Chapter 1482: E25-026
But Xu Huo soon found out, because just as he was playing with the "Life Flashback," a few images flashed before his eyes like television slides. There were Enforcement Team players in the hotel, news workers waiting on the streets, and the farthest one was at least over four hundred meters away in a straight line, located at a famous beverage shop.
Being able to lock onto someone from over four hundred meters away, without knowing exactly what their trait did, Xu Huo immediately left the hotel, extended the distance to over five hundred meters, and activated the "Life Flashback" again. This time, no images appeared before him, but within the range of his expanded spiritual realm, he had already sensed the target's whereabouts.
His gaze shifted and finally locked onto a distant tall building. He looked at the person standing on the rotating weather vane, squinting slightly. Just as he was about to move forward, the cold-faced player from the Enforcement Team suddenly appeared beside him and said, "Leave this person to the Enforcement Team."
Sure enough, as he spoke, Enforcement Team players surged from nowhere and surrounded the target.
A protective barrier formed by a spatial device had already enveloped the surrounding buildings. As the player appeared, several lightning-like beams crisscrossed and trapped him, but they were blocked by a defense barrier.
Before the Enforcement Team could surround him, the player flickered and moved away from his original position, suddenly appearing at the edge of the barrier constructed by the Enforcement Team. With a violent collision, the entire barrier trembled and emitted a loud humming sound.
He kept changing positions on the barrier to dodge the incoming bullets. When he realized that even the specially modified Enforcement guns couldn't break through the barrier, he slammed on the brakes. His body slid back several meters due to inertia, landing directly in front of Xu Huo.
As he wiped his hand downward, an invisible force not only sliced through the barrier but also split the protected building diagonally below in two!
Through the split objects, one could clearly see the force rapidly approaching, and the distorted airflow in the air vividly brought a sharp killing intent!
In this situation, the best course of action was to avoid the attack's edge. But the person guarding him moved—this Enforcement Team squad leader stepped forward, pulled out a large brush that suddenly appeared in his hand, and swung it. The red paint flung from the brush tip formed an arc-shaped barrier, precisely blocking the incoming attack!
"Crack! Crack!" The invisible force shattered the colorful barrier, but unlike before, it didn't pass through unimpeded. The two forces collided, neutralized, and disappeared!
During this process, the now-freed player bypassed the squad leader and came straight to Xu Huo. But just as he raised his hand to repeat the same move, he suddenly vanished from the ground!
The same force struck the "Inviolable Domain." As Xu Huo was flung backward by the immense impact, he looked at the colorful paint the player had stepped on. It seemed to be more than just a simple item.
As an elastic barrier caught him mid-air, he saw the players transferred from the front building jumping one by one into the pool of paint.
Back on the ground, the squad leader confidently told him, "That guy definitely can't escape. My people will bring him out."
The best way to trap a player was to use a random instance—Xu Huo had used this method before, and it was perfect for the Platinum Eye.
With a slight smile, he said, "I hope this person can reveal who's behind him."
The monitoring protection period was about to end, and Xu Huo had obtained the item. He prepared to leave the Platinum Eye. Before leaving, he made a special trip to see Bai Kou and bid farewell to Xin Rong.
Considering Bai Kou's warning that the Lang family might use special means to track him, he didn't return to Zone 014 or Zone 011. Instead, he spent a high price to buy a return ticket from the Under Dimension.
Return tickets were usually obtained after clearing an instance and could directly return a player to their home zone without passing through stations and trains, saving a lot of trouble. They were also a backup measure in times of danger, rarely put up for sale. But nothing was absolute, and special situations always arose.
Special situations included not only players being short on cash and urgently needing money but also the possibility that the destination of the return ticket was extremely dangerous, losing its "safe" function.
Based on the wormhole point information on the return ticket, Xu Huo roughly checked the situation in that zone, made simple preparations, and then used the ticket.
E25-026 Eastern Slums.
Xu Huo stood on a street within a building complex that looked like an ant nest. Due to the special acid rain environment, the crisscrossing building structures almost completely blocked the sky. With no daylight visible and only scattered streetlights, the pitch-black buildings looked like an uninhabited ghost town.
But in reality, the moment he appeared, dozens of eyes had already locked onto him from the darkness.
"Drip!"
"Drip!"
"Drip!"
From an unknown corner, the continuous sound of dripping water seemed to be the only noise in this building complex, breaking the silence where even breathing was absent.
Xu Huo opened his umbrella and walked along the wet and dirty street, ignoring the foul-smelling garbage on the roadside. He passed through this alley and entered a slightly more spacious area ahead.
Calling it spacious was relative—it was barely wide enough for a small car to pass. It was clear that this area had been carefully maintained, though the stone bricks were full of cracks, it wasn't as dirty as the alley.
"Whoosh!" A faint sound of something cutting through the air came from the upper right. Xu Huo looked up and saw a fine needle entering his field of vision, but it was knocked down by a defense item the next second. He stared at the direction the needle came from, silently watching for a second before looking away and continuing forward.
Along the way, many people kept watching him, but no one made a move, probably waiting to see what would happen. He continued until he reached the edge of the slums.
Suddenly, a teenager ran from ahead. Nearly naked, he dragged his bruised and purple leg as he struggled to run. Behind him, several fat-headed men chased after him, shouting curses, threatening to beat him to death while ordering each other not to damage the goods too badly.
The teenager wasn't running fast, but his eyes were fixed straight ahead, as if he had put all his energy into running. He didn't even glance at Xu Huo passing by.
But the men chasing him came straight for Xu Huo.
A dozen meters away, the heads of the men silently slid off. With spurting blood and hidden items, they all crashed to the ground. Xu Huo didn't stop, stepping through the pool of blood and past the bodies. He looked at the gloomy sky hundreds of meters away:
This was a perfect place.
(Chapter End)