Am I the only one streaming Sword Art Online on the entire internet?

"So having a humanoid self-propelled turret teammate would be much more convenient. It's a pity that Sinon doesn't play sniper in this game anymore, otherwise she could have created this kind of scene effect." Sorin looked at the exaggerated arrow and sighed slightly, saying with some regret, "If there are no mistakes, the secret explosive can kill at least three immortal demons, so we should still need to deal with two more."

"Wait, Lan, if we could collect all five colors of the secret explosives, we should be able to take down Nicol Bolas, right?" Yuna took a moment to look up some information about the secret explosives, then asked疑惑地问道, "Why not just use this thing to blow him up?"

"Let's put it this way, don't look at everything from a particularly realistic perspective. Theoretically speaking, the Secret Explosive should never be able to destroy the Immortal Sun, but we still managed to do it," Sorin calmly explained. "Even if the Secret Explosive perfectly replicates its original attributes, there are still multiple versions of Nicol Bolas, costing seven, five, and four mana, so there's no guarantee it can destroy him. But those Immortal Fiends can definitely be destroyed; I can guarantee that."

While answering Yuna's questions, he also took a look around and noticed that there seemed to be quite a few familiar faces on the battlefield, such as a warrior wearing a dog's head, a red scarf around his neck, and a dark sword in his hand; a fat polar bear wearing a weakling hat... and the familiar silent white-stockinged JK (crossed out).

In fact, Shuang Ge's current image is that of a captain wearing an admiral's uniform and holding a Tidebringer. His stubble-covered face is full of vicissitudes, making Suolin wonder if this is really his face... But no matter how you look at it, it's unlikely.

"Why did these three come over here...? Well, this game is so popular right now, there's no reason for Brother Que not to come and try it out." Sorin was a little confused at first, but she quickly figured it out. Yuki, on the other hand, didn't know where these three came from, but she could tell that an almost tangible sense of embarrassment was coming from that direction.

"This game is extraordinary, it's incredibly realistic, the frame rate is super high, it's on a completely different level from the games I've played before." Qin Chuan muttered to himself, easily dodging the longsword that was aimed straight at his dog's head, and finding an opening in the monster's defenses, he stabbed it with his own sword. "There's even a traitor here trying to assassinate me, take my slow sword technique... Hey? Uncle Suo, you're here too."

[A Hilarious Lineup Composition for Braving the World Tree in ALO]

[Wait, this lineup is different from the previous one, where's the adorable Kirito?]

[It's okay, as long as the girls are cute, that's enough. The embarrassing lineup is all set now, nothing else matters.]

"I should have known you three would play this game too." Solin casually stepped forward and greeted them, while subtly snatching a monster that Tian Ge was hacking away at. "How about it, want to hang out with me for a while? I'm short-handed here."

"I just suddenly didn't know what to stream, but I still had to stream, and Brother Que wouldn't lie. So I thought I'd check out your stream, and whatever you stream, I'll stream too, that's why I started playing this game." Qin Chuan shrugged, explaining why he was there, then focused his gaze on the four giants at the front, and asked, "Which four are you going to take on? A guild member just led a team up to try it out, and over fifty top-tier players were wiped out in less than three minutes. They probably just finished creating their characters and came out now... Wait a minute, why are there so many girls around you now? The last time I saw you, you were with your best friend."

“I have a way to deal with those four immortal fiends. You just need to follow me and listen to my commands. And didn’t I tell you last time? This is my girlfriend, Yuna, and the other one is a girl who’s even better at fighting than me. Her ID is Yuuki.” Solin looked helplessly at Qin Chuan, who had suddenly become gossipy, explained for a moment, and then turned to introduce Que Tianshuang and the other two to Yuna and Yuki. “This red-banded dog-headed man’s surname is Qin, and his given name is Mr. Qin. You can call him Brother Que; the polar bear is Brother Tian, ​​and that guy over there who looks like a captain…”

Just as Suolin finished her introduction, Shuang Ge took out a uniquely designed notebook from his inventory, flipped through a couple of pages, and then showed the long list of contents to Youji.

[The shadow of God on earth. The successor of God's messenger, the Caliph... King and Sultan of the lands of Albania. Such a long title suits me better.]

"Is this the shadow of Tanaka on the earth, the successor of Tanaka's envoy, the Caliph... the king and master of the rice-jar lands, Shuang-ge?" Sorin mercilessly criticized Shuang-ge's excessively long self-proclaimed title, then turned to Yuki and instructed, "Just call him Shuang-qiu."

"Why do I feel like these names are all so weird, and they feel kind of embarrassing?" Yuuki said, looking at Que Tianshuang and the other two with some curiosity. Last time, when Suolin teamed up with these three, Yuna was still in the Sengoku period, out of sync and constantly giving away free kills, so she didn't recognize them.

"Making a fool of myself is an instinct. I was just not focused on the content of the commentary. If I start commentating, you will find that I will also suddenly make a fool of myself." Solin explained. "However, there is a problem. Shuangqiu's ability to make a fool of himself can assimilate the teammates around him. If you team up with him, you may gradually become like Shuangqiu and then make a fool of yourself."

"[I ate your rice and you call me shameful?]" Shuang Ge, unconvinced, flipped to another blank page in his notebook and scribbled on it, "[And wasn't your entrance pretty cool? Anything more exciting?]"

“Yes,” Solin said calmly, then opened the chat window and sent a message to Tich on the helicopter.

[Drop that thing down, let's go big this time!]

322. Cross-Space Beacon Operations

"Order received. Deployment compartment open. Give me a spot."

After seeing Sorin's message, Titch pushed the control stick forward with his left hand, and the entire helicopter flew straight towards the front of the battlefield.

“Just throw it where there are lots of people, let that pretentious dragon see what the ultimate terror from Phrexia is.” Sorin sneered as he uttered such a cool and chuunibyou line, but the next second the tone returned to normal, “Tell me how you can lose when Gundam is on top of you, you win even with an A-face attack, you win even when you switch bases, how can the old dragon withstand that?”

"Come on, you're setting such a flag before we've even started. You're probably just going to give up for nothing. By the way, where did you get your Gundam? Does this place even have such advanced technology?" Qin Chuan seemed to see a visible milky light emanating from Solin, the kind that couldn't be stopped. However, he did become more interested in the Gundam Solin mentioned. "But if you really have a Gundam, at least you can replace one of yours, right?"

“It’s possible to trade one, but I didn’t bring this Gundam out just to trade one for one with the other side.” Sorin shook his head and then asked, “There shouldn’t be only the three of you in your team, right?”

"With the Emperor here and a few protectors on Shuangqiu's side, today's livestream content isn't that hardcore, so we're just exploring with the viewers." Qin Chuan pointed to a few other people not far away and replied, "Judging from what you're saying, something big might happen later. I just don't know what you plan to do with these traitors (pointing to the Eternal Fiends).

"Try to lure away those Guardian Oath NPCs ahead. I'm going to launch a nuclear bomb in a bit, so I'm going to recharge now." Solin succinctly explained his plan to Qin Chuan. "Also, tell the other players to retreat if they can, otherwise they'll be wasted in a moment."

"Nuclear bomb? If you rush in and self-destruct, wouldn't that be a waste of time?" Qin Chuan had just asked this when he saw the lower compartment of the helicopter hovering over the battlefield in the distance suddenly open, and then a huge mechanical worm, several stories high, fell out and landed right in the middle of the immortal army. "...Is that yours?"

"That's it. So get to work now, Mr. Qin. Don't slack off for a moment." Sorin said this and left the area with Yuna and Yuki. He still needed to charge the secret explosive with the last color of energy, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided not to go looking for the vampire Planeswalker who shared his name.

In the original storyline, Sorin Markov, who inexplicably emerged from a rock and landed in Ranika, immediately confronted his love-hate partner, Nashili, and engaged in a fierce battle. The battlefield engulfed an entire district, clearing out all unrelated personnel. A force of immortal demons was about to advance in that direction, but the bloodthirsty Sorin and Nashili inflicted heavy casualties, blasting them out of the area.

So our Uncle So didn't intend to provoke this problem. After careful consideration, he decided to find a Black Planeswalker who was a little easier to talk to, and Kirito might have some clues on the other side.

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“We found Larcharek, and he led us back to the Transdimensional Beacon Area of ​​the Ije Alliance headquarters. Now… the coordinates are, right? 332, 456. You can see us near the main gate of the Ije Guild.”

Sinon put aside the voice communication from Sorin and looked at the handsome young man next to her who was carrying an electric canister. She continued, "Mr. Charek, my companions are on their way. He said he wants Ms. Kaya to charge something called the 'Secret Explosive' so he can use it to blow up the immortal demons that are rampaging near the Time-Space Bridge."

"Secretly installed explosives? I've heard rumors about Dowin and his [Kaladesh Inventions], but I didn't expect he actually had one." Ral nodded, casually blasting a bolt of electricity through an immortal soldier who was trying to attack them. "The Immortal Sun has been shut down, but nobody wants to leave now. There's no point in escaping unless we completely defeat Nicol Bolas."

“That’s right, and it seems that Beiren’s plan is already partly complete?” The brown-skinned woman next to Lal looked at Sinon with some surprise and casually praised, “Your Alliance people are really efficient. Unlike us souls who need to be whipped to get things done.”

"Actually... he's a member of the Senate, he just temporarily became a traitor and killed his own boss," Kirito corrected from the side. Sorin had also told him earlier that he was building up his reputation in the Senate. "So, this gentleman who can generate electricity, how exactly do you turn off that interdimensional beacon?"

“Brute force won’t work. I used some very complicated methods when setting up the beacon blockade to ensure it wouldn’t be cracked, but now I can’t even guarantee that I can restore the lock.” Ral shrugged helplessly, feeling somewhat annoyed by this farcical situation.

"To be honest, I have a feeling there's something wrong with this. Since the Eternal Sun has been destroyed, there's nothing wrong with leaving the transdimensional beacon. If those Planeswalkers want to fight, they can stay here; if they don't, they can just leave. Why make things so complicated?"

This is a question from Asuna. Although she only heard Sinon's brief introduction and some snippets of Lal's words, it did not prevent her from having a general understanding of the whole incident and making some corresponding speculations, such as now.

However, Lal simply shook his head, revealing a slightly mysterious and charming smile, which made Asuna somewhat lost in thought.

"Ah, my lovely lady, your question is certainly insightful. However, I can answer you that while you are absolutely right, closing the interdimensional beacon wasn't just to prevent planeswalkers from other timelines from coming to Ravnica. We'll find out the rest in a bit; Belen should be on his way by now."

"You can't even explain the detailed plan to your allies. If it weren't for the fact that you're the current acting president, I would have left the team long ago." Sinon commented on Lal's deliberately mysterious words with annoyance. "Also, I was kicked out just for mentioning your name at the door. I can't guarantee that the same thing won't happen again."

"Don't worry, it won't happen again."

323. Attack

The interior of the Ije Guild is quite different from the seemingly normal office building of the Ozori Guild. If Sorin were here, he would find it quite similar to the laboratory building from his undergraduate days. Ije's headquarters has six entrances. Just inside the entrance is a corridor lined with various laboratories on both sides, with a huge circular elevator in the middle. Kirito and his group are currently walking along one of these corridors.

"These must all be laboratories, right? Aren't you afraid of accidents if they're just placed on the outermost edge like this?" Kirito asked, looking at the rather strange structure of the Ije Guild with some doubt.

“The Ije Alliance is never short of surprises, or rather, every one of our great inventions is the product of an accident,” Lar explained nonchalantly, pointing outside as he spoke. “Any intruders who dare to interfere with the experiments would be stopped at the door from the very beginning; they wouldn’t even have a chance to get close.”

He pressed the elevator button by the door, and the elevator quickly descended to the first floor, opening the doors. This elevator was large enough to hold more than 500 people; although it looked quite impressive, it was actually a rather problematic design by common sense.

"This is Elevator No. 1 of the Ejei Alliance Tower. It usually carries some large machinery, so it's designed to be quite large." As if noticing Kirito's confusion, Lal patted Kirito's shoulder and patiently explained, "The top floor is where the interdimensional beacon is installed, and that's also my office. My office is quite large. Once this turmoil is over, you're welcome to visit."

However, Kirito's doubts weren't actually about that. He just felt that Ral's attitude towards him seemed a little special... in a special way. He noticed that Ral's gaze towards him had been off the whole way, and after Ral said those words, his ominous premonition became even clearer.

"Could this guy be a..."

"By the way, Mr. Ral, why did they initially mistake you for a traitor?" Sinon coughed twice, interrupting Kirito's thoughts, and then asked, "What exactly did you do?"

“It’s just that the people below think I colluded with Nicholas to kill Nimiter. In fact, Lord Nimiter’s death was also part of his ingenious plan, and what we need to do now is to complete this ingenious plan.” Ral replied nonchalantly. In fact, many of his confidants had asked him this question before, but he had never mentioned that “it was part of Nimiter’s plan.”

She kept this in mind; it sounded like very important information, but she still didn't quite understand what kind of plan would presuppose her own death. It sounded too strange.

"The transdimensional beacon is powered by a unique energy source we possess. Only we know how to precisely control the electrical energy, while other guilds can only obtain power from us, making its application relatively simple." Ral spoke with immense pride, as achieving a second industrial revolution in such a fantastical world was truly astonishing. "Theoretically, we only need to shut down the circuit supplying power to the transdimensional beacon, but I must ensure that the Ije Guild doesn't experience a power outage, so we need to find other solutions."

"I'm actually getting more and more fed up with this world-building. I thought it was going to be a Western fantasy story about swords and magic, but now they've come up with all this high-tech stuff," Kirito complained. "And it doesn't even feel out of place at all..."

“This is a rather mixed worldview to begin with. Didn’t Sorin say before that Ravnica’s worldview is more cyberpunk?” Asuna replied without hesitation. “And this kind of worldview is much more interesting than those stories of heroes fighting dragons.”

"Maybe... We've arrived." Shino said thoughtfully, then suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness. She pointed to the elevator door, then abruptly drew her gun-sword from her back and charged forward.

"Shina?"

"There are enemies outside! Damn it... They have air force, we all forgot about that!" Sinon's voice sounded somewhat exasperated. As she swept her sword horizontally, she pressed a switch on her gunsword, and a large amount of flames instantly erupted from the blade, forcing back a wave of Evan Clan immortals that were about to swoop down. "Damn it... There are too many of them on the other side!"

Hearing Shino's tense tone, Kirito immediately sensed that the situation outside the elevator was not good. He drew the two swords from his back, unleashed a whirlwind slash as he stepped out, and then looked up at the sky above the interdimensional beacon area. There, he saw countless Evan race immortals wreathed in blue light. Some wielded bows and arrows, others sharp double-pointed spears, and still others appeared to be mages or shamans.

"No wonder the air force units we encountered before were all weaklings; it turns out they've deployed their real elites here." Sinon assumed a defensive stance, relentlessly swinging her sword to repel wave after wave of swooping Evans immortals. Simultaneously, she used the gaps between dives to draw her pistol and return fire at the archers in the air. "Wait... what's that?"

Kirito followed her finger and looked up into the sky. There stood a bird-headed giant with long, slender wings. The Lazoth Stone on its chest shone brighter than any of the other immortals, and in its right hand it gripped an equally enormous double-pointed spear. It emitted an unintelligible lament as it hovered in mid-air, its double-pointed spear aimed at the group of people gathered there.

“It’s the Mind God, Cephane, but why has he become like this… What exactly did he experience during the catastrophe in Amonkai?” Ral recognized the thing’s true form; it was the god of Amonkai that Jespellian had described to him. “Scatter! He’s about to attack!”

"Now it should be called the Immortal Demon God, Cephane. Although the specific process is unclear, it is obviously a henchman of Nicol Bolas." Kirito seemed quite calm at this moment, but being calm was one thing, and not being able to fight back against such a tall monster was another. "Sino, suppress the fire!"

"How am I supposed to suppress them with just a pistol?!" Sinon instantly panicked. She fired two shots in Cephane's direction, then rolled away from her spot. "So this is the boss battle...?"

324. How to deal with enemies that fly in the sky

The bird-headed giant hovering in the sky is none other than Cephane, one of the five gods of Amonkai. The title "Eternal Demon God" is actually a result of these gods being controlled by Nicol Bolas. A boss of this strength would normally be a world-level boss, requiring a massive player base and significant sacrifices in conjunction with NPCs to defeat it. However, Cephane is currently facing only Kirito's small party and a few NPC Planeswalkers.

This was destined to be an incredibly stressful battle. These four gods (excluding the fanatical god Hazore who was still strolling around Amonkai) controlled by Nicholas each possessed distinct characteristics. Cephane's unique trait was that he would remain airborne throughout the entire boss fight, only being vulnerable to attacks from melee-wielding players during a few dives. This presented a significant challenge for Kirito's team, as among all the players present, only Sinon possessed even a slight ranged attack ability.

"How are we supposed to fight this thing if it doesn't come down?" Kirito looked at Cephane, who was hovering in mid-air, with frustration. He quickly searched the surroundings for a place where he could climb up and use his movement skill to throw knives at Cephane and attack. "Watch out!"

Cephane stopped there, his double-pointed spear swiftly aimed at Sinon, the only one in the group who could effectively damage him, and threw it forcefully. Sinon rolled away from the spear's attack range, her right hand gripping a small pistol, and began firing wildly at Cephane.

“Is he the only one who can hit him now? I’m not a professional tank.” Sinon tried to shoot and retreat as much as possible, attempting to use her primary aggro to pull Cephane further away. “Kirito, ask Ral how to turn that thing off. I’ll pull Cephane away.”

"This is too dangerous... Are we going to force the mechanism open while under the firepower of the Boss and the minions?" Kirito immediately felt that this was not a good idea, but he still decided to give it a try. He casually used a combo to kill another Evan race immortal who was diving down, and then turned his gaze to Ral, who was shooting at other immortal air force units with his electric transmitter.

"My companions want to take Cephane away and then forcibly shut down the interdimensional beacon. Is there any way to do that?"

“…You can’t do that job. Shutting down the transdimensional beacon requires rewriting its program, and I don’t think anyone other than us Ije people would know how to use such a device, let alone its more complex parts.” A surge of electricity shot from Lar’s right hand, piercing through another Evan immortal, then he shook his head. “Call your companions back. This plan is pointless. Now, the only way to get the job done is to defeat Kefane.”

Kirito was initially taken aback, but when he saw the semi-transparent screen above the transdimensional beacon, he suddenly understood what Ral was talking about. In fact, the transdimensional beacon actually works based on a computer, although Kirito didn't know why this world would have something like a computer, which was clearly not part of the current technology tree.

Of course, this did not prevent him from using his superb programming skills to operate the computer.

"It's just programming. Even the most brilliant game designer couldn't possibly create a 'computer language from another world' out of thin air. If it's a program written in C++ or Java, I should be able to handle it." Kirito said something that Ral didn't quite understand, then rushed forward. "Don't attack Cephane, Mr. Ral, that will attract his attention. Let my companions hold him off."

He sprinted toward the transdimensional beacon, and after a couple of steps, he suddenly locked onto Evan, who was hovering low near the beacon. He charged forward on the spot, covering more than fifty meters in the blink of an eye, and arrived at a place very close to the transdimensional beacon's operating area.

Sinon's health fluctuated wildly, like a rollercoaster. Even though she could easily dodge stray bullets and attacks on the battlefield, she struggled to cope with Cephane's relentless barrage of attacks. Asuna, who was traveling with her, could actually heal her, but too much healing would cause Cephane's primary aggro to shift from Sinon to Asuna. Therefore, Sinon only allowed Asuna to heal her in dire situations.

He knew that Shino's side probably wouldn't hold out for much longer, and he had to hurry. After clicking the "Interact" button on the control panel, the screen in front of him suddenly changed several times, and then turned into a rather complex interface.

Your "Programming Language" expertise is not unlocked and you cannot interact with it.

"So that's how it is... Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If this place were really designed as a level that requires someone who knows programming to rewrite the program to complete, it would be too hardcore, and the way the level is blocked is completely unreasonable." Kirito muttered to himself with relief. Now there was only one way to break the deadlock: to knock Cephalon, who was still attacking Sinon, down from the sky.

He searched around again, and this time he finally found a suitable spot: an outer edge of the transdimensional beacon tower. However, there were still quite a few enemy air forces lurking nearby, and if he climbed up like that, he would most likely be a sitting duck, the kind that would be completely defenseless.

"This mission is really difficult, and can we really defeat this guy on our own?" Kirito looked at Cephane, who was still swaggering in mid-air, and lowered his head deeply. "This is too difficult... But we have to try anyway, at least to delay his attack. Maybe it will be much easier when other players with ranged attack capabilities arrive."

Thinking of this, he quickly shouted towards Asuna, Lal, and the other NPCs, "Clear out as many immortal air units as possible in my direction, I'm going to jump up and punch them in the knee!"

Everyone who heard his crazy plan was stunned. However, Kirito suddenly saw something on the horizon not far away moving in their direction, and ahead of it, there seemed to be several things with white smoke rising from their tails.

"Kirito, cover Sinon's retreat back to Lal's side. We'll deal with this guy."

A private message from Sorin appeared in front of him, and only then did he realize what the unidentified flying object heading this way was—it was the smuggling helicopter that Sorin had seized and the missiles it had launched.

"The show is about to begin!"