Chapter 2668: Successfully Cleared the Instance
Lian Qingkong looked even older than before, his body shriveling up, his breathing growing heavier with each breath, but at this moment, no one dared to underestimate him!
"Who are you!" The crowd naturally also saw the stranger standing by the hospital bed, as well as the young player frozen two meters away.
"It's you!" The stranded players who cared deeply about the National Heirloom Treasure recognized Xu Huo at a glance. Seeing that he had actually made it to the Capital City alive and had found his way to Lian Qingkong, they immediately moved to kill him.
But at that moment, the instrument Xu Huo carried with him had already enveloped the area around the hospital bed in a continuous barrier, simultaneously freezing two players who were trying to use Space Bombs.
Without looking at the constantly attacked defense barrier or the anxious Government Players, Xu Huo pulled a syringe from his pocket, lifted Lian Qingkong's arm, and injected him. "I had this ready early on, afraid you wouldn't be able to hold on."
Lian Qingkong nodded slightly to his colleagues who were blocked outside, then asked Xu Huo, "Have you found the National Heirloom Treasure?"
"If I hadn't found it, I wouldn't have come back today." After finishing the injection, Xu Huo thoughtfully covered him with a blanket, then looked at the group of stranded players jumping around outside. "Now you can gamble on whether the thing in my hand is the real National Heirloom Treasure or not."
"If it's not, you can naturally extricate yourselves."
"If it is, then you're out of luck."
"Kill him! Kill him now!" A player's eyes turned red as he shouted, "I've already married and had children in the Isle Country! Why should I have to go to a High-Risk Instance because of players who came later? Ten years, over a hundred missed instances! Once this instance disappears, I'll only have death left!"
Xu Huo looked at him and smiled faintly. Then, in front of everyone, that player rapidly aged, becoming withered and frail until his bones broke and he died.
Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, Xu Huo spoke again, "You can choose: live a little longer and fight for your life in a High-Risk Instance, or die right now. Think carefully before you decide."
The nursing home and its surroundings fell into dead silence.
"Wait a minute!" The unlucky few whom Xu Huo had sent out to find clues earlier rushed over in a panic. "Don't rush to clear the instance! You haven't given us the antidote yet!"
"I brought you something useful!" The unlucky one added hastily, raising the notebook in his hand. "It's a roster..."
Before he could finish, someone nearby tried to silence him, but Xu Huo had already used a Spiritual Gate to bring him into the nursing home. The player who tried to act was instantly killed by a Materialized Object.
"We have something too!" The Bald Head and the Female Player also hurriedly pulled out what they had found.
Xu Huo deactivated the outermost defense barrier and brought both of them inside. "Where are the items?"
"In the luggage compartment..." The Bald Head said nervously, "My Personal Panel is locked, I can't take them out..."
Xu Huo's gaze shifted to the Female Player. She took a box from her backpack and handed it to him. "The thing is inside."
Xu Huo didn't rush to take it. Instead, he asked, "Who gave you this box?"
The Female Player's expression changed slightly. "What do you mean, who gave it to me? I found it myself..."
Before she could finish, she was frozen in place.
The Bald Head beside her was so scared his face turned white, and he quickly tried to prove his innocence, but since his Personal Panel was inaccessible, saying anything or not was about the same.
Taking the roster from the unlucky one, Xu Huo said, "Don't rush off later."
The two nodded. They weren't in a hurry; they were afraid Xu Huo was in a hurry.
Xu Huo first handed the roster to Lian Qingkong.
Lian Qingkong picked it up, flipped through it, and traced the origins of this family, then said, "They really might be descendants of the Gao surname. They compiled this roster specifically, and it might contain the bloodline of the Gao family."
"So it seems the National Heirloom Treasure refers to the genealogy of the Gao and Peng family descendants." Xu Huo said, "I wonder if the person who convinced her to ambush me is a descendant of these two families."
He was referring to the Female Player.
"After so many generations, everyone's thoughts are different." Lian Qingkong was unconcerned. "Where is the National Heirloom Treasure you obtained?"
"Let's wait a bit." Xu Huo checked the time. "It should be about time."
As soon as he finished speaking, an aircraft landed outside the nursing home. The Painting Woman, Xiao Mei, and several Government Players jumped out and walked casually into the nursing home, followed by Dai He and others who hadn't arrived in time.
The Painting Woman walked up to Xu Huo and took something out of her backpack: a thick book. On its cover, the words "Chengfeng Gao Family Genealogy" were clearly visible to everyone.
"The National Heirloom Treasure is actually a genealogy book?!"
Information about the National Heirloom Treasure instance had already been thoroughly dissected. Since it was a genealogy, everyone vaguely guessed which family's descendants were recorded in it.
Wind blew from afar, gently flipping open a corner of the genealogy, revealing densely packed names that sparked everyone's imagination.
At that moment, many Local Zone Players finally realized the weight of the "National Heirloom Treasure." It wasn't some token; it was a roster recording the descendants of the Gao and Peng families. With this roster in hand, those players who were descendants of the two families and had been living like shadows would have nowhere to hide. They could be used to accomplish many things!
The imagination was certainly beautiful, but before assisting Xu Huo, the Gao and Peng descendants had already made it clear: no one who obtained the genealogy could threaten them!
However, whether the genealogy fell into the hands of Local Zone Players or Outer Zone Players would certainly make a difference. And now that the truth that the "National Heirloom Treasure" was a genealogy had been made public, Xu Huo had also lost his status as a collaborator.
Ignoring the murderous intent surging from all directions, Xu Huo handed the "complete" "Chengfeng Gao Family Genealogy" to Lian Qingkong.
Lian Qingkong felt the paper at the bottom of the genealogy and couldn't help but smile. He asked Xu Huo, "If it were you, how would you handle this genealogy?"
Xu Huo sat down by the bed and said casually, "It's useless. Might as well burn it."
"Then burn it." Lian Qingkong looked at the Painting Woman. "Borrow a light."
The Painting Woman pulled a lighter from her backpack. With a crisp "click," the flame transferred from the lighter to the old book, instantly bursting into a large fire—this "National Heirloom Treasure," which carried the Gao and Peng surnames and had been fought over for nearly twenty years, gradually turned to ashes before the eyes of all parties involved.
From now on, no one would fight over the "National Heirloom Treasure." Those descendants of the Gao and Peng families who had hidden their identities to work for the government or become members of Player Organizations no longer had to worry about having their lifeline seized. In the future, no one would use the "National Heirloom Treasure" as an excuse to cause trouble, and no one would be forced to bear the shackles of "national heritage."
The simulation instrument was deactivated at Lian Qingkong's signal. The stranded players, whose eyes were nearly splitting with rage and who had been held back by Local Zone Players, disappeared one by one amidst curses and shouts, until only a few remained. At the same time, Xu Huo received a game notification:
[Congratulations to all players for clearing the B-level instance "Illusional Spark," successfully finding the "National Heirloom Treasure" and assisting the new Grand Archon in maintaining the stability of the Isle Country, resolving the irreconcilable conflict between the descendants of the two families and the government, and perfectly concluding this instance. In addition to the team rewards and personal rewards for this instance, each of you will also receive one B-level Armed Robot, one Special Item, and one Trait Upgrade opportunity.]