Chapter 136

"Link System?"

Fujiki You Xuan and Mokuba walked side by side in the long corridor and asked.

"Yeah." Mokuba said, "Actually, we have been developing related things a few years ago. At that time, my brother developed a new type of Duel Disk, which can link the quantum information of card data with the memory area of the brain."

"All dueling information is transformed into brain images, realizing visualization in space..."

"I seem to have heard of this."

Fujiki You Xuan reacted quickly.

It is the kind of Duel Disk developed by Kaiba in the theatrical version "The Dark Side of Dimensions," which is a product of a combination of technology and idealism. It can digitize cards, link with human memory, and amplify the duelist's self-consciousness, and even printing cards from memory data images under specific circumstances is possible.

The famous scene of the president's "floor draw" in the theatrical version was achieved with the help of this system. In a desperate situation, Kaiba drew "Obelisk the Tormentor," which should have long ceased to exist in this world, from the floor, shocking Aigami for a whole year.

"But that development was just a paving stone for a bigger project, and now it's finally about to be completed."

Mokuba had already led Fujiki You Xuan to another laboratory. After entering the room, someone immediately handed over a Duel Disk and a device similar to a headset, which Mokuba handed to Fujiki You Xuan.

"This is the key to opening a new world."

A light blue Duel Disk full of technological sense, with fine patterns carved on the edges, surrounded by a circle of transparent displays and indicator lights.

Mokuba had also put on the Duel Disk and headset and smiled mysteriously at him: "You'll know once you activate it."

Saying that, he had already activated the device first.

So Fujiki You Xuan followed suit and activated the system. The indicator lights of the Duel Disk lit up one by one, and a slight buzzing sound came from the headset. Immediately after, he seemed to see data streams rolling before his eyes, like blue seawater composed of countless 0s and 1s, quickly occupying his entire field of vision, until all the scenes around him were swallowed up.

When he came back to his senses, he looked around and found himself standing on a strange street.

This is an unknown city.

The skyline is outlined by various strange high-rise buildings that seem to be in science fiction movies, like giant towers piercing the clouds. But it is not a construction of concrete and glass, but a structure that presents unique colors and textures with changes in light, making the whole city look like a huge gem.

Fujiki You Xuan was stunned for a moment, looked down at his body.

Vision, touch, various senses are exactly the same as in reality.

But some instinct told him that this is a fake world.

"Very shocked, right?"

Mokuba appeared beside him and said with a smile.

"Because it hasn't been developed yet and is just a test model, we are all using real images. Otherwise, you can also choose to log in with any virtual image."

"A fully immersive online game?" Fujiki You Xuan asked.

"Well, it's not quite the same as the kind you see in fantasy works, but in terms of results, you can also understand it that way."

Mokuba thought for a while.

"In fact, the prototype of this technology existed many years ago, even before my brother and I took over this company. Our adoptive father, Gozaburo Kaiba, had developed quite mature technology at that time."

Fujiki You Xuan realized what he was referring to.

That is the content explained in the Noah arc of the DM anime.

Gozaburo Kaiba's biological son, Noah Kaiba, died in a car accident, and Gozaburo downloaded Noah's consciousness data into the supercomputer used for military operations by the Kaiba Corporation. As a result, that consciousness gradually grew and evolved into an AI with high intelligence, and after years of growth, created a very large virtual world.

In the Noah arc of the anime, he dragged Yugi and Kaiba's group into the virtual world he created without anyone knowing, but that data space was also destroyed at the end of the Noah arc.

However, the technology must have been retained by President Kaiba.

It was on that basis that they developed this "Link System." A similar large virtual world space, like a huge open-world online game. According to the president's vision, duelists from all over the world can log into this game to realize online battles.

Fujiki You Xuan naturally associated it with the sixth work of Yu-Gi-Oh!, "Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS." Although that work is a parallel world, the worldview looks like the distant future.

That work is also the first time in Yu-Gi-Oh! history that the main stage is placed in an online game called "Link VRAINS," where almost all duels are conducted online in the online game.

Listening to this description now, could the system President Kaiba is developing have any connection with that thing in the future...

Fujiki You Xuan also tried to call Silent. Only a moment later, the silver-haired mage floated out from the deck carried on his Duel Disk in the form of a spirit, tilting his head.

What's up?

"Oh, nothing, just calling for fun." Fujiki You Xuan laughed.

Silent: "..."

Of course, he wasn't really just calling for fun. This made him sure that although his current state is consciousness projected into the data world, the spirit's power is still applicable here, and the attribute of fate power should be the same.

But this is also foreseeable. Extraordinary power is metaphysics, and it is equally applicable in the data space; this point has actually been proven in DM.

In the original work, the AI Noah tried to rely on permissions to occupy Yugi's body in the virtual space, but ended up being backlashed by the divine power of the Millennium Puzzle.

"Great, right?"

Mokuba said proudly.

"It's still just a prototype now, only testers can log in. However, we will improve the facilities as soon as possible, so that duelists from all over the world will not be restricted by region, and can duel happily no matter where they are.

Didn't my brother invite you to participate in the 'Duel City GX' tournament before? In fact, we are planning to hold this tournament in the Link System online, and also as the opening ceremony of the Link System..."

He stopped suddenly when he said this.

He received a contact from Kaiba Corporation technicians from the outside world.

"Illegal login? Here?" Mokuba was surprised, "But the Link System hasn't even officially opened yet..."

He immediately associated something.

"Could it be that hacker from last time again?"

"I don't know, sir." The technician said, "But we found an abnormal data space in the Link System. We are trying to clear it..."

"No, send the coordinates to me first." Mokuba interrupted, "I want to go see it myself."

"Yes, sir."

Getting the coordinates sent from the headquarters, Mokuba snapped his fingers. Then the scene around the two began to distort rapidly, and everything turned upside down.

In just a moment, their coordinates changed, and they teleported to another corner of the virtual map instantly.

That is part of Mokuba's GM permissions, capable of teleporting freely between any coordinates on the map.

And where the two teleported and landed, they faced only a gloomy castle. Completely different from the sci-fi future-style buildings just now, the outer walls of the castle were mottled, and the gloomy giant shadows were drawn very long, like huge monsters quietly lurking in the darkness.

Mokuba frowned: "Strange, we haven't designed such an area..."

"That's for sure."

A voice appeared from the shadows.

A man in black with sunglasses walked out slowly and smiled.

"Because it was designed by our master, right in the shadows of this bright and beautiful virtual world of yours."

"Are you the hackers who invaded our company?" Mokuba said in a deep voice, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The man chuckled, didn't answer directly, but turned to say.

"Since you have already discovered us, then whether you want to kick us out of the Link System or delete this stronghold in the shadows, it should be a piece of cake for Kaiba Corporation.

But if you do that, you won't be able to get the answers to these questions you want to know, right?"

"Oh?" Mokuba folded his arms and smiled, "I smell the scent of conditions. So what do you want?"

"It's very simple, just decide with the rules most revered by President Seto Kaiba, and also the only rule in this 'Link System'."

The man revealed his Duel Disk and deck.

"Let's duel. If you win, we will naturally hand over the answers to any questions you need."

(End of chapter)