Asuna Yuuki originally thought that the scenery in "Sword Art Online" was already the most beautiful, spectacular, and magnificent beauty she could see in her life.

But now, this perception has not lasted for half a month, and it has been shattered again......

Although in the early stage of that death game, she had always been afraid of her heart, and hid in the safe zone, hiding in the hotel in the town of start, and did not dare to go out at all.

It wasn't until later that I made up my mind to get out of the town of the beginning, and I had a firm idea that "even if I lose to monsters and die, I don't want to lose to this game and this world......

- It's a pity that not long after I had an idea, the game was intervened by a strong external force, resulting in a forced shutdown.

But no matter what, she at least came to her senses, mustered up the courage, and worked hard for a short time as a "warrior".

Therefore, although I can't let go of that death game, and I can't like it at all, the girl can't deny that the beautiful SAO world is unimaginably magnificent.

If it were in reality, then even if you go to every corner of the world, there will be no possibility of seeing the kind of scenery that should only exist in fairy tales!

The reason why reality is reality and fairy tales are fairy tales is because they are separated from each other by an invisible and intangible, but definite ......

Cruel dimension.

So before that, how much Asuna Yuuki rejected that death game, and after that, how glad she was to have the opportunity to see that kind of scenery.

But this emotion is so ...... in the face of this ethereal miracle that towers under the setting sun and freezes in the twilight It's not worth mentioning, don't say anything about small witches, how can SAO be qualified to become a little witch?

Yuuki Asuna can't believe that there is such a city in the world-

And she didn't dare to descend the wide, neat marble staircase and traverse the solemn sun-lit streets to see what secrets the city hid.

Her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't regain her ability to think effectively, but she was able to confirm the most basic problem.

It's not a dream, at least definitely not a dream.

She had no experience of lucid dreaming, but she also knew that her subconscious and imagination would never be able to sketch such a miracle city and fill in all the details.

You can't do it in a lucid state and full of energy, let alone in a tired state of dreaming. It's very simple, even Sword Art Online doesn't really create a world -

The ground floor is only ten kilometers in diameter, and then there are only 100 floors, and there are several cities, numerous small streets and villages, forests and grasslands, and even lakes.

It's just that it's no longer the way it used to be, but a "fully stealthy" immersive experience that requires players to walk, run, explore, and fight in it...... It's no longer a simple click of the mouse.

Coupled with the fact that there are no more than 10,000 players, scattered across different levels, it makes people feel that the world map of Sword Art Online is really big.

Its breadth can be said to be beyond imagination, and the overall file volume is so large that it is impossible to measure, and it takes the most top-notch host to be able to handle it.

But now the city of the sunset is huge......

The radius of the city alone far exceeded the diameter of the first floor of SAO, and Assuna Yuuki stood on the high platform that appeared and looked down for a long time, and found that the dense, layered, and row-by-row urban area stretched out......

Well, she didn't have the knowledge and skills to visually measure accurate data, but she could be sure that it was definitely more than ten kilometers.

And on this marble platform, there are not only strange urn altars, and carved railings that are so delicate that they look like works of art, but also brass binoculars that seem to be used for sightseeing.

Yuuki Asuna isn't familiar with it, but it's not enough to say that you can't figure out how to use such a simple device, and the most important thing is that it doesn't need to be coined. She was wearing a hospital gown and didn't even have a mobile phone on her, so she didn't need to consider the choice of the cost of use.

So, with the help of the brass telescope for sightseeing, she carefully observed and found that the area of the city was really frighteningly large.

And outside the city, there are winding rivers and uninhabited wilderness......

and the deep valleys that can be seen directly in the vicinity......

There are also silhouettes of rolling mountain ranges at the end of the distant skyline......

This strange space is frighteningly large, and the whole of Ayn Grant, the huge hundred-story sky castle, is crammed in, and there is not a single splash here.

So, if this was a dream constructed by his own consciousness, Asuna Yuuki felt like his brain had been burned a long time ago, right?

After all, SAO's dedicated large servers are already top-notch technology to maintain the existence of the imaginary world of Castle Irongrant. She is an ordinary girl, can her brain still explode a mainframe computer?

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"Is there no one? …… It's a really strange city, where the hell have I been? ”

The chestnut-colored, long, straight-haired girl sat on a high platform with her legs on the marble steps, rejecting the idea of exploring.

It was probably her previous experience that made her a little suspicious, and even the shadows of the trees outside the window at night would be suspicious, let alone the obvious and absolutely problematic vision like now.

At least for now, there's no danger in her location, and there's no threat in sight for now, but once she gets out of here, she can't be sure.

"I'm sleepy...... If I'm dreaming now, is that a rest? ”

After sitting on her knees for a while, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help but yawn, and tears squeezed out of the corners of her eyes.

She had already vaguely noticed that her mental state was very wrong, and when she first came in, it felt like she was about to fall asleep in a half-dream.

It's just that she found that the situation was wrong, and she was much more awake with excitement...... But that didn't change the reality of her mental state, and after her mood was relatively calm, she began to feel tired again.

Speaking of which, the girl felt as if she had fallen asleep, and her consciousness came to this space.

In this way, there is another question, that is, if she is conscious at the moment, then is this considered staying up late? It's like if you're awake and able to think when you sleep.

- So, is this a break for the brain?

However, this question did not make her entangled for long, and the girl soon found that she was becoming more and more awake, more and more energetic, not the feeling of drowsiness slowly subsiding, and then unable to sleep.

Rather, it is a feeling that the exhaustion is rapidly disappearing, and the mental energy seems to be becoming abundant.

In about half an hour, she seemed to have slept beautifully, and she became energetic at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's as if in this place, it has its own set of rules.

It's just that this strange rule has made her more wary of this place.

"No, that's not going to work...... How do I get back? There's no way to stay here forever! ”

There was a reason for the exhaustion before, but now that the spirit is up, the girl finally can't help it, and stands up and begins to face the current situation, after all, avoiding can't solve any problems.

First of all, it's a very weird place to be.

This majestic city, which does not have any post-21st century modernity, seems to be built on a hill in a medieval style, and seems to be bathed in the wonderful light of the setting sun, as if time has been frozen forever in the twilight, and there will be no sign of progress.

For example, the sky has not become darker since now, and there is no sign of darkness coming, and the soft afterglow is always at that angle.

The girl thought that her sense of time had not been adjusted, but after seeing the distant scenery through the brass telescope, she discovered something strange.

The world seems to be divided into different levels of space, each of which is unique and impressive, with its own background and rules.

The city is frozen in the afterglow of the twilight sunset, and the rest of the city is not like that.

In the distance on the wasteland is a place of darkness and eternal night......

There seemed to be starlight in the wilderness, and the silver moonlight was mysterious and soft......

The wind howled near the mountains and valleys, clouds gathered overhead, and rolling thunder occasionally swept across the land......

Farther in the sky, above the peaks of those mountains, there are even white silver crowns, covered with snow......

At first glance, it seems that many unique factors coexist harmoniously on a huge territory, and there are ample transition areas between them, which does not seem to be abrupt.

However, when people react, they will find that this is really inconsistent, as if space is intricate, and time has become fragmented.

Imagine standing in front of your home and looking out to find your courtyard full of flowers and a spring breeze.

On the road outside the yard, the street trees on both sides have withered yellow, and the fallen leaves are sprinkled one after another, giving it a crisp autumn feeling.

What's even more excessive is that near your neighbor's house, it is actually a snowy and snowy solar term......

- The rules and regulations are completely out of order, absolutely abnormal.

The city was very deserted, and there was basically no one or any living creature in sight, and the girl with long chestnut hair mustered up her courage, but she still walked down the marble staircase step by step with trepidation.

She was able to muster up courage in the game because she still had the strength to fight. For example, skills, attributes, equipment, potions, ...... With such mechanical settings, there is no distinction between humans and monsters in the game, only players and monsters.

But now that she has entered here inexplicably, she is just a powerless girl, still wearing a hospital gown, and she has no weapons......

If you really want to encounter any monsters, do you want to hit them head?

Carefully along the way, she took three steps at a time, and after a few minutes, she walked into the street under the sunset.