tan Lidou soon seemed to have discovered something, and his expression became excited.He even directly removed his armor, so that his fingers could operate more conveniently. Under the protection of the administrator authority, he didn't care about the monster close at hand, and the monster's constant knocking on his barrier. The loud sound brought.

After all, it is an existence that even dares to crack a completely unknown creature like the Bugster virus, and integrates itself into it. Tan Lidou can be called "crazy".There should be only one madman who dares to collect data calmly in the field of "Blood Princess of the Moon".

"What's the matter with this guy?!"

As for Tan Lidou's performance, Yi Guang could only describe it as "speechless", especially when Tan Lidou disarmed himself, Yi Guang felt a hundred thousand horses galloping past in his heart.He really wanted to ask Tan Lidou what this meant, even if he was willing to risk his life for research, in this situation, should Yi Guang attack or not?Although it is an enemy, firstly, there was an agreement before coming here, so it would be disgraceful to do it; secondly, since Tan Lidou dared to operate so calmly, Yi Guang didn't think that the defense he set up could be easily broken through.Under the current situation, if he rashly attacked the two targets of Ancient God and Tan Lidou, he might have to bear the simultaneous attack of two powerful beings.

The risk is too great to be wise.

Yi Guang quickly made a judgment, and then a flame erupted from his whole body and flew into the air.The spear in his hand burst out with dazzling thunder and flames, and then he used all his strength to stab the "Blood Princess of the Moon" in the head.Since it is not suitable to use large-scale AOE in the current situation, it is better to use melee combat.

"boom--!!!"

However, when Yi Guang's spear burst out with powerful energy and hit the mechanized "Moon Blood Princess", a strong blue light erupted from its body, forming a translucent protective layer around it. .Yi Guang's spear hit the barrier, causing a violent explosion, but it only made the barrier ripple like waves.

"This is... ah!"

Yi Guang missed a hit and was about to retreat backwards, but he never thought that a "tentacle" intertwined with metal and cables had already blocked his retreat.Yi Guang didn't notice it for a while, and was pulled by the cable. The huge force made him fly out quickly, and hit the ground to form a small pothole, which raised flying dust all over the sky.

The protective shield this guy is using is...somewhat similar to the one Tan Lidou is using.

At the moment of being knocked into the air, Yi Guang looked at the dark blue shield and suddenly remembered something.The "Blood Princess of the Moon" in front of him is guessed to be a monster formed by gathering the remnants of the ancient gods, Tan Lidou's authority to control the world, and a small part of Yi Guang's own power.If this is the case, then the power it uses should come from "Moon Blood Princess", Tan Lidou, and Yi Guang, so it is not surprising that there are any familiar moves.

But now, the power it uses is very similar to Tan Lidou's administrator privileges. Rather than saying it is a "shield", it is better to say that it is something similar to the domain itself.In this way, it is not incomprehensible to invalidate the "Sunshine Gun" and his own melee attacks.

"So... to deal with this kind of enemy, you can only use your own domain to erode."

In an instant, the world composed of flames replaced the original wrecked forest, enveloping the "Blood Princess of the Moon" and Tan Lidou in it at the same time.Sensing the changes in the surrounding environment, Tan Lidou looked up and looked around, then frowned slightly, and saw his figure flash, and the whole person disappeared in place together with the console.When he reappeared, he was already in midair quite a distance away from the "Blood Princess of the Moon".

"It's really troublesome..." Regarding Yi Guang's encroachment on his domain, Tan Lidou complained slightly, and then continued to work, "Well, sure enough... it is a brand new system that has never been seen before. It will take a lot of time... This paragraph seems to have a relatively clear meaning, try to translate it... Fertility, offspring... Oh! Isn't this the link we have not conquered?!"

"Is it the power to procreate and reproduce?" And the system watching the battle on the other side quickly came to a conclusion similar to that of Tan Lidou, "Seeking the dream of the Son of God, even if there is only a wisp of unconscious obsession left, you Is the wish still spreading?"

Every ancient god yearns for the Son of God, and Yanan's nightmare is the diffusion of this desire.Although Yi Guang's battle in "Curse of Blood" ended everything and killed all the ancient gods.However, the wreckage of the dream became Yi Guang's property in the form of a reward, and part of the remaining power became a part of Yi Guang.

Because Yi Guang himself is already strong enough, this remaining power of the ancient gods has no effect on him. In theory, as long as he fully grasps the wreckage of this dream and refines it into his own, the remaining The power will disappear completely.But by coincidence, Yi Guang came to this world, which is a game world completely composed of data and information, with a large number of incomplete structures.

The remaining part of the unowned power of the ancient gods slowly seeped into this world along with Yi Guang's influence on this world.Although it has no self-awareness at all because of the loss of the subject, it has not shown any harm.However, it does exist, and it absorbs the data overflow generated by the continuous innovation of this world, and uses it as a nutrient to develop and grow in the dark.And in the passage of time, a new independent will was born.

Strictly speaking, this monster that has developed basic self-awareness cannot be regarded as an ancient god, because it cannot be regarded as a child of chaos in essence.After absorbing a large amount of logical data, it can already be considered a creature on the order side.The reason why it presents such a form now is because it has not yet fully formed independent will and wisdom, it is just a mass of data condensed entity, because it has just absorbed a large amount of overflowing energy due to the battle between Tan Lidou and Yi Guang. Data streams, thus gaining shape in advance.