Chapter 2542: The Tenth General Offensive
Players who could now move through this space could no longer use items or traits, so Super Evolvers held the advantage, regardless of which type of Super Evolver they were.
The two players chased over from Zone 001 had clearly undergone secondary physical evolution. Their speed had already surpassed the limits of human capability. Compared to those A-rank players who could move at high speed, these two were almost invisible when they moved. Every time the eyes caught up, all they could capture were trembling branches.
"Grab them!" Meng He drew his blade and charged forward, quickly forming an encirclement with his companions. The towering trees in the forest could completely replace flight items, so the encirclement was a true encirclement. They cooperated tacitly, each guarding a specific area, not allowing anyone to pass.
The two outer zone players charged several times but couldn't break out, so they turned back and collided head-on with the two Zone 001 players who had been chasing them. They were too fast. When they met, not only was the outcome decided, but life and death were as well.
Two corpses with severed throats fell down, landing right in front of Xu Huo and the others.
Bubble Bean was horrified. "How are they so fast? I didn't even see their movements!"
As the evolution rate increased, a player's various abilities also improved. By A-rank, the evolution of the human eye had almost reached the player's limit. Not only could they see farther and more clearly, but their reaction speed was also exceptional, allowing them to keep up with the increasingly fast combat speed of players.
In other words, the evolution of the naked eye wouldn't be a problem in same-level combat. It shouldn't be impossible to completely capture the opponent's movements. Two A-rank players died so easily, and without using temporal or spatial power or mental power, relying solely on speed meant that the physical evolution of these two outer zone players was extremely advanced, even surpassing the elite players of Zone 001 present!
"They're coming for us!" Bubble Bean's eyes followed the trembling branches and leaves. The next second, he felt someone approaching him at high speed. He didn't even have time to turn around and immediately threw himself to the ground!
At that moment, spatial power began to stir. Countless space bodies and Space Ray Blades spread out in all directions with Xu Huo and the others as the center, instantly sweeping dozens of meters. As the surrounding trees and grass were cut down and fell, the figures of the two outer zone players appeared about ten meters away from Xu Huo and the others—they should have been closer, but they were forced back by the spatial power. And those Space Ray Blades couldn't kill them either, stopping against special metal defense suits, unable to penetrate.
The two, now stuck, smiled at Qiu Xiangming, who had made the move, then relied on their metal defense suits to forcefully break through the barrier formed by the space bodies and charge out.
Xu Huo was quite surprised. Logically, the lethality of space bodies shouldn't be this limited, especially since Qiu Xiangming had previously been able to successfully create super space bodies... Oh, that was in a spatial power field.
However, the two didn't escape. The space body barrier slowed them down, and two more Zone 001 players arrived from a distance. The two, exceptionally burly, recklessly charged into the space bodies. Amidst the collapsing spatial power, they directly grabbed the outer zone players' necks. As the joints of their fingers swelled, the metal defense suits actually deformed!
The outer zone players tried to break free, but their hands and feet were quickly suppressed by the re-condensed spatial barriers. With no room to maneuver, they couldn't quickly break through the layers of barriers to save themselves or attack the Zone 001 players in front of them. Seeing that they were about to be strangled by their own defense suits, the flowing metal began to slowly peel away from their throats—and that was exactly what the Zone 001 players wanted. The next second, the two big men directly snapped their neck bones!
The spatial power dissipated, and the two corpses fell to the ground, quickly dragged aside by other players who had rushed over for disposal.
"Captain." Meng He came over and saluted one of them. "There's new news."
"Qiu Xiangming, 9th Battalion, 12th Column, Yahu Military District, returning to the temporary war zone!" Qiu Xiangming saluted along with a few of his men.
The big man, called the captain, smiled and patted his shoulder. "Let's talk business."
He called a few more people, and together with Qiu Xiangming, Meng He, and Xu Huo's group, they moved a few meters apart and began to communicate using hand signals.
This disappointed Bubble Bean, who had been trying to eavesdrop on the conversation. He winked at Xu Huo again.
The metal putty was squeezed into a ball and returned. Xu Huo turned it over and saw a cartoon smiley face on it. He looked at the Painting Woman, who smiled at him and then ran off to watch the Zone 001 people clean up the bodies.
The group's sign language conversation ended quickly. The captain frowned and said, "So the Inversion Ring and the Small Inversion Ring have similar effects, and neither can be used in a sealed space."
Qiu Xiangming nodded. "The super item option is a dead end. The only feasible method now is to break the seal."
After the portal space was sealed, their struggle with the outer zone forces revolved around this ultimate goal.
"After the previous large-scale attacks pinned down the outer zone forces, they sent more and more people in," the captain said. "Their main purpose is to interfere with us and intercept our personnel. Our deployment points are changing more and more frequently, and the people we've dispersed can no longer refresh information within three minutes. Half an hour ago, we received an order from the First Squad: everyone must enter the enemy stronghold's defense perimeter within one hour to begin the Tenth General Offensive."
He turned to look at Xu Huo. "During the Tenth General Offensive, twenty players will be specially assigned to escort Mr. Xu into the enemy stronghold. Is that acceptable?"
Xu Huo nodded and pointed to the area they had just passed. "Is there an outer zone stronghold over there?"
The captain nodded. "My squad has completed its orders. There are other squads cooperating nearby. Your information will be sent to the First Squad soon. Once the First Squad's orders come back, we can officially set out."
They only waited about ten minutes before a Super Evolver from the First Squad brought back the confirmed order. When the Tenth General Offensive began, ten captains and ten Super Evolvers would escort Xu Huo to ensure he could successfully enter the stronghold.
"Mr. Xu, don't worry. The people we've arranged will guarantee your safety." The messenger smiled, his attitude very good.
Twenty minutes before the battle began, all players had to start preparing. Xu Huo and his group also had to move with the main force towards the stronghold. Compared to the outer zone forces, Zone 001 had a clear numerical advantage. They encountered outer zone players a few times along the way, but they were quickly dealt with.
When they finally got close to that area covered by temporal power, Xu Huo realized that the area covered by temporal power was much larger than he had imagined. There were also some places with obvious signs of battle, with fallen trees everywhere. He frowned and asked Meng He and the others, "Didn't you say that once people enter the stronghold's range, they would be teleported away and lose their memory?"
The scale of these battle traces didn't match the danger they had described.
The messenger from the First Squad answered this question on their behalf. "Because the area covered by that power is constantly expanding. Our previous information wasn't entirely accurate. The stronghold area isn't a place where no one can set foot at all."