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Actually, everyone has misunderstood.

Asuna does have feelings for Gu Beichen, but they are mostly grateful and dependent on him.

As a young lady trapped in a game, she lacked a sense of security, and Gu Beichen's appearance gave her hope.

"Stop it,"

Gu Beichen interrupted, "Asuna, if you want to come, then come. I'll send you the coordinates. Be careful on the way."

"Ok!"

Asuna happily agreed.

A few hours later, Asuna finally found Gu Beichen's team.

She waved and called out from afar, "Group owner!"

Angel Yan smiled and said to Gu Beichen, "It seems someone has quite the charm."

Huang Rong chimed in, "That's right, that's right."

She secretly sized up Asuna's figure, feeling a little envious.

"Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"

Gu Beichen asked with concern.

"No."

Asuna looked at the group owner in front of her and found that he was even more handsome than his profile picture, which made her blush.

"Let's go then! We'll continue to the next town!"

"Okay! I know a few good leveling spots..."

Asuna stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, realizing that the group owner controlled the entire game and must have known this information all along.

She was a little embarrassed: "Sorry! I forgot you don't need this information."

"No, it's very useful,"

Gu Beichen smiled and shook his head, "I never use my privileges to obtain information, otherwise the game would lose its fun."

"The unknown is more interesting, isn't it?"

"You're right!"

Asuna nodded.

"Just call me Gu Beichen."

He pointed ahead and said, "Lead the way. We need to speed things up, or we'll fall too far behind."

"The nearest leveling spot is this way, about a five-minute walk."

...

Time flies by in the game.

Gu Beichen and his group spent more than a year in the game, but only five days passed in the outside world.

They conquered each obstacle along the way.

Although Gu Beichen and his team didn't use any cheats, their superior combat awareness and self-created skills made them far stronger than ordinary players.

The level of difficulty was just right for them; they would occasionally encounter challenges, but they always managed to overcome them.

Asuna stayed by Gu Beichen's side, and the two gradually became familiar with each other.

She was already grateful to him, and after a year of getting to know each other, their feelings for each other quickly deepened.

Six months later, she fell completely in love with him and they got together in the game.

The same applies to Yan and Huang Rong.

The long-term companionship allowed the already deep feelings to develop naturally, and this outcome was not unexpected.

After more than a year of fighting side by side, Lu Xueqi and Esdeath's feelings for Gu Beichen have quietly warmed up.

Although they haven't officially established a relationship yet, their mutual understanding and affection are already self-evident.

On the final battlefield of the hundredth floor, Gu Beichen raised his longsword high and shouted, "Heavenly Sword - Fall!"

A dazzling giant sword of energy cleaved through the sky, slashing heavily towards the gatekeeper BOSS.

With a loud bang, the BOSS's health bar instantly dropped to zero, turning into specks of starlight and dissipating into the air.

The system announcement immediately resounded throughout the game world: [Server-wide announcement: Gu Beichen's team has successfully defeated the 100th floor BOSS, and the Aincrad Spiral Tower has been officially cleared! The game will undergo 72 hours of maintenance and updates, during which all players are free to log out.]

Details about the new expansion will be released in 24 hours.

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The three consecutive announcements sent the entire server into a frenzy.

The players were stunned at first, then erupted in deafening cheers: "That's awesome!"

"Finally beat the game!"

"Gu Beichen is amazing!"

A feeling of joy quickly spread among the crowd.

The players cheered excitedly: "Gu Beichen is amazing!"

Someone suddenly realized: "Wait! The system just said we can log out? Even the 'dead' players can log out?"

"That's right! I heard it too!"

Another player chimed in, "Are those people still alive? Was this whole game a hoax from beginning to end?"

"But we really did spend more than a year here!"

Some people have raised the question, "I wonder what the real world has become."

"My family must be so worried!"

"I'm worried," a female gamer said.

"What about those death scenes in the early stages of the game? Were they fake too?"

"Who cares! Now that I can log out, I'll just log off and see!"

"Yes!"

Players couldn't wait to start logging out.

They were already tired of the game and couldn't wait to leave.

When the system mentioned the new expansion, many people immediately gave it the middle finger: "I'd rather die than play this crappy game again!"

But they will soon realize they were wrong.

After more than a year of playing the game, their mental strength and memory have improved, and they can even apply their combat skills and crafting skills in real life.

Not to mention the captivating new content to come—a mythical world, the ability to fly and teleport, breathtaking magic…

Meanwhile, at the top of Aincrad, Gu Beichen and Kayaba Akihiko were overlooking the entire game world.

"How does it feel?"

Gu Beichen asked with a smile.

“Excellent!”

Kayaba Akihiko sighed, "Maybe I should have done this a long time ago."

Standing at a high vantage point obscures the truth; this is the perfect world I envision.

He gazed at the fantastical scenery in the distance, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

In the distance, the Eastern dragon spirals and rises into the sky, the phoenix spreads its wings and soars high, the Western dragon sweeps across the clouds, and elves frolic and chase each other in the forest... This is the world he yearns for.

"You are an incredible person! I simply cannot imagine that someone like you exists in our world!"

"No, you could never be from our world! Our world's technology is far from advanced enough to create such a vast, perfect, and realistic virtual world!"

"This requires unimaginable computing power! Even ordinary quantum computers struggle to support it; only photonic computers, or even more advanced computing devices, could probably do it!"

"Am I right?"

After Kayaba Akihiko finished speaking, he looked intently at Gu Beichen, his eyes full of anticipation.

As a top scientist who dreams of creating an ideal world, his imagination and insight far surpass those of ordinary people, and he guessed Gu Beichen's background in just a few words.

Gu Beichen smiled slightly and readily admitted, "That's right, I come from the City of Myriad Realms Beyond the Boundaries, and I am the city lord there."

The City of Myriad Realms connects to numerous worlds and will establish connections with even more worlds in the future.

I'm granting you permission to visit the City of Myriad Realms anytime you wish.

As he spoke, he raised his hand and lightly touched Kayaba Akihiko's brow, and a spatial rune quietly merged into the depths of his soul.

At the same time, the power of the law spread throughout Kayaba Akihiko's body, causing a strange change in his digitized body.

"Since your physical body has been damaged, I used the power of laws to modify your game body, allowing you to move freely in the City of Myriad Realms with this digitized body."

"Once you arrive in the City of Myriad Realms, if you are interested, you can come and help out at the Myriad Realms Research Institute. I will give you appropriate compensation."

Asuna was already Gu Beichen's woman, so he didn't need to explain to her the matter of granting Kayaba Akihiko authority.

As for the worlds of the other group members, he, as the one in charge of authority, could have made his own decisions, but since the rules have been set, he will naturally abide by them.

Thank you! I will seriously consider your suggestion.

Kayaba Akihiko was awestruck by Gu Beichen's godlike abilities, filled with anticipation for the Myriad Realms City, and also developed a strong interest in the Myriad Realms Research Institute.