Bad news: Twelve casual players were instantly obliterated, their bodies vaporized.
Good news: Although their departures were anything but peaceful, they didn't experience any pain.
In the midst of it all, Victoria only saw a flash of blue light before the System notified her:
[The current Game World is heading towards destruction, matching you to a new world.]
With a dumbstruck expression, she was transported to another player's world...
Clearly, there were more than a few players who, like Yi, accidentally stepped on a landmine during their first Neural Connection with Shinshi and ended up destroying their own command centers.
Of course, Cloud Dream wasn't solely about screwing people over. Those who triggered this storyline would unlock a brand-new Echo Instance -
[Tokyo: Demon Witch].
But Yi paid no attention to this new instance.
After resurrecting, he continued to push the main storyline, trying the Neural Connection with Shinshi once again.