Erya was speaking when suddenly, her game panel popped up, showing that a friend had sent her a message.

"My goodness, it's Argo. What's wrong with her?"

Looking at the message sent by Argo, Erya's expression suddenly changed and became serious.

She took a deep breath and said to Zhao Wu, "This is difficult. I was right."

"No way, you mean..." Zhao Wu's face also became serious.

Erya nodded and said, "On the first floor of Aincrad, the game interfaces of many players disappeared, and..."

Erya paused for a moment, then continued, "Many people have fainted, and they look like they have been bedridden for a long time."

Erya had already roughly guessed the reason why those players fainted. She shook her head and said, "Contact the guild leaders in the strategy group and tell them to send people to the first floor to help."

"Aincrad is about to become a real world, starting from the first floor."

Chapter 521 The Same Breath

On the 40th floor of Aincrad, above the teleportation plaza.

The data light flashed, and the figures of Zhao Wu and others appeared on the square.

"You guys are here, come and help."

As soon as they landed, the girls heard Argo's voice. They looked in the direction of the sound and gasped when they saw the situation in the square. The square, which could accommodate thousands of people, was littered with unconscious players. A conservative estimate was two to three hundred of them.

Crouching down, Erya carefully observed the men and found that their condition was indeed as Argo had described. They were all emaciated, like those who had been bedridden for a long time and were only able to survive through intravenous drips.

"Are these the people who were on the first floor before?" Erya asked as he looked at Argo who came to his side.

Hearing this, Argo nodded:

"Yes, although the floors are now open up to the forties, not everyone is moving to the upper floors. There were nearly five thousand players on the first floor before."

"Five thousand!? These people, their game systems are all gone? And they have become like this?" Erya asked with a frown, shocked by the number of people.

Five thousand people, that's a huge number.

"I don't know." Argo shook his head upon hearing this.

"When I received the notice and rushed here, all I saw were these unconscious people. I don't know whether their game systems have disappeared. It was mainly Zhao Si who told me. He said..." As he spoke, Argo's face became hesitant and conflicted.

Although it still feels absurd and unbelievable, this is the situation. Argo continued:

"He said these people have gone from being players to being NPCs."

"Becoming... an NPC, this kind of thing..."

Is this really possible?

Hearing this, the girls were stunned at first, then looked at each other, while Zhao Wu and Erya looked at each other, and the thought "As expected" emerged in their minds.

But let's be honest, the first person to discover this situation was actually Brother (Zhao Si)? So where is he now?

"You said Mr. Zhao Si...then why didn't we see him?" Asuna asked before Zhao Wu and Erya asked this question.

"Well, he's still on the first floor..."

"What!?" Upon hearing this, not only Asuna, but the other girls' expressions changed.

This kind of thing happened on the first floor, and Zhao Si was still staying there?

This is really...

"I'm going to find him!"

As she said that, Asuna turned around and prepared to go to the first floor.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't worry, don't worry, that guy is fine!" Seeing this, Argo quickly stood in front of Asuna and said.

After joining them and spending some time with them, Argo was very clear about Zhao Si's position in these people's hearts.

They may not all have romantic thoughts about Zhao Si, but no matter what, Zhao Si is the only person they can rely on in the game.

If they weren't told quickly that Zhao Si was fine, they would definitely explode.

If they really had to go to the first floor to find Zhao Si, who knew if Asuna and the others would end up like those people on the ground? By then, the gains would be more than the losses would outweigh the gains.

"His game system didn't disappear. He was the one who sent me a message to tell me about it and told me not to worry about him, that he was fine." Argo said.

"Yes, is that so? That's good..."

Hearing this, Asuna couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"These people should have been temporarily turned into NPCs. Is there anything we can help with?" Erya said.

Although she felt that these people might really become NPCs forever, or the future natives of Aincrad, she couldn't say such things, as it would cause trouble.

All in all, perhaps we can get an accurate answer from Zhao Si, but the most urgent task is to first accommodate these unconscious and extremely weak players.

"Well, I don't know why, but Zhao Si said that he wanted to transfer all these people to the highest floor we can reach. He said that if he did that, their situation might get better." Argo scratched his head and said.

"Well, that's how it is. As you can see, the transfer and resettlement of 5,000 people, plus the fact that these people are unconscious, will require at least twice as many people to complete. We're totally short of manpower." Argo said with some distress.

As for the transfer, she actually doesn't need to worry about this issue, because at present, the only person who can truly move freely in the first floor without being affected is Zhao Si, and the transfer of people to the first floor can only be done by Zhao Si.

What really needed her and the others to worry about was the placement of these people, so she notified Zhao Wu and the others in the strategy group to come and help. Even some players outside the strategy group were helping to place these unconscious players.

"I see..." Hearing this, the girls nodded.

Since that was the case, there was nothing more to say and everyone took action to help accommodate these unconscious players.

Meanwhile, on the first floor of Aincrad.

Although he verbally told Argo that he was fine and not affected, in fact, Zhao Si was also affected. However, compared with those players, Zhao Si's condition was obviously developing in a good direction.

"Because this has become the real world, has my original power returned?"

Zhao Si looked at the initial town in front of him. He saw that he was sitting cross-legged in the air without any props.

The confusion between inside and outside, the alternation of reality and illusion, even Zhao Si cannot escape the influence of this change in rules from the world level.

What Argo didn't know was that Zhao Si didn't send the message to her through the game system, but used the system to forcibly connect to the game system and sent the message to her.

In fact, Zhao Si was just like those players on the first level. His game system had also disappeared.

After Zhao Si's observation, he found that after those players became members of this world, they did not actually maintain their original physical state in the game. Instead, it was as if their entire body had traveled to this world. Their original bodies also came to this world along with the disappearance of their game system. This is why they fainted.

The same was true for Zhao Si, but only half a year had no effect on Zhao Si's body. As his body recovered, Zhao Si instantly regained his Nascent Soul stage cultivation.

Another point is that, I don’t know if it’s because of the changes, the magic-banning effect of the first layer seems to have failed. Because of this, Zhao Si can now use his power at will.

In the town below Zhao Si, figures with the same face as Zhao Si were constantly moving through the town, moving the unconscious players to the teleportation square.

Zhao Si naturally learned the Taoist technique of turning beans into soldiers, which is basically known by everyone, in case of emergency. Now he finally has some use for it.

"Um?"

As he was watching, Zhao Si suddenly had an idea and shifted his gaze to look somewhere in the town below.

There, a petite figure was staring at him.

"That is...."

Squinting his eyes, Zhao Si stared at the girl in the white dress in front of him. He felt an inexplicably familiar aura from her.

Zhao Si was very sure that he had never seen the girl below. As for the familiar feeling, it was not the kind of familiarity that came from seeing an acquaintance, but rather...

His expression suddenly froze as Zhao Si looked at the girl in front of him. After constant recollection, he finally remembered someone. The feeling that person gave Zhao Si at the beginning was just like the girl at this moment.

And that person's identity is - the original elf, Takamiya Mio!

I'll take a leave if I have something to do, and then we'll have a holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival. I hope everyone has a good time.

Chapter 522: Stupid and cute.

The first floor of Aincrad, the initial town.

In mid-air, the girl sat on a floating chair. In front of her was a round table and an empty seat waiting for guests to sit down.

Don't you want to sit?

Looking at Zhao Si who was not far away from her, the girl tilted her head, and her voice sounded in Zhao Si's mind.

""

Hearing this, Zhao Si's mouth twitched. He looked at the girl in front of him, then shifted his gaze to the system screen on the side.

Target: Yui (?)

Strength: Early stage of transformation (Primordial Spirit)

Features: Absolute Order

The God of Transformation, it's the God of Transformation again. Have I encountered too many God of Transformation recently?

Thinking of this, Zhao Si hesitated for a while, then went to sit in front of the seat opposite the girl in the white dress.

Judging from the other party's actions, she didn't seem to want to fight with him. In that case, let's talk and see what she meant.

You make me curious, can you tell me who you are? Zhao Si had just sat down when the girl's voice rang in his mind.

"Uh...."

Zhao Si was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect the girl to ask him this so directly, but since that was the case, Zhao Si just followed the girl's question.

"My name is Zhao Si..."

Yeah! I know. This... is called a "name," right? It's your name, right?

As soon as Zhao Si said his name, he saw the girl in front of him suddenly become excited, and seemed to be quite interested in the "name".

Zhao...Si...Zhao Si! Okay! I'll remember your name!

As the girl spoke, she leaned her hands on the table and looked at Zhao Si.

Then in exchange, I'll tell you my name. My name is...Huh?

The girl seemed to have a vitality that matched her appearance. Zhao Si only said one sentence, and she could immediately continue with a long paragraph. However, when she was about to say her name, she was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhao Si with a puzzled expression, and did not speak again.

"...What's wrong?" Zhao Si couldn't help but ask.

Uh, well, that...

Hearing Zhao Si's question, the girl hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down again in a depressed mood.

I... I forgot, I don't have a name yet...

Sorry, Zhao Si, this is an unfair exchange. I don't have a name to tell you.

"Ah this..."

Don’t have a name yet?

Hearing this, Zhao Si glanced at the system panel. The other party's name displayed on it was "Yui", but there was a question mark behind it.

Regarding this situation, Zhao Si couldn't help but recall the first time he met Ai Ge in the Moon World. At that time, Ai Ge's name was also followed by a question mark.

Well, if the two people's situations are the same, then the name "Yui" might not really be the name of the person he is talking to, but the name of this girl?

"...Then, can you tell me who you are?" Zhao Si asked after thinking for a while.

At first, Zhao Si thought that the other party might be the same as Takamiya Mio. After all, the aura of the two was quite similar.

However, when feeling the other person's condition at close range, Zhao Si denied this idea.

The girl before him could never be someone like Takamiya Mio. Compared to Takamiya Mio, the feeling she gave Zhao Si now was more similar to... the world consciousness he had come into contact with in the battle world! ?

Could this child be the world consciousness?

This guess had just flashed through Zhao Si's mind, and the next second the girl's childish voice echoed in Zhao Si's mind.

"Yeah! Of course, since I can't tell you my name, then exchanging my identity is also possible!" The girl nodded and continued.

As for me, well, actually...ah...the girl said, and her face suddenly became depressed again. She scratched her head, and her little face slowly turned red, just like a student who didn't know how to answer the teacher's question in class.

"..."

Zhao Si looked at the other party speechlessly. If he had some concerns about the other party before, now those concerns had completely disappeared.

Why does this kid look a little silly...

"Is this impossible..."

No, it's not! What I know is... I just don't know how to describe it...

Before Zhao Si finished speaking, he heard the girl hurriedly say, and after she finished speaking, she pouting and lying on the table in a depressed mood.

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