Chapter 1039: Wrong Teleportation Location
Xu Huo and the player guarding Dong Jingxuan both moved to block the incoming arrow, but it was intercepted by a piece of building debris that flew up from the ground. Wei Yu, leading Wei Chengzhang, quickly approached. "Let's go together!"
Dong Jingxuan looked at Dong Yanqiong. "Bring her along!"
"There's no time!" Brother Lei pulled back from the battle and turned to Dong Jingxuan. "Some people have already left. The space restriction might soon cover the entire building again. When that happens, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to!"
Dong Qifeng and the others who had been with Dong Yanqiong were all gone. Among them were at least two B-rank players. With that kind of lineup, they couldn't have died in the collapse. The only possibility was that they had already left first.
"If we can't leave, then we won't!" Dong Jingxuan said harshly. "Are your defense items useless? Can't even hold off these people? When trouble comes, you turn and run. What's the Dong family raising you for?"
"This young master of the Dong family still has some humanity," said the middle-aged man and woman who had come with the raincoat-clad man, appearing before them. "Just now, we saw all kinds of behavior. Some people, to save their own lives, would push even their own siblings forward as shields, not to mention hired players. Truly worthy of a Snow City noble family!"
"Killing indiscriminately, and you think you're acting on behalf of justice? Don't make me laugh!" Dong Jingxuan's legs were weak, but his words were not.
"Do you think your families rose to power through righteousness?" the middle-aged woman said. "When your ancestors occupied District 002, they implemented racial screening. Only those suitable for marriage and reproduction with them were allowed to live. Everyone else who wasn't the optimal choice was buried alive. Now they want to use the same method against other new districts..."
The other sneered and continued, "Don't you find it strange that you were born with genetic defects?"
The so-called "genetic defects" were a major weapon used by outer zone players to attack District 002: body albinism, vision deterioration, and a high hereditary rate of mental illness that, while never officially acknowledged, couldn't be denied by actual data. These were all labels shared by the people of District 002.
However, the people of District 002 believed it was because there was no sun.
Dong Jingxuan wanted to say something more, but at that moment, the people opposite suddenly acted. One of them raised a cannon barrel and pulled the trigger in Dong Yanqiong's direction. "I'm talking here, and you still try to sneak away!"
With a thunderous roar, smoke and dust instantly filled the area. Dong Jingxuan, still unclear about the situation, instinctively looked toward Dong Yanqiong and saw two figures rushing toward him. He subconsciously stepped back, but before he could take a step, a swift shadow shot out from the side, slamming both figures into the wall opposite!
It was only when Dong Yanqiong made a sound that Dong Jingxuan recognized her. Then he barely made out Xu Huo standing beside him and immediately shouted, "Come here quickly!"
Dong Yanqiong and Xu Huo, who had saved her, were the targets of the middle-aged man and woman. Dong Jingxuan was naturally also a target. Just as he shouted, the middle-aged man spun sideways, and a giant scythe threaded with iron chains swept horizontally toward them!
The silencing effect had already worn off. Wei Yu flashed in front of Dong Jingxuan, clasped his hands together, and said, "Close the door!"
As his words fell, the building debris on the ground automatically assembled and formed a wall about three square meters in the direction from which the scythe was coming!
After successfully blocking the scythe, Wei Yu pointed forward again. The debris fragments instantly disintegrated and shot toward the middle-aged man like a hail of arrows!
Meanwhile, Xu Huo had also dodged the middle-aged woman and used "Gravity Pressurization" and "Dead End" to temporarily slow her down, successfully bringing the injured Dong Yanqiong back to Dong Jingxuan's side.
Without further delay, Dong Jingxuan immediately used a Space Teleportation Item!
The number of people teleported was double what he had said. Besides himself, Xu Huo and Dong Yanqiong, there was also a bodyguard, plus Wei Yu and Wei Chengzhang, totaling six people.
"Finally safe..." Before Dong Jingxuan could finish his sentence, Xu Huo interrupted him. "Wrong place!"
The few who had just been about to relax immediately became alert. The space item had teleported them to an indoor plaza. Roughly estimating, it was about the size of a football field in District 014. However, the empty plaza had no landmarks around it to identify their location.
"Is this one of your Dong family's safe houses?" Wei Chengzhang asked Dong Jingxuan uncertainly.
"What safe house?" Dong Jingxuan was even more agitated than he was. "The manor itself is a Super Item. It's not going anywhere. Why would we need a safe house? What place could be safer than inside a Super Item?"
Indeed, there was none. That meant they had gone to the wrong place.
"You can even use a space item wrong?" Dong Yanqiong looked at him with the disbelief of someone whose cousin had proven to be incredibly stupid.
"It's not that the item was used wrong," Xu Huo said in a deep voice. "Someone interfered with the item. We're surrounded."
The others instinctively drew closer together as they looked around. This indoor plaza wasn't too large. Even an ordinary person could vaguely make out the figures standing at the edges of the plaza. They were in the shadows but weren't deliberately hiding their presence.
"Who are you people!" the player following Dong Jingxuan demanded loudly. However, his answer came in the form of floor tiles suddenly rising like sharp spikes. The plaza's ground changed shape. The originally hard stone surged like active waves, forcing the player back ten meters!
But avoiding the ground attack didn't mean safety. He stepped into a pre-laid trap and was instantly shredded into a bloody mess by a sudden gale of wind blades!
Scattered drops of blood splattered over ten meters. After the wind blades disappeared, the player spun twice from inertia before falling to the ground, dead.
Because of the ground's upheaval, Xu Huo had taken the Dong siblings to one side of the plaza, while Wei Yu had taken Wei Chengzhang to the other. The five faced each other, their expressions heavy.
No explanation was needed to understand the situation. Someone had tampered with the entertainment building, interfering with the precision of the space teleportation item. Although it was unclear how they had done it, the enemy had indeed used the space teleportation item to bring those who escaped into a pre-prepared battlefield. It was clear they had prepared thoroughly and would never let them escape easily.
"The teleportation item is malfunctioning," Dong Jingxuan tried again secretly, realizing he couldn't escape. His family probably had no idea where he was. He looked at Xu Huo pleadingly. "Brother Xu, please don't leave..."
Xu Huo had already assessed the entire plaza. At each of the two long ends stood four players. At a glance, there were at least two B-rank players. They hadn't entered the plaza, probably not because they weren't in a hurry to finish things off, but because there were no fewer than ten trap items laid within the plaza. The items themselves might not be visible, but they caused subtle changes in space. With careful observation, one could detect them. The enemy only needed to control the plaza's ground to drive them into the traps, ending the siege without shedding a drop of their own blood.
(End of Chapter)