Chapter 2092: Chapter 2092: The Early Arriver
The group exchanged glances, all shook their heads, and the affinity player said, "I’m Kong Ying; Chen An, Li Shi, and I have only been here for less than ten days. Han Xiaole and Song Yuchen have been here for nearly twenty days."
"We just t recently. We’ve been going in circles inside the city these days and didn’t expect the city to suddenly change today..." Kong Ying looked at Xu Huo, "I guess soone has touched the instance’s core, but I don’t know who. We’re here to try our luck."
Players repeating the sa day in Pumpkin City are unlikely to be the key variables, so it’s most likely the newcors know so inside information.
"Don’t look at ," Xu Huo said, "I’m just lucky."
Kong Ying forced a smile and chatted with Shen Liang, "Is the boss of this company really the portrait on the White Notes?"
"I haven’t seen the boss since I ca here. Not sure if the instance deliberately uses this as a smokescreen," Shen Liang said weakly, "If you want, you can wander around the company and see if you can find any clues, but don’t cause big trouble. If Pumpkin City disappears, we’re all screwed."
The group was inclined to do so, and after lingering for a while, they dispersed.
"I noticed you didn’t want to talk to them much, so I did you a favor," Shen Liang nodded at Xu Huo.
Xu Huo glanced at him, "Don’t hold too much hope; coming in early or late might all be the sa."
"Just trying my luck," Shen Liang gave him a thumbs-up, "I’ve survived this long all thanks to my good mindset."
A mont later Feng Hui hurried back. He had t Kong Ying and the others upstairs and ca down to notify Xu Huo, until realizing Xu Huo had already t them, he lowered his voice to ask, "They were asking
about Pumpkin City’s secrets."
"Do you know any outgoing clues?" Xu Huo asked.
Feng Hui shook his head imdiately.
"Then that’s fine," Xu Huo then asked about the main topic, "Any clues?"
"Didn’t find out anything," Feng Hui said, "Whether it’s sending gifts or flowers or using the excuse of delivering files or packages, I’ve tried all, but none of the personnel manager, key staff, or receptionists know Dr. Wu’s address. When I ask, they always say things can be delivered in person, and they are sensitive about privacy, switching topics after barely two sentences."
Xu Huo checked the ti, "Rest a bit; wait for ng Wenguang."
Feng Hui had just sat down and taken a sip of water when Kong Ying and the other five returned, choosing a spot nearby to rest.
Soon another player arrived.
Unlike the previous groups’ miserable appearance, this newcor hadn’t entered but gave them a shock with a ti-related item. When Ti Force spread out inside Starlet Company, more than half of the building’s people, including Feng Hui, Shen Liang, Li Shi, and Han Xiaole, were frozen in place—the range wasn’t wide, but because of the company’s dense personnel, it caused so many people to appear completely paused.
"Sothing happened..." Kong Ying, with Chen An and Song Yuchen, weren’t caught in Ti Force, so when they noticed people around them acting strangely, they backed away first. Before they could say anything, they saw Xu Huo disappear from his spot and reappear at the company’s entrance the next second.
Seeing Feng Hui and the others completely frozen, the three of them hurried to follow Xu Huo out of the company.
The newcor was a man in his early forties, dressed energetically and fashionably, with a bandanna on his head and a duck tongue cap worn backward. Seeing Xu Huo co out, he whistled and waved to him from between two large screens not far from the door, "New partner, not bad, let’s see how long you can hold on."
After speaking, he retreated from Starlet Company.
Seeing the other person leave without hesitation, Xu Huo frowned slightly. At this ti, the restored Feng Hui and others realized sothing was wrong and chased out, "What happened?"
"Your ti was probably paused just now," Kong Ying said.
"A ti-related item?" Feng Hui asked uneasily, "Or a Super Player?"
Advanced Players have a certain chance to acquire ti-related items, but if ti stop can be controlled rely through Temporal Evolution, in ordinary players’ eyes, only a Super Player can do that.
"The other person seems to be a Rank-A Player," Kong Ying added.
"Mr. Xu, did the person leave without doing anything?" Feng Hui asked, "Isn’t he curious about... Starlet Company?"
"Probably not the first ti he’s been here; he has understood what needs understanding," the person was no longer within Xu Huo’s perceptive range.
At this mont ng Wenguang returned. Seeing the situation, he asked, "Did anything unexpected happen?"
"Let’s put it aside for now," Xu Huo asked him, "Back so soon, any luck?"
"Let’s talk privately," ng Wenguang avoided Kong Ying and the others, keeping Feng Hui outside too, inviting only Xu Huo to find another place in the company, "There is gain, but the problem is there’s too much gain."
He opened his communicator, "In this short while, I found nearly twenty addresses. The first two I sent Yue Rui to check were fake addresses."
"I suspect none of the addresses here are genuine. However, all the fake addresses are concentrated between 8th Street and 16th Street. I incidentally asked around; the security near Starlet Company is particularly strict. Maybe Dr. Wu’s family lives nearby."
Xu Huo nodded, "Let’s start searching nearby first."
ng Wenguang sent a list of addresses to him, then pointed outside, "What’s the situation?"
Xu Huo briefly recounted the events, "This involves another question."
Naly, where the players are between 9:02 and 12:32.
This tifra is based on when they entered the abandoned city, but actually, soone could enter every minute of the day. So, where are those entering at other tis before reaching their arrival ti?
If we assu multiple spaces, when ti refreshes and it’s not yet their arrival ti, the biggest possibility is staying in the space of Pumpkin City. However, if there are only two layers in this space, players entering Pumpkin City before their arrival ti may remain until the next day’s arrival ti to leave.
If so, players who haven’t reached their arrival ti yet would naturally still linger in the sa space from the previous day, as Pumpkin City opened earlier.
Unless ti after 9:17 in Pumpkin City has contracted.
"Since there are people who arrived with ti-related items before, could anyone linger here for more than two days?" ng Wenguang thought of this too.
"Hard to say, but the probability should be low," Xu Huo said. A big key point of Pumpkin City is in ti refreshing; continuous lingering already contradicts the intended setup of the venue, although this possibility is not completely ruled out.
"If the person who just ca had their arrival ti after we entered Pumpkin City, could they know the specific location of the ho invasion incident?" ng Wenguang considered.
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