Chapter 139: I Am the Player Who Got the Item
"It's about not fearing death. As long as you're not afraid of death, going in won't get you fooled by the illusions." Wang Chaoqing said, "If you want to rescue people, finding some suicide squad members might work."
"That won't work." Dr. Sun immediately said, "Our soldiers have tried it. The mental suppression of game items on ordinary people far exceeds our imagination!"
"So only players can do it?" The Commander-in-Chief frowned. Most of their players came from ordinary backgrounds, and while there were some with military backgrounds, their numbers were too few.
"Ordinary people can do it too." Suddenly a young man in a peaked cap appeared in the footage. He said, "Just now, an old man who used to be a soldier managed it. Someone filmed a video."
"Alright, send the video over immediately."
After the video was transmitted to the command room, the Commander-in-Chief again instructed Captain Xing to find Xu Huo, because he was also poisoned and needed an inhibitor.
The video was secretly filmed, and the process was very clear. Several people in the command room also saw Xu Huo's face clearly. Someone immediately went to verify his identity, while Dr. Sun, after watching the video, quickly analyzed the difference between the old man and their soldiers.
"Being unafraid of death and being indifferent to death are not the same."
"Our soldiers can sacrifice themselves without hesitation for the people, but they are also living human beings. It's impossible for them to reach that level. Moreover, a person's psychological and emotional state is changeable, which is why some people only succeed once. Who would want to die when there's hope of living?"
"So this method is hard to implement." The Commander-in-Chief thought for a moment and then said, "It seems we can only find that player."
"His identity information has been found." The secretary transmitted the files in. "His name is Xu Huo. He was originally from Jing City, now lives in Ting City. He was among the first batch of players on the Ting City First Research Institute's recruitment list. He has cooperated with the Special Affairs Bureau and provided game items to them. The latest POT and POA versions of the evolution agent were developed by him."
"In the files recorded by the Special Affairs Bureau, he played a significant role on the preliminary train, and his first instance received a B-level rating. In the slaughterhouse random instance, it seems the instance collapsed because of him, prematurely ending the instance process and rescuing dozens of trapped ordinary people."
"This person is very outstanding." The Commander-in-Chief commented, then added, "We must recruit him!"
As he spoke, the secretary received new information. The Commander-in-Chief saw this and asked, "What else?"
The secretary hesitated for a second before continuing, "His past records from Jing City have also been found."
"Xu Huo was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder in his early childhood. He has two years of psychiatric hospital treatment records. Before the age of seventeen, he was an avid gambler with a long record of misdeeds. He once chopped off eight people's hands in an underground gambling match. It wasn't until he was seventeen, when his brother, one year older than him, was shot dead, that he quieted down. After finishing university early, he went to Ting City and has been working as a background actor in the film studio up to now."
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In a street less than two hundred meters from the skyscraper, Xu Huo lit a cigarette for himself and slowly smoked as he looked at the towering building ahead.
Advanced players were more formidable than he had imagined. To execute the plan of diverting attention, two conditions had to be met.
First, the time he spent in contact with the advanced player had to be short. While maintaining distance, it was best to keep it within ten seconds. Therefore, he had to act only when it was close to departure time. After entering the station, he could quickly leave by train.
Second, a suitable location was needed. To divert attention, there had to be witnesses, but the number of witnesses couldn't be too many. The more players there were, the higher the risk of exposure.
At this moment, there was still one hour and fifteen minutes until the ticket time. Ticket-holding players had to enter the station five minutes early, leaving one hour and ten minutes until the final deadline.
Hai City was not a suitable location. After all, he was not a true advanced player, and "Three Seconds of Life" was not an offensive item. Surrounded by so many players, he was constrained in every aspect, making it almost impossible to avoid revealing flaws.
But one hour and ten minutes was not enough time for him to find another suitable location to complete the plan.
Using a military fighter jet could take him far away from Hai City in a very short time, but that would be too conspicuous. The Eerie Sound Knights seemed to be hiding in the skyscraper, but Wang Chaoqing had only found one person inside. The other members of unknown number and other players were also near Hai City. People entering and leaving Hai City were certainly within their line of sight, and whether they were under surveillance was unclear.
Additionally, the government forces were now untrustworthy.
"Do you want to rescue them?" The Painting Woman's phone appeared before him.
Xu Huo turned to look at her. "With so many players here, aren't you afraid of being caught staying here?"
The Painting Woman shook her head. "They can't catch me."
Xu Huo turned his gaze back to the skyscraper.
"The person inside is very powerful. You can't beat her." The Painting Woman circled around to his front. "I don't like this place. It smells bad everywhere. Let's go play in the game?"
"That's the smell of blood." Xu Huo paused, then suddenly said, "Didn't you say you could only sense paper objects in one building?"
The Painting Woman fidgeted and typed: "If they're close, the same person's buildings also work."
"The owner of this shop and the eighteenth floor of the skyscraper is the same person?" Xu Huo was slightly surprised, then asked, "Besides buildings, can you do it with land?"
The Painting Woman shook her head again. "No, they're not houses."
"So only houses work." Xu Huo's eyes flickered. "If this entire street belonged to the same person, could you freely control all the paper objects inside?"
The Painting Woman nodded.
"What if they were all your own houses?"
The Painting Woman's eyes went wide. "Would they be willing to give me their houses?"
"Will it work?"
"Yes, it can. My houses are better than other people's houses."
"How big is the range?" Xu Huo asked again.
"I don't have my own house yet." The Painting Woman smiled shyly. "Someone gave me a house before, but it wasn't in my name."
"Then let's give it a try." Xu Huo stubbed out his cigarette, took out the Light Gentleman medal, and said, "Help me with something, and I'll give you this medal."
The Painting Woman's eyes lit up, and she nodded eagerly like a chick pecking at rice. The medal was far more tempting than a house.
Xu Huo finally showed a smile. He went to find a voice-changer toy nearby and used the scavenged phone to call the latest official contact number published by the government.
The call was quickly connected to the office. The secretary pressed the speakerphone. "All the leaders of the command room are present. You can speak now."
"You said you have a way to solve the Hai City crisis. You'd better be telling the truth. If you're like those prank callers before, you'll be in for it!"
The speaker was the military old man from Jing City.
"I am the player who got the super item." A thin, reedy voice came through the phone.