The Dawn of A New Era

The Players showed weirded-out looks when they heard what the Elven Queen said.

Initially, Edward and the others did not know if their lifespan had changed after becoming Players—but some of the more prudent Players had scrounged out an agreement from some corner of the System that came into effect the moment they became Players.

The agreement stated that the Players would still age and become old despite becoming Players, that their lifespans restrain them as it would. However, since most of them could stay immune from most sickness that oxidizes, weakens and withers their body, most Players were already going to live beyond fifty in the absence of special circumstances—two hundred, if Xi Wei didn't keep them on a leash!

Moreover, Xi Wei had created a series of Exploit quests for the Players. And if they could accomplish those, what harm was there letting live more than a hundred years?