"These are all bought for you, they're yours even if you don't say nice things." Xu Huo smiled and patted her head. "By the way, I still don't know your na."
The little girl was in a very cooperative mood now. "I don't have a na. But if I must have one, I'll just be called Pink Hat."
"So you're a hat," Xu Huo remarked.
Pink Hat ignored him, her hands and feet already fully occupied.
Xu Huo tactfully sat down beside her and began fiddling with the two new items he had just purchased.
"Stuttering Malice" was a button pin that could be casually attached to clothing and used. Its effect was exactly as previously described—it could cause a 0.5-second delay, essentially providing a 0.5-second comprehensive defense. Of course, this was only a C-grade item. If it encountered an attack far exceeding the item's capacity, the item itself could be destroyed, naturally nullifying any defense.
"Seeing is Believing" was a very small diamond-shaped object that could be directly attached to a glasses fra. It defended against certain characteristic powers targeting an individual. For example, if a player used a characteristic power against him, and he discovered it in advance and could locate that person, then that person's attack would beco ineffective. Abilities like Liu Jia's "Calling Your Na" and Chen Tu's "Draw the Ground as a Prison" fell within this scope.
He possessed a characteristic called "Good Friend Cos to Score," which could detect people in a crowd who were paying high attention to him. Using this item in conjunction with that characteristic complented each other perfectly.
However, if the characteristic's attack range was broad, not targeting just one individual but multiple people or a group—like his "A Sad Thing" and "The Power of Writing"—this item could not defend against it. Fortunately, his own characteristics weren't particularly lethal.
Xu Huo had also seen highly lethal characteristics. The hypnotic player from the Phantom Sound Knights, Dou Shengnan, could command people to die directly. That was also a group-targeting ability. If he encountered sothing like that, this item would be basically useless.
Naturally, there would be corresponding items for such situations. But at that level, items might also prove inadequate. Therefore, characteristics, evolution, and items complented each other;
none could be lacking.
"Quite a few good items, but what a pity..." He glanced at the little Pink Hat, who was trying on hats. "Do you have ti to help
with sothing?"
The little girl looked back at him. "Do you adults always have to engage in equivalent exchange?"
Xu Huo was completely unfazed by her disdain. "Is the candy tasty? Do you want more? Would you like to have candy available anyti in the future?"
The little girl was practically drooling. She wiped her mouth and said, "Go ahead and say it. But a child can't do much, you know."
"A small favor." Xu Huo took out "World Within the Painting." "I want to put this person into your dungeon again."
"World Within the Painting" had a shelf life of only thirty days. After thirty days, the person inside the painting would permanently beco part of the painting, equivalent to death. However, it was different from the paintings in the art gallery. It wasn't restricted by dungeon power;
there was no distinction between day and night, real and fake. Moreover, he had previously tested it with the Painting Woman. Even after more than a week, the person inside could be brought out alive.
Therefore, he speculated that within those thirty days, the person in the painting could still enter and exit alive. But once inside, the person was temporarily disconnected from the ga and couldn't use the ga panel. So, aside from the Desert Windmill the other party was carrying at the ti, which the Painting Woman took out, Brother Tu's personal assets were still with him.
Xu Huo also couldn't directly pull him out. After leaving the item, he might imdiately use a train ticket to escape. Entering a random dungeon temporarily disabled train ticket use, so that wouldn't be a concern.
Previously, not short on money, he wasn't in a hurry. Only after building a good relationship with the little Pink Hat did he bring this up.
The little girl looked at him, shocked. "How can a child kill soone?"
"I'm not asking you to kill anyone. Just make him hand over his money. With money, we can buy candy."
Which was more important, money or a player? Of course, it was the money that could buy candy. The little girl waved her hand, and the Awakening Doll's eyes began to glow.
But a few seconds later, the little girl pouted. "We can't open a random dungeon here."
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. Then he heard the abstract man, who had just been taking deep breaths of fresh air inside the fra—though air was useless to him now—speak up. "Changed locations? Which district is this?"
"District 011," Xu Huo said. "I heard when I arrived that there are no random dungeons here. I didn't expect random dungeons truly couldn't be opened."
"How have these days been for you?" He placed the fra on the desk.
The abstract man's expression was unreadable. He said calmly, "Not bad. Don't get hungry, don't die. Maybe I can live until you die."
Xu Huo smiled slightly. "You've been in the painting for over half a month now. Have you considered the consequences of missing dungeons?"
The abstract face stopped moving.
Brother Tu was stuffed into the painting and taken out before the Pink Hat's Amusent Park dungeon ended. This indicated that the item "World Within the Painting" could, to so extent, circumvent dungeon power. It was equivalent to leaving the dungeon through a special thod without clearing it.
This was, of course, exploiting a loophole in the ga. However, after rging with the item, one couldn't leave on their own, or it was extrely difficult. The person beca part of the item itself. Items typically had no entry or exit restrictions within dungeons. With assistance, this could be an ergency thod to escape a dungeon, though it was unclear if there was a difference between ticket dungeons and random dungeons.
But this probably couldn't completely shed player status. Even if one could erge from the item, the more likely scenario was continuing the ga.
"Don't worry," Xu Huo said. "I'll send you into a random dungeon and put you back in before it ends. That might completely avoid the dungeon." He also wanted to test whether coming out and going back in would accumulate days or restart the count.
"Then I'd be trapped in the painting forever!" Brother Tu shouted. "Missing three dungeons ans certain death for !"
"Or I kill you in advance," Xu Huo's voice suddenly turned cold.
Brother Tu stopped shouting. Xu Huo couldn't enter the painting, but the Painting Woman could.
"Don't kill ! Change locations, and I'll give you all my money and items! Plus, I know many things that will definitely help you!"
"Do you want to understand District 011?"
"It's the largest district among the five lower districts under the E27 Wormhole Point. The reason there are no random dungeons is because District 011 has a super dungeon. Ga partitions where a super dungeon is stationed won't have random dungeons. This is a privilege the ga gives to super players!"
"Many players want to settle here, so train tickets for District 011 are the most expensive among the five lower districts..."
Xu Huo's mind churned, his thoughts oscillating between super players and super dungeons. After a while, he cald down and looked at the little Pink Hat. The little girl shook her head. "I'm just a little child. How would I know so much?"
There was a lot of information about dungeons on District 011's network, but what could be directly found was often obscured information for outsiders. Here, there was a specialized market for buying and selling dungeon strategies, so specific information related to dungeons wasn't publicly available. Super dungeons were rarely ntioned, as that was the ga of a very small fraction of players.
It seed he needed to find a ti to leave District 011 soon.
The little Pink Hat looked at the man and the painting. "It's not that I won't help you, it's that I can't. I'll go now. Rember to bring
more delicious treats next ti."
The Awakening Doll's eyes glowed, and the little girl, along with all the snacks and clothes on the bed, vanished.
Brother Tu's eyeballs turned toward Xu Huo. He said in astonishnt, "You actually subdued a dungeon boss! She's the boss of the Pink Hat's Amusent Park, right? That weirdly tasteful pink hat!"
"Subdued?" Xu Huo looked at him with amusent. "Do you think a D-grade dungeon boss is that easy to subdue?"
"Then how could she help you?" Brother Tu didn't believe it.
"Isn't it normal for friends to help friends?" Xu Huo said. "I have pretty good connections. Soone like you, with no friends, definitely can't appreciate the benefits of having many friends."
He glanced at his watch again, put the painting into his item slot, changed into the suit he had casually picked out earlier, took his umbrella, left the room, and went downstairs.
Ran Ying was already waiting in the lobby. She had changed into a wild-style black dress, wearing high heels, displaying a wild beauty different from most won.
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