"Is the water so deep? Isn't it impossible to get over at all? But... If you can't get through, then there's no way out? ”

Looking at the rushing stream in front of him, Klein couldn't help but scratch his head vigorously, and he looked puzzled.

"No, it should be said that we should swim along, this river is the only way to connect cities, villages and labyrinths during the lockdown period, we can only swim through."

Kirito shook his head, it's not that there is no way to go, but only by water.

"Swim? Seriously? ”

Klein looked at the crystal clear river, and if he swam in this river, at least he didn't have to worry about ambushed monsters, but they hadn't swam before!

"You don't have any experience swimming in SAO, do you?"

Kirito naturally knew that his statement was outrageous, after all, except for him, everyone had never swam in SAO before, and there was no task that required swimming to be able to complete, this was a completely unfamiliar field.

"Let me briefly explain that the way of swimming in SAO is very different from the way of swimming in the real world, and you have to go through quite a lot of practice to really learn, and even if you learn it, there is still a risk of drowning."

Kirito briefly explained the information related to swimming.

"If you drown, that is, if your head sinks to the surface of the water for too long, your HP bar will continue to decrease until you die."

The setting of this drowning is not outrageous, and it is basically the same as the setting in the general game.

"How long does it take to learn to swim?"

Ling Ze asked, he felt that this was not very reasonable, it didn't make sense that everyone had to learn to swim in order to continue the game, this was an MMORPG game, not a single-player game, this was a different nature.

"It varies from person to person, but I spent about an hour practicing in a shallow lake with a depth of only about one meter, and it was too dangerous to practice in a river so deep and so fast, and I couldn't learn it here if I wanted to."

Kirito actually thinks about the same as Ling Ze, and as a veteran gamer, he vaguely feels that something is wrong.

"So we have to go back to the third level and learn how to swim before we can come up and explore the fourth level?"

Asuna summed up the information available.

"Almost, in fact, there is another way, that is, after the transfer door in the town is automatically unlocked, we will go directly to the main block on the fourth floor through the transfer door."

Kirito nodded, although he was puzzled, but he really didn't think of any good way to solve the problem.

"No, let's go out and look for it, see if there's anything special here, there must be some solution."

Ling Ze looked around, and his gaze finally stopped on the broad-leaved trees near the north side of the "island".

"If nothing else, the key to solving the swimming problem should be on those broad-leaved trees."

Ling Ze made up his mind, and then the group came to the woods and stood at the base of the tall broad-leaved tree.

"Ah, there's a fruit, and it's so cute!"

Asuna looked up and saw that near the tops of the broadleaf tree, there were several small fruits of various colors, and the shape of the fruit was quite peculiar, it was a circle with a hole in the center, a bit like the shape of a doughnut, but in this case, it was no problem to say that it looked like a "swimming ring".

"Sure enough."

Ling Ze nodded, these fruits were the key.

"It's amazing, it's the first time I've seen a fruit of this shape, and there was no such fruit during the closed beta period."

Kirito couldn't help but sigh, although it's just a fruit, it stands to reason that even if he has gone through the closed beta stage, it's normal for him to not know that there is such a fruit, but if he says that there is no such fruit during the closed beta period, then everyone in the "Wind Forest Volcano" will not doubt it, this is Kirito's authority as the "Back Map Party".

"Brush!"

Ling Ze threw it out directly, and used the "Flying Sword Skill" to start picking fruits, because it was obviously unrealistic to shake this tree, this broad-leaved tree was quite solid, unless everyone went on it together, one or two people would not be able to shake it.

The bark of this tree is also quite smooth, and it is difficult for players who do not have "light skills" to climb up, but the "flying sword skills" are the most convenient to pick, as long as they can catch the fruit.

"It's so convenient!"

Watching Ling Ze throw out one by one, Kirito and the others couldn't help but sigh while they were scrambling to catch the fruit.

Soon, they had a fruit in their hands, and to be honest, although they were all brightly colored, they were completely unable to arouse people's appetite.

Moreover, it is true that it is not the shape of a "doughnut", but the shape of a real "swimming ring" or "lifebuoy".

The "fruit" part of the fruit that connects to the branch is actually a vent, and the player only needs to blow into it.

"Whew~"

Everyone began to inhale, and then vigorously blew the air into the cylindrical "fruit pedicle", which had a strong sense of resistance at first, but after the feeling of opening the air valve, the tree fruit would instantly become huge with a "bang" explosion, and it would become a real "swimming ring".

"I see! I'll just say that with the danger factor of swimming, in the current death game that ends once we die, it is too unreasonable for us to start swimming as soon as we go up to a new floor, and there are indeed auxiliary tools. ”

The weirdness in Kiriri's heart disappeared, and the thought was instantaneous, and he had always felt that something was wrong from just now.

"Send all of this to Argo."

Ling Ze instructed Kirito that this would save the time of the latecomers.

Kirito naturally agreed, he often "contributed" to Argo, after all, everyone worked towards a common goal.

"With this thing, beginners can swim with peace of mind, after all, swimming in SAO, as long as the head is on the water, the HP will not decrease, and the main block is not far away, and it won't take long to go east from the canyon on the south side of this island."

After passing the message, everyone naturally began to prepare to enter the water, and as the only master of the "swimming" skill, Kirito was naturally the first to enter the water.

Before Kirito got into the water, he first removed the equipment on his body, because if he swam in a dinging equipment, it would greatly increase the risk of possible drowning, and everyone was their own person, although because of Asuna's existence, Kirito who was only wearing boxer briefs was a little shy, but he also knew that this was not the time to twist.

Of course, his four-cornered panties with a golden-horned bull's head printed on his butt successfully resolved the embarrassing atmosphere, because the embarrassed person was the only one left, and the others reaped happiness, Kirito was very helpless about this, after all, this was a rare equipment harvested on the second layer, and the bonus was considerable, and he had no reason not to wear it at all.

After sighing helplessly, Kirito knelt down and put his right hand into the stream to feel the temperature, although the river was quite cold, but not to the point where he could not bear it, at least his body would not freeze stiffly.

Kirito put the "swimming ring" on his body, and then slowly sank his body into the river, the "swimming ring fruit" exerted a strong buoyancy, and it was easy for Kirito to float on the surface of the water with only a pair of boxers, just kicking with his feet, it was enough to fight against the current.

After Kirito's verification, Ling Ze and the others also went into the water one after another, of course, they also removed their equipment separately, and put on the swimming ring and went into the water wearing only a pair of boxers.

Asuna, the only girl in the team, naturally can't be so arrogant, she didn't remove all the equipment, but went into the water in a top and shorts in everyday clothes, and this increase in weight should not be a change.

The group entered the water and began to hit the water quickly, and due to the strong current, everyone had to hold each other's swimming rings to ensure that no one was left behind and washed away.

There was no danger along the way, and soon everyone was led by Kirito to re-embark on the gravel ground from the river.

"I'm curious now what the main block on the fourth floor will look like, will it be like the Venetian water town?"

After stepping back on land, the group put on their equipment and quickly walked towards the main block not far away, a stone arch covered with moss appeared in front of them, Ling Ze stood in front of the door, basically had already determined his thoughts, this gate located between the two canyons, the scene behind it can already be imagined.

After passing through the stone arches, the view that greeted you did not disappoint.

As soon as they passed through the arches made of stone, a myriad of rays of light shone into the horizon, jewel-like light, and the source of the light was the shining afternoon sun swaying on the deep blue water.

The deep waterway divides the city like a chessboard, and the stone of the buildings is all bright white, and this is a white city floating on a square lake, and the beauty of the city alone is definitely above the second and third floors, and it also has a unique flavor.

"It's hard to believe that this city was not like this during the lockdown period, when the city was just an extremely ordinary town in a square depression, and it was also a stone road, the whole thing was made of gray rustic stone, it was an extremely weak town, and the structure and materials were quite ordinary."

Kirito was naturally the most surprised of all, because the city was so different from what he remembered it to be, it could be said that it was irrelevant.

"Isn't this Venice?"

After passing through the archway, the first place to reach is the dock, where large and small gondolas are parked by NPCs.

"yes, so many gondolas, it's like coming to Venice!"

Asuna also sighed, with Asuna's family conditions, it is normal to have been to Venice, and like Kirito and Klein, they can only find resonance through photos, movies and other ways.

"It seems that the rest of the town should have to go through gondolas, and the roads in this city are all waterways."

After searching around and finding no other way, Ling Ze came to the conclusion that this was indeed a water city.

Of course, if you make use of the "swimming ring fruit", you can swim without taking a gondola, and as long as you don't feel embarrassed, it will be someone else.

There are many options for gondolas that stay by the pier, and they range in size from small boats for solo rides to oversized boats for more than 10 people.

However, it costs 25 koles for each ride, and although the price remains the same anywhere in the city, it costs money to move a little bit every time.

"That's it."

Ling Ze casually chose a ten-seater boat, just to take a boat, not to buy a boat, what else is there to choose?

After they had paid 25x9 Cole, they were greeted by a sturdy boatman in a straw hat and a horizontal striped shirt:

"Welcome to Lobia! Where are you going? ”

Robbia is obviously the name of this water city.

"Go to the Diversion Gate Square."

The first goal of everyone is to make the transfer door effective first, although they have been delayed on the road for some time, but in fact, not even an hour has passed, and there is still some time before the transfer door is automatically effective, of course, it is still necessary to go.

"Understood."

After answering, the boatman's long oars swung a little, and the white gondola moved smoothly.

The wide waterway of Lobia has a variety of boats coming and going, and on both sides of the waterway, there are large and small shops, and the weapons, armor, and props on display can be clearly seen on the boat, which can be said to be very intimate.

However, Ling Ze and the others did not stop shopping immediately, but let the boatman continue to drive towards the transfer gate square.

"Can this boat go out of town?"

Ling Ze sat next to the boatman, he chatted with the boatman with a ride or not, if the boat could drive outside the town, it would be much more convenient, otherwise wouldn't he have to swim every time? That's a bit too much trouble.

The boatman's AI seems to be okay, and he replied as he paddled the oars vigorously:

"I'm sorry, I can't help it, my work is limited to the town of Robia, it's too dangerous for me to go outside."

The boatman's face was a little helpless, it was not that he didn't want to earn this money, but his strength did not allow him to go out and take risks.

"What about the other ships? Is there one that can go outside of town? The question of money is easy to say, as long as there is a boat to sit on. ”

Ling Ze's words were very tyrant, but in fact he felt that it was completely worth it, hiring a boat would definitely save a lot of time, and the money he paid for it would definitely not be in vain.

The boatman's expression became even more entangled, and it could be seen that he was engaged in a very fierce psychological struggle at this time.

"Yes, I can introduce you if you need it."

After struggling inwardly, the boatman replied, he was obviously still reluctant to do this in person, but listening to the meaning of his words, it was obvious that he wanted to earn some "intermediary fees".