Chapter 3016: Two Hundred Equal Parts
Xu Huo said half an hour, and for the next half hour, he simply waited.
No one knew what was happening inside the ships. The Enforcement Department had taken turns sending people closer to issue warnings, politely asking them to leave, or at least send someone out to say something. What was the point of hovering over Zone 014 without any explanation?
But the ships just stayed there, refusing to respond no matter how they were probed. Whenever anyone tried to use instruments to investigate, the ships would preemptively interfere or destroy them with weapons.
The hulls, forged from special metal, had the ability to block spatial and mental power probes, so even ordinary Super Evolvers couldn't peek inside.
Everyone in Zone 014 was watching these ships. Even the ticket players from other zones couldn't help but shift their focus. They were also curious—would this zone war really break out? A zone that had been gradually getting back on track thanks to the appearance of an ultra-powerful player—would it face another twist of fate?
The nerve-wracking half hour passed, but there was still no movement inside or outside the ships. Just as everyone was drenched in cold sweat, their bones chilled, the Enforcement Department personnel received an evacuation order.
All players surrounding the ships were ordered to retreat at least a hundred meters away and prepare for ground defense.
As they withdrew, a figure appeared in front of the ships.
Xu Huo, dressed in casual home clothes, had done a simple disguise. His expression was as calm as ever, but his eyes were slightly different from when he had killed those wanted criminals earlier.
He had turned into ice. His entire body radiated coldness, carrying a fierce killing intent. This killing intent wasn't a passive reaction to being provoked—it was strongly subjective. Anyone who had carefully watched his killing videos could tell that this man was now like a gasoline barrel ready to explode at any moment!
Thirty minutes had passed. Any further negotiation was meaningless.
Xu Huo moved his arm, activating the super item "Two Hundred Equal Parts" strapped to his wrist. In an instant, with him as the center, a hundred spatial tangent lines spaced fifteen centimeters apart were released both above and below!
Spatial tangent lines were invisible to the naked eye, and because of their incredible speed, even the Super Evolvers nearby didn't react in time. All anyone knew was that the moment Xu Huo turned his arm, the three ships high in the sky simultaneously showed cracks, as if cut by some sharp blade. The massive hulls began to shift layer by layer, then lost balance and tilted toward the ground.
What was baffling was that the ships seemed to be empty!
That's right—although the ships had been cut open, no bodies were found inside. Only damaged instruments and seats were visible.
The players waiting nearby for rescue had no idea what was happening, but the ships were losing balance. If they didn't want these behemoths to cause catastrophic damage, they had to intercept them in midair!
But then something even more confusing happened. A massive spatial teleportation channel appeared in the direction the ships were falling. The sliced-up ships fell into it without a single piece missing. Then the teleportation channel closed, as if they had never existed, and the warning shot from half an hour ago felt like a dream.
A sudden crisis had vanished so inexplicably.
No, it hadn't vanished inexplicably—Xu Huo had destroyed the ships!
The ships were too high up. Many people in Zone 014 hadn't noticed exactly what Xu Huo had just done. But those near the world's highest peaks noticed something unusual. When the ships were cut, several peaks in different locations also showed equally spaced tangent lines. If not for the scattered gravel or snowflakes kicked up, they might not have even noticed!
It wasn't just the peaks. In the vast Zone 014, there were also two or three players who happened to be leaping into the sky at that exact moment. Coincidentally, within the extremely short time the tangent lines circled the zone's surface, they were caught in the range... No need to say more. Only evenly cut corpse pieces fell down.
A war that might have signaled a zone conflict had been eliminated just like that. It was shocking and brought an unbelievable sense of relief. Under such emotions, looking at the man still standing in the sky... At that moment, he had transcended human identity, as if he were an eternal god!
Forget how excited and thrilled the people of Zone 014 were watching the live broadcast through various channels. The people in the Zone Government Building's conference room felt as if they had been doused with cold water. Because Xu Huo turned around. He caught sight of the distant surveillance instruments and looked at them through the lens...
Even though they knew he couldn't possibly see them through the instruments, everyone in the conference room clearly saw impatience, displeasure, and even anger and killing intent in that glance!
Zong Lanzi's mind reacted the fastest. She blurted out, "What exactly is in that Wang Family Manor instance..."
But before she could finish, Xu Huo was already standing in the conference room.
Zong Lanzi's words stopped abruptly. Like everyone else, she slowly swallowed her breath.
The world in Xu Huo's eyes had changed a bit.
Even before his mental evolution, he could keenly capture others' subtle expressions and body language. But aside from talent, that relied more on training and experience.
After his mental evolution began, this ability advanced to quickly capturing others' emotional changes and rapidly adjusting mental interference strategies.
And when he touched the threshold of the mental defense line, these things that required focused observation became even easier. Every expression, every breath of every person was magnified. He didn't even need to look carefully—everyone's emotions and thoughts were laid out before him, appearing so shallow and ignorant.
But their thoughts were too many. They were constantly turning their not-so-bright minds, looking ridiculous and annoying. It felt like a bunch of emotions that didn't belong to him were being stuffed into his head all at once.
Although it wasn't as unbearable as the Goddess Vine's forced memories, it was like the incessant chirping of cicadas and croaking of frogs, endlessly irritating.
He casually pulled out a chair and sat down. Xu Huo rubbed his throbbing temples, then raised his hand to point at Zong Lanzi and Xiao Yue. "Gather your core members today. Tomorrow morning, come with me into a mental-type instance."
Without looking at the suddenly changed expressions of the two he had pointed at, he turned to Nie Xuan. "Give me a list of their names. Not one can be missing."
Nie Xuan nodded. "Do you need any other personnel?"
"No need. I want to test the results of my mental evolution." Xu Huo stated directly. He clearly wasn't trying to guide Zong Lanzi and the others.
The sound of his instructions seemed to linger in the air, but the spot where he had been was left with only a chair still slowly spinning.
The people in the conference room, more or less, cast mocking glances at Zong Lanzi and Xiao Yue before following Nie Xuan and the others out one by one.
Xiao Yue's face turned pale. "What does Xu Huo mean? Is he going to make a move on us?"
Zong Lanzi's expression was dark and terrifying. She understood very well—this was a warning. Even though they were powerless, Xu Huo wasn't their sacrificial lamb to take the lead. Since they were useless in dealing with forces from other zones, they had to be useful elsewhere!
"Hide in an instance?" Xiao Yue suggested again.
"Can we escape?" Zong Lanzi said. "If we don't go, being pushed out of the zone government is the least of our worries. The worst consequence is being targeted by him... He's set on killing."