??1187: Chapter 1187: Looking Forward to the Next Collaboration
1187: Chapter 1187: Looking Forward to the Next Collaboration
Xu Huo wasn’t interested in this and adjusted his clothes as he said, “The treatnt can end now.”
Tang Guangbo remained seated in his spot, smiling as he looked at him.
“You’ll co back to
next ti.”
“Then we’ll talk next ti.” Xu Huo opened a door in front of him and left without looking back.
In the treatnt room, Xu Huo, lying on the chair, opened his eyes.
He glanced at the ti.
It had been one hour and ten minutes since the treatnt began.
Tang Guangbo was still sitting beside him, writing a report intended for submission to the Special Defense Departnt.
Xu Huo reached out his hand.
“Thank you, Professor Tang.”
Tang Guangbo shook hands with him.
“Looking forward to working together again.”
Xu Huo gave a faint smile and said nothing more.
Their deanor puzzled the outside observers.
A psychology professor hesitantly opened the treatnt room door.
“It’s over already?”
From an outsider’s perspective, Tang Guangbo had barely done any guiding during the session, and Xu Huo had seemingly just taken a nap.
The two had hardly even communicated, so why did it seem as though the process was complete?
Nie Xuan and a few Players entered as well.
Seeing Xu Huo in decent condition, Nie Xuan said, “The instance strategy.”
Xu Huo nodded, signifying he could write it down right away.
What followed was five Players from the Special Defense Departnt collaborating with him to docunt the strategy.
The others—psychologists and governnt Players—were free to leave.
The Players from the Special Defense Departnt were easier to deal with.
This was standard procedure for them.
Anyway, Xu Huo hadn’t suffered losses when facing the departnt before, just neutral outcos, so he was used to it—it wasn’t a big deal.
However, the governnt Players weren’t as easily dismissed.
They were elites trained by the state and entrusted with critical responsibilities after the onset of Evolution.
They wouldn’t normally be dispatched unless the matter was of utmost importance.
Participating in this treatnt session, they were the ones who most expected to gain sothing from it.
Yet they’d been standing idly outside for an hour—who wouldn’t be indignant?
“He’s playing us for fools,” soone remarked.
“This isn’t even psychological treatnt!
I seriously suspect his real purpose here.
I recomnd apprehending him on the spot to investigate his motives!”
“Are you kidding ?” Nie Xuan frowned.
“Xu Huo is a collaborator of the Special Defense Departnt, not a suspect.
Even if this treatnt failed, it’s still understandable.”
“Desperate tis call for desperate asures.
His identity is questionable, his past is questionable.
Just our suspicions alone are grounds enough to detain and interrogate him!” The Player was bold and added, “If he escapes into the ga, his family will also be placed under investigation!”
Though the comnts were directed at Nie Xuan, the Player’s gaze was fixed on Xu Huo.
Likewise, the ten or so governnt Players clearly belonged to the sa faction.
Before opening the door, they had sealed off the exits, effectively trapping Xu Huo in the middle now.
All the professors except for Tang Guangbo retreated nervously into the treatnt room, ready to shut the door at any mont.
Over on the Special Defense Departnt’s side, so stood with Nie Xuan, while others appeared more amused, as though they were waiting to see how things unfolded—though it wasn’t clear which side they were betting on.
Xu Huo patted Nie Xuan, who was about to say more, signaling him to stand aside.
He stepped forward and faced the Player who had just spoken.
“Just because you incompetent fools can’t detect spiritual power fluctuations doesn’t an you get to make excuses to detain .”
“Oh, so this was the governnt’s plan all along?
Let
make it clear: even if you locked
in a lab and had
train with you every day, there’s no guarantee anyone here would ever achieve Super Evolution.”
“My suggestion is that you step back and clear the way.
Let’s just pretend none of this happened.
Otherwise, who would dare collaborate with governnt forces again in the future?”
But it was apparent these people had co with a predetermined plan and didn’t intend to waste more words with him.
Xu Huo’s gaze didn’t waver for even a mont, but he took in all their subtle movents.
Just as he was about to make a move, Nie Xuan suddenly teleported in front of the Player who had spoken and slapped him hard across the face.
“You think you’re any match for ?”
The Player quickly snapped out of it and retaliated, but Nie Xuan’s Spatial Power blocked him.
The Prop failed to activate imdiately.
Humiliated, the Player shouted angrily, “Nie Xuan!
What exactly is your Special Defense Departnt up to?”
“I’m just reminding you that you wouldn’t even have a chance to retaliate against .
What makes you think you can take him on?” Nie Xuan pointed at Xu Huo with a backward gesture and continued, “I don’t want to see the countless, painstakingly trained Players of our nation die such aningless deaths.”
This infuriated the governnt Players.
A few, unwilling to back down, prepared to act.
That’s when one of the Players standing behind Xu Huo suddenly shouted, “Nobody move!”
After stopping his companions, the Player stretched his hand toward what appeared to be empty space.
With a light touch, a thin beam of light slid along a seemingly invisible line in the air.
Within monts, it darted back and forth seven or eight tis before leaping to the opposite side and doing the sa.
The secant lines, concealed and placed on both sides of the treatnt room door, were revealed—a pair of nets sealing off their paths to attack Xu Huo.
“Rank A Prop,” the Player who had uncovered the secant lines said gravely.
The expressions of many in the room changed.
The reason was simple: while so of them might possess Rank A Props, very few would own one capable of all-encompassing defense.
Attempting to breach these lines without knowing their specifics might cost them their lives for nothing.
Xu Huo spoke up.
“If you can’t even recognize the Prop right in front of you, what makes you think you can challenge ?”
“And another thing—stop bringing up my family.
Threatening others with their loved ones is downright disgraceful.
If being around Super Evolvers unsettles you so much, I can move to another district with my family.
I’ve already purchased property in a well-situated area.”
“Honestly, I’m embarrassed for you.”
In the monitoring room, Minister Fan spoke to the governnt personnel who had been deployed.
“Are you all out of your minds?
Threatening a Super Evolver with their family?
If he takes his parents and leaves, how do you intend to recover from that loss?
Besides, are all of you single with no families?
When you gamble with soone else’s loved ones, have you ever considered he might go after yours?”
“Have you forgotten how Elder Wan and the others died?”
Even in top-secret security zones and safehouses, they had been killed.
The governnt officials could only grit their teeth in frustration.
Left with no choice, they issued orders to let him pass.
But getting nothing out of this ordeal left them seething.
They vented all their fury on the Special Defense Departnt.
“Your Special Defense Departnt openly opposes us.
Prepare to be investigated!”
Minister Fan sneered at their retreating backs.
“I’m about to be fired—why would I care about your investigation?”
“Minister Fan, that’s enough,” Chief Ji said with a wry smile.
“You built the Special Defense Departnt from scratch.
You can’t just tear it apart and leave it in shambles for
to clean up.”
Minister Fan looked as though he couldn’t care less.
“Just watch—they’ll get their couppance eventually.
Right now, the Special Defense Departnt is bearing the brunt of everything, but when they have to deal with Players directly, they’ll realize how much ssier it is to handle your own people than outsiders.”
Then he turned to Chief Ji and said, “Go et with Xu Huo.”
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