Chapter 2819: Lawless Land
The secretary thoughtfully brought some insect bait, but Xu Huo preferred feeding it larger items, such as raw meat or fruit.
This little creature was also quite impressive, accepting everything without refusal, though its table manners were terrible.
Tang Xu didn't return until late at night, his expression not as good as when he left during the day. Xu Huo took the initiative to say, "If you have things to do, feel free to handle them."
Tang Xu waved his hand, "I promised to be your host, how could I go back on my word? It's not a big problem. Green Gem Daily Chemicals changed its boss, and the discounts originally given to small companies need to be renegotiated. We argued for ages. Don't worry, it's already resolved, definitely won't delay our fun."
It really wasn't a major issue, so Xu Huo didn't ask further, instead bringing up the mental healing in Liujin City.
"I knew you'd be interested in this." Tang Xu said, "Don't think that mental healing in Liujin City is mainly based on instruments. The assisting doctors are also very important. Relevant practitioners are retired players hired at high prices from other districts. A considerable portion of them are Mental Evolvers, and the rest are all experienced people. They can solve some psychological problems with ease. Many players are repeat customers."
Xu Huo showed great interest, "Then I really need to experience it."
Tang Xu's smile deepened. After chatting a bit more, he went back to rest, since there were still plans for tomorrow. A good night's sleep meant they could play to their heart's content during the day.
The station mentioned by Rachel Leon was still some distance from Liujin City. Originally, the drop-off point for the ticket he had chosen was that station, but unexpectedly, he ended up in Liujin City. Although the arrival location for Instance tickets isn't always fixed, the tickets mentioned in related instances under Dimension are generally the same. Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be any discrepancies. If the station changed locations, it likely meant an unexpected situation had occurred.
Using the communicator Tang Xu had given him, he checked the messages on the Message Collection Terminal. The government announcements only mentioned station maintenance, but netizens had a lot more to say. They claimed the station had just been attacked, with both people and vehicles taken away. It was said that the attackers were from the Holy Sword Society. As for why they attacked the station, an "insider" anonymously stated that the arriving train was actually transporting some imprisoned players. It stopped in District 003 to replace train parts.
Then, the Holy Sword Society wiped them all out. Not a single one of those Game Government Base personnel who had gone to inspect and repair the train escaped.
From a certain perspective, District 003 could be considered a "lawless land." Although there was a Game Government Base here, the district's residents didn't hold much reverence for the Game Government. Mockery and sarcasm were everywhere.
As long as no one from District 003 was harmed, everyone just treated it as entertainment.
And in District 003's laws, besides allowing "absolute physical freedom," the purchase of experimental subjects like Xenomorphs was also permitted, along with a strict tax system.
The more detailed the management regulations, the more it indicated that this matter was profitable. One didn't even need to investigate too hard; the Message Collection Terminal was full of people showing off their "pets," and these "pets" were all kinds of Xenomorphs.
Stellar Pharmaceuticals had a dedicated pharmaceutical factory here. According to information found on the Message Collection Terminal, this factory had been purchasing strange mutated Xenomorphs for a long time. They paid high prices for any with very distinct individual evolutionary traits.
Presumably, they were used for experiments and research. The factory's address was easy to find, but this factory didn't recruit employees from District 003. With robots as the main participants, there weren't many professionals active here.
Of course, there were plenty of security guards.
Xu Huo didn't plan to do any instances in District 003 on this trip, so he intended to go check out the pharmaceutical factory in a couple of days.
After breakfast the next day, Xu Huo set off with Tang Xu to visit some members-only venues in Liujin City. These included internally circulated instruments and items, scarce local specialties, and secret venues for exchanging information through special connections...
In short, they were all things with entry barriers. People not part of this profit chain might not even have heard of them.
After leaving one club, Tang Xu casually placed two bottles of raw potion he had bought on the table and said to the secretary sitting behind him, "Clear out the stock of this physical fitness potion the company has hoarded as soon as possible. Get rid of it all within a week."
After saying this, he turned to Xu Huo with a hint of pride, "Did you see those guys earlier, struggling to talk up the benefits of this potion? They were trying to scam me. I reckon they have a lot of stock and want to sell it at a high price. I'm not stupid, why would I fall for that?"
"But this potion is pretty good for replenishing the body. I'll give you two boxes later. You can take them back as gifts for friends and family."
"Then many thanks." Xu Huo hadn't come away empty-handed either. He had bought two Single-Use Items.
One could release a thick fog covering a small city. Without interference from strong winds or special potions, it could last for half an hour.
The other was more interesting. It was a marking item. It could mark multiple targets at once. A Space Power-formed arrow would condense on the marked individuals, somewhat similar to the arrow above a character's head in a game, except this mark was integrated into the body.
For ordinary players, it would be a bit difficult to distinguish, but for an Evolver like Xu Huo, it was very simple. No matter how much the person changed their appearance, as long as they were in the same district, he could identify them when they met.
Two days passed like this. Finally, the third day arrived, the hunting exhibition Tang Xu had been looking forward to.
Just after dawn, the two took a flying vehicle to Liujin Game Company. Viewers could choose to watch the performance using single or multi-person sightseeing flying vehicles. These vehicles came in various shapes, such as spherical or starship, and all had stealth and transparent modes, allowing them to hover in the air and watch from a 360-degree angle without blind spots.
Xu Huo and Tang Xu chose the spherical one. Of course, this flying vehicle wasn't small. It could fit a small table and food. The first thing they did upon boarding was to choose a meal package, just like buying a bucket of popcorn at a movie theater.
"If this batch of sand whales is of good quality, the hunting time could last a long time. We need to buy plenty of food and drinks." Tang Xu said.
Xu Huo had no objections. He noticed a flying vehicle over ten meters long hovering in the distance, probably waiting for someone.
"That's a VIP seat, only provided to special guests, not generally sold to the public." Tang Xu followed his gaze. "But the person coming today is most likely the new boss of Liujin Game."
"This company changed bosses too? Could it be the same boss as the one from a couple of days ago?" Xu Huo asked.
"That's right," Tang Xu said. "Liujin Game, Green Gem Daily Chemicals... two-thirds of the commercial companies you see in this city are backed by the same boss. Liujin City itself was built by someone else."
"I heard the new boss is a woman. I wonder if we can say hello in person."