Chapter 2285: Chapter 2285: Content and Level Mismatch
"How did the talk go?" Zhu Xiaojin and the others were outside having a barbecue, and Old Cai was there too.
"No progress for now." Xu Huo glanced at Zhu Xiaojin, "You’re not planning to leave?"
Zhu Xiaojin chuckled, "I feel no pressure right now. Leaving anyti is the sa. As long as I’m not in the ga, nothing to fear!"
"Really? Aren’t you afraid you won’t be able to leave?"
"No way, I’ve completed the level!" Zhu Xiaojin felt uneasy at his words.
"Not necessarily. Beneath the Dinsion not many ntion the one-third ga; perhaps hardly anyone successfully leaves." Tang Yu chid in.
Zhu Xiaojin’s expression changed, "You guys can’t stand
being so carefree, can you?"
Old Cai couldn’t help but laugh, "Players in this area can get stuck between other instances, indicating the one-third ga is still under the Dinsional Rift’s rules. Clearing the level must count. As for not hearing about the one-third ga, maybe people just forget it after leaving."
"That’s a possibility." Tang Yu took a card, wrote a line and handed it to Zhu Xiaojin, "Keep this safe."
"Lifesaver still in the instance, rember to tell her I’ve completed the level." Zhu Xiaojin read the words aloud, then scoffed, "You dare."
"No matter, you might forget us after leaving. It won’t matter what’s written then, right?" Tang Yu winked at him.
Zhu Xiaojin sneered, "You? My lifesaver? You’re my rival?"
Tang Yu raised an eyebrow, "Feeling defiant? It’s not too late for a fight now."
"Bring it on!" Zhu Xiaojin tossed aside his skewer, "Let’s go, let’s see who’s stronger!"
The two left one after another, and didn’t return until two hours later. Left behind were cold leftovers, but Zhu Xiaojin wasn’t bothered; he picked them up and handed them to Tang Yu.
Old Cai, resting in the hall, gave them a knowing look, "Ah, youth."
Zhu Xiaojin flicked Tang Yu’s hair and glanced over, "You guys sleep, I’ll keep watch overnight."
Old Cai chuckled and entered the next room.
Early the next morning, Mi Qiaonan and Ban Yuan ca by, not only bringing breakfast but also a ssage, soone saw the Water Rubik’s Cube last night, confirming it ca from the city center.
"Confird from the city center?" Xu Huo washed his face before asking, "Did she wait intentionally near the city center?"
Mi Qiaonan nodded, "You’re quick to react. She was indeed waiting outside the city center and had a notebook, recording at least five instances of the Water Rubik’s Cube coming out and its status."
"What does she want?" Xu Huo asked directly.
"Exchange for so fugitives." Mi Qiaonan quickly said, "She indicated she’s close to completing the level and guessed you’d be interested, so she proposed a trade."
"No problem." Xu Huo agreed right away as he had plenty of fugitives.
After Ban Yuan sent over the ssage, a middle-aged woman soon arrived near the props area. She looked ordinary but was quite amicable; seemingly not a player at first glance. She politely nodded to everyone and tossed a notebook to Xu Huo, "This notebook was given to
by another player and has passed through several people. The records are authentic."
Xu Huo opened it, then closed the book to block Old Cai and Zhu Xiaojin’s view, "How many people do you want?"
"Twelve." The woman replied, "In return, I’ll inform you if I successfully leave the division after completing the level."
Xu Huo promptly handed her twelve people.
The woman ended the lives of these twelve with a needle, then confird the completion ssage, and smiled, "I’ve completed the level, thank you."
She glanced at Xu Huo, "I know there’s no shortage of geniuses in the ga world, but from my observation, the city center occupied by the Water Rubik’s Cube isn’t a typical space-ti power site. I learned a bit from an elder that the one-third ga might be a player-made instance by soone familiar with ga rules, whether an experint or sothing else, being in a Rank-B Copy surely has its purpose. My advice is best to avoid the city center; losing all mory surpasses player understanding, and it’s not human-controlled, suggesting there are forces within the ga that players can’t comprehend or counter."
"Under such premises, unpredictable loss of control may occur, staying away is better."
"Thanks for the advice." Xu Huo nodded in appreciation.
The woman also nodded slightly and then used the tickets.
As she disappeared from the props area, joy flashed in everyone’s eyes — indicating successful level completion allows leaving Bu Liu City.
"No more worries about being trapped forever." Zhu Xiaojin chuckled.
"Quick, see what’s in the notebook!" Old Cai turned to Xu Huo.
"Are you sure you want to look?" Xu Huo didn’t hurry to open the notebook, asking instead.
Zhu Xiaojin and the others were curious, but they didn’t plan to go to the city center, nor were they Super Evolvers. Knowing where the Water Rubik’s Cube appears didn’t seem useful, so Tang Yu and Mi Qiaonan proposed going out to catch people.
Ban Yuan shared the sa attitude.
"Let
see." Zhu Xiaojin was itching with curiosity, "I’m just curious."
Xu Huo didn’t say much and opened the notebook.
The first page’s handwriting was different, two people respectively recorded seeing the Water Rubik’s Cube rolling out of the city center from different locations. Descriptions show it bouncing like a ball through the city, varying in size, anyone touched by it instantly disappeared, unsure if dead or in the ga.
Adding the three subsequent records, the last woman summarised two key traits: "Water Rubik’s Cube erging from the city center at night" and "not repeating the sa track."
Regarding the Rubik’s Cube’s size, it varies, and post-ergence its direction is mostly straight; doesn’t hop within the city.
Old Cai compared using a map, "The paths don’t align at all, and it doesn’t damage buildings, only affecting people. Does this suggest the Rubik’s Cube from the city center is rely a dium?"
"Can’t rule out that possibility." Xu Huo considered another issue: outwardly, the Water Rubik’s Cube seems to target those "avoiding ga rules" and "winning the ga." This pattern resembles patching up loopholes; though the exit notification implies it’s a man-made ga, the decoupling between players killed and unused props suggests ga content doesn’t align with its level.
Such a site, intricately exceeding Dr. Wu’s Pumpkin City, can’t be just about gathering closed players’ personal panels to eliminate, can it?
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