Chapter 2953: 5:46
"Mr. Xu, should we go check it out?" Xiang Mi asked cautiously.
Xu Huo shook his head slightly, then lifted the Divine Maiden Vine again. "Is it placed properly?"
"According to your instructions, that mutated plant is placed on the first underground floor," Xiang Yao said. "The nutrient soil has also been laid down."
Xu Huo nodded. "I'll go take a look."
As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished.
The Xiang siblings exchanged a glance and immediately took out teleportation items to follow him to the safe zone.
At the same time, the Jing City meeting room learned of Xu Huo's departure for the safe zone. They had originally wanted to meet with him, at least to offer their regards, but they hadn't expected him to have no intention of resting.
"Even if the Divine Maiden Vine came from Dou Shengnan, the Eerie Sound Knights probably won't show themselves so readily," the elderly man in the first seat said. He was more worried about Xu Huo's physical condition. Super Evolution Power couldn't be consumed indefinitely. Xu Huo had been running around all day without rest. At this point, both his physical strength and mental state would be compromised. What if the Eerie Sound Knights were targeting exactly this moment?
Since the immediate crisis had been resolved, it would be best for him to find a place to rest properly. Even if the Eerie Sound Knights came to challenge him, it could wait.
"Mr. Xu hasn't revealed his intentions," Xiang Yao reported truthfully. "However, he doesn't seem to plan on searching for Jin Feixue's whereabouts either."
Jin Feixue's appearance might be a trap—that was the analysis from the logistics team. But they couldn't stop Xu Huo, so they had to first hear his opinion. In the end, it happened to coincide.
"In that case, arrange a few more teams near the safe zone to ensure he gets rest time," the elderly man in the first seat said.
After the communication ended, the Xiang siblings took the newly assigned personnel to the safe zone.
This safe zone had already been cleared. Only a few players remained inside originally. As they were about to enter and set up defenses, they ran into people coming out. Upon asking, they learned that Xu Huo had ordered them to leave.
"Did Mr. Xu have any instructions?" Xiang Yao asked those coming out.
"He only said to withdraw from the safe zone, nothing else."
Xiang Yao exchanged a look with her sister. "In that case, we'll guard the perimeter of the safe zone."
Sensing the military and Special Defense Department teams bustling about outside, Xu Huo leaned against the flower bed where the Divine Maiden Vine was planted and closed his eyes to rest.
The members of the Eerie Sound Knights: Bullet in Ting City, Bai Tiao Yi in Mao City, Jin Feixue reportedly appearing in a small country in the southern hemisphere, leaving only Whale yet to show his face.
When the zone fusion began, both sides would need time.
The Eerie Sound Knights needed time to complete their layout. They wanted to uproot the foundation of Zone 014, and now was the best time.
Xu Huo needed time to deal with some outer zone players who had surfaced. First, to intimidate the outer zone players, and second, to prevent them from causing chaos when the Eerie Sound Knights appeared.
The Eerie Sound Knights wouldn't finish their work anytime soon, and the zone fusion couldn't end in a short time either. Since he had already done most of his tasks, if the Eerie Sound Knights wanted to settle things this time, they could only seize the present moment.
Now was when he was most exhausted. His combat power and reaction speed would be relatively reduced. Although he wasn't a super player, the Eerie Sound Knights weren't the type to shoot and run either. Once they clashed, it would be a fight to the death. So both sides needed to be fully prepared.
When the enemy is weak and you are strong, exhausting his stamina before the decisive battle was also a viable strategy.
After sitting for a while, he took out paper and a pen and used the trait "Script."
The pen tip began to move across the paper, and lines of text gradually appeared.
"Xu Huo waits for the Eerie Sound Knights in a safe zone equipped with a Non-Game Area Simulator. This is a relatively safe and suitable place for a decisive battle, where both sides can limit each other's super items and special items."
"At 5:34 in the morning, it starts to rain, turning into a downpour within minutes. Amid the raging wind, Xu Huo meets Eerie Sound Knights member Jin Feixue on the ground."
"Jin Feixue plays the violin to mourn her companion, and after finishing the piece, she begins to attack."
"The specially evolved Jin Feixue can turn her music into a killing move. Xu Huo only responds with space power and spiritual power."
"Both sides' instruments are rapidly consumed."
"At 5:46 in the morning, Jin Feixue releases a cross-shaped instrument, killing Xu Huo in one strike...???"
The pen noticeably stalled here. After a series of question marks, it jumped to the next line.
"At 5:46 in the morning, Jin Feixue releases a cross-shaped instrument. Xu Huo uses a magician puppet to replace himself as the instrument's target, seizing the opportunity to destroy the instrument with the hyperdimensional space power in his right hand. The instrument then collapses, releasing a massive amount of hyperdimensional space power that causes half the city, including the safe zone, to completely vanish. Xu Huo himself dies at the same time...???"
The pen jumped again:
"At 5:46 in the morning, Jin Feixue releases a cross-shaped instrument. Xu Huo unleashes 'Darkened Heart,' stacking 'Divine Armor' and the trait 'Eternal Passerby A 2.0,' attempting to throw Jin Feixue into the 'Darkened Heart' space. Failing, he himself retreats into the dark space, avoiding the instrument's attack."
"A few seconds later, when Xu Huo returns, he finds the entire city flooded with magma. He uses time power to assassinate Jin Feixue, but the time power is dispersed through the instrument. Both of them instantly age under the time power. Later, Jin Feixue retreats from Zone 014 under the pursuit of Special Defense Department players led by Nie Xuan."
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Pages of paper slid down one by one. The pen kept writing for three full hours before stopping, but the later content wasn't very important. The real focus was only in the first few paragraphs.
After reading repeatedly, Xu Huo let out a slight breath.
Sure enough, since Jin Feixue already knew he was a Temporal Evolver, to kill him, she would definitely prepare a hyperdimensional instrument to counter time power.
He hadn't used time power from the start, precisely to guard against this.
However, judging from the later "Script" content, he didn't even get a chance to use time power.
The reason "Script" had to start over could only be due to the super item "Three Seconds of Life." The first time he was killed by the hyperdimensional instrument, Curved Time began to jump. Although there wasn't a more detailed timeline, judging by the sequence of actions, the nodes where he rewound time twice should have been pushed back. Even so, he couldn't stop Jin Feixue from activating the instrument, which meant it was impossible within such an extremely short time.
Moreover, even if he stopped it once, it would be hard to stop it a second time.
Unfortunately, the content wasn't written in enough detail, lacking more specifics. But judging from the third experience, that hyperdimensional instrument could probably only be used once in a short period. Avoiding that single killing blow wasn't difficult. The only problem was that even if he temporarily blocked the instrument's killing move, time power was also blocked. And the later magma flooding indicated that besides the hyperdimensional instrument, Jin Feixue and her group had also brought super items.