Chapter 2235: Inheriting the Angel's Fangs
There were more than just these five A-level players in the mountain villa. Originally, there were two A-level and ten B-level players outside, and the five in the room had arrived later, their duty being to provide close protection to Third Master. Therefore, when the villa encountered trouble, the five of them immediately tried to take him away. Just as they moved, they saw three B-level players patrolling downstairs suddenly turn to ash. This happened in an instant, and in the next moment, the room they were in was also covered by time power!
This was different from the time freeze produced by ordinary props. Time freeze actually connected to a slower flow of time, creating the illusion that everything had stopped. However, time freeze itself would not kill players; players still had reaction time, and even wearing time-space type props could interfere with the effects of time freeze props to some extent.
But the time power that suddenly descended upon the villa was extremely unstable. Not only was it unstable, it was also exceptionally forceful, like a torrent falling from the sky, instantly covering everyone. The five A-level players, unable to use space teleportation props to escape, aged visibly along with Third Master. Only one person, relying on a life-saving prop, forcibly broke free from the time power, but he didn't take two steps before his bones broke. When he looked up again, his four companions had already aged to death, and Third Master was nothing but ash on the chair and the ground.
The time power quickly disappeared. Aside from the dead, everything in the villa was no different from before.
Unsure whether the enemy had left or not, the sole remaining A-level player dared not move. After a moment, he heard a voice: "I hope the next time I come to visit, the Tian Clan hasn't done anything immoral."
After the voice faded, a container filled with a brown liquid fell onto the table covered in props. The words "Kes Biology" were clearly visible on the bottle cap.
Xu Huo did not show himself. After finishing the job, he immediately left the villa and found a guesthouse to stay in on the other side of the island.
The experimental subjects he had found at Kes Biology earlier had mentioned some things about the Fairy Tale City experimental subjects. Later, he also confirmed from the Tian Clan players that the one who killed the Fairy Tale City people and destroyed the ship on the starship was likely Granny Bai.
Granny Bai had died before the ship landed, and her body should have been thrown into the disposal pool along with the other experimental subjects, turned into liquid.
Having received her gift and obtained all of the "Angel's Fangs," the only thing Xu Huo could do for her was to expose the Tian Clan's human experimentation secrets and kill the culprit.
As for Fairy Tale City, it had disappeared along with Granny Bai's death.
The sixteen Angel's Fangs were now all gathered in Xu Huo's hands.
"Angel's Fangs" should be a component of the super prop "Field Battle Angel." The Paper Servant Master had once gone to Fairy Tale City specifically to find Granny Bai for this reason, and it was after he returned from the Field Battle ruins. According to him, the Battle Angels had a fate of "meeting," which was why they had met in Clown City. However, the Paper Servant Master's goal was not to take the "Battle Angel" for himself; he seemed to believe more in fate.
Of course, looking at it now, the Field Battle Angel could no longer be called a super prop. It had been torn apart piece by piece. In Xu Huo's hands, besides the "Angel's Fangs," there was also an "Angel's Eyes" that Dr. Wu had left in the "Midsummer Night Star River."
"Angel's Eyes" was a prop made from a primordial stone with time power. The overall structure of the primordial stone had not been destroyed, allowing it to intercept time segments and repeat them.
"Angel's Fangs," on the other hand, was a space prop. Its sixteen fangs could be scattered across different zones of the same wormhole point, and the holder could freely move between them. Simply put, it was a cross-zone teleportation prop with fixed locations. The holder could place them in different zones in advance, so that when using the prop, they could achieve spatial crossing through each fang.
Each fang was equivalent to a small space. It did not merge with the world of the zone it was in, meaning it was relatively independent. Its effect was similar to the escape tools used by the experimental personnel encountered during the invasion of Zone 017. By hiding in other small spaces, one could even avoid detection and attacks from super players.
Of course, this was only one of its benefits. An even better aspect was that it could, to some extent, circumvent ticket instances. By scattering them across different zones, it was like establishing a fixed teleportation channel between these zones, no longer requiring tickets for travel, reducing the risk of needing to hold a ticket to ride the train and triggering instances.
It was similar to a return ticket.
However, to place the "Angel's Fangs," the holder had to do it personally, and it was best to arrange two fangs within one space.
Moreover, to achieve cross-zone travel, one had to move from within the "Angel's Fangs" space.
With such a good prop, why didn't Granny Bai use it to escape?
Thinking of the old woman he had once met, she had been willing to offer the "Angel's Fangs" as a clearance task for the instance. Perhaps she had been thinking of giving up one day.
Giving up this prop, and also giving up her own life.
After spending a night in the island city, Xu Huo left the next morning on an aircraft. He went to the Double-Bright Bird administrative district and placed one "Angel's Fang" by a river a few kilometers outside the city. The second fang he placed outside a secondary city near Lichuan City, the station city he had first arrived at in Zone 008.
After setting them up, he used a ticket to leave Zone 008 and headed to the Platinum Eye.
This trip went smoothly. After arriving, he first bought some gifts to visit Old Lady Lu.
Xiao Yuan and Tan Qi hadn't finished school yet, but according to Old Lady Lu, the two children had some talent in artifact crafting and were willing to work hard. They had good potential. Even if they didn't become famous in the industry, they could at least support themselves with this skill in the future.
The Painting Woman had followed along. When she heard they were learning artifact crafting, she said she wanted to learn too.
Xu Huo had only gotten Old Lady Lu to agree to take the children in through Bai Kou's connections. Someone like the Painting Woman, who clearly just wanted to play around, would definitely not be accepted. So he took out a book on ore classification and told her to memorize it first.
It only took three minutes to successfully dispel her unrealistic idea.
"I'll go pick them up from school," the Painting Woman said, finding something to do for herself.
It took them a while to return, and when they did, their hands were full of snacks and various toys.
Xu Huo suggested taking the old lady out to dinner, but she didn't want to join the commotion. She had recently taken on an order and needed some time to work on it. She also gave the two children a few days off to have fun.
Xu Huo really needed a few days of rest himself, so for the next few days, aside from meal times, he basically left Xiao Yuan and Tan Qi in the care of the Painting Woman.
After recuperating, he went to Two-Fifths Avenue and found the Magic Eye Goddess Tu Xiaoxiao, who was setting up a fortune-telling stall. At that moment, she was smiling broadly at a local girl and saying, "I sense that your love is coming soon, and from the cards, it looks like it's right around the corner. Congratulations!" (Chapter End)