After Chu Xuan, Argo, Tongzi and Lifa got to know each other, they left the square where they were constantly scolding and crying, and looked for a place in the city where they could sit down and talk.

Along the way, it was the intelligence dealer Argo and the senior female player Kiriko who talked a lot, Chu Xuan rarely took the initiative to speak unless someone asked him, and Lifa looked even more preoccupied, as if he was full of worries about his future.

"Lifa, Lifa......"

Unconsciously, Chu Xuan quietly withdrew from the middle of Argo and Tongzi and moved to Lifa's side.

He called Lifa's game ID several times but didn't get a response, so it was logical to call the silent girl's name directly:

"Naoba, what are you thinking?"

"Huh? Ah......h

Sure enough, this girl who doesn't seem to play online games can't associate her game ID with herself, and when someone calls her name, she can instinctively react even though she is thinking about something else.

"Chu Xuan (Sang)...... You ......"

Surprised to realize that Chu Xuan had intimately called out his name when they first met—not a fake name in the game, but a name, Naoba was surprised and felt a little shy.

However, Chu Xuan looked like "I am a newcomer to the foreigner and I don't understand my own rules", and continued to say to her casually:

"Just call me Chu Xuan, I'm not used to hearing my name with a salutic after it.

I just called your game ID twice, but you didn't respond, so I just called your name.

Naoba Kiritani, this should be your real name, right? ”

"Ah...... Yes......"

Listening to Chu Xuan's words, Naoba Kiritani easily let down his guard, but he was still a little restrained because he was facing a strange foreigner who was much older than himself.

"It's okay to call you 'Naoba', right? You haven't made the 'Lifa' game ID your name yet. ”

"Ah...... Yes......"

"It's okay to call 'Lifa', as long as you call my sister a few more times, she will naturally get familiar with it.

Please don't make excuses to approach my sister, okay, I'm not a rookie in online games, I know exactly what you're thinking. ”

Just as Chu Xuan was about to succeed in obtaining permission to directly call Naoka Kiritani by her name, Kiriko, who was discussing with Argo how to level up more safely and efficiently in this world of the Divine Realm, suddenly turned her head and answered for her sister with a blank face.

As a veteran player, she had seen too many male players who used various reasons to get close to female players and deceive their feelings—of course, there were also "shemales" who disguised themselves as female players and cheated money and equipment in turn, so she instinctively suspected Chu Xuan's motives.

"Although in the world of online games, everyone is used to calling each other's game IDs, in this world, I think it's better for everyone to use the name they are most familiar with.

In normal times, even if you are not used to being called your game ID, it doesn't matter if you react to it after being called several times, but when you are fighting, a slower reaction means that the danger becomes greater.

-- Especially in an emergency, the name that has the fastest response must be the one that I have been accustomed to hearing for more than a decade.

Of course, for veteran players who are used to calling each other by their game IDs or nicknames during battles, calling each other by their first name in the game can be faster than calling them by their own name, and they may not be able to react for a while when they are suddenly called by their own name in the game. ”

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and found a very high-sounding reason for his behavior just now.

In reality, Kiriko, who was just an ordinary game house, didn't know how to refute Chu Xuan's words, her expression changed a few times, and then she turned her head very reluctantly, and warned Chu Xuan pointedly:

"This ...... Hum...... It's just a game, but you'd better not have any weird ideas. ”

"Don't worry, I don't have any thoughts about your sister."

Chu Xuan said to Tongzi very seriously, even Tongzi, who is quite wary of online love, can feel that this man who has always been as cold as an iceberg definitely really thinks so in his heart.

Well...... Because Kiritani Naoba is not the target of the strategy circled by the "mission".

After getting Kiriko's approval, Chu Xuan turned to her sister Kiritani Naoba again, and asked in an indifferent tone:

"What were you thinking? Worried about the future? ”

Although his voice was uninhibited, so flat that people would forget it after listening to it for three seconds, it seemed to have a wonderful function that could soothe people's hearts, and after hesitating for more than ten seconds, Naoba still decided to answer Chu Xuan's words.

After all, it was the intervention of this "big brother" with reflective glasses just now that her sister calmed down.

- Although she was a little embarrassed, she had been training in kendo for six years, but when she suddenly encountered such a terrible incident, she suddenly became overwhelmed and was so scared that she wanted to cry.

"That...... I thought of my dad and mom who were 'out there' and they must be very worried about me and my sister right now......"

Naoba lowered her head, her eyes covered with a thin layer of mist, but she pursed her lips strongly, not letting tears flow out of her eyes, just like she did when she was undergoing her grandfather's rather rigorous kendo training.

He paused in a strange tone to discuss with Argo "intently", and then continued his conversation casually, while Argo in the distance listened attentively as if he hadn't heard anything.

What Naoba is worried about is exactly what they ...... It should also be something that all players trapped in this virtual world are worried about, but both Kirito and Argo are avoiding this topic, intentionally or unintentionally, because bringing up this topic will only make them more annoying, and they are now completely powerless against the outside world.

"If you don't want your parents to be more upset by the microwave destruction of your brains, then calm down and survive until the day we get back to the real world.

――Do you remember the fire and earthquake evacuation drills you conducted at school?

Now we are also in the midst of a catastrophe - like being trapped in the basement of a shopping mall, at this time we can only survive by calmly saving ourselves, and panic can only make ourselves and others die faster. ”

Chu Xuan didn't comfort Naoye, because the things "outside" were something she couldn't control at all, which would make any persuasion hollow and powerless; But "self-help" is different, this is something she can control, as long as she does well enough, she can save her life.

- Chu Xuan's words were not just for Naoha, the two girls next to him who were discussing absentmindedly were also the objects of his encouragement.

And it turned out that Chu Xuan's encouragement was still very effective, whether it was Naoye, or Kiriko and Argo, there was a little more light in his eyes.

Although it is actually more dangerous to be trapped in the basement of a shopping mall during an earthquake than to be trapped in a virtual world, it is easier for these people who have already trained their instincts to evacuate during an earthquake to make it easier for them to regain their composure by treating the present as an earthquake.

"Chu Xuan is right, the most dangerous time has actually passed, since we are still alive now, it means that our family did not forcibly take off the nervgear on our heads.

And there's a 'safe zone' in this game, so as long as you stay in the safe zone, you're never in danger, so we're in a much better situation now than we were after the earthquake, at least we don't have to worry about survival. ”

As a "big sister" in her twenties, Argo was very cooperative with Chu Xuan at this time, deliberately pretending to have an excited expression, trying to guide Naoba and Kiriko's thoughts in a more optimistic direction.

"That's right, there are as many as 30,000 players trapped in this world, and among the first batch of players who have obtained nervgear, in addition to some lucky ordinary players, more are major guilds and famous solo players, which can be said to be the elite of the game industry.

Organize these elites to fight bosses, organize ordinary players to upgrade and practice life skills, don't always think about skipping the level to fight monsters, and slow down the speed of upgrading; Focus on stability, wait for the level to be high enough, the information is collected, and there are enough life-saving skills or props to push the boss...... As long as you are careful, it is not impossible that even one person does not die. ”

Kiriko also tried to encourage her sister in her own way at this time, stiffly and awkwardly, but Naoba didn't understand the game terms in her mouth, and still had a confused expression on her face.

But everyone's sworn appearance,Naoba was also infected.,Of course,It's impossible not to worry and be scared at all.,But she also has a little confidence in her heart.,I feel that I can see some light in a dark future.。

"We ...... Can you all survive? ”

Naoha's voice trembled slightly, but it wasn't just a question, her big watery eyes were full of longing—longing for someone else to give her an affirmative answer at this time, telling her that "we will all live".

"Don't worry, you won't die."

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and said in a very affirmative tone.

"Because I'll protect you."

His tall figure was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and his resolute side face shone brightly, making Naoba and Kiriko feel a little too dazzling.

Even Argo, who was already in his twenties, felt that his heartbeat had suddenly increased a lot.

――Anyway, they haven't seen Eva, a very old anime, right? (To be continued.) )