# Chapter 476: Explosive News
When submitting the application, Director Sanyang clearly gave him an extra glance, but didn't ask anything. He took him to the third floor, and after the transaction, led him back down, saying, "There's nothing going on these few days. You don't need to report to the base."
Xu Huo looked outside. "I saw transport vehicles coming and going earlier. Are those supplies ordered by District 011's government?"
"No." Sanyang glanced at the numbers in the elevator and casually added, "The base has a batch of items to transfer."
Xu Huo nodded, tactfully not asking further. He didn't linger at the base and drove back to the castle.
The castle building had automatically repaired itself again, leaving only the garden unfinished. Xu Huo first helped Mr. Dong plant the flowers, then purchased a ticket for Zone E27-001 on the game platform. There were no ready-made tickets, so he raised the bounty a bit.
After that, he browsed some major news within the game.
The hottest topic was the battle between the super player Paper Servant Master and the Box Carrier. Earlier rumors claimed Paper Servant Master had obtained the super item "Field Battle Angel," so news about him had never stopped, though they were mostly minor skirmishes. But this time, the two were said to have destroyed an entire game district.
The news included a very short clip of their fight. Paper Servant Master didn't show his face, but the Box Carrier was captured more clearly, allowing Xu Huo to see his appearance.
He wore a top hat and an overcoat, carrying a small black leather suitcase with a wooden puppet handle. Half his face was covered by a mask, hiding only the upper left portion.
The projection ended with him turning his head toward the camera. What was unsettling was that his eyes were shrouded in a layer of black mist. Even without visible pupils, one could still feel the murderous intent transmitted across the distance.
"The Box Carrier." Xu Huo searched for his wanted information and found this person ranked third on the entire game's wanted list. Not only was the bounty astonishing, but if anyone confirmed killing him, the game backend would automatically issue a super item as a reward.
Unlike "gentlemanly" types like Lawrence Li, the Box Carrier was infamous for cruelty and bloodlust. It was said he liked turning living people into puppets and owned a castle specifically for storing them. Few players who entered ever came out alive.
This person's crimes had no specific target—whether players or the game government, he acted whenever the mood struck. The game government often suffered heavy losses because government institutions usually stored decent items, potions, experimental samples, and so on. After robbing them, the Box Carrier would kill everyone present, the scope depending on his mood.
Through appearance and other characteristics, Xu Huo could basically match the "Box Carrier" with the suitcase player he'd seen in Block Fairy Tale City and the puppet master the Painting Woman had mentioned.
He hadn't expected that the person he'd brushed past was actually a super player. Using his puppet to shake off pursuers now seemed like an extremely risky gamble. Fortunately, the other party hadn't noticed or cared about the tricks Xu Huo had pulled.
The battle between the Box Carrier and Paper Servant Master ended inconclusively. Even the game district had been dismantled. Even those who could glimpse the outcome wouldn't casually reveal the information.
He scrolled further and continued reading other news.
There had been some new developments regarding the previous weapons and supplies robbery case. Someone had detected traces of items used by the perpetrators from the wreckage of partially destroyed and abandoned transport ships. There was a high probability it was the work of the Eerie Sound Knights.
This organization was already famous for robbery and smuggling. Robbing Platinum Eye's military hardware was indeed something they would do. Moreover, more people were focused on where they would deliver the weapons. Some even openly posted on the bounty platform expressing willingness to purchase the goods from them.
Xu Huo took a closer look at the member information of this organization. Besides Dou Shengnan, whom he'd seen in person, there were two others he'd seen on television. Their leader was a handsome blond man.
More than half of these people were A-Class players. The combat power of an entire regiment was enough to go head-to-head with super players.
Thinking back to their battle with Lawrence Li in Hai City, he felt even more that the player invasion incident back then was full of coincidences. But thanks to that, District 014 had managed to survive in the cracks.
The room's light suddenly dimmed. Xu Huo turned his head toward Butterfly Lady's residence. "No need to test it so late at night, right?"
An independent metal zipper nearly three meters long appeared vertically in his room. The lock slid from top to bottom. Butterfly Lady stood on the other side, smiling. "I saw your evolution rate has increased quite a bit. I wanted to see if your spiritual realm has improved."
As she finished speaking, another zipper appeared behind Xu Huo, opening and moving forward as if to swallow him.
But the next second, Xu Huo's figure vanished from the chair, replaced by a painting.
"Not bad. You've replaced the original portal with a new symbolic one." Butterfly Lady commented, then turned and disappeared behind the zipper.
In truth, Xu Huo hadn't left his room. After a moment's hesitation, he actively opened his own spiritual realm. Exploring Butterfly Lady's spiritual realm could certainly increase his practical experience in this area, but what he needed more right now was to master his own spiritual realm. Since he could already project his spiritual power outward through items, he would be using his spiritual realm frequently in the future.
In the pitch-black space, a door slowly moved before Butterfly Lady. She pushed it open, and below lay bottomless stairs.
But this time, she didn't descend directly. Instead, she used her own portal to move quickly through Xu Huo's spiritual realm. However, after a minute, she stopped because she couldn't find the library.
Xu Huo had hidden the real library and all the materialized objects.
His original spiritual realm was a highly complex circular library. Descending the stairs would lead directly there. Generally, once a spiritual realm was formed, it was mostly set. Subsequent changes only involved deleting or modifying the original structure to increase complexity.
Butterfly Lady entered his spiritual realm, only to find the atmosphere completely different from the library.
She paused, and a silver zipper appeared before her. After passing through it several times, she finally reached the real staircase.
But this time, she still couldn't reach the bottom.
Not reaching the bottom meant this was still a fake spiritual realm.
Butterfly Lady activated her golden zipper portal again, but after passing through, she stood in the library room. The room had doors on all four sides. As soon as she entered, all the doors opened simultaneously. Similarly, the four newly appeared rooms had new rooms opening in different directions.
The number of rooms and doors multiplied exponentially. Behind every door was still another door, and all the rooms were moving left, right, up, and down according to certain patterns.
(Chapter End)