Chapter 2608: Providing a Train of Thought
Old Mr. Xi was somewhat puzzled. "Why must you solve this problem right now? This Water Cube Barrier is more like a built-in protective layer for you, isn't it? Some people would love to have one but can't."
"How can you be sure it's definitely protecting me?" Xu Huo countered. He had lost his "future" in the One-Third Game, which was why his spatial abilities were sealed. He didn't remember the specific process, but the unknown meant risk. No one could predict what changes might occur over time, especially since it also limited his training in spatial evolution.
Old Mr. Xi narrowed his eyes. "Being prepared for danger in times of safety is certainly correct. Since this thing's main function is to restrict your use of spatial power, it was probably not created to serve as a defensive item either."
"To destroy an object, you either do it from the inside or the outside. Using external force, as you just mentioned, would cause you great harm. But to deconstruct it from within, I estimate you don't have that kind of strength yet."
"However, I can provide you with a train of thought."
"You are proficient in spatial evolution, so you should understand that occasionally in the game, there are spaces with temporal-spatial chaos that can be maintained for long periods. Some talented individuals use such sites for secondary evolution."
"I've entered such places more than once." Xu Huo frowned.
Old Mr. Xi waved his hand. "If you don't have a solid background with the Game Government, you can't get into good evolution sites."
"Temporal-spatial chaos is sometimes caused by the collision of original spaces, and sometimes by the residual power from battles between people or instruments. Most of these places are extremely unstable, and entering them carries considerable risk."
"However, some chaotic spaces controlled by the Game Government have been processed to become relatively stable. Moreover, the Game Government has implemented risk-level classification for chaotic spaces. Since it's risk-level classification, you should understand—the higher the risk, the more chaotic and deeper the spatial power."
"Have you ever seen visible spatial polyhedra in ordinary chaotic spaces? No, right? So chaotic spaces also have levels."
"In your situation, if you want to understand the barrier of the Water Cube and the structure of its main body, you need a suitable venue. You can't see something, but by using suitable conditions to see it, that's where the hope of breaking the situation lies."
The old man paused, then patted his shoulder and said, "But I advise you not to get your hopes up too high. After all, it's a Super Device. If a B-level player like you could crack it so easily, how would the researchers at the A-level Wormhole Points feel?"
Xu Huo had once obtained a Chaotic Time-Space Ticket but had never used it. That was an entry pass to evolution sites provided by the Game Government.
"Besides what the Game Government provides, are there other suitable venues?" he asked.
Old Mr. Xi saw through his thoughts. "If even the venues provided by the Game Government aren't safe, then going elsewhere would be even more dangerous. There are some people in the Game Government who don't do human things, but at least they have deep pockets and can accommodate a few geniuses."
"If you're really worried, I can introduce you to a place with a good reputation, better than you stumbling around blindly."
It seemed there was no better option. Xu Huo paused and then asked, "How do temporal-spatial instruments manage to seal such powerful temporal-spatial forces into instruments for ready use?"
Old Mr. Xi laughed heartily. "That's where you're wrong. Do you think temporal-spatial items and instruments are very powerful? On the contrary, compared to temporal-spatial power itself, temporal-spatial instruments and items are so weak they're unworthy of the materials used to make them."
"For example, the most common type of time item—time-freezing items. Why can they be broken just by wearing a space item? Because the time power that items can borrow is very scarce, so scarce that it's even unstable, which is why they easily fail. In this regard, they're not even as good as an Evolver!"
"But Super Items and Super Devices are another matter."
"Primordial Stones containing special temporal-spatial power are themselves a kind of multidimensional product. Whether top-tier A-level Wormhole Points have people who can completely deconstruct them, I don't know, but C9 Wormhole Point definitely has no one who can figure it out."
"As for Super Devices, I only know half of it." Old Mr. Xi said. "If you came to Zone 001 for this, you've wasted your trip."
Xu Huo glanced at him. "Not really."
The old man snorted. "I still have many years to live. I haven't reached the point of arranging for someone to take care of me in my old age. Come back in fifty or sixty years!"
"Don't be so absolute." Xu Huo comforted him. "Maybe after this Instance, you'll have nowhere else to go and will have to move to another district to live."
The old man spat several times in disgust. Just then, large numbers of head covers suddenly drifted over from afar, mixed with several giant demon head covers, all rushing toward them along with a group of frantically fleeing players.
"Can't we even get a proper rest anymore!" the old man shouted angrily.
Xu Huo got up and prepared to leave, but he noticed several familiar faces among the running crowd. Sister Zhong, whom he had met a few times before, was carrying the pregnant female player on her back, while Shi Potian followed beside them, occasionally swatting away head covers flying toward them. All three were injured and barely managing to cope. When they suddenly spotted Xu Huo and the Painting Woman, it was like seeing a savior, especially since Xu Huo had helped them before on Culture Street!
"Help... save me, Brother Xu!" Shi Potian shouted while jumping. "We came on the same train! The night before last, you helped me, remember?"
"Brother Xu! Brother Xu!"
Seeing that he would keep shouting until he got a response, Xu Huo casually reached back and pulled them over. Once they were close, he asked, "How did you end up in the restricted zone?"
Their experience on Culture Street should have made them more careful about avoiding restricted zones. He hadn't expected them to come so neatly.
"Who would have thought our luck would be this bad?" Shi Potian watched in alarm as a head cover flew past his face and disappeared through a Spiritual Gate. He breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "When the Instance first upgraded, I was thinking of going to another city to lie low. After all, it's a timed Instance—whether you clear it or not doesn't really matter. But then restricted zones appeared in every city. After the District Government restricted movement, we could only stay put. After hiding and running for a while, we got swept into the restricted zone."
"Me and Sister Mei are players from the Night Tour Instance. Sister Zhong was pulled in by the white light." Shi Potian voluntarily explained.
Sister Mei was the pregnant female player, who was still unconscious. There was no suitable place in the restricted zone for her to rest. If not for meeting two kind people, she would probably have been dead by now.
"Brother Xu, how long have you been in here? Do you have any clues?" Shi Potian looked at Xu Huo hopefully. "You're not an Instance player, right? Do you know the Instance background? Do you want me to read it to you in detail?"
The background content of the "Night Tour" Instance had long been posted on the Message Collection Terminal. Xu Huo only said, "My only advice is: when you hear the bell, run fast and don't stop."
No sooner had he spoken than a crisp "ding-a-ling" sound suddenly rushed toward them, and a face that was both human and not rapidly enlarged in his field of vision!