At the same time, I traveled through time and space, I dominated the heavens and the worlds

Kayaba Akihiko was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lin Bei to be so perceptive and immediately noticed something was wrong.

Kayaba Akihiko couldn't help but look up to Lin Bei. He originally thought that the existence of such a bug would ruin his game.

What he wanted to create was a game that players could truly play and understand the true meaning of the game.

No, not completely. Perhaps what he wants more is to let players know that the game is not just a game, but also another existing world.

Kayaba Akihiko smiled faintly and looked at Lin Bei's back: "Indeed, just as you thought, the identity that Su Xiang concealed is the president of Laughing Coffin."

Lin Bei raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that there was no such statement in the original plot.

It seems that his arrival has really changed a lot of things. This makes it convenient for him to kill Xu Xiang in the most direct way.

Lin Bei turned around and nodded slightly to Kayaba Akihiko. He reminded him calmly, "Enjoy your game, Kayaba Akihiko. I don't want to waste my time on you. One day, you will be defeated by the black-clad swordsman holding two swords. You should look forward to that day."

Kayaba Akihiko slowly stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and disappeared into the room bit by bit. His cold voice was filled with a hint of expectation: "Is that so? Then he must not let me down."

After he finished speaking, Kayaba Akihiko completely disappeared in front of Lin Bei.

Lin Bei shrugged, turned around and went back to bed to sleep.

The next day, Kirito and Asuna came to find Lin Bei early, wanting to take him to meet the leader of the Scarlet Knights.

Lin Bei walked out of the tavern, turned around and raised his eyebrows at the two of them: "Captain? I met him last night, you guys go do your own things, I have to go on a long journey."

Have you met the team leader?
Going on a long trip?
Kirito and Asuna looked confused, as if they couldn't understand what Lin Bei meant.

The leader of the Scarlet Knights is far away from this floor. Even with the teleportation stone, it is impossible for him to arrive within one day.

They had planned to set off with Lin Bei to return to the Scarlet Knights last night after a good rest. Why is Lin Bei saying that he wants to go on a long journey now?

Could it be that Lin Bei wants to challenge the boss alone?

This thought came to Kirito and Asuna's minds at the same time. They immediately stopped Lin Bei. Kirito said solemnly, "Lin Bei, are you going to challenge the boss? I know you are very strong now, but you should be more cautious about this kind of thing. After all, you know that this is not just a simple game."

When the game dies, it's really dead.

Lin Bei naturally knew that Kirito and Asuna were worried about him, so he waved his hand slightly, signaling them not to be so nervous.

His eyes fell on Asuna and he smiled gently.

"I'm going to deal with a small problem, not to fight the boss. This problem is not big, but it will have a little impact on the future. Anyway, you guys go do your own things, don't worry about me."

After saying this, without waiting for Kirito and Asuna to continue, Lin Bei directly opened the space channel, stepped over it, and disappeared in front of Kirito and Asuna.

Kirito and Asuna looked at each other, still not sure what Lin Bei was going to do. But since the person had left, they couldn't catch up, and they didn't know where he had gone. They could only sigh helplessly and turn to walk towards the teleportation array.

Let’s talk about Lin Bei.

After crossing the space channel, Lin Bei arrived in a forest.

He did not leave the safe zone far, he just found an uninhabited area nearby. He forgot to ask Kayaba Akihiko where the "Smiling Coffin" base was last night, but fortunately he could check it himself.

After quickly browsing through the data, Lin Bei discovered that the headquarters of "Smiling Coffin" was actually on the first floor, which surprised him.

He also thought that a guild like "Laughing Coffin" that specialized in backstabbing players would choose a base in a sparsely populated and relatively hidden place.

I didn't expect that he would be so open on the first floor?
You know, there are many players living on the first floor. Not all players will step out of the safe zone to adventure. There are also many life players and casual players. This type of players will settle in the safe zone, either waiting to die or waiting for the strategy group to pass the game.

Of course, some people organized trade unions at the first level, carried out militarized management, and called themselves the army, collecting taxes in safe areas where there was no danger.

Being in a safe zone does not mean absolute safety. Players will always find ways to disrupt the peaceful lives of some players to achieve their greedy goals.

Lin Bei narrowed his eyes slightly, and after confirming the location of the "Smiling Coffin", he opened the space channel again and went to the first floor of SAO.

The game sao is a huge isolated island floating in the infinite sky. It is divided into one hundred layers. Each layer has different levels of resources and monsters. Similarly, each layer is guarded by a boss.

You must defeat the boss on this floor before you can go to the next floor, just like climbing stairs, passing each floor one by one until the 100th floor.

Each level is divided into countless villages and cities, all of which are safe zones.

The "Smiling Coffin" stronghold that Lin Bei is going to is in the Novice Village.

When Lin Bei walked out of the space channel, he found himself in a small woods on the edge of the Novice Village.

The monsters here are all level one slimes and pose no threat at all.

Rather than saying that slimes are threatening, it is better to say that players are the biggest threat.

Lin Bei's ears moved slightly and he heard a faint crying sound coming from not far away.

He frowned slightly and walked over. Before he got close, he heard several men swearing.

"Tsk, shut her up. We finally managed to trick her out. If we go back to the Novice Village, won't it alert the other NPCs?"

"Do you think I don't want to? She struggled so hard. She's just a level one NPC, how can she be so strong..."

After hearing this, Lin Bei's heart sank. He walked behind a tree to hide his breath and looked up.

I saw three male players dragging a young woman, trying to drag her into the bushes nearby.

The young woman kept crying and struggling, her face full of fear, but she didn't know that the more she did this, the happier the male player was.

Lin Bei carefully identified the young woman and discovered that she was actually an NPC.

The so-called NPC, or non-player character, is an emotionless entity in the game that is used to advance the plot or issue tasks.

It should be like this, but the game SAO added AI, so the NPCs also have emotions, and you can't tell the difference between players and NPCs unless you look carefully.

The only way to distinguish is to see if the opponent's name and health bar are displayed. If not, it means it is an NPC.

In sao, NPCs will not die, so no matter what you want to do to them, they will not be hurt, but the problem is that they have emotions, they will hate, they will like, and they will feel pain when they are attacked.

Lin Bei's eyes turned cold. He hated this kind of bullying of the weak. He would not tolerate such a situation.

Thinking of this, Lin Bei slowly walked out from behind the trees: "Let her go."

The three male players were busy, and when they heard this, they realized that someone was approaching them.

The three of them were stunned for a moment. They ignored Lin Bei and looked at each other, hesitantly saying: "Is this a player? Or an NPC? Could it be this woman's husband?" Lin Bei was too lazy to argue with them and raised his hand to draw the long sword at his waist.

Seeing this, the three men's faces darkened. They simply let go of the woman and drew their swords to face Lin Bei.

The three of them finally tricked the NPC out of the Novice Village and were about to succeed, but unexpectedly a fool showed up halfway.

Just now they thought it was an NPC, but now after careful identification, especially after showing their weapons to each other, they saw each other's health bar and name.

If it's a player, then he will be easier to deal with than an NPC. How powerful can a player who appears on the first floor be?

Aren’t they all lifestyle and leisure players?

People like this don't even need to take action. Just a few words can scare the other person into kneeling down.

Now this game is a death game. If you die, you really die.

The leader of the three glared at Lin Bei fiercely. He sneered and raised the sword in his hand, pointing it at Lin Bei arrogantly.

"Hey, hey, hey, where did you come from? Do you know that you have ruined our good deeds? Which union are you from? Do you know the name of our union? I advise you to get out of here before you anger us!"

Lin Bei glanced at the symbols on the back of their right hands and spoke calmly.

"Laughing Coffin? I thought you were such a powerful group of people, but in the end you are just bullying the NPCs in the Novice Village?"

These words were undoubtedly provocative, and even a bit contemptuous.

The three were stunned. They didn’t expect that this player actually knew their guild. It would have been fine if he knew it, but he wasn’t afraid at all?
Soon, the three of them all showed anger on their faces. They thought that this was an ignorant brat. He must be just like those players who had returned to the first floor before. He relied on killing a few elite monsters outside and could come back to the first floor to show off.

Humph, then he was wrong.

This entire floor had long been owned by their "Smiling Coffin" under the leadership of their president.

If anyone dares to interfere with their work in their territory, he will be killed.

Anyway, this is not a safe zone. It's easy for three of them to deal with one, right?

The leader turned his head and looked at the two people behind him. The three of them had done all kinds of bad things together, so they naturally knew what the leader meant.

Malice flashed across the eyes of the three of them, and then they grasped their swords without hesitation and attacked Lin Bei from three directions.

The three of them were trying to catch players off guard, and this tactic always worked when dealing with players in the past.

Often, before the opponent can react, one of the three of them will attack the opponent.

They turned towards Lin Bei and found him still standing there in a daze, which made them laugh.

I think the guy who tried to be a hero and save the beauty was frightened by their sudden attack. The reaction speed of ordinary players could not keep up with them. They had been specially trained.

Just as the three swords were about to fall on Lin Bei, a strange roar suddenly sounded.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of fire flashed in front of the three people, and they felt the swords in their hands hit a hard wall. The sword body trembled and the palm of their hand became numb, and then it was suddenly bounced away.

The three of them screamed and rolled on the ground several times before they finally stopped.

They got up, looked at Lin Bei with fear on their faces, then looked down at their swords.

Three swords, all broken.

The three of them screamed and looked at Lin Bei in disbelief. The leader looked Lin Bei up and down, wondering who this guy was and what skill he just used. It seemed like a magic skill, but the problem was that there was no magic in SAO at all.

So, he's a cheater?
Come to the first floor, is it to join their smiling coffin?

But no matter how you look at it, this guy behaves very decently. Doesn't he seem to fit in with their philosophy of Smiling Coffin?

As the three of them were in shock and confusion, Lin Bei sighed slightly.

"Don't struggle. You can't hurt me. I'm not some passing player. I'm here to kill you, the Laughing Coffin."

After he finished speaking, Lin Bei raised his hand and a stream of black liquid shot out, heading straight for one of the three people.

Then a muffled groan was heard, and the other two looked over in unison, only to see their companion's eyes wide open, covering his neck in disbelief, and then his health bar began to drop as if a floodgate had been opened.

In just three seconds, his health bar was completely emptied, and he fell limply, disappearing into the wind.

The other two were so scared that they stepped back, screaming "Impossible" and turned around to run towards the safe area.

There's something wrong with this guy!

He said that they were here to kill the people from Smiling Coffin. This was normal. After all, the way Smiling Coffin acted was infuriating, and with so many enemies, naturally someone would come to seek revenge.

But no one is like the guy in front of him, who stands still and uses a random inexplicable skill to clear the player's health bar!
Hurry back to the safe zone. As long as they are in the safe zone, this guy will definitely not be able to touch them!

After all, there are rules in the game that players cannot attack each other in the safe zone!

The two of them hurried so fast that they had no time to look at Lin Bei behind them. Fortunately, Lin Bei didn't seem to catch up with them. They quickly crossed the dividing line and successfully entered the safe zone.

The two men held their knees with their hands and kept breathing heavily. There was a stamina bar in their body. If the stamina bar was exhausted, they could only walk. Fortunately, the stamina bar was emptied just after they stepped into the safe zone.

The two men gasped and looked back. Just one glance made them take two steps back in fright.

At the boundary between the safety zone and the wilderness, Lin Bei stood outside the safety zone with his hands behind his back, looking at them with an indifferent expression.

He looked indifferent, as if he had been following them all the time, watching them flee back into their holes like frightened mice.

Of course, what they didn’t know was that Lin Bei actually did that.

After the two players of Smiling Coffin recovered, they grinned smugly and gave Lin Bei the middle finger: "Well, we have reached the safe zone. Let's see what you can do to us. You cheater, even if you have skills that surpass the players, in SAO, the safe zone is a place where even cheaters cannot attack players!"

The two men survived the disaster, feeling both proud and excited. They turned around and prepared to run back to inform the other members of Smiling Coffin not to leave the safe zone during this time, as there was a cheater who was hunting down their guild members.

However, if the president were here, he would definitely lead them out of the safe zone to encircle and suppress this ignorant guy.

Humph, so what if he’s a cheater? Their president is no ordinary person, and he has means to deal with cheaters that surpass countless players.

The leading player turned around and glared at Lin Bei, sneering and saying, "Just wait, we'll go right away..."

Before he finished speaking, a stream of black liquid surged out from under Lin Bei's feet, sank into the ground, and turned into a black shadow, rushing towards the two at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. (End of this chapter)