Chapter 2814: Heading to B11-003
Regarding the Holy Sword Society, Lan Fangzhi spoke about it without any psychological pressure, and he knew quite a bit of information that hadn't spread through the game.
The Old Holy Sword Society had actually been replaced by the New Holy Sword Society, and when the game mentioned the Holy Sword Society now, it basically referred to the New Holy Sword Society—whether it was the New or Old Holy Sword Society, it was essentially the same to the Game Government Base.
As for the New Holy Sword Society, the A-level wormhole points had mixed opinions about it, which was very different from the evaluations of later wormhole point districts like E27.
On one hand, the New Holy Sword Society accepted everyone without discrimination, absorbing people from all walks of life at the lower levels. On the other hand, their main areas of activity were actually in C-level and above wormhole points. They had their own strongholds and had even occupied a district in the A-level wormhole points as a base.
"Occupied a district?" Xu Huo was slightly surprised.
"A49-033. The actual controller of this district is the New Holy Sword Society." Lan Fangzhi smiled at his astonishment. "How could the New Holy Sword Society have developed so rapidly without sufficient financial and material support? In fact, quite a few A-level wormhole point players have joined the Holy Sword Society. These are all people seeking change."
"They've also done some good things and have backbone. Personally speaking, I still admire some of them."
Xu Huo shook his head slightly. "I have a grudge with them."
Lan Fangzhi nodded, indicating understanding. After all, the Holy Sword Society had so many people, including quite a few cannibal players. Their upper limit might have an end, but their lower limit was uncertain.
"Recently, they just attacked a district under a B-level wormhole point and intercepted several vehicles of trafficked players. It's a big deal, but there hasn't been any news about it outside."
Trafficked players... what a niche combination of words.
"This isn't anything unbelievable." Lan Fangzhi sighed. "Anything that exists can become a commodity."
After a pause, he added, "This happened not long ago. If you're interested, you can go take a look. The station probably won't be repaired anytime soon."
Then he mentioned the attack on District 022, revealing a bit of the real situation. The participants included not only players who held grudges against District 022 but also people like him who had joined midway due to circumstances. Because he had many items, he took on the role of the obvious "bait"... Of course, looking at it now, District 022 might have had other plans, but that involved Lan Fangzhi's family, so there was no need to disclose it.
He had no sympathy for what District 022 would face next. Based on what he knew, the reason District 022 had so many enemies was entirely self-inflicted.
He also revealed that this attack was actually somewhat rushed. The early action was taken because someone had discovered a looting plan that District 022 was about to execute—that's right, even though they had already made their fortune, District 022 still couldn't change its bandit ways and was preparing to rob other weak districts again.
"Being hated by so many districts, District 022 must be quite something." Lan Fangzhi didn't plan to return to District 022. He would follow the subsequent developments through friends.
Xu Huo then brought up the name "Bookworm."
Lan Fangzhi frowned slightly after hearing this. "This person hasn't been very active in recent years. I didn't expect him to be doing business with District 022 privately... But it might not necessarily be him personally. Impersonation and fraud are both possible. If you want to find this person, I advise you to be careful."
"Just from what I've heard, there have been over a dozen fishing incidents using the name 'Bookworm.'"
"Many people want to find him, including the Game Government."
Xu Huo nodded and then asked about the several experts studying the perfect potion who had gone missing in District 022.
Lan Fangzhi was somewhat surprised. "I haven't heard that the targets of this attack included items or people related to the perfect potion."
"And District 022 couldn't possibly develop a real perfect potion anyway."
Xu Huo then asked some more questions about the A-level wormhole points. After the sky had turned completely dark, Lan Fangzhi prepared to leave.
The two exchanged contact information, and Lan Fangzhi said, "If I survive going back this time, I'll definitely repay you for your help today."
Xu Huo smiled and nodded. After he left, he contacted Chai Sheng and Zhou Juanjuan to learn about the situation in District 022.
Zhou Juanjuan and Levi had just separated from him not long ago. Since the two hadn't cleared the instance, they couldn't leave District 022, but they were lucky enough not to die in the blue-robed man's massacre and even managed to take Lei Jie with them.
After several rounds of interrogation, they learned from Lei Jie that the missing personnel were indeed involved in the perfect potion research, but that was secondary. Their main project was the evolution agent. The reason Lei Jie was interested in them was simple—that evolution agent might be useful to her. Bringing money to immigrate was just a backup plan; she wanted to become a player more.
With Lei Jie leading the way, the two took advantage of the chaos to run back to the Capital Mansion, barely completing their tasks and making a small fortune.
However, the situation in District 022 was indeed not optimistic. The player war had fully erupted, with thermal weapons blooming in multiple major cities. The attackers were indiscriminately slaughtering with the mindset of mutual destruction, especially in cities storing large weapons, which could be completely swallowed up in an instant.
As for what Xu Huo wanted to know, Zhou Juanjuan had accidentally caught a key government personnel and obtained some materials from him. These materials were useless to her, so she simply gave them to him.
Xu Huo quickly flipped through them. They involved some confidential transactions, but not between District 022 and the Game Government or Stellar Pharmaceuticals. Instead, they were with other district governments or some active player organizations. The content included but was not limited to smuggling, assassination, and leaking secrets. District 022 would hire a killer to murder the boss's family just to secure a purchase order... It sounded unbelievable, but of course, they got the order in the end, and at a very low price.
Although it didn't have the information he wanted, he could still use these clues to identify districts or forces colluding with District 022. He copied a copy of the material for Lan Fangzhi and then took the train to B11-003.
After boarding, he first checked the messages under Dimension to confirm that the Painting Woman still hadn't replied and that there was no new news from the Box Carrier. Only then did he close his personal panel, sit down calmly, and play with the long blade "Green Moss" he had just obtained.
The Black Blade had been left behind at the Box Carrier's instance, and the Painting Woman and Big Mao were nowhere to be seen... He wouldn't be surprised even if the Box Carrier suddenly appeared in front of him in the next second. It seemed he couldn't stay in any one district for long and would have to keep moving frequently.
"That's a nice blade you've got there. Can I take a look?" A young man with a buzz cut grinned and sat down across from him, speaking quite bluntly.
Xu Huo wiped the blade of "Green Moss," glanced at the other person, and said nothing.
"Don't be stingy. I'm a long blade enthusiast too. Besides, we're on the train. It's not like I can run off with the blade, right?" The buzz cut showed no sign of embarrassment.