Their commission was suspicious.

"Asuna, you might have some misunderstanding about world consciousness. World consciousness is only responsible for the world as a whole, not for the intelligent beings within it. It's like when you play chess, you sometimes make the move of sacrificing a rook to save the king, right?"

"The world consciousness values ​​the outcome of the entire game, not the survival of a single piece. The world consciousness allows you, Aincrads, to be promoted to a higher world level, not to make you greenhouse vases. Only by experiencing wind and rain can you blossom into more beautiful flowers..."

"It is precisely because of this world-centric perspective that the world consciousness created a reality invasion mechanism. Every so often, a monster horde will appear in the levels that the player has currently conquered. The player must defend against it, and if they cannot, these monsters will invade reality. This is the world's decision, and even I cannot change it," Chen Luo said.

"Why...why did it turn out like this? I learned for the first time that there are ways to escape the game, and I even successfully resurrected a friend who had already died. Two happy things happened at the same time..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Chen Luo quickly interrupted Asuna's spellcasting and charging.

Why does Chen Luo feel that Asuna might have watched a lot of anime?

What? You're asking why Asuna doesn't recognize Yakumo Yukari?

Ha, an outdated car brand, it's fine if you don't recognize it!

"I only said that the world is facing great difficulties, but I didn't say there's no way to solve them," Chen Luo sighed.

"Hey, is there any way to solve this?" Asuna immediately perked up.

“There will be periodic beast tides. This is a law set by the world consciousness for this other world, and I cannot change it. But this is just the world consciousness’s way of urging you not to slack off. The world consciousness has not asked you to exterminate them all, nor has it prevented me from helping you,” Chen Luo said.

"so?"

"I discussed it with the World Consciousness, and in order to allow more people to come to Aincrad and quickly improve their world level, we decided to issue tickets to Aincrad as rewards. This is a real-world assistance that will allow you to have more players to resist the beast tide. Being able to steadily become stronger without worrying about death, Aincrad is actually quite attractive. After opening the channels, you don't need to worry about not having players."

"As for the game world... I plan to open an enhancement shop. Weapons can be enhanced to obtain gold weapons using a very small amount of currency, but after obtaining a better weapon, the gold weapon can only be sold to the enhancement shop at the market price of the original weapon..."

"You two, who have used my enhanced golden weapon, do you feel this is enough help?" Chen Luo rested his chin on his hand, looking at Asuna and Kirito.

"Besides that, if the beast tide really can't be held back, I will send people to help you wipe it out. However... I hope there won't be such an opportunity."

Chapter 1903 Asuna's best friend Mito was scammed by Chen Luo's telecom fraud

Offering weapon enhancement services to current players in a way that's practically free, and requiring them to sell their weapons only to the Paradise Shop after they become obsolete, isn't actually driven by the principle of maximizing profits.

If Chen Luo wanted to give them silver weapons and equipment, they would be very happy and wouldn't feel there was any problem at all. On the contrary, they would praise the enhancement shop for its excellent enhancement, noting that it had no failure rate and the enhancement strength was so high.

But this method is definitely the one that helps the world the most.

Chen Luo has no shortage of equipment dropped in this world; in any case, the gold and silver Aincrad world will drop even better items.

But the world really can't function without Chen Luo.

In any case, the reason this Aincrad Otherworld was born was because of Chen Luo's intervention. Although it did save the future fate of nearly 4000 players who might have died in the original storyline because of conquering Aincrad, if the beast tide were to escape, the number of injured would be far more than 4000.

In addition to the panic caused by the beast tide, the chain reactions it triggered were also very complex. So letting the world know that there might be a beast tide, but then successfully resisting it through the collective efforts of all humanity, is undoubtedly the best way to settle this alien world.

The main reason is that there is no need to worry about death, because Chen Luo did not remove the death items in the game, but only the resurrection function after the player dies.

The reason why the number of players who died in this month only dropped from 2000 to 1500, rather than less, is mainly because there were very few resurrection items in the first level. Once you reach the higher levels, it's common for each player to be equipped with a resurrection item. As long as these players are careful, they won't die.

Besides, didn't Chen Luo send amusement park mascots to guard the area? As long as there are no problems, then there won't be any problems!

"Weapon enhancement shop...where do you plan to open it?" Asuna breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Chen Luo had made quite thorough preparations.

Now that Chen Luo has made preparations, there is no need to worry about the world being in danger.

Although she had only known Chen Luo for a short time, Asuna instinctively felt that Chen Luo was a reliable person. However, Asuna didn't quite understand why the world consciousness was trying to spur the entire world forward on the one hand, while not preventing Chen Luo from helping the humans of this world on the other.

Is this what they mean by separating work from life?

No, this isn't about separating work and life; it's because that's probably how the world's consciousness originally intended it to be.

The world consciousness sees things very clearly; as long as it can achieve the goal of spurring the world on, it doesn't matter how much disaster it brings to humanity.

World consciousness has never been a good person, or rather, world consciousness is not human at all, and cannot be understood from a human perspective.

If the growth rate of intelligent beings in a world reaches its maximum, it will definitely have a significant impact on the world consciousness's calculations. However, the world consciousness will not be too concerned about the life or death of individual intelligent beings.

After all, people die every day.

Because they don't care, the world's consciousness doesn't care whether Chen Luo saved many people.

Anyway, the plot has already been completely ruined, running wild like a runaway horse, galloping in an unknown direction.

Knowing that the beast tide mechanism could motivate humans to become stronger quickly, the world consciousness chose this model.

However, this model does not include any concept of good or evil.

Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs.

This is the operating principle of world consciousness.

"Of course, it's best to open it on the second floor. After all, it would be too abrupt for a weapon enhancement shop to suddenly appear on the first floor, and it would be too late for the third floor or even higher floors. So, opening it on the second floor is the best choice to help players without them even realizing it, and it won't cause too much of a stir," Chen Luo said.

In fact, Chen Luo had already sent people to take care of it.

"It's all right now that you see everything is under your control... By the way, could Chen Luo..." Asuna seemed to have thought of something, and her face showed a troubled expression.

"What's wrong?" Chen Luo asked with interest.

The more difficult things were for others, the more excited Chen Luo became.

"Could you help Mito upgrade his weapon?" Asuna asked shyly.

As a well-educated student, Asuna knew it was impolite to keep asking for things, but Mito had been dead for some time, and because of the cause of death, her current level and equipment had not been changed.

Asuna didn't want her best friend, who had finally been resurrected, to die again.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

“Sure,” Chen Luo nodded.

"Mite, quick, get your weapon out," Asuna whispered to Mitt.

After a moment of surprise, Mitt quickly realized what was happening, scrolled down the menu, and then took out a weapon.

When Asuna saw this weapon, she tilted her head.

"This is……"

"This is obviously the light sword that your good friend dropped after chasing and killing that rare monster." Chen Luo took the light sword that Mitt handed over, threw it into the River of Time to duplicate it, and then placed all three light swords on the table and pushed them to Asuna.

[Ding! Mission complete!]

"This weapon is much stronger than the one you had me upgrade yesterday. It's also a testament to our friendship, so cherish it," Chen Luo said.

"Mite! I told you to take out your scythe and upgrade it! You idiot!"

"Uh, wasn't this to thank Asuna for reviving me? Ah, alright, alright, stop looking at me like that, I know I was wrong." Mito's momentum gradually weakened under Asuna's gaze.

"Chen Luo..." Asuna looked at Chen Luo again, feeling embarrassed.

"I'm returning the light sword to you. Could you upgrade Mitsu's weapon again?" Asuna placed the golden light sword, which Chen Luo had upgraded the previous night, in front of him.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Don't be so embarrassed. Even if you don't enhance your equipment here, you can still do it at the enhancement shop on the second floor for a small fee. There's no difference, so you don't need to feel too guilty," Chen Luo said with a smile.

"Phew, then I'll leave it to you."

"but……"

"But what?"

"Mite, right? Are you interested in taking on a hidden profession?" Chen Luo looked at Mite.

"Huh, a hidden class?" Mite was taken aback.

"Yeah."

Mitt, realizing what was happening, agreed to the hidden job request without hesitation, because none of the hidden jobs in Aincrad were weak.

"This is boring. You didn't even ask what the hidden profession is." Chen Luo's interest instantly vanished.

"Manager, please stop teasing Mitsu," Asuna said helplessly.

"Ahem, your usual weapon is a scythe, right? What comes to mind when you think of a scythe combined with a person who has been resurrected from the dead?" Chen Luo asked after a couple of coughs.

"A death guide?" That was the first thought that popped into Mitt's mind.

"Pretty much. I was going to say Ferryman or Death. Give me the weapon." Chen Luo reached out.

After obtaining Mitt's scythe, Chen Luo threw it directly into the river.

[Ding! Mission complete!]

This means that Mitt's mission to enhance the weapon is complete.

However, when Chen Luo received the golden scythe, he did not immediately return it to Mitt, but instead lightly scratched it.

"Here you go." After returning the weapon to Mitt, Mitt noticed that the name of his scythe had changed; it had become... the Death Scythe?

Most importantly, it has a suffix at the end: "can grow".

"I just added some special features to your Grim Reaper's Scythe, such as increased damage to mental and soul damage, and... upgrade potential. From now on, every time you use this scythe to kill monsters, its attributes will improve. How about that? Satisfied?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied!" Mite was delighted with the sickle.

There are already few scythe weapons in Aincrad, so finding one that can be upgraded saves Mit a lot of time and money searching for weapons.

This "growth" feature sounds impressive, but the principle is actually quite simple: it turns weapons into puppets, and then when monsters are killed, an extra 10% of Paradise Coins are allocated to increase the weapon's strength.

"But it's not completely free."

"Ugh?"

"Have you all forgotten what I said about dead players also having resurrection matches underground? So, as the first player to be resurrected, you can choose to pay a small fee to end this transaction today, or you can accept a hidden profession called Ferryman."

This was the result of Chen Luo's discussion with the world consciousness. After all, they couldn't let those souls sleep at the bottom of Aincrad forever, could they?

"A ferryman? What exactly does that entail?" Mite asked, somewhat excited.

Baidu people sound really impressive!

What teenager isn't a bit immature and eccentric? So are girls!

"You need to accept this hidden quest first before I can tell you."

"I'll take it!" With such a cool hidden quest and hidden class, how could I not accept it?

"Guide the souls of the deceased players to do volunteer work in Aincrad, and periodically assess their performance. Those who pass the assessment can be resurrected, while those who fail will continue to do volunteer work. This is your armband." Chen Luo handed a red armband to Mitt.

“…” Mite took the red armband in a daze.

What kind of ferryman is this?

Isn't that a neighborhood auntie?!

This has nothing to do with the ferryman's job that Mitt had imagined!

What happened to the promised revival match?

“Hmm, I really don’t understand. You can use a younger, more student-appropriate term to describe this profession,” Chen Luo said.

"What's your name?"

"Disciplinary Committee Member".

"...Can I not do it?"

"I'm sorry, no." Chen Luo gently rejected Mitt's resignation.

"Ugh, how come it's like this? This job isn't glamorous at all!"

"I feel really good," Asuna comforted her from the side.

"Chen Luo." Yae no Miko interrupted Mitt's complaints, walking gracefully through the flower field.

"Can we go see Ying today?"

"Um……"

"Great, you finally didn't say 'next time for sure'."

“…Next time for sure.” Chen Luo pondered for a while before saying.

"..."

Chapter 1904 Chen Luo, Humiliated by the Eightfold Divine Son (60% Off for Full Subscription)

"Next time for sure! Next time for sure! If you dare say that word again, I won't forgive you so easily next time. Humph!" Yae no Miko straightened her slightly disheveled clothes and walked out of Chen Luo's room.

"..." Chen Luosheng lay on his bed, feeling utterly hopeless.