It comes apart much better than expected.

Kayaba Akihiko didn't tinker too much with the NERvGear; the lethal combination of battery and microwave sensor was an original design, yes, I-seek-style.

It was this combination that had screwed up quite a few low-ranked Awakened seniors - and possibly juniors.

With Wang Shui's insight, Awakened Ones were not all-around deathless powerful once they entered Transcendence.

In fact, most Awakened Ones had obvious strengths and weaknesses, especially in terms of protection, no one could be all-around powerful, and a lot of equipment was needed to make up for it.

Want to resist microwave this kind of energy damage, the most simple and effective, is to use all kinds of energy body protection, especially to protect the head.

Generally, Awakened people would choose miniature mobile armor to provide all-round protection, even if it was a particularly old model, the protection ability could also kill low-order damage.

But right now, Wang Shui didn't have a mobile armor, and even if he did, he couldn't fit his NERvGear over an equally large iron lump.

Also, he didn't have the ability to shield his body with energy, and the only 50 points of first-order unattributed energy was still the one that came with his awakening, and he had never used it.

But, he also had no intention of wearing the NERvGear on his head.

Although going into SAO was a very good choice to save money, the stress of living in it was much lower than living in a big city.

Wang Shui didn't consider himself a coward, he felt he was just cautious.

Once you put on a helmet, there are countless possibilities of dying a violent death, the power and internet may be cut off before you are discovered and transferred, you may also be killed by monsters in the early stages of the game, and so on.

Any uncertainty would make Wang Shui back off.

Wang Shui has a very good relationship with a former coder, who once commented on him before they were all together by the mud truck Juhe:

"Waterboy is a very special gambler, he doesn't want to bet a penny until he has a 100 percent chance of winning."

NERvGear was loaded back, Wang Shui was still browsing through the game information, he didn't want to go in, but he always had to pay attention.

Neon's largest game guide website, there has been a lot of internal test integration information, two months of internal test time, 1000 internal test players raided the sixth layer of the BOSS.

Wang Shui was under the impression that Master Tong claimed to have brushed the tenth floor solo, with an extremely high degree of liver.

There are hundreds of various posts introducing the game content gameplay, and the author name that appears the most is a guy named Simca.

It's familiar, I think it's a character from the plot.

There weren't a few particularly obvious villains in Blade and Sword, and Wang Shui couldn't remember what this guy did.

Just as Wang Shui kept refreshing his post, the top of the Raider website was updated with the top message.

[SAO official public beta will open on November 6th! It is expected that 300,000 sets of Phase 1 Limited Edition Game Bodies will be sold out in two days!

Wang Shui sat up straight and his expression began to become serious.

It's not right ......

Opening the post, inside was a webpage with links to online sales, as well as photos of various offline stores selling like hotcakes.

[The first pressure public beta will support up to 300,000 people playing at the same time, I wonder how many people will be online at the same time on the first day!

[The full virtual reality, which has been upgraded much more than the internal test, will bring us what kind of surprise experience!

It's not right! The plot is not right!

Wang Shui can't remember anything else, but he clearly remembers that SAO public beta was entered by 10,000 players, 300,000? This gap is also too big ......

Wang Shui suddenly thought of something and flipped the quest interface to see the World Alienation tab.

[Huge] Alienation, is that what it means?

Wang Shui suddenly had some heart palpitations.

As a veteran player who wasn't particularly addicted to online games, Wang Shui knew the horrific impact of the number of players on the game's lifespan.

When there were more people, the resources produced would become more, the total amount of rare resources would become more, and even more, the number of powerful players would become correspondingly more!

This simple truth of quantitative changes triggering qualitative changes would definitely have a direct impact on the game strategy!

Will the plot continue to develop as it did in the original story?

Will Kiryu still be the unique black-clad swordsman?

Will he defeat Kayaba Akihiko, or will he still have the chance to break through the system's limitations, be recognized by Kayaba, and obtain the Seed of the World?

And there was also an alienation tag called [Real], what did that refer to?

Countless questions flooded Wang Shui as he curled up in his chair, cupping his face with both hands, his fingers repeatedly rubbing and massaging his face, repeatedly rubbing his bangs.

Wang Shui's optimism about obtaining the Seed of the World took a sharp turn for the worse, and the word obliteration in the punishment for failure tightened his throat.

Want to smoke a cigarette ......

In fact, he didn't have the habit of smoking, as an ordinary person working as a coder, he only smoked a small amount of cigarettes when he was extremely annoyed and his body was extremely tired.

Anxiety made it difficult for him to sit still, he opened his room door to the narrow corridor by the entrance, looking at the neon bright modern city, borrowing the cool breeze to cool down his brain.

At that moment, a hurried figure turned out from the entrance of the building, it was carrying a shopping bag Shi Nai.

Wang Shui is a person with a very bad character.

Almost without thinking, a nasty idea floated in his mind: bully Shi Nai.

The fastest way to relieve stress is to divert it, to transfer it to someone else, to comfort yourself with someone else's pain.

Compare her fingers into the shape of a gun, or simply pull out a [Worm] pistol, and her reaction would surely be lousy.

What prevented Wang Shui from committing the evil act was Shi Nai's eyes that were as animated and fearful as a wounded little beast, in fact, they were a few steps away, and the sky was dark, so Wang Shui could only see a little bit of watery wave-like shaking.

It shook his heartstrings ...... Forget it, being a human being still can t be too disgusting, bullying a 14 year old girl this kind of thing ......

Wang Shui s state switched quickly, but the action of raising his hand and letting go was still caught by Shi Nai, who first panicked and took half a step back, then her expression became angry until she was a bit hysterical.

"Sure enough, you guys want to humiliate me too!"

No, the plot wasn't right, Wang Shui once again noticed something strange, and Shiina's state wasn't right either!

The original Shiina's plot started from the first year of high school, facing bullying from her classmates she only had small resistance and indifferent response.

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Having lost her father at a young age and her mother's mental transformation into a teenager, the influence of her family and social environment has made Shi Nai's character extremely mature and strong.

She never treated her classmates as her peers, and it seemed to her that the guys' personalities hadn't grown at all since they were a few years old.

Shiina wouldn't yell like that to bolster herself, much less be so vulnerable.

Besides, had Shiina been studying in Tokyo Metropolis since junior high school?

In Shiina's nervousness tinged with panic as she backed away, Wang Shui took three or two steps to her side, and a faint sour odor of fermentation came from her.

The smell was so faint that Shiina did some cleaning up after vomiting.

Wang Shui, who was only a little over one meter seven, wasn't too much taller than Shi Nai, but the oppressive feeling of his advance made Shi Nai even more panicked, and she wanted to run away, even though the shelter she had lived in for two years was not far away.

With mixed feelings, Wang Shui grabbed Shiina at the entrance of the building and pressed her down hard before quickly explaining:

"Be quiet, Shi Nai, be quiet, control your emotions, control your body, you have a strong and independent spirit, you are not weak and I will not bully you! I'm your classmate and neighbor for two years."

Wang Shui's words were quick and illogical, but professional.

For a target in a tight mental state, coherent and logical consolation was not so necessary, allowing the target to quickly and efficiently ingest words that lifted their spirits was the only way to make the language work.

This was the knowledge from a spiritual interference book, Wang Shui didn't believe it very much is all.

I don't know if it was Wang Shui's sudden thought of verbal interference that worked, or his far more powerful hands than Shiina's that came into play, but slowly Shiina stopped exerting herself and stopped resisting.

"Good, now listen to me, I just wanted to say hello and then I was a little embarrassed, I know why you are nervous, relax, no one is going to hurt you now, you are able to understand, you are able to accept it, your muscles are already starting to relax, you will be a little tired and weak in the legs after the adrenaline recedes, don't be nervous it's a normal reaction."

Almost subconsciously, Wang Shui began to practice the useless knowledge he had learned so long ago to Shiina.

Between her arms Shiina's body began to soften and her breathing gradually shortened, at this point her spirit should have a return like lucidity.

"Yes, relax, I'll let go of my hand soon, you need to stand firm on your own, your room is right next to it."

The mouth continued to interfere, and in reality there was now an option of a gentle hug that would have taken a different route to the raid.

But, little Shino stank, and Wang Shui said no.

With open-mouthed lies and questionable mental interference, Shiina regained her composure, and as she broke away slightly, Wang Shui naturally loosened his arms and took two steps back.

"I'm sorry for scaring you just now, but I'm afraid that something might happen to you if you rush downstairs at night."

The words that were true and false, coupled with Wang Shui's indifferent and not overly concerned expression, made Shiina truly drop her guard.

She first took a deep breath, then said as if she had used all her strength:

"No, I ...... I'm the one, I'm the one who scared you, yes ......"

Wang Shui smiled and shook his head while snapping his fingers with his right hand, switching Shi Nao's attention, and then said:

"Go back to your room first, put down your stuff and clean it."

Shi Nai suddenly had some afterthought of shock and shame, lowered her head and slowly walked back, pressed the code to open the door and escaped back to her room.

1758, there was no electronic lock that was physically locked with a key, just a swipe of a card or a code to open it.

Should I say that little Shinoa's defenses are poor, or should I spit on this old-fashioned electronic lock for being too simple.

Being disturbed by Shi Nai, Wang Shui s somewhat manic mood ...... caused by the plot change was not much better.

Although it is considered to be bullying Shi Nai, it is a loss to have to apologize and enlighten.

The more one understands psychological intervention techniques, the more difficult it is to self-condition oneself, understanding the purpose of the language, it is very difficult to deceive oneself, and it is also the same for Wang Shui, a bottle full of half a bottle of bam.

That's why in the beginning he tried to do a direct pressure transfer by bullying Shiina.

Not long after, just as Wang Shui was about to go back to his room, the door to the room behind his side opened.

Shi Nai, who was dressed in homey civilian clothes, still had a dense vapor around her body.

She came to Wang Shui's side and looked at the clamor outside with him.

"You said, knowing my situation?" Shi Nai took the initiative to break the silence.

"For two years you've had multiple symptoms of vomiting shock, and your behavior and personality are so sensitive that it's easily reminiscent of - PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental illness mostly seen in retired soldiers and police officers."

Shiina didn't react much, and Wang Shui continued:

"Not only are you acting abnormally, even the teachers at school seem to be a little afraid of you, which is hard not to notice, so I learned a little bit more about it, but didn't want to interfere too much in your life, so I didn't usually take extra care and attention to you, sorry about that."

"Ah, no, no need, today is already very much appreciated, I'm much better now, very much appreciated, distance?"

Wang Shui's rationality and straightforwardness made it easy for Shiina to accept the logic, after all, a serious look doesn't seem like a lie.

"It's just very surprising, Satou-san seems to be, very good at psychology things?"

"It's just that I like to read all kinds of books... Psychological medical treatment requires the establishment of a professional and complete mental model of the patient in order to deal with the symptoms... At a very low level like mine, I can only use a lot of conversations to guide the way, and it often goes off on tangents that turn into idle chatter."

Wang Shui's words were true, in this regard he was half a bottle of water, less than half a bottle.

"Actually, I feel that Satou-san's language is more powerful than many psychiatrists, and very easily dragged me back."

"It wasn't easy oh?"

"What?"

"At that time, I was also very careful with the words I used, I only hoped that it would inspire you to take control of yourself, those words can't be of much use to someone who isn't mentally strong enough."

Shiina suddenly smiled, "Am I strong?"

Wang Shui also chimed in with a sideways glance and a light smile, "Very strong."

After a period of silence, Shiina always felt like saying something but could never catch the thought, and was unwilling to turn away now.

"Are you trying to say that it feels relaxing to talk to you?" Wang Shui looked at her squirming and proactively prompted.

"Yes!" Shi Nai was clear at one point, "Yes, relaxed, I didn't realize that you had such a superpower before."

Shi Nai, who had recovered much of her spirit, couldn't help but shiver in the increasingly cold night breeze.

Wang Shui noticed, and simply turned around and extended an invitation:

"It's rare that I have time, would you like to come to my psychological clinic, Asada-san, so that you can see my healing abilities."

Saying that, he simply turned around and opened the door to his room before saying, "It's the first time I've ever invited a girl to my room, it's such a peculiar feeling."

Please analyze how much soft pressure this statement will exert on the target.

Shiina showed obvious hesitation, even though she had been a classmate and neighbor for two years, it seemed that her understanding of Satsuki as a person had only begun today.

She didn't know how she convinced herself.

The strange sensation seemed to have filled her brain with blood, and after a slight walk, Shiina had sat on a cushion in Wang Shui's room, while Wang Shui was carrying two cups of hot cocoa out of the small kitchen that had been converted from the balcony.

It was like, a compelling siren, not particularly handsome, just a gentle confidence and infectiousness.

It's the maturity of thought, and the power of words, Shiina thought to herself.

"Hot cocoa, flavored with lemon sugar, I saw it on the road today and didn't hold back, there's also a corresponding mousse cake, but it'll have to wait a bit, it needs to be iced to enhance the texture."

"Ah thank you, no need to be so ...... well thank you."

Wang Shui returned a flat smile, "Sweets bring happiness."

Yes, Shiina accepted this truth, the slight bitterness and light sweetness in the delicate hot cocoa did not conflict with each other, the layers massaging her mouth and spirit.

As her mind began to focus, she carefully surveyed Kingswater's room, so clean and tidy that it surprised her.

Yes, overly neat, or simple, without many bits and pieces of living items, it was almost as if, it was the first day it had been inhabited.

"I thought, Satou-san's room would have a lot of books on psychology, but I didn't expect it to be so, empty."

"It happened to be just a big cleanup, as for the books, e-books would be more convenient to read to pass some boring fragmented time."

"So, Satou-san is a real psychology expert?" Shiina looked at Wang Shui.

"Believe it or not," Wang Shui smiled mysteriously before turning to the topic, "Asada-san, there's something that concerns me a lot, you subconsciously shouted "also" to humiliate you when you saw me raise my hand, and it seems that, there have been stress symptoms. "

Shiina said as she shriveled up a bit in the flesh:

"Yes, not really wanting to mention it, but things like bullying are still very common for middle school students, right?"

"You can't think like that, Asada, accepting childish bullying so openly will only make you more and more stressed, can you tell me about the bully?"

Shiina replied as she digested Kingswater's information in general:

"No, don't mind them ...... well don't use that look, promise me, Satou-san, don't do anything extra ...... it's Endo and the three of them. Wait, did you just call me Asada? I can't believe you dropped the classmate, you called me by my first name directly before too, is that some kind of psychology trick now?"

"Not bad, very perceptive, although it just feels like Shino is more palatable that way, or how about you just pretend your last name is Shino?"

"Why are you such a person!"

During the relatively cordial exchange, Wang Shui discovered a little problem.

The surname Endo, presumably from the class, didn't ring a bell with him at all, and he didn't remember if it appeared in the original.

But speaking of the female trio, Wang Shui immediately thought of the three senior girls who bullied Shiina in the original, after all, Shiina didn't have much of a storyline either.

So was this plot advancement? Or was there another reason?

"Satou-san?" Shiina suddenly noticed something a little different.

"Something came to mind... By the way, although it's a bit rude, I'd like to ask, does Shiina have any particularly close friends, such as males of the same age with a mild but relatively warm personality who are on good terms?"

"Indeed it's very rude, friends, there are a few classmates who are able to communicate, males ...... Satou-san shouldn't be asking for any mundane reasons, right?"

Wang Shui stroked his chin and said seriously:

"It's something important, it shouldn't matter much to you."

"My friend, yet it doesn't matter much to me well, what a strange logic. Well, it shouldn't be, I don't remember having a friend with such a detailed qualification."

In other words, the early episodes didn't include that little kid from the Dead Gun Trio.

Come to think of it, that guy was the one who approached Shiina through his gun hobby and solidified his presence through the game GGO.

Now that none of those conditions exist, Shiina should still be slowly getting into guns.

The reason for the bullying plot to advance should be ......

"Maybe I'm overthinking it, I didn't think there would be girls who cared about Shiina's past, digging up information from back then and turning their heads ......"

"No," Shiina was a bit helpless at Wang Shui calling her by her first name, but still explained seriously, "Endo, the three of them, didn't know anything beforehand."