Back when Xu Huo first entered the city center, fresh faces in charge of surveillance from the Municipal Governnt had already co to the entrance area, keeping an eye out for when he would co out.
And when Xu Huo’s permissions suddenly got upgraded, Old Cai and the others couldn’t sit still anymore and ca out too. Originally, they had specifically set up a position just to help Xu Huo increase his number of wanted criminals, saying he needed one or two thousand people to clear the instance. Of course this Municipal Governnt player didn’t believe it, so they deliberately stuck his numbers, then used the "communication cut" trick to stall for ti.
The plan was to force Xu Huo to compromise and find a way to enter the city center... Who knew he would go in, and go in so smoothly—so smoothly that the permissions got changed. Whether that programr didn’t die, or he changed it himself, the result was the sa: in any case, he had already cleared the instance, and had indeed entered the core area of the Water Rubik’s Cube.
Through the internal system chat they were basically certain that the one replying definitely wasn’t the programr Old Ding, but Xu Huo imitating Old Ding’s tone. Why he was doing this was unknown, but he had gone in, and to so extent was safe. Did this an the area near the Water Rubik’s Cube core was safe?
Would he take the chance to sabotage the Water Rubik’s Cube, or interfere with it?
Or would he seize the opportunity to retaliate against them, plunging Bu Liu City into chaos?
Of course, aside from the original Municipal Governnt players, there were also Outer Zone players who had co over to watch the show.
Judging from the previous promotion of the Temporary Enforcent Officer position, many players had already realized that bribing the Municipal Governnt with money was also a good thod. It was just that the Municipal Governnt was a bit too black-hearted and asked for a very high price; many players were reluctant to spend that money for the ti being.
But Xu Huo’s promotion had been far too fast. Players guessed he might have sothing on people from the Municipal Governnt—that was also a possible thod, but unfortunately those people from the Municipal Governnt were hiding way too well. Besides, the Municipal Governnt system might still be inside the city center, so catching Municipal Governnt players might not even help.
Position promotion couldn’t be completely useless. The players had rushed here to verify whether Xu Huo had cleared the instance through this thod, and if he could transfer his identity to soone else, all the better.
Internal personnel changes in the Municipal Governnt used to be public, but what Xu Huo did in the city center was only notified through the internal system. As for why it suddenly seed like all the players knew, that was thanks to those few Temporary Enforcent Officers.
Old Cai and the others also stirred the pot from behind. They made the worst-case assumption: that Xu Huo would co out safe and sound, having not only cleared the instance but also coming after them. The more people knew his clearance thod, the ssier the situation would get, and maybe Xu Huo would feel pressured enough to just leave.
"I knew that bunch in the Municipal Governnt were up to no good." Zhu Xiaojin was waiting as well. "Just watch, they’ve definitely already changed their appearances and are sneaking around among the cleared players."
"So many people ca, they’re probably all here for Mr. Xu’s Municipal Governnt position." Mi Qiaonan said uncertainly, "He probably didn’t leave any loose ends; he might’ve already cleared and left."
"Whether he cleared or not is still uncertain." Zhu Xiaojin swept a glance around at the people nearby. "But if it were , I’d definitely run the first chance I got."
"Have you known Mr. Xu from before?" Only now did Mi Qiaonan rember to turn around and ask the Girl in the painting, "Has he left?"
The Girl in the painting was playing a ga. Hearing her, she waved a hand without saying anything.
Mi Qiaonan could only say, "Then we can only wait."
But as soon as she finished speaking, a figure passed through the city center’s barrier and walked out. He didn’t avoid the others; he even deliberately chose to co out at the sa place he had gone in, and he hadn’t changed his face either. He seed to be telling everyone that he had just taken a trip to the city center and walked out safe and sound.
Zhu Xiaojin clapped his hands. "Aweso!"
The Girl in the painting closed her ga, leapt a few tis and landed by his side. "Leaving now?"
"Wait a bit." Xu Huo took out his Communicator and dialed Shi Sanjiu’s contact.
The other party hadn’t entered the third ga yet. Once the call connected he said, "Bro, you cleared the instance?"
"Yeah. I’ve got a shortcut to clear the instance for you, you coming or not?" Xu Huo asked bluntly.
"Coming, of course I’m coming!" Shi Sanjiu burst into laughter. "You wait, I’ll be there within five minutes."
Xu Huo hung up, swept his gaze over the nearby players who were itching to try sothing, didn’t use any Prop to activate a Defensive Barrier, and instead walked slowly to a square not far away. After switching terminals, he enlarged the projection screen to maximum, then started typing up his clearance experience for the One Third City instance.
Aside from using the Municipal Governnt channel to personally arrest wanted criminals, once your position rose high enough, you could authorize death sentences—that is to say, all the wanted criminals captured and submitted could count toward the cumulative number.
He also made public the fact that Municipal Governnt players controlled part of the system permissions.
Then ca information about the One Third ga.
He only summarized the key intel he had gotten from the first ga. As for the second and third ga, although he had already forgotten the content, he could infer that the second was related to Ti Force, and the third was likely so kind of upgrade of Space-Ti Power, with the difficulty increasing at each stage.
As for the origin of the Water Rubik’s Cube and the price of losing "the future," he didn’t ntion those. He only talked about how "the past" and "the present" represented mory, and that if one entered the One Third ga, it was best to put "the future" first when arranging the three, because the chips you lost were calculated in reverse order.
He posted this content on the Collection of Information Terminal, attaching the na he had registered under in the Municipal Governnt to guarantee the authenticity of the intel.
"What a good guy." Zhu Xiaojin couldn’t help giving him a thumbs up. "If you took this out and sold it, I bet plenty of people would pay for it."
"That’s just pocket change." Xu Huo’s expression was calm. "It’s nothing compared to cutting off One Third City’s future path. That’s much more satisfying."
The more players cleared the instance, the more people would understand the inside story of the One Third ga, and in the future fewer dungeon players would co in. Whether it wanted to kill Super Evolvers or collect experintal data, there was nothing wrong with stopping it from getting its way.
"Exactly, exactly." Shi Sanjiu, who had already arrived, chid in when he heard this, "It’s always been the ga ssing with us—we have to seize the chance to fight back. How can we just stand there and take the beating?"
Xu Huo tossed him the Communicator he had registered an account for in the city center. "You can use it directly."
Shi Sanjiu didn’t even check it. He took it, stuffed it into his luggage compartnt, and patted Xu Huo’s shoulder gratefully. "If you ever need my help with anything, just say the word! I’ve got tons of Props and instrunts, and if I don’t, I’ll find a way to get them for you!"
Xu Huo smiled slightly. "No need to be so formal. We hit it off, so let’s be friends."
"Good, then we’ll skip the polite talk." Shi Sanjiu said, "Promises to friends don’t have an expiry date with ! You can co to anyti!"
Xu Huo nodded. "I’m about to leave now. Wish you a smooth clearance."
Shi Sanjiu didn’t care at all about those players eyeing them like tigers. He raised his hand and took out a round Jade Badge. "This is the badge that represents my family’s identity. With this, you can exchange ten billion White Notes at any Advanced auction house in any Rank-B Wormhole Point. They recognize this."
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