??603: Chapter 603: The Generous Xu Huo
603: Chapter 603: The Generous Xu Huo
“This ti you’ve truly made a great contribution; I’ll comnd you once we’re back,” Nie Xuan said with a pleased expression.
Sima Xiao’er was so happy he almost jumped up.
Nie Xuan stopped outside the restaurant, looking at the black bacteria on the ground, “This will probably take so effort to clean up.”
Wearing prop shoes, Xu Huo ca out and imdiately wrapped and threw his shoes in the baggage compartnt, “It’s best not to touch them.
This stuff might consu an Antidote Fungus, but the Special Defense Departnt could study these bacteria.
It’s not rare to see players using poison and pollutants in the ga.”
“Chief Song may not be good at other things, but he’s quite capable in handling such matters,” Nie Xuan said.
Both of them smiled, and Xu Huo said, “I’m heading back to the hotel to wait for soone.”
“When are you going back to Ting City?” Nie Xuan checked the ti.
“I’ll be heading back too once I’m done here; I can take you all with .”
“Tomorrow, I guess.
I’m eting a friend for dinner.” Xu Huo nodded toward Chief Song, who was walking over.
“Chief Song, want to join us?”
Chief Song was green with anger.
He lifted his foot and kicked towards the flowerpot outside the restaurant, then shouted at the Special Defense Departnt personnel who turned to look, “What are you staring at?
Get back to work!”
Xu Huo laughed, “Don’t be so hot-tempered.
What if the flowerpot is contaminated?
Normal antitoxins won’t work.”
Chief Song reflexively wanted to check but lowered his head and realized what was happening.
He didn’t engage in any more sarcastic exchanges and just walked away.
Xu Huo noticed that Nie Xuan’s gaze lingered on Chief Song’s back for a few seconds and then said, “The Special Defense Departnt sure is lively.”
Nie Xuan looked away, “It’s always lively, but as long as they get things done, it’s fine.”
“Seeing that you could co back, it seems the border issues have more or less been settled,” Xu Huo said.
“One thing after another, it never ends.” Nie Xuan wasn’t as relaxed.
The consecutive days of travel had left him sowhat exhausted.
“In Zone 014, we’ve gauged the situation well, which is both good and bad.
With internal and external imbalances, the situation will never stabilize.
However, the Antidote Fungus you brought back has solved an urgent need.
Having so hope is better than nothing.”
Xu Huo nodded, “Then you get busy first, and we’ll catch up later.”
Nie Xuan still let Sima Xiao’er follow him.
Just after leaving the Taole Club, Xu Huo received a call from Zhou Ning.
She had already returned to Yang City, but now the patrol cars in Yang City were out in full force, requiring everyone outside to confirm their identity.
They were particularly focused on checking players from other cities and told him to avoid the patrol cars as much as possible when returning to the hotel.
“Do patrol personnel often clash with players?” Xu Huo had also seen quite a few such news reports before.
“There’s no other way,” Sima Xiao’er, who knew the inside story, said.
“No matter how many tis we say that it’s unsafe to go out at night, so people just can’t stay put at ho.
When sothing happens, their families make a big fuss at the Special Defense Departnt, questioning the patrolling players’ abilities.
They’re all ordinary people; there’s nothing we can do to them.
Even the detention center can’t hold so many.”
This was an unavoidable situation, relatively better compared to abroad.
Xu Huo and Sima Xiao’er took a ride back to the city.
Sima Xiao’er had an ID, so although they were stopped several tis for checks, there were no delays.
However, after entering the city, Xu Huo could clearly feel that the streets were busier than a few days ago with people who seed to have migrated from elsewhere, bringing along their families and belongings.
He searched online for information, but unfortunately, all the major internet platforms were now dominated by the Twin Snakes incident.
By this ti, there were already “professionals” who had articulated the causes and effects and even expressed admiration and concern for his bold stand against the Special Defense Departnt.
In any case, his disguised face had gone viral.
“No wonder my colleagues were staring at you earlier.
It turns out it’s because of this!” Sima Xiao’er was also browsing on his phone and excitedly gave a thumbs up, “Although I belong to the Special Defense Departnt, I gotta say Brother Xu, you were aweso just now.
Apart from Captain Nie, you’re the person I admire the most!”
Xu Huo took off the fake face, “Can you ask your colleagues if sothing’s happened in Yang City?”
Sima Xiao’er imdiately started chatting with the patrol personnel mid-way, and after a while, he brought back news, “The area along the national road suddenly experienced a heavy fog, so they evacuated the local residents first.
Don’t worry bro, it’s still far from Yang City.
Are you hungry?
Shall we go for hot pot?”
Sima Xiao’er, who had narrowly escaped being hot-potted himself, had no psychological barriers and planned to invite Zhou Ning and the Girl in the painting, who would return later, to join them.
However, many stores in the city were closed today, so they had to buy ingredients and cook at the hotel instead.
After enjoying a hearty dinner and a night’s rest, by the next morning, news finally erged about the foggy area near Yang City.
The official notice from the Special Defense Departnt was that a random dungeon might be forming, but as of yet, there were no reports of missing people.
All roads nearby were blocked, and even helicopters were not allowed to pass through.
The entrances to the random dungeons varied: so were small and inconspicuous, swallowing only a few people, while others appeared with a large number of disappearances.
However, these were usually only determined to be random dungeons after people went missing.
The appearance of this foggy area was unusual compared to the regular dungeon patterns.
There were related doubts on the Pioneer Forum, and Tang Guangbo’s paper provided the most rational explanation.
He believed it was a manifestation of Zone 014 rging the real world with the ga world, since the Special Defense Departnt had already clarified that the ga areas would eventually beco entirely ga venues.
Therefore, the presence of the foggy area might be a precursor to the birth of a permanent dungeon.
Of course, this might not necessarily result in the birth of a permanent dungeon; it could likely be environntal changes during the rger period.
Such changes would inevitably lead to a widening range of mutations.
From now on, the people of Zone 014 would have to worry about more than just Cannibal Players, Alien toxins, and small animal mutations within the city.
They would also have to prepare for large-scale mutations in fauna and flora, build defensive structures, stockpile resources, and strengthen the surveillance of critical assets like reservoirs and plantations.
Tang Guangbo also highlighted the mutations of toxic substances, including not only naturally toxic things but also pollutants created by humans in the past—mutations in bacteria are more frightening than toxic fauna and flora.
In fact, so people had already experienced nature’s backlash.
Under this forum post, a player reported that a garbage disposal plant near their ho had developed an itchy bacterium, spreading through the air and between people.
Though montarily non-lethal, there were no good treatnt thods yet.
Walking on the street, the whole town looked like they had the plague, covered in pustules, a veritable hell on earth!
As the environnt in Zone 014 deteriorated, discussions began on the forum about settling in other ga areas.
However, the original poster was attacked, implying that they were cowardly, willing to abandon even their family mbers.
But this sa poster replied that he knew of a way for ordinary people to transfer areas and if anyone wanted to know, they could ask to buy the information from him.
So were willing to believe and wanted to purchase the information, while others were skeptical and attacked him.
Xu Huo didn’t finish reading the post.
Instead, he registered an anonymous account and straightforwardly posted how to obtain tickets for the non-player train and so information about the Ga Governnt and Grey Players.
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