"..."
"Cough, cough. Why are you looking at me like that? I just came over to liven up the atmosphere." Yakumo Yukari smiled awkwardly.
"It all started when I accidentally found a game helmet in a cave... It really was an accident." Seeing that even Yakumo Yukari was curious about what had happened, Chen Luo simply began explaining the whole story to them.
The matter was quite simple. A second-generation puppeteer had accidentally picked up a miraculous helmet left behind by a highly advanced civilization, then used that helmet, which could connect two levels, to throw his weight around in a Different World...
"...Did you make up a lot of that?" Yakumo Yukari asked suspiciously.
"Indeed. After all, some of the things I discussed with the World Consciousness need to remain confidential."
"But your explanation is way too ridiculous, isn't it?"
"Anyway, that was basically the idea. After discussing things with the World Consciousness for a while, I decided to forcibly elevate the world's level, turning this ordinary world that originally had nothing into one with supernatural power. The World Consciousness was delighted, so it agreed to the plan. As two of the top survivors among those ten thousand people, Kirito and Asuna absorbed the greatest amount of the world power dispersed from the World Tree, which is why their souls shine so brightly."
"And given their current condition, as long as they can return their consciousness to their bodies, they will gain strength far beyond that of ordinary people."
"...Isn't that completely different from the version you just told us?"
"How is it different? It has always been like this. If you think it is different, why don't you look for the problem in yourself?"
"???"
"Anyway, that is the situation. The World Consciousness has already begun pouring world