Infinite Chimera Creation

Although unwilling to agree with the words of this guy who had repeatedly tricked him, young Yuan Yuan couldn't lie about this kind of question, so he could only nod reluctantly.

"Alright, now that the problem is solved, let's get started. I'll take care of my seal, and Yuan Yuan will handle the brat's seal. Once the seal is complete, let's go to our respective worlds."

Seeing that the matter concerning young Yuan Yuan had been resolved, Yue Yan, unwilling to delay any longer, said impatiently,

"I'll leave the task of helping us awaken our madness to you, Yuan Yuan."

P.S. Happy New Year, everyone!

Also, it's the beginning of the month, so please vote with your monthly tickets! I'll be updating twice a day after my exams on the 13th, so even if you don't want to give me your tickets now, you can save them for later and give them to me when I start updating twice a day. [Of course, it would be best if you could give them to me at the beginning of the month! ~(￣▽￣～)~]

By the way, our school is absolutely ingenious. They usually cut off the power at 11 PM, but today they did right on time. I thought they'd had a change of heart and wouldn't cut off the power for the New Year, but then they cut it off a minute before midnight! Damn it!

Chapter Fifteen: The Intruders

"Um, um, good afternoon, Chairman."

With a trembling voice and the fat around his waist shaking, Haruyuki Arita greeted the student council president, who was quietly drinking tea, with some fear.

Now only fourteen years old, Tsukishiro put down his teacup, adjusted his frameless glasses, nodded to Haruyuki Arita, then turned to look at the vice president sitting beside him, Kuroyukihime, the most beautiful girl in Umeka Middle School, known as the "Princess," and said with slight dissatisfaction,

"Kuroyuki, although Crow is your junior, this is a school, not the Accel World. As the vice president, please be mindful of the school's rules."

Tsukishiro said that because the place where they were drinking tea was the school's common room, which, according to regulations, was only open to second- and third-year students. Haruyuki Arita was only a first-year student, which could be seen from the green scarf around his neck.

If someone else had said this, Kuroyukihime certainly wouldn't have paid any attention, because with her prestige at school, she could completely ignore anyone except this cold-faced student council president.

More precisely, apart from Tsukishiro, no one in this school would criticize Kuroyukihime for breaking the rules by allowing a first-year student into the common room.

"I'm sorry, Tsuki-kun. Next time, I'll arrange to meet Haruyuki in the student council room."

With a twitch of his eyebrows, Yueyan turned his head in surprise, staring at Kuroyukihime, wondering if this woman, who was sometimes unexpectedly adorable, was simply being naive again, or if she was deliberately provoking him.

Hearing Kuroyukihime's words, Haruyuki Arita was also startled, not understanding why his senior, who had always been very reserved in front of Tsukishiro, would suddenly provoke him.

If Tsukishiro's only identity was student council president, Haruyuki Arita wouldn't be so worried. After all, even the student council president doesn't have the right to punish students; at most, the students who offend him will have a harder time later.

The problem is, this student council president, who always has a cold face and is seen by teachers and classmates as a "dignified and knowledgeable good student," has a completely different image in the Accelerated World.

Despite having enough speed-up points to reach level nine and obtain the title of "King," he deliberately limited his level to eight to avoid the drawback that "the loser will have all their speed-up points wiped out and the game uninstalled when fighting at level nine." Then, relying on his level advantage and superior skills, he rampaged through the various legion territories.

This kind of person seems extremely dangerous no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, as far as Tian Chunxue knew, this seemingly calm student council president had used the [Mind Technique], a forbidden skill that was prohibited from being used in front of ordinary Accelerators, on more than one occasion with a fanatical expression in public.

In fact, Haruyuki Arita was able to learn about the existence of Mind Techniques so early because of this student council president.

Of course, it was precisely because Yueyan rebelled against the "Peace Pact" signed by the six kings, possessed the identity of the "Black King," and was wanted by the other kings for opposing the "Peace Pact" and killing the first Red King, that Kuroyukihime, who had to hide in Meika Middle School, did not try to connect directly with Yueyan, kill him until his acceleration points were less than ten, and force him to uninstall the game.

It's important to know that when you uninstall Accel World, the game forcibly deletes all memories associated with the game from the installer. If Kuroyukihime really kills Tsukishiro to the point of forcibly uninstalling the game, then Tsukishiro definitely won't remember being killed by her. It's a perfect solution that leaves no lingering resentment.

Kuroyukihime didn't kill Tsukishiro because he rebelled against something she had also rebelled against.

The reason why Yueyan didn't cause trouble for Kuroyukihime and coexisted peacefully with her was because this woman didn't do anything foolish and come looking for trouble.

In fact, if Kuroyukihime were to attempt a wired connection with Tsukishiro and kill him until he uninstalled the game, the merciless Tsukishiro would definitely use physical attacks to first knock her unconscious, and then kill her until she uninstalled the game, since she was powerless to resist.

Noticing that the way the two were looking at her was strange, Kuroyukihime belatedly realized that what she had just said might have been a bit inappropriate.

Kuroyukihime gave an awkward laugh and was about to explain when a deafening siren interrupted her.

This whistle sound is familiar to both veterans like Kuroyukihime and Tsukishiro, as well as newcomers like Arita Haruyuki who just got the game from Kuroyukihime, because the clear whistle soundes every time the game accelerates.

The next moment, the world in front of the three of them indeed turned into the iconic blue of Acceleration.

If you enter speed-up mode without giving a shout, there's only one possibility: you've been challenged.

The three people reacted differently upon realizing the situation.

Kuroyukihime was shocked. They were all currently within the local area network of Meika Middle School, and there were only three Accelerators within this range.

As her junior, Haruyuki Arita naturally wouldn't challenge her, so the only one who could challenge her was Tsukishiro. She couldn't understand why Tsukishiro, with whom she had previously gotten along quite well, would start a war with her just because of a slip of the tongue.

Arita Haruyuki, still lacking confidence, panicked. Like Kuroyukihime, he focused his accusations on Tsukishiro. He believed that Tsukishiro was venting his anger by challenging him, Kuroyukihime's junior, because of her slip of the tongue.

Having witnessed Yueyan's fighting stance before, Haruyuki Arita's legs already felt weak just thinking about fighting him.

Yueyan, however, smiled with interest. He immediately ruled out the possibility of Kuroyukihime or Arita Haruyuki challenging him. Given Kuroyukihime's personality, she would never openly challenge him unless there was a serious conflict of interest between them.

Haruyuki Arita, who lacks his own opinions and listens to Kuroyukihime in everything, would never dare to challenge him without Kuroyukihime's orders.

The only remaining possibility is that they are "outsiders".

[Interesting, very interesting. Let me guess, is it an enrollment visit? Or a last-minute transfer? Or perhaps an illegal intrusion? Whatever it is, daring to challenge me after seeing my name takes guts!]

Although thousands of years of memories were sealed away, leaving only the memories of the first ten years or so, Yueyan should have been completely cold like Yuan Yuan when he was a teenager. However, it seems that the influence of those memories was too deep, and Yueyan is always more prone to emotionality when accelerating.

In addition, Yueyan's emotional fluctuations are far stronger than those of Yuan Yuan, who is the same age, because he always uses and studies mental techniques that rely on strong emotional fluctuations.

Maintaining a vigilant posture, the three of them realized something was wrong after a moment. Although they were indeed accelerating and looking like the virtual beings in the Accelerated World, they had no health bars or skill bars above their heads, meaning they had not entered combat mode.

They looked at each other, all three of them showing puzzled expressions. But before they could ask any questions, another strange event occurred.

P.S., To make this more accessible to readers unfamiliar with Accel World, I had to introduce the basic settings. This chapter is inevitably a bit redundant, please forgive me. This won't be necessary when writing about the digital world.

P.S. It's New Year's Day, and I'm forcing myself to stay awake to add an extra chapter. I'm so sleepy! Goodnight everyone.

Chapter Sixteen Announcement

In this era, for security reasons, the government has installed surveillance cameras in every corner of the city, monitoring everyone in the city 24 hours a day without blind spots, in order to prevent crime from happening.

The battle scenes in Accelerated World were created by the game developers, who, through some unknown means, secretly accessed these cameras and pieced together the real-world scenes captured by the cameras. For example, in the accelerated "Weathering" scene, Meixiang Middle School became a dilapidated temple.

Of course, all that talk about protecting the safety of citizens is just official rhetoric. In reality, these cameras were installed when Lunar Rock created the world to construct the Accelerated World, and crime monitoring was merely a secondary purpose.

Now, the temple that Meixiang Middle School transformed into after the acceleration—whether it was the dilapidated roof letting in rays of sunlight, or the walls depicting angels and the crucifixion of the Holy Son, which, despite being decayed, still gave people a sense of holiness—all disappeared in an instant.

As if erased by an eraser, the severely weathered temple vanished silently under the watchful eyes of Yueyan and the others.

When Yueyan looked beyond the now-vanished walls and into the distance, he realized that it wasn't just this temple that had disappeared; all the buildings within his field of vision had vanished.

In the empty Accelerated World, the only thing you can see are a few Accelerators scattered around.

Seeing this unprecedented change, Kuroyukihime, Arita Haruyuki, and Tsukishiro were all stunned and their minds went blank.

"What, what's going on? Could it be that someone broke through the imperial city and beat the game?"

Completely subconscious, Kuroyukihime shouted loudly. She didn't even know what she was saying. She only knew that if she didn't say something to vent, she would probably go crazy.

Hearing Kuroyukihime's shout, Haruyuki Arita snapped out of his daze and looked at her with concern, unsure of what to say or do.

Haruyuki Arita knew how much Kuroyukihime valued this game. To put it bluntly, Kuroyukihime's only goal in life was to complete Accel World and meet the game's developers. For this, she was even willing to betray the first Crimson King who had always trusted her.

If someone else actually beats Accel World, Haruyuki Arita can't even imagine how disappointed her senior would be.

Haruyuki Arita didn't know what to do, but Tsukishiro did.

Rushing to Kuroyukihime's side in one stride, Tsukishiro showed no mercy and delivered a vicious punch to her abdomen.

Although both of their imaginary bodies were made of metal, Kuroyukihime still experienced intense pain. The unexpected pain caused her to involuntarily arch her back, her mouth wide open but unable to utter a sound.

After successfully persuading (the physicist) Kuroyukihime to calm down, Tsukishiro pointed to the sky and said, seemingly somewhat impatiently,

"Don't worry, the game isn't finished yet. Just look at the sky and you'll see."

Upon hearing that the game had not been completed, Kuroyukihime instantly forgot the pain in her body and abruptly raised her head to look up at the sky, so fast that one might think she would shake her head off.

Looking up, what greeted Kuroyukihime's eyes was not the gray sky of the "weathering" scene, but huge, blood-red characters.

Starting today, a new map (Infinite Digimon) will be available in the Accelerated World.

Upon seeing this, Kuroyukihime was startled. In the past, when cities underwent large-scale renovations and real-world scenes changed drastically, Accelerated World would also open new maps accordingly, but there had never been such a large-scale event before.

Suppressing her surprise and doubt, Kuroyukihime continued reading.

The (Infinite Digimon) map is the first non-realistic simulation map in Accel World; all terrain and buildings are unrelated to the real world.

Seeing this, Kuroyukihime felt much more at ease and attributed the cause of this incident to the [first non-realistic simulation map].

Feeling much lighter, even the glaring blood-red characters in the sky seemed more pleasing to the eye in Kuroyukihime's eyes.

[In "Digimon Adventure: Infinite," a large number of new enemy species will be introduced. These new enemy species are divided into five levels: Baby, Child, Adult, Ultimate, and Super. These enemies can grow in size.]

[Killing juvenile or child-stage enemies grants no speed-up points; killing mature enemies grants 5 speed-up points; killing fully evolved enemies grants 10 speed-up points; killing ultimate enemies grants 50 speed-up points.]

In Accel World, the public enemies are essentially monsters from other games, and defeating them grants acceleration points. However, unlike regular games, whether it's a behemoth-level public enemy that a small team of Accelerators can hunt down, or a divine beast-level public enemy that can easily wipe out a large team of Accelerators, killing it only grants a fixed ten acceleration points.

Seeing that defeating an Ultimate-level being would grant fifty speed-up points, Kuroyukihime could already imagine the scene of a large number of speed-up users flooding into the new map.

Although an Ultimate Pokémon that can provide 50 speed boosts is certainly not easy to hunt, and its strength is conservatively estimated to be at the level of a Legendary Pokémon, teams capable of hunting Legendary Pokémon will definitely not let these Ultimate Pokémon go.

However, Kuroyukihime was already level nine, so speed-up points weren't of much use to her. She quickly processed the message and continued reading the text below.

Defeating an Ultimate-level Digimon has a chance to drop the item: Ultimate Digicore.

[Unlock new item: Ultimate Digital Core, effects...]

Just as Kuroyukihime was reading this far, before she could finish the rest of the text, a violent purple lightning bolt, accompanied by a deafening roar, suddenly struck down from the distant sky to their south.

"I, the commander of the Purple Legion [Aurora Ring], hereby order all members of the Aurora Ring to assemble at the legion's headquarters as quickly as possible!"

"I, the Purple King, one of the Seven Kings of the Accelerated World, demand a Seven Kings Conference! Immediately! Right now!"

Hearing the urgent female voice amplified through unknown means and spreading throughout the Accelerated World, Kuroyukihime was taken aback.

In Kuroyukihime's memory, although King Murasaki had a bad temper and always yelled at other kings, he was very conscious of his image and always appeared noble and dignified in front of ordinary people. She couldn't understand what could possibly make King Murasaki disregard his image and demand a royal council in this way.

Seeing Kuroyukihime's confusion, Tsukishiro smiled wickedly and pointed to the sky, saying...

"If you want to know why, just keep reading."

Hearing a hint of schadenfreude in Yueyan's voice, Kuroyukihime glared at him fiercely before continuing to read the blood-red text.

[Ultimate Digital Core Effect: Grants the user a second chance to reinstall the accelerator after uninstallation. Upon reinstallation, the user will recover any acceleration data lost during uninstallation (including acceleration-related memories).]

In an instant, Kuroyukihime's mind went blank again.

Chapter Seventeen: Blade Light

Seeing Kuroyukihime's imaginary form frozen there, like a lifeless robot, a gleam of pleasure flashed in Yueyan's eyes.

If we're talking about the most well-known character in Accel World, it's definitely Kuroyukihime's fictional form, the "Black Water Lily," known as the Queen of Pure Black. Of course, she also has a more common title: "Accel World's Most Wanted Criminal."