Chapter 2877: Great Fortune Today
*Knock knock knock!* The sound of knocking rang out. Without a doubt, this person was here for him.
After testing it a few times, he had come to understand the function of the Lucky Dice. It was more like a small-scale prediction item—there were items of this kind in the game. Previously in Fresh Flower City, there had been a mineral vein specifically for crafting such items. However, whether it had a predictive effect and what kind of prediction it gave depended on luck.
The Lucky Dice was probably this kind of item. It couldn’t predict good or bad fortune for things too far away or too large in scope, so it always gave a “neutral” answer. But if something was right in front of him, the prediction would be much clearer.
For example, Xu Huo receiving a gift of premium fruit was a “minor fortune,” while the person peeping through the door and trying to disguise themselves to deliver tampered fruit to him was a “great misfortune.”
“Come in.” Xu Huo sat still, but the moment the other person entered, he used his newly acquired item, “Dream Come True.”
He didn’t know what illusion the other person saw, but within just three minutes, the man had shifted from resistance to hesitation, and then to a tendency to indulge.
After three minutes passed, Xu Huo looked at the person who had wrapped themselves in several layers of defensive items and casually used “Small Dark Room.”
As soon as the item’s effect activated, the person instantly vanished from their spot, as if they had never existed. Thirty seconds later, they were spat back out by the space.
Xu Huo nodded slightly. Removing an opponent from the battlefield for thirty seconds not only bought him time but could sometimes be enough to influence the course of the battle.
The player, who had just been confused by his own mind and then thrown into a space for thirty seconds, took one look at the room’s layout and fled without hesitation, releasing several items to block Xu Huo.
A barrier shimmering with colorful light appeared, swirling like a flowing stream within a five-meter radius. It not only blocked the sneak attack items but also flexibly protected the sofa Xu Huo was sitting on, preventing it from being cut by the falling items.
Of course, defense was defense, but he couldn’t let the person go either.
“Come back,” Xu Huo commanded.
Under the effect of “Dreamlike False Teeth,” the player who had already reached the door turned around and ran back into the room. Realizing what was happening, he barely stopped himself in the middle of the room… and then Xu Huo spoke again.
“Who sent you?”
“Hundred Forest…” The other person reflexively started to answer, then clamped their mouth shut halfway through and immediately reached for an item on their body. But “Mirror Space” made them miss on the first try.
In less than a second of error, the next moment, they were enveloped by a multi-sided transparent crystal. At first glance, it looked like they were trapped in a glass cage, but upon closer inspection, they were embedded inside, like a specimen perfectly sealed in amber.
Except they were still alive.
It was very difficult to use items inside a container item. Once trapped in one, it was nearly impossible to escape by one’s own strength. That was why players were so resistant to entering container items—it was more like entering a separate, sealed space. The person became part of the space and would eventually be assimilated and die.
Looking at this massive item, like a crystal glass coffin, Xu Huo finally stood up and walked over, tapping on it. “Can you still talk?”
The player trapped inside couldn’t move their hands or feet, but their eyes and mouth were still quite agile.
“If you don’t want to go against the Hundred Forest Society and the Holy Sword Society, let me out right now! Offending the Holy Sword Society means no player from any district will have a good ending!”
“So, does the Hundred Forest Society also have ties to the Holy Sword Society?” Xu Huo poured himself a glass of water. “Although District 033 is a district dominated by the Holy Sword Society, it’s not like every player organization can be linked to them. If you’re going to use the Holy Sword Society to boast, you might as well just rename yourselves the Holy Sword Society.”
“I’ve never had a good impression of the Holy Sword Society.” He walked back to the sofa and sat down, casually opening the hotel menu. As he browsed, he continued, “Didn’t the three people the Hundred Forest Society sent back tell you about my situation? Even if you want revenge, you should at least send more people, or be a bit braver. Afraid to even enter the Yongxing Hotel? Worried about having to pay for damages if you break things?”
Xu Huo chuckled to himself as he spoke. After finalizing his order, he called over the hotel staff and asked them to take back the tampered fruit.
The manager arrived quickly, sincerely apologized to Xu Huo, and said that not only would they personally deliver a better fruit platter, but they would also waive all his meal expenses for this stay.
“A minor fortune right here,” Xu Huo said thoughtfully, rolling the dice in his hand.
After the manager left, he continued, “I’ve looked into the information the Hundred Forest Society has made public. There are nearly five hundred players in the society, with over a hundred A-class players. But not all of them are exclusively in the Hundred Forest Society. Most of them hold multiple positions and have joined at least three player organizations.”
“Losing so many people in a pioneering instance must be painful. And with such heavy losses due to a judgment error, the Hundred Forest Society will probably try to make up for it afterward.”
“Most of your pioneering members died under the instance rules. If they just accepted their bad luck, that would be one thing. But coming after me for revenge—aren’t you afraid of losing even more people?”
Xu Huo glanced out the window. “Only thirteen people came. Is that to save costs, or do you underestimate me?”
This last sentence made the player trapped in the item change expression slightly. He stopped bluffing. “Killing members of the Hundred Forest Society and not running away—you’ve got some nerve.”
Xu Huo turned back to face him. “Why don’t we try your luck again?”
He held up the “Lucky Dice.” “If I kill just you today, and the Hundred Forest Society is smart enough to back off, then this matter ends here.”
“If not, then I’ll pay a visit to the Hundred Forest Society myself.”
With that, he tossed the dice. It rolled quickly before landing on the table, showing “Great Fortune.”
Xu Huo smiled. “Looks like your Hundred Forest Society is having a streak of bad luck.”
The trapped player didn’t quite understand what he meant, but seeing how confident he was, couldn’t help probing, “Making an enemy of a player organization with hundreds of members—you’d better run for your life while you can. I’ll tell you straight: the few players who came out of the instance with you have all been captured by us. We know exactly what items you use!”
“Is that so?” Xu Huo replied casually, then stored the person in his item slot.
Outside, some members of the Hundred Forest Society left and quickly returned. The number of people neither increased nor decreased, and they made no move even after the first player they sent was captured.
Xu Huo ignored them. After finishing his meal, he entered the item house, took out paper and pen, and activated his trait, “Home Court Perspective.”
“Choosing to enter an A-class instance because of a bait—Xu Huo himself thinks this is irrational. But he still did it, which shows that no matter how shrewd a person is, they can have moments of stupidity. The only thing worth being grateful for is that he survived.”
“…The old man he met on the train gave him a familiar feeling. So when he encountered him again in the instance, Xu Huo decided he wouldn’t let him leave alive. Especially since that person had tried to hypnotize him with suggestions.”