Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

"It turns out that there are still powers in this world that I can't understand... Interesting, really interesting! The attack directly bypassing the game itself, what the woman said is true. The power mastered by her, the breakthrough The power of the system!"

While muttering incoherently, Tan Lidou had an exaggerated and strange expression on his face, appearing distorted and crazy.

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PS: The long-lost shrimp dumpling is on the stage, and a copy of Yan Yi is included

Chapter 412 Dan Lidou's "gift"

Compared with Tan Lidou's slightly excited attitude because he discovered the new world, Yi Guang expressed calmness towards Tan Lidou's peeping.It's just that after loading the module and completing the preliminary analysis of the world, just like he did to Freya before, he also had a spiritual hedge against Tan Lidou.

But it seems that Mr. Tan Lidou is not good at defending against mental skills.At least according to Yi Guang's feedback, this Mr. Tan Lidou is far worse than the goddess Freya at that time.

"You are quite direct, this kind of behavior is a blatant provocation..." The system saw Yi Guang's behavior and shook his head helplessly, with an expression of "I can't do anything about you", "However, It’s beyond my expectation that the module can be played to this extent just after loading the module.”

After Yi Guang loaded the modules made by the system, not only Yi Guang could use part of his original power.The data of the module itself has also changed due to the connection with Yi Guang himself. As mentioned before, the module will upgrade itself because of Yi Guang's adaptability to the rules of this world.After Yi Guang finished loading the module, the level of the module was upgraded from [I] to [III] without any warning, which represented the strength of divine power that Yi Guang could use at present, converted into the level of this game world Data after the system.

"Accident? I don't think so..." Yi Guang waved his hand, "This is my power, it's just to wake it up. Rather, it can only be done to this extent, and I'm a little disappointed... Sure enough Do you still need to work harder?"

"After all, we are fighting in a man-made space, and it is normal for us to be unable to conform to the laws of the world for a short time." The system didn't care much, but tried to comfort Yi Guang with a relaxed look, "Based on the current player level, such a The strength should be enough, even if you kill the boss on the first floor alone, it is more than enough."

"Should we kill the boss on the first floor alone?" Yi Guang shook his head, "Forget it, and try this kind of thing later. The time for this group of players is already too early, if I Now go and kill the boss alone, and open the passage to the second floor... They will die a lot of people. It's better to let them suffer a little in front of the boss, and then when they enter the second floor, there will be more people, maybe survive."

"Alright, let's let the BOSS on the first floor cool down this group of guys. Their recent strategy is indeed a bit too smooth." The system nodded in agreement, "Humans always encounter failure when they are most lax, and in Until then, always blind and unrepentant."

"Compared to the next strategy battle, I am looking forward to it. On the second floor... what kind of 'gift' will Dan Lidou prepare for us?"

Compared with the upcoming boss battle, but the basic information has already been figured out, Yi Guang is more worried that as the game world updates itself, there will be more weird things waiting for the players on the second floor.Although he cannot use divine power, the "spiritual vision" that often appears in his spiritual world is always sending ominous signals to himself.

At the beginning of opening the second floor, the players will encounter a major setback... Yi Guang vaguely has such a premonition.

With such worries in mind, Yiguang, Kirito, and Asuna participated in this battle against the boss on the first floor.Due to the sufficient preparation in advance and the existence of the two "clairvoyance EX" who can predict the plot, Yi Guang and the system, there was no casualty event due to intelligence errors as in the original book.In a well-regulated boss, the players cooperated very well, and Yi Guang's "Magic Power Release·Flame" that he was planning to use as a backup naturally didn't come in handy.

This result far exceeded Yi Guang's expectations, and the strength and cooperation of the players were much stronger than he had imagined.After the victory, the players stepped on the corpse of the BOSS to cheer for victory, distributed materials and dropped primary modules, and everything looked perfect.

But the ominous premonition in Yi Guang's heart became more and more intense, and he could almost clearly predict the coming of disaster.And in this game world, the most likely thing to happen is naturally death.

Therefore, he couldn't help but grabbed the spear in his hand, even if the Raiders were really going to die, he would save as many as he could.

"Lanza, what's wrong with you?"

Among these players, only Kirito noticed Yi Guang's gloomy expression.Out of some kindness, he couldn't help showing a concerned expression.

"Kirito, some bad things might happen later, be careful." Yiguang glanced at Kirito and Asuna not far away from him, "If my guess comes true, please don't leave I'm too far away."

"Bad things?"

Kirito couldn't quite understand the meaning of Yi Guang's words. After all, for him, such things as premonitions were in the category of metaphysics and had no reference value at all.Looking at the scene where the players are dividing up the spoils before him, Kirito has deep doubts in his heart.

In terms of danger, as a beta tester, Kirito has seen the second floor, and the difficulty of monsters on the second floor is not particularly high.Although the scene design is based on the theme of undead creatures and ghosts, some places are indeed very mentally polluted, but in terms of the difficulty of the game, it is only a little better than the first floor.With the current level of top players, apart from being slightly more difficult at the beginning, there is no danger, right?Not to mention that many people here are already approaching Lv.20, and the "Module Enhancement" function is about to be released. At that time, the strength of the players will once again usher in a period of development.

At this time, Yi Guang told him that there was danger, but Kirito was also skeptical.

The reason why he didn't refute Yi Guang is because Kirito has become familiar with Yi Guang during this period of time, and he knows that this legendary "reverse growth" brother will not be indiscriminate; "Compared with the closed beta era, the game itself has seen a considerable degree of change. For example, the design of the field boss is completely different from the beta test era, and some tasks have also changed. Besides, there are some small details... ...In short, the current game content cannot be judged entirely based on the experience of the beta test.

"Is this the way to the second floor..."

At the same time as Yiguang and Kirito were talking, one of the players who participated in the strategy team eagerly opened the locked door.Then, as well as the players who had finished dividing up the loot, Yi Guang also followed with that ominous premonition, leading Kirito and the others to move forward with full vigilance.And Asuna, who was persuaded by Kirito before, also temporarily followed them.

However, unexpectedly, the strategy in the early stage of the second floor was unusually smooth.Although Tan Lidou showed a little malice towards the players, as Yi Guang expected, and set the entrance to the second floor at the edge of the map.Without the teleportation function, the first players who came to the second floor had to go through the field map full of undead creatures to reach the town.However, because the people gathered here are all elites who have participated in the first-level boss battle, the entire exploration process can be regarded as safe and sound.

It only took one afternoon, and the players successfully crossed the map full of undead creatures from the entrance of the second floor, arrived at the first town on the second floor, and opened the teleportation point linking the two floors.In this way, players who break through the first floor in the future can be directly transferred from the "Initial Town" on the first floor to this town on the second floor.

This made Yi Guang heaving a sigh of relief, he felt that his "spiritual vision" probably made a mistake this time.

And the surrounding players, with the higher experience income of the monsters on the second floor, have upgraded to Lv.20 one after another, and opened the "module enhancement" function.Some players are already tired of their novice armor form that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, so they can't wait to exchange for the basic modules that can change the shape sold in the second-floor towns.

According to the data during the beta test period, because each layer of "Sword Art Online" has a different theme style, each layer also has a corresponding "appearance modification module" for exchange.Just like what Kirito experienced in the beta test, the second floor is a floor with the theme of undead creatures and horror stories, so the town on this floor is also made similar to the necropolis in "World of Warcraft" .Therefore, the second floor naturally has the appearance of "death knight" and "necromancer" for exchange.Although it still does not show its face after changing its form, it is indeed much better looking than its original form of aesthetic fatigue.

So soon there were a group of dark death knights and green necromancers in this small town, combined with the gloomy scene of the undead cemetery around... Immediately, it made people feel like they had come to the [-]th floor of hell.

It really is mental pollution...

"Look, Lansa, just say you're worrying too much." Kirito looked at the crowd of demons dancing around, and sighed to Yi Guang beside him, "Isn't it because you have lived in a special environment for a long time, It turned out to be a little nervous, right?"

"Probably..." Yi Guang shook his head, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "No one dares to say that their premonition must be accurate. I'm probably too nervous."

Not long after Yi Guang and the others arrived at the second-floor town, the players gradually became familiar with the various functional areas on the second floor, and began to use the second-floor town as the central area, each with a team as a unit, to start a new round of exploration.And at this moment, the notification sound of the game system suddenly rang.

"As a result of system testing, more than [-] players have arrived on the second floor, and the teleportation point on the second floor has been opened. From now on, undead monsters will be able to add the 'Death Infection' skill. Anyone killed by undead creatures or biochemical zombie monsters All players will be affected by this skill after being killed and transformed into undead creatures of the same kind. The strength of transformed monsters will be set according to the strength of the target's previous game character."

Just as Yi Guang expected, Tan Lidou did prepare a gift for all players.However, this gift is not a mass death, as Yi Guang imagined, but a gradual process of boiling frogs in warm water.

Chapter 413 I'm afraid this guy doesn't want people to pass the level

"As a result of system testing, more than [-] players have arrived on the second floor, and the teleportation point on the second floor has been opened. From now on, undead monsters will be able to add the 'Death Infection' skill. Anyone killed by undead creatures or biochemical zombie monsters All players will be affected by this skill after being killed and transformed into undead creatures of the same kind. The strength of transformed monsters will be set according to the strength of the target's previous game character."

With the appearance of this system prompt, all the players, including Yi Guang, felt their hearts skip a beat.Of course, considering everyone's insensitivity to external information, Yi Guang didn't think that everyone could appreciate the malice in this announcement.Some people reacted to this simply because the announcement mentioned the group "gamers".Human beings are most sensitive to the stimuli of their own group, but they may not be able to accurately understand the meaning after receiving relevant information.

This kind of people can be seen everywhere in life. In the comment area under any news on every news website, there will always be a large group of "high-end people" who do not pass the reading comprehension, but like to comment on the news itself.It is also because of this that the existence of "headline parties" such as bloggers' eyeballs will appear. After all, many people's stimulation of external information is limited to the very beginning.

And this is also a common problem of human beings, so even for this group of Neon people, most people have such a reaction.The first time they heard the announcement, their hearts were still tense, but it didn't take long for their mentality to return to its previous appearance.

"That is to say, after being killed, I will become a monster. I have been killed, so I don't care about this..."

"Originally, the monsters in the wild are constantly being refreshed. One more is not too many, and one less is quite a lot."

"If you die, you will lose everything. Of course, the premise is to ensure that you will not die. This kind of announcement is really meaningless."

Most of the players commented on this announcement in this way. After these people complained casually, they continued to open up the second floor map.But there was also a group of players who understood the malice in this announcement, and showed fear and anger.

For example Kirito.

"Are you kidding? If that's the case, didn't you want us to pass the level at that time?" Kirito looked at Yi Guang, "Lansa, do you know something?"

At this time, Kirito remembered what this mysterious "mercenary" said to him when he was about to enter the second floor.At that time, I still laughed at him for being unfounded, but now, compared with this announcement, it is more like a hint after knowing the inside story.This made Kirito unable to doubt the connection between this "mercenary" and the game itself.

"No, I don't know anything, I just make inferences according to my own ideas." Yi Guang shook his head, "That guy named Tan Lidou, he was full of respect for the players in his first words." Malicious. Remember what he said? 'If no one can pass the level, or everyone gives up the level', the moment I heard this sentence, I did not hesitate to speculate on that man with the greatest malice gone."

"Then what should we do?" Kirito frowned, "According to this situation, there may be some disgusting moves on the back floor?"

"Yes, but now we are in someone else's game, and there is no other way but to be careful." Yi Guang sighed, "Tan Lidou, this is the second floor that is going to be used as the grave of the players." field?"

Naturally, turning into an undead creature after death is definitely not a big deal to the dead player himself.But for those who survived later, it is undoubtedly a hindrance.Yes, as those players who didn't take it seriously said, the monsters in the wild are constantly refreshed, so it's not a big deal.However, the strategy of this game has never focused on monsters in the wild.

Rather, it's a copy.

The second floor is a floor with the theme of "Nation of the Undead". Undead creatures are rampant in the wild, and so is the dungeon.It is an undead creature, and it will also have the "death infection" skill that was released in the announcement just now. After the player dies in the dungeon, it will also be transformed into an undead monster in the dungeon.

"The monsters in the dungeon are already dense, and they are stronger than wild monsters. If the player dies and turns into a monster, the difficulty of the dungeon will be increased." Yi Guang said with a fucking expression on his face, "I don't think so, Tan Lidou will be kind enough to calculate the number of deaths in each dungeon separately. He will definitely copy all the monster data transformed into all the players who died in a dungeon, so that all players who use the dungeon in the future can experience it. 'Latest copy content'."

It really is a conscientious programmer... What a fart!

How can there be no dead people in the wasteland reclamation dungeon?Almost 500 people have died so far in the first-level strategy, and at least one-third of them died in the dungeon strategy.There are a total of five main dungeons allocated to the first floor, and there are a total of 160 people in each dungeon.According to this algorithm, after Tan Lidou transforms these people into undead creatures, if he uploads all their data and copies them into the game content of the dungeon itself, it will be transformed into the lowest level of skeleton soldiers... More than 100 skeleton soldiers, this is almost equivalent to adding an extra BOSS, okay?

No, adding one more BOSS is more troublesome to open up wasteland. You have more than 100 mobs, and the later players will be exhausted.

"The number of monsters in the dungeon is increasing, and the difficulty of the dungeon will also become more and more difficult. Although the strength of the players will also increase accordingly, but after the level of the players who opened up the wasteland has increased, who will go back to the low-level dungeon? "Yi Guang said what he was worried about, "Before high-end players get through the third floor and start teleportation, low-level players will be more and more unable to capture these copies of undead creatures. And after adding the 'module' mechanism Now, players will not be able to obtain stronger 'modules' if they do not brush the copy."

"The strength of low-end players is suppressed by the more and more difficult dungeons, and the monsters in the wild can provide limited resources, so even if these players reach the standard level in the wild, they will go to the third floor along the path of the pioneers. Insufficient accumulation of resources will also increase the death rate.” Kirito’s eyes also showed a trace of anger, “This is driving us to death... The growth of the reserve force has been severely suppressed in a disguised form. Wave."

Originally, in this magically modified "Sword Art Online", the only advantage players have over Tan Lidou lies in the continuous supply of new power from the outside world.Now, Tan Lidou used such a trick to slowly use the number of players themselves to create obstacles that hinder the progress of new players.Although the effect is not obvious in the short term, as the number of players coming to this floor increases, this snowball-like chain reaction will gradually show its terrifying destructive power to the player group.

Yi Guang could almost imagine that in the innermost part of the game, the man showed a vicious and "pleasant" smile.

"Okay, playing this game is like being forced [beep]. Since you can't fight the game master, you can only adapt." Facing the two worried men, the system broke the deadlock, "Instead of saying here If there is something missing, it is better to practice leveling. There is no such thing as a large number of players dying, and the dungeon and the field are still at the initial difficulty. Naturally, we must take advantage of this opportunity to continue to become stronger. What? Or do you think you're going to die?"

"Hmm..." Although the system's words were full of flaws, the meaning in the words was correct. Yi Guang and Kirito immediately calmed down from Tan Lidou's announcement.Indeed, in this game, Tan Lidou is the maker of the rules. Under the premise of abiding by the rules, as players, they simply cannot compete with each other.The only chance and condition for them to win is to get through the [-]th floor.

"So, that is to say, if the time is not faster, the copy of this floor will become more and more difficult due to the death of the player, and may eventually evolve into a mode that is more difficult than the upper floor?"

After listening to their discussion for a long time, Asuna, who is not too familiar with them, also joined the discussion.The heroine in the original book, for some reason, did not go to leveling immediately after arriving in the second-tier town, but continued to keep up with Kirito Yiguang and the others.

"Ah, if this new mechanism continues, it should be like that in the future." Kirito sighed, "Oh right, Ms. Asuna, you don't have your own leveling team yet, do you?"

"Didn't I say this a long time ago?" Asuna looked at Kirito, "Do you want to invite me to officially join you?"

"Yes, although it is a bit reckless, but I still have to say that there is an upper limit for single-swiping." Kirito said to the girl in front of him, "Although the appearance of 'modules' makes it possible to single-swipe the boss of a small copy, but this kind of There is indeed an upper limit to the way of fighting. This game requires everyone to work together to complete the strategy."

"That's right." Yi Guang also chimed in, "Especially because your level itself is relatively low, and the strength of monsters on the second floor is much higher than that on the first floor."

"Hey, hey, why did you suddenly start to recruit other girls to form a team?" The system was a little dissatisfied, "Forget about Kirito, what's wrong with you, Lansa, we shouldn't be entangled with them, right?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you say you want to attack the second floor as soon as possible?" Yi Guang frowned, "It's better if four people act together than two people fighting slowly? Besides, with Kirito and As far as our relationship is concerned and as human beings, I don’t think it’s a problem to let him know some things. After all, everyone’s ultimate goal is the same.”

Chapter 414 Story

"However, as far as we are concerned, involving ordinary players like Kirito and the others, the possible danger to them is even more terrifying than the difficulty of the slow-growing game on the second floor."

The system is still opposed to Yi Guang's proposal, and there are good reasons for that.Yi Guang also understands this very well. To be honest, Yi Guang himself does not agree with Kirito and the others.If he really wanted to form a team with Kirito, he should have teamed up with Kirito as early as when the two of them were fighting against the kobold lord. If you form a fixed team, many things will be very inconvenient.Moreover, the previous peep from Tan Lidou made him have no doubt that he had been exposed to Tan Lidou's sight.

However, the change in the rules of the second floor really made him a little worried. Tan Lidou's malice rushed towards the players like the black mud in the holy grail, and the difficulty of the second floor would increase rapidly in a predictable way.Under such circumstances, Yi Guang's inner balance still had to override his own rational considerations, and try to think of Kirito and the others as much as possible.After all, after a long time together, there will be a sense of intimacy, and Yi Guang himself is not that kind of unkind guy.

"Although you are right, under the current situation, I still prefer four people to act together to break through this floor as soon as possible." Yi Guang expressed his own considerations, "At least when the battle against the floor boss begins." Before, we had to maintain the leveling progress of the first echelon. In this way, the increase in the difficulty of the instance would have the least impact on us. As for Tan Lidou’s other tricks, they are currently unobservable. Schrödinger’s cat, no one not sure."

"It's because we can't say for sure, so we can't guarantee that Tan Lidou's malice doesn't stop there." The system said to Yi Guang meaningfully, "In a situation full of uncertainties, it is not right to bring them along." Sensible."

Yi Guang fell into silence, although the truth is so, but if things in the world can be resolved by reasoning, then there will be no disputes.Even though he has already analyzed various interests in his heart, when faced with such a dilemma, Yi Guang will always inadvertently deviate from his original intention.He also understood the meaning of the system, and he had also considered it.With his own existence exposed in front of Tan Lidou's eyes, God knows if the psychopath who claims to be a "god" will make some "specially customized" game content for him?Although that guy is crazy in Yi Guang's view, but Yi Guang also has to admit that this guy can really do whatever he wants in this game.

"Lanza, do you... have any relationship with that Tan Lidou?" The two outsiders fell into a dispute, and Kirito, who was the third party, could also see it clearly.From the words between them, Kirito realized a certain possibility, "You say you are 'mercenaries', maybe your target is the game administrator named 'Dan Lidou'?"

Kirito's words stopped Yi Guang and the system from arguing, and the couple looked at Kirito in unison.

On the other hand, Asuna looked at her other three teammates with a bewildered expression. As a temporary member of the team, she really couldn't imagine how she could get involved in such a serious team by joining a team casually. something.Is that the man they mentioned just now?Dan Lidou, is it the man who designed this "death game"?

Should I avoid it?

"Ah, there's actually nothing to hide now." After a short silence, Yi Guang said, and then looked at the system, "I think, at this point, it's better to talk to him. "

"This... well, it's not bad to let him know the danger of following us." After a little thought, the system agreed with Yi Guang's approach, "Also, no matter whether he acts with us or not, he and We were a little too close."

Now that the discussion with the system was settled, Yi Guang didn't hesitate, and simply told Kirito some news.Of course, considering the young man's three views, Yi Guang didn't say much about the "infinite world" and "supernatural power".They just made up a plausible story about a virus unknown to humans, a genius who deciphered the virus, and two mercenaries who also used the power of the virus to gain superpowers.

"That is to say, because of the existence of this virus, that man was able to turn humans into data and let us enter this virtual world, right?" Kirito rationalized his thoughts after listening, and then began to ask questions to Yi Guanghe the system , "And because you have also mastered the power of that virus, you can use part of your authority in this game, so your leveling progress is faster than other players, and you have also created special powers yourself' module'."

"That's it, but we have only initially mastered this virus, and we are not yet qualified to challenge that guy." Yi Guang sighed, "Although that guy is a lunatic in my opinion, I have to admit that he is A rare genius, not to mention having an equally talented Akihiko Kayaba by his side. Although this world is based on the cracking and imitation of the Bugster virus, it is clear that Dan Rito and Akihiko Kayaba are building In this world, they added a lot of their own things."

Kirito understands, although everyone has this unknown power called "Bugster virus", but the essence of this world has been separated from the initial construction of this power, and has been transformed into its own appearance by Tan Lidou. In this case, even the two mercenaries who have also obtained the power of this virus can't do much in this world. And their behavior of imitating modules and accelerating the acquisition of experience points, if it is in the traditional network In the game, it can already be called "cheat". As a "game administrator", Tan Lidou will deal with them early.

"Therefore, being around us is a very dangerous behavior, and we can't predict what kind of actions that man will do to us." The system explained, "That's where the difference between me and this guy lies, but I think, compared to The difficulty of the game is gradually increasing, and it is more dangerous for you to stay by our side. The difficulty of the game will increase, which is predictable and can be prevented in advance, but Dan Lidou's attack is full of uncertain factors."

"Well, I want to ask, since you also have the power of that virus, don't you have a way to leave this game?" Suddenly, Asuna asked, "You dare to enter the game when you know the truth?" In this world, then there must be some backup measures?"