# Chapter 2233: Because Not Strong Enough, Must Use Strategy
As a solo player, the price Xu Huo offered was simply too high. Even if ordinary players had money, they would use it to purchase equipment, let alone the fact that fifty million white notes was an astronomical figure to begin with. Players might not be able to save that much even after several instances, unless the player was already wealthy.
But this clearly didn't match the Tian Clan's investigation findings. They believed this B-rank player had come from the former Block Fairy Tale City, which had always been poor and was now completely destroyed. How could he afford such a high bounty?
The Tian Clan wanted to offer a more specific bounty, but Xu Huo's target was too small. He could leave at any time and change his appearance. How could finding him be easier than finding Tian Clan members? Moreover, even if someone didn't kill the person he truly wanted dead, as long as they killed any Tian Clan member or Tian Clan player, he would pay. This was enough to throw the Tian Clan into chaos.
Bounties in the game were a normal hunting activity. Unless the Tian Clan killed the bounty issuer, or the bounty issuer gave up, the bounty could continue. Additionally, powerful players served as intermediaries to guarantee the bounty's authenticity.
After multiple bounties were posted, the bounty platform in Zone 008 remained open. Xu Huo felt relieved. Before the district government intervened, it should attract some attention.
As for the white notes, he had made good gains recently. Besides other players' items, there was also compensation from the Special Defense Department. It was enough to cause trouble for the Tian Clan.
The three groups the Tian Clan had sent out before dawn were all attacked. Even though they had deliberately arranged for players to be stationed there, players' methods were varied and impossible to fully defend against. Moreover, these players coming for the bounty didn't necessarily have to confront players head-on. They just needed to find a way to kill the person being hunted in the group.
Two of the three decoys were taken out. The third group actually caused considerable losses among the bounty hunters. After learning this, Xu Huo donated a sum of funeral expenses to the local government without compensation, stating that the Tian Clan had kidnapped an entire city's population for human experiments. He had returned specifically to avenge his friends and didn't want to cause too much damage to Zone 008.
Of course, the local government and district government's attitudes were ambiguous. They weren't helping the Tian Clan, but that didn't mean they would necessarily tolerate Xu Huo's actions, especially since this was Zone 008.
However, the tug-of-war between various parties was buying Xu Huo time.
At noon the next day, Xu Huo made a trip to the previous station city. In a certain hotel, he found over a dozen players working for the Tian Clan. These people weren't true Tian Clan members, but every experimental institution and Tian Clan company couldn't do without such people. To avoid the heat, they were just gathered in the hotel entertaining themselves.
When he found them, this group was already drugged out of their minds. In the room, two ordinary people had died silently from drug overdoses.
Without much effort, he sent them on their way. Then Xu Huo diverted to deal with some players who specifically worked for the Tian Clan, targeting advanced players who weren't too strong.
After hitting over a dozen locations, he went to destroy several of the Tian Clan's businesses. This time he didn't use explosive items, only employing gentler methods to wreck their large machinery. His main goal was to cause losses to the Tian Clan.
Killing everyone was impossible. The Tian Clan had also set traps waiting for him. So he calculated the time, estimating when the Tian Clan would determine his approximate location based on his movement patterns, then immediately withdrew.
By this time, the number of confirmed kills from the bounty had increased to fifteen.
The dead were all peripheral Tian Clan members and players.
Xu Huo paid according to the agreement, but he also knew the bounty's effectiveness was about to end. Players protected by high-level players were difficult for bounty hunters to kill.
However, most Tian Clan members had returned to their hometown. He specially went to the residential area where they lived in the station city.
Even though living people and corpses had floated out of the lake, this place was still in normal use. It just didn't have as many high-level players guarding it anymore, making entry much easier.
He figured there probably wasn't much of value left here, but considering people would still come back to live here, Xu Huo took the trouble to attach some "little gifts" to more private and important locations. After finishing, he went underground and evenly planted some small mushrooms, creating an atmosphere of danger everywhere.
Only after completing these tasks did he leave the station city and go to the Double-Bright Bird administrative district.
When he ran into him face to face, Doctor Dian's expression couldn't have been uglier. "When I said 'see you later,' I meant a long time later, not the next day."
Xu Huo wasn't there to cause trouble. He just wanted to borrow two armed robots.
"Don't tell me you're going to cause trouble again?" Doctor Dian completely didn't trust him.
"One person's energy is limited. I want to find two people to help me gather information," Xu Huo said with a smile. "I don't have any other friends in Zone 008. I can only come to you."
Doctor Dian really wanted to refuse him, but the filter from the Perfect Evolution Potion hadn't completely worn off yet. So he found a way to get two untraceable robots. "Forget about armed robots. These two aren't equipped with weapons, but their detection systems are cutting-edge. This is what you need, right?"
Xu Huo expressed his gratitude and promised to return the robots afterward.
"No need. Consider them a gift from me. Just don't let trouble find its way to me." Doctor Dian waved his hand repeatedly.
"How embarrassing." Xu Huo stored the robots in his luggage compartment.
"If you don't appear before me for at least the next six months, then you don't need to feel embarrassed." Doctor Dian entered the company without looking back.
Xu Huo took the two robots back to the Tian Clan's old residence and had them separately detect the Tian Clan's personnel situation.
The Tian Clan members at the center of the estate couldn't be detected, but the positions of players guarding near the barrier were completely clear. Based on their spacing, these were mostly B-rank and above players. Each person was responsible for a large area. Breaking through their defenses to reach the central Tian Clan members wouldn't be easy.
"Let me go," the Painting Woman couldn't help popping out. "I can kill them all."
"I'm afraid you'll get pinned down." Xu Huo refused her again. The Tian Clan's old residence covered too large an area, while his "Time Tower" range wasn't that big. To achieve a one-step solution, he would at least need to enter the central area of this compound.
"I have an idea," the Painting Woman said again. "Let's kidnap the family members of district government officials and frame the Tian Clan."
Xu Huo turned to look at her. "Where did you learn that?"
"From TV." The Painting Woman gave him an "I understand" expression and added, "Because our strength isn't enough, we have to use strategy. Since it's strategy, don't worry about the method!"
Then she volunteered to play the role of "kidnapper."
(Chapter End)