The night passed, the day came, and the sun rose again as usual.

The day and night system worked normally, without even a second's error, and Ayn Grant was still calm, and another night passed without anyone dying.

That's right, no one died, not no one survived...... At least on the huge metal tablet of the Black Iron Palace, the publicly announced death list has not been updated for the time being, and no new names of the losers have been recorded.

On the whole, it was the same as usual, as if nothing had happened last night, and in fact not many people knew about the strange phenomenon that happened last night.

And for those players who have passed through the white fog and entered the so-called "hidden map", they have not been able to find anything meaningful -

In the same way, there was no danger, no enemies were found, and no treasure chests were found.

It's as if they just walked around those places and then came back when the time came. It's as if it's just triggering a game easter egg, but it's just a trip to the scenic spot.

However, they don't know that this is just a "virus" that is quietly recording and mastering their intelligence information without alerting the administrators, and turning them into infected organisms in the process.

After all, if there is an abnormally large number of deaths among the player group, then even the administrator will check the logs no matter how unavailable.

Therefore, the safest way for the "virus" is to first complete the first purpose of spreading without alarming anyone.

When all players, even the administrators themselves, are infected by it, then there is really no worries...... At that time, it was no longer a purely anomalous "data" that could be deleted, but was restored to its original appearance-

The real psychic virus can directly infect the spiritual mind and soul consciousness.

In such a virtual world, unless everyone is ruthless and dies with it, as long as there is still a person's spiritual mind, the soil in which it takes root will not disappear.

This is mainly because Akihiko Kaiba has done too well the protective measures of the game world for the sake of her own plan and in order to prevent the possibility of external rescue.

From the moment he released his official operating instructions, Ayn Grant was completely closed.

Except for the players who had already signed up and logged into the game before that, the outside world's contact with Ayn Grant had been completely cut off...... This is also the reason why there is no news from the outside world at all, which makes players desperate.

However, this also has the advantage of a strong firewall that isolates the unspeakable chaos from the outside of the "world", so that there is no way for a being to directly break in.

So instead of being immediately eroded and dragged into the abyss, Ayn Grant had a buffer time.

Even the Psychic Virus Nightmare Seed is too well protected to directly ravage and spread...... After all, existence depends on the form of this virtual world, no matter how abnormal it is, it is only a piece of data at present.

Once discovered, it can indeed be deleted directly by the administrator.

But the player community is unaware of it, and it is impossible to know that there is such a hidden secret. Players who have not encountered the white fog and have not discovered the "hidden map" naturally do not know anything.

Players who have encountered related phenomena are naturally associated with things like adventures, and it is basically impossible to actively leak information.

After all, in such a terrible game world, this kind of thing is too important, because this may be the capital that allows them to survive and live better.

And players who can survive for more than a month and are still alive are naturally not fools, so they all know how to choose.

At the beginning, they also thought it might be an easter egg or something, but then they felt that something was not right, although the crazy kidnapper didn't know what it was for, but obviously wouldn't have designed such a useless scene -

And most importantly, the snow-capped mountains, the towers of castles, the majestic ruins, the ruins of old ruins......

And so on and so forth.

All are very well designed, and the natural landscape, architecture, color palette, light and shadow are all impeccable. It seems that you can see the tip of the iceberg of the remnants of the history of a grand and glorious world of the past, with incredible realism and impact.

And it seems that the style of the whole world has a ...... with that of Ayn Grant It's an extreme difference and a difference.

It can be said that when anyone first sees it, they will basically be shocked and shocked by that grand sense of epicness...... With such a huge project, it takes a lot of thought and energy just to design the scene, right?

Even with the black technology of NERvGear, designing games is still a thankless project, not that you can design whatever you want.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be that NERvGear's technology has been out for so long, and there has never been a game that can match it, and finally let SAO take the lead, and let them all be trapped.

So, since you made such a grand scene, it must have taken a lot of thought, right?

How can this be just a simple easter egg, a scene with no real meaning? There must be a huge secret hidden, but they haven't found a specific way to uncover it yet, plus there are some worries-

Because the hidden map seemed to be unable to even use the teleportation props, it was already night, and everyone had been struggling all day, and neither their energy nor spirit could keep up.

Therefore, they were worried that something would go wrong, so they didn't dare to continue to explore deeply, but after some discussion, they shuttled through the white mist along the same path and retreated from it...... After all, in this game, if you hang up, you really hang up.

- Of course, it is not excluded that a small number of iron-headed babies went directly into it, and in the end they gradually drifted away and never came out again, but that was a very small number after all.

So, most of them tacitly hid it and planned to be ready to find another opportunity to explore it later...... Although there are also people who don't have the courage, they just plan to sell the information and directly cash out the profits.

But in the end, this matter only spread in an extremely secret small circle, and it was not able to make too many waves.

The people's hearts are unstable, rumors are spreading, there are too many rumors during this time, some people say that the truth of Akihiko Kayaba's conspiracy has been discovered, some people say that they have found an evil way to quickly clear the customs, and some people even say that the government has sent troops to save people, and the planes and tanks will soon drive to Ayn Grant......

From conspiracies to rumors, and finally even the realm of fantasy was involved, and even the claims that real-world planes and tanks could rush into the game world came out.

While making people wonder if those guys are a little bit of brains, it also makes them develop a good habit of not easily believing those groundless gossip.

In addition, there is also no evidence to prove that the white mist is not a fixed phenomenon, even if you choose the same time and the same place the next night, it will not be said that you can repeat this phenomenon.

Therefore, the news did not make any waves, and it was quickly drowned in a wave of more alarmist rumors.

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Bell ——!

Bell ——!

Bell ——!

Melodious and majestic, solemn and long bells do not know where to ring, long and endless, deep ups and downs, low back to desolate.

The bell rang loudly and for a long time, and the clear sound seemed to have an indescribable penetrating power, and it was transmitted deeply, far away, echoing repeatedly between heaven and earth.

The world is still alive under the dying fire, the prosperity of the past is scattered into pieces, and the majestic palaces, high walls, towers and other magnificent buildings that are still intact are reflected in the countless dilapidated ruins.

It presents a sense of dislocation between time and space, a sense of overlap between splendor and withering.

If some lucky SAO players are here at this moment, it is estimated that they will soon find out that this is the "hidden map" they discovered after shuttling through the white mist......

However, this world is real.

Mo Chen had discovered this dark and desperate world a long time ago, but at that time, he was far from reaching the level of no taboos, so he was naturally insensitive to such a dangerous plane.

And when he has enough ability, he feels that there seems to be nothing worth searching for in this world......

Because in the long cycle of change, destruction and rebirth, everything in this world is almost burned out as firewood.

Until now.

Dreams are connected to dreams, so that the two special worlds are connected to each other.

It's just that one is a real plane, and the other is a virtual world simulated by 0 and 1 data.

That's right, Mo Chen didn't simply modify SAO's map, increase the scene, change the difficulty, add enemies and NPCs, or something...... He combined his power with the mechanics of the game, and then projected the mental consciousness of the chosen player directly onto-

Another real world in the midst of a dream.

As for why he did this, it was naturally because he found some problems, so he temporarily changed his initial mind after thinking about it again.

It's just that as long as it is a real world, then it seems that they will have an instinctive will to repel invading foreign objects, even if the intruder only attacks the dreams of sentient beings for the time being.

When the blurred boundary between dreams and reality began to be confused, the strength of rejection was also revealed, so after thinking about this problem, Mo Chen decisively chose to solve it with reverse thinking, anyway, for him, as long as the goal can be achieved, the process does not need to be limited.

Therefore, I don't know when I know the specific time, but the undead and other creatures who still have independent consciousness and have not completely lost their humanity and have become living corpses have begun to dream-

They dreamed of an impressively beautiful world with a glorious appearance......

It seems that no matter the past or the future, it will be so bright.

It is not like the world in which they live, when the fire will eventually be extinguished, the light will not shine on the world, and then only darkness will remain......