Chapter 2300: Chapter 2300: The Girl in the Painting’s Suggestion
Xu Huo closed his personal panel and reopened the Spiritual World to observe the situation in the city center.
After listening to what Old Cai had said, looking at this place again, it felt like a cage deliberately left open, waiting for prey to walk into the trap.
Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why, as a barrier, it almost doesn’t prevent outsiders from entering or exiting.
"There’s a reply from over there." Old Cai walked over and opened the communicator to show him the hand-drawn picture sent by the programr.
"The Magic Cube was originally a whole, this is the state after decomposition."
Xu Huo glanced at it; the drawing was quite abstract, with textual explanations indicating that those scattered blocks were parts of the Magic Cube—after disintegration, the Magic Cube containing the Ti Force did not split into ti flows but remained in a tal block state.
According to the programr’s description, these tal blocks consistently stay in this state, sotis exchanging positions, but the timing is irregular, and almost every day a new Water Rubik’s Cube is generated from above, bouncing to areas outside the city center, sotis large, sotis small, resembling a ball. In their leap, they rarely interfere with the ground or buildings, much like a real ball.
The exact functioning of these blocks is unclear, occasionally they emit faint blue arcs, but these are rare and can only be observed by chance.
As for what the blue arcs actually are, it’s unknown.
"What’s the Water Rubik’s Cube’s hibernation thod?" Xu Huo asked again.
"He hasn’t told us the specific thod," Old Cai said helplessly. "Maybe he’s worried we’ll abandon him, so he only revealed a little."
"Didn’t you doubt its authenticity?" Xu Huo asked.
"Of course we doubted," Old Cai explained. "Soone might impersonate, or he might not have a hibernation thod at all, just to trick us into rescuing him. But whether it’s true or false, we’ll have to find out once inside."
"You’ve seen the route map; is it real or fake?"
"Impossible to say without going in," Xu Huo said. "It might look one way when no one’s there, and another when there are people."
After saying this, he opened the communicator, which already contained a promotion announcent for his position, along with the corresponding permissions. From here, he could see all the wanted criminal review docunts submitted by Bu Liu City, so had been approved, while more were still pending.
"We can hold back this review notice, lest it end with a dead case," Old Cai said. "Now that you can see the actual number of people, once it accumulates to your required number, you can try clearing it with execution approval, it seems feasible."
The number of people Xu Huo needed was still lacking, not to ntion the review process wasn’t that simple.
"Once the clearance succeeds, I’ll consider bringing you in," he said.
This was non-negotiable, and Old Cai and the others, having told him everything they knew, accepted it even if he’d end up turning against them.
Those who talk about poisoning the entire city cannot be relied upon by the Municipal Governnt for their conscience; this was a compromise born out of desperation.
"How about we blow it up?" The Girl in the painting proposed, ignoring Old Cai and the others as they turned pale, "Blow it up and it’ll be gone."
"No way!" Old Cai barked, "Who knows if it will explode into thousands of Water Rubik’s Cubes!"
The Girl in the painting didn’t bother with him, focused on Xu Huo, patting her bag to indicate she had explosives.
"Do people here have a grudge against you?" Xu Huo glanced at her.
"No," the Girl in the painting answered truthfully, "I just want to see what it looks like after being blown up."
Old Cai looked horrified, completely unexpected that the seemingly gentle and compliant female player was the true ruthless one. Ordinary people need a ’legitimate reason’ to kill, even Xu Huo threatening to poison was motivated by forcing the Municipal Governnt to compromise, but she was just looking for fun!
Though neither is superior, the forr is for self-preservation. Players will do anything to survive, as mad as it may seem, it can be understood. But speaking such words, the Girl in the painting can no longer be considered normal.
"Blow it up and both of us will die, calm down," Xu Huo said.
The Girl in the painting seed disappointed, adding, "I think I won’t die, but I don’t want you to die either. How about after you clear the level, we blow it up then leave?"
Xu Huo tugged the corner of his mouth, "You’re quite clever."
The Girl in the painting wasn’t joking, she was genuinely inquiring about the possibility of that plan.
This was also Old Cai and the others’ fear: if Xu Huo can clear the level and leave, he might destroy the city center unscrupulously to uncover the truth about the Water Rubik’s Cube!
"Don’t think about it," Xu Huo pushed the Girl in the painting’s communicator a bit farther away, "If the level can be cleared, there’s no need to take unnecessary actions."
This was also to appease Old Cai and the others.
Old Cai looked slightly more relaxed, flattered, "Soone who first thinks of establishing order in Bu Liu City, rather than killing indiscriminately, absolutely cannot be without limits."
Xu Huo didn’t say much, only urged him to gather the numbers quickly, as locals, the Municipal Governnt players should be more aware of where the easy-to-catch criminals are.
"Others have been sent," Old Cai said.
The bacteria in the building had already been dealt with, without needing Xu Huo to intervene, the woman with tattoos and her companion finished it quickly.
When telling Old Cai about this, the tattooed woman seed quite frustrated.
"Now is not the ti to dwell on this," Old Cai said. "Moreover, we won’t have a better chance than this."
Since the Super Evolvers from the Player Organization disappeared, few dual-evolution players undertook the instance. Such people are geniuses in any zone and are daring enough to erge alive from a third of the ga, taking risks.
"All hope rests on him." He looked at the person talking to the Girl in the painting from afar, "How long we live and how well we live is uncertain, but our children can’t."
On the other side, Xu Huo conversed with the Girl in the painting, "What TV shows have you been watching lately?"
The ntion of this sparked the Girl in the painting’s enthusiasm, recomnding her recent favorite cri and war-thed films and television.
Typically, movies and shows about cri and war are made to promote peace, but in the ga, madn are not scarce, and such films proliferate, so even quite well-made, blurring the line between the portrayal of life’s violation and suffering, instead highlighting the pleasure and comfort for the strong in controlling life and death.
Those who’ve been hurt and bled can empathize with similar situations, but the Girl in the painting doesn’t, making her more receptive to such films.
"Do you want to be hung back on the wall?" Xu Huo asked her.
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