Chapter 807: Fierce Battle!
Xu Huo looked back at Yan Jiayu, who nodded. "Let's follow and take a look."
The few of them were moving on the ground while also shaking off attacking players, so their speed wasn't very fast. The hot air balloon had no problem keeping up.
"Writing a name on paper and then crossing it out to kill someone..." Yan Jiayu mused. "So far, I've only heard of this once."
Xu Huo nodded. "The elite players killed during the Super Item incident."
This matter was still under investigation. Nie Xuan had revealed that at the time, players who died inexplicably without any enemies present were arranged according to a list. Based on the order of the list, these players died in sequence as well. The intervals weren't long, but the personnel were scattered, and many weren't in the same place.
The list had been leaked from the Special Affairs Bureau, the predecessor of the Special Defense Department. The other side had killed over fifty players without even showing their faces, relying solely on a list. How could the Special Defense Department swallow that? They had been searching for the perpetrator ever since, but unfortunately, they had found nothing so far.
The method that person used to kill just now was similar to how the people on that list died. Perhaps it was the same person who had come to District 014 to stir up trouble.
"They think the item is carried by a specific player, which is why they're killing on such a large scale." Yan Jiayu frowned. "But the effect of this item is abnormally good. If you can kill someone just by knowing their real name, then almost no player can escape."
Not only that, but it ignored distance, location, and defenses. As long as the name was crossed out, the person would die. There was no discernible pattern to how the item operated, and it was also different from most items that required "verbal activation" to trigger.
"Could it be a Super Item?" Yan Jiayu speculated. "But those few people didn't look like they were carrying a Super Item..."
She stopped mid-sentence and changed her mind. "Not necessarily either."
At the very least, the Super Item in District 014 back then was obtained by a low-level player. Moreover, not all Super Items had super-strong killing power; defensive ones were equally common.
"One got away." Yan Jiayu tilted her head. "That one who kills with a pen, he went into the commercial building."
"He should be chasing the player who just left the building." Xu Huo said. "The player who ran away might have been killed midway as well. His target probably isn't within the known range."
"If they're holding a high-level item, they wouldn't easily enter an instance. If so many people are protecting something, and it ends up lost in an instance, it would only benefit others." Yan Jiayu pointed downward. "I'm going down."
The moment the hot air balloon retracted, the two of them plummeted rapidly. Yan Jiayu released a parachute item mid-fall, while Xu Huo fell all the way to the bottom, pulling out the "Chair Facing Up" just before hitting the ground.
One landed on the rooftop, the other at the bottom of the building. Without meeting face to face, they went straight into the building.
Yan Jiayu guessed that the government players were protecting a high-level item, but Xu Huo thought it might be the S-grade potion.
If it were a high-level item, since a player was already holding it, there was no reason not to use it, instead of being so secretive. Of course, if it were something like "Three Seconds of Life," that would be a different story. However, this time in District 009, news of the Perfect Potion had leaked—whether the Perfect Potion was actually in that doll's arm, and whether the potion had been obtained by the District 009 government players, were both unknowns. But the Perfect Potion was definitely something worth fighting for more than an ordinary high-level item.
Looking up, Xu Huo walked up the stairs. When he reached the third floor, he sensed someone rapidly descending from the middle of the building. In one second, they cut into the office floor. He placed the 101 Shelter directly beneath him!
The fleeing player was originally moving between floors using an item. He didn't expect to step right onto the 101 Shelter. Unable to break through this type of game metal item, he saw Xu Huo beside him and raised a crossbow, aiming at him!
The crossbow didn't shoot a physical arrow, but a semi-transparent ice bolt that pierced the wall and quickly melted!
"The person I'm looking for isn't you." Xu Huo stated his position. But because of this brief delay, the pursuing player had already come down from upstairs. However, as soon as a pair of feet appeared, they were knocked away by a strange force, carving a deep trench in the ceiling before stopping at the wall.
The next second, two people and a stone lion landed on the same floor as Xu Huo and the others.
"Big Mao, go!" Yan Jiayu commanded the stone lion to pounce on the person, while simultaneously taking out a muscle doll sticker and pasting it on her face. Her speed instantly skyrocketed, making her like an uncatchable cannonball as she slammed into the person by the wall with a bang!
That player clearly didn't take her reckless, head-on fighting style seriously. He patted his shoulder, and a blue light arc immediately spread out in front of him. With the light arc protecting him, he didn't even spare Yan Jiayu another glance, instead focusing his attention on the stone lion that was slowly jogging over in a circle.
However, just as he was about to free up his hands to deal with the stone lion, Yan Jiayu, this living bomb, smashed into him—whether she had other invisible defensive items on her or not, the moment she hit the light arc, she rammed the player straight through the wall. At the same time, cracks appeared on the light arc!
"What?!" The other party couldn't hide his shock. Then, the force pushed him all the way to the outermost wall of the building, where he was bounced back by a barrier sealed on the wall.
Yan Jiayu, as the one receiving the force, wasn't nearly as disheveled. She landed steadily in the middle of the room, swung her Demon-Subduing Pestle, and launched a chaotic assault!
With a few "bang bang bang" sounds, a shield item was cracked. The player quickly dodged, using his trait to briefly slow Yan Jiayu's speed before charging toward Xu Huo!
His real target was the government player who hadn't managed to escape yet. But just as he was halfway there, a cold light swept in from the side!
The pursuing player quickly sidestepped to dodge, and as he raised his hand, dozens of fine needles shot out from his sleeve.
The air barrier was temporarily unusable, so Xu Huo simply placed the 101 Shelter in front, retracted it, and simultaneously used "Extreme Fatigue" and "Progress Bar Disappearance" during the attack.
That player immediately felt the item effects being applied to him. He pressed a button on his cuff, and the clothes he was wearing stood up and closed like scales. After the color of his clothes changed once and returned to normal, the fatigue on his face was gone!
Yan Jiayu and the stone lion came up to reinforce. The lazy Big Mao got a hit on its rear, and it immediately vented all its anger onto the pursuing player. Under its pouncing, biting, and tearing, this person was forced back step by step.
"Vase's Effect!" The pursuing player threw a cushion on the ground. The struggling Big Mao slipped and stepped on it, and one of its claws was stuck to the floor.
But this wasn't very useful. The stone lion, a paragon of brute force, simply dug a hole in the floor. If it couldn't get off the cushion, it could just carry the floor slab with it.
Big Mao was hard to deal with, and Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu were no slouches either. Yan Jiayu fought in close quarters, while Xu Huo used items to assist from the side, occasionally launching a surprise attack. After three minutes of fighting, both sides had sustained injuries.
(Chapter End)