"No problem, how can I get in touch?"

Hearing the boatman's request, Ling Ze directly agreed, asking for money is not a problem, their guild is not short of Cole.

"Find me at the docks, and I'll take you there."

The boatman nodded, and began rowing in earnest.

"The square has arrived."

Soon, the group arrived at the transfer gate square, and after getting off the boat, Klein went to make the transfer door effective, while the others waited in the corner of the square.

Immediately after the transfer door was activated, many players jumped out of the swaying blue light transfer door, obviously the news had been delivered, and the players had been waiting for a long time, and they couldn't wait to get to the new city.

Most of the players who came from the transfer door were ordinary players who did not participate in the strategy, and they stood in various places in the square, admiring the new city and cheering for the beautiful sight in front of them.

Of course, there are also many players with a clear purpose, after all, although some players have not participated in the "strategy group", but their strength is gradually increasing, after coming to the new city, of course, they have to change the equipment as soon as possible, after all, the equipment on the new floor must be stronger.

Compared to before, the number of life players has also increased greatly, whether it is a tailor, a blacksmith, or a pharmacist, it can already be seen in the player base.

Motivated by the "Strategy Group", the number of combat players who want to catch up with the front-line level, and the number of life players who want to support the "Strategy Group" are all slowly increasing, which is obviously exciting news for everyone in the "Strategy Group", and players are gradually starting to unite as one.

After experiencing the initial surprise of the "Water City", the players quickly dispersed to carry out their own activities, while Ling Ze and the others first went to the inn next to the square to book a room.

"I didn't expect to be able to drive the boat out."

After booking the room, everyone gathered in Ling Ze's room, ready to discuss the plan of action on the fourth floor, and for Ling Ze's previous conversation with the boatman, Kirito and they were all very emotional, obviously they didn't expect to be able to launch a "money offensive" against NPCs in the game.

"SAO is different from most of the MMORPGs you've played so far, except that it's a death game that can't be logged out, it's the world's first holographic MMORPG, if you stick to a rigid preconceived notion, it will live up to this game, even NPCs like Kizmer appear, is this kind of thing still surprising?"

Ling Ze didn't care, it was not surprising what happened in this SAO, this world that was constantly learning by itself and constantly improving the rules would only bring more and more surprises to these players.

"That's right."

As soon as Ling Ze mentioned Kizmer, everyone instantly understood, after all, no matter how outrageous it was, I am afraid it would not be outrageous than Kizmer's existence, it was a self-aware NPC! That kind of AI is exactly like a real person.

After sighing for a while, everyone began to make a plan, and the content of the plan was actually very similar to before.

Take a break in the hotel first, then go to the street to replenish, repair, update equipment, and then follow all the tasks that can be taken, and then collect information on the fourth layer while completing the task, slowly march towards the maze area, and then follow the strategy team to kill the boss at the bottom of the level.

"Maybe you have to practice the skills of fighting in the water first, even if there is a gondola boat, depending on the situation on this level, I am afraid that fighting in the water will not be avoided."

Kirito suggested that SAO has a mode of underwater combat, after all, it is a very realistic game.

"I had some experience in water combat during the closed beta period, in addition to the need for ventilation, the resistance of the water needs to be paid special attention to, the resistance is quite strong, and players who use large weapons will be subject to a lot of restrictions, so fighting in the water, the most suitable is the attack method that can be launched without too much movement of the body, and the spear-based weapon based on the thrust skill is the most advantageous."

Kirito recounts his own experiences, which are quite useful, because if you really have to find out for yourself in battle, you don't know what the price will be, and for this death game, paying the price in battle often means that death is not far away.

"Well, let's take a rest and meet at six o'clock in the evening."

After a period of brainstorming, Ling Ze felt that the time was almost up, so he asked everyone to go back and rest first.

The members of the "Wind Forest Volcano", who had been busy all day, had almost exhausted their energy, and they fell asleep soon after returning to their rooms, until the entire water city was dyed with the color of the setting sun, and everyone regrouped.

In just two or three hours of their rest, the quadrangular square of the water city was already filled with countless players, from the "strategy group" players who were inspecting the new equipment in the NPC shop, to the cheerful tourists who were buying something from the vendors and eating, and even the couples sitting on the benches facing the waterway.

From the beginning of the death game to now, it has been almost a month and a half, and it is not too strange that there will be couples, and maybe these couples have entered the game together, and it is normal for more than 10,000 people to have this situation.

When the group left the inn, they soon saw the peculiar scenery of Robia, that is, the long line to board the ship.

There is a limit to the number of gondolas that can run on the waterways of Robia, and when enough players flood the city, it is completely normal for boats to be less crowded and more queued for boats.

Fortunately, the players are very orderly, and there is no queue to grab the ship, even the people of Haffner and their "Holy Dragon United" are honestly waiting in line for the ship, which makes Ling Ze feel very relieved to see them, it seems that his work is not in vain.

This is a good trend, the abuse of privileges by the "Raiders Group" and the disgust of the players must be eliminated, because the players who have not yet picked up the sword may also leave the safe zone to fight monsters in the future, and finally come to the forefront to join the "Raiders Group" in person, these players are reserve soldiers of the "Raiders Group", and it is necessary to leave a good impression on them.

After all, relying only on these existing people does not necessarily guarantee the game of Raiders, and constantly adding new people is the way to keep the "Raiders Group" alive.

Even Haffner's "Holy Dragon United" did not cut the line, and Ling Ze and the others naturally did not cut the line, they bought some food from the vendors in the square, and then began to wait for the boat after the long line.

By this time the sky had completely darkened, and the oil lamps and torches were lit up to illuminate the stone buildings, and the light reflected on the water surface formed a rather dreamy scene.

"Hey! Tong Zai, Xiao Ya, Mr. Ling Ze, and everyone, good evening! ”

Beside Ling Ze and them, a petite female player suddenly appeared silently, she was wearing a simple yellow-gray hooded cloak, although she couldn't see her face hidden under the curls clearly, but the three clear beard paintings on her cheeks had clearly proved her identity, the intelligence dealer "Mouse" Argo.

With a smile on her face, she deftly walked through the crowd and came directly to Asuna's side, then gently lifted the edge of her hood to greet Asuna cordially and alone.

"Good evening, Xiaoya."

Argo and Asuna's relationship gradually deepened as they became acquainted with each other, and the two of them were completely different personalities, and they were both full of curiosity about each other.

"Good evening, Miss Argo."

Asuna was also generous and greeted Argo.

"How's the intelligence going?"

Seeing Argo suddenly appear, Ling Ze opened his mouth to ask her.

"Of course it's no problem, Mr. Ling Ze, you have to believe in my intelligence ability, you don't think Kirito will ask such a question."

Argo shook his little head, indicating that Ling Ze should trust her a little more and believe in her unparalleled intelligence ability, while Kirito who was ordered by her was a little embarrassed, because he actually wanted to ask just now.

Ling Ze smiled and didn't speak, but took out the gold coins he had prepared in advance, which made Argo's eyes light up.

"Happy, here's what you want!"

After getting the money, Argo immediately handed over the information in his hand, which was a scroll she had specially made.

After taking the parchment scroll, Ling Ze directly spread it out, and the information drawn on it was a detailed map of the whole city of the fourth main block, Lobia, of course, this was not drawn by hand, as long as he walked to every place in the town, and when the map file in the menu window was automatically completed, he could easily copy it to the parchment, and everyone would be able to make such a map.

So what is really valuable is not this map, of course, but the nearly twenty marked here and there! "Symbol, it's not a loss for five hundred Kel to buy this information, because it will save them a lot of time.

Kirito's sealed beta experience is basically unreliable at this level, so Argo will have a chance to earn this money, this is also the first time Ling Ze and they have bought this kind of intelligence, in the past, they followed Kirito directly.

"Let's go, get on board."

After hastily formulating the route of the mission, everyone finally waited for a large gondola ship.

"I have to complain, this boat port system is inevitably too bad, the small boat for two people, and the big boat for more than ten people, are all docked in the same place, which leads to one person taking a big boat, or a group of people can't all get on the boat and let the people behind go first, isn't it a waste of time? At least divide the places where the ship docks! ”

After getting on the boat, Asuna complained that she was already dissatisfied with it when she was waiting for the boat.

"That's right, I don't know how Akihiko Kayaba designed it."

Klein scratched his head, he hadn't noticed this problem before, but as soon as someone breaks a little, a "Oh! I see! At this time, he felt that Asuna was right.

"Maybe it's an urgent revision of this fourth-layer city, so you didn't have time to carefully design this system, right?"

Argo replied that she had taken a boat by the way, and of course, she must have paid for the boat ride herself.

"No, it's not so much that this city was suddenly transformed, but rather that it was actually just a half-finished product during the closed beta period, although the environment here seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes, but if you look closely, the difference between here and the closed beta period is actually just more water, and the gravel road has become today's waterway."

Kirito denied Argo's speculation, and he has gradually discovered the truth of the matter through comparison.

"And why do you say this design is for?"

Argo was a little unconvinced, and she immediately retorted.

“......”

Kirito kept his mouth shut, because he really couldn't explain it, and he could only say that waiting in line for the boat might be the characteristic of this city.

"Hmph, don't you have anything to say?"

Argo smirked, she was indeed a very lively girl, and she was able to play with the boys.

Kirito could only shrug his shoulders in frustration, while the rest of his companions laughed at him with good-natured laughter.

Ling Ze also shook his head and smiled, he didn't make fun of Kirito, but looked at the scenery, the scenery of this water city of Lobia is indeed more flavorful at night.

The streets of Lobia, which are completely shrouded in night, are illuminated by colorful street lamps and light shining through the windows on the dark water, creating an atmosphere of fantasy and a dreamlike atmosphere.

Among the gondolas on the faces of the smiling players, the bow and stern of the small boats, and the edges of the roofs of the large boats, are the most beautiful decorations in the city.

Ling Ze took out the map and looked at it carefully, the overall square of the city street of Lobia was roughly divided into four areas because of the main waterways that crossed in a cross shape.

To the north, the upper right corner of the city is a scenic area such as parks and plazas and outdoor theaters, the lower right corner is a commercial area crowded with various shops, the lower left corner is a lodging area with large and small hotels, and the northwest area in the upper left corner is a Lobia Old Street area with many NPC residents.

Of course, this is distinguished by the main central waterway, but in fact, the inner side of each area is also divided into many small blocks by narrow waterways, and it is impossible to move around them without boats.

Fortunately, no matter how narrow the waterway, as long as you wait patiently, there will definitely be a gondola boat coming.

Ling Ze's current target is the old town in the northwest where NPCs live densely, and this is also the main location where the quest is triggered, because this is the most simple area in Robia, an ordinary residential area full of life.