Chapter 2422: That Man
Xu Huo looked over the information regarding the identity requirements for A-level wormhole points.
Regarding player settlement, it wasn't actually difficult in most districts. As long as one had money or strength, many districts wouldn't block this threshold—unless the number of players seeking official status was extremely high. For example, in some technologically advanced wormhole point districts, order was stable and life was secure. There were very few places where ordinary people could live like players, and wars were rare, making them excellent choices for long-term residence.
However, A-level wormhole points involved genetic and game core matters.
Some players revealed that A-level wormhole points were the main regions for transporting talent to the Game Government. The staff seen daily in district Game Government bases—those responsible for communicating and trading with district governments, those repairing and maintaining train tracks, those unseen laying tracks, those opening portal passages in different wormhole points, those performing game system maintenance, and even researchers from Stellar Corporation... etc.—most of the people needed were selected from A-level wormhole points.
Matters involving game secrets were mostly in non-ticket districts. Their status was transcendent; even the lowest ordinary person shared the same stance as the game. Such districts, as one could imagine, generally wouldn't allow outside players to enter and reside—not only for secrecy but also to completely cut off the possibility of later generations leaning toward other districts genetically.
Most of those seen daily in the game were members of Game Government bases. Some of these people came from high-level wormhole points, but since they could be dispersed to work and interact with outsiders, it was clear they didn't know too many secrets. They were more like people produced on an assembly line, with only one lifelong mission: maintaining the normal operation of the game.
Such people, such districts—how could they easily accept outsiders?
Therefore, the game's current bounty list was truly surprising.
"I suspect the Food Guest might have snatched something involving core secrets from the Game Government. To prevent the item from falling into outsiders' hands, they offered identity authentication, turning outsiders into insiders."
"This is the Game Government's usual routine. Otherwise, why would the identity of 'Gray Player' exist?"
Some players reasoned plausibly.
Of course, this view was also recognized by most players. Then attention on the Food Guest gradually shifted to his "spoils of war," and many baseless "insiders" emerged, offering various guesses. Some said it was the game's core program, some said it might be an instrument surpassing super items, and others guessed about Primordial Stones and Perfect Evolution Potion formulas. There were even some—who might have been trolling—claiming he had kidnapped important scientists from A-level wormhole points... Too much information, too many people talking. Even just skimming through it could make one dizzy.
Xu Huo looked for a while longer, then logged off from Under Dimension and posted a bounty on the game's bounty platform regarding the Food Guest's whereabouts—many people had the same idea as him. But that wasn't the most important thing. What mattered most was that someone who had entered the Fish Feast had published information about his movements a few days ago.
There was no helping it. This guy didn't even change his face when committing crimes in non-ticket districts. Under the full wormhole point announcement, it was hard for players not to see this message.
So not long after, his movements at the Fish Feast were compiled and packaged for sale by the platform.
Many players came and went from the Fish Feast, and Shi Shuai had chatted up many players. The overall details were vast, but what Xu Huo really needed to pay attention to were Lan Huaixie and the Fish Feast boss.
Lan Huaixie had heard the Food Guest's nickname and the title of Super Player. As someone who had taken his left-behind items, she was definitely directly connected to him.
And the monitors everywhere in the Fish Feast would surely have seen him and Shi Shuai entering and exiting the space several times. Moreover, his space fish was too conspicuous—it had even attacked the Fish Feast's upper management. If they wanted to find the Food Guest, they might start investigating from the identities of others.
Although Xu Huo had changed his appearance multiple times at the Fish Feast, it was better to be safe than sorry.
After buying the expensive location package, Xu Huo carefully compared the overlapping parts of Shi Shuai's and his own actions. Not seeing any particularly incriminating information, he relaxed a little.
Lan Huaixie was cooperating with the Old Holy Sword Society, so she definitely wouldn't actively lean toward the game. The problem was on the Fish Feast's side. If the Fish Feast identified his identity, they might trace it back to District 001.
One person could easily run, but a group would be troublesome.
Xu Huo found the contact method Lan Huaixie had left and sent a subtle warning message.
Lan Huaixie quickly replied: "If you have any weapon needs, please list your order."
Lan Huaixie was the direct link connecting Xu Huo and the Food Guest. As long as she didn't slip up, there shouldn't be too much risk for him or District 001.
If they really traced it back to him, he hoped the Old Holy Sword Society could make proper arrangements.
But ten minutes later, he knew his worries were unnecessary.
Because the Food Guest, Shi Shuai, directly used his own account on Under Dimension to post a video message of himself vacationing in some district. He was lying on an air mattress floating in a pale red ocean. Several flipped-over mutant creatures were nearby. He kicked one drifting closer a bit farther away. This man was drinking juice, took off his sunglasses, and blew a kiss at the camera, openly declaring war on the game with extreme arrogance:
"When I have time, I'll go again."
Alright, now no one cared about what he had done at the Fish Feast.
Xu Huo watched the video and quickly analyzed the possible wormhole point based on the mutant species, the ocean's characteristics, plus the air mattress, clothing, and juice. Of course, there were no finer details—the difficulty of identification was too great.
But Under Dimension had many capable people. Soon, several accounts analyzed the specific wormhole point and district, even giving the video's location and shooting time, accurate down to the wind direction at the time.
"In summary, this video was taken half a day ago. Even if you rush over now, the person will definitely be gone. Additionally, this district is among the stronger B-level wormhole points. If you want to go cause trouble and vent, weigh whether you can withstand a few cannon shots."
Xu Huo didn't care much about the remaining information. The Food Guest had gone to a non-ticket district, fulfilled his wish to become a Super Player, and made the Game Government furious. Although he had stirred up quite a storm, overall, no one had suffered losses—there was more joy than anything. It was a win-win situation.
As for the possible subsequent effects, they wouldn't reach him.
Still, he shared the same view as most players:
"He's a badass."