A towering high-tech building stood in the center of City C.
This was the Main Base of the Chaldea Gaming Empire. Countless diehard fans revered it as a holy site of the gaming world.
"King, welcome to Chaldea Headquarters," Ye Uchiha said warmly to King, who was wearing a baseball cap.
Maintaining his usual cool, aloof demeanor, King gave Ye Uchiha a slight nod, then followed him into the building.
The architecture was straight out of a futuristic science-fiction setting. Staff members in Chaldea uniforms busied themselves with their work, while barrel-shaped cleaning robots moved around collecting rubbish and cleaning stains, automatically steering clear of everyone's paths.
Along the way, King saw all sorts of fascinating new things that opened his eyes. If Ye Uchiha hadn't been beside him, he would have wanted to touch and try every last one.
They arrived at the exhibition hall on the second floor, where an object shaped like a motorcycle helmet sat on a display stand.
Ye Uchiha introduced it. "This is our next-generation FullDive helmet. It connects your mind to a game world, where you can experience incredibly realistic sensations through all five senses. It's a treasure that makes entering a second world possible."
Chaldea had obtained this technology from the world of Sword Art Online. When they entered that world, the story had yet to begin, and Kayaba Akihiko had only just developed Sword Art Online, or SAO. Ye Uchiha had taken the opportunity to invite him onto Chaldea's research team.
Kayaba Akihiko had always wanted to create an utterly realistic floating fortress in another world. After seeing Semiramis's Hanging Gardens of Babylon, he joined Chaldea's great family without a moment's hesitation, becoming one of its members.
With Kayaba Akihiko's arrival, FullDive technology became widespread throughout Chaldea, giving rise to quite