Chapter 2234: Chapter 2234: The Abandoned Pawn
After refusing the proposal from the Girl in the painting, Xu Huo continued to keep watch near the Tian Family for half a day.
The widespread use of Transmission Channels has made travel in Zone 008 very convenient, especially for a large family like the Tian Family, where Teleportation Devices shouldn’t be a rare commodity.
It was rare to have such an opportunity with the Tian Family gathering, but unfortunately, they fled too quickly.
From the movent of personnel outside the residence, it seems the number of people from the Tian Family in this residential area is decreasing.
Tracking their whereabouts won’t be easy.
It seems the Tian Family intends to buy ti. Since their whereabouts can’t be traced, they are hiding away, thinking Xu Huo will have to leave Zone 008 sooner or later. Whether he returns or not is a question.
Due to the bounty, the number of players keeping watch near the Tian Family has increased today. Although most are just there for the excitent, this actually helps cover Xu Huo’s presence, making him less conspicuous.
The Collection of Information Terminal is lively, with onlookers frequently posting about the whereabouts of the Tian Family mbers, and even revealing the combat strength of so Tian Family players and the specific Props to be guarded against. Of course, most discussions are about whether Xu Huo dares to enter the Tian Family premises.
Because the old mansion of the Tian Family uses a high-level Site Prop. Site Props are easy to enter but hard to leave. Even though it’s unclear if this Site Prop truly entraps players, generally no one takes the risk.
It was quickly speculated that although the player the Tian Family offended might not be of high rank, they carried Super Props. Therefore, the Tian Family dared not hide within the Site Prop but rather in other zones or secret places.
A low-level player carrying a Super Prop suddenly attracted everyone’s attention. More people were keen to discover what this Super Prop really was than to watch the Tian Family’s affairs.
The number of people pretending to engage in bounty transactions hoping to et with Xu Huo increased.
With so thought, one would know it’s impossible for him to agree to a eting. But to return the favor of their enthusiasm, Xu Huo released a few fake pieces of information. First, he doesn’t have any Super Props; the Tian Family spread false information to divert attention. Second, his Super Prop was stolen by the Tian Family, which is why he is attacking and harassing the Tian Family everywhere.
Those who don’t believe he has Super Props naturally aren’t interested in the story that the Tian Family stole them. Those who believe the Tian Family’s version might also believe they indeed took the Super Props.
Seeing more and more players gathering around the Tian Family, Xu Huo packed up his robot and left the city, crossing half a zone to reach another city, Lake Bay City.
This city is a famous tourist location known for its scenery. The entire city is built on an island, quite large, with a direct train station on the island. Tourists often choose to disembark here, and visitors can access the island via Transmission Channels or aircraft. There are no ground transportation channels built between the island and the surrounding land cities.
Quite different from the bustling Collection of Information Terminal, tourists here pay no attention to the Tian Family’s matters, and the Tian Family has no business here either.
When Xu Huo arrived on the island by aircraft, it was exactly 9 p.m.
Elsewhere, in a private estate on half of the island, a burly middle-aged man was polishing his Props. On the table in front of him were at least twenty Props of various sizes, half of which had already been polished to shine.
"Mr. San, the recent family matters have stirred quite a fuss, and the old man wants you to stay here for a while," said a secretary-like figure, projected into the room. He glanced at the middle-aged man’s right leg with a sense of helplessness and said, "The old man said that the family won’t give up on you."
The middle-aged man had lost his right leg. With Zone 008’s technology, limb regeneration or chanical leg installation is not a problem, but he hadn’t done it, leaving the pants leg to flutter emptily.
"The family gave up on
twenty years ago," the middle-aged man replied without turning his head. "Isn’t this another attempt to use
as a scapegoat after attracting outside attention?"
"Mr. San, how could you think that?" the secretary protested. "The externals are dissatisfied with the Tian Family’s human experints. The old man’s intention is for you to lie low for a while, and those experints can wait. Rest assured, all the experintal data is preserved and can be used anyti."
"It’s a pity I can’t wait any longer." The middle-aged man turned sharply, his excitent causing his facial and neck skin to flush and show a blue-gray pattern resembling tiny blood vessels, which suddenly brought him imnse pain.
After enduring for several seconds, he grabbed a handful of dicine and swallowed it. The blue-gray patterns on his skin slowly faded.
The secretary seed unwilling, "You’re in pain, and I know you’re poisoned because of the family..."
The middle-aged man raised his hand to interrupt him, "I have no problem staying here, but the experints can’t stop. I don’t have many days left to live, and without the Antitoxin, I will surely die. Don’t ntion the closed labs anymore. Since the data has been transferred, tell the old man to restart the experints in other zones."
"This is not just about saving my life," he looked at the secretary. "Human experintation didn’t start with , and in the twenty years I’ve been conducting experints, the Tian Family has profited greatly. I don’t believe the old man would give up this lucrative path."
The secretary was at a loss for words. The Tian Family had been conducting human experints for a long ti, but those were more covert and relatively safe, directly recruiting subjects from poorer zones. If those ans failed, privately purchasing test subjects was another option.
In the past twenty years, due to Mr. San’s involvent and collaboration with so peripheral power figures within the Tian Family, the proportion of human experints in the Tian Family’s pharmaceutical research business structure has increased, including population raids in other zones.
The middle-aged man disdainfully declined to argue with the secretary, saying only, "Without the old man’s approval, nothing can be accomplished in the family. He and those in the family should stop pretending to be innocent. If he disagrees, let him kill ."
"You’ve taken it too seriously," the secretary conceded, no longer persuading him. "I will convey your thoughts. To ensure your safety, the old man arranged for five Rank-A Players to protect you. You will be very safe."
The middle-aged man sneered at the five incoming Rank-A Players and turned back to polish his Props.
The five bodyguards clearly understood their duties and silently positioned themselves in the corners of the room.
"You can leave, I don’t need your protection; I’m a player too," Mr. San instructed.
"You’ve already quit the ga, and when you left, you were just a Rank-B player. If the adversaries truly co, you’ll be in great danger alone," remarked one of the Rank-A Players, who had a Buzz Cut.
"They’re all focused on the old house; even the ancestral grave has been blown up; no one will find this place..." Mr. San comnted with a smile in his tone, but before he could finish, all the Defensive Barriers around the estate suddenly vanished. Imdiately, an extraordinarily powerful force descended upon them!
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