Chapter 1367: Chapter 1368

(Wait a moment to modify) Da Mao is difficult to handle, and Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu are not much better. Yan Jiayu engages in close combat while Xu Huo uses props to assist from the side, occasionally jumping into the fray. After three minutes of fighting, both sides suffer injuries.

Looking up, Xu Huo walks up the stairs. When he reaches the third floor, he notices someone quickly descending from the middle of the building. In an instant, he enters the office floor and places Shelter 101 right below!

The fleeing player is using props to move between floors, but unexpectedly steps onto Shelter 101. Unable to break through this game-metal prop, he sees Xu Huo nearby, who aims a crossbow arrow at him!

The crossbow arrow shoots out not a solid arrow, but a semi-transparent ice that melts quickly after piercing the wall!

“I’m not looking for you,” Xu Huo states his position. Because of this brief delay, the pursuing player has already come down from upstairs. However, just as he reveals his feet, he is hit by a strange force, creating a deep groove on the ceiling, stopping only at the wall.

The next second, two people and a stone lion fall onto the floor where Xu Huo and his companion are.

“Da Mao, attack!” Yan Jiayu commands the stone lion to pounce, simultaneously taking out a muscle doll sticker and slapping it onto her face. Her speed instantly increases, racing like an uncatchable cannonball, crashing toward the person at the wall!

The player obviously doesn’t take her reckless combat style seriously. With a pat on his shoulder, a blue light arc immediately opens up in front of him. With the light arc protecting him, he doesn’t even glance at Yan Jiayu, focusing instead on the stone lion running circles close by.

However, just as he’s about to free his hands to deal with the stone lion, Yan Jiayu, this living bomb, crashes into him—whether she has some invisible defense prop on her, as she slams into the light arc, she shatters the player through the wall, creating cracks on the light arc!

“What!” The opponent cannot hide his astonishment, then is slammed back by the force against the building’s outer wall, bouncing back from a barrier sealed on the wall.

Despite being on the receiving end, Yan Jiayu is not as disheveled, landing steadily in the room center, waving the Demon-Subduing Pestle and attacking wildly!

“Bang, bang, bang!” In a few strikes, a shield prop cracks, making the player quickly dodge. Using characteristics to temporarily restrict Yan Jiayu’s speed, he heads towards Xu Huo!

His real target is the government player who hasn’t escaped yet, but before reaching halfway, a cold light sweeps in from the side!

The pursuing player immediately sidesteps, raising his arm to shoot dozens of cowhair needles from his sleeve.

The air barrier isn’t usable for now, so Xu Huo simply places and retrieves Shelter 101 ahead, simultaneously applying “Extreme Fatigue” and “Progress Bar Disappearance” during the attack.

The player instantly feels the effects of the props on his body. Pressing at his sleeve cuff, the clothes he’s wearing open and close like scales, changing colors rapidly and returning to normal; his face showing no signs of fatigue!

Yan Jiayu and the stone lion catch up. The lazy Da Mao gets whacked on the butt, pouring all its anger on the pursuing player, who falls back under its barrage.

“The vase’s effect!” The pursuing player throws a cushion on the ground, and Da Mao, slipping in the turmoil, steps onto it, fixing one paw to the ground.

However, it doesn’t matter much; the violent stone lion just digs a hole in the ground. Being stuck to the cushion doesn’t matter; it can carry the floor slab along.

Da Mao is difficult to handle, and Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu are not much better. Yan Jiayu engages in close combat while Xu Huo uses props to assist from the side, occasionally launching surprise attacks. After three minutes, both sides suffer injuries.

*

Regardless of whether Bai Jing replied, Xu Huo continued, “Don’t you think the affair with Dongfeng Laboratory is remarkably similar to what happened twenty years ago? Zone 023 hadn’t mastered the core technology of live experiments then, so where were the captured people and taken bodies ultimately sent? Can a place as impoverished as Zone 023 afford such a high bounty, or are they like the external zone players, itching to earn this bounty?”

“Someone among you must have noticed, right? The new district government has been established for so many years and can’t possibly remain neutral and uninvolved… someone among you should have visited the core area of the new district government, right?”

“Have you found any evidence of live experiments?”

“Is this what you want to know?” Bai Jing looked at him, astonished.

“My initial purpose was always this, and I never concealed it.” Xu Huo pushed aside the empty bowl in front of him, “Haven’t I been inquiring about it along the way? People should be a bit more honest.”

Bai Jing couldn’t retort, and after a moment said, “I’ll pass on what you’ve said to my friends. As for the live experiment you mentioned, Zone 023 has at least ten cities with experimental zones… even though they are outsiders, they adapt quite well.”

The last line was loaded with sarcasm, yet he still didn’t disclose further information.

Xu Huo could understand; he had an alternative plan: Dr. Duor of the Twin Cities. Although the avatar always departed from the Capital City, Dr. Duor didn’t necessarily reside in Twin Cities.

But for Twin Cities to go to such lengths to rescue their Secondary City’s compatriots was telling.

“Whether further negotiation is possible, knowing I mean no harm suffices,” Xu Huo said, standing up, “I’ve arranged with some players to plan a robbery on the new district government. Here’s a heads-up to avoid any trouble later.”

Bai Jing didn’t believe he had leaked any information, but seeing Xu Huo’s demeanor, it seemed as if Xu Huo was confident they would encounter each other at the new district government. He couldn’t help but say, “Do you even know what kind of place the new district government is? A robbery?”

A group of Rank-C players planning to rob a district government sounded ludicrous.

“Leave no stone unturned, even if it yields nothing,” Xu Huo replied, “Don’t take the outcome too seriously.”

With that, he made no unnecessary delays and left immediately.

“What did he come for exactly?” Bai Jing’s companion entered the shop, “Deliberately letting us discover them, then leaving with a heads-up?”

Bai Jing looked at the empty seat, his expression a bit grim.

The Ya Clan couldn’t possibly hold Xu Huo back; in the blink of an eye, he was back upstairs. During the meal, the main man from the good faction and the scar-hand player had stabilized the situation. The remaining twenty-two players confirmed they would cooperate, though due to the instance’s time limits not being over, these people had to enter the government city in batches.

The journey from Twin Cities to the new district government wasn’t short, but they’d arrive around the same time, with a few days’ delay on the road.

“Friend, how many days do you need?” The main man from the good faction asked Xu Huo.

Xu Huo glanced at him, didn’t answer, but turned to the scar-hand player, “I’ll act with you.”

The scar-hand player was straightforward, “We’ve already counted you in.”