Chapter 2879: The Person with the Strongest Spiritual Power
If P10S potions still existed, it meant the subsequent injections could no longer increase the evolution rate by 10% each time like before—the pace of evolution had slowed down.
Xu Huo didn't specifically ask about which version of the potion, but Bookworm sent him clues for every version. Although not every one might be true, being able to gather so much information was something an ordinary player could absolutely never do.
After hesitating for a moment, he sent another message, "I want to gather information on a person."
"Alright," the other party replied. "We've completed one transaction before, and both sides acted in good faith, so I can accept a second transaction."
"You can tell me the information about this person first. After I confirm the value of the information, I'll request compensation."
Xu Huo described the image Doctor Zhang commonly used.
He called himself Doctor Zhang to outsiders but never casually revealed his name. Of course, that surname might not be real either, and his appearance was even less reliable. As a Mental Super Evolver, as long as he wanted, he could simulate a dozen or even twenty sets of daily behavioral habits. However, these few traces were the only information available.
Additionally, he supplemented the information about Xue Lang, Chang Bei, and Zheng Yuci.
But what he never expected was that Bookworm quickly sent back a message, "Doctor Zhang, a super S-class wanted criminal in the Dimension Rift game. His wanted information is not disclosed to the public and is pursued by internal Dimension Rift personnel."
"He is currently the person with the highest known spiritual power value in the game, and this is data from thirty years ago."
"Since thirty years ago, this person has almost vanished without a trace. However, based on the data analysis of the other personnel you provided, Doctor Zhang has been active at different wormhole points in recent years. Because he has a method of erasing others' memories, aside from some clues he actively left behind, very few people remember him, and records about him are also extremely rare."
"Collecting his data will take a considerable amount of time. Additionally, the transaction price won't be low."
Xu Huo looked at these lines of text and suddenly laughed. That mysterious Doctor Zhang had actually revealed his trail as early as thirty years ago...
"State your terms for the transaction," he replied.
"The Holy Sword Society will hold a gathering soon in zone A49-033. Among them is a technician from the Game Government. I hope you can identify his identity and expose him," Bookworm sent the transaction terms.
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow slightly. "You know I'm in A49-033?"
The other party didn't reply this time, remaining silent until he closed his personal panel.
Bookworm's information network was truly too powerful. Xu Huo even suspected he was one of the game's administrators. Although he didn't know what purpose Bookworm had in exposing a Game Government personnel trying to infiltrate the Holy Sword Society, it seemed his actions were standing in opposition to the game.
Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that he had another motive. "Bookworm" had done many deals, including some unscrupulous ones. But why didn't he directly tell the Holy Sword Society about this? Having the Holy Sword Society conduct an internal investigation would be far easier than having an outsider interfere.
Thinking back on the cause and effect of these few conversations, Xu Huo even suspected that the reason he had proposed the ore sales ban last time was entirely because he knew Xu Huo knew Pu Yu. Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence.
But could the Game Government's information network really be this strong?
With too many thoughts swirling and lacking sufficient factual basis, Xu Huo stopped.
The people outside monitoring him hadn't moved. Having just learned that an "acquaintance" had set their sights on him, he couldn't go back to deal with the batch of instruments Pu Yu had prepared for now. He might as well stay and see what was happening with the Holy Sword Society.
As for the Holy Sword Society, last time Lan Fangzhi mentioned they had just robbed a Dimension Train and rescued a batch of trafficked players. Afterwards, he compared the maps found on the Holy Sword Society members, and the marked locations should be where the Holy Sword Society had taken action.
He still had many such maps on him. If he investigated carefully, he could always find two or three places where Holy Sword Society members had appeared after the fact. However, some information was covered up by the local government, with only a few vague rumors leaking out.
But regarding the gathering in zone 033, Xu Huo opened the Message Collection Terminal and spent money to join some information-sharing channels of player organizations within the district. He found no recent special movements from the Holy Sword Society.
After a comfortable night's sleep, the next morning, after breakfast, he planned to take a stroll near the Holy Sword Society.
On the surface, the District Government was still composed of local personnel. Although the Holy Sword Society frequently came and went, according to messages on the Message Collection Terminal, their real headquarters was actually in an industrial park that produced weapons.
This park was originally the property of a player family in zone 033. No one knew what kind of cooperation they had reached with the Holy Sword Society, but later, the park was handed over to the Holy Sword Society. Weapons were still produced there, but the people coming and going had changed from ordinary workers to players.
It was a semi-public location.
Of course, such a place couldn't be approached openly, but they had an office in the capital.
It was almost laughable—an organization as notorious as the Holy Sword Society in the game had actually set up a proper office to conduct business.
Judging by the arrogant attitude of Holy Sword Society members in other districts, they didn't seem like people who could abide by the law.
Xu Huo casually strolled down Government Avenue. Before he even reached the office, a new message popped up on the street's holographic projections.
It was an execution message, instantly covering all advertisements in the administrative capital.
"The principal offender of the Nien Fanshaw case, Nien Fanshaw, will be executed in thirty minutes. Interested viewers, please enter the following address in advance to wait."
Accompanying the execution notice was an image of Nien Fanshaw.
Xu Huo paused when he saw the person's face. Nien Fanshaw looked somewhat similar to He Pu.
He Pu's original surname was also Fanshaw. He had once been a wanted criminal in the game but later settled in zone 011 under the alias He Pu. Although he used a fake face, Mr. Dong had shown him some treasured photos.
Indeed, he resembled Nien Fanshaw.
He immediately contacted Bai Kou to ask about He Pu's family situation.
"Don't bother," Bai Kou said. "The Fanshaw family is full of lunatics. Not a single one is normal. Men, women, young, and old all take pleasure in killing. No matter how many times they die, it's not satisfying enough."
Xu Huo paused. "Then Mr. He Pu..."
"He's different, of course," Bai Kou said. "He's the only good person."
After she said this, both of them fell silent.
A moment later, Bai Kou spoke again. "Who's being executed?"
"Nien Fanshaw," Xu Huo replied.
"He actually lived until now," Bai Kou said with some surprise. "He's He Pu's nephew. In terms of family genes, he surpassed his predecessor. Even if He Pu were alive, he wouldn't save him."