Chapter 842: The Specific Operation of Object Control
"...In fact, Director Sanyang hadn't gone far. Using the cover of night, he observed Xu Huo for nearly a minute, then stuffed a square box into a lump of black-gas-emitting flesh and placed it into an underground pipe."
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"...Xu Huo had almost confirmed the identity of his current colleague Wan Tingfang, and at the same time began to suspect Director Sanyang."
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"One item was left behind on the street corner."
"Two items were left behind on the street corner."
"...An injured player dropped an item in the ruins..."
"The person standing on the rooftop, suspected to be a Super Player, exchanged a glance with Bai Kou before leaving."
"In reality, there were far more than three living people in the city. Two hundred meters away from Xu Huo, Qing Cai had disguised herself as a billboard girl, hiding on a frozen projection screen."
"...The black gas brought out by the players had already polluted most of the city. Due to the particularity of Xu Huo's body, he didn't notice it. At the same time, he also failed to realize that Bai Kou was carrying that same special gas."
The text written by the Script ended there. Xu Huo looked at the last line, hesitated briefly, then took out a bottle of King Fungus bacterial liquid antidote he had prepared earlier and had the Painting Woman deliver it to Bai Kou.
The Painting Woman quickly returned, quite happily reporting that Bai Kou had given her a small item.
Xu Huo let the Painting Woman go play outside. He then went back, picked out two ores from his stockpile, put them in a box along with the Nuwa Stone, and stored them in the Luggage Compartment.
As for the main city area, if the air was polluted, the city residents wouldn't return for a short time. The Black Epaulets should come back soon to clean the city.
Although he wasn't sure how many people the Holy Sword Society had sent, the casualties were certainly heavy. On the Eerie Sound Knights' side, the Super Player's arrival was essentially the final act. There was nothing more to say. The final result would have to wait for the 011 District Government to announce.
Gazing at the city that had regained its light, Xu Huo returned to the bedroom.
Compared to the noise of the main city, the ancient city area was as quiet as ever, passing the night peacefully.
The next morning, Xu Huo first kicked the Painting Woman, who was curled up at the foot of the bed, off. "Go sleep in your own room."
The Painting Woman, using the momentum of rolling off, lay on the floor, swinging her feet and saying, "This bed is softer."
Xu Huo pulled on a short-sleeved shirt and stood up. "You sleep here tonight, and I'll switch with you."
"I only take up a tiny bit of space." The Painting Woman gestured with her hands, looking at him pitifully. "I definitely won't disturb your sleep. You didn't even know I came in last night."
Xu Huo stared at her. "If you don't want to switch, you can go share a room with Bai Kou."
The Painting Woman pouted, got up, and sat sulkily on the sofa. "I hate you!"
Xu Huo ignored her and went straight to the bathroom. When he came out, he saw her peeking in through the door again, her Communicator displaying dense lines of text.
"Stop reading that junk." He took her Communicator away. "If you have nothing to do, go study with Xiao Yuan."
"I can read." The Painting Woman, having failed in her imitation scheme, looked dejected and pulled out another Communicator, asking, "When is Miss Bai leaving?"
This was the first time Xu Huo had seen her express such subtle dislike for someone.
"You don't like her?"
"A little scared." The Painting Woman shrank her shoulders. "Seeing her scares me."
Xu Huo looked at her, who was becoming more and more human-like, for two seconds. "You're an item."
Everyone in the castle combined might not be able to do anything to her.
The Painting Woman lowered her head and pinched her clothes. "But I'm just scared, okay?"
Xu Huo's gaze turned cold, and he confiscated her second Communicator. "Speak properly."
The Painting Woman looked up with tears in her eyes. After a moment, she pulled out a third Communicator.
"Getting clever, huh." Xu Huo smiled and asked kindly, "Still want to buy skirts whenever you want? Still want to buy snacks whenever you want? Still want an allowance?"
The Painting Woman instantly retracted her tears, raised both hands to place the Communicator in his, and swore she absolutely didn't have a fourth one.
The two walked out of the room. Going downstairs, they happened to run into Bai Kou. Before she could speak, the Painting Woman automatically took an apron from her small satchel, put it on, and began to display her diligence.
"What did you do to her?" Xu Huo looked at Bai Kou. The Painting Woman was simple-minded but didn't learn her lesson, showing a tendency to be incorrigible. Yet, seeing Bai Kou, she became as docile as a kitten.
Bai Kou was in a good mood today. "Because if you're not good, you get beaten."
Xu Huo had asked Mr. Dong before. Since Bai Kou came to the castle, she hadn't fought with the Painting Woman. But when she said this, the Painting Woman, who was pretending to be busy dusting a picture frame, visibly shrank back, trying hard to minimize her presence.
"You two knew each other before." Xu Huo stated.
Bai Kou smiled. "So curious, huh? Take your time guessing."
With nothing much to do after breakfast, Mr. Dong set up a table in the back garden, prepared snacks and tea, and invited Xu Huo and Bai Kou to sit for a while, while also teaching Xiao Yuan some new knowledge.
Xu Huo asked Mr. Dong about his Static Time Rewind.
He had seen Static Time Rewind once before. It could restore a shattered object to its original shape, but it only maintained the shape; it couldn't repair the cracks. It was more like rewinding the object to the point in time when it had just broken.
This was somewhat different from Super Evolution. One type of Super Evolution in Object Control was changing the properties of an object. In his view, it was actually a modification of the object's state, primarily focused on the object itself. But according to Bai Kou, this evolution was linked to time.
Compared to the last time this topic was brought up, Mr. Dong was much more candid. He said, "A player can't learn anything from an item."
"Being able to use it doesn't mean understanding it."
Items are born with special traits. They can use them without needing to think or ponder, which is fundamentally different from players who don't possess such abilities.
"Demonstrate it a couple more times. Maybe he'll suddenly have an epiphany." Bai Kou said flatly. As she finished speaking, she tapped her teacup with her fingertip, and the cup shattered with a sound.
However, only dense cracks appeared. The teacup didn't burst apart, and not a single drop of tea leaked out.
Bai Kou applauded. Mr. Dong said sternly, "Miss Kou Kou, please don't damage the castle's property."
Bai Kou acted as if she hadn't heard him and turned to Xu Huo. "See that?"
Unfortunately, Xu Huo hadn't seen anything.
"It's normal if you can't see it. It's closer to a feeling." Bai Kou raised her hand, and a petal that had just fallen from a flower shot at an incredible speed, embedding itself into the tabletop in front of Xu Huo.
"I can't change the state of an object, but Object Control and Space manipulation are quite similar."
"Didn't you see the Time Ray yesterday? You can also think of space as a tangible object. This object squeezes everything inside it, just like air. Find this object, learn to control it, and naturally, you can move everything within that space."
"Something close." She gently nudged Xu Huo's teacup, then added, "Something far away."
A flowering tree several dozen meters away was uprooted entirely.
"As long as you learn deeply enough, you can manipulate any space."