Chapter 2223: The Train Moving Through the Cracks
"Of course, to become number one on the rankings, this 'Favorite Minmin' has done no less. The two are evenly matched. If their orientations weren't incompatible, they would have been soulmates." The boastful player couldn't help but sigh, "But with old grudges and new hatreds combined, this life-or-death battle came about."
Many people on the train were heading for this life-or-death battle. After all, these were the top combatants among A-rank players. Besides joining in the excitement, they also wanted to see how far they were from the true peak A-ranks. But after hearing this story, the life-or-death battle suddenly exuded a tooth-grindingly sour stench.
"I'm more curious about what kind of Minmin this Minmin is." A female player rested her chin on her hand.
"This Minmin also has a significant background." The boastful player said, "I heard he's a descendant of an old family in a district. He was born knowing how to control space power."
Xu Huo slightly tilted his head.
"Someone can enter super evolution right at birth?" Quite a few players who didn't know about this slammed the table, "Can this be inherited?"
"Maybe their family has good talent." The boastful player counted on his fingers, "Think about it. To establish a family at a high-level wormhole point and survive until now, they must have produced talents generation after generation. When talents combine with talents, they're bound to produce some geniuses. Besides, at B-rank wormhole points, gene testing isn't difficult. Children can be screened before they're even born. Even more ruthless, they can directly modify the desired genes."
The technology in the game constantly refreshed players' perceptions. If that was the case, being born into super evolution wasn't impossible.
For a moment, everyone felt oppressed by this gap that might have existed for hundreds of years.
"Gene modification isn't that easy." A player reading a book in the corner spoke up, "As far as I know, Stellar Pharmaceuticals' multiple gene modification experiments haven't yielded good results. In other words, even the Star Group, which is at the forefront of humanity in the game, can't fully control the human code. Otherwise, all the staff in the Game Government we see now would be Super Evolvers."
"That's true." Another person agreed, "I've seen many district Game Government bases. They're just so-so, often attacked by players."
The atmosphere in the dining car became lively again. Many people searched for information about this life-or-death battle through Under Dimension.
Xu Huo also took a brief look. It wasn't in District 008, where he was headed. But some players had already posted an account, claiming to have gathered nearly ten thousand people to set up monitoring points in the district where the two would fight. They would capture close-up footage of their battle, and also disclose the items, traits, and super evolution abilities involved in the fight. It would be available for a fee.
Generally, players from other districts would buy it, because locals could track it in real-time through the district government's super satellites.
Born into super evolution... Xu Huo thought of Carmen Field. The Carmen Field he saw in Chaos Space was so young, yet his mastery of time-space power had reached its peak. Of course, his reputation was also great, but he expected that the game, the Game Government, and the Star Group must not lack such talents.
His mind also flashed to the intelligent alien experiment from District 017, the video he bought from Under Dimension, the experimental traces in the district where the Ember Maiden instance was located, and those experimental subjects implanted with chips and numbered.
He had speculated that the Star Group would hide some special laboratories in districts unreachable by tickets. Like the Game Government, which carried the core of the game, these were places difficult for players to reach. Originally weak and surrounded by strong enemies, to forcibly step into these restricted districts, only top A-rank players and Super Players could do it.
After the last "Ember Maiden" instance, the Magician said he was leaving the E-rank wormhole point to handle some business, but there had been no news since. He wondered if he had gone to an A-rank wormhole point. Although the Magician wasn't yet a Super Player, his strength far exceeded that of A-rank players. Even at his level, it seemed he couldn't travel freely in the game.
Outside the window, colorful drifting lights appeared, quickly sweeping over the forest one after another, making this space look like a dreamy illusion. But these colors were filled with the unknown and danger. Players, or rather humans, had always been like this train, surviving in the cracks.
"Brother, are you also going to watch the match?" The few cannibal players at the same table had already left. Later players sat down, and someone struck up a conversation with him. It was a cultivator with a head full of tattoos, his clothes and accessories having a religious flavor.
"I'm not watching the match." Xu Huo said indifferently.
"This match is very rare. The top two on the B-rank wormhole point rankings. It's a good chance to see the level of B-rank wormhole points." The tattooed head had arrived late and missed the story session, but he was still enthusiastically expressing his longing for the life-or-death battle.
"You look troubled. Is there something you can't get past?" He turned his attention back to Xu Huo, "In life, don't think too much. If you can't get along with others, you can't get along with yourself either."
Xu Huo smiled, "I'm preparing to go for revenge, so I'm thinking about how to deal with those enemies."
The tattooed head was slightly surprised, then said, "Alright, alright. It's better to have trouble with others than with yourself."
"Enjoy your meal." Xu Huo got up and returned to the carriage.
The carriage was still not spacious. Those cannibal players were in the transition car, but a few more players had boarded Car 7, and all the seats were taken.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. Xu Huo had to set up a simple camp bed in the aisle. Just as he was about to lie down, he felt a force attacking him. "Life Flashback" activated automatically, and the figure of a player in the corner suddenly appeared before him—this was the additional effect of "Life Flashback" when resisting a trait. It could cause the surrounding space to enter a brief time freeze. Although it couldn't put the attacker into a frozen state, it could nullify their attack and reveal the attacker's appearance.
Without any extra words, he directly covered the entire carriage with spiritual power, simultaneously hitting several spiritual power convergence points on the opponent, then used space power and Tangent to assist the attack!
The surrounding players quickly retreated after their passive defense items were knocked away. The front door of the carriage, along with a single room next to it, was cut into pieces. The attacking player wasn't dead, but he was trapped in the middle by an impenetrable Space Ray Blade. His defense barrier was constantly under attack, but both his front and back paths were sealed off. He had nowhere to retreat!
Xu Huo sat up and looked at him coldly, "Why are you trying to kill me?"
"Are you mistaken about something? I didn't make a move on you." The other party immediately denied it, then tried to turn the tables, "Don't think that just because you're a Super Evolver with outstanding strength, you can kill people at will. This is a Dimension Train, not a place for you to do whatever you want!" (Chapter End)