Anime Crossover: Godly Talent Shocks All Realms

Chen Xuan waved her hand and spoke.

"Many players have probably noticed that the logout button has disappeared from the main menu, but this is not a malfunction of the game."

“Repeat it.”

"This is not a game glitch, but SAO's true nature."

As Kayaba Akihiko spoke, the SAO game's main menu appeared in front of him, with the logout button now blank.

Players cannot voluntarily exit the game, and external parties cannot manually stop or disable NERvGear.

"If you attempt to do the above, the powerful microwaves emitted by the NERvGear's signal components will damage your brain and stop your life activities."

Before the players present could even react to the logout problem, Kayaba Akihiko dropped another bombshell.

"seriously?"

"What's going on? Is this a warm-up for a special event?"

"This is ridiculous. Let's just leave."

Upon hearing Kayaba Akihiko's words, some of the players present were skeptical, while others completely disbelieved him and turned to walk out of the plaza. However, just as they reached the plaza entrance, a transparent wall blocked their way, and no matter how they tried, they could not break through it.

"Currently, many players' relatives and friends have attempted to forcibly remove the NERvGear, resulting in a total of 658 players being permanently removed from Aincrad and the real world."

Kayaba Akihiko said that a large number of video pop-ups appeared in the sky, and all of them were news reports of people who had their NERvGears forcibly removed, resulting in them falling into a comatose state or even dying.

"As you can see, news about a large number of players leaving the game is now being reported extensively in real life."

"Therefore, I hope all players can focus on navigating the game. However, there is one thing I hope all players can be aware of: all recovery methods will be ineffective from now on. Once your HP reaches 0, your game character will be permanently destroyed, and your brain will be destroyed by the NERvGear."

"There is only one way for players to log out of the game: start from the bottom floor of Aincrad, the first floor, and climb up one floor at a time until you have completely conquered all one hundred floors of this floating castle, Aincrad, and defeated the final boss."

As he spoke, Kayaba Akihiko removed the video pop-up in front of him.

"Are you kidding me? A complete walkthrough of all 100 floors."

"Don't be ridiculous, you bastard, let us out right now."

"It's already incredibly difficult to conquer just one floor, yet you want us to conquer a hundred! You're clearly sending us to our deaths!"

Upon hearing Kayaba Akihiko say that the condition for logging out was to clear 100 floors, the current players immediately went wild. You have to know that the difficulty of SAO is comparable to that of Souls-like games. The difficulty is ridiculously high. Even during the closed beta, the top players in the entire closed beta only managed to reach floor 28 when they teamed up. How could ordinary players like them possibly clear it?

It's worth mentioning that thanks to Chen Xuan's optimization of the game platform and network, the number of people participating in the SAO closed beta was more than double the original number. As a result, the number of people participating in the SAO open beta far exceeded the original 10,000, with the number of players who left at the very beginning doubling.

"Eh!!!"

"People are actually dying! What are we going to do, Dr. Chen Xuan?"

Nishiki Chizuka asked Chen Xuan with some surprise.

"What's the panic? Take a good look at the logout button on the main menu. Kayaba Akihiko's boring tricks won't affect my work."

Chen Xuan glanced at Kayaba Akihiko in the sky and spoke.

"Um!!!"

"My logout button is still there. Dr. Chen Xuan is truly amazing."

Nishiki Chizuka opened her main menu and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the logout button was working normally. After all, she made her living with her body. Although she played some games, even a battle-hardened bodyguard like her couldn't conquer a hundred floors.

"Dr. Chen Xuan, did you already know that Dr. Kayaba Akihiko would do this, which is why you specially provided us with the Zaia connector?"

Inoue Takina asked Chen Xuan.

"more or less."

Chen Xuan nodded.

"But there are still so many people here, what should we do? What about the players who have left? Is there really no way to save them?"

"Look around at the panicked players," said Nishiki Chizuki.

"Whatever, it's just Kayaba Akihiko's boring trick. Do you think something like this can stump me?"

Chen Xuan looked at Chizuka and Takina with a slight smile.

Chapter Thirty-Four: You Are the Challengers

"As expected of Dr. Chen Xuan, she is always so reliable."

Hearing Chen Xuan's affirmative answer, Jinmu Qian Shu was relieved. She had no doubt about Chen Xuan's words. As someone who had protected Chen Xuan for several years, she had personally witnessed Chen Xuan create one achievement and work after another that led the progress of the times. Whether it was the virtual stealth technology for treating vegetative patients or the artificial heart beating in her body, each one was a miracle. And the affirmation from the person who created these miracles was undoubtedly more reassuring than any words.

"I have prepared a gift for all players. It is in your inventory. Please check it as soon as possible."

Kayaba Akihiko's voice rang out again.

As Kayaba Akihiko finished speaking, flashes of white light appeared across the plaza, and the appearances of the surrounding players changed, transforming them into their real-world counterparts.

"What are you doing?"

"How could I look like that?"

"Aren't you from Class 3?"

"Oh my god, Ishihara-sensei."

"You bastard, you actually lied to me and said you were seventeen."

"You're the one who's like that! You're actually playing a female character, and a middle-aged man at that!"...

Players whose appearances were completely transformed into their real-life counterparts were immediately thrown into an uproar. Many players even recognized the other player's identity, and some male players who were using female characters for online dating were brutally beaten up by their online partners.

"Dr. Chen Xuan, what is Dr. Kayaba Akihiko's purpose in going to such lengths to do all this?"

Thanks to the Zaia Connector, Inoue Takina, who was completely unaffected by the items given to her by Kayaba Akihiko, asked Chen Xuan in confusion.

"The reason is too boring. Let Kayaba Akihiko say it himself. Anyway, this guy's desire to show off is off the charts today."

Chen Xuan pointed to Kayaba Akihiko, who had already started speaking again.

"I believe many players are curious about my purpose in doing this, and why I, the developer of NERvGear and SAO, would do these things."

"It's very simple. I created SAO to observe this world, and now I have achieved my goal."

"This concludes the complete guide to the official launch of SAO. Good luck, players!"

Having finished explaining his death game, Kayaba Akihiko changed the subject and continued.

"Although I would love to say this, there is a distinguished guest among the players present."

"As a sign of respect for this distinguished guest, I am willing to give him a special opportunity—a chance to directly challenge the boss on the 100th floor. If he can succeed on his own, I will consider it as completing the game."

"Of course, I will directly upgrade this distinguished guest's account level to 100 and let him choose any equipment he wants. What do you think, Dr. Chen Xuan?"

As Kayaba Akihiko's voice fell, the players, who were initially shocked by his death game, immediately erupted in excitement.

"Dr. Chen Xuan!!!"

"Is it Dr. Chen Xuan, who claims to possess wisdom ahead of her time?"

"Hey, hey, hey, those big shots who are practically from a different species than us ordinary people, are actually here too?"

"What do you mean 'not the same kind of creature'? Dr. Chen Xuan is so handsome. In the drama he starred in with Hoshino Ai a while ago, Dr. Chen Xuan captivated me the moment he appeared. I really hope my future husband can be even a tenth as handsome as Dr. Chen Xuan."

"Speaking of which, my mother was able to recover thanks to the special medicine developed by Dr. Chen Xuan when she was diagnosed with cancer. Originally, my mother and I had given up hope."

"Yes, yes, and my younger brother was in a car accident before, his lungs were severely damaged, and there was no matching organ donor at the time. Thanks to Dr. Chen Xuan for manufacturing mass-produced artificial organs, my brother was able to survive."...

The players present excitedly recounted Chen Xuan's exploits, and even some of the younger ones became increasingly excited as they spoke, their voices tinged with fervor.

"You're as popular as ever, Doctor."

Nishiki Chizuka nudged Chen Xuan beside her and teased her.

"Hey, Doctor, how does it feel to be praised by so many people?"

"It's so-so. I've heard it so many times since I was a child that I've developed an immunity to it."

Chen Xuan said calmly, clearly unmoved by the praise from the players present.

"What's wrong, Chen Xuan? Are you too scared to come out?"

Seeing that there was no movement at all, Kayaba Akihiko became a little anxious. Although he confirmed that Chen Xuan must have downloaded SAO through the download IP address of SAO, as a top expert in the field of network technology, the function that he used to simulate the real appearance of players was probably useless to Chen Xuan. So if Chen Xuan did not come out on his own, he really had no way of confirming which of the nearly 100,000 people present was Chen Xuan.

"What should I do, Doctor? Should I accept the challenge set by Dr. Kayaba Akihiko?"

Nishiki Chizuka asked Chen Xuan.

"Forget it, I have no interest in Kayaba Akihiko's little tricks. In fact, I could easily flip the table, so why should I agree to Kayaba Akihiko's boring challenge?"

"Besides, this is the world of the internet, and Kayaba Akihiko is the challenger."

Chen Xuan said with considerable pride.

"Even if Chen Xuan is a girl you're close to, you don't care if I treat her like this?"

Seeing that Chen Xuan ignored him, Kayaba Akihiko used his second plan. A screen appeared in front of him, showing Kitagawa Kaimu, Eriri, and others in their real-life appearances.

However, just as he projected these girls who were related to Chen Xuan onto the screen, the next second, white data streams flashed on Kitagawa and the others on the screen, and they were all forcibly logged out, and even their character information was completely deleted.

"?!"

Kayaba Akihiko was stunned when he saw that all the people on his projected screen had disappeared. He then looked at the players in the square and saw what broke his defenses. Data streams flashed on the bodies of many players, and they were then forcibly logged out, with their character information being completely deleted.

"Chen Xuan is fucking idiot!!!"