Chapter Twelve Entering the Game and Testing

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  "Please enter your account number."

  "Account input correct, selecting language..."

  "Language selection: Chinese."

  "No character detected, create new one?"

  "Creating new character... Please enter name..."

  "Name input successful: Bachiroku..."

  "Please select your gender... Male, whether to randomly generate character appearance?"

  "No... The system automatically scans the user's head information and simulates a realistic appearance..."

  "Character appearance simulation successful... Entering game..."

  "Respected player: Yui Moku, welcome to Sword Art Online!"

  …………

  When his vision recovered again, Yakumo Sukuna found himself in a huge square.

  Occasionally, a blue glow would flash around, and after the glow, the figures of other players would appear.

  Obviously, he was a player who had just landed like Yakumo Moku.

  Lift your head, the sky is so blue, take a deep breath, the fresh air with the fragrance of soil makes Ba Yun Mo's mood more comfortable.

  As far as the eye can see, it's hard to believe that I'm in a virtual world.

  "That Kōjō Akatsuki... is indeed formidable!"

  After a sigh, Bachiroku Meki went straight to the fountain in the center of the square.

  Then he looked at his current appearance in the water of the pool, and Hachiguma Moku carefully measured himself.

  Her appearance is exactly the same as in reality, with long hair that can almost cover the ground like a black luxurious carpet, wrapped around her neck like a scarf.

  The clothes on his body were no longer that set of luxurious Taoist robes with a black base and golden edges, but a blue upper garment, gray trousers, and a simple leather armor worn outside.

  The top left corner of his vision always displayed a green HP bar, and the far left also showed his name and level - Yakumo Sumi, Level 1.

  Following the new manual, Yayoi Moku lifted her right hand in front of her and slid it down slightly from top to bottom, and a row of buttons appeared before her eyes.

  It's similar to RPG-type online games from previous lives. The row of buttons are character attributes, equipment, skills, items, tasks, friends and system settings.

  With a click of the finger on the attribute button, another window pops up in front of you, with your own character image and various attributes marked along with their values.

  In addition to the regular attributes of strength, agility, endurance and physical strength that are common in most games, there are also various special properties.

  For example, drought tolerance, heat resistance, hunger, health and a whole bunch of attribute values that make Yagumo's eyes twitch.

  Yagami Mukuro looked at her own attribute points and was perplexed.

  Without comparing with other players' attribute values, Yayumiya Moku had no idea what level his current attributes were at.

  Of course, he doesn't care about these things either.

  According to the game's previous introduction, the player's physical condition in reality will be reflected in the character in the game to some extent.

  Although this influence will not cause too much damage to the balance of the game, if a player's physical attribute is too abnormal, it will inevitably lead to an attribute value that far exceeds that of ordinary players in the game.

  In the original work, Kirito was able to obtain the unique skill Dual Blades in SAO because he had an extremely high neural reaction.

  Yakumo Mukuro as a boundary yokai has physical stats that far surpass those of ordinary humans.

  At least in terms of neural reaction speed, he was confident that Kirito wouldn't surpass him.

  After exiting the attribute panel, Yakumo Sumi opened his item bar.

  Inside there is only one whiteboard weapon given by the system for newbies.

  It was strange, but it turned out to be an iron-boned fan.

  Looking around at the various weapons in the hands of other players, Yagumo Taro's mind was clear: different players received system-given whiteboard weapons with varying degrees.

  Since this game is called Sword Art Online, most of the weapons should be swords or knives, otherwise they should be axes, hammers, spears and so on.

  Why am I an iron-boned fan?

  He also read the original Sword Art Online, and in the original, whether it's anime or manga, there is no appearance of a fan as a strange door weapon.

  Even among the various martial arts of China, few people use fans as weapons.

  Suddenly, Bachyun Mo remembered the game introduction he saw before.

  The NERvGear developed by Kayaba Akihiko scans the player's consciousness for their most preferred weapon type and adjusts the system-given starting equipment to lean towards the player's preferences.

  Why can't you just be yourself and like a folding fan?

  Hachiguma Moku suddenly thought of the elegant ladies' folding fan that his older sister always carried with her.

  He was often hit on the head with that fan.

  Baiyun Mo glanced at the knives and swords in the hands of other players around him, curled up the corner of his mouth, and turned to leave the novice square.

  He didn't have the idea of taking out his folding fan in front of everyone.

  Moreover, this piece of leather armor on me now, paired with a folding fan, looks awkward no matter how you look at it.

  Every player's initial gold coins are 0, so Yagumo Mukuro also doesn't have the idea of going to the NPC shops around to buy some low-priced new hand weapons.

  He left Newbie Town alone and headed into the wilderness.

  Lu Yu Yun Mo walked along the road while checking out other functions of the game.

  In this skill column, there is only one option "Normal Attack".

  The taskbar is empty.

  So is the good friend column.

  There are various personalized settings in the system bar, such as personal safety protection level settings and so on.

  Set different levels of personal safety protection, which can effectively defend against various harassment from other players.

  This harassment is not about attacking but some harassment of personality and other aspects.

  For example, male players' harassment of female players.

  Baiyun Mo deliberately took a look and found that there was no logout option in the system settings column.

  "Indeed... Before long, Kayaba Akihiko will be announcing that this game is the truth of death games..."

  Yakumo Moku smiled softly.

  In-game death also leads to the destruction of brain tissue by microwave pulses emitted from the NERvGear, resulting in real-life death.

  The only way to log out of the game is to clear all 100 floors of Aincrad.

  After reviewing all the functions, Yiyun Mo had already arrived in the wilderness.

  At this time, most players are still wandering around the novice town curiously, and those who really come to the wild to start killing monsters and leveling up are mostly players who have experienced closed testing.

  The place where Yayun Mo was located is a hilly area.

  Hills occasionally appear some wild boar-like monsters.

  "Well then, let's try and see what kind of body I have in this game..."

  Looking at a wild boar not far away, Yiyun Mo squatted down and picked up a stone, making a throwing motion towards the wild boar.

  As the throwing motion started, Hachiguma Sumi's right hand holding the stone began to emit a faint glow. With the system's assistance, Hachiguma Sumi threw the stone at the wild boar.

  "Whoosh!!"

  The pebble emitted a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air and struck the wild boar not far away.

  In Hachiguma's line of sight, the green emblem representing peace on the wild boar's head flickered and turned into a piercing crimson. The wild boar also turned around and stared at him intently, while its HP gauge next to it dropped slightly.

  "Is it just me or are these monsters way too weak? A few thrown rocks and their HP bars are already depleted?"

  Watching the wild boar rushing towards him, Yayoi Mutsuki muttered a sentence.

  Yakumo Sumi, who had attracted the wild boar's hatred, quickly stretched out both hands to grab the sharp tusks on the wild boar's head as it rushed in front of him.

  "Ah!!"

  The enormous force transmitted through his hand caused Yakumo Mokuba to take a slight step back before he managed to steady himself.

  The wild boar, whose tusk was grasped by Yakumo Sumi, let out a loud bellow and struggled to attack Yakumo Sumi with its head and body.

  "Give me a refund!!"

  She lifted one foot and kicked the wild boar's belly with a loud thud.

  The wild boar let out a mournful cry as it was kicked flying, and the HP gauge next to it also dropped by one level, directly changing from green to yellow.

  Bai Yun Mo swiftly rushed over and at the moment the wild boar landed, he swung his fist with great force and smashed it onto the wild boar's head. The wild boar instantly convulsed a few times and then stopped moving.

  The HP gauge also cleared instantly, and the wild boar's body suddenly disintegrated into fragments in a flash of light.

  The corpse of the wild boar disappeared, and a system window popped up, displaying some information.

  "You gained 20 experience points! Gold coin x1!"