Chapter 2674: Little Pink Hat Gives It a Try
When he arrived outside the village, the trait's range expanded once again, and the arrow grew even longer. Judging by its direction, it pointed toward the exit of this forest. Following the arrow to its end, it indeed stopped at the edge of the woods.
So "One Hundred Percent Exit" provided a safe path based on his location, with the arrow pointing to a relatively safe exit. The only uncertainty was how large the "stage" could actually be.
After testing this trait, Xu Huo looked at the other two. "Protagonist Halo 2.0" built on the original "Protagonist Halo" by adding effects like opponent "mistakes" and "bad luck." The trait's duration remained unchanged at ten minutes.
The newly added main trait "Film Set" was a strong control-type trait. During its one-minute activation, anyone within a five-hundred-meter radius could not leave the "film set" unless Xu Huo chose to end the trait or died.
This was a decent trait. Xu Huo called over a village child to help test it and found that under the strong control trait, even using instruments couldn't make people, animals, or objects leave the five-hundred-meter range. He wasn't sure if A-grade prop effects were also restricted, but as a supplementary measure, it was sufficient.
The A-grade Medical Kit was a collection of various surgical tools for player healing. Besides six simple surgical robotic arms, it also contained ultra-micro surgical robots. A single injection at the wound could automatically perform fine surgery, suitable for organ treatment.
The S+ Clearance Player Club was a private platform established by the Game Government for high-scoring clearance players to communicate. Membership required a card for identity verification. Joining allowed communication with high-rated players from other wormhole points, and the Game Government would not interfere.
Xu Huo glanced at it, set the membership card aside, and continued processing the team rewards.
Although this team reward gave B-grade Armed Robots, the configured weapons were more abundant. Besides close and long-range combat weapons, they also had functions like auto-tracking, search, and stealth.
The special prop "Blurry Boundary" was specifically used to guard against prop removal. Wearing it made it harder for equipped props to fall off.
This seemed inconspicuous, but in actual combat, opponents might occasionally use prop removal. If caught off guard, some important equipped props could fall off. Losing them was one thing, but more importantly, it could affect combat—a detail not to be overlooked.
As for the remaining one-time trait upgrade, he hesitated before using it on "The Passerby Who Never Dies."
"The Passerby Who Never Dies" could grant immunity to general traits and prop attacks for ten seconds. It could also defend against other physical and chemical attacks, but Xu Huo wasn't yet clear on its upper limit. He didn't often encounter situations requiring continuous use of life-saving props and traits. This trait was more often used as a trump card or for emergencies.
The upgrade was completed quickly.
The upgraded version, "The Passerby Who Never Dies 2.0," still had a ten-second duration, but the cooldown became six hours, and the defensive capability was enhanced. The description of "The Passerby Who Never Dies" mentioned that overwhelming temporal-spatial power might break through the barrier, meaning it might not be able to defend against exceptionally high-level Super Evolution power. By strength estimation, that would be top-tier A-grade Super Evolvers. After the upgrade, the trait made a clear distinction: during its effect, non-S-grade temporal-spatial props and instruments could all be defended against.
Traits were varied, but tracing their origins, they were mostly related to Super Evolution power. "The Passerby Who Never Dies" should also be a special space barrier. After multiple upgrades, it achieved an effect comparable to S-grade space defense props, and it also had damage buffer effects, making it safer than ordinary defense props.
The downside was probably the ten-second duration and the relatively long cooldown.
This wasn't enough to solve the current problem.
To find Yan Jiayu, Xu Huo needed to confirm whether that was the Box Carrier's Instance.
After informing Gao Ming of his decision to postpone surgery, Gao Ming gave him a surgical record book. "These are all my notes from space surgeries I've performed. Take them. There's always someone better out there—you might find a doctor better than me."
Xu Huo thanked him and accepted it, smiling. "Maybe I'll come back to find you."
Gao Ming smiled back. "You're welcome anytime."
After bidding him farewell, Xu Huo headed directly to the primeval forest near Isle Country.
He had previously asked Ji Qingcheng to investigate the Instance situation, with special attention to whether any combat puppets were appearing nearby.
"You came back quickly." The person handling matters was Dai He. He briefed Xu Huo on what players had learned after going deeper. So far, none of their people had suddenly disappeared. Instrument feedback was also normal, with no space entrances showing special power fluctuations detected.
For any space in the game that people could reach, it likely couldn't completely escape the game's control. Personal panels were locked, connections to the game were severed, and tickets couldn't be used. Besides special simulation instrument blockade, it was also possible that this space was particularly special. If it was the former, there was no need for special concern. If it was the latter, the only possible way to break this boundary was the birth of a new Instance.
Xu Huo had once opened a random Instance in the sea near District 011. At that time, although the ticket couldn't be used, props could be used. However, that sea area was already spatially chaotic, and it might have been because it wasn't a ticket-direct area that caused this anomaly. But after the Instance opened and ended, the ticket could indeed be used.
He didn't know if this situation applied to the space in the primeval forest.
Of course, this was just one possibility.
He took out the Awakened Puppet and called out Little Pink Hat.
It took a while for her to appear. Stretching lazily, she said, "What is it? I was just sunbathing!"
"I need your help with something," Xu Huo said.
"Why is it always this line when you come to me?" Little Pink Hat said unhappily. "I told you, I won't help the lord for free."
Xu Huo brought out snacks, toys, and prop clothing to bribe her. Little Pink Hat looked left and right, happily taking them away.
Then Xu Huo explained the situation. Little Pink Hat thought for a moment and said, "If it's not an Instance, it might really be a partition the game hasn't collected."
"But you guess it's a Super Player's Instance. If the Instance can open inside, then it naturally enters the game. Bringing an Instance in would be useless."
She paused, then said, "You're not thinking of sending me in, are you? I won't go! Super Players will smash me to pieces!"
"Take an Awakened Puppet in and try," Xu Huo said. "If you can enter through the puppet, then the situation inside isn't that bad."