Today is a good day.
Due to its structure, Aincrad cannot directly see the sun except in the morning and evening. However, during the day, there is still a full light source that illuminates each floor, allowing the sun to shine among the coniferous trees. This winter season brings a warm feeling.
At this time, Luo Zhen and Asuna were walking on the wooden walkway connecting the cabins.
The road went downhill on the right and extended into the deep forest, allowing Luo Zhen and Asuna to walk slowly through the huge coniferous forest similar to cedar trees.
"rustle…"
The surrounding trees swayed in the breeze.
"Crash..."
A trickle of water flows in the river.
“Tweet…”
Birds are chirping in the woods.
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
Colorful butterflies and flower butterflies were flying under such beautiful scenery, making sweet calls while constantly hovering around Luo Zhen and Asuna.
All these scenes give people a pleasing feeling.
Asuna was walking beside Luo Zhen and suddenly said this.
"I'm starting to like it here."
Asuna said such words, her delicate and pretty face showed genuine relaxation, and her eyes were filled with brilliance as she looked around.
Luo Zhen was not surprised by this, but agreed with it.
"Me too."
This is true.
After living here for a whole week, Luo Zhen also began to like it.
It is quiet and peaceful here, not only has beautiful scenery, but also can make people relax all the time. For people who don't like an overly exciting life, it is simply a great place to go.
If there is such a place in the real world, then Luo Zhen really hopes that he can buy a small wooden house there, live in it, concentrate on studying magic every day, play games when he is tired, and sometimes go for a walk. , life should not be too pleasant.
Luo Zhen also believed that if Ma Xiu knew about this place, he would also like it and wouldn't mind staying here.
Asuna must feel the same way, right
That's what Luo Zhen thought.
It's a pity that Luo Zhen, who was thinking this way, didn't know that besides environmental factors, what kind of people were around him, which was also one of the important reasons for Asuna to like this place.
Asuna didn't say this, she just said it regretfully.
"Why didn't I find this place so good when I visited here before?"
A year and a half ago, although Asuna had not joined the strategy team and had not conquered this level with Luo Zhen and others, when she was here as the frontline, Asuna also had a training area here. And leveled up in the maze area.
At that time, Asuna had no attachment to the environment here at all. After this floor was conquered, she went to the 23rd floor and continued to gain more efficient experience points.
After a year and a half, Asuna returned to this floor again. She did not expect that her state of mind would change so much.
Missing such a beautiful thing made Asuna only feel regretful.
but…
"At that time, you only had strategy in your eyes. Even if you really thought this place was beautiful, you would never stop here, right?"
Luo Zhen exposed this, and Asuna nodded in agreement.
Now, looking back on the past, Asuna really feels that it was a rather unpleasant experience.
At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of life. I just kept sacrificing the present and thinking about the future I should have. I felt that walking on the right path was the most important thing, and the rest was simply insignificant. In the end, I was determined. I walked blindly on this pitiful road, not realizing that I had lost a lot of important things.
Now, if I think about it carefully, I am hopeless if I am obsessed with the past and future.
Thinking about the past self, she would only hug her knees and hide in the hotel room, have nightmares every day, and tremble with fear and despair.
If you think about your future self, you will madly move towards the goal of conquering the game, which makes no sense in living at all.
In this world, only enjoying the present like this is truly alive.
The person who taught Asuna this point was the lazy man walking beside her, still yawning.
It was he who told him to stop looking at the floor above and look at the rainbow in front of him.
It was he who told himself to keep smiling, that would be beautiful.
It was him who stopped having nightmares.
It was also him who stopped himself from pursuing one goal and noticed many beautiful things.
Thinking of this, Asuna couldn't help but stretch out a hand in Luo Zhen's direction.
Just before Asuna's hand was about to touch Luo Zhen's, and they clenched together uncontrollably...
"Huh?"
Luo Zhen suddenly stopped and let out a surprised cry.
"ah!"
Only then did Asuna realize what she was about to do, she quickly retracted her hand and jumped away as if she had been electrocuted.
This made Luo Zhen turn his head and look at Asuna in surprise.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Zhen asked with a look of surprise and confusion.
"No...nothing!"
Asuna quickly waved her hands and shook her head. Although her pretty face was already red, she still tried hard to change the topic.
"What...what's going on? There's such a fuss all of a sudden!"
Asuna asked, raising her voice as if she was overreacting.
This made Luo Zhen feel baffled, but he stopped pursuing it.
"Look there."
Luo Zhen pointed to the depths of the forest ahead.
"There?"
Asuna immediately looked in the direction Luo Zhen pointed.
What came into view was a dense forest.
The sun shines through the gaps between the trees, and it looks like rays of light falling from the sky. It's so beautiful.
But that's not what Luo Zhen wanted Asuna to see.
Asuna concentrated, allowed her vision to be corrected, and began to focus, seeing a deeper scene.
The next second, Asuna opened her eyes wide.
I saw that in the deepest part of the forest in my field of vision, in the open space surrounded by rays of light, there was a figure standing there silently.
That was a young girl.
Wearing only a white dress.
Two fair and slender thighs were directly exposed to the air.
No shoes on, standing barefoot on the ground.
The other party's back was facing this way, making it difficult to see his appearance.
Asuna could only see that the other party had long, straight, black hair, and the hem of her skirt was fluttering in the breeze.
"That is…?"
Asuna was extremely surprised.
no way.
It was really surprising that a young girl appeared like this silently in the deserted forest.
Luo Zhen also stared over there and spoke in a low voice.
"Why does it feel like something's not right?"
Luo Zhen made this feeling.
And at the moment when this feeling fell...
"Bang..."
With a slight landing sound, the girl fell to the ground without any warning and could no longer move.
"Varied…!?"
Luo Zhen was surprised.
"not good!"
Asuna even exclaimed.
The two ran towards each other's position.