Chapter 10: First Arrival! Sword Art Online!

  Standing at the boundary of "illusion and reality", Zi gazed into the distance at the white clouds, with an inexplicable light flashing in her eyes.

  "Mèr, don't let sister down, okay......"

  Her vermilion lips opened lightly, and she recalled the scene of Yakumo Yukari leaving Gensokyo.

  Under the cherry blossom tree, Yakumo Yukari looked at the still carefree and gentle Yuyuko and said with some disbelief: "Sister, you're saying... the Great Hakurei Barrier in Gensokyo is disappearing!?"

  Zi nodded slightly.

  Baiyun's eyebrows furrowed tightly together.

  Gensokyo consists of two major boundaries, aside from the "Boundary between Fantasy and Reality" set up by Yukari, there is also the "Great Hakurei Barrier" established by the previous Hakurei Miko.

  "The Boundary of Fantasy and Reality" is a barrier established by Shiroe himself 500 years ago in the "Monster Expansion Plan".

  At that time, due to the increasing strength of humans and their gradual oppression of youkai, in order to restore the power of Gensokyo's youkai, Zunzaemon implemented a plan for youkai expansion.

  The core of this plan is to create a boundary between fantasy and reality around Gensokyo, which is to create the world in another theoretical way by taking advantage.

  However, this created world needs to rely on the external world to exist and cannot exist independently like the divine realm opened by Pangu, the ancestral god of the Huaxia pantheon.

  The most ingenious part of the plan proposed by Yukari is that the youkai from the outside world will gradually disappear, while the strength of the youkai in Gensokyo will gradually increase, ultimately completely separating the worlds of youkai and humans.

  The "Great Hakurei Barrier" is a barrier that was opened over 100 years ago to block off the traffic between Gensokyo and the outside world. This barrier was initially managed by Hakurei Miko, but later the management work was taken over by Mokou with the reason "Anyway, we're all going to manage a barrier, so it doesn't matter if we manage one more".

  The so-called "Boundary of Hakurei", in essence, is a "Boundary of Common Sense". It is used to distinguish the unconventional and fantastical aspects of the outside world from the conventional and ordinary aspects of Gensokyo. The unconventional aspects of the outside world are considered conventional in Gensokyo, while the conventional aspects of the outside world are considered unconventional in Gensokyo. This boundary is not a physical entity but rather an ethical one.

  Because of the existence of the Great Hakurei Barrier, the youkai in Gensokyo cannot easily go to the outside world.

  Because of these two boundaries, Gensokyo is able to exist.

  However, now Mokou tells Yakumo Yukari that the two great boundaries that sustain Gensokyo's existence are gradually disappearing!

  There is no more terrifying news than this.

  "Although we've left most of the work of maintaining the Grand Barrier to Lan, I can still sense its condition at any time."

  Zi lowered her head and gazed at her reflection in the red tea in front of her, her face more serious than ever before.

  "Although it's extremely slow, the Grand Boundary is indeed disappearing, so we can only go and reinforce it every now and then."

  "This method treats the symptoms but not the root cause and ultimately cannot thoroughly solve the problem."

  Baiyun Mo looked at Zi with a hint of melancholy in his eyes and felt a pang in his heart.

  Since his birth into this world three years ago, Zi has been extremely spoiled by himself. Although he looks very abdomen black on weekdays and will even tease himself, the feelings between Yún Mò and Zi are very good!

  Even Blue, who has been living with Purple for a long time, isn't as close to her as you are, right?

  "So, elder sister, why did the Great Barrier disappear? Is there any way to completely solve this problem?"

  Zi Ding looked at Ba Yun Mo for a while, then smiled lightly.

  "Mò ér néng yǒu zhè fèn xīn, zán hěn gāoxìng."

  Translation: "If Mo'er has this kind of heart, I'm very happy."

  "Actually, if it were in the past, no big deal, we could just go and reinforce the Grand Barrier every now and then. This way, although it can't completely solve the problem, it's still possible to keep the Grand Barrier stable for a thousand or eight hundred years."

  "But now that Mo Er has the Fantasy Seed, we also have a thorough solution to this problem."

  Baiyun Mo heard Zi's words and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.

  He was delighted to be able to help Zi.

  "Sister, what should I do?"

  "Alright... no rush, no rush." Zi put away the folding fan, and with a gentle tap of the fan tip on Baiyun Mo's forehead, she smiled indulgently, "Mo'er, you should first use the power of that fantasy seed to go to some fantasy worlds formed by the thoughts of living beings. In those worlds, the fantasy seeds in your spiritual sea can automatically absorb the residual fantasy powers left behind after their birth."

  "The Power of Fantasy?"

  Zi nodded, "The power of fantasy is the condensation of the thoughts and intentions of living beings. After the formation of a fantasy world, it leaves behind a mysterious power that can be absorbed by Mo Er's fantasy seeds. When the power absorbed by the seeds becomes strong enough, we can, with Mo Er's help, make Fantasy Village completely independent from the outside world, becoming a small world running independently in the gap between countless worlds."

  "This way, it can be solved once and for all."

  There is one thing that Mokou didn't tell Yakumo, and that is when she uses Yakumo's power to make Gensokyo completely independent, it will be the time when Yakumo becomes the supreme deity of Gensokyo!

  After all, by then the entire Gensokyo was able to exist thanks to Yakumo Yukari's power, wasn't it?

  Thus, with Violet's help, Hachirou Moku began his journey through countless fantasy worlds.

  "Look, look! That guy is so handsome!"

  "Really?! And dressed so strangely, are you cosplaying?"

  "But how can I see which role he is cosplaying as?"

  ……

  "Hmph, pretending to be... "

  "Hey, you're just jealous because you think someone else is more handsome than you, right?"

  "What vinegar am I eating! Nonsense!"

  ……

  Standing on a bustling street, Bachiru Sumi felt uncomfortable all over her body.

  After learning from Violet how to use the Spiritual Sea's Fantasy Seeds to traverse worlds, Hachiguma Sumi performed his first traversal with Violet's help.

  According to what the elder sister said, a world born from the power of fantasy will change from its original 'fantasy' to 'reality' after it is born. Therefore, the power of fantasy at the time of the birth of the world will be left behind and gradually disperse.

  "So I absorb the world's fantasy power, and it won't harm the world itself..."

  "And when the fantasy power of this world is absorbed cleanly, I can use the fantasy seed to go to another world."

  "As for the indigenous people of this world, Sister said that if necessary, she can bring back some people who have intersected with herself to Fantasia temporarily..."

  "But for now, the top priority is..."

  Baiyun Mo looked around, his face extremely gloomy.

  "Figure out where this place is..."

  This should be a bustling commercial street. From the words on the billboards on both sides of the street and the conversations of passersby, it can be known that this is District 11.

  The eleventh district of a certain fantasy world.

  "Hello, sir, I'm so sorry to disturb you!"

  Suddenly, a man in a suit appeared before Yagumo Taku, first bowing deeply to him, then handing over his business card with both hands.

  "My name is Shimoda Kengetsu, and I'm a talent scout for Sangetsu Entertainment."

  Looking at the business card handed over to him, Bachiroku was stunned for a moment, and then took it over, looking at the name, identity and contact information of the person in front of him on the card.

  "Is anything wrong?" asked Yakumo Suke.

  Shimada Katsuki looked up and down at Yakumo Sukehiro, gazing at the luxurious black-gold Daoist robe he wore. The sharp glint in his eyes grew stronger as he said: "Your external appearance and demeanor are extremely perfect. I wonder if you have any thoughts of becoming an idol? If so..."

  "I'm sorry, I didn't plan on becoming an idol."

  Yazumi Moku shook his head and interrupted Shimoda Katsuki's words.

  Shimada Kizuki's face showed a look of disappointment, but she didn't dwell on it. She bowed her head to Yaiba Sumi again and apologized before turning around and leaving.

  This person is not bad.

  Hachiyou Tsumu was thinking like that in his mind when suddenly an advertisement on a giant screen not far away caught his attention.

  "Everyone! This week's MMO-Stream is back again! Starting today, the highly anticipated game Sword Art Online has begun its closed beta test! The lucky ones among the thousands of people have already entered the game!"

  Baiyun Mo gazed at the gigantic advertising screen in the distance, her pupils shrinking like a sea of stars.

  SAO！！

  Sword Art Online!!!!!

  With a glance at the corner of his eye, Bayun Mo saw the time displayed in the lower right corner of the billboard.

  Year 2022!