Super God: If I punch you, you will die

The buildings, constructed from light blue rock, possess an indescribable beauty. Yet, their dilapidated, crumbling state also reveals a sense of decay.

A large number of players flooded in.

This resulted in tents being everywhere on the streets.

It appeared completely disorderly.

"This place is really different from other places; you can't tell the difference between inside and outside the circle at all." Asuna couldn't help but chuckle.

A [InnerArea] indicator appears in front of you.

"Looks like I'll have to be more careful from now on."

Asuna muttered something to herself.

First, you hear music, then a cacophony of voices. The fifth floor definitely has many more players, making it much more lively.

"It seems that the people from DKB and ALS haven't shown up yet..." Lin Yan stroked his chin with interest, looking around.

Lind of DragonKnights.Brigade and Tooth King of the Eingredient Liberation Army are the most eager to join in the fun, especially when there's something to gain. They're like flies; there's no place they won't reach if there's a cracked egg.

"We're trying to avoid those people as much as possible."

Asuna was slightly taken aback.

"Actually, I just wanted to find out about Morti. If there really is a PKer... it's not a good thing for anyone."

Although Lin Yan knew that Kayaba Akihiko was Heathcliff, he was disguised as an ordinary player in SAO.

Besides being a master of using the cross shield.

He also cultivated the strongest guild, the "Knights of the Blood Oath," as the guild leader.

Possesses the first confirmed unique ability, "Holy Sword".

He once single-handedly held off the collapsing front line for ten minutes during the boss battle on the 50th floor, and his HP never dropped to the yellow zone before reaching the 75th floor of the maze.

Kayaba Akihiko even challenged Kirito to a duel, hoping the two would have a fair fight.

While the full strategy team was attacking the boss on the 75th floor, she displayed a strange expression that didn't match the players' mood, which led Kirito to discover her true identity.

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Kayaba Akihiko decided, as a reward for Kirito, to bring forward the final battle originally scheduled for the 100th floor and have a one-on-one duel with Kirito at extremely low health.

Kayaba Akihiko drugged the others and knocked them to the ground, then the two of them engaged in a final battle.

While SAO was being completely conquered, he underwent a highly efficient brain scan in an attempt to digitize his memories and personality and preserve them on the internet, which resulted in his death.

Kayaba Akihiko is reminiscent of Thanos, who wanted to eliminate ordinary humans in order to balance the universe's resources, or Karl, the god of death in the world of Super God.

A killer.

A genius.

A strong person.

Despicable!

however--

Lin Yan had no recollection of Morty. He didn't know if this character existed in the original story or was a new character created because of his intervention. The former should pose no danger, while the latter was a major variable.

It's like a bomb.

Asuna immediately thought of Agor, but Lin Yan dismissed her idea. Investigating Morti's identity would indeed require some effort, and if Agor were involved, she might be in danger.

She was just a little girl hiding in the crowd.

That's too cruel.

Although she is a professional intelligence broker.

"Why don't we find a restaurant to eat at? We haven't tried the food on the fifth floor yet." Asuna immediately responded to Lin Yan's suggestion.

People need food to survive; you'll get hungry if you skip a meal.

This is a profound truth.

As they wandered through the narrow alleyways lined with buildings, Asuna was even a little confused, but Lin Yan did not hesitate for a moment.

“I remember you mentioned your closed beta testers.”

Asuna asked.

"Ah."

Lin Yan did not refute it. In fact, he had said something like "What are closed beta testers?" back then. He was, of course, a human being with a higher God's perspective than closed beta testers, or even Kayaba Akihiko.

In the past, Lin Yan was just a spectator.

This is a virtual world, just like how players in SAO don't treat NPCs as human beings when they enter the game.

"That's why you know this place so well," Asuna exclaimed. "Then you're practically a living map."

Lin Yan smiled modestly and said...

"In the real world, I only have one advantage: my memory is a little better than others."

In fact, it's more than just a little bit. In the real world, when Lin Yan was fifteen years old, he won the world championship in the speed memorization of playing cards with a time of 31.02 seconds, and won the runner-up in the memory marathon with an excellent score of correctly memorizing 1984 random numbers in one hour.

It was quite famous.

However, Lin Yan then disappeared without a trace, vanishing from people's sight. As for why, Lin Yan suffered from amnesia.

They assumed he was under too much pressure and therefore didn't return to the public eye.

But his memory is still amazing.

This capability has not been compromised.

As the two walked, the surrounding life gradually faded away, and even the campfire disappeared from sight, leaving the surroundings unusually quiet.

Orange lights shone from behind a fence and an archway.

There is a small sign on the wooden door with an embossed word "TavernInnBLINKBRINK".

Asuna asked, somewhat puzzled, "What does the word after 'flicker' mean?"

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Asuna looked at Lin Yan beside her with a puzzled expression. His deep eyes, as vast as the starry sky, remained calm and undisturbed.

Asuna had already gotten used to Lin Yan like this.

If Lin Yan were to suddenly startle or make a fuss one day, Asuna would really start to doubt the true identity of the person in front of her.

"secret."

Lin Yan blinked.

Asuna glanced at the sign again, still unsure of what to do, but she knew in her heart that Lin Yan would not let her put herself in danger.

After hesitating for a moment, he grasped the cast iron ring and gently tugged it.

A biting, cold wind blew in my face.

Asuna had no choice but to close her eyes.

The wind gradually subsided, and Asuna slowly opened her eyes, only to reveal a puzzled expression once again. Before her was a balcony that connected to the dining room. Signs of renovation were visible, but it possessed a unique charm.

"Ah."

Lin Yan nodded.

Asuna no longer hesitated and walked forward cautiously, but she kept holding onto the handrail that looked fairly sturdy.

"This...this is..."

Asuna was completely stunned by what she saw.

This feeling is like traversing a dense, damp, and sweltering rainforest, finally emerging after a long journey to witness a magnificent and beautiful scene; it's also like the exhilaration of suddenly surfacing when you're almost suffocating in the water; or like the exhilarating feeling of someone with a parched throat jumping into a clear lake.

"Sky...the sky."

Asuna hesitated for a moment before slowly uttering this long-unseen word.

She was almost muttering to herself.

I felt a little dazed.

They seemed to find it hard to believe.

Ink-black, deep navy blue, azure blue, followed by bluish-purple. To the right of the gaze is a dazzling dark red, the endless colors like a boundless sea, sky, and universe.

But what's most dazzling is the starry sky.

Looking down is even more amazing.

The surging sea of ​​clouds makes one marvel at the mysteries of all things in the world.

Asuna looked at the scene and almost trembled all over. How long had it been since she had seen such a beautiful view?

"call--"

Asuna took a deep breath.

In the distance, flocks of birds soared, symbols of freedom and flight, gradually approaching before disappearing from sight.

"BLINK means [flickering], while BRINK means [cliff edge], am I right?"

"Ah."

Lin Yan nodded.

Asuna looked into the distance once more.

The high walls on the left and right sides of the balcony extend slowly, with huge stone pillars standing at the end, connecting to the bottom of the next floor hundreds of meters above.

"This is the edge of the cliff in Aincrad."

"This...this must be the outside world?"

Asuna's voice was hesitant and trembling; only now did she realize how much she longed for freedom deep in her heart.

Aincrad is a floating steel city.

For all the players trapped in SAO, it was a giant cage. Their souls were imprisoned within it.

Asuna asked that question as if possessed.

What would happen if I jumped from here?

Lin Yan smiled slightly, but then did something that sent a chill down Asuna's spine...

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Lin Yan stretched out his arms, half of his body leaning over the railing. He was quite tall, so the railing seemed rather low to him.

Asuna was terrified at the sight and broke out in a cold sweat. She grabbed Lin Yan's arm tightly and her face showed a look of extreme fear.

"wait wait wait!"

She gripped Lin Yan tightly, even excessively.

Lin Yan's arm was scratched and left a red mark. In fact, at that moment, Asuna also had a picture of leaping into the air in her mind.

She finally began to understand why some people would choose such extreme methods.

Such examples are not uncommon in SAO.

Keita.

The guild leader of the "Moonlit Black Cats Guild," whose members are all friends from high school clubs. She invited Kirito to join the guild without knowing Kirito's true level.

Because he left the party to buy a "guild hut," he avoided being caught in the trap where the entire guild would die.

After hearing Kirito's account of what happened, he angrily berated Kirito, saying that such a cheater was not qualified to join them, and then rushed to the outskirts of Aincrad and jumped to his death.

The words spoken before his suicide were deeply etched in Kirito's mind, turning the entire incident into a psychological trauma for him.

Keita must have been in a state of utter despair to have so resolutely ended his young life.