Chapter 1690: Golden-Eyed Player
Yan Jiayu only replied the day after Xu Huo sent the message. She seemed busy with something, her response brief and hurried, simply saying she would be careful before returning the large metal box through the Under Dimension.
The moment the metal box appeared in the Chaos Space, all the half-open eyes on it suddenly snapped wide open, including the two full-moon-shaped eyes on the front and back. Not only that, but these open eyes seemed to come alive, giving the impression that they were struggling to break free from the box.
Xu Huo examined it for a moment before using a prop to check the box itself. The result showed no tracking prop had been placed on it. Of course, this result was neither comprehensive nor precise, just a tentative check. But if the box had indeed been tampered with, to be cautious, he still left it outside for a while before storing it in the luggage compartment he had cleared out in advance.
From yesterday to today, he had brought in five groups of people, about ten each time, but only two had achieved any results—both were individuals who had already undergone Super Evolution before. One was a Super Evolver from the Special Defense Department who had entered first, and the other was a member from an unknown Player Organization, a Mental Super Evolver.
Being able to gather so many Super Evolvers in such a short time was decent. Among them, two had undergone Secondary Evolution, which was a good yield. By the afternoon, after bringing in two more groups, Xu Huo notified the Special Defense Department to end this transaction.
Although he hadn't taken all the Super Evolvers from the Special Defense Department and the military in at the very beginning, the subsequent batches had essentially covered them all, so the Special Defense Department had no complaints. Besides, with Xu Huo's part concluded, Nie Xuan had made new progress.
The Special Defense Department certainly wouldn't easily give up on this evolution site and would continue trying to arrange for people to enter. But that had nothing to do with Xu Huo anymore. He returned near the residential area, rested in a place with relatively few Space Entities, and waited for any possible pursuers.
He estimated the time when Yi Jun appeared in "Midsummer Night Star River" and when the tracking player appeared in Brown Skin City. Accounting for the time already spent, he planned for a seven-day wait. If it exceeded that, he would have to move on to the next Ticket Instance.
The following days of waiting passed without incident. Even though the Special Defense Department had affected some Space Entities, it didn't cause more serious consequences. Thus, Xu Huo's rest was ensured during these days, until the Special Defense Department notified him that they would no longer arrange for people to enter the Chaos Space, instead switching to using instruments and props for sampling and experiments.
On the third day, which was the last night Xu Huo planned to spend in the Chaos Space, just as dusk was falling, a figure appeared on the watchtower of the residential area.
The person was travel-worn, with tears in their dark red protective suit. Half of their face was covered, revealing highly distinctive golden eyes.
The two stood at different heights. When their eyes met, sharp intuition told them the other was not someone for amicable conversation. In that instant, as they struck, both retreated. The golden-eyed player dodged an oncoming Space Entity, while Xu Huo avoided a human-sized golden pair of scissors flying at him from behind!
In that split second of engagement, Xu Huo noticed the golden-eyed player's relative sluggishness in dodging Space Entities, realizing the other was not a Spatial Super Evolver. He quickly leaped across the buildings, heading toward the Nine Divine Paths.
The golden-eyed player's eyes darted rapidly, as if capturing objects visible in space. As a B-level player with a very high Evolution Rate, their environmental awareness was heightened. Even if they couldn't detect the existence of Space Power, they could still judge potential dangers from subtle cues like wind direction and air currents. So when Xu Huo pulled two Space Entities to block him, the golden-eyed player tapped a badge attached to their left shoulder, and their entire body traced a "Z"-shaped trajectory, dodging the Space Entities to catch up to Xu Huo.
Moving alongside them was the large pair of scissors spinning in the air, quickly and precisely snipping through the Space Barrier Xu Huo had raised, then bouncing back after colliding with a Space Entity.
The golden-eyed player caught up and caught the prop, letting the large scissors spin once around their forearm before throwing it out again.
This prop could be controlled remotely and had a certain degree of autonomy. Even when frequently colliding with Space Entities, it could still move smoothly through space. Meanwhile, the golden-eyed player, having avoided the Space Entities, flashed behind Xu Huo at incredible speed.
"Squeak..." The prop blade struck the Tangent, which Xu Huo had casually placed behind him. The golden-eyed player forcibly pulled the Tangent forward three meters, temporarily halting their movement. But in the next second, the golden-eyed player raised a hand and made a cutting gesture to both sides. The Tangents woven through space suddenly lost their anchor points, completely unraveling.
To ensure he could retrieve the Tangents under any circumstances, Xu Huo hadn't kept too much distance from the golden-eyed player, so he clearly saw that the other had actually cut the Space Rays, slicing through the air holding the Tangents like paper or cloth.
The Tangent in his hand suddenly disappeared. The golden-eyed player looked back at the person ahead, then tilted their head slightly, dodging a metal bead striking from behind, and extended both hands toward the air:
"Tailor-made!"
The moment the words fell, the surrounding space of nearly five hundred meters was seized by a force. Whether it was the increasingly colliding Space Entities or the collapsing buildings, everything froze in an instant—as if time had stopped. The only one who could move within this area was the golden-eyed player!
The effect of the trait lasted only one second, but one second was enough for a powerful B-level player to run several laps within this small range. However, the space was chaotic with power, so by the time the golden-eyed player bypassed the frozen Space Entities and reached Xu Huo, the trait's duration had ended.
"Inviolable Domain" blocked the golden-eyed player's attack, but Xu Huo was sent flying backward from the force. Under the effect of the special prop "Like a Gentle Breeze," he adjusted his position to avoid a Space Entity directly behind him. While "Stars Falling Down" blocked part of the prop attack, he put on his gloves and punched the nearest Space Entity with all his might!
Under the force, the Space Entity moved at high speed, colliding with other Space Entities around it in an unstoppable manner. The moving Space Entities not only blocked the wildly flying large scissors but also slowed down the golden-eyed player.
Only then did Xu Huo equip "Life Flashback" to guard against any further trait attacks. However, the golden-eyed player was also highly skilled in combat. They tossed a glowing blue illumination prop high into the air. As the light scattered, the colliding Space Entities revealed air distortions around them—though it couldn't fully mark the size of the Space Entities, it could roughly outline their contours, enough to avoid collisions!
(Chapter End)