Chapter 2268: The First Clearance Player
All the players who came to Xu Huo were drawn by his business cards. If it had been someone else's card, these players might not have come, but Xu Huo was too famous in Buliucheng now. Even if they had lost their past memories and their memories from the game, as long as a player's instinct remained, they could judge the current situation at the fastest speed and choose to meet with Xu Huo.
Having seen players who had nearly forgotten how to take care of themselves, many players, before entering the one-third game, had recorded their personal habits and some particularly important matters in their luggage compartments. This could help them quickly regain their sense of reality and also understand the situation of the instance as soon as possible.
After the two sides met, following a brief period of unfamiliarity and adjustment, everyone roughly shared what they knew. Mi Qiaonan and the others had almost all lost their past memories. They had all been notified that they had lost the game. The only one who had won the game was Xu Huo, and he had only forgotten the game process.
Since they were collaborators he had chosen himself, Xu Huo did not hide the matter of the second game from them.
This made the already overwhelmed players even more anxious. "It won't be that after the second game ends, there's a third one, right?"
"In the first game, most of what was lost was memory. So what will be used as the stake in the second game? It's obvious that none of our items were used in the game."
"Who can know that? I've been here for almost a month and only met one person who won the game."
"It's impossible that there's only one," Xu Huo said. "Otherwise, the game hint that 'the more people, the lower the risk' wouldn't have spread so widely."
"Probably no one is telling the truth," Mi Qiaonan said. "But if the winners are preparing for the second game, then those of us who lost probably won't enter the second game, right? Will we continue into the first game, or will we have no chance to enter the game at all?"
"Neither possibility is very likely," said another player, Ban Yuan, who was also seriously injured. "If losing the game meant there was no chance to re-enter, then there would be quite a few players who had continuously lost their memories or died in the game. That's very contradictory. As for the second game, those who lost the game didn't receive a notification, only those who won the game knew about it. This suggests that our next entry into the game should still be the first game."
"But you haven't entered the second game yet," he said to Xu Huo. "Maybe you can complete the clearance task and leave before that happens."
"Only if you succeed in clearing the game do we have any hope."
Xu Huo wasn't unwilling to clear the game, but his numbers were far too short. The number of wanted criminals he had on hand was simply not enough.
"Time is almost up," the Painting Woman said, extending the communicator to remind him to process the information.
Zhu Xiaojin and Cheng Zhongzhi and the others still hadn't appeared. It was unknown whether their games hadn't ended or they had already died. His entry into the game last time had been too sudden, and some players who had cooperated with them in Zones 05 and 06 had scattered. Even though he had widely advertised on the billboards, not many players had regrouped.
However, applications for new wanted criminals were coming in continuously.
He had already asked Tang Yu to place the application process for wanted criminals and the required "handling fees" on the billboards. For applications sent via the communicator from players who never showed their faces, they were all pushed to the back. Only players who came to the temporary office building and brought one-fifth of the required number of wanted criminals could have their applications sent to the city government immediately.
Of course, for those who could be settled beforehand, Xu Huo had already settled them in advance and had set aside shares for Zhu Xiaojin and the others according to the agreed proportions.
Seeing Xu Huo avoid the topic of clearance, some players thought he didn't want to share his clearance experience, so they left after a short while. Another group of players still wanted to cooperate with him, using the city government's channels to confirm the identities of wanted criminals and then clear the game.
Xu Huo accepted anyone who wanted to cooperate.
At that moment, Zhu Xiaojin came out of the game. He first found a place to hide and retrieved basic information from his luggage compartment, then happily ran over to find Xu Huo and Tang Yu.
"Good news, good news!" He waved at Xu Huo and the others from a distance. "Cheng Zhongzhi is dead!"
Tang Yu was overjoyed. "Don't tell me you remember what happened in the game?"
Zhu Xiaojin looked at the people around him. "What dream are you talking about? How could I possibly remember what happened in the game?"
As he spoke, he pulled a torn piece of cloth from his pocket. On it were two lines of uneven writing:
"Cheng Zhongzhi, a petty person. Dead."
"Shen Fu, an unlucky bastard. Dead."
"Wait, can you actually bring out such concrete information from the game? Wasn't it said that even recorders couldn't be used?" a player who hadn't yet entered the one-third game couldn't help but ask.
"It should be that the information he brought out has nothing to do with the one-third game itself," Ban Yuan said. "When I came out, I also had some business cards and unfamiliar items on me, all obtained from other players. It's not impossible to write or draw. But whether anyone has actually managed to bring out things related to the game... it's hard to say."
Xu Huo had brought out a lot of things that didn't belong to him. Besides business cards, pre-written information, items, and records about him, there were also all sorts of miscellaneous junk. Almost none of it was related to the game. The only thing that could vaguely hint at the game venue was through Super Evolution.
There was Time Power in that venue, so the fact was obvious: if anyone tried to bring out information or items related to the game, with their personal panels sealed, it would be far too easy to deal with them.
Therefore, the items carried by players who came out alive had all been filtered.
"How is this good news?" Tang Yu looked at Zhu Xiaojin again.
Zhu Xiaojin laughed and said, "There are two fewer people to split the wanted criminals with us. We can clear the game and go home sooner."
The remaining wanted criminals were still locked in the Location Item. After obtaining the consent of Tang Yu and the others, Xu Huo gave the slots to him.
"Thanks, thanks a lot." Zhu Xiaojin was quite proud of having survived the one-third game. "But I won't take advantage of you. I brought out a lot of items from the game. I'll give you one or two."
He then began to pull things out of his luggage compartment.
Tang Yu had never seen him use these items that clearly didn't belong to him. Considering Zhu Xiaojin's strength, she frowned and said, "Could it be that the game weakens the strength of some players?"
"That's not the reason." Xu Huo understood immediately. He confirmed the account on Under Dimension with Zhu Xiaojin again, then urged him to kill the wanted criminals.
Zhu Xiaojin gave a reasonable explanation for Tang Yu's doubts. "In games, generally, the more dangerous the place, the greater the reward. Maybe I awakened some special trait in the game and dominated everywhere? Even though I've forgotten now, given time, I'll definitely remember..."
Before he could finish speaking, and before he had even finished killing the criminals, he suddenly froze, then said, "What the hell, I cleared the game!"