Chapter 1526: Space Maze
Before he could say anything, the raincoat player hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go. This city is a mess. If we don't leave now, we might not be able to get out!"
He was just kindly reminding Xu Huo, and immediately took out a Space Teleportation Item. However, the ring-shaped item slipped down from his head and landed stiffly on the ground.
Seeing the item crash at his feet, the raincoat player shouted in panic, "Why!"
"Didn't you just say you only entered the city? Why can't you get out either!"
Xu Huo now roughly understood what was going on. This city should be controlled by some player. Once you walk in, you can't easily leave, only wandering around inside the city. Otherwise, the raincoat player wouldn't have passed by him three times without realizing he was on the right path.
"I haven't had time to tell you yet. Just while you were talking, it seems this place was covered by item power again."
The raincoat player painfully grabbed his hair with both hands, his expression twisted for two seconds before suddenly looking at Xu Huo, "Hey? Can you sense the Space Maze's activity?"
"The item covering the city is called Space Maze?" Xu Huo paused. "Didn't you manage to walk out several times just now?"
The raincoat player gave a forced smile. "But that was the last time the item could be used. The cooldown is at least twenty-four hours."
"One day, no big deal." Xu Huo held his umbrella and continued walking forward.
"Twenty-four hours, do you know how many Mirror Spaces are in this Space Maze?" The raincoat player turned to follow him, desperately trying to explain their current situation. "The longer it takes, the deeper the Mirror Space you might enter. You've heard of Bai Tiaoyi, right? The day before yesterday, he used the Black and White Turntable to control the city center, and now even his shadow can't be found!"
Xu Huo seemed a bit interested and asked, "Does the Space Maze also restrict ordinary items?"
"No," the raincoat player knew quite a bit, "but the Mirror Spaces in the Space Maze replicate reality one-to-one. As long as a person enters a Mirror Space, their items naturally go in too. Otherwise, how would Xiaoyue City be so peaceful?"
"Which layer of Mirror Space are you in now?" Xu Huo asked again.
The raincoat player choked. If he knew that, he wouldn't have used his item to walk out three or four times only to stupidly go back in.
He snorted and said, "You don't think Mirror Spaces are uniform everywhere, do you? Let me tell you, sometimes just across a street or a building can be different layers. For example, we're walking on the first layer of Mirror Space now, but the street around the corner might be the second layer."
Xu Huo looked ahead. "Players in different layers can't see each other."
"Exactly," the raincoat player sized him up again. "You're pretty quick on the uptake."
Xu Huo stopped at the intersection and slightly expanded the coverage of "Cube Space."
With his Space Evolution power, he couldn't sense any barriers caused by different layers of Mirror Space as the raincoat player described. But since players could be trapped in different Mirror Spaces and unable to get out, that meant the maximum range of each Mirror Space layer was still Xiaoyue City, and they would eventually cover everything. Maybe he had just entered and hadn't yet gone deep enough into the layers where Mirror Spaces didn't fully cover Xiaoyue City.
"Cube Space" could display Space Rays and quickly generate new Space Rays based on changes in the surrounding space to merge with and rapidly assimilate new spaces. From another perspective, it actually weakened the intensity of the new space. For example, with a Space Item, if it was within the coverage of "Cube Space," similar rays would soon appear within the space, and these rays would mix throughout the entire instrument's coverage. Although they seemed to only occupy a corner, within that range, they were already internal.
Therefore, as long as a space existed within the coverage of "Cube Space," it could be easily breached using Space Rays. The previous holder of the instrument, Mr. Kang, could even use items to create Space Ray Blades for space manipulation without Super Evolution. For Xu Huo, who could already use Space Rays for remote control or destruction of certain objects, this instrument brought more than just instant teleportation or causing some damage—it was very useful for breaking certain Space Items.
Additionally, there was the Space Jamming Device purchased from Card City. Covering a kilometer range, it could also weaken time-space power to some extent. Of course, Xu Huo bought this jamming device mainly to deal with Xue Lang's overly powerful Space Rays, but now he could try to see if it could interfere with the Mirror Space.
He put on the bracelet made of coins and adjusted the interference intensity according to the side scale. Sure enough, the Space Rays within "Cube Space" showed slight fluctuations, but that was it. Soon, the interference rays released by the jamming device were also adapted and assimilated by "Cube Space." However, the assimilated range wasn't compressed but covered the entire power range released by the interference device, about a hundred meters.
But operating these interfered Space Rays was far more difficult than ordinary Space Rays, because they only maintained a certain frequency with the interference and weren't very stable.
Seeing him fiddling with the instrument carved with flower patterns, the raincoat player raised an eyebrow. "Brother, that's a good piece of gear."
Xu Huo turned his head to look at him. "What, you want it?"
The raincoat player quickly waved his hands. "No, no, I wouldn't dare. I'm just curious. Can your device destroy the Space Maze?"
"Do you know what grade the Space Maze item is?" Xu Huo asked.
"A-grade," the raincoat player said with certainty. "I checked on Under Dimension. The holder is also an A-grade player, with the nickname 'Face-to-Face Kill.'"
"Face-to-Face Kill?"
"No one knows who he is. Nine out of ten people who've seen him in person are dead, hence the name." The raincoat player shrugged. "When I ran into you earlier, I thought it might be you."
"Then you've got some nerve." Xu Huo was surprised and added a jab, "With strength this weak, you dare to challenge an A-grade player head-on?"
The raincoat player rolled his eyes. "Let me tell you, in this world, strength isn't everything. Luck is also important. Look at the old 014 Zone and the current 017 Zone. 014 Zone safely got through the Super Item period, but 017 Zone couldn't. They missed the Field Angel Ruins opening and ran into the Xenomorph tide. In the game, there are tons of strong players, but plenty of them capsize in a ditch. I think my luck is pretty good. If I can't win, I'll just run. Consider it a paid vacation!"
"I think the chances of an A-grade player capsizing in a ditch and losing to a C-grade player are extremely low," Xu Huo said sincerely.
(Chapter End)