Chapter 2954: Violin in the Storm
Although "Script" was a precognition-type trait, Xu Huo had also speculated that it might involve curved time, but "Script" was not unchangeable.
Jin Feixue possessed a hyperdimensional device. Even if that device could only be used once, it severely limited his combat power. The ideal scenario was to make that hyperdimensional device disappear.
But he figured that ordinary removal or theft items would be utterly incapable of making the device leave his hand. The only opportunity was when the device was in use, because once it was activated, Jin Feixue would definitely create distance.
And after his first death in "Script," Xu Huo shouldn't have rashly used hyperdimensional space power to destroy that device, but instead should have thrown the device into the dark space.
Yet he still failed the third time. No matter what decision he made during the process, it must have been the most suitable judgment for the current situation. Since he didn't do it, it meant the circumstances at the time didn't allow it.
Although "Script" had previewed some situations, once he changed his tactics, Jin Feixue's behavior would inevitably change accordingly. So he couldn't treat "Script" as precognition. His only advantage now was knowing the appearance of the hyperdimensional device in advance, as well as Jin Feixue's backup plan targeting Jing City.
Moving the battlefield elsewhere was clearly impossible. If he didn't wait in Jing City, the other party might not even show up. And dragging Jin Feixue away together during the process was also unrealistic. The Eerie Sound Knights' whale hadn't appeared in the first two encounters. Presumably, if he left District 014 together with Jin Feixue, this backup would be filled in by the whale.
Similarly, Xu Huo couldn't withdraw from the battlefield midway. If he left, Jin Feixue would immediately implement his supplementary plan—the other party's goal wasn't just to kill him alone anyway.
The Non-Game Area Simulator only took effect at the beginning. Since items could be used later, it indicated that during his battle with Jin Feixue, he had either intentionally or unintentionally destroyed the device.
No device could withstand a hyperdimensional device. The subsequent magma backflow could be prevented in advance, but the operation was also very difficult. If Jin Feixue was holding a time-space type super item, then he could similarly try to restrict it with a super item... This required him to stay within the city and not leave District 014 or Jing City.
Unable to contact Nie Xuan through Under Dimension, Xu Huo thought for a moment and then contacted the military and the Special Defense Department, asking them to formulate response plans for the possible magma backflow, and also to select at least two elite players skilled in combat who could adapt to changing circumstances.
The military and the Special Defense Department acted quickly. As the core of the nation, Jing City had full-range defense devices arranged both inside and outside. As long as the opening for the magma backflow wasn't underground or inside the city, their devices could hold out for a short while.
But this was based on the premise that no one destroyed the defense devices.
Of course, they would also center on the safe zone and establish a small-range defense circle nearby. They had enough players and sufficient items and devices to layer multiple defenses, buying some time was not a problem.
As for what happened after that, it would depend on Xu Huo.
Soon, the two selected players arrived. Xu Huo didn't meet them. He only transferred the two super items, "Time Tower" and "Sky Light Domain," through Under Dimension, instructing them not to leave Jing City under any circumstances and to ensure the super items were placed outside.
"Time Tower" had a fixed usage time and didn't benefit Xu Huo much. "Sky Light Domain's" cooldown period hadn't passed yet and couldn't be used temporarily. But they were both time-space items, and might be able to affect Jin Feixue's items at certain times.
However, the effect of super items in used and unused states was vastly different. Doing this could only be better than nothing.
The military side proposed using random instances to restrict the Eerie Sound Knights, preventing them from escaping at any time.
Xu Huo didn't completely reject this. He accepted the trigger item for the random instance. It wasn't a bad method, but it could only be used under specific circumstances, because relative to the Eerie Sound Knights, suddenly entering an instance would restrict him more. And as wanted criminals who had been out of the game for a long time, Jin Feixue and his group couldn't simply use tickets to leave the district, unless the game really opened a back door for them.
But until now, no forces suspected of being A-level wormhole points had intervened in District 014. It seemed that the people behind Jin Feixue wouldn't necessarily fully support him, at least not in every aspect.
The future was unknown. After coordinating as much as possible with the military and the Special Defense Department, Xu Huo watered the Goddess Vine, then got up and left the underground first floor.
A drizzling rain came down with the wind. At first, the sound of the rain was pleasant, but gradually it became somewhat harsh. Crackling muffled sounds came in waves, and the wind gradually grew more violent.
Steady footsteps climbed up the stairs, all the way to the main entrance of the ground-level residential building. The hem of his trench coat settled as his feet stopped. Xu Huo caught the tumbling dice. He looked at it, smiled, and casually stored the dice into his item slot:
"Looks like I'm lucky today."
Roaring gales swept through the entire safe zone. Streetlights on both sides swayed with the trees. Under the torrential rain, indistinct objects flew through the air from time to time, their origins unknown, their destinations uncertain in the howling wind and rain.
In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared at the end of the dimly lit street. He stood upright in the rain, a transparent barrier covering his body, completely blocking the rainwater.
Jin Feixue wore a formal suit fit for a funeral. Just as Xu Huo watched him, he also watched Xu Huo. They stared at each other. Though they were enemies meeting face to face, both were exceptionally calm, as calm as if meeting a stranger.
Adjusting the small flower on his chest, he raised his hand, and a violin appeared on his shoulder. As the bow moved across the strings, a continuous, mournful melody flowed out.
The rain and wind were so loud, but the sound of the violin seemed completely unaffected, still clearly reaching Xu Huo's ears at the other end of the street.
Xu Huo maintained his original posture, standing at the entrance of the building lobby, patiently listening to his performance.
Until the latter half of the performance, strands of invisible power began to appear randomly within the safe zone. Sometimes a nearby building suddenly had a floor go dark, sometimes the streetlights and trees by the road suddenly snapped. Then the ground of the safe zone was scraped away layer by layer. The bricks, stones, flowers, and trees laid on top were instantly uprooted, gradually converging into a horizontal dragon that charged straight at the residential building!
"Boom!" The earth dragon formed of bricks, stones, and mud slammed into the space barrier, then quickly climbed up along the barrier. In an instant, it wrapped around the entire defense barrier and continuously constricted, squeezing the defense barrier like a real beast that could bite and tear!
As several tangent lines swept through simultaneously from both inside and outside, the space barrier and the "earth dragon" disintegrated at the same time. Two figures also shot up from the ground, clashing in the high altitude!