"Strong first!"

At the entrance of the passage connecting the 22nd and 21st floors, a lovely and childish girl suddenly jumped out, waving her pink fist and shouting loudly towards the new environment.

With a petite figure, wearing obsidian light armor that covered his chest, and a long blue and purple skirt that fluttered in the wind, and a black sword pinned to his waist, the whole person looked vigorous and energetic.

The small and delicate face, the charming dimples, the slightly upturned nose bridge, and the big flickering eyes always exude an infectious luster.

The creamy milky white skin is delicate and delicate as if it can be broken with a snap of a finger; On the long purple-black hair of the shawl, a red hairband was tied, and the dull hair that was facing the sky was as energetic as the owner.

The girl is none other than Yuki.

Immediately afterwards, Tsuiko, Asuna and Yi Tiancheng walked out of the stone gate in turn and officially carried into the ground of the 22nd floor.

"Wow~! Look, the scenery on this floor is so beautiful! Yuki looked down at the scenery in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim.

The crowd is located on a hillside, just enough to overlook the entire 22nd floor.

The area of this level is quite large, in terms of diameter, it should be more than eight kilometers. There is a huge lake in the center, a small village on the south bank, a labyrinth on the north bank, and the rest of the place is a beautiful coniferous forest.

"Indeed." Tsuneko took a deep breath of cool air and chuckled, "It's more secluded and natural than the Fuji Mountain stream." ”

Asuna looked at the pleasant scenery in front of her with fascination, raised her hand to brush a strand of chestnut hair on the side of her face behind her ear, and commented: "Just like Thoreau's Walden, far from the hustle and bustle of the world, there is only the tranquility of nature, every look, every breath, every touch, there is a poetic interest." ”

"Well~! Since everyone is satisfied, then we will settle down on this level. Yi Tiancheng led the three daughters and walked towards the main block on this floor.

There is only one main block on this floor, and that is the village of "Gaural".

In addition, at the southernmost end of the beautiful coniferous forest, there are two "Forest House" in the shape of a log house full of idyllic scenery, both of which are ownerless, and the price of each one is around 2 million gold coins.

Yi Tiancheng, who had been prepared for this, had already saved enough gold coins and bought them all directly.

"Will this be our home from now on?" Yuki's little face had an uncharacteristically restrained expression, looking at the house in front of him and muttering.

Hearing this, Asuna and the two daughters who were standing beside her were more or less excited and confused in their eyes.

Men may be able to call the world home, but women always subconsciously have a clear, specific and single concept of home.

In this regard, Yi Tiancheng stepped forward, hugged the petite Youji in his arms from behind, rubbed her little head with his jaw, and said with a smile: "Yes, this will be our home in the future, you little naughty person should be restrained, this place is already close to the periphery, don't fall carelessly, then it's over." ”

Yuki pouted and said very dissatisfiedly: "No! I'm not stupid! ”

"Well, you're not stupid, you're just too active and jumpy."

"No Road Race!" Yuji suddenly broke free from Yi Tiancheng's embrace, glanced back at him, and said unhappily: "Since you talk about me like this, how can you cultivate!" ”

"Hahaha......" Seeing Xiao Nizi's delicate and delicious appearance, everyone immediately became happy.

After the joy, Yi Tiancheng looked at the women and said with a smile: "Get ready, after lunch, let's go to attack the boss of this layer!" ”

"Huh? Wouldn't that be too much of a rush? Why don't you find out the information about the boss first? Asuna asked, confused.

"There's no need." Yi Tiancheng looked up and explained: "The height of this floor is lower than the previous 21 floors, and in the wild, except for the strange fish in the lake, there are not even monsters in other places, the neighborhood village is so small, and there are not even a few buildings, but the number of NPCs must be only a handful, if nothing else, the difficulty of this layer should be lower than the previous one." ”

"So, let's set off in the afternoon, go to the maze area to kill the boss of this floor, and then directly activate the transfer door on the 23rd floor, so that players can continue to go up, don't destroy the silence of this floor."

……

On February 6, 2023, the last day of the third month of SAO games, the "Brother Cheng's Harem" union led by Yi Tiancheng broke through two floors in one day, causing a sensation in the entire SAO again.

From the third floor, players can officially form a trade union, and the "Brother Cheng's back group" is naturally a private union founded by Yi Tiancheng and others.

The president of the union is Yi Tiancheng, and the position of vice president is held by Asuna, a nanny and beautiful chef.

So far, among the 22 floors that have been attacked, there are a full seventeen defending bosses independently broken by Yi Tiancheng and others.

It is such an impressive record that has also made "Brother Cheng's Harem" the most well-known union in the current player base.

Not to mention, in this guild, there is also the "Magic Sword" Yi Tiancheng, who is currently recognized as the strongest player, as well as the "Enchantress" Tsuneko and "Flash" Asuna among the three super beautiful girls, and the "Violent Lori" Yuki who acts as a mascot.

Many casual players, and even many small and medium-sized teams, want to join this concentration camp of strong and beautiful women, but unfortunately the guild does not recruit people at all.

This is also a matter of course, just by looking at the name to know the nature of the union, coupled with Yi Tiancheng's game attitude of being both good and evil, and treating human life as a mustard, it also makes many players love and hate, and even regard it as a taboo.

After attacking the 22nd floor, Yi Tiancheng directly sent an email to the black and greedy Argo, and after spending a considerable amount of money, Argo finally took over Yi Tiancheng's business, and published the announcement issued by Yi Tiancheng in the "Ion Grant News" of the day:

"From now on, the "Brother Cheng's Harem" union will be officially stationed on the 22nd floor, and this floor will be regarded as a residence by this guild.

Whether it is a street safety area, or in the field and maze, it is strictly forbidden for any player or organization to engage in PK private fights on this level, and any player or organization that violates this rule will be deemed to have declared war on this guild.

Note: This regulation is effective immediately. ”

On the day of the announcement, it caused a wave among the lower-level players, but for the first-line players who actually arrived at the 22nd and 23rd floors, it was an inconsequential matter.

Because of the resources on the 22nd floor, there are simply no resources, and it is completely the same as the scenic area. Without any interests, to provoke Yi Tiancheng, who is recognized as the strongest, there are three other beautiful girls who are slightly inferior in strength to Yi Tiancheng, but their popularity is still excessive.

Therefore, there was no objection between players to the announcement released by Yi Tiancheng, and even the guy who originally had a conflict to solve also teleported out of here as soon as possible and went to other floors to resolve the conflict.

As a result, the 22nd floor became the default peaceful area, and because of the beautiful scenery, it quickly became an ideal place for casual players who are not suitable for combat.

After deciding to settle on the 22nd floor, Yi Tiancheng's strategy progress slowed down significantly, and after the 24th floor, he didn't even go up to the 25th floor to take a look, and returned directly to the "Forest House" and began to recuperate.

Suddenly pulled out of the fast pace, whether it was Tsuko, Asuna, or Yuki, they all obviously felt uncomfortable.

But Yi Tiancheng was indifferent, and even made a set of fishing gear, and followed some middle-aged and elderly players to fish leisurely in the lake not far from the "Forest House".

A week later, Argo came to the door and brought front-line intelligence, and the strategy team of thirty players failed miserably in the crusade against the boss of the 25th floor.

Of these, 9 players died in this operation.

Argo's intentions can be said to be clear at a glance, but Yi Tiancheng was indifferent to this, and even asked directly: "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"If you had made a move, you wouldn't have sacrificed so many people." Argo couldn't help but accentuate his tone.

"Tsk~! When did you start expecting so much self-righteousness from me? Yi Tiancheng glanced at her and smiled disapprerovingly: "It seems that you seem to be used to the status quo and take my strategy boss's behavior for granted!" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm going to disappoint you, I'm only attacking the boss because I like it, if I think it's boring, then naturally I'm too lazy to waste energy."

"What are you talking about, isn't it the common desire of all of us players to attack this game of death? Since you have this power, why don't you take the corresponding responsibility, and are you too willful and irresponsible to do so? Argo finally couldn't hold back his anger, and said with a blushing face.

"Poof~!" Yi Tiancheng couldn't help but sneer suddenly, and said with a mocking smile: "Responsibility? Selfish? I just realized that Miss Argo is not short of humor cells! ”

Immediately afterwards, his eyes began to become indifferent, and he asked indifferently: "If you put all your hopes on others without authorization, once others do not act according to their own wishes, they feel that the other party has failed to live up to their expectations and has not taken due responsibility...... It's really a high-sounding reason, who is too willful? I don't know if to call you ignorant or arrogant! ”

Argo departed, leaving the 22nd floor full of anger and resentment.

Asuna, who was acting as an audience member on the side, looked uncertain, and stopped talking, and finally couldn't bear to ask what was going on.

"Just make way for people." Yi Tiancheng's eyes were deep, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and then he added: "Other than that, this game doesn't have much value for me and Minzi, so-"

"I'm going to renew the plug-in, and then hurry up to end this game and end this world."