Their commission was suspicious.

In other words, he had encountered a unique and unconventional world consciousness, unlike any he had ever met before.

This world consciousness hates trouble.

It can't be said that this world consciousness has given up, after all, when it first didn't know who Chen Luo was, it was still enthusiastically discussing with Chen Luo how to advance the overall world level of this script.

"Don't say that. If it really doesn't work, you can lie down and I'll do the work... I mean I'll take care of most of the work. All I want is the Primal Stone... which is, the wish."

"But it's still such a hassle."

"...Why are you so stubborn?"

"Because it's troublesome."

"Then how can you be a world leader? You don't even cherish opportunities to make big money like this! Be careful you don't starve to death later!" Chen Luo said anxiously.

How can you be so lazy that you neglect the very foundation of the world?

"Because it's troublesome."

"..."

Chen Luo now understands once again what it means that the world consciousness often contains all sorts of oddities.

This experience, summarized by countless time travelers with blood and tears, does indeed have its merits.

"How about this, let's discuss another collaboration. From now on, you don't need to worry about anything. I'll take care of everything else and let you do whatever you want. I guarantee your profits will definitely not be less than what you would have earned running this world. And if you have any spare funds, I can pre-sell you a World Tree Doll. This is a hot commodity, so you can sell it as soon as you put it on the auction house. It only takes you a second to list it."

"In other words, you don't have to do anything right now! You don't have to do anything! You don't have to do anything! I'll say it three times because it's important!"

"OK."

This time, the world consciousness decisively agreed.

"..."

The humanized plugin is right. For a world consciousness that hates trouble but isn't foolish enough to benefit or harm itself, it's easy to persuade it by letting it do nothing and collect money passively.

The premise is that you can actually bring positive benefits to it, rather than ripping the other party off.

Based on Chen Luo's own experience, world consciousness at the level of an old slacker is often quite powerful.

Just as only the strong among humans can freely slack off, so too is the world consciousness.

Regardless of what the world's consciousness was thinking when it made this decision, at least now the initiative is in Chen Luo's hands.

At this moment, Chen Luo finally had time to pay attention to the little ants at his feet.

These people stayed in the initial plaza for a long time because Kayaba Akihiko summoned them here in an extremely high-profile manner, and just as he was about to say something, Chen Luo stole their account.

No, in essence, this account was stolen by a time portal.

The panic of not being able to quit the game, coupled with the sky shrouded in countless shades of blood, intensified their unease.

After all, anyone would feel oppressed if they had a black-robed figure hundreds of meters tall, resembling the Grim Reaper, with an extremely imposing presence above their head, right?

"Quiet!" Chen Luo said coldly.

With the help of GM privileges, everyone fell into a state of paralysis, and the originally noisy starting square instantly became quiet.

Although the square quieted down, everyone's inner thoughts were far from calm.

After remaining silent for so long, the Grim Reaper, whose entrance was quite terrifying, finally uttered his first words.

So, what terrifying truth is he about to reveal?

"I have something to announce to everyone..."

The moment Chen Luo uttered his words, the Grim Reaper's aura, built up by the long silence and terrifying atmosphere, instantly vanished.

Chapter 1765 Moral Imperatives vs. Kayaba Akihiko!

"That damned thief!" Kayaba Akihiko slammed his fist on the table, glaring angrily at the guy who seemed to be about to destroy his dream through the backend system!

That's outrageous!

I just built a wonder, and you stole my house?

Who could possibly resist that?

Furthermore, Kayaba Akihiko discovered that he was unable to reclaim his stolen account despite his own abilities.

Whether it's a data attack or backend modification, the opponent's unique GM privileges seem to be locked, remaining unmoved despite countless attacks.

Helpless, Kayaba Akihiko could only watch through the screen as the mysterious person who stole his helmet tried to cause trouble in his game.

Kayaba Akihiko had actually given up hope of regaining his authority, but he was unwilling to accept it.

Despite his resentment, the fact that the other party could snatch his helmet out of thin air without triggering any warning mechanisms truly made it difficult to fathom the other party's strength.

After some time of reflection, Kayaba Akihiko began to suspect that the other party might have some special ability, otherwise how could he move freely under such an impregnable defense?

"Fellow players, I have good news and bad news to tell you. Which would you like to hear first?" The oppressive Grim Reaper floated in the air, and everyone looked up at him. The good news and bad news from the Grim Reaper were equally terrifying to them.

At the same time, Chen Luo also lifted the paralysis effect on them.

To be honest, using Kayaba Akihiko's GM privileges is really awesome.

If it were Chen Luo, he would probably use that privilege to cheat all the time, instead of trying to be a regular player and experience life.

However, this would also instantly shorten the game's lifespan.

Humans are strange creatures. Just like when you're drawing cards, you hope to get three gold cards in a 10-pull, or when you're fighting monsters and bosses, you hope to get an infinite mana buff. But if you actually got 10 gold cards in a 10-pull and could kill monsters with one hit, you would lose interest in the game in no time.

Games without challenges are really boring.

"Who exactly are you?" Chen Luo heard a question amidst the cacophony.

"Me? My name is Puppeteer. I obtained the GM privileges for this role from Kayaba Akihiko. This relates to the bad news."

"The bad news is that you've noticed the logout button is missing from the main menu, but this isn't a game malfunction; it's part of SAO's original gameplay. External players cannot stop or detach the game helmet. Attempting to do so will cause the high-powered microwaves emitted by the helmet's signal unit to damage your brains and halt vital functions. In other words, congratulations, you've entered a true death game. Dying in this game means you're really dead. Hehehe!"

Chen Luo, in place of Kayaba Akihiko, tells the truth that Kayaba Akihiko should have told.

Kayaba Akihiko, watching from the outside, breathed a sigh of relief as things progressed in the direction he had imagined.

However, Kayaba Akihiko's intuition told him that things were not that simple, and that the person who stole his game helmet and GM account definitely had something else in mind!

"Unfortunately, there have been numerous cases to date where players' friends and family ignored warnings and attempted to forcibly remove the game helmets, resulting in 213 players being permanently removed from Aincrad and the real world."

"As you can see, this situation, including the large number of deaths, is being repeatedly reported by various media outlets. Therefore, it can be said that the danger of the game helmet being forcibly removed has been reduced, and you can play the game with peace of mind."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Luo conjured countless real-world news reports around him, which were then viewed by the game players below.

“But that was the original explanation. Now that I’ve hacked Kayaba Akihiko’s account, this bad news can theoretically be defused.” But Chen Luo changed the subject.

All the players below cheered, while Kayaba Akihiko, who was watching this scene from the outside, had his heart in his throat.

If Chen Luozhen removes this, then no one will ever try to play his game again.

"So here's the good news I have to share. What's the point of a death game? I've decided to invite you all to a real-life game. Over the next period of time, I will transform the game into reality, turning this virtual world into a real one. Your leveling up in the game will also be reflected in your physical bodies, making you stronger. But in return, you will have to fight against countless monsters for a chance to survive!"

"Similarly, you can't refuse this game invitation. It feels so good to reap the rewards of others," Chen Luo couldn't help but remark.

The nearly ten thousand players in the game plaza below Chen Luo became agitated once again.

"This is a game, but it's more than just a game. I hope everyone can accept this reality soon," Chen Luo said.

"However, I am a kind person, unlike that bad guy Kayaba Akihiko. I restored the resurrection items in this game that Kayaba Akihiko deleted, giving you a second or even a third life. But without the resurrection items, if you die, you are really dead."

"But on the other hand... if you don't work hard to conquer the game... if the monsters of this world run out into the outside world and accidentally hurt your family or friends, then it's none of my business."

"There is only one condition for you to be liberated: complete this game. You are currently at the lowest level of Aincrad, the first floor. Conquer the maze areas of each floor and defeat the first floor boss to enter the next floor. Defeat the final boss on the 100th floor to complete the game."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Luo conjured up an exquisite model of a hundred-story tower, giving everyone a more direct sense of the game's difficulty.

"Money, wealth, power... you will all gain these after completing this game."

"Of course, you are not without opportunities to leave during this period. If you win first place in an occasional event, you will have a certain amount of time to go home and visit your family. But don't think about using this loophole to leave this world completely. Once you put on the helmet, the helmet is permanently bound to you."

"After a period of time, the game will reopen the way for players to obtain game slots. Don't think that no one will come. When the opportunity to become a superhuman is presented to you, people's greed will be amplified infinitely."

"Everyone, let's work hard to conquer the game."

"Finally, you will find my gift in your inventory. Please check it."

Surprised by the information revealed by the man in black, the players followed his instructions, opened their inventory, and found the gift he had given them—a hand mirror.

The moment the player received the hand mirror as a gift, countless rays of light appeared in the player plaza.

The characters created by the players were then stripped of their physical appearance and features, revealing their real-life counterparts.

Chen Luo quickly spotted Kirito deep within the crowd, along with Asuna, who looked dazed, and many other characters he would meet later.

Upon seeing this, Chen Luo couldn't help but bring up his talent panel and check it off.

Raw Stone +10

Chen Luo is not the kind of person who takes pleasure in the suffering of others. The death game that Chen Luo mentioned was just a joke, but whether the people below believed it was another matter.

Chen Luo isn't Kayaba Akihiko, so why would he treat human lives like toys?

Before long, these people will thank themselves for their actions that have given them a path to becoming stronger...

The process itself might be frightening.

And when these people suddenly possess immense power, it could have a huge impact on reality...

Therefore, Chen Luo plans to use the group network to take over the main network of this world after his main body arrives in this world, and then impose constraints on these qualified chosen ones.

This will prevent these people from gaining great power in the game and then committing evil deeds in the outside world.

Chen Luo only wanted to find a platform for his puppets to fight monsters, not to cause huge negative impacts on the world.

The reason we didn't release these people now is to give them a chance to succeed.

Next, Chen Luo will turn this world into a world seed and hang it on the world tree. The consciousnesses of these people will stay in the world seed. Although they will not directly receive the nutrients from the world tree, they will be indirectly affected by its aura, which can also cause a qualitative change in their (ordinary people's) souls.

It's equivalent to consuming tens of thousands of Paradise Coins without any side effects.

This can be considered a small compensation for them, even though this outcome was not caused by Chen Luo.

After checking in, Chen Luo logged out of his account and left this world.

Alright, now it's time to go beat up Kayaba Akihiko.

Regardless of whether Kayaba Akihiko is a good person or not, his death games caused the deaths of 213 people before Chen Luo even began to accept SAO.

Chen Luo would be betraying his moral principles if he didn't beat him to a pulp.

After Chen Luo removed his helmet, he checked the teleportation anchor point he had placed in the game plaza, tossed aside the Herrscher of Knowledge's thigh that was resting on his stomach, and then chose to use the teleportation anchor point.

Chen Luo inserted a teleportation anchor when he first connected to that world, but the reason he chose to continuously connect to the helmet instead of using the teleportation anchor was because Chen Luo wanted to know the world consciousness's true attitude towards him and how to resolve this predicament.

Moreover, once Chen Luo's consciousness enters the game world, the world's consciousness can directly disconnect from the network and send him out.

But what if Chen Luo's physical body enters that world, and the world's consciousness reacts with even more extreme behavior as a result?

If a fight really breaks out, firstly, Chen Luo won't be able to win, and secondly, any future cooperation opportunities will be lost.

Chapter 1766 Female Xiao Luo: Little Aincrads are cute too!

However, if Chen Luo had known from the beginning that the world consciousness was kicking him out simply because it was too much trouble, and not for any other reason, he would have used the teleportation anchor point from the start.

When Chen Luo returned to the sky above the plaza, he had transformed into the Herrscher of Corruption, like a ghost floating above Aincrad, unseen by anyone.

Electronic viruses are invisible and intangible.

The complex composition has this advantage: no matter what difficulties Chen Luo faces, he has a way to deal with them.

Chen Luo could see that after the Grim Reaper he had conjured left, the player plaza descended into chaos.

Chen Luo could also see Kirito pulling a red-haired man into a small alley and inviting him to go to the next village to level up quickly.

Chen Luo could also see that after Klein refused to stay and keep his game friends from the same guild, Kirito could only run away into the distance with a sense of guilt and anger.

Kirito, who is still just a child, is extremely sensitive and somewhat afraid of being alone.

And there's Asuna, who's currently trembling in the crowd.

As Chen Luo, who was being relentlessly bombarded with a storm of emotions as a way to stay alert, suppressed the urge to go home and sleep. Using the power of the Herrscher of Corruption, he began to locate Kayaba Akihiko's position via the internet.

Meanwhile, in reality, Kayaba Akihiko sat in the basement and began to ponder the truth of what Chen Luo had said.