Chapter 1519: A Flying Bullet
The Dingtan City side had sent out players, seemingly wanting to make contact with him, but Xu Huo didn't meet with them. After collecting the chip obtained from the xenomorph corpse, he used the "Head-Tail Connected Ring" to leave the area.
His destination was the A7 Safe Zone.
After several hours of intermittent travel, Xu Huo arrived at the A7 Safe Zone at dawn.
Zone 017 was about to enter winter, and autumn fog had appeared in various places, but as soon as he reached the outskirts of the A7 Safe Zone, he sensed that the mist enveloping this city was unusual.
"Beep! Beep! Detected trace toxins in the air at this location, capable of causing coma and vomiting. Players are advised to take protective measures." Among the outer zone players who had also arrived outside the A7 Safe Zone, someone used a prop to test the fog.
Catching sight of these people from a distance, everyone put on protective suits without interfering with each other and entered the A7 Safe Zone one after another.
The A7 Safe Zone was also temporarily renamed from an ordinary city, but this city contained a weapon processing factory, making it a city with strong firepower. Therefore, it was classified as an A-level safe city. In terms of firepower, even if the A7 Safe Zone encountered a xenomorph attack like the one in Dingtan City, the weapons it held could completely wipe out the xenomorph swarm.
But now, this city was extremely quiet.
Xu Huo entered the city via the main traffic route. Along the way, he saw many military vehicles parked crookedly on the road or simply crashed somewhere. Casualties were few, but the people in the vehicles had all fallen into a deep sleep. Judging by the onboard recorders, these people had been stuck here for at least two days.
It was evident that some people had left the vehicles, even trying to take their companions with them, but most remained in their original postures, sleeping soundly with no signs of waking up.
Unable to sense basic physiological needs, these people would gradually die in their sleep.
Continuing forward, the situation inside the city was much better. Probably because the city was under martial law and the toxic fog had erupted at night, there were few people on the streets. The vast majority of residents had fallen asleep in their own homes.
The drizzling white mist felt sticky. Even while wearing the invisibility cloak, Xu Huo was targeted by several gazes as soon as he stepped into the city. The players who had entered before him had already merged into the massive buildings, and like the players who had arrived earlier, they were peeping at every newcomer.
He moved a bit and found three players following him. As he passed a tableware shop, the knives, forks, bowls, and dishes displayed inside suddenly shattered the window and shot out!
The barrier formed by "Flower Bloom" blocked the attack. The moment Xu Huo turned around, a player flashed beside him, and a shadow-like blade broke through several layers of petal barriers, slashing directly at the side of his neck!
"Bang!" The black blade was raised, and the sound of two props colliding could be heard. There was also a clear sensation of objects impacting, but in the next second, the opponent's blade seemed to lose its physical form and passed straight through the black blade's edge!
Xu Huo mobilized space rays to change his position, but unexpectedly, the opponent followed like a shadow—this wasn't predicting his movement direction but using a prop to stay within one meter of him.
After several rapid position changes, he still couldn't shake off this masked player, but he also noticed that while the opponent's weapon seemed to break through the "Flower Bloom" barrier, it didn't cause the barrier to shatter. Especially when it became intangible, it had no lethal power at all.
The masked player probably realized that Xu Huo had noticed this. When Xu Huo moved to the top of a lamppost, he suddenly withdrew. At the same time, a force surged from the ground, starting from the earth and twisting the lamppost into pieces!
A harsh, grating metallic sound rang out. Another player appeared above Xu Huo, and a semicircular force barrier swung down from his fist, forcing Xu Huo back toward the ground!
The retreating masked player hadn't gone far. He clapped his hands together and then slowly pulled them apart, forming two semicircular rings around Xu Huo to prevent him from escaping.
Caught in a three-sided pincer attack, Xu Huo seemed to have no way out. However, just as the twisting force from the ground and the gravity from above were about to collide, he suddenly vanished from his spot. In the next instant, both the masked player and the player still in the air were attacked simultaneously. The masked player avoided it with a prop, but the one in the air was a beat too slow after his defense barrier was destroyed, and a metal bead pierced through his neck!
Xu Huo had suddenly disappeared from their perception range. The two exchanged a glance, sensing trouble, and instinctively looked toward their companion hiding hundreds of meters away. As they rushed over, the twisting force on the ground seemed to bloom like a flower—roads, lampposts, trash cans, street-side shops, and vehicles were torn and twisted apart one after another. Fragments flew everywhere, all charging toward a single direction!
The two who arrived later instinctively thought Xu Huo should be on the street under attack. But before their eyes could adjust, they saw him standing right behind their companion, who was still frantically attacking without even noticing!
From their earlier exchange, the masked player knew Xu Huo wasn't particularly fast in terms of physical reaction—this was a player's bodily response, running through every battle. Using props for long-distance movement was another matter. So even when they saw Xu Huo appear behind their companion, the two still believed there was a chance to rescue him, especially since he had defense props...
But just as this thought flashed through their minds, the obese companion suddenly stiffened, and a half-finger-wide wound appeared on the top of his head—an invisible blade had pierced through his body from bottom to top!
Defense props could be divided into several types. One was all-around protection, effective as soon as activated, but such props usually had a time limit, like "Inviolable Domain" or "Ideal Skin."
The second was trigger-type, which only activated when an attack was detected, such as "Three Hundred and Sixty Defenses" or "Starfall." The conditions for using these were not fixed, and they generally had a longer time span.
Another type was like "Flower Bloom," which, once used, remained active until the barrier was destroyed unless recalled.
Clearly, the obese player hadn't used the right prop, or his prop was of too low a level, allowing the space blade to pierce through directly.
Xu Huo quickly took over his prop, gripping a small metal chain engraved with the word "Storm." As the beads on it began to spin, a continuous twisting storm surged toward the masked player and his companion!
The power of the prop was invisible to the naked eye, but deep pits exploded on the ground, as if tornadoes had appeared, tearing apart the intact ground and pulling the fragments high into the air. In the open area, a wind belt formed, chasing the two fleeing players.
Although one of them was injured, it wasn't serious. Realizing they were no match for Xu Huo, they exchanged glances and fled in different directions.
Xu Huo didn't continue the chase. He held the spinning chain to stop the storm, then looked toward the direction where other players, attracted by the fight, were hiding. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed a sharp killing intent entering his alert range. His brows furrowed as he quickly retreated, and a bullet grazed his face, striking the ground beside him!