??1055: Chapter 1055: Confronting the Holy Sword Society
1055: Chapter 1055: Confronting the Holy Sword Society
Chi Minghong laughed heartily, “I thought they had driven all the poor people out of Snow City by now, after all, it’s about the face of the whole district.”
“Not at all, even the most developed places have rats.” Zhou Yuanzhu said cryptically.
They soon reached the surface—these passages weren’t like the ones they had encountered in other cities’ sewers that branched every which way.
Most of the underground pipes were monitored by the governnt, and only so shorter passages that were abandoned and not reused beca the paths for “smugglers” to make short escapes.
The exit was under a trash can behind a residential building.
Zhou Yuanzhu shifted the trash can aside and donned an Invisibility Prop before going out.
Xu Huo’s Invisibility Cloak had no problem hiding a child temporarily, but hiding another woman was tricky, and Chi Minghong’s invisibility gear couldn’t accommodate two people.
The woman, terrified of being left behind, quickly said, “I can walk out on my own, no one will suspect a thing looking at
like this!”
“We don’t have the right clothes for you, either.” Chi Minghong said, “There aren’t any new Invisibility Props in my prop replacent column, and buying from the bounty platform takes more ti.”
“Let’s leave her here,” Xu Huo suggested.
“It’s not necessarily safe up there.
If players from the Ga Governnt spot us, it’ll be hard to shake them off.
It’s better to hide her here for now than to abandon her when the ti cos.”
At that mont, Zhou Yuanzhu ca back, having used a Silencing Prop before speaking, “Let’s not waste any more ti.”
Chi Minghong didn’t object to Xu Huo’s suggestion, but the woman begged with her eyes not to be left behind.
“Forget it, it’s not safe here either.” Chi Minghong said, “Leaving her here is even worse than if we hadn’t brought her in the first place.”
Hearing this, Xu Huo said no more.
Chi Minghong then put the Invisibility Prop on the woman, took out a prop that weakened his presence, and changed into clothes from a player of the Zone 002 Governnt before going out.
There were not many people nearby, but the city-wide network of caras was still operational.
Chi Minghong put on his gas mask and walked briskly forward, even waving at two passing players along the way.
The group followed Zhou Yuanzhu into the underground storage room of a residence without incident.
This kind of storage room was shared by all the residents of the building and would be activated in special circumstances.
The space wasn’t small and was equipped with so basic defense tools and living resources.
The residents of the building hadn’t used it yet, but a group of players from the Holy Sword Society had.
The mont they stepped into the storage room, six players quickly flanked them from both sides, cutting off Xu Huo and the others’ retreat.
The door closed, and the previously accompanying Zhou Yuanzhu silently stepped back two paces, placing himself next to the Holy Sword Society players.
There was silence in the storage room as neither side spoke.
Xu Huo stood with Chi Minghong on his side, his left hand on the child, and behind them was the woman in the invisibility gear.
Six players blocking the door stood less than five ters away from them, forming a human wall at the doorway.
In front, eight players stood scattered, with a Rank-B player ahead who had faced off against them twice.
His left arm had been amputated from the elbow, and he was currently sitting on a crate, applying dicine to his wound.
The severed half of his arm was preserved inside a nearby prop box.
Two people stood to his left and right.
The two on the right were the middle-aged man and woman Xu Huo had seen earlier at the Tomorrow’s Gathering.
Both were injured but still standing, which probably ant their injuries were not serious.
The man in the raincoat who had always been with them was helping a female player on the left side remove weapon fragnts embedded in her back.
The three lying in the back seed worse off; the sll of fresh blood emanated from them.
Two were wounded in the chest and abdon, and one was poisoned.
All had been urgently treated, but the poisoned person’s condition didn’t look optimistic.
“Clang!” The man in the raincoat tossed a tal fragnt on the floor and poured dicine on the woman’s wound, cautioning, “You hit bone.
Take it easy for a few days.”
His voice broke the silence, Xu Huo withdrew the Invisibility Cloak and, like at Tomorrow’s Gathering, smiled and nodded at him.
The man in the raincoat, whose fringe now covered his face, paused and then turned his head to walk over to the middle-aged couple.
Xu Huo had already switched back to the face he used when he first ca to District 002.
To the man in the raincoat, he was certainly another stranger, but the sa gesture seen twice in a short ti let the man know they had t before.
“Uncle Guan, he has been seen entering and leaving the Entertainnt Mansion with Dong Jingxuan.” The man in the raincoat inford the Rank-B player.
The latter nodded, indicating he understood, and raised his hand to Xu Huo, “Please sit.”
There was a crate for storing materials next to them.
With both sides on high alert, Xu Huo calmly walked over and sat down, chuckling, “Looks like you had your eye on
from the start.”
Uncle Guan, the Rank-B player, smiled, “In all my travels through the ga districts, I’ve encountered only a few players who have undergone both ntal and spatial Super Evolution, especially one so young.
You are hard not to notice.”
Since they had laid their cards on the table at once, Xu Huo didn’t mind and casually said, “It seems I owe you thanks for your rcy on your subordinates back in the underground developnt area of the Ga Governnt.”
Uncle Guan smiled, “One-on-one, you’re not my match, but it wouldn’t have been easy for
to capture you outside an instance.
If you were able to achieve Super Evolution, it ans your physical fitness and evolutionary level are not inferior to a Rank-B player.
The differences might just be in the Evolution of Characteristics and the level of props.”
“You’ve gone to great lengths to trick
here, not just to complint .” Xu Huo patted the shoulder of the child next to him, “If you want this kid, no need to bother asking.”
Uncle Guan shook his head, “We’re not interested in the experintal subjects from District 002.
The purpose of attacking New Xiangyang Energy Plant was only to expose the fact of living human experints.
But when we finally got our hands on the evidence, we found that the holographic data about the experints had already been released Beneath the Dinsion, including so shocking statents from a renowned doctor in District 002.”
“No need to thank .” Xu Huo raised his hand, purposefully shifting the topic.
However, the other party did not follow his lead and instead said, “It doesn’t matter who exposed the live human experints; the important thing is that it has been exposed.
The subjects weren’t just children from District 002, but also players from other districts.
That’s enough to draw the Ga Governnt’s attention, at least they’ll deal with it publicly.”
“But just reporting to the Ga Governnt won’t have much effect; they tend to turn a blind eye to everything.”
The conversation naturally transitioned to the Holy Sword Society.
Xu Huo paused and asked, “Is it true that there’s a large spatial passageway device that can directly teleport players to other districts?”
“It’s true,” Uncle Guan replied.
“Unlike the props provided by the ga to players for crossing Spatial Barriers, these devices are almost always one-ti use.
Once they’re used or destroyed, they can’t be fixed or reused.”
“Thus, the Holy Sword Society’s action is considered a complete success.”
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