Chapter 102: "Golden Toilet" Battlefield Live Stream Begins

She had been logged into Sword Art Online (SAO) for a day now.

And Yuuki Asuna still couldn't log out—she couldn't find the logout button.

She and some others had added each other as friends to check on each other's status.

The result was that almost everyone remained online.

That's right, almost everyone, not everyone.

Because one person's avatar had changed and then never appeared again.

And she wasn't seen at the resurrection point either.

So was the real situation that she had logged out? Or had she really died?

Like Schrödinger's cat, this was impossible to determine unless one tried it themselves.

But if this went wrong, it would mean the end of one's own life—who would dare to do such a thing?

There were some—some people dared to do such a thing.

On that very day, Yuuki Asuna had seen individual players who still didn't believe Kayaba Akihiko's words. They simply walked to the edge of this massive castle floating in the air and jumped off.

So after a day had passed, there were probably almost no people left who wanted to conduct such foolish tests.

Over ten thousand players, not logging out for more than twenty-four hours—this could no longer be called some kind of malicious prank by the officials.

In reality, this was definitely a major incident that would cause huge uproar.

Of course, some people still held such hopes—for example, in novels, time in virtual game worlds was different from reality.

Perhaps in the real world, only a short time had actually passed.

Looking at the sky that was about to enter nightfall again, Yuuki Asuna began thinking about and preparing for the possibility of being imprisoned for nearly two years.

First, she really couldn't just sit and wait for rescue without doing anything.

Although she could stay in the safe zone forever without worrying about being attacked and killed by monsters, if she stayed in the safe zone, she would still need to find a place to rest, right?

Well, sleeping on the streets directly wouldn't matter, but this game had the setting of hunger.

If one didn't eat food, while it might not actually cause starvation death, the empty feeling of hunger was really unpleasant.

Enduring it for a short time was fine, but definitely not for a long time.

This meant she still needed to eat so-called food.

But food couldn't be obtained for free—it cost money.

And where would the money come from?

It certainly couldn't appear out of thin air.

Even if there were initial funds, they would eventually run out, meaning she would eventually need to find ways to earn money in this game world.

In games, there were many quests to obtain money, including some that didn't require going to the wilderness—like running errands for NPCs or helping with small chores, which could provide rewards.

But such rewards were definitely limited.

Moreover, with over ten thousand players now crowded in this Town of Beginnings, where would there be so many small quests for everyone to take?

Ultimately, she could only venture into the wilderness to fight monsters.

So starting tomorrow, Yuuki Asuna planned to begin fighting monsters.

It should be fine.

When she first logged into the game yesterday, she had also fought wilderness monsters and successfully defeated them.

If the monsters in that wilderness area still had the same strength, it should be fine.

Just be more cautious.

By killing monsters this way, she could not only obtain money but also gain experience points to improve herself—she had to increase her level.

If Kayaba Akihiko wanted to make this world more in line with his ideal fantasy adventure world, he might very well make the Town of Beginnings unsafe later, forcing players to fight.

So improving her strength was necessary.

"Glug glug—"

Water flowed down her throat into her stomach, making her hunger disappear further.

The paper that had originally wrapped the bread in her hand also disappeared after the bread was finished.

As for the bread, it had no taste at all when eaten.

Speaking of which, was the energy bar progress from the live streaming function related to plot development?

It should be said that in novels, anime, and such, when plot development reached a climactic stage, the progress bar would increase more noticeably.

From yesterday afternoon's broadcast start until late night, it had increased by five percent.

Subsequently, from the second day until just now, it had only increased by one percent.

Mm, now the progress bar could display percentages—Miss Black Cat said there had been none before.

So now, having just finished dinner, Yuuki Asuna wanted to go online to see if there were any changes.

Logging into the "Interdimensional Channel."

Oh?

Somewhat surprised, she found quite a few people online this time—it seemed like almost all members were online.

Was the reason related to that member with the ID "Golden Toilet"?

This person had crossed worlds to Miss Busujima's world and was now about to return to his own world.

So everyone was paying special attention.

He was also currently the person most likely to help Yuuki Asuna.

However, Black Cat had also said his situation was very bad—his world was in a terrible predicament, struggling on the edge of death.

She hadn't been told specifically what kind of encounters he faced, but was told to watch the live stream when the time came. If he could still start a live stream, she would know.

By the way, both Miss Busujima and Mr. Golden Toilet weren't online—they should be fine, just not logged in.

Then Asuna entered a live stream room opened by "Martian."

After entering, this Miss Martian was seeking help from Miss Whisperer to analyze some people.

So Miss Martian was providing some materials through the live stream for everyone to see, and had also provided a video of yesterday's meeting with a count.

Watching this, Yuuki Asuna also understood Miss Martian's identity.

She looked dressed like a princess, and indeed she really was a princess—a princess of the Martian Empire. Her world had actually achieved Mars colonization.

However, her world wasn't very peaceful either—Mars and Earth had fought wars and had even blown up the moon.

That Mr. Golden Toilet also knew intelligence about the Martian princess's world, telling her that the second war was probably coming soon, making this princess very frightened and seeking ways to break this situation.

Currently, she was having Miss Whisperer help analyze which among the Martian counts were relatively reliable and could become her allies.

Clearly being people from her own world, yet having to ask people from other worlds to analyze them through screens—this was quite indescribable.

Suddenly, the Martian princess said they'd discuss this far for now, saying the time was about to come.

What time was about to come?

Following Black Cat's statement, Asuna learned it was time for Golden Toilet to return to his world.

Everyone left the live stream room and returned to the main interface's public channel.

[Busujima Sword Style: Ten seconds left]

With these words, the entire channel fell silent.

Yuuki Asuna also began counting down in her heart.

10...9...8....0!

The moment it reached zero, nothing happened?

Five seconds passed like this, and the atmosphere felt very oppressive and heavy.

The next moment, an ID came online and simultaneously started a live stream.

Asuna immediately clicked in, and the image she saw was a ball of fire?

At the same time, there were numerous shrill alarm sounds and what seemed like the screaming sounds of metal being twisted.

What was happening?

This phenomenon continued for about five seconds, and the fire seemed to weaken.

The next second, like someone rushing out of a massive fire scene, the image finally became clear.

The moment she could see clearly, Yuuki Asuna's face turned pale.

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