Chapter 299
"What's that saying? We're already here... and Yakumo Yukari, it's all your fault."
"Your Crystal amplification is high, is that my fault? But to be fair, this skill is really useful. I feel that when I use my realm ability, the strength is several times that of before! And then I accidentally popularized the red name system in the Game World into the real world." Yakumo Yukari spread her hands innocently.
"I see..."
Chen Li, who found the over-limit vocabulary very useful, suddenly had an inspiration.
"I feel like there's something off about your eyes... What are you trying to do?"
"Your imagination. Alright, let's continue guiding the eligible players to heaven." Chen Li quickly ended the topic and continued piloting the Aincrad to capture red-named players.
Aincrad's red name system will highlight the names of players who have killed other players in the game in red.
This has caused some chaos in the real world.
Each person's real name and its color appeared above their head, making it Death Note- like happy planet!
The reason Aincrad can appear in front of these red-named players at any time is because of another effect of "Wish Granting".
[Manifestation]: You can set keywords for this Miraculous Item. When a behavior or event that triggers or matches the keyword occurs within the set range, the Miraculous Item holder can selectively appear next to that person.
The term "red name" is itself a very obvious keyword.
To uphold love and justice, and to safeguard world peace... Chen Li Yakumo Yukari embark on "Project Paradise."
In other words, all these red-named players are taken to Aincrad as consumables.
"Vassak Casals... He's both a killer and a player. The founder of the killing guild 'Smiling Coffin' in Sao? Come here."
"Sugou Nobuyuki? Sorry, I just don't like you."
"Hmm... We only arrested tens of thousands of people, so why did this entry appear?" Chen Li looked up at the entry displayed above Aincrad.
[World], [Death Game], [Game], [Sky Castle], [Fantasy]...
None of that matters; what matters is the newly created entry for the [Underworld] domain.
"Isn't the Death Game plus the world just the underworld? Plus, with its blatant kidnapping of people all over the world, it's normal to be given such a derogatory name." Yakumo Yukari didn't care.
When people all over the world have a fixed impression of an item, entries will naturally be generated.
Just like the "Death Game" entry in Aincrad.
"I think that's a cool name. I've decided that until the Wish Granting Miraculous Item is assembled, I'll leave it in Aincrad and let it capture red-named players in this world."
"It's possible, but what's the point? To increase the brightness of the entry?"
"There's no particular reason, we're already here."
Chen Li had no ill will or prejudice towards this world, but as the saying goes, since he was already here.
After turning the virtual world into reality and creating a monster spawner for the group members, cleaning up this world is just a side job.
You can gain both Starstones and the Approval of Noble Morality, so why not?
Just as Doctor Truth cannot tolerate fools, idiots, and morons, Chen Li cannot tolerate parasites and oppressors.
Besides, it's not Chen Li who's busy anyway.
"Then, Kayaba Akihiko, Aincrad is in your hands. You'll be responsible for capturing red-named players and locking them up on designated floors. You'll also continue with the management duties." Chen Li looked at Kayaba Akihiko standing beside him.
"No problem." Kayaba Akihiko nodded.
No, or rather, Heathcliff.
As the creator of the death game, Kayaba Akihiko used the administrator account Hitzkalif to impersonate a player and log into the game. After Aincrad was turned into a real otherworld, he also gained powerful abilities because of this administrator account, at least enough to catch red-named players.
There's no need to worry about Kayaba Akihiko rebelling, because before Aincrad was materialized, Chen Li had the Herrscher of Corruption accept all authority. Therefore, after it became a real otherworld, the Herrscher of Corruption became the supreme will of that otherworld, and now that authority has fallen into Chen Li's hands.
"It's time for the cowards, parasites, and oppressors of the world to remember the name of the Galaxy Rangers once again!" Chen Li shouted.
"Galaxy Rangers and Sky Castle? They seem to go quite well together." Yakumo Yukari nodded.
"Galaxy Rangers? What's that?" Kayaba Akihiko, somewhat puzzled.
"An organization that advocates fighting violence with violence and upholding justice through individual righteousness. In short, it is important to distinguish between players with red names. A red name does not necessarily mean a bad person, and not having a red name does not necessarily mean that the other party is a good person."
"OK."
Arresting the red-named players is only the first step. The remaining step is to have Kayaba Akihiko use his Approval of Noble Morality to examine the red-named players.
Those who are not mistakenly arrested are locked up on a specific floor, while those who are mistakenly arrested are released. Alternatively, the offender can choose to stay in this world and enjoy the otherworldly life of fighting monsters and leveling up.
One person cannot complete such a large workload, but Kayaba Akihiko has already fused with Kyubey with Mobius's help, can.
In this alternate world where games and reality coexist, Kayaba Akihiko can create clones faster than Kyubey (copy and paste). Right now, there are more Kayaba Akihikos in Aincrad than stray dogs on the street!
Therefore, Kayaba Akihiko also had ample time and manpower to revive the game players he killed with his death game while managing the other world.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Li slowly stood up from the edge of Aincrad, then took out the Microphone Artifact, adjusted the sound propagation range, and began to test the sound.
"The Ladies and gentlemen, the balance of good and evil has been broken, and the world has become corrupted once more! The Sky Castle descends upon this land, bringing new purification to the world. Hell is Empty, and demons dwell among men. From this day forward, the Sky Castle will take over the work of the Underworld, responsible for receiving all demons and criminals. Simply shout 'Golden Honkai-Moe King' to summon the Sky Castle, plead your grievances, and cast those burdened with sin into the Depths they belong!"
"But remember, do not make false accusations, or I will arrest your mother!"
"I have a question. What If they don't have a mother? I feel like your threat isn't very effective," Yakumo Yukari complained after Chen Li put down the phone.
"It's Word of Power! I've added Word of Power! It can give them the maximum warning possible."
"Besides, no one can be 100% certain that someone is guilty. If we really couldn't allow any mistakes to happen, many people might be afraid to report certain people, so a warning is enough. You know, I'm a Conservative. Besides, it's not me who's busy."
"The Conservative Party? I think you're quite radical."
"Is this radical? If it were half a month ago, I would have taken out my Peaceful Longbow and shouted, 'The world is corrupt again,' and sent all these idiots to meet God."
"If you compare things like that, then you have indeed become quite conservative."
"It's just that I've discovered that sometimes death isn't the best way to punish someone."
Chen Li planned to build the Depths modeled after the Moth Chasing Flame to imprison the most vicious people and, incidentally, make use of their labor.
"Oh, right, we can't let these people be idle either. Kayaba Akihiko, you should arrange for them to go to places with a lot of monsters to fight monsters and get game equipment... so I need you to work part-time as a game customer service representative." Chen Li didn't stand on ceremony with Kayaba Akihiko at all.
"No problem. There might be some tough challenges, but I'll figure out how to handle them."
"Hey, isn't that simple? You tell them that because they're from out of town and burdened with sin, they need to pay for their living expenses here with Redemption Ticket. Inhaling Redemption Ticket, exhaling Redemption Ticket, holding your breath costs Redemption Ticket, stopping breathing costs Redemption Ticket ..."
"What if they don't pay the Redemption Ticket? What if they want to leave this world?" Kayaba Akihiko asked.
"Redemption Ticket will be Redemption Ticket even if they are not paid! When their Redemption Ticket are used up, it means their death is imminent. In other words, Redemption Ticket are their life."
"... You really seem to be going a bit too far." Kayaba Akihiko felt that even the creator of this death game wasn't this radical.
At least in a death game, you can just give up and lie low.
Of course, Kayaba Akihiko also received his due punishment. Not only did he have to watch ads to revive the players who died in the death game, but he also had to serve as the Cornerstone of Aincrad for eternity, forever maintaining the survival of this world.
It's merely survival, not living.
With no leisure, no entertainment, and countless bodies working 24 hours a day, it is nothing short of an eternal shackle and torture device.
Kayaba Akihiko could feel his passion for the other world and the Sky Castle being slowly eroded, and sooner or later, this dream would become a shackle for Kayaba Akihiko.
Imagining that future would inevitably come, Kayaba Akihiko felt that it was worse than killing himself.
Kayaba Akihiko was the first person to realize that death was not the best form of punishment, as Chen Li had said.
Chen Li is terrifying!
"Emmm..." Chen Li fell into deep thought as he watched Kayaba Akihiko's thoughts keep popping up.
Am I really that scary?
With absolute authority over this world, Chen Li is fully capable of mind reading.
After reading her mind, Chen Li realized how much she had been thinking.
Holy crap, I'm so bad!
Chen Li simply wanted to find a tool that he could use and discard at will, without paying any wages, and without making him feel guilty.
Oh, I didn't know it could be used like that!
"Wait a minute, has Kayaba Akihiko been hit by Stupidity Halo?"
"Hiss, the Stupidity Halo is terrifying!"
"No, Aqua's intelligence is terrifying!"
Chen Li planned to observe Kayaba Akihiko to see how the modifications would go.
If it works well, then use the same technique on Otto as well.
Anyway, Chen Li still has many more Kyubey.
"Haki Purple, I'm going back now, what about you?"
"Have we gotten to the point where we can breathe on each other? Okay, Hagiwara, I'm going to stay here and grind experience to raise my realm ability by another level." Yakumo Yukari said, glancing at her upcoming realm ability upgrade.
"Alright, I should go find Sparkle to play with too..." Chen Li, who had been busy in the world of Sword Art Online for almost a day, decided to relax.
Reputation: Lv3 (207/300)
"It works really well..."
Yesterday, Chen Li's reputation was only Lv3 (57/300). In just one day, he gained 150 reputation points. And all Chen Li paid for was: fighting Ouroboros with the Preservation Aeon, using the Amber King to force the Interastral Peace Corporation to protect the entire galaxy, capturing the powerful Incubator Civilization 16 times in a row, turning a Game World from virtual to real, and spreading the prestige of his the Hunt in another world to capture all the red-named players in the world...
That's not right!
Why did I only gain 150 reputation points after doing so much?
Chen Li was startled and slowed down his forging speed.
[Perhaps it's because what you did hasn't had a chance to take effect yet. Wait a little longer, and you should be able to gain all the reputation and complete Novice Task six tomorrow.]
"That's more like it..." Chen Li slammed down the final hammer.
As the wondrous Miraculous Item took shape in the Miraculous Forging Platform, Chen Li extinguished the last Miracle Fire with his bare hands and took the Miraculous Item out.
This is a unique bracelet-like Miraculous Item, forged by Chen Li for Kino Shūyoshi to make him a Miraculous Item man.
[Magnetic Field Rotation]: By replenishing the bracelet with power, you can gradually strengthen your physical strength and learn to use the power of magnetic fields.
Electromagnetism, Rotation
Chen Li only hoped that Kino Shūyoshi would become a magnetic field madman after possessing this Miraculous Item, thus fulfilling his wish to become a real man.
Instead of becoming a railgun and becoming even more effeminate.
Because the other party was in the ordinary world, Chen Li only spent 5 Crystals to create the Miraculous Item.
However, due to the increase in Chen Li's artifact blacksmith level, the strength of the 5-crystal artifact he crafted at Lv5 is about the same as the 15-crystal artifact he crafted during the beginner period.
This force was enough to make Kino Shūyoshi stop eating beef from the 7th day onwards.
"Speaking of which... Railgun seems to have a pretty flat chest, right?" Chen Li suddenly thought of something.
After much thought, Chen Li could only think of one normal-sized woman who could use electromagnetic power Raiden Mei.
After creating the Miraculous Item, Chen Li handed it over to Kino Shūyoshi, who had signed a contract with him promising never to use Miraculous Item for evil purposes.
"25 Crystals... not bad. The higher the blacksmith's level, the easier it is to earn Crystals."
At the same time, Chen Li also received a tie with the word "Hideyoshi" on it as a gift from the other party.
"..."
Chen Li had no idea what to do with this exclusive term.
For Su?
"Boss, is the Miraculous Item finished? Are you thirsty? Hungry? Tired? Do you need a massage?" Pardo asked, leaning closer.
"I didn't expend much energy, I'm in great shape... Also, I'll have half of the ticket money." Chen Li glanced at Pardo.
"Aha... Alright then." Pardo never expected that even though she had tried her best to change the subject, Chen Li would still ask for half the ticket price.
"Alright, alright, everyone, you can all leave now. Today's forging is finished. Please come back tomorrow," Pardo called out to the employees of the Gong Zao Division.
"Young man, are you interested in Gong Zao Division?"
"Although I don't know what this guy is making, the sound is just awesome!"
The employees of the Gong Zao Division lingered there, reluctant to leave.
"..." Chen Li patted Pardo's head.