That night, Luo Zhen and Leafa failed to reach Arun.
The two of them had entered the game at night in the first place, while the lord's conference was scheduled to take place around one in the morning. It was already so late, and with the Aerial Restriction on top of that, they had no way to keep traveling nonstop and reach Arun directly.
So once their wings grew tired, they landed immediately and decided to log out, then log back in the next day and continue on their way.
Fortunately, there were no training-ground-type monsters on the Arun Plateau. Aside from having to watch out for other players, Luo Zhen and Leafa did not need to worry much about the characters left in the game after logging out being attacked. Thus, after finding a secluded place to land, Luo Zhen logged out first and had Leafa keep watch. Then, once Luo Zhen's character disappeared, Leafa hid in the grass and logged out as well, allowing the two of them to leave the game together.
This was the arrangement they had agreed on beforehand: they would take turns keeping watch. Leafa had logged out first last time, while Luo Zhen went first this time, bringing things full circle.
After logging out, Luo Zhen and Naoha immediately fell asleep and entered dreamland.
Although every player lay in bed asleep while fully diving, just like in SAO, even if their real bodies were lying outside, staying active in the game world for too long would still leave their minds exhausted. People still needed proper sleep and rest. Full diving could not replace sleep; otherwise, back in SAO, there would have been no need to rent inns for rest.
ALO was the same in this regard. There was no way to use full