Lee wanted to walk down the streets of "Torbana", the town closest to the first layer of the labyrinth area, in Ian Grande.

The night of the game world has arrived, and in addition to the busy NPCs, the streets of Torbana Town have gradually seen some high-level players who are relatively fast to reach the end of the first layer. Presumably, many of them are here for the first tier of strategy meetings that will start tomorrow.

In order to be able to get out of this death game, there are many action-packed players who take risks leveling up and exploring the map, hoping to break through the 100-story map as soon as possible, break through the game, and return to the real world.

However, for a variety of reasons, the player's courage and enthusiasm took a huge hit on the first floor. After two months, players still haven't been able to break through the first layer of the game's 100-layer map. The devastating truth is that more than 2,000 players have died in just two months of the game.

The cruel reality has hit the enthusiasm of all players, and there has been a mentality of passively avoiding battles and surviving without leaving the safe areas of the town.

In this case, some players are preparing to hold a first-tier strategy meeting. It is said that at tomorrow's meeting, a group of brave pioneers will be organized to try to speed up the game.

The news spread to all the players like wings under the propaganda of Mouse Argo and others, and thus attracted a large number of players to come to the town to prepare for tomorrow's meeting.

“Hello！ Saber, have you arrived? ”

In his friend's message log, the message Kirito sent him was lying in the message bar.

"I've arrived in the town of Torbana, where are you now? I'm going to look for you. ”

"I'll send you a map to locate it, and you can find me by following the navigation of the map."

Kirito replied quickly to the message, and underneath the message, there was a map packet with his location.

Follow the guidance of the map sent by Kirito and walk through the streets and alleys. Eventually, Li Xiang found Kirito near a spring in the town.

"Yo! Here you are, Saber. ”

Kirito greeted Li very warmly.

"Since you have a friend, then I won't bother. Thank you for the brioche bread. ”

Beside Kirito, a slender woman with her entire upper body shrouded in a red cloak stood up and motioned for her to leave.

"Wait, Asuna, are you going now?"

Due to the problem of angle, it wasn't until this female character stood up that Li Xiang saw that there was another person beside Kirito, and when he heard Kirito's name for the woman next to him, Li Xiang immediately reacted, but subconsciously said:

"This is Asuna?"

"Huh? This young lady, do you know me? ”

Asuna, who was about to walk away, heard Li Xiang's whispered words and couldn't help but wonder.

As she secretly used her brother's game helmet to enter the game by accident, Asuna is actually a real rookie in the game, so she rarely communicates with other players in the game, except for necessary or conversations with NPCs. So she can be sure that no one in this game will know her.

"Hmm...... This one...... That ......"

Li Xiang felt a little regretful after his words came out, he was a person from another world, and he shouldn't have known anyone in this world, let alone someone he had never seen.

However, suddenly seeing the two protagonists of Sword Art Online made him a little surprised and excited. I accidentally said what was in my heart.

Li Xiang's hesitation made Asuna and Kirito have some suspicions, Kirito-kun didn't say anything out of trust in the previous team, but Asuna's attitude was very clear, and her face was full of suspicion under the light of the street lamp.

"That...... Asuna, is your real-world name Assuna Yuuki? ”

Asuna looked at the blonde girl in front of her, showing that she had finally made up her mind to tell the truth. I suddenly heard my real name in the game, and in addition to being surprised, I was even more confused.

Asuna: "How did you know my real name?" ”

Li Xiang: "Well, after all, you are the daughter of the chairman of the big electronic equipment manufacturer "RCT", so I have heard of it in the real world, and it just so happens that your game character's nickname is the same as the pronunciation of the name in the real world, plus your appearance, I guessed your identity." ”

Asuna: "Huh? Ordinary people don't collect information about me, right? ”

Li Xiang scratched his head,

"That...... Actually, I'm from the Einsbelen family. There is a collection of information about various large consortia in this country, and I happened to have seen the information of your family and your photos......"

Asuna tilted her head, closed her eyes and thought about it carefully, and finally responded with certainty:

"I don't think I've ever heard of the Einzberen family."

Li Xiang: "You must not have heard of our family. You can tell by the way I look that I'm actually British. Our family was originally from Britain, and our family was mainly engaged in biotechnology and research on android (android) machine technology. In this regard, the country is developing rapidly, so in recent years it is investing in the establishment of research bases and family branches in the country.

It was also while collecting information on artificial intelligence, bionic robots, etc., that I happened to collect information from the electronic equipment manufacturer "RCT", also known as the Yuuki family.

My name is Artoria Pandoragon Ainzbelen and my game name is Saber. Please advise. ”

Li Xiang took the initiative to stretch out his right hand.

Asuna hesitated for a few seconds, and finally stretched out her right hand and shook it with Li Xiang.

Maybe it's because no matter what the other party says is true or not, since they are all in this death game, they are the same "comrades-in-arms" who fight to reach the hundredth floor. Before returning to the real world, it's good to take what the other person says as true. Therefore, Asuna temporarily believed in Li Xiang's identity.

Retracting his right hand, Li Xiang secretly wiped the beads of sweat that didn't exist on his forehead.

It seems that it has been confused for the time being, Li Xiang thought to himself.

Asuna: "By the way, Miss Saber, why did you get to this game?" ”

Maybe it's because she secretly used her brother's game helmet to enter the game, Asuna asked Li Xiang, who looked like a daughter and said that she was the daughter of a big family.

Maybe it's because you want to find someone who is as unfortunate as yourself to keep each other warm.

Li thought: "Huh? Forehead...... That one...... Yes! Our family mainly studies bionic robots, and we have encountered some difficulties in the artificial intelligence of robots. Therefore, after the emergence of Akihiko Kayaba's completely stealthy virtual reality technology, we thought that we could use this stealth technology to connect the driver's brain with the robot, so that the driver could control it himself to avoid the technical difficulties in artificial intelligence.

And if such technology is successful, future wars on the battlefield can be completed by remote robots operated by drivers. The prospects are very promising, so I was sent to do preliminary research. ”

"That's pretty impressive. Indeed, the technology used by SAO that simulates reality almost entirely should be of great use in many ways other than gaming. In this way, it is extremely important to be able to learn some skills in an imaginary world that simulates a real-world environment with a slight change in the software. ”

Kirito, who had been listening carefully and had not interjected, said suddenly.

"Indeed, if it can be realized that doctors can dissect and perform surgery in virtual reality, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the practical level of doctors. After all, under normal circumstances, there would never be so many bodies to be dissected by doctors, and there would not be so many patients who would voluntarily come to have unskilled doctors contact them for surgery. Similarly, if soldiers are allowed to shoot in contact in the virtual world, a lot of bullets and guns can undoubtedly be saved. ”

Asuna is worthy of being the eldest lady of a famous family, and her vision is also good, and she fully understands what Kirita and Li Xiang said. Some extensions were also made.