(Thank you for the rewards of several book friends in Dawn's Dawn, Bitter Sea Hurricane, Wind Drifting, and Blood °C Soul, it is rare to have a fresh face~ But Lingling Candy, don't take a reminder ticket to ** I'm okay!) I know I usually have to go to class! Do you dare to wait for May Day to smash and urge more! I eat as much as you smash! ）

There was no feast in the world, until the moment Ling Yi walked out of the restaurant, Asuna still couldn't determine his identity, even if he already had enough 'evidence', but how much effect could those near-speculative evidence have?

I didn't have confidence in my heart, so I didn't have hope from the beginning, and naturally I wasn't disappointed.

Being able to accept reality calmly, such a strong performance - Asuna is so convinced, after all, the opposite of vulnerability, isn't it strong? However, when he thought of the words left by the cloaked man before leaving, his mood was a little delicate.

"This sword is owed for the time being, I'll ask you for it next time we meet, you ask why? Of course, it's for the sake of higher-level equipment, and I don't want to see you die because of the loss of an important weapon, regret is not my hobby. If you're going to strengthen, I'd recommend a blacksmith named Achill. ”

He said.

Then he completely disappeared from view, and the illusory gesture was like an invisible atmosphere, even if it was blowing every moment, but only a few people could notice him after all.

It's really like a paranormal phenomenon.

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Two thousand people died in the first month of the game. This is very bad news, although the first layer was quickly cleared later, but if the mortality rate continues to be so high, then the tens of thousands of people trapped in the game will not even be able to reach the tenth floor.

As bad news keeps coming, players who can't communicate with the outside world and can't leave in a special way appear one after another after learning these news, even players who struggle on the front line every day are under considerable psychological pressure.

Although Ling Yi didn't witness it with his own eyes, the panic among the players was extremely crazy when he heard that someone found out that 'no matter how they used it, they couldn't leave this shijie'. Some people are yelling, some are crying, and some are yelling to destroy the game shijie and prepare to dig up the stone slabs of the streets.

Of course, the buildings were all indestructible objects, and their attempts were in vain.

It wasn't until the game strategy progressed that many people accepted this rotten reality and began to think about the future policy, and then more and more players threw themselves into this 'strategy project' that can be called the only hope, and dedicated themselves as much as possible.

The players start out roughly divided into four groups.

First of all, the wastes who are unwilling to accept the reality and are still waiting for rescue from the outside world (Ling Yiyu) account for half of the total number of players.

Although Ling Yi understood their thoughts very well, and also knew that the current situation was not very reliable from a scientific point of view, it was always just a dream-like shijie, as long as he found an opportunity, he should be able to wake up like a nightmare. And now in the real shijie, the operating company ARGUS and the government. Fu, must be doing his best to save all the players, and there is no need to panic and despair, anyway, as long as you wait patiently for a while, you can wake up in your room safely and soundly, reunite with your family, and then become a talking point in school or work.

In fact, it is understandable that they would think so. Purely because they watched too many sci-fi movies and thought that the state was omnipotent, they basically stayed in the circle, relying only on the in-game currency they were rationed in the early days - using only a little money a day to buy food, live in cheap hotels, and then form a team with a few people to live in a mess.

Luckily, the starting town covers about two-tenths of the ground floor area, and is said to be comparable to one ward in Tokyo (similar to Shinjuku, Shibuya, etc.), so it can accommodate thousands of people without stress.

But no matter how long they waited, help still didn't show up. Every day when I wake up from my sleep, what I see outside the window is never a blue sky, but a gloom covering the upper bottom of my head. And the initial allocation of money alone was not enough to live, and it was not long before they were forced to start taking action.

Asuna is arguably a prime example.

The second group makes up about 30% of all players. This group of about 3,000 people aims to help each other and actively survive. And their leader is the male administrator of Japan's largest online game information site.

Players are divided into groups under his command to manage the items they have acquired and gather intel before heading to the labyrinth area where the raiders lead to the upper stairs. The leader of each group captured the Black Iron Palace, located in the central square of the starting town, to stock up on supplies and give his men various instructions on the front line.

This huge group did not have a name at first, but after they began to assign specific uniforms, some people began to refer to them as 'army', which is not really a compliment

The third group was preliminarily judged to be about a thousand people, and this was a group of people who were worse than the gnawing old clan, wasting money without any character at the beginning, and they couldn't afford to fight monsters with courage, and only accompanied by despair.

By the way, even if it is a virtual shijie, it still retains the two basic needs of 'sleep' and 'food'.

Because the brain can't tell the difference between reality and virtuality, it only communicates sleepiness to the body.

When the player wants to sleep, they go to the hotel on the street, choose a suitable room, and go in to rest.

If you have a large number of Kele, of course, you can go to the place you like and buy your favorite accommodation, but that is not a price that ordinary people can afford.

As for appetite, it can only be described as psychological suggestion. Eating 'virtual food' will only make the feeling of fasting disappear without a trace, which sounds incredible.

On the other hand, players who want to commit suicide on a hunger strike are simply amazing, because there is no need to speak for the perseverance of trying to resist hunger even if they can't starve to death.

Back to the point-

Most of the unlucky players who ran out of money chose to join the army when their lives were not guaranteed. Because as long as you follow the instructions of your superiors, you can distribute food.

As for the rest, they are naturally not willing to sit still.

In towns, the system will automatically protect the player and will not be able to deal substantial damage to the player, but outside the town is a different matter.

These guys gather in gangs and hide outside towns or in labyrinth areas to take action against their fellow citizens - the players. Come to think of it, every player who works hard to level up in the maze area can almost get a huge benefit, not to mention that they will definitely feel tired after the battle, isn't this a chance to make a fortune at the door?

In the beginning, robbery is robbery, and they don't kill - just in the beginning.

Later, the number slowly grew to nearly 1,000

Zuihou is the fourth group, in other words, guild players.

With the goal of Raiders, there are about fifty player groups that do not belong to the army, and the number of people is about 500. These groups are called 'guilds', and although they are not as strong as the army, they are good at using their mobility to advance the army in terms of upgrade speed and strategy.

In addition, there are a very small number of players who choose non-combat classes, although they are only about two or three hundred people, but in a sense, their role is indispensable, and the items produced by players are far better than NPCs.

There are less than a hundred people left, and they are the most special group of all players.

They're called solo travelers.

They don't belong to any group, shili, like passers-by living in the shadows, although they have no sense of existence, but they can survive on their own. Because these people are almost all closed beta participants.

Using the experience and knowledge of the closed beta period, from the beginning of the game, they will strive for resources, and greatly increase their level in a short period of time, leaving most players behind, whether it is a bandit group composed of ordinary players or monsters in the maze area, it is difficult to threaten their lives.

In this case, no solo player would want to join a 'weaker' team.

What's more, there is no 'magic' and 'must-hit skills' in this Sword Art Online shijie, as long as you have skilled skills and combat experience, it is not difficult to deal with multiple enemies at the same time.

Of course, solo travelers also have their risks. For example, what if you get paralyzed during a battle? Who's going to save you? So, of the 2,000 people who died at the beginning, the lone traveler accounted for the majority.

However, for the sake of that rich experience and loot, no amount of risk can stop solo players, even if they are lined up by other players.

Whenever there is a new development on the front line and they reach a higher floor, the lone players leave that level and head to the higher maze area, where they are like hunters in search of new prey.

And just today - half a year after the official open beta of SAO, all players were imprisoned in this shijie.

Despite the unremitting efforts of the players, the twenty-four floors have been cleared, and the final boss of the twenty-fifth floor will be killed tomorrow at noon, as long as you are ready to step into the new floor with your head held high.

- Almost all players think so.

On this day of high morale, no one noticed that there was an unfamiliar face on the streets of the town that did not fit in with the atmosphere.

Even though he had two swords stuck at his waist