Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

"Transplanting the virus... is it dangerous?" Asuna said with some concern, "After all, you have said that the power of the Bugster virus is not something everyone can bear, and most of them died. "

"If you are an ordinary human, there is indeed a very high probability of death, but you have lived in this world for a year after all." Yi Guang waved his hand, "This world and the 'player driver' technology itself are based on the It is constructed based on the research results of the Bugster virus. As players, you have gradually transformed into the nature of Bugster fighters in the process of upgrading the game, so now it is no longer possible to measure you by the standards of ordinary humans. In this way, you The success rate of compatible viruses is far greater than that of ordinary people, even if they fail, they will not die, and they can even use the power of viruses."

"However, the price for using power is to overdraw your vitality, right?"

Kirito also knew what Yi Guang meant. Since they all failed, they still had to pay a certain price for being able to use their power.Ordinary people will die if they fail to accept the virus, so the consequences of players like themselves not dying after failing and continuing to use their power will not be much better.

"That's right, so it's actually quite risky." Yi Guang continued, "Therefore, we need to think of a more secure plan."

"A more secure plan?" Kirito's heart moved, "What is that?"

"Two points. First, modify the virus itself to a certain extent. Just like a vaccine, we can transplant the seedlings to strengthen you. In this way, although you will not be able to gain a strong combat power immediately, you can also gain extremely high combat effectiveness. Whether it is leveling or fighting, they will grow up much faster than ordinary players. In addition to the strengthening you already have, it can greatly shorten your growth process." The system explained from the side, " At the same time, in order to be more secure on this basis, when we transplant the virus, we will also inject part of this guy's blood into your body."

As he said that, the system pointed at Yi Guang, which surprised Kirito and Asuna somewhat.

"Huh? Blood transfusion?" Kirito looked at the system, then at Yi Guang, "Lanza's?"

"Yes, this guy himself is a qualified person who has successfully obtained the power of Bugster. His blood has a certain tolerance to the Bugster virus, and he can go further on the basis of reducing the risk of the virus." The system nodded, "According to my Even if we carry out these two steps at the same time, the success rate of the operation will reach more than 80.00% if we do both.”

"80.00%?" Kirito pondered for a while, "This probability is really good, if you hit the 20.00% failure, it can only be attributed to my own bad luck, right?"

Kirito was very open about this.Asuna next to her was a little worried, but after hesitating for a while, she decided not to say anything.According to Kirito and Yiguang's respective statements to her, she and Kirito are in a dangerous situation at present. They are like wanted criminals in this game world, which means that danger will come at any time.At this time, Yi Guang recommended additional reinforcements to them. It can be said that they sent pillows when they were going to sleep.Asuna is not the kind of girl who doesn't understand the general situation. A year of game life has brought about great changes in all aspects of her. At this time, she still decided to let Kirito make her own choice.

Of course, neither Asuna, who made the decision, nor Kirito, who was making the decision, would have thought that Yi Guang and the system just sang a double reed.Yi Guanghe's research on the Bugster virus is quite eccentric, basically focusing on one point - how to integrate the Bugster virus strengthening system into Yi Guang's own power.The research work of the system and Yiguang himself on Bugster and the world is completely centered around the whole center.Therefore, talking about making Kirito stronger through Bugster transplantation is just deception.

Just like the discussion between the system and Yi Guang before, the essence of this transformation plan is still that of Yi Guang in the infinite world.It specifically involves the "God's Grace" in the world of "Dungeon Encounter" and the "Imitation of Wolf's Blood" that Yi Guang had studied before.That is, through the so-called "surgery", the divine text of "God's Grace" is engraved on Kirito's body, and then Yi Guang uses his own blood to imitate the "wolf blood" and inject it into Kirito's body to achieve the purpose of rapid growth .In the end, after strengthening Kirito's power through the system, the concept was extracted and made into an "enhanced module" that conforms to the power rules of this world, thus completing the plan for Kirito to quickly gain powerful combat power.

In this way, Kirito can have a fairly obvious improvement in a short period of time without causing his body and mind to become unbalanced due to his strength soaring too fast.After all, "God's Grace" is a technology that focuses on long-term transformation, and the imitation "wolf blood" will take a long time to adapt to after injection.In this process, it was enough for Kirito to have a clear understanding of his own strength and sharpen his xinxing.

Of course, according to this set of plans, it is definitely impossible for Kirito to die.The so-called "success rate is only 80.00%" is of course nonsense. Yi Guang and the system just want to test Kirito's courage, and at the same time, they don't want Kirito and Asuna to misunderstand themselves and others.After all, there is an essential gap between "strengthening with a success rate of 80.00%" and "strengthening with a [-]% success rate". People's hearts are unpredictable. Even if Kirito himself has no idea, there is no guarantee that he will accidentally leak the secret in the future.

Plan ahead, no matter what kind of person you are facing, you need to leave a plan.This is the consensus of Yi Guang and the system. The only ones who can be completely defenseless and trust [-]% are each other.

"The disadvantage of doing this is that although the success rate of the operation has risen sharply, the stability of the virus and reinforcement will drop sharply, and your future power form will present great uncertainty. We cannot predict what you will get. You can't predict how far you will grow. In short, we don't know anything except the greatly improved survival rate and the fact that you will definitely become stronger."

The system continued to add to Kirito, but this time it is not a lie, "God's Grace" itself has great uncertainty, after all, it is an enhancement system based on the characteristics of the enhancer itself and the experience of free growth.Just like "the same rice feeds all kinds of people", the same "grace from God" has also created adventurers with various strange abilities in the world of "Dungeon Encounter".Even the group of mysterious and powerful gods cannot grasp their growth direction and future characteristics.

"In this case, it is actually not unacceptable." Kirito pondered, "You said that you will definitely become stronger, and the success rate is already very high, so I have no reason to refuse. Now that the matter has come to this, I have nothing else to do." Choose, then, please..."

As he said that, Kirito bowed to Yi Guanghe System, which meant that he agreed to Yi Guanghe System's proposal and was willing to strengthen it.And beside him, Asuna who was lying on the hospital bed also nodded, showing a supportive look, and also said to Yi Guang's master and servant, "Please."

"Well, I promise you won't regret your choice today." Yi Guang nodded, then looked at the system.

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Chapter 444 Eventful Autumn

Now that Kirito's consent has been obtained, Yi Guang and the system began to strengthen and transform him.After all, the sooner this kind of thing happens, the better, especially for the characteristics of "God's Grace", which requires long-term training to achieve better development.And at the same time that Yiguang and the system were strengthening Kirito, in another corner of "Aincrad", something not very pleasant was happening.

Oh, don't get me wrong, this incident didn't come from Tan Lidou, it was just an internal conflict among the players.After all, don't forget that besides the two administrators, Tan Lidou and Yi Guang, and their relationship network, there are tens of thousands of ordinary players in the entire game world.In the world of one year, these ordinary people who are only the objects of experimental data collection in Tan Li Dou's eyes have also staged countless joys and sorrows, beauty and ugliness in this world.Just as Tan Lidou hoped, these tens of thousands of players have brought a complete social ecological circle to this world. Good and evil, light and darkness are constantly being staged in every corner of this world.

And the incident that happened on the ninth floor of No. 20 is the "evil" that is firmly established.

"You bastards, you will die!"

Lying on the ground, the dying male player looked at the three players in front of him with somewhat lax but still shining eyes.His eyes were full of anger, killing intent, and despair, while the three figures reflected in his pupils were exuding extremely malicious smiles.In the scene of the cave environment, the perpetrator's true face is covered by shadows, and his true face cannot be seen.However, the man is clear about their identities... They are old enemies of him and his organization, and they are also the most notorious guild organization in the entire "Sword Art Online" world.

"Not a good death? Maybe, but you are definitely going to die, our poor Mr. Hunter." One of the three murderers hiding in the shadows said with a disdainful smile, "It's ironic. The 'hunter' who claims to hunt us down has become our prey without realizing it."

"The hunter will eventually become the prey. I don't know if our Mr. Hunter had a deeper understanding before he died." Another voice sneered nakedly.

"However, this guy has some skills, and he can actually find out the location of our headquarters." A third voice joined the conversation, "Fortunately, he found it early, otherwise it would be troublesome..."

"Yeah, the group of guys from the 'Strike Team' and the 'Hunters' are also good, but they are very troublesome." The voice agreed at the beginning, "But that's all, this guy will soon dying."

"Cough cough cough..."

The man on the ground coughed in pain because his body finally couldn't bear the injury, while the three murderers were still smiling maliciously.Soon, the man's body movements became smaller and smaller, and his breath characteristics became weaker and weaker.Until finally, the man's body turned into particles of light and disappeared into the air.

he died.

This is the death of the players. After losing their lives, they will turn into the purest data flow.In the end, a part of the remaining data in the body will form a crystal, which is one of the "reinforcement modules" that the deceased once held during his lifetime.According to the rules of this world, players' "reinforcement modules" will randomly drop one of them after death, which is one of the reasons why the "Assassin's Guild" in this world is larger than in the original book.If the "Assassin's Guild" represented by "Smiling Coffin" in the original book is just a group of psychopaths who pursue pleasure, then in this game, the existence of the "Assassin's Guild" is driven by its own interests.This also allowed a large number of "intermediate players" who would not have joined the "Assassin's Guild" to join the evil camp of the "Assassin's Guild".

This is also one of Yi Guang's biggest dissatisfaction with Tan Lidou after this period: You have to do experiments, you have to collect data, I can understand this, and I can even try to agree with you.However, your mechanism of killing drops is to encourage fighting among players, which is purely malicious behavior.Whether it is out of personal bad taste, or to delay the speed of the player's strategy, this is unforgivable.

Because, many people who could not have died because of this, just like this man.

"Tsk, it seems that luck is not very good? The big guy..." The guy in the lead stepped forward, picked up the "reinforcement module" that the man dropped after he died, and began to check, "Okay, let's go, go back and ask the president report."

"it is good……"

With a simple answer, the three murderers left the scene of the crime.The death of the game world will not leave a corpse, so there will be no traces left at the scene of the crime. No one knows the crimes that happened here, except for the cool breeze blowing gently.However, after the three murderers left, a ray of light suddenly flew out from the corner of the cave.This ray of light flashed past and headed towards the horizon!

That is, the last message left by the dead.

……

"How does it feel?"

With the assistance of the system and Yi Guang, the transformation of Kirito was successfully completed.The haze that had been enveloping Kirito slowly dissipated, revealing his body after undergoing transformation. The brand-new reinforcement module formed a brand-new armor on his body.Strange blood-red flames wrapped around the black and dark green-based samurai armor, combined with the snake-like ghost mask shape, revealing a strong ominous atmosphere.

It was as if an evil spirit had descended.

"It feels pretty good, although this set of armor seems a bit bulky." Kirito's voice came from under the ghost mask, "But the power and sensitivity are much stronger than before, so the weight of the armor is not that big. Question. However, the skill doesn’t seem to change at all. Huh? There’s an extra passive skill... Fire Family? Each attack will cause additional fire damage, and the enemy’s fire-type and soul-type attack damage will be reduced by 50.00% ? Wow! Looks amazing!"

"This is my ability. I am your virus source. It is not surprising that you will gain part of this power." Yi Guang nodded, "Is there any discomfort?"

"For the time being, there is no major discomfort, but I feel a little top-heavy." Kirito walked around the room while feeling the changes in himself, "I feel that my body is not coordinated."

"It's normal. You have just completed the transformation, and your strength has increased a little, of course you will feel uncomfortable." The system looked Kirito up and down, "Overall, your transformation is very successful, it just takes a little time to get used to it."

"But, this look is too scary." Asuna looked at it and complained about Kirito's new image, "Why is it a samurai look? And it's so scary?"

Indeed, Kirito's new set of weapons is roughly similar in appearance to the neon ancient samurai armor.But on the basis of the traditional samurai armor, many details have been added.For example, the scales are finer and denser, and their shape is like black snake scales.The arms and belt have a strong futuristic technological style, and even obvious mechanical structures can be seen.As for the part of the mask, it is also an image of an evil ghost like a snake demon, which looks extremely ferocious.

"Black Snake", this is the name given to Kirito's new look by the system.The reason for the shape of the samurai armor is to consider Kirito’s background as a kendo player, and the intention of “snake” comes from the floor BOSS of a certain level of the previous “strategy group” strategy.

After everyone surrounded Kirito and commented on him for a while, Yi Guang was about to start discussing with him how to quickly adapt to the new force.However, at this moment, the system suddenly received a message.

"Huh? This communication channel..." The system carefully looked at the information it received, and then looked at Yi Guang, "Is it the group of 'hunters'?"

"Those guys? Why are they sending messages all of a sudden?" Yi Guang frowned, "Let me see..."

With that said, Yi Guang clicked on his own letter reading interface.Of course, this is a communication channel he created by himself after breaking away from the game system.There are very few people who know this communication channel, except for Kirito and Asuna, only people with no more than five fingers in the entire game know its existence.And the leader of the "Hunter" organization is one of them.

As I said before, Yi Guang rescued people in several incidents of "Assassin's Guild", so he formed a relationship with several "Assassin's Guilds", but at the same time, he also had a relationship with the players who hunted down "Assassin's Guild" and "PK Players". Organize "Hunter" to get acquainted.Although in the end I felt that the other party's behavior style was too extreme and personal reasons, I did not join the other party's ranks, but established a certain degree of cooperation with the other party.Therefore, the leader of the other party holds Yi Guang's special communication frequency channel, and whenever the other party has any major actions, they often communicate with Yi Guang through this channel.

"This..." After reading the message from "Hunter" carefully, Yi Guang's face became serious, "It's really troublesome."

"what happened?"

Kirito and Asuna looked at Yi Guang, and judging from Yi Guang's expression, of course they understood that something big was about to happen.Since they had just suffered drastic changes before, the two of them were somewhat sensitive, and seeing Yi Guang like this now, they couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"I just received a communication from the 'Hunter' organization. They discovered the largest 'Assassin's Guild' in this game, which is also the headquarters of 'Smiling Coffin'. Now, they are trying to lobby all parties in this game, right' Smiling Coffin' strike... I don't know if it was intentional, or it was just a coincidence, but it happened at this time."

Chapter 445 Kirito's First Action

"Are you going to assist the 'hunters'?" After Yi Guang briefly explained the situation, the system looked at Yi Guang and asked, "To be honest, I don't think it's appropriate, after all, we have enough things here .”

"Well, this... I think we should still help." Yi Guang pondered for a while, "After all, all normal players should support things like the crusade against the 'Assassin's Guild'. Not to mention obligations, at least in the They should be supported morally."

"That's only moral. We've already got a lot of things here. At this time, extra problems... are you causing trouble for yourself?" The system pouted, "The most important point is that the 'Smiling Coffin' has been found in its old lair. So what? With the strength of the 'Hunters', they can't hold down the 'Smiling Coffin'. If the leaders of the 'Hunters' have any brains, they should hold back until the completion of the 'World Quest', and then settle accounts later in the fall."

"However, the 'Smiling Coffin' is not a dead person. They will flee during this process. Soldiers are precious and fast, and the opportunity for combat is fleeting." Yi Guang waved his hand, "And it is precisely because they know that they cannot win the 'Smiling Coffin' for sure." ', that's why I feel that it is necessary to assist them. After all, although the 'hunters' have acted a bit extreme, their approach is not wrong. In this world without any 'laws' and 'systems', For such a criminal act as the 'Laughing Coffin', someone will eventually punish... Besides, this is also an opportunity, isn't it?"

"Opportunity?" The system frowned, showing a puzzled look, "You mean..."

"Kirito, do you want to experiment with your newly acquired power?" Yi Guang didn't answer the system, but turned his gaze to Kirito, "There is a good opportunity right now."

"You, do you want me to participate in the campaign against the 'Smiling Coffin'?" Kirito, who was wearing armor and wearing a ghost mask, made a questioning voice, "This..."

"You have only gained strength initially, and only through continuous actual combat can your strength fully grow." Yi Guang continued, "Although you can also grow in the dungeon, but no matter what, then They are all just a group of monsters controlled by built-in logic data. After all, this world is just a game world, even though it has evolved a lot, it is not a real thing after all, and their behavior can still be traced.”

"However, those 'Assassin Guild' players are also human." Kirito didn't speak, but Asuna raised doubts first.After all, she is a girl, so she is soft-hearted in this regard, "If Kirito-kun really killed them, wouldn't it be...killing them?"

"Yes, killing people is essentially like this." Yi Guang nodded, "But so what? Those 'Assassin's Guild' guys, when they do that kind of behavior and join that kind of organization , they can no longer be regarded as human beings. If they kill people unintentionally, or are forced to do so, then we can give them a chance to correct their mistakes. However, if they join the 'Assassin's Guild', it means that they know what they are doing, and they care about it. A deliberate premeditation, perhaps with a certain pleasure in doing it. This kind of behavior, we can call it 'premeditated crime'."

"Premeditated crime..." Kirito muttered the word softly.

"Don't tell me, you should talk about criminals being handed over to the law for trial, because there is no such thing in this world. The master of this world is Dan Lidou, who designed the mechanism of 'modules will drop randomly after players are killed' , itself is encouraging or even encouraging this kind of behavior." Yi Guang waved his hand, "Therefore, we cannot expect that in this world, there is a legal system that can sanction them. And even in reality, those responsible for judging The superiors in the world will also say nonsense like "human life is at stake" or "natural human rights" to let these guys escape punishment. As a Neon person, you should not know how difficult it is to execute the death penalty in Neon Bar?"

Both Kirito and Asuna were silent. Indeed, whether it is the remarks of "there is no law in this world" or Yiguang's reminder of "the application of neon death penalty conditions in the real world", they are all indisputable facts.And based on human instinctive emotions, they are somewhat dissatisfied with this reality.Although it is often said that human nature is ugly, no matter when and where, after all, people with kind thoughts and a peaceful heart occupy the majority of the human race.For most people, doing evil is often just a choice between thoughts and a consideration of interests. Existences like the "Assassin's Guild", no matter how they are told from any angle, belong to the heterogeneous and minority among human beings.

"Justice will not take the initiative to assert itself. Since there is no law to sanction, and since we have the ability to do this, it is the responsibility and obligation of every good person to punish evil and promote good." Yi Guang said softly, "We are not omniscient and omnipotent. God, we can't deal with all the injustices in the world. But when someone asks us for help, if we have the ability to reach out to others, then we should respond. Power isn't about being cool or being superior, It exists to allow you to survive better and to implement the morality you believe in."

"Even if it's killing people?" Kirito looked at Yi Guang, "Even if it's depriving others of their lives?"

"Yes, since there is no law that can punish these people, there is only one basic principle left." Yi Guang nodded, and then said, "An eye for an eye, blood for blood...Since the 'hunters' are asking us If we have sent out a request for help, then we should help them. What's more, this is of great benefit to your ability to adapt, why not do it conveniently?"

"Yes, you are right, Lanza." Kirito pondered for a moment, then nodded.However, he still showed a hesitant expression, "But, what Miss Musashi said makes sense, if you and I leave, what should the two of them do?"

Kirito pointed to the system and Asuna.

"It doesn't matter, if it's for exercising your consideration, I won't object to this action." The system suddenly changed his mind at this time, "I just hope that there will be no extra complications at this time. However, if there are tangible benefits, I don't have an opinion."

"But, Ms. Musashi, I remember you seem to have said that you have no direct attack power." Kirito said with some concern, "Is it really okay?"

During this accident, Kirito had a better understanding of some information about Yi Guang and the system.Although the system didn't say it clearly, Kirito still guessed that this "Miss Musashi" might not be a human being, but another form of artificial intelligence.In particular, after knowing the weakness of the system that cannot be attacked directly, I feel a little worried about it.

"Don't forget who led you away from Akihiko Kayaba's sight." The system looked at Kirito and said disdainfully, "Do I need to use force to deal with the enemy?"

"Uh, that's right." Kirito was taken aback for a moment, and then a figure in armor came to the system, "Then, during the time Lansa and I are away, please..."

"Okay, okay, I know." The system knew what Kirito wanted to say, and waved his hand, "Leave it to me, don't worry. Since you have decided to hunt down the 'Smiling Coffin' with this guy, then give it to me." Come up with some grades, I am in charge of reforming you. If you are like a weak chicken in the end, I will feel quite ashamed."

"No problem, I will definitely not let you down." Kirito nodded, "Since you trust me and give me this strength, then I will naturally not disappoint your trust."

"Okay, don't be so serious about it." Yi Guang waved his hand, "You've only gained initial power, and everything is possible with subsequent upgrades, so you don't need to be too nervous."

"Ah, I will try my best to adapt." Kirito's voice was still a little nervous.

"Kirito-kun, you..." Asuna seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Kirito.

"Don't worry about me, what you get, you have to give something." Kirito looked at Asuna and said, "Since these things have fallen on our heads, then we can't escape. Lanza and the others have already done it for us If they pay a lot, then I act according to their wishes, which is also a price."

"The price? I don't want you to think so. I just want you to understand that even if some things are difficult, even if they may make you feel sick, you still need to do it." Yi Guang nodded, "Besides, since I have given you strength, so I have the obligation to guide you. But, you have to remember, you can only listen to half of what I say, and don’t lose your judgment at any time. See with your eyes , Use your ears to listen, then use your brain to think about it, and then decide what you should do."

"I see." Kirito nodded, "So, when shall we set off?"

"Immediately, but I won't act with you." Yi Guang said to Kirito, and then shook his head, "My existence itself can easily attract Tan Lidou's attention. It's hard not to let him notice. Although we have deleted the data of you and Asuna on the server, creating the illusion of your death, but we can't guarantee that Tan Lidou will see anything. If we act together, we will It's easy to expose flaws, so you have to split up with me and break into the battlefield as a random intruder."

"Are you messing in..." Kirito muttered to himself.